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Synthesis Lectures on Data Management: Human Interaction with Graphs (Paperback)

Interacting with graphs using queries has emerged as an important research problem for real-world applications that center on large graph data. Given the syntactic complexity of graph query languages (e.g. SPARQL Cypher) visual graph query... more

Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies: Statistical Language Models for Information Retrieval (Paperback)

As online information grows dramatically search engines such as Google are playing a more and more important role in our lives. Critical to all search engines is the problem of designing an effective retrieval model that can rank documents... more

Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies: Semantic Role Labeling (Paperback)

This book is aimed at providing an overview of several aspects of semantic role labeling. Chapter 1 begins with linguistic background on the definition of semantic roles and the controversies surrounding them. Chapter 2 describes how the theories... more

Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Le: Introduction to Logic Programming (Paperback)

Logic Programming is a style of programming in which programs take the form of sets of sentences in the language of Symbolic Logic. Over the years there has been growing interest in Logic Programming due to applications in deductive databases... more

Synthesis Lectures on Data Semantics and Knowledge: Natural Language Processing for the Semantic Web (Paperback)

This book introduces core natural language processing (NLP) technologies to non-experts in an easily accessible way as a series of building blocks that lead the user to understand key technologies why they are required and how to integrate them into... more

Synthesis Lectures on Visualization: Data Through Movement : Designing Embodied Human-Data Interaction for Informal Learning (Hardcover)

When you picture human-data interactions (HDI) what comes to mind? The datafication of modern life along with open data initiatives advocating for transparency and access to current and historical datasets has fundamentally transformed when where... more

Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts Retrieval and S: Dynamic Information Retrieval Modeling (Paperback)

Big data and human-computer information retrieval (HCIR) are changing IR. They capture the dynamic changes in the data and dynamic interactions of users with IR systems. A dynamic system is one which changes or adapts over time or a sequence of... more

Synthesis Lectures on Data Management: Generating Plans from Proofs (Paperback)

Query reformulation refers to a process of translating a source query--a request for information in some high-level logic-based language--into a target plan that abides by certain interface restrictions. Many practical problems in data management... more

Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Le: Adversarial Machine Learning (Paperback)

The increasing abundance of large high-quality datasets combined with significant technical advances over the last several decades have made machine learning into a major tool employed across a broad array of tasks including vision language finance... more

Synthesis Lectures on Information Security Privacy and Tru: Automated Software Diversity (Paperback)

Whereas user-facing applications are often written in modern languages the firmware operating system support libraries and virtual machines that underpin just about any modern computer system are still written in low-level languages that value... more

Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics: Data-Driven Personas (Paperback)

Data-driven personas are a significant advancement in the fields of human-centered informatics and human-computer interaction. Data-driven personas enhance user understanding by combining the empathy inherent with personas with the rationality... more

Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics: User-Centered Agile Methods (Paperback)

With the introduction and popularization of Agile methods of software development existing relationships and working agreements between user experience groups and developers are being disrupted. Agile methods introduce new concepts: the Product... more

Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics: Cultures in Human-Computer Interaction (Hardcover)

This book provides an interdisciplinary synthesis of the topic of culture in the context of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and a structured overview of a large body of HCI research on (and with) culture. The book presents a short and guided... more

Synthesis Lectures on Distributed Computing Theory: Distributed Computing Pearls (Paperback)

Computers and computer networks are one of the most incredible inventions of the 20th century having an ever-expanding role in our daily lives by enabling complex human activities in areas such as entertainment education and commerce. One of the... more

Synthesis Lectures on Computer Science: An Introduction to Programming Languages: Simultaneous Learning in Multiple Coding Environments (Hardcover)

After a short introduction on the history of programming languages this book provides step-by-step examples that are mirrored in seven programming languages including C# C++ Java JavaScript PERL PHP Python Ruby VB and VBA. This mirrored approach for... more

Pre-Owned Learner-Centered Design of Computing Education: Research on Computing for Everyone (Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics) Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics: From Tool to Partner : The Evolution of Human-Computer Interaction (Hardcover)

This is the first comprehensive history of human-computer interaction (HCI). Whether you are a user-experience professional or an academic researcher whether you identify with computer science human factors information systems information science... more