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Optinformatics in Evolutionary Learning and Optimization (Adaptation, Learning, and Optimization #25)
By Liang Feng, Yaqing Hou, Zexuan Zhu. 2021
This book provides readers the recent algorithmic advances towards realizing the notion of optinformatics in evolutionary learning and optimization. The…
book also provides readers a variety of practical applications, including inter-domain learning in vehicle route planning, data-driven techniques for feature engineering in automated machine learning, as well as evolutionary transfer reinforcement learning. Through reading this book, the readers will understand the concept of optinformatics, recent research progresses in this direction, as well as particular algorithm designs and application of optinformatics. Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are adaptive search approaches that take inspiration from the principles of natural selection and genetics. Due to their efficacy of global search and ease of usage, EAs have been widely deployed to address complex optimization problems occurring in a plethora of real-world domains, including image processing, automation of machine learning, neural architecture search, urban logistics planning, etc. Despite the success enjoyed by EAs, it is worth noting that most existing EA optimizers conduct the evolutionary search process from scratch, ignoring the data that may have been accumulated from different problems solved in the past. However, today, it is well established that real-world problems seldom exist in isolation, such that harnessing the available data from related problems could yield useful information for more efficient problem-solving. Therefore, in recent years, there is an increasing research trend in conducting knowledge learning and data processing along the course of an optimization process, with the goal of achieving accelerated search in conjunction with better solution quality. To this end, the term optinformatics has been coined in the literature as the incorporation of information processing and data mining (i.e., informatics) techniques into the optimization process. The primary market of this book is researchers from both academia and industry, who are working on computational intelligence methods and their applications. This book is also written to be used as a textbook for a postgraduate course in computational intelligence emphasizing methodologies at the intersection of optimization and machine learning.This book presents the proceedings of the 4th International Scientific Conference IC BCI 2021 Opole, Poland. The event was held…
at Opole University of Technology in Poland on 21 September 2021. Since 2014, the conference has taken place every two years at the University’s Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control and Informatics. The conference focused on the issues relating to new trends in modern brain–computer interfaces (BCI) and control engineering, including neurobiology–neurosurgery, cognitive science–bioethics, biophysics–biochemistry, modeling–neuroinformatics, BCI technology, biomedical engineering, control and robotics, computer engineering and neurorehabilitation–biofeedback.Passive and Active Measurement: 22nd International Conference, PAM 2021, Virtual Event, March 29 – April 1, 2021, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12671)
By Dave Levin, Oliver Hohlfeld, Andra Lutu. 2021
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2021, which was planned to…
be held in Cottbus, Germany, in March 2021. Due to the Corona pandemic, the conference was organized as a virtual meeting. The 33 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: COVID-19; web security; video streaming; TLS; staying connected; DoS; performance; network security; DNS; capacity; and exposing hidden behaviors. Due to the Corona pandemic, PAM 2021 was held as a virtual conference.Trends and Applications in Information Systems and Technologies: Volume 2 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1366)
By Hojjat Adeli, Álvaro Rocha, Gintautas Dzemyda, Fernando Moreira, Ana Maria Ramalho Correia. 2021
This book is composed of a selection of articles from The 2021 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'21),…
held online between 30 and 31 of March and 1 and 2 of April 2021 at Hangra de Heroismo, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal.WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern information systems and technologies research, together with their technological development and applications. The main topics covered are: A) Information and Knowledge Management; B) Organizational Models and Information Systems; C) Software and Systems Modeling; D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; E) Multimedia Systems and Applications; F) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; H) Big Data Analytics and Applications; I) Human–Computer Interaction; J) Ethics, Computers & Security; K) Health Informatics; L) Information Technologies in Education; M) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications; N) Technologies for Biomedical Applications.Trends and Applications in Information Systems and Technologies: Volume 4 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1368)
By Hojjat Adeli, Álvaro Rocha, Gintautas Dzemyda, Fernando Moreira, Ana Maria Ramalho Correia. 2021
This book is composed of a selection of articles from The 2021 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'21),…
held online between 30 and 31 of March and 1 and 2 of April 2021 at Hangra de Heroismo, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal.WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern information systems and technologies research, together with their technological development and applications.The main topics covered are: A) Information and Knowledge Management; B) Organizational Models and Information Systems; C) Software and Systems Modeling; D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; E) Multimedia Systems and Applications; F) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; H) Big Data Analytics and Applications; I) Human–Computer Interaction; J) Ethics, Computers & Security; K) Health Informatics; L) Information Technologies in Education; M) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications; N) Technologies for Biomedical Applications.Trends and Applications in Information Systems and Technologies: Volume 3 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1367)
