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| Harry J. Foxwell is an associate professor at George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing, where he teaches graduate courses in cloud computing and data analytics. He previously worked for Oracle and Sun Microsystems as a principal systems engineer supporting operating systems and virtualization technologies. He is the coauthor of several technical articles and books, including Slicing and dicing servers: a guide to virtualization and containment technologies and The Sun BluePrints guide to Solaris Containers: virtualization in the Solaris Operating System. He also coauthored Pro OpenSolaris, Oracle Solaris 11 system administration: the complete reference, and Oracle Solaris 11.2 system administration handbook, and recently authored Creating good data. He earned his doctorate in information technology, in 2003, from George Mason University (Fairfax, VA). Harry is a Vietnam veteran; he served as a platoon sergeant in the US Army’s 1st Infantry Division from 1968-1969. He was awarded an Air Medal and a Bronze Star. For additional information about Harry, please visit his home page: http://cs.gmu.edu/~hfoxwell. |
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The maniac Labatut B., Penguin Press, Westminster, London, 2023. 368 pp. Type: Book (9780593654477) At the confluence of physics, mathematics, and computing, in the middle of the 20th century, lived a community of unique and sometimes troubled geniuses whose work created today’s technological marvels and dangers. Einstein, of course, Hilbe...
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Predicting the unknown: the history and future of data science and artificial intelligence Kampakis S., Apress, New York, NY, 2023. 281 pp. Type: Book (1484295048) Physicist Niels Bohr observed: “Prediction is very difficult,
especially if it’s about the future!” Despite that warning,
scientists, politicians, journalists, doctors, economists--professionals in
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Zero trust architecture Green-Ortiz C., Fowler B., Houck D., Hensel H., Lloyd P., McDonald A., Frazier J., Cisco Press, Indianapolis, IN, 2023. 336 pp. Type: Book (137899734) “Don’t trust anyone” is common advice in many spy novels and movies. Good advice as well for modern Internet-connected network infrastructures, where there are no longer demarcations between internal-only and external access poin...
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Sep 25 2023 |
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A hacker’s mind: how the powerful bend society’s rules, and how to bend them back Schneier B., W. W. Norton, New York, NY, 2023. 304 pp. Type: Book (0393866661) By thinking like a hacker, that is, understanding why and how complex systems can fail by finding and taking unfair advantage of imperfections, we might be able to minimize or eliminate unwanted and potentially catastrophic misuse. Common examples...
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Ethical machines: your concise guide to totally unbiased, transparent, and respectful AI Blackman R., HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW, Cambridge, MA, 2022. 224 pp. Type: Book (1647822815) It has been nearly a quarter-century since Ray Kurzweil considered the emergence of “spiritual machines” [1], and twice that time since Arthur Clarke introduced us to HAL’s murderous insanity [2]. The field of artificial intellig...
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Computational thinking: a perspective on computer science Xu Z., Zhang J., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2021. 345 pp. Type: Book (978-9-811638-47-3), Reviews: (2 of 2) Is computational thinking (CT) a high-level, domain-independent set of skills applicable at all education levels, elementary through university, or is it uniquely specific to computer science (CS) education? Search for books and other publications...
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Oct 12 2022 |
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Statistics for data scientists: an introduction to probability, statistics, and data analysis Kaptein M., van den Heuvel E., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2022. 348 pp. Type: Book (978-3-030105-30-3)
One would hope that professionals calling themselves data scientists would have extensive training in both statistical theory and practice. Yet current data analytics curricula, while naturally including at least one general statistics...
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Dive into algorithms: a Python adventure for the intrepid beginner Tuckfield B., No Starch Press, San Francisco, CA, 2021. 248 pp. Type: Book (978-1-718500-68-6), Reviews: (1 of 2)
Algorithms--their concepts, theory, and methods--are not limitedto computer science. My recipe for making chili for dinner is analgorithm, as are my lesson plans for my courses, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ...
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May 2 2022 |
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Introduction to machine learning in the cloud with python: concepts and practices Gupta P., Sehgal N., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2021. 303 pp. Type: Book (978-3-030712-69-3) Cloud computing vendors, such as Amazon, IBM, Google, Oracle, Microsoft, and others, not only provide storage and compute resources for applications, but data analytics services as well. These platforms support various dataset exploration and mode...
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Practical natural language processing with Python: with case studies from industries using text data at scale Sri M., Apress, New York, NY, 2021. 272 pp. Type: Book (978-1-484262-45-0)
Understanding spoken and written communication can be difficult, even for humans. Creating linguistic processes and algorithms for computers is extremely challenging. Natural language processing (NLP) technology is more common than mos...
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