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Why You Should Read Kafka Before You Waste Your Life
by James HawesEverybody knows the face of Franz Kafka, whether they have read any of his works or not. And that brooding face carries instant images: bleak and threatening visions of an inescapable bureaucracy, nightmarish transformations, uncanny predictions of the Holocaust. But while Kafka's genius is beyond question, the image of a mysterious, sickly, shadowy figure who was scarcely known in his own lifetime bears no resemblance to the historical reality. Franz Kafka was a popular and well-connected millionaire's son who enjoyed good-time girls, brothels, and expensive porn, who landed a highly desirable state job that pulled in at least $90,000 a year in today's dollars for a six-hour day, who remained a loyal member of Prague's German-speaking Imperial elite right to the end, and whose work was backed by a powerful literary clique.Here are some of the prevalent Kafka myths:*Kafka was the archetypal genius neglected in his lifetime.*Kafka was lonely.*Kafka was stuck in a dead-end job, struggling to find time to write. *Kafka was tormented by fear of sex.*Kafka was unbendingly honest about himself to the women in his life – too honest.*Kafka had a terrible, domineering father who had no understanding of his son's needs.*Kafka's style is mysterious and opaque.*Kafka takes us into bizarre worlds. James Hawes wants to tear down the critical walls which generations of gatekeepers---scholars, biographers, and tourist guides---have built up around Franz Kafka, giving us back the real man and the real significance of his splendid works. And he'll take no prisoners in the process.
The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids—and the Kids We Have
by Bonnie RochmanA sharp-eyed exploration of the promise and peril of having children in an age of genetic tests and interventionsIs screening for disease in an embryo a humane form of family planning or a slippery slope toward eugenics? Should doctors tell you that your infant daughter is genetically predisposed to breast cancer? If tests revealed that your toddler has a genetic mutation whose significance isn’t clear, would you want to know?In The Gene Machine, the award-winning journalist Bonnie Rochman deftly explores these hot-button questions, guiding us through the new frontier of gene technology and how it is transforming medicine, bioethics, health care, and the factors that shape a family. Rochman tells the stories of scientists working to unlock the secrets of the human genome; genetic counselors and spiritual advisers guiding mothers and fathers through life-changing choices; and, of course, parents (including Rochman herself) grappling with revelations that are sometimes joyous, sometimes heartbreaking, but always profound. She navigates the dizzying and constantly expanding array of prenatal and postnatal tests, from carrier screening to genome sequencing, while considering how access to more tests is altering perceptions of disability and changing the conversation about what sort of life is worth living and who draws the line. Along the way, she highlights the most urgent ethical quandary: Is this technology a triumph of modern medicine or a Pandora’s box of possibilities?Propelled by human narratives and meticulously reported, The Gene Machine is both a scientific road map and a meditation on our power to shape the future. It is a book that gets to the very core of what it means to be human.
A Week of Mondays: A Novel
by Jessica BrodyWhen I made the wish, I just wanted a do-over. Another chance to make things right. I never, in a million years, thought it might actually come true... Sixteen-year-old Ellison Sparks is having a serious case of the Mondays. She gets a ticket for running a red light, she manages to take the world’s worst school picture, she bombs softball try-outs and her class election speech (note to self: never trust a cheerleader when she swears there are no nuts in her bake-sale banana bread), and to top it all off, Tristan, her gorgeous rocker boyfriend suddenly dumps her. For no good reason!As far as Mondays go, it doesn’t get much worse than this. And Ellie is positive that if she could just do it all over again, she would get it right. So when she wakes up the next morning to find she’s reliving the exact same day, she knows what she has to do: stop her boyfriend from breaking up with her. But it seems no matter how many do-overs she gets or how hard Ellie tries to repair her relationship, Tristan always seems bent set on ending it. Will Ellie ever figure out how to fix this broken day? Or will she be stuck in this nightmare of a Monday forever?From the author of 52 Reasons to Hate My Father and The Unremembered trilogy comes a hilarious and heartwarming story about second (and third and fourth and fifth) chances. Because sometimes it takes a whole week of Mondays to figure out what you really want.