By Hojjat Adeli, Álvaro Rocha, Gintautas Dzemyda, Fernando Moreira, Ana Maria Ramalho Correia. 2021
This book is composed of a selection of articles from The 2021 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'21),…
held online between 30 and 31 of March and 1 and 2 of April 2021 at Hangra de Heroismo, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal.WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern information systems and technologies research, together with their technological development and applications.The main topics covered are: A) Information and Knowledge Management; B) Organizational Models and Information Systems; C) Software and Systems Modeling; D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; E) Multimedia Systems and Applications; F) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; H) Big Data Analytics and Applications; I) Human–Computer Interaction; J) Ethics, Computers & Security; K) Health Informatics; L) Information Technologies in Education; M) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications; N) Technologies for Biomedical Applications.Introducing Blockchain with Lisp: Implement and Extend Blockchains with the Racket Language
By Boro Sitnikovski. 2021
Implement blockchain from scratch covering all the details with Racket, a general-purpose Lisp. You'll start by exploring what a blockchain…
is, so you have a solid foundation for the rest of the book. You'll then be ready to learn Racket before starting on your blockchain implementation. Once you have a working blockchain, you'll move onto extending it. The book's appendices provide supporting resources to help you in your blockchain projects. The recommended approach for the book is to follow along and write the code as it’s being explained instead of reading passively. This way you will get the most out of it. All of the source code is available for free download from GitHub. What You Will LearnDiscover the Racket programming language and how to use itImplement a blockchain from scratch using LispImplement smart contracts and peer-to-peer supportLearn how to use macros to employ more general abstractionsWho This Book Is For Novices that have at least some experience with programming, as well as some basic working experience with computers. The book also assumes some experience with high school mathematics, such as functions.If you are curious about the basics of artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and quantum computing as key enablers for digital…
transformation and innovation, Digital Fluency is your handy guide. The real-world applications of these cutting-edge technologies are expanding rapidly, and your daily life will continue to be affected by each of them. There is no better time than now to get started and become digitally fluent.You need not have previous knowledge of these versatile technologies, as author Volker Lang will expertly guide you through this digital age. He illustrates key concepts and applications in numerous practical examples and more than 48 catchy figures throughout Digital Fluency. The end of each chapter presents you with a helpful implementation checklist of central lessons before proceeding to the next. This book gets to the heart of digital buzzwords and concepts, and tells you what they truly mean. Breaking down topics such as automated driving and intelligent robotics powered by artificial intelligence, blockchain-based cryptocurrencies and smart contracts, drug development and optimization of financial investment portfolios by quantum computing, and more is imperative to being ready for what the future of industry holds. Whether your own digital transformation journey takes place within your private or public organization, your studies, or your individual household, Digital Fluency maps out a concrete digital action plan for all of your technology and innovation strategy needs.What You Will Learn Gain guidance in the digital age without requiring any previous knowledge about digital technologies and digital transformationGet acquainted with the most popular current and prospective applications of artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and quantum computing across a wide range of industries including healthcare, financial services, and the automobile industryBecome familiar with the digital innovation models of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, IBM, and other world-leading organizations Implement your own digital transformation successfully along the eight core dimensions of a concrete digital action planWho This Book Is ForThought-leaders, business executives and industry strategists, management and strategy consultants, politicians and policy makers, entrepreneurs, financial analysts, investors and venture capitalists, students and research scientists, as well as general readers, who want to become digitally fluent.Automated Machine Learning with Microsoft Azure: Build highly accurate and scalable end-to-end AI solutions with Azure AutoML
By Dennis Michael Sawyers. 2021
A practical, step-by-step guide to using Microsoft's AutoML technology on the Azure Machine Learning service for developers and data scientists…
