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Primer on Client-Side Web Security
by Philippe De Ryck Lieven Desmet Frank Piessens Martin JohnsThis volume illustrates the continuous arms race between attackers and defenders of the Web ecosystem by discussing a wide variety of attacks. In the first part of the book, the foundation of the Web ecosystem is briefly recapped and discussed. Based on this model, the assets of the Web ecosystem are identified, and the set of capabilities an attacker may have are enumerated. In the second part, an overview of the web security vulnerability landscape is constructed. Included are selections of the most representative attack techniques reported in great detail. In addition to descriptions of the most common mitigation techniques, this primer also surveys the research and standardization activities related to each of the attack techniques, and gives insights into the prevalence of those very attacks. Moreover, the book provides practitioners a set of best practices to gradually improve the security of their web-enabled services. Primer on Client-Side Web Security expresses insights into the future of web application security. It points out the challenges of securing the Web platform, opportunities for future research, and trends toward improving Web security.
Manifold Learning: Model Reduction in Engineering (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
by David Ryckelynck Fabien Casenave Nissrine AkkariThis Open Access book reviews recent theoretical and numerical developments in nonlinear model order reduction in continuum mechanics, being addressed to Master and PhD students, as well as to researchers, lecturers and instructors. The aim of the authors is to provide tools for a better understanding and implement reduced order models by using: physics-based models, synthetic data forecast by these models, experimental data and deep learning algorithms. The book involves a survey of key methods of model order reduction applied to model-based engineering and digital twining, by learning linear or nonlinear latent spaces.Projection-based reduced order models are the projection of mechanical equations on a latent space that have been learnt from both synthetic data and experimental data. Various descriptions and representations of structured data for model reduction are presented in the applications and survey chapters. Image-based digital twins are developed in a reduced setting. Reduced order models of as-manufactured components predict the mechanical effects of shape variations. A similar workflow is extended to multiphysics or coupled problems, with high dimensional input fields. Practical techniques are proposed for data augmentation and also for hyper-reduction, which is a key point to speed up projection-based model order reduction of finite element models.The book gives access to python libraries available on gitlab.com, which have been developed as part of the research program [FUI-25] MORDICUS funded by the French government. Similarly to deep learning for computer vision, deep learning for model order reduction circumvents the need to design parametric problems prior reducing models. Such an approach is highly relevant for image-base modelling or multiphysics modelling.
Exploring Adobe InDesign CS6
by Terry RydbergWith many software guides serving as high-tech "recipe books," teaching cookie-cutter habits with little relevance to complex, real-world projects, EXPLORING ADOBE INDESIGN CS6 takes a different approach. Emphasizing on fundamental design principles, critical thinking skills, and practical applications to prepare you for professional success, this unique text features step-by-step tutorials, vibrant illustrations, and realistic exercises to engage your interest while helping you develop essential software skills. Each chapter builds on what you have learned, guiding you from exploring basic operations to creating complex documents with confidence and efficiency. In addition to mastering InDesign CS6--including standard functionality and features new to this release--the text prepares you to analyze new design projects, identify potential challenges, develop effective strategies, and apply industry-standard principles and practices to execute your plans successfully. The Data Files used to complete the projects found in the book are now available online. For access information please refer to the directions available in the preface of the book.
Social Media Storms: Empowering Leadership Beyond Crisis Management
by Pernille Rydén Muhammad Ismail Hossain Efthymia Kottika Vatroslav ŠkareThis fascinating new book explores the benefits and dynamics of social media storms and identifies the possible opportunities that they present for further engagement with customers. It provides actionable managerial advice on planning for, measuring, and innovatively navigating social media storms. Based on a sound theoretical background and illustrated by vivid real-life examples and case studies throughout every chapter, this book combines thorough explanations of the elements of business decision-making, market interaction, consumer psychology, branding, and business communication. In comparison to the existing literature, the book departs from the classical, but insufficient crisis communication management approaches to suggest novel frameworks and tools for empowering businesses, consumers, and broader societies in the digital age. Social Media Storms: Empowering Leadership Beyond Crisis Management provides advanced undergraduate and postgraduate digital marketing, marketing communications, strategy, and crisis management students with a comprehensive understanding of the social media storm phenomenon and helps marketing and communications professionals to leverage the opportunities that social media storms are bringing.