Was für ein Zufall!: Zum Ursprung von Unvorhersehbarkeit, Komplexität, Krisen und Zeit
by Bernhard WeßlingWarum sind so viele Ereignisse nicht vorhersehbar, glückliche Zufälle ebensowenig wie Katastrophen? Erleben wir eine neue Zeit der Polykrise? Angeblich so schlimm wie noch nie dagewesen, ist das belegbar? Aber was genau sind Krisen eigentlich? Und was haben sie mit der Komplexität der Welt zu tun? Sehr einfach und verständlich beantwortet der Autor diese und weitere Fragen im unterhaltsamen Plauderton, unterlegt mit knallharten Fakten, Daten und Berechnungen. Diese 2. und umfassend erweiterte Auflage ist im besten Sinne ein populärwissenschaftliches Buch und mischt sich zugleich in aktuelle gesellschaftliche Debatten ein: Wie können wir nachhaltig mit der Klimakrise umgehen? Nachhaltig nicht als leere Phrase. Denn Nachhaltigkeit kann objektiv beurteilt werden! Aber nach welchen Kriterien? Dazu entführt uns Bernhard Weßling auf eine Entdeckungsreise zu neuesten Erkenntnissen der modernen Chemie, Quantenphysik, Biologie und Kosmologie. Auf der Grundlage anerkannter Naturgesetze konfrontiert er uns mit neuen überraschenden Gedanken: Zufall, Komplexität und Krisen sind miteinander verwandt – gemeinsame Wurzel ist die Entropie. Sie erweist sich als lebensnah verständlich und sinnvoll anwendbar. Und ganz passend leitet der Autor daraus eine bestechende Hypothese ab zu der Menschheitsfrage: Was ist die Zeit?
Materials Informatics II: Software Tools and Databases (Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics #40)
by Kunal Roy Arkaprava BanerjeeThis contributed volume explores the application of machine learning in predictive modeling within the fields of materials science, nanotechnology, and cheminformatics. It covers a range of topics, including electronic properties of metal nanoclusters, carbon quantum dots, toxicity assessments of nanomaterials, and predictive modeling for fullerenes and perovskite materials. Additionally, the book discusses multiscale modeling and advanced decision support systems for nanomaterial risk management, while also highlighting various machine learning tools, databases, and web platforms designed to predict the properties of materials and molecules. It is a comprehensive guide and a great tool for researchers working at the intersection of machine learning and material sciences.
Performance-Improvement Limits in Optical Wireless Coherent Communication (Optical Wireless Communication Theory and Technology)
by Xizheng Ke Chenghu KeThis book presents some of the recent developments in the field of optical-wireless coherence communication. The factors affecting the coherence detection sensitivity are analyzed and the approach to approximate the coherence detection limit is discussed. The wavefront distortion caused by atmospheric turbulence is analyzed, and the influence of the wavefront distortion on the coherence detection performance is examined. A new concept of vortex-beam coherence-detection is proposed, and the problem of signal light decomposition into partially coherent light detection is analyzed. This book can benefit researchers, engineers, and graduate students in the field of telecommunications. It is suitable for engineering and technical personnel engaged in applied optics and communications engineering, university teachers, graduate students, and senior undergraduates.
Handbuch Krankenhausrestrukturierung: Außergerichtliche und gerichtliche Sanierungswege
by Rainer EckertDas Handbuch liefert einen systematischen Überblick und inhaltlichen Tiefgang über die wirtschaftlichen, rechtlichen und tatsächlichen Herausforderungen von Krankenhausrestrukturierungen. Die in der juristischen Literatur bestehenden Lücken werden geschlossen und alle relevanten Umstände umfassend behandelt. Das Werk dient insbesondere der Praxis, ohne aber auf eine wissenschaftliche Aufarbeitung zu verzichten.
Women in Biopharma (Women in Engineering and Science)
by Mary Campbell Shae TaylorThis book provides the perspectives of many different stakeholders in the biopharmaceuticals field, who share knowledge, challenges, and solutions in an ever-shifting career landscape. Interwoven with discussions of vaccines, gene therapies, recombinant therapeutic proteins, and cell therapies are stories from female scientists working in the field. Authors come from a wide variety of areas within the biopharmaceutical market including researchers, sales, investors, and auditors and from individuals at different points in their career – from new graduates just starting their careers, to mid-career leaders to retirees. As an important part of the Women in Engineering and Science book series, the work highlights the contribution of women leaders in biopharma, inspiring women and men, girls and boys to enter and apply themselves to secure our future in.
