Computer Society Press

Advanced computer control; proceedings.

A January 2009 conference brought together members of the international community of computer and control scientists to present current research and new ideas in core areas of computer control, interdisciplinary work, and applications. Papers from the conference explore topics such as a time-delay neural network architecture for structural damage detection, watermarking based on the classification of cracks in paintings, application of the ant colony algorithm in PID parameter optimization, and performance analysis of an efficient TCP variant under Lossy environments. Other subjects investigated include a honeypot scheme for distributed denial-of-service, active vibration control of flexible structures using piezoelectric materials, and design of an autonomous surface vehicle used for marine environment monitoring. Jianhong is affiliated with Sichuan University, China. Xiaoxiao is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The book lacks a subject index. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Advanced science and technology; proceedings.

This volume brings together the proceedings of the 2009 International e-Conference on Advanced Science and Technology, held in Daejeon, Korea, in March 2009. Seventeen papers contributed by researchers from academia and industry, and practitioners from around the world, focus on topics in communication and networking; computer science and software engineering and their applications; ubiquitous multimedia computing; security technology and information assurance; bio-science and bio-technology; u and e-service, science, and technology; database theory and application; control and automation; signal processing, image processing, and pattern recognition; and grid and distributed computing. The volume has an author index only. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Artificial intelligence; proceedings.

Proceedings of an April 2009 conference held in Hainan Island, China, bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to discuss on the broad impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on science, engineering, medicine, social sciences, the arts, and education. Some 200 contributions are organized into sections on agent-based and multi-agent systems; constraints, satisfiability, and search; knowledge representation, reasoning, and logic; machine learning; multidisciplinary topics and applications; natural-language processing; planning and scheduling; robotics and vision; uncertainty in AI; web and knowledge-based information systems; intelligent information technologies and applications; and other related AI topics. A sampling of topics: the mechanism design of traffic BOT (build, operate, and transfer) project auction, laws on support counts of apriori algorithm candidates, a peer-to-peer based distributed collaborative filtering architecture, a precontract-based transaction handing method in workflow, a production management system for clothing enterprises, and a distance measurement system based on binocular stereo vision. No subject index. Oversize: 8.5x11.5 inches (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Association of Computer Science and Information Technology; proceedings.

Proceedings of an international conference held in Singapore in April 2009, bringing together researchers, scientists, engineers, and practitioners to share their experiences, new ideas, and research results, and discuss practical challenges encountered and the solution adopted. The 125 contributions are organized into 13 sections corresponding to the conference sessions: four on IACSIT-SC, five on advanced management science, three on bioinformatics and biomedical technology, and one on intelligent building and management. A sampling of topics: educational benefit of multimedia skills training, a curve fitting based image segmentation method, design of traceback methods for tracking DoS attacks, nonminutiae based fingerprint matching, operational risk management based on Baesian Markov chain Monte Carlo, key practice areas of lean manufacturing, a video-based user interface for people with disabilities of the fingers, wavelet analysis of HIV-1 genome, and integrated simulation platform for optimized building operations. No subject index. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Asynchronous circuits and systems; proceedings.

The proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Asynchronous Systems and Circuits are contained in this volume, with 21 papers presented to engineers and practitioners who work with on-chip networks, low-power design and circuit and system synthesis. Sponsored by IEEE, this volume covers such topics as delay-insensitivity, arbitration, logic synthesis and globally asynchronous locally synchronous systems (GALS). High-level design such as bottleneck analysis and alleviation in pipelined systems is also discussed. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Australian software engineering; proceedings.

Proceedings of an April 2009 international conference held in Gold Coast, Australia, organized by the Australian Computer Society and Engineers Australia acting through the Joint Board on Software Engineering and bringing together both academic research and industrial experience in software engineering. Thirty-six contributions cover a wide range of technical topics including requirements development, program derivation, simulation, testing, coding techniques, estimation, metrics and component-based software engineering. A sampling of topics: simulating software evolution with varying numbers of developers and validation using OSS, supporting multi-path UI development with vertical refinement, integrated data mapping for a software meta-tool, dynamic relational behavior for large-scale systems, a comprehensive feature-oriented traceability model for software product line development, inter-agent data flow analysis of abstract state machines, risk implications of software project organization structures, and a review of software development cost estimation using analogy. No subject index. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Code generation and optimization; proceedings.