Bitcoin et son pouvoir: Tout ce que vous devez savoir sur l’exploitation du pouvoir de Bitcoin
by Jerry RyderBitcoin prend le contrôle du MONDE. Cette monnaie numérique est complètement différente de tout ce que nous avons vu dans le passé, ce qui la rend nouvelle et passionnante : Cette monnaie présente également de nombreux avantages intéressants, tels que: La possibilité d'envoyer de l'argent partout dans le monde avec de faibles frais de transaction Garder vos informations personnelles en sécurité Ne pas avoir à faire face à l'intervention du gouvernement Il est maintenant temps d'entrer dans le jeu du bitcoin, de la crypto-monnaie et tout le monde sait que la connaissance est un pouvoir. Dans ce livre, vous apprendrez: Ce que Bitcoin est réellement. Toutes les différentes façons dont vous pouvez utiliser Bitcoin pour votre gain personnel Comment commencer La technologie derrière l'exécution de Bitcoin Ce que la monnaie numérique peut faire pour vous Avantages et inconvénients de l'utilisation des monnaies numériques Meilleures stratégies d'investissement Comment gagner de l'argent avec Bitcoin Et bien plus encore!
El Bitcoin y su poder: Todo lo que necesita saber sobre emplear el poder del Bitcoin
by Jerry RyderEl Bitcoin se está apoderando del mundo. Esta moneda digital es completamente diferente a todo lo que haya visto en el pasado, lo que la hace novedosa y excitante. También tiene varios beneficios, como ser: La capacidad de poder enviar dinero a cualquier parte del mundo con bajas tasas por transacción Mantener su información personal segura y protegida No tener que lidiar con la intervención del gobierno Ahora es el momento de empezar con el Bitcoin, el juego de la criptomoneda. Todos saben que el conocimiento es poder. En este libro aprenderá sobre: Que es el Bitcoin realmente Todos los modos en que puede usar el Bitcoin para beneficio personal Cómo comenzar La tecnología atrás del Bitcoin Lo que la moneda digital puede hacer por usted Pros y contras de utilizar monedas digitales Mejores estrategias de inversión Cómo hacer dinero con el Bitcoin Y ¡mucho más! ¡No espere más! Haga click en el botón de comprar ahora y obtenga “Bitcoin y su poder” hoy mismo, y ¡comience a obtener dinero!
Bash Quick Start Guide: Get up and running with shell scripting with Bash
by Tom RyderLearn how to write shell script effectively with Bash, to quickly and easily write powerful scripts to manage processes, automate tasks, and to redirect and filter program input and output in useful and novel ways.Key FeaturesDemystify the Bash command lineWrite shell scripts safely and effectivelySpeed up and automate your daily workBook DescriptionBash and shell script programming is central to using Linux, but it has many peculiar properties that are hard to understand and unfamiliar to many programmers, with a lot of misleading and even risky information online. Bash Quick Start Guide tackles these problems head on, and shows you the best practices of shell script programming. This book teaches effective shell script programming with Bash, and is ideal for people who may have used its command line but never really learned it in depth. This book will show you how even simple programming constructs in the shell can speed up and automate any kind of daily command-line work.For people who need to use the command line regularly in their daily work, this book provides practical advice for using the command-line shell beyond merely typing or copy-pasting commands into the shell. Readers will learn techniques suitable for automating processes and controlling processes, on both servers and workstations, whether for single command lines or long and complex scripts. The book even includes information on configuring your own shell environment to suit your workflow, and provides a running start for interpreting Bash scripts written by others.What you will learnUnderstand where the Bash shell fits in the system administration and programming worldsUse the interactive Bash command line effectivelyGet to grips with the structure of a Bash command lineMaster pattern-matching and transforming text with BashFilter and redirect program input and outputWrite shell scripts safely and effectivelyWho this book is forPeople who use the command line on Unix and Linux servers already, but don't write primarily in Bash. This book is ideal for people who've been using a scripting language such as Python, JavaScript or PHP, and would like to understand and use Bash more effectively.
