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Data science: an introduction to statistics and machine learning
Plaue M., Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2023. 385 pp. Type: Book (3662678810)
This comprehensive textbook covers a broad spectrum of essential topics for understanding and working in the field of data science. It is structured in a clear, well-organized manner, divided into three main parts....
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Mar 1 2024 |
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 The Apple II age: how the computer became personal
Nooney L., UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, Chicago, Illinois, 2023. 352 pp. Type: Book (0226816524)
You get a peculiar feeling when reading a history of events that took place when you were a 30-plus-year-old adult trying to earn a living. You recall some of them, but then you discover that not only were there many gaps in your knowledge at the ...
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Jun 12 2023 |
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The growth and evolution of India’s software industry
Jalote P., Natarajan P. Communications of the ACM 62(11): 64-69, 2019. Type: Article
When the development of computer science and engineering started in the middle of the 20th century, no one expected that it would be so great a challenge and that it would influence our future so much. Around 1980, it was clear that co...
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Feb 4 2020 |
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How many crowdsourced workers should a requester hire?
Carvalho A., Dimitrov S., Larson K. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence 78(1): 45-72, 2016. Type: Article
How many crowdsourced workers do you optimally need to ensure an acceptable quality in the (averaged) results of outsourced tasks? The surprising answer is ten to 11, as this paper proves in a lucid and instructive way, for several tas...
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Jun 22 2017 |
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The outsourcer: the story of India’s IT revolution
Sharma D., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2015. 296 pp. Type: Book (978-0-262028-75-2)
Computers play a major role in advancing and revolutionizing IT throughout India. The author focuses on the history of the beginning of the IT revolution in India five decades ago. He emphasizes the growth of software and service expor...
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Sep 25 2015 |
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Why do users switch to a disruptive technology? An empirical study based on expectation-disconfirmation theory
Fan L., Suh Y. Information and Management 51(2): 240-248, 2014. Type: Article
It is important to understand the circumstances under which users switch from an incumbent technology to a disruptive technology. This is particularly relevant today because of the increasing popularity of mobile devices....
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May 2 2014 |
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Digital republic: India’s rise to IT power
Joseph M., Power-Publishers, 2013. 173 pp. Type: Book
This book is as much about the rise of India as an information technology (IT) power as it is an autobiography of a fine Indian computer scientist (Mathai Joseph). Indeed, the rise of India as an IT power started by the year 2000, but ...
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Apr 30 2014 |
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Inside Apple: how America’s most admired--and secretive--company really works
Lashinsky A., Business Plus, New York, NY, 2012. 240 pp. Type: Book (978-1-455512-15-7)
It is unusual in the computing industry to get to review a book almost simultaneously with the release of a commercial film [1], an exhibit [2], and other biographies [3,4] on almost the same topic. This book, written by an editor at <...
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Oct 10 2013 |
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Easing the development of healthcare architectures following RM-ODP principles and healthcare standards
Calvillo J., RomáN I., Rivas S., Roa L. Computer Standards & Interfaces 35(3): 329-337, 2013. Type: Article
The application of information and communication technologies in the healthcare industry is a complex undertaking. Various standards have evolved in recent years in an attempt to maintain consistency in the face of the ever-increasing ...
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Jun 27 2013 |
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Turing’s cathedral: the origins of the digital universe
Dyson G., Pantheon Books, New York, NY, 2012. 464 pp. Type: Book (978-1-400075-99-7)
This book by George Dyson, son of the noted Nobel Prize-winner Freeman Dyson, purports to be a history of the computer. Because of his father’s connection to the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Dyson had access ...
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Feb 26 2013 |
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