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Hierarchical reinforcement learning for efficient and effective automated penetration testing of large networks
Ghanem M., Chen T., Nepomuceno E. Journal of Intelligent Information Systems 601-23, 2023.  Type: Article

Cybersecurity practitioners require alternative approaches and tools for combating the emerging security threats worldwide. How effective are current penetration testing (PT) training modules in cybersecurity degree and certification programs for ...

Mar 18 2024
Information dynamics: in classical and quantum systems
Dittrich T., Springer, New York, NY , 2022. 557 pp.  Type: Book (978-3030967444)

Nowadays, the ubiquitous nature of information invokes the rapid development of new interdisciplinary sciences integrated with computing. One manifestation of this trend is the dynamism of information expressed in the different sciences with regar...

Mar 11 2024
The alienation of fact: digital educational privatization, AI, and the false promise of bodies and numbers
Saltman K., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2022. 232 pp.  Type: Book (0262544369)

What does the alienation of fact and data mean? What are the reasons for these distortions, and why are they dangerous? The book’s subtitle suggests the main causes in the education sector: government’s decreasing role in regulation an...

Mar 4 2024
Simple type theory: a practical logic for expressing and reasoning about mathematical ideas
Farmer W., BIRKHAUSER, Basel, Switzerland, 2023. 312 pp.  Type: Book (3031211138)

What has evolved from the famous century-old (Bertrand) Russell paradox and Russell’s consequent theory of types needs, in my opinion, all the useful elaboration, clarification, explication, and explanation that it can get. Any nontrivial ex...

Feb 26 2024
Managing IT projects: how to pragmatically deliver projects for external customers
Dąbrowski M., Apress, New York ,NY, 2023. 2111 pp.  Type: Book (9781484292426)

This book provides a precise analysis of typical information technology (IT) project (procurement to delivery) life cycles, written from the supplier’s perspective. It offers a broad set of tips and tricks for how to succeed and how to avoid...

Feb 19 2024
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...

Feb 12 2024
The threshold: leading in the age of AI
Chatrath N., Diversion Books, New York, NY, 2023. 304 pp.  Type: Book (9781635768930)

Nick Chatrath’s thoughtful book on artificial intelligence (AI) is of vital significance for leaders across all levels, urging managers to align actions to guide AI for humanity’s benefit. Few leaders move beyond machine-like approache...

Feb 5 2024
Imagining AI
Cave S., Dihal K., OXFORD UNIVERISTY PRESS, Oxford, UK, 2023. 448 pp.  Type: Book (0192865366)

This collection of essays explores how different cultures around the world imagine intelligent machines. It notes that visions of intelligent machines predate modern technology, but the term “artificial intelligence (AI),” coined in 19...

Jan 29 2024
Introduction to statistical and machine learning methods for data science
Pinheiro C., Patetta M., SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, 2021.  Type: Book (1953329608)

With this book, Dr. Carlos Pinheiro and Mike Patetta present a comprehensive and detailed exploration of data science techniques and applications. Introduction to statistical and machine learning methods for data science offers a broad over...

Jan 22 2024
Machine learning for earth sciences: using Python to solve geological problems
Petrelli M., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2023. 209 pp.  Type: Book (9783031351136)

Machine learning is everywhere, not just in application areas that we hear about every day. Learning systems have the potential to positively impact society through their application to fields ranging from finance and public health to the earth sc...

Jan 15 2024
 
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