ACM Books

Spatial Gems, Volume 2 https://bit.ly/4fQCQas gives fundamental techniques for understanding and processing spatial data. A spatial gem teaches how to do something useful with spatial data, in the form of algorithms, code, or equations. Different from a research paper, a spatial gem does not focus on an author saying "Look at what I can do!"' but rather says: "Look at what you can do!" Edited By: John Krumm, Andreas Züfle, and Cyrus Shahabi #SpatialData ACM, Association for Computing Machinery

Spatial Gems: Volume 1, presents fundamental techniques for understanding and processing geospatial data. Get it here: https://bit.ly/3MeS3oh Authors: John Krumm, Microsoft Research, Andreas Züfle, George Mason University, Cyrus Shahabi, University of Southern California. #geospacialdata #Algorithms #code #equations #networks #Footprints #spacial #data #scalable ACM, Association for Computing Machinery

Weaving Fire into Form https://bit.ly/4hdxS7S is a story of atoms and bits. We explore the physical and digital toward understanding some of their varying hybrid forms and behaviors. Spanning conceptual, philosophical, cognitive, design, and technical aspects of interaction, this book charts both history and aspirations for the future of TEI. Authors: Brygg Ullmer, Orit Shaer, Ali Mazalek, & Caroline Hummels #Tangibleand #Embodied #Interaction #TEI #Framing Theories of #Embodiment #MediatingTechnologies #physical and #digital #Aesthetics #Evaluating ACM, Association for Computing Machinery

Circuits, Packets, and Protocols https://bit.ly/3WAkmDe tells the story of the engineers, entrepreneurs, investors, and visionaries who laid the groundwork and built the foundations of the Internet. Unlike histories that glorify the dominant players with the benefit of hindsight, this is a history of a pivotal era as it happened. Drawing on more than 80 interviews recorded in 1988, the book features insights from now-famous individuals such as Paul Baran, JCR Licklider, Vint Cerf, Louis Pouzin, and Robert Metcalfe. #foundations of the #INTERNET #linkingcomputers #history ACM, Association for Computing Machinery

Professor Judea Pearl won the 2011 Turing Award “for fundamental contributions to artificial intelligence through the development of a calculus for probabilistic and causal reasoning.” This book contains the original articles that led to the award, as well as other seminal works, divided into four parts: heuristic search, probabilistic reasoning, causality, first period (1988–2001), and causality, recent period (2002–2020). Probabilistic and Causal Inference: The Works of Judea Pearl https://bit.ly/3PYFjUp Editors: Hector Geffner, Catalan Institute of Advanced Research; Rina Dechter, University of California, Irvine; Joseph Halpern, Cornell University. #artificialintelligence #calculus #reasoning #Heuristics #Probabilities #Causality #Statistics #DeterministicSystems #CausalGraphicalModels #Multivariate #Counterfac ACM, Association for Computing Machinery

We are also thrilled to collaborate with the Sciendo team to bring the entirety of the ACM Books catalog to their customer base! There will be many new titles in 2025 including the first ever reference on the history of computer graphics in Hollywood.

Applied Affective Computing https://bit.ly/4hzmVNF provides State-of-the-art and emerging themes in affective computing, including a comprehensive review of the existing approaches to affective computing systems and social signal processing. Authors: Leimin Tian, Monash University; Sharon Oviatt, Monash University; Michal Muszynski, University of Geneva, Carnegie Mellon University; Brent Chamberlain, Utah State University, Jennifer Healey, Adobe, Akane Sano, Rice University. #AI #AffectiveComputing #MachineLearning #SocialRobots #BuiltEnvironments #Multimodal #DataCollection #ReinforcementLearning #Synthesizing #Natural and #Believable #EmotionalExpressions ACM, Association for Computing Machinery

Sir Tony Hoare has had an enormous influence on computer programming ; Quicksort algorithm, software development, concurrency, program verification, and a rigorous approach to specifications in software engineering practice. Find the book about his life and works here: https://bit.ly/4axgoRm Authors: Cliff B. Jones, Newcastle University, Jayadev Misra, University of Texas at Austin. #computer #programming #software #developing #engineering #practice ACM, Association for Computing Machinery

Formal Methods for Safe Autonomy https://bit.ly/3YY65k7 introduces new verification and synthesis algorithms to provide certifiable trusts for real-world autonomous systems. There are significant financial and legal implications for ensuring design correctness and safety in autonomous systems. Insights throughout the book provide a level of assurance that can be provided by formal methods for today’s autonomous systems. Author: Chuchu Fan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. #autonomous #systems #verification #synthesis #algorithms ACM, Association for Computing Machinery

The Seymour Cray Era of Supercomputers: From Fast Machines to Fast Codes https://bit.ly/4jqTKyl describes the development and use of supercomputers in the period 1960–1996, a time that can be called the Seymour Cray Era. For more than three decades, Cray’s computer designs were seen as the yardstick against which all other efforts were measured. Initially, this yardstick was sheer computing speed. However, the supercomputer world gradually became more complex and other factors became equally important. Authors: Boelie Elzen and Donald Mackenzie #SeymourCray #supercomputers #history ACM, Association for Computing Machinery