Gentlemen Scientists and Revolutionaries: The Founding Fathers in the Age of Enlightenment
by Tom ShachtmanScience and experimentation were at the heart of the Founding Fathers' philosophies and actions. The Founders relentlessly tinkered, invented, farmed by means of scientific principles, star-gazed, were fascinated by math, used scientific analogies and scientific thinking in their political writing, and fell in love with technologies. They conceived of the United States of America as a grand "experiment" in the scientific meaning of the word. George Washington's embrace of an experimental vaccination for smallpox saved the American army in 1777. He was also considered the most scientific farmer in the country. John Adams founded a scientific society and wrote public support of science into the Massachusetts constitution. The president of another scientific society, Thomas Jefferson, convinced its leading lights to train Meriwether Lewis for the Lewis and Clark expedition; his Declaration of Independence was so suffused with scientific thinking that it was called Newtonian. Benjamin Franklin's fame as an "electrician" gave him the status to persuade France to help America win the Revolutionary War. Thomas Paine invented smokeless candles, underwater bombs, and the first-ever iron span bridge. In Gentlemen Scientists and Revolutionaries, Tom Shachtman provides the full story of how the intellectual excitement of scientific discoveries had a powerful influence on America's Founding Fathers.
The Bully Action Guide: How to Help Your Child and Get Your School to Listen
by Edward F. DraganBullying used to be thought of as an unpleasant rite of passage, but now psychologists are realizing that it inflicts real harm. As many as 40 percent of children report that they've experienced episodes of bullying at school or online through their school community. School safety expert Edward Dragan argues that parents need to be proactive in looking out for their children's social well being at school. From his many decades as a Board of Education insider, he argues that schools are self-protective entities and reluctant to address bullying themselves. The Bully Action Guide shows parents how to:• discuss bullying with their child • efficiently address individual needs with teachers• take effective action to stop the bullying
The Spoilers (The Luke Starbuck Novels)
by Matt Braun"MATT BRAUN IS A MASTER STORYTELLER OF FRONTIER HISTORY." -Elmer KeltonIt takes a man with gutsA rare breed of bullbog and bloodhound, private detective Luke Starbuck has been hired to ferret out the Judas working for the Central Pacific-a mastermind behind a string of train robberies. The target: gold shipments from the Frisco mint. All Starbuck has to do is pass himself off as an outlaw and infiltrate the pack...To take on the Barbary CoastBut chumming up to a gang leader like Denny O'Brien means that Starbuck must follow him into the vice pits of the notorious Barbary Coast. Getting inside this hellhole of crime is dangerously easy if you make the right moves. Make the wrong ones, and getting out could be murder..."BRAUN IS ONE OF THE BEST!"-Don Coldsmith, author of the Spanish Bit series
Tenbow
by Matt BraunAt the foot of the Wind River Mountains and just east of the continental divide was Tenbow Valley, eighty miles of rich, watered graze on the way to Oregon territory. From Cheyenne, Jack Stillman has come to Tenbow to solve a string of murders. Each victim was a landowner in the valley, and each killing was carried out with a deadly, long range rifle. Taking on the guise of a gambler, Stillman is quick to line up his suspects and start prying open their secrets. But while greed is the likeliest reason for the murders, the killer keeps striking—even when Stillman has his eye on the suspects. Suddenly, in a land of wild honeysuckle, snowy mountain peaks, and the spirits of native warriors, the veteran lawman realizes he's made a fatal mistake and missed a motive as old as time itself…Now it may be too late because an expert at murder has Stillman in the crosshairs of his gun…
Magnitude 8: Earthquakes and Life Along the San Andreas Fault
by Philip L. FradkinMagnitude 8 is the archetypal natural disaster defined. To understand the cataclysmic earthquake that will tear California apart one day, Philip L. Fradkin has written a dramatic history of earthquakes and an eloquent guide to the San Andreas Fault, the world's best-known tectonic landscape. The author includes vivid stories of earthquakes elsewhere: in New England, the central Mississippi River Valley, New York City, Europe, and the Far East. Always, he combines human and natural drama to place the reader at the epicenter of the most instantaneous and unpredictable of all the Earth's phenomena. Following the San Andreas Fault from Cape Mecino to Mexico--canoeing the fault line in northern California and walking underground through the Hollywood fault--noted environmental historian Philip L. Fradkin reclaims the human dimensions of earthquakes from the science-dominated accounts.
