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 Deep learning in solar astronomy
Xu L., Yan Y., Huang X., Springer International Publishing, Singapore, 2022. 92 pp. Type: Book (9789811927454)
Astronomy began with observations of things visible in the sky. In the Modern Era, observations of radio waves as well as visible light further advanced human knowledge. In solar astronomy we observe images, events such as solar flares, and magnet...
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Nov 22 2023 |
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Carl von Clausewitz, the fog-of-war, and the AI revolution: the real world is not a game of Go
Wallace R., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2018. 102 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319746-32-6)
As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in many areas, including fully automated vehicle control and military applications, there are concerns about how effectively such systems deal with extreme conditions. Carl von Claus...
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Jan 14 2019 |
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Personal assistants: emerging computational technologies
Costa A., Julian V., Novais P., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2018. 220 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319625-29-4)
For those of us who have reached a certain age, the term “personal assistant” brings up images of a PalmPilot or something similar. Today, we might think of Cortana or Siri. On the other hand, an increasing concern ...
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Aug 30 2018 |
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Artificial intelligence and economic theory: Skynet in the market
Marwala T., Hurwitz E., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2017. 204 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319661-03-2)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in many areas, including language translation, medical diagnosis, and so on. Of interest here are AI applications in stock market activities. Most investors are aware of programmed trad...
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Jul 19 2018 |
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The technological singularity: managing the journey
Callaghan V., Miller J., Yampolskiy R., Armstrong S., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2017. 261 pp. Type: Book (978-3-662540-31-2)
Research progresses toward the goal of developing an artificial general intelligence (AGI), the realization of which is referred to as “the singularity.” That term carries the implication that AGI will cause fundame...
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May 17 2018 |
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The virtual mind: designing the logic to approximate human thinking
Hageback N., Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2017. 172 pp. Type: Book (978-1-138054-02-8)
A theoretical goal of artificial intelligence (AI) is to reproduce in some fashion the thinking process of the human mind. I say “in some fashion” because the actual processes of the human brain are only partially k...
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Mar 27 2018 |
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The incomputable: journeys beyond the Turing barrier
Cooper S., Soskova M., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2017. 292 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319436-67-8)
Computer science is composed of two major areas. One is strongly related to engineering: the architecture and design of computing systems and the development of tools to employ such systems. The other is more related to scientific inqu...
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Mar 7 2018 |
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Beginning Python: from novice to professional (3rd ed.)
Hetland M., Apress, New York, NY, 2017. 527 pp. Type: Book (978-1-484200-29-2)
And now for something completely different. Python, named after Monty Python’s Flying Circus, is an open-source, interpreted, object-oriented programming language available on all major operating systems such as Micros...
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Feb 1 2018 |
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Making beautiful deep-sky images: astrophotography with affordable equipment and software (2nd ed.)
Parker G., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2016. 189 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319463-15-5)
Many of us look at the night sky with wonder and amazement at its sheer immensity, an immensity that only grows as we use telescopic instruments to gather more light than we can see with the naked eye. A step beyond simple observing by...
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Nov 22 2017 |
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Phantom ex machina: digital disruption’s role in business model transformation
Khare A., Stewart B., Schatz R., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2017. 327 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319444-67-3)
The idea of disruptive products or technologies has been around for some time, exemplified by the work of Clayton Christensen [1], who has explored and written about this topic for over 20 years. The basic idea is this: an innovator cr...
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