This volume compiles the proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization, held in March 2009, in Seattle, Washington. It contains two keynote speeches and 26 articles by a group of North American, Chinese, Indian, and European computer science researchers and practitioners working on feedback-directed optimization and back-end compilation techniques. Articles cover concurrency, profile-directed optimization, intelligence, program analysis, dynamic optimization, programmer tools, optimizing stream programs, and representing calling contexts. Only an author index is provided. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Computer and automation engineering; proceedings.

Papers from a March 2009 conference report on research from around the world in core and interdisciplinary areas and applications of computer and automation engineering. Some specific subjects investigated include simulation of an induction motor controller, biomechanical analysis of the human hand, digital closed-loop control of a fiber optical gyroscope, design of transformers for a 60kVA automatic voltage stabilizer, and software component retrieval using genetic algorithms. Other topics examined include prospects for quantum teleportation, dynamic data driven multi-agent simulation of maritime traffic, resolving gyro zero drift in an electronic stabilization system, modeling of MEMS based temperature sensors in the petrochemical industry using LabVIEW, and automatic opinion extraction for Web documents. There is no subject index. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Computer modeling and simulation; proceedings.

The ICCMS 2009 held on February 20-22 brought together scientists, engineers, and practitioners from academia and industry to share their work and new ideas in the field of computer modeling and simulation. Mahmoud (Taibah U., Saudi Arabia) introduces 73 papers organized by eight sessions that present basic research and engineering and multi-disciplinary applications. Wide-ranging applications and their theoretical bases discussed include a multimode traffic assignment model considering emissions under various engine operating modes, a tracking and data relay satellite simulator to test antenna control systems, three-dimensional object-oriented geological modeling, and the Systems Dynamics model of a product marketing system. Sponsored by the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology, and co-organized by the Singapore Institute of Electronics. Committee members and reviewers are listed. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Communication software and networks; proceedings.

Papers from a February 2009 conference present current work on a broad range of challenges, solutions, and applications in communication software and networks. Papers have been selected on the basis of originality, significance, and clarity. Some specific subjects examined include metaphoric virus detection using an artificial immune system, learning task allocation for multiple flows in multi-agent systems, a grouped linear ZF receiver for multiple antenna systems, and joint detection and decoding based on MIMO systems. Other areas investigated include a novel dual-band power amplifier for wireless communication, face detection based on facial features and linear support vector machines, classification and analysis of business process anomalies, threat scenarios targeting the trust model of mobile agent platforms, and leakage identification for secret relational data using shadowed watermarks. There is no subject index. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Creating, connecting and collaborating through computing; proceedings.

The proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on "Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing" are presented in this volume for researchers, developers and educators. Editors Rose (founder, Viewpoints Research Institute, USA), Tanaka (social informatics, Kyoto U., Japan), Dara- Abrams (learning technology, Kinnexxus, Inc., USA), Kita (computing and media studies, Kyoto U., Japan), Kadobayashi (engineering, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan), McGeer (computer science, Hewlett-Packard, USA) and Stinckwich (researcher, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Vietnam) have collected session papers on end-user authoring environments, OLPC and eToys, collaboration frameworks and many other topics. Keynote lectures on the evolution of digital content and systems thinking for adults and children are also included. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Cybersecurity applications and technology; proceedings.

A March 2009 conference highlighted significant initiatives of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate's Cyber Security program. This book contains papers and extended abstracts from the conference. The book begins with several pages of short descriptions of DHS S&T research programs and topic areas. Papers from the conference are presented in sections according to these same programs and topic areas: domain name system security, secure protocols for the routing infrastructure, Cyber Defense Technology Experimental Research (DETER), Protected Repository for the Defense of Infrastructure against Cyber Threats (PREDICT), broad agency announcement 04-17, broad agency announcement 07-09, small business innovation research, the Rapid Technology Application Program (RTAP), and other funded research. The book will be of interest to government units, developers of information technology and security systems, and the commercial industry that generates products for government information systems. There is no subject index. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Data compression conference; proceedings.