The Story of the Lake: A Novel
by Laura ChesterA riveting, multigenerational saga, Laura Chester's novel The Story of the Lake tells of four lake families over the course of as many decades.At the turn of the century, Nogowogotoc Lake was considered the Newport of the Midwest, where some of the most affluent families from Milwaukee and Chicago spent their summers in luxurious "cottages" at the water's edge. The Story of the Lake weaves the tale of four of these families over the course of generations. With each decade another net of history, prejudice, love and intrigue is cast over the surface of the water, creating a more and more intricate pattern.Joseph Ulrich of Kreuser Beer and his rival, "Pork Packing Prince" Walter Schraeger vie for the hand of Alicia Bosquet, flamboyant newcomer to the scene. Isabella Wells, the reclusive heiress to Milwaukee's finest department store, becomes dangerously involved with Margaret Sanger's early Planned Parenthood crusade, while her sister, Helen, tries to protest the end of Prohibition, a force too great to contend with in the beer loving city of Milwaukee.This often dark and disturbing American drama is full of gusts of lake air, filling the senses with images and traditions that have mostly slipped away. A personal retelling of family secrets as well as a reflection of the times, The Story of the Lake, is the big passionate family saga that finally gives the Midwest its due.
The Spaces Between Us
by Stacia Tolman"A girl-centered Catcher in the Rye for the 21st century. "—Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewTwo outcast best friends are desperate to survive senior year and break away from their dying factory town in Stacia Tolman's The Spaces Between Us, an unforgettable YA debut. Serena Velasco and her best (and only) friend, Melody Grimshaw, are dying to get out of Colchis. Until now they’ve both been coasting, keeping a safe distance from the bleakness of home and the banality of high school. To make things more interesting Serena fixates on communism, eager to get a rise out of their conservative small town. Her Western Civ teacher catches on and challenges her with an independent study of class and upward mobility—what creates the spaces between us. Meanwhile, Grimshaw takes on a mission of her own: to make it onto the cheerleading squad, find a job, and escape the weight of her family’s hopeless reputation.But sometimes the biggest obstacles are the ones you don’t see coming; Grimshaw’s quest for success becomes a fight for survival, and Serena’s independent study gets a little too real. With the future of their friendship and their lives on the line, the stakes have never been so high.Christy Ottaviano Books
The Warrior Code: 11 Principles to Unleash the Badass Inside of You
by Denene Millner Tee Marie HanibleFrom American Grit co-star, former Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tee Marie Hanible comes the story of how she became a warrior...and how you can do it, too.In The Warrior Code, entrepreneur, philanthropist, reality star, and retired Gunnery Sergeant Tee Marie Hanible serves up eleven principles to awaken your inner badass and thrive in the face of adversity.After surviving the death of her father, enduring foster care, and being expelled from school, Tee joined military reform school, where she began uncovering her inner warrior. As part of one of the first female classes of recruits to complete the Marine Corps Crucible and the Marine Combat Training, and as the only woman to deploy with her unit to Iraq in 2003, Tee tested her mettle and learned the key to becoming an unbreakable woman. With insightful honesty and wisdom, and set against the backdrop of Tee’s life, The Warrior Code will help you understand that things can beat us back from realizing our true potential...but the key is finding the way to realize one’s own innate strength.
Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America
by Margot CanadayA masterful history of the queer workforce in AmericaWorkplaces have traditionally been viewed as &“straight spaces&” in which queer people passed. As a result, historians have directed limited attention to the experiences of queer people on the job. Queer Career rectifies this, offering an expansive historical look at sexual minorities in the modern American workforce. Arguing that queer workers were more visible than hidden and, against the backdrop of state aggression, vulnerable to employer exploitation, Margot Canaday positions employment and fear of job loss as central to gay life in postwar America.Rather than finding that many midcentury employers tried to root out gay employees, Canaday sees an early version of &“don&’t ask / don&’t tell&”: in all kinds of work, as long as queer workers were discreet, they were valued for the lower wages they could be paid, their contingency, their perceived lack of familial ties, and the ease with which they could be pulled in and pushed out of the labor market. Across the socioeconomic spectrum, they were harbingers of post-Fordist employment regimes we now associate with precarity. While progress was not linear, by century&’s end some gay workers rejected their former discretion, and some employers eventually offered them protection unattained through law. Pushed by activists at the corporate grass roots, business emerged at the forefront of employment rights for sexual minorities. It did so, at least in part, in response to the way that queer workers aligned with, and even prefigured, the labor system of late capitalism.Queer Career shows how queer history helps us understand the recent history of capitalism and labor and rewrites our understanding of the queer past.