working with the Python programming languageKey FeaturesCreate, deploy, productionalize, and scale automated machine learning solutions on Microsoft AzureImprove the accuracy of your ML models through automatic data featurization and model trainingIncrease productivity in your organization by using artificial intelligence to solve common problemsBook DescriptionAutomated Machine Learning with Microsoft Azure helps you to build high-performing, accurate machine learning models in record time. It allows anyone to easily harness the power of artificial intelligence and increase the productivity and profitability of your business. With a series of clicks on a guided user interface (GUI), novices and seasoned data scientists alike can train and deploy machine learning solutions to production with ease. This book will teach you how to use Azure AutoML with both the GUI as well as the AzureML Python software development kit (SDK) in a careful, step-by-step way. First, you'll learn how to prepare data, train models, and register them to your Azure Machine Learning workspace. You'll then discover how to take those models and use them to create both automated batch solutions using machine learning pipelines and real-time scoring solutions using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Finally, you will be able to use AutoML on your own data to not only train regression, classification, and forecasting models but also use them to solve a wide variety of business problems. By the end of this Azure book, you'll be able to show your business partners exactly how your ML models are making predictions through automatically generated charts and graphs, earning their trust and respect.What you will learnUnderstand how to train classification, regression, and forecasting ML algorithms with Azure AutoMLPrepare data for Azure AutoML to ensure smooth model training and deploymentAdjust AutoML configuration settings to make your models as accurate as possibleDetermine when to use a batch-scoring solution versus a real-time scoring solutionProductionalize your AutoML solution with Azure Machine Learning pipelinesCreate real-time scoring solutions with AutoML and Azure Kubernetes ServiceDiscover how to quickly deliver value and earn business trust using AutoMLTrain a large number of AutoML models at once using the AzureML Python SDKWho this book is forData scientists, aspiring data scientists, machine learning engineers, or anyone interested in applying artificial intelligence or machine learning in their business will find this book useful. You need to have beginner-level knowledge of artificial intelligence and a technical background in computer science, statistics, or information technology before getting started with this machine learning book. Familiarity with Python will help you implement this book's more advanced features, but even data analysts and SQL experts will be able to train ML models after finishing this book.Software Architecture with C++: Design modern systems using effective architecture concepts, design patterns, and techniques with C++20
By Adrian Ostrowski, Piotr Gaczkowski. 2021
Apply business requirements to IT infrastructure and deliver a high-quality product by understanding architectures such as microservices, DevOps, and cloud-native…
using modern C++ standards and featuresKey FeaturesDesign scalable large-scale applications with the C++ programming languageArchitect software solutions in a cloud-based environment with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)Achieve architectural goals by leveraging design patterns, language features, and useful toolsBook DescriptionSoftware architecture refers to the high-level design of complex applications. It is evolving just like the languages we use. Modern C++ allows developers to write high-performance apps in a high-level language without sacrificing readability and maintainability. If you're working with modern C++, this practical guide will help you put your knowledge to work and design distributed, large-scale apps. You'll start by getting up to speed with architectural concepts, including established patterns and rising trends. The book will then explain what software architecture is and help you explore its components. Next, you'll discover the design concepts involved in application architecture and the patterns in software development, before going on to learn how to build, package, integrate, and deploy your components. In the concluding chapters, you'll explore different architectural qualities, such as maintainability, reusability, testability, performance, scalability, and security. Finally, you will get an overview of distributed systems, such as service-oriented architecture, microservices, and cloud-native, and understand how to apply them in application development. By the end of this book, you'll be able to build distributed services using modern C++ and associated tools to deliver solutions as per your clients' requirements.What you will learnUnderstand how to apply the principles of software architectureApply design patterns and best practices to meet your architectural goalsWrite elegant, safe, and performant code using the latest C++ featuresBuild applications that are easy to maintain and deployExplore the different architectural approaches and learn to apply them as per your requirementSimplify development and operations using application containersDiscover various techniques to solve common problems in software design and developmentWho this book is forThis software architecture C++ programming book is for experienced C++ developers who are looking to become software architects or are interested in developing enterprise-grade applications.Explore Amazon Connect, from implementing call flows and creating AI bots to integrating artificial intelligence solutions and analyzing critical customer…