Papers from a March 2009 conference report on research from around the world on data compression. Areas discussed include low-memory adaptive prefix coding, optimization of correlated source coding for event-based monitoring in sensor networks, analysis on rate distortion performance of compressive sensing for binary sparse sources, and tree histogram coding for mobile image matching. Other specific subjects examined include probing the randomness of proteins by their subsequence composition, compressed transitive delta encoding, transform coding with dithered quantizers, and universal refinable trellis coded quantization. Additional topics explored are algorithmic cross- complexity and relative complexity, a single layer distortion optimal approach to wireless video transmission, and lossy hyperspectral image coding with exogenous quasi optimal transforms. There is no subject index. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Database technology and applications; proceedings.

Papers from an April 2009 workshop, almost all by Chinese contributors, reveal the latest work on database technology in academia, industry, and government. Material is in sections on data process and knowledge visualization; data integration, interoperability, security, and privacy; data mining and information extraction; data modeling and architectures; data quality, reliability, and robustness; data streaming and parallel and distributed data mining; database design, evaluation, query, and optimization; XML, web services, ontologies, and text mining; and social and mathematical statistics. Some specific research and projects described include a unified out-of-sequence measurements fusion algorithm for WSN, a cluster-based watermarking technique for relational databases, an image semantic search engine, and the application of data mining technology in CRM of commercial banks. The editor is affiliated with Wuhan University of Science and Technology, China. There is no subject index. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Digital image processing; proceedings.

The ICDIP 2009 held on March 7-9 brought together researchers, scientists, engineers, and practitioners from academia and industry to exchange their work and new ideas in core basic areas of digital image processing and multi-disciplinary applications. The 84 papers organized in eight sessions present wide-ranging applications, their theoretical basis, and experimental results. Medical applications include automated counting of white blood cells in clinical lab tests, quantitative analysis of intracranial volume from magnetic resonance images of the brain, and early diagnosis of retinal diseases by automated segmentation of retinal blood vessels. Other applications discussed include an alternative to image segmentation algorithms based on fuzzy c-means clustering, number recognition systems, an e-learning system for Chinese sign language, and iris recognition-based security systems. Organizing committee members and reviewers are listed. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Education technology and computer science; proceedings; 3v.

Contained in 3 massive volumes, the 780 papers of this proceedings were presented at the First International Workshop on Education Technology and Computer Science, held in March 2009 in Wuhan, China. The papers present the contributors' research in the theory and practice of virtual learning, online education, and distance education, with a focus on the myriad technical issues related to them. A small sample of topics includes curriculum reform of computer operating system, Bluetooth data acquisition system based on ARM, video quality assessment based on spatial-temporal distortion, and process oriented analysis for software automation. Each paper includes an abstract and list of references as well as visual materials, tables, models, and code. An author index is provided. Sadly, there is neither a subject index nor any organization of the papers, which are not grouped by topic, title, workshop, nor other classification scheme. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Education technology and computer; proceedings.

An April 2009 conference brought together researchers, scientists, practitioners, and engineers from around the world to share research results in core areas of educational technology and computers. Papers from the conference are presented here, not organized by topic. Some general educational technology areas covered include students' interactions in online asynchronous discussion forums, e-portfolios for lifelong learning, group learning based on game theory, blogs as instructional tools for student writing, and the role of virtual communities in a Web 2.0 world. Papers on technical aspects predominate, explaining research on tools such as a language interpreter based on reusable components, a smart motion detection surveillance system, a security service for collaborative learning environments, and noise reduction of video sequences using detection methods. There are also papers that aren't related to educational technology, on topics such as fatigue life prediction of served aircraft aluminum alloy structure, numerical simulation of corrosion fatigue crack propagation, and newspaper vendor sales prediction using artificial neural networks. There is no subject index. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Education technology and training and geoscience and remote sensing; proceedings; 2v.

