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Queens College
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   Photo forensics
Farid H., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2016. 336 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-262035-34-7)

From a number of perspectives, Photo forensics is a wonderful book. From the most material point of view, it is simply beautiful. You may even see it on coffee tables. The cover is smartly designed, the paper is of high quality,...

Aug 31 2017  
   Sams teach yourself Java in 21 days (7th ed.)
Cadenhead R., Sams, Indianapolis, IN, 2016. 720 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-672337-10-9)

The claim that a person can learn any programming language in 21 days needs to be put into perspective. To address this concern, the famed artificial intelligence researcher Peter Norvig [1] wrote a strong essay regarding any ̶...

Jan 30 2017  
   Excel 2013 for educational and psychological statistics: a guide to solving practical problems
Quirk T., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2015. 258 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-319267-11-1)

Truly living up to its name, this book is not intended to be yet another Excel encyclopedia but rather targets the essential curricular requirements that would be found in a sociology or psychology major’s statistics class. Y...

Jul 27 2016  
   Image and video compression: fundamentals, techniques, and applications
Joshi M., Raval M., Dandawate Y., Joshi K., Metkar S., Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2014. 236 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-482228-22-9)

A simple perusal of the table of contents proves that the reader is in for a real tour of the field of multimedia compression, for both 2D and 3D images. The significance of this work is that the transmission of large file streams of s...

Aug 7 2015  
   Pro JavaFX 8: a definitive guide to building desktop, mobile, and embedded Java clients
Vos J., Gao W., Weaver J., Chin S., Iverson D., Apress, New York, NY, 2014. 616 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-430265-74-0)

Apress publishing dedicates itself to providing the public with the most up-to-date books on the latest application and programming technologies. This text is no exception and is considered perhaps the most up-to-date presentation on J...

Feb 23 2015  
   Innovative computational intelligence: a rough guide to 134 clever algorithms
Xing B., Gao W., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, Cham, Switzerland, 2014. 260 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-319034-03-4)

Computational intelligence is distinguished from classic algorithmic development because it is based on or inspired by real-world mechanisms as opposed to a mostly pure mathematical or logical analysis. Bezdek [1], based on his earlier...

Sep 25 2014  
   Learn Java for Android development (3rd ed.)
Friesen J., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2014. 1200 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-430264-54-5)

Current academic curricula for computer science programs across the US focus on traditional subjects and adhere to official guidelines for programming, theory, and project development. In many schools, this translates to a programming ...

Jul 23 2014  
   Educational data mining: applications and trends
Peña-Ayala A., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2013. 500 pp.  Type: Book (978-3-319027-37-1)

This book represents a serious effort by the editor and a team of 60 reviewers, who peer-reviewed more than 30 chapters in order to obtain the final 16 that comprise this meaningful text. The chapters are aggregated into four parts.
Jul 3 2014  
   Iris biometrics: from segmentation to template security
Rathgeb C., Uhl A., Wild P., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2013. 380 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-461455-70-7)

Iris recognition and biometrics is a very significant topic these days, considering the improved nature of airport security and the serious efforts countries make to know the identities of travelers to and from their borders. Indeed, t...

Aug 14 2013  
   Expert indexing in Oracle database 11g: maximum performance for your database
Kuhn D., Alapati S., Padfield B., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2012. 272 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-430237-35-8)

This book is chock-full of important information about Oracle database indexing. The comprehensive approach the authors take can best be described as holistic; they leave no stone unturned. One only needs to look at the expanded table ...

Apr 3 2013  
 
 
 
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