Nagios Core Administration Cookbook - Second Edition
by Tom RyderOver 90 hands-on recipes that will employ Nagios Core as the anchor of monitoring on your network About This Book * Master the advanced configuration techniques of Nagios Core to model your network better by improving hosts, services, and contacts * Filter and improve the notifications that Nagios Core sends in response to failed checks, which can greatly assist you when diagnosing problems * Pull Nagios Core's data into a database to write clever custom reports of your own devise Who This Book Is For If you are a network or system administrator and are looking for instructions and examples on working with Nagios Core, then this book is for you. Some basic shell command-line experience is required, and some knowledge of scripting would be helpful when we discuss how plugins work. What You Will Learn * Manage the configuration of Nagios Core with advanced techniques to achieve fine detail in your checks * Find, install, and even write your own check plugins * Filter notifications to send them to the right people or programs at the right time * Work around difficult network accessibility issues and delegate checks to other machines * Tweak a Nagios Core server to achieve both high performance and redundancy in case of disaster * Process the results of checks performed by other machines to monitor backups and similar processes * Extend Nagios Core to allow advanced scripting, reporting, and network visualization behavior In Detail Nagios Core is an open source monitoring framework suitable for any network that ensures both internal and customer-facing services are running correctly and manages notification and reporting behavior to diagnose and fix outages promptly. It allows very fine configuration of exactly when, where, what, and how to check network services to meet both the uptime goals of your network and systems team and the needs of your users. This book shows system and network administrators how to use Nagios Core to its fullest as a monitoring framework for checks on any kind of network services, from the smallest home network to much larger production multi-site services. You will discover that Nagios Core is capable of doing much more than pinging a host or to see whether websites respond. The recipes in this book will demonstrate how to leverage Nagios Core's advanced configuration, scripting hooks, reports, data retrieval, and extensibility to integrate it with your existing systems, and to make it the rock-solid center of your network monitoring world. Style and approach Each chapter contains a set of step-by-step recipes to perform an example of a commonly performed task related to network administration. The book begins by focusing closely on the properties and configuration of Nagios Core itself, and gradually moves on to other pieces of software that can support, manage, and extend the system.
Nagios Core Administrators Cookbook
by Tom RyderThis book is written in Cookbook style, beginning with recipes based on basic structure which gradually progresses towards using Nagios Core as a monitoring framework. This book is for System Administrators who are looking for recipes to help them deal with advanced network monitoring issues with Nagios Core.
Go Programming Blueprints
by Mat RyerIntended for seasoned Go programmers who want to put their expertise in Go to use to solve big, real-world, modern problems. With a basic understanding of channels and goroutines, you will hone your skills to build tools and programs that are quick and simple. You need not be an expert in distributed systems or technologies in order to deliver solutions capable of great scale. It is assumed that you are familiar with the basic concepts of Go.