This two-volume set collects papers from a December 2008 workshop co-sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and the Intelligent Information Technology Application Research Association of Hong Kong. In each volume, material is in sections on education technology and training, geosciences and remote sensing, and intelligent information technology applications. Some educational areas covered include the application of streaming media in instructional skills training, the use of SPSS for evaluating curriculum design in food engineering, and knowledge transfer in high school engineering education. In the geosciences and remote sensing section, topics examined include curvelet-based noise attenuation in prestack seismic data, a version-based modeling approach for spatio- temporal data, and application of the wavelet transform in single training sample extraction of VEP. Most of the contributors are Asian, and many papers in the geosensing section focus on case studies in China. Some of the intelligent information technology applications described include neuronal ensemble entropy coding in the anterior cingulated cortex of rats under fear conditioning, the impact of resolution on facial recognition, and application of the ant colony algorithm to QoS multicast routing. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Electronic computer technology; proceedings.

Proceedings of a February 2009 international conference held in Macau and bringing together researchers, scientists, engineers, and practitioners to exchange experiences, new ideas, and research results, and to discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adapted. The 149 contributions are organized into 15 "sessions." A sampling of topics: task-based automatic examination system for sequenced test, novel solar cell structure by coating surface gratings, the Web-based B2B environment with Web services, simulation and analysis of protocols in ad hoc network, research on variable fin stabilizers with double wings at zero speed, use of neural networks in damage detection of structures, feasibility and profitability of optimization ¿ by data-type specification in Ruby, reform the setting of computer hardware teaching, adjust ELF format for multi-core architecture, improving locality of BitTorrent with ISP cooperation, generation of 3D line segment based on disparity data, and design of a large aperture compact corrugated horn. No subject index. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Enabling technologies; infrastructure for collaborative enterprises; proceedings.

Comprised of 37 full papers, eight short papers, and several poster sessions, these proceedings of the 2008 international Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WEITICE-2008) represent the ongoing, parallel workshops in seven areas: security technologies of collaborative architectures, agent-based computing for enterprise collaboration, distributed and mobile collaboration, emerging technologies for next-generation grid, collaborative peer-to-peer systems, agile co- operative process-aware information systems, and coordination models and applications: knowledge in pervasive environments. The five keynote talks emphasize the social psychological and cognitive processes shaping collaborative development of software and product systems. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Data Engineering and the Concurrent Engineering Research Center at West Virginia University, Morgantown. The organizing committees and attendees are listed. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Engineering computation; proceedings.

Of the 67 papers, 25 explore theory and technology from such perspectives as the time-dependent analysis of steel-concrete composite beams, a strategy for saving energy in a variable-rate irrigation sprinkler, the limit span of two-span self-anchored suspension bridges, and a computational model for estuarine velocity separation in the Yangtze River. Most of the other papers sample applications, among them a real-option decision-making model for the investment value of a water project, simulating chaos characteristics of a class of macroscopic traffic models, the numerical simulation of methane accumulation in the roof-falling zone of a roadway in a coal mine, and a geometrical analysis of the Avian Influenza virus at different areas. Nine of the papers, deemed unfit for either category, discuss such topics as using nonlinear finite element analysis to predict the ultimate punching failure in concrete bridge deck slabs, detecting character and communication patterns of users on social network sites, and a transpiration model for fruit trees based on a generalized regression neural network. Only authors are indexed. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Engineering of autonomic and autonomous systems; proceedings.

This volume contains 13 presentations from the April 2009 Sixth Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Conference and Workshops on Engineering of Autonomic and Autonomous systems. Topics addressed by the presentations include the design of a novel autonomic management methodology and architecture for next generation and future internet systems, change support in adaptive software, design patterns for self-organizing emergent systems based on digital infochemicals, monitoring autonomic networks through signatures of emergence, an autonomic system for close air support using runtime verification to design a reliable execution framework for scientific workflows, architectural artifacts for autonomic distributed systems-contract language, and developing autonomic management systems in federated environments. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Engineering of computer-based systems; proceedings.

This volume contains papers submitted to the 16th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems held in April, 2009, in San Francisco, California. The 38 papers cover varied aspects of several topics, including: modeling, software, system design and analysis, safety analysis, formal methods, and embedded systems. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)