Unconventional Performance Oriented Power Transformers Design Methodologies (Synthesis Lectures on Electrical Engineering)
by Amr Adly Salwa Abd-El-HafizThis book aims to offer practical and efficient methodologies to identify the main power transformer leading design variables that guarantee meeting a set of required performance specifications. Target audience are senior electrical power engineering students as well as design office engineers working in power transformers manufacturing plants.
Tourism as Memory-Making: Russian Tourism in the Shadow of Empire (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)
by Alena PfoserUntil recently the Russian Federation used to be one of the largest markets for outbound travel. Among Russians’ favourite destinations were cities that used to be part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and are now located in the independent nation-states bordering Russia. This open access book provides an empirically rich and conceptually sophisticated account of the mnemonic interactions between Russians and their neighbours in the shadow of empire and geopolitical confrontations. Based on extensive ethnographic research with tourists and tour guides in the cities of Tallinn, Kyiv, and Almaty before Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, it analyses the practices through which cultural memories are performed in tourism encounters, as well as the forms they take. Imperial nostalgia, the production and consumption of national pasts, and memory diplomacy are discussed as key modes of remembering in tourism. Through the case of Russian tourism, the book argues for an invigoration of research on memory and tourism, which despite the significance of tourism for the circulation of cultural memories has so far received surprisingly little attention. Bringing debates in memory, heritage and tourism studies into a dialogue, the book expands the field of study beyond museums and heritage sites and puts forward a transnational approach that acknowledges diverse and entangled modes of remembering in tourism, situates memory-making in a wider political context and reflects on its geopolitical implications.
The Handbook of Marriage in the Arab World (Gulf Studies #17)
by Md Mizanur Rahman Ahmed ArefThis open access handbook combines multiple theoretical and practical approaches for enabling a nuanced understanding of the phenomenon of marriage in the Arab world. Adopting a holistic, interdisciplinary approach, it provides a framework for the contextual and macro factors surrounding and affecting marriage in the Arab countries. It looks at the different types of marriage, whether traditional or new to the Arab world, and takes a detailed examination of the dialectic of marriage and age. It considers the dynamics surrounding delayed marriages, early marriages, celibacy, marriage costs, and age gaps between spouses. In addition, it examines marital relations vis-à-vis a diverse array of sub-topics, including marital and emotional satisfaction, and violence. It also looks at the relationship between work and marriage, and explores how ‘women’s work’ affects their family relationships and intimacy. Finally, it offers a rich analysis of two core marriage-related issues in the modern Arab world: migration and its positive/negative impacts on the institution of marriage, and marriage in the context of war and conflict, as present in several areas within the Arab region. A sociological magnum opus for social science students and researchers in areas of marriage studies, gender studies, family studies, the sociology of work, peace and conflict studies, human migration, and economics, it is also relevant to policymakers, politicians, social workers, and human rights and migration activists working in the Arab world and beyond.
Chief Design Officers at Work: Insights and Strategies from CDOs on the Frontlines of Innovation
by Jaleh AfsharMeet the creative minds shaping our world in Chief Design Officers At Work, the captivating new addition to the acclaimed At Work series from Apress. Explore the realm of design management, unveiling unique perspectives, strategies, and innovative approaches to building businesses with design in mind. Through a collection of insightful interviews, gain an illuminating glimpse into the daily lives, challenges, and triumphs of prominent design executives from various industries, spanning zero-to-one products to established brands. Each of these design experts have played a pivotal role in shaping design-driven approaches, leading to groundbreaking industry evolutions and market disruption. The remarkable stories and insights from these visionaries reveal how design-led thinking can be a powerful catalyst for driving bottom line success. From building user-centric products to creating cohesive brand experiences, these design leaders demonstrate the transformative impact design can have on business outcomes. Readers who are design practitioners, launching their own startup, revitalizing an existing product, or established executives will find invaluable lessons and inspiration within these pages. What You Will Learn How design leaders navigate complex business landscapes to craft compelling user experiences and brand strategies Valuable insights and practical advice that can elevate their own practice How to make a lasting impact in your industry as a designer Who This Book is For Whether you're a seasoned executive seeking fresh inspiration or an aspiring design practitioner eager to glean wisdom from the best in the field, Chief Design Officers at Work is an indispensable guide for anyone in the design field.