Go Programming Blueprints
by Mat Ryer<P><P>Key Features <P><P>Learn to apply the nuances of the Go language, and get to know the open source community that surrounds it to implement a wide range of start-up quality projects <P><P>Write interesting, and clever but simple code, and learn skills and techniques that are directly transferrable to your own projects <P><P>Discover how to write code capable of delivering massive world-class scale performance and availability <P><P>Book Description <P><P>Dive headfirst into solving actual enterprise problems and start cutting code from the word go. You will build complete applications around a variety of subjects using a range of different technologies and techniques, all of which are directly applicable to today's tech start-up world. <P><P>Scale, performance, and high availability lie at the heart of the projects, and the lessons learned throughout this book will arm you with everything you need to build world-class solutions. Well-designed applications and sensible architectures can scale horizontally to cope with the demands of up to millions of users, while avoiding the prohibitive up-front investment that can bring a project to its knees. <P><P>What you will Learn <P><P>Build quirky and fun projects from scratch while exploring widely applicable skills, patterns, practices, and techniques, as well as a range of different technologies <P><P>Create websites and data services capable of massive scale using <P><P>Go's net/http package, exploring RESTful patterns as well as low-latency WebSocket APIs <P><P>Interact with a variety of remote web services to consume capabilities ranging from authentication and authorization to a fully functioning thesaurus <P><P>Develop high-quality command-line tools that utilize the powerful shell capabilities and have great performance using Go's in-built concurrency mechanisms <P><P>Implement a modern document database as well as high-throughput messaging queue technology to put together an architecture that is truly ready for scale <P><P>Write concurrent programs and gracefully manage their execution and communication with smart use of channels
Go Programming Blueprints - Second Edition
by Mat RyerBuild real-world, production-ready solutions in Go using cutting-edge technology and techniques About This Book * Get up to date with Go and write code capable of delivering massive world-class scale performance and availability * Learn to apply the nuances of the Go language, and get to know the open source community that surrounds it to implement a wide range of start-up quality projects * Write interesting and clever but simple code, and learn skills and techniques that are directly transferrable to your own projects Who This Book Is For If you are familiar with Go and are want to put your knowledge to work, then this is the book for you. Go programming knowledge is a must. What You Will Learn * Build quirky and fun projects from scratch while exploring patterns, practices, and techniques, as well as a range of different technologies * Create websites and data services capable of massive scale using Go's net/http package, exploring RESTful patterns as well as low-latency WebSocket APIs * Interact with a variety of remote web services to consume capabilities ranging from authentication and authorization to a fully functioning thesaurus * Develop high-quality command-line tools that utilize the powerful shell capabilities and perform well using Go's in-built concurrency mechanisms * Build microservices for larger organizations using the Go Kit library * Implement a modern document database as well as high-throughput messaging queue technology to put together an architecture that is truly ready to scale * Write concurrent programs and gracefully manage the execution of them and communication by smartly using channels * Get a feel for app deployment using Docker and Google App Engine In Detail Go is the language of the Internet age, and the latest version of Go comes with major architectural changes. Implementation of the language, runtime, and libraries has changed significantly. The compiler and runtime are now written entirely in Go. The garbage collector is now concurrent and provides dramatically lower pause times by running in parallel with other Go routines when possible. This book will show you how to leverage all the latest features and much more. This book shows you how to build powerful systems and drops you into real-world situations. You will learn to develop high-quality command-line tools that utilize the powerful shell capabilities and perform well using Go's in-built concurrency mechanisms. Scale, performance, and high availability lie at the heart of our projects, and the lessons learned throughout this book will arm you with everything you need to build world-class solutions. You will get a feel for app deployment using Docker and Google App Engine. Each project could form the basis of a start-up, which means they are directly applicable to modern software markets. Style and approach This book provides fun projects that involve building applications from scratch. These projects will teach you to build chat applications, a distributed system, and a recommendation system.
Machine Intelligence and Big Data in Industry
by Dominik Ryżko Piotr Gawrysiak Marzena Kryszkiewicz Henryk RybińskiThis book presents valuable contributions devoted topractical applications of Machine Intelligence and Big Data in various branchesof the industry. All the contributions are extended versions of presentationsdelivered at the Industrial Session the 6th International Conference on PatternRecognition and Machine Intelligence (PREMI 2015) held in Warsaw, Poland atJune 30- July 3, 2015, which passed through a rigorous reviewing process. Thecontributions address real world problems and show innovative solutions used tosolve them. This volume will serve as a bridge between researchers andpractitioners, as well as between different industry branches, which can benefitfrom sharing ideas and results.