sentimentKey FeaturesDiscover how to integrate chat with Connect to allow organizations to reduce operations costsLeverage machine learning to perform natural language processing (NLP) for analyzing customer feedback and trendsLearn how to integrate your enterprise application with Amazon ConnectBook DescriptionAmazon Connect is a pay-as-you-go cloud contact center solution that powers Amazon's customer contact system and provides an impressive user experience while reducing costs. Connect's scalability has been especially helpful during COVID-19, helping customers with research, remote work, and other solutions, and has driven adoption rates higher. Amazon Connect: Up and Running will help you develop a foundational understanding of Connect's capabilities and how businesses can effectively estimate the costs and risks associated with migration. Complete with hands-on tutorials, costing profiles, and real-world use cases relating to improving business operations, this easy-to-follow guide will teach you everything you need to get your call center online, interface with critical business systems, and take your customer experience to the next level. As you advance, you'll understand the benefits of using Amazon Connect and cost estimation guidelines for migration and new deployments. Later, the book guides you through creating AI bots, implementing interfaces, and leveraging machine learning for business analytics. By the end of this book, you'll be able to bring a Connect call center online with all its major components and interfaces to significantly reduce personnel overhead and provide your customers with an enhanced user experience (UX).What you will learnBecome well-versed with the capabilities and benefits of Amazon ConnectDetermine cost-effective solutions by integrating Connect with AWSCreate, modify, and connect contact flows to improve efficiencyBuild a conversational interface with Amazon LexFind out how to transfer contact records out of Connect via KinesisGather user insights and improve business operations with Amazon QuickSightAnalyze customer-agent conversations with ML speech analytics capabilitiesDiscover ways to provide superior customer service at a lower costWho this book is forThis Amazon Connect book is for anyone looking to save costs and improve their customer experience through a more advanced call center using Amazon Connect and other AWS capabilities. A technical understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and beginner-level business administration experience are necessary to address cost concerns and risks.Sustainable Cities: Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and the Rise of Green, “Cy-phy” Cities
By Claudio Scardovi. 2021
Global cities are facing an almost unprecedented challenge of change. As they re-emerge from the Covid 19 pandemic and get…
ready to face climate change and other, potentially existential threats, they need to look for new ways to support wealth and wellbeing creation – leveraging Big Data and AI and suing them into their physical reality and to become greener, more inclusive and resilient, hence sustainable.This book describes how new digital technologies could be used to design digital and physical twins of cities that are able to feed into each other to optimize their working and ability to create new wealth and wellbeing. The book also describes how to increase cities’ social and economic resilience during crisis time and addressing their almost fatal weaknesses – as it became all too obvious during the recent COVID 19 crisis. Also, the book presents a framework for a critical discussion of the concept of “smart-city”, suggesting its development into a “cyber” and “meta” one – meaning, not only digital systems can allow physical ones (e.g. cities, citizens, households and companies) to become “smarter”, but also the vice versa is true, as off line data and real life behaviours can support the optimization and development of virtual brains as a sum of big data and artificial intelligence apps all sitting “over the cloud”. An analysis of the fundamental dynamics of this emerging “info-telligence” economy, and of the potential role of big digital players like Amazon, Google and Facebook is then paving the way to discuss a few strategic forays on how traditional sectors such as financial services, real estate, TMT or health could also evolve, leveraging Big Data and AI in a cyber-physical integrated setting. Finally, a number of thought provoking use cases that could be designed around individuals, and to improve the success and the resilience of households and companies living and working in urban areas are discussed, as an example of one of the most exciting future markets to come: the one of global, sustainable citiesDesign, develop, and validate machine learning models with streaming data using the Scikit-Multiflow framework. This book is a quick start…
guide for data scientists and machine learning engineers looking to implement machine learning models for streaming data with Python to generate real-time insights. You'll start with an introduction to streaming data, the various challenges associated with it, some of its real-world business applications, and various windowing techniques. You'll then examine incremental and online learning algorithms, and the concept of model evaluation with streaming data and get introduced to the Scikit-Multiflow framework in Python. This is followed by a review of the various change detection/concept drift detection algorithms and the implementation of various datasets using Scikit-Multiflow.Introduction to the various supervised and unsupervised algorithms for streaming data, and their implementation on various datasets using Python are also covered. The book concludes by briefly covering other open-source tools available for streaming data such as Spark, MOA (Massive Online Analysis), Kafka, and more.What You'll LearnUnderstand machine learning with streaming data conceptsReview incremental and online learningDevelop models for detecting concept driftExplore techniques for classification, regression, and ensemble learning in streaming data contextsApply best practices for debugging and validating machine learning models in streaming data contextGet introduced to other open-source frameworks for handling streaming data.Who This Book Is ForMachine learning engineers and data science professionalsIntroduction to Algorithmic Government
By Rajan Gupta, Saibal Kumar Pal. 2021
The world is changing at a fast pace, so is the Government and Governance style. Humans are bound to go…