Biologically Inspired Techniques in Many Criteria Decision-Making: Proceedings of BITMDM 2024 (Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Systems #45)
by Satchidananda Dehuri Margarita Favorskaya Sujata Dash Ruppa K. Thulasiram Rohen H. SinghThis book includes selected high-quality research papers presented at 3rd International Conference on Biologically Inspired Techniques in Many Criteria Decision Making (BITMDM 2024) organized by School of Engineering and Technology, Nagaland University, Dimapur, India on 6th and 7th December 2024. This book presents the recent advances in techniques which are biologically inspired and their usage in the field of single and many criteria decision making. Further, the topics covered in this book are divided into different sections like: i) healthcare and biomedical applications, ii) security, fraud detection, and cybersecurity, iii) intelligent systems and decision support, iv) agriculture and environment, v) image processing and multi-media analysis, and vi) emerging technologies and applications.
Longevity: Energiepotenziale optimal einsetzen
by Gert von KunhardtWir werden älter und haben theoretisch mehr Möglichkeiten, unser Leben zu verlängern und zu verbessern. Die Praxis sieht oft anders aus. Wir investieren Unsummen für die Verbesserung unserer Gesundheit, obwohl wir Vieles selbst in der Hand haben. Dennoch werden immer mehr Menschen krank. Wir probieren dies und das und sterben entweder völlig unerwartet, oder lange krank oder vergessen im Pflegeheim. Was sind die wesentlichen Stellschrauben, die helfen, fit zu bleiben und ein erfülltes Leben zu führen? Dieses leicht verständliche Werk geht auf unterhaltsame und humorvolle Weise der Frage nach, weshalb wir oftmals nicht so alt werden wie es möglich wäre und veranschaulicht, welche Rolle die genetische Disposition und der Lebensstil mit Faktoren wie Stress, Bildung, Ernährung, Bewegung und Sport spielen. Dabei werden auch psychologische, psychosoziale und sozialökonomisch-gesellschaftliche Faktoren und deren Auswirkung auf die Gesundheit und Lebenserwartung aufschlussreich dargestellt. Der Leser erhält am Ende wertvolle Hinweise und Tipps wie es möglich wird länger, gesünder und zufriedener zu leben. Komplett überarbeitete Neuauflage.
Managing Major, Critical, and Public Order Incidents in Canadian Policing (SpringerBriefs in Criminology)
by Laura Huey Lorna Ferguson Judith P. AndersenThis brief examines Canadian police incident command response teams&’ process of decision-making during major, critical, and public order events. It explores the different factors that influence how police Incident Commanders (ICs) approach their work, and demystifies this work and how it is organized and operationalized. The chapters in this book detail: • The basics of how incident command is structured in Canada. • How incident command models in Canada relate to those in other countries. • Overviews of the training and responsibilities for different incident command types. • First-hand accounts of how ICs approach their work and feel about the decisions they have to make. This book is ideal for practitioners and policymakers who are interested in how this mode of policing works. It is also suitable for policing students in upper-level criminology and criminal justice courses curious about this potential line of work.
Multi-disciplinary Trends in Artificial Intelligence: 17th International Conference, MIWAI 2024, Pattaya, Thailand, November 11–15, 2024, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15432)
by Chattrakul Sombattheera Jun Pang Paul WengThe two-volume set LNAI 15431 and 15432 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Multi-disciplinary Trends in Artificial Intelligence, MIWAI 2024, held in Pattaya, Thailand, during November 11–15, 2024. The 68 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 147 submissions. The papers focus on various topics in AI and its applications, such as deep learning, machine learning, computer vision, pattern recognition, and natural language processing.