Analytical and Computational Methods in Probability Theory: First International Conference, ACMPT 2017, Moscow, Russia, October 23-27, 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10684)
by Vladimir V. Rykov Nozer D. Singpurwalla Andrey M. ZubkovThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Analytical and Computational Methods in Probability Theory and its Applications, ACMPT 2017, held in Moscow, Russia, in October 2017. The 42 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 173 submissions. The conference program consisted of four main themes associated with significant contributions made by A. D. Soloviev. These are: Analytical methods in probability theory, Computational methods in probability theory, Asymptotical methods in probability theory, the history of mathematics.
Patterns of Software Construction: How to Predictably Build Results
by Stephen RylanderMaster how to implement a repeatable software construction system. This book closely examines how a system is designed to tie a series of activities together that are needed when building software-intensive systems. Software construction and operations don't get enough attention as a repeatable system. The world is stuck in agile backlog grooming sessions, and quality is not increasing. Companies' budgets are shrinking, and teams need a way to get more done with less, consistently. This topic is very relevant to our current economic conditions and continuing globalization trends. A reason we constantly need more hands-on-the-keyboards is because of all the waste created in development cycles. We need more literature on how to "do software" not just write software. These goals are accomplished using the concept of evolutions, much like the Navy SEALS train their team members. For LIFT, the evolutions are: Plan, Build, Test, Release, Operate and Manage. The entire purpose of the book is instructing professionals how to use these distinct evolutions while remaining agile. And then, inside of each evolution, to explicitly break down the inputs to the evolution, outputs and series of activities taking place. Patterns of Software Construction clearly outlines how together this becomes the system.What You Will LearnOptimize each evolution of a software delivery cycleReview best practices of planning, highest return in the build cycle, and ignored practices in test, release, and operate Apply the highest return techniques during the software build evolutionWho This Book is ForManagers, developers, tech lead, team lead, aspiring engineer, department leaders in corporations, executives, small business owner, IT Director
Innovative Learning Environments in STEM Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges, and Looking Forward (SpringerBriefs in Statistics)
by Jungwoo Ryoo Kurt WinkelmannAs explored in this open access book, higher education in STEM fields is influenced by many factors, including education research, government and school policies, financial considerations, technology limitations, and acceptance of innovations by faculty and students. In 2018, Drs. Ryoo and Winkelmann explored the opportunities, challenges, and future research initiatives of innovative learning environments (ILEs) in higher education STEM disciplines in their pioneering project: eXploring the Future of Innovative Learning Environments (X-FILEs). Workshop participants evaluated four main ILE categories: personalized and adaptive learning, multimodal learning formats, cross/extended reality (XR), and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). This open access book gathers the perspectives expressed during the X-FILEs workshop and its follow-up activities. It is designed to help inform education policy makers, researchers, developers, and practitioners about the adoption and implementation of ILEs in higher education.
Synthetic Aperture Radar (Springer Optimization and Its Applications #199)
by Maciej Rysz Arsenios Tsokas Kathleen M. Dipple Kaitlin L. Fair Panos M. PardalosThis carefully curated volume presents an in-depth, state-of-the-art discussion on many applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). Integrating interdisciplinary sciences, the book features novel ideas, quantitative methods, and research results, promising to advance computational practices and technologies within the academic and industrial communities. SAR applications employ diverse and often complex computational methods rooted in machine learning, estimation, statistical learning, inversion models, and empirical models. Current and emerging applications of SAR data for earth observation, object detection and recognition, change detection, navigation, and interference mitigation are highlighted. Cutting edge methods, with particular emphasis on machine learning, are included. Contemporary deep learning models in object detection and recognition in SAR imagery with corresponding feature extraction and training schemes are considered. State-of-the-art neural network architectures in SAR-aided navigation are compared and discussed further. Advanced empirical and machine learning models in retrieving land and ocean information — wind, wave, soil conditions, among others, are also included.
Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XVI (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #8780)
by Ryszard Kowalczyk and Ngoc Thanh NguyenThese transactions publish research in computer-based methods of computational collective intelligence (CCI) and their applications in a wide range of fields such as the semantic web, social networks, and multi-agent systems. TCCI strives to cover new methodological, theoretical and practical aspects of CCI understood as the form of intelligence that emerges from the collaboration and competition of many individuals (artificial and/or natural). The application of multiple computational intelligence technologies, such as fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation, neural systems, consensus theory, etc., aims to support human and other collective intelligence and to create new forms of CCI in natural and/or artificial systems. This 16th issue contains 8 regular papers selected via peer-review process.
Programming Languages and Systems: 16th Asian Symposium, APLAS 2018, Wellington, New Zealand, December 2–6, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11275)
by Sukyoung RyuThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th Asian Symposium on Programming Languages and Systems, APLAS 2018, held in Wellington, New Zealand, in December 2018.The 22 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: types; program analysis; tools; functional programs and probabilistic programs; verification; logic; and continuation and model checking.
Guide to Digital Innovation in the Cultural and Creative Industry (SAGE Works)
by Sunghan Ryu Yong Xiang Weimin ZhangThe digital age has brought significant changes to the cultural and creative industries, making it challenging to keep up with the latest trends. The Guide to Digital Innovation in the Cultural and Creative Industry is an informative resource that can help you navigate the revolution. It not only provides a comprehensive understanding of how digital transformation affects existing industries but also outlines emerging business opportunities. Whether you′re an experienced professional or a beginner, this book is an essential resource that will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to succeed in the rapidly evolving landscape of the cultural and creative industries. Dive into: Democratizing creation: Discover how digital tools break down barriers and empower creators of all levels. From platforms to possibilities: Explore online video streaming, ebook publishing, virtual museums, and more, witnessing the rise of innovative business models. Cutting-edge tech, boundless potential: Delve into AI, blockchain, VR/AR, and other emerging technologies, understanding how they reshape content production, distribution, and consumption. Case studies that examine real-world scenarios, from the digital subscriptions of the New York Times to music consumption in the Spotify era.
Guide to Digital Innovation in the Cultural and Creative Industry (SAGE Works)
by Sunghan Ryu Yong Xiang Weimin ZhangThe digital age has brought significant changes to the cultural and creative industries, making it challenging to keep up with the latest trends. The Guide to Digital Innovation in the Cultural and Creative Industry is an informative resource that can help you navigate the revolution. It not only provides a comprehensive understanding of how digital transformation affects existing industries but also outlines emerging business opportunities. Whether you′re an experienced professional or a beginner, this book is an essential resource that will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to succeed in the rapidly evolving landscape of the cultural and creative industries. Dive into: Democratizing creation: Discover how digital tools break down barriers and empower creators of all levels. From platforms to possibilities: Explore online video streaming, ebook publishing, virtual museums, and more, witnessing the rise of innovative business models. Cutting-edge tech, boundless potential: Delve into AI, blockchain, VR/AR, and other emerging technologies, understanding how they reshape content production, distribution, and consumption. Case studies that examine real-world scenarios, from the digital subscriptions of the New York Times to music consumption in the Spotify era.
Haskell Financial Data Modeling and Predictive Analytics
by Pavel RyzhovThis book is a hands-on guide that teaches readers how to use Haskell's tools and libraries to analyze data from real-world sources in an easy-to-understand manner.This book is great for developers who are new to financial data modeling using Haskell. A basic knowledge of functional programming is not required but will be useful. An interest in high frequency finance is essential.