for Algorithmic strategies rather than manual or electronic ones in different domains. This book introduces the Algorithmic Government or Government by Algorithm, which refers to authorizing machines in the Public Sector for automated decision-making based on Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and other technologies. It is an emerging concept introduced globally and will be considered revolutionary in the future. The book covers concepts, applications, progress status, and potential use-cases of Algorithmic Government. This book serves as introductory material for the readers from technology, public policy, administration, and management fields.Cloud Computing and Services Science: 10th International Conference, CLOSER 2020, Prague, Czech Republic, May 7–9, 2020, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1399)
By Markus Helfert, Donald Ferguson, Claus Pahl. 2021
This book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 10th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2020,…
held in Prague, Czech Republic, in May 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held in a virtual format.The 14 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 69 submissions. CLOSER 2020 focuses on the emerging area of cloud computing, inspired by some latest advances that concern the infrastructure, operations, and available servicesthrough the global network.Computer Vision and Image Processing: 5th International Conference, CVIP 2020, Prayagraj, India, December 4-6, 2020, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1377)
By Balasubramanian Raman, P. Nagabhushan, Satish Kumar Singh, Partha Roy. 2021
This three-volume set (CCIS 1367-1368) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing, CVIP 2020, held…
in Prayagraj, India, in December 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was partially held online. The 134 papers papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 352 submissions. The papers present recent research on such topics as biometrics, forensics, content protection, image enhancement/super-resolution/restoration, motion and tracking, image or video retrieval, image, image/video processing for autonomous vehicles, video scene understanding, human-computer interaction, document image analysis, face, iris, emotion, sign language and gesture recognition, 3D image/video processing, action and event detection/recognition, medical image and video analysis, vision-based human GAIT analysis, remote sensing, and more.Proceedings of International Conference on Big Data, Machine Learning and Applications: BigDML 2019 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #180)
By Valentina Emilia Balas, Sivaji Bandyopadhyay, Ripon Patgiri. 2021
This book covers selected high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference on Big Data, Machine Learning, and Applications (BigDML…
2019). It focuses on both theory and applications in the broad areas of big data and machine learning. It brings together the academia, researchers, developers and practitioners from scientific organizations and industry to share and disseminate recent research findings.Bioinformatik: Ein einführendes Lehrbuch
By Thomas Dandekar, Meik Kunz. 2021
Dieses Buch bietet eine packende Einführung in das am schnellsten wachsende Gebiet der Biologie mit leicht nachvollziehbaren Beispielen und einem…
gut aufbereiteten Anhang für die Leserschaft, um so gleich alles direkt nachkochen und miterleben zu können.Das Buch holt den Leser und die Leserin bei den Grundlagen ab, wie man zum Beispiel Sequenzinformationen einfach findet und dann analysiert. In weiteren Kapiteln gehen die Autoren auf die verschiedenen Analysemöglichkeiten von RNA, DNA und Proteinen bis hin zu ganzen Stoffwechselwegen ein. Dabei werden in jedem Kapitel spannende Beispiele aus der Biologie gewählt, die zur Veranschaulichung der Analyse dienen. Jedes Kapitel wird mit einem Übungsteil abgeschlossen, welches das Gelernte sogleich zur Anwendung bringt.Das Thema dieses Buches ist ein Muss für jeden Biologiestudierenden, ob Bachelor- oder Masterstudium, da die Bioinformatik mittlerweile erstaunliche Einsichten in die molekularen Grundlagen aller Lebewesen zutage fördert. Informatikstudierende und andere Studierende aus angrenzenden Naturwissenschaften bekommen einen guten Einstieg in die Bioinformatik, denn neben der Software werden systematisch die Biologie und aktuelle Themen (z.B. KI) Schritt für Schritt eingeführt.Entdecken Sie gemeinsam mit den Autoren den Schlüssel zum Leben und lernen Sie die Sprache des Lebens verstehen.Trends in Wireless Communication and Information Security: Proceedings of EWCIS 2020 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #740)
By Valentina Emilia Balas, Debdatta Kandar, Samarendra Nath Sur, Mithun Chakraborty, Raman Kr. Jha. 2021
This book presents best selected papers presented at the International Conference on Emerging Wireless Communication Technologies and Information Security (EWCIS…
2020), held from 8th & 9th October 2020 at Amity University Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. The book includes papers in the research area of wireless communications and intelligent systems, signal and image processing in engineering applications, data communication and information security, IoT and cloud computing. The contribution ranges from scientists, engineers and technologists from academia as well as from industry.Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies: 13th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2020, Valletta, Malta, February 24–26, 2020, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1400)
By Ana Fred, Hugo Gamboa, Federico Cabitza, Elisabetta De Maria, Xuesong Ye, Filipe Soares, Pedro Gómez Vilda. 2021
This book constitutes extended and revised versions of the selected papers from the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering…
Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2020, held in Valletta, Malta, in February 2020.The 29 revised and extended full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 363 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on biomedical electronics and devices; bioimaging; bioinformatics models, methods and algorithms; bio-inspired systems and signal processing; health informatic