Modeling and Simulation of Complex Dynamical Systems: Virtual Laboratory Approach based on Wolfram SystemModeler
by Vladimir Ryzhov Tatiana Fedorova Kirill Safronov Shaharin Anwar Sulaiman Mark Ovinis Veeradasan PerumalThis book highlights the practical aspects of computer modelling and simulation of complex dynamical systems for students. Mechanical systems are considered in the book as representative examples of dynamical systems. Wolfram SystemModeler, in combination with Learning Management System Sakai, is used as an instrument for studying features of various physical and technical phenomena and processes. Each of the presented virtual labs may be considered a stand-alone mini project to enable students to go through all the steps of mathematical modelling and computer simulation—from the problem statement to mathematical and physical analysis of the obtained result. The book is useful for teachers to organize the educational process, allowing gradual monitoring of the learning process and assessment of students’ competencies. It also allows tutors to design individual educational trajectories for students to achieve educational properties. The subject of the book is an extension of activity started by the international team of authors within the InMotion project of the European programme ERASMUS+.
Modern Big Data Architectures: A Multi-Agent Systems Perspective
by Dominik RyzkoProvides an up-to-date analysis of big data and multi-agent systems The term Big Data refers to the cases, where data sets are too large or too complex for traditional data-processing software. With the spread of new concepts such as Edge Computing or the Internet of Things, production, processing and consumption of this data becomes more and more distributed. As a result, applications increasingly require multiple agents that can work together. A multi-agent system (MAS) is a self-organized computer system that comprises multiple intelligent agents interacting to solve problems that are beyond the capacities of individual agents. Modern Big Data Architectures examines modern concepts and architecture for Big Data processing and analytics. This unique, up-to-date volume provides joint analysis of big data and multi-agent systems, with emphasis on distributed, intelligent processing of very large data sets. Each chapter contains practical examples and detailed solutions suitable for a wide variety of applications. The author, an internationally-recognized expert in Big Data and distributed Artificial Intelligence, demonstrates how base concepts such as agent, actor, and micro-service have reached a point of convergence—enabling next generation systems to be built by incorporating the best aspects of the field. This book: Illustrates how data sets are produced and how they can be utilized in various areas of industry and science Explains how to apply common computational models and state-of-the-art architectures to process Big Data tasks Discusses current and emerging Big Data applications of Artificial Intelligence Modern Big Data Architectures: A Multi-Agent Systems Perspective is a timely and important resource for data science professionals and students involved in Big Data analytics, and machine and artificial learning.
The Future is Digital: How Complexity and Artificial Intelligence will Shape Our Lives and Work
by George RzevskiThis book describes in an easily accessible way how artificial intelligence (AI) will help us to overcome the ongoing rise in complexity and thus shape our lives and work in a not-too-distant future. AI has proven to be the latest tool for resolving issues created by the most recent surge in complexity, and the corollary is: those who delay or ignore AI, will be overwhelmed by complexity. The book starts with a broad description of the coevolution of technology and society that irreversibly leads to the sharp increase in complexity of our socioeconomic environment. The second chapter then covers concepts and principles of the new science of complexity which helps us to understand issues caused by socioeconomic complexity and provides methods for resolving them. Subsequently, a beginner’s guide to artificial intelligence helps readers to glance at fundamentals of this powerful technology capable of resolving issues created by socioeconomic complexity. The danger of allowing intelligent digital systems to make high-risk decisions as well as the consequences of possible misuse of AI for fraud and fake are also discussed. The following chapter explores the concepts of natural and digital ecosystems. Digital transformation of rigidly structured corporations and administrations into adaptive and evolving organisations are illustrated by a number of case studies. Next, the current hectic transition of industrial to digital society is described, its origins identified and outcomes predicted, highlighting issues created by the increase in complexity and showing how to resolve them using thinking tools such as a complexity mindset and digital tools such as artificial intelligence. Eventually, the last two chapters outline the author’s vision of the future digital economy and digital society. This book is accessible to everyone who is curious to glimpse into the future, no previous special knowledge of digital technology is required. Especially decision makers in politics, business, administration, banking, policy making, education, healthcare and defence, and their advisors will benefit from the book, as it will help them to contribute to the creation of the brave new digital world. It may also support investors to recognise which elements of digital technology will play the most important role in the near future.