
Principles and Practices of Interconnection Networks Book Description: One of the greatest challenges faced by designers of digital systems is optimizing the communication and interconnection between system components. Interconnection networks offer an attractive and economical solution to this communication crisis and are fast becoming pervasive in digital systems. Current trends suggest that this communication bottleneck will be even more problematic when designing future generations of machines. Consequently, the anatomy of an interconnection network router and science of interconnection network design will only grow in importance in the coming years. This book offers a detailed and comprehensive presentation of the basic principles of interconnection network design, clearly illustrating them with numerous examples, chapter exercises, and case studies. It incorporates hardware-level descriptions of concepts, allowing a designer to see all the steps of the process from abstract design to concrete implementation. •Case studies throughout the book draw on extensive author experience in designing interconnection networks over a period of more than twenty years, providing real world examples of what works, and what doesn't. •Tightly couples concepts with implementation costs to facilitate a deeper understanding of the tradeoffs in the design of a practical network. •A set of examples and exercises in every chapter help the reader to fully understand all the implications of every design decision. Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Number Of Pages: 550 Publication Date: 2003-12-18 Sales Rank: 337976 ISBN / ASIN: 0122007514 EAN: 9780122007514 Binding: Hardcover Manufacturer: Morgan Kaufmann Studio: Morgan Kaufmann ~ Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition By Christopher M. Bishop * Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA * Number Of Pages: 500 * Publication Date: 1995-11-03 * ISBN / ASIN: 0198538642 Book Description: This is the first comprehensive treatment of feed-forward neural networks from the perspective of statistical pattern recognition. The author introduces the basic principles of pattern recognition and then goes on to describe techniques for modelling probability density functions, and discusses the properties and relative merits of the multi-layer perceptron and radial basis function network models. This book is designed with graduate students in mind and throughout the text it motivates the use of various forms of error functions and reviews the principal algorithms for error function minimization. Bishop also covers the fundamental topics of data processing, feature extraction, and prior knowledge and concludes with an extensive treatment of Bayesian techniques and their applications to neural networks ~ Scalable Infrastructure for Distributed Sensor Networks By Krishnendu Chakrabarty, S.S. Iyengar, * Publisher: Springer * Number Of Pages: 208 * Publication Date: 2005-12-14 * ISBN / ASIN: 1852339519 Book Description: Wireless sensor networks is a rapidly developing area. New applications are emerging and breakthroughs are being made in solving the underlying scientific problems. The effectiveness of sensor networks depends largely on deployment strategies, self-organization capabilities, routing and information dissemination protocols, all of which contribute to the underlying network infrastructure. Infrastructure Design for Sensor Networks is the first book to address basic infrastructure issues in wireless sensor networks. The book tackles the problems that must be addressed before sensors are deployed for surveillance, tracking, and other monitoring applications and the solutions described are scalable for large and dense sensor networks. Included in a comprehensive treatment of the topic are: * techniques for deterministic sensor deployment for applications such as smart buildings and aircraft structural monitoring; * techniques for ad hoc deployment for sensors, e.g., for military applications, determining, and environmental monitoring in inhospitable terrain; * self organization through self-configuration and adaptive reconfiguration when a large numbers of sensors are deployed in an ad hoc fashion; * energy-efficient information dissemination based on the new concept of virtual grids; and * infrastructure issues in energy-efficient data routing. Infrastructure Design for Sensor Networks will be an invaluable reference source for researchers and graduate students on this topical and important subject ~ Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications: 11th International Conference, AIMSA 2004, Varna, Bulgaria, September 2-4, 2004, Proceedings ... / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) By * Publisher: Springer * Number Of Pages: 522 * Publication Date: 2004-10-15 * ISBN / ASIN: 3540229590 Book Description: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications, AIMSA 2004, held in Varna, Bulgaria in September 2004. The 52 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 176 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on ontology engineering, semantic Web services, knowledge representation and processing, machine learning and data mining, natural language processing, soft computing, neural networks, e-learning systems, multiagent systems, pattern recognition, intelligent decision making, and information retrieval ~ Intelligence in Communication Systems: IFIP International Conference on Intelligence in Communication Systems, INTELLCOMM 2005, Montreal, Canada, October ... Federation for Information Processing) By * Publisher: Springer * Number Of Pages: 312 * Publication Date: 2005-10-11 * ISBN / ASIN: 0387291210 $149.00 Book Description: Communication systems are now ubiquitous and making them more intelligent remains very challenging. The IFIP International Conference on Intelligence in Communication Systems is an effort to bring together researchers and practitioners who represent the latest developments in this area. This volume contains selected papers from the conference in the following focus areas: ad hoc networks / hybrid networks / WLAN; security, privacy and consumer protection; adaptive architectures and protocols; flexible QoS and QoS management; flexible service specification, validation, searching and querying; service composition and Web services; personal, terminal and node mobility; programmable and active networks ~ The Lucent Library of Science and Technology - Artificial Intelligence (The Lucent Library of Science and Technology) By James Publisher: Lucent Books Number Of Pages: 112 Publication Date: 2005-02-18 ISBN / ASIN: 1590184378 Book Description: For the past fifty years researchers have been striving to create machines that rival the thinking capacity of humans. In Artificial Intelligence learn how AI experts simulate the human brain and construct smart robots. Today AI touches every aspect of our lives from business and medicine to exploration and entertainment ~ Best Practices in Software Measurement Book Description: The software business is challenging enough without having to contend with recurring errors. One way repeating errors can be avoided is through effective software measurement. In this volume, Ebert and his co-authors offer practical guidance built upon insight and experience. They detail knowledge and experiences about software measurement in an easily understood, hands-on presentation and explain such current standards as: ISO 15939 (the general measurement standard), ISO 19761 (the COSMIC Full Function Points standard), and CMMI (the Capability Maturity Model). Coverage also includes several case studies, from Global 100 companies such as Alcatel, Deutsche Telekom, and Siemens. This combination of methodologies and applications makes the book ideally suited for professionals in the software industry. Besides the many practical hints and checklists readers will also appreciate the large reference list, which includes links to metrics communities where project experiences are shared. Further information, continuously updated, can also be found on the web site related to this book: http://metrics.cs.uni-magdeburg.de Publisher: Springer Number Of Pages: 300 Publication Date: 2004-11-18 Sales Rank: 846318 ISBN / ASIN: 3540208674 EAN: 9783540208679 Binding: Hardcover Manufacturer: Springer Studio: Springer ~ Networks and Grids: Technology and Theory (Information Technology: Transmission, Processing and Storage) By Thomas G. Robertazzi * Publisher: Springer * Number Of Pages: 296 * Publication Date: 2007-07-15 $79.95 Book Description: This textbook is intended for an undergraduate/graduate course on computer networks and for introductory courses dealing with performance evaluation of computers, networks, grids and telecommunication systems. Unlike other books on the subject, this text presents a balanced approach between technology and mathematical modeling. It covers networking and grid technology, algorithms (routing, error codes, protocol verification) and analysis (probability for networking with technological examples, queueing models and divisible load scheduling theory). This self-contained text progresses systematically and gives students numerous problems at the end of each chapter. Students in electrical engineering, computer engineering and computer science departments will benefit from this book as will engineers and computer scientists working in relevant fields. A separate solutions manual is available to instructors ~ Operating System Concepts By Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, * Publisher: Wiley * Number Of Pages: 944 * Publication Date: 2004-12-14 * ISBN / ASIN: 0471694665 $109.95 Book Description: Another defining moment in the evolution of operating systems Small footprint operating systems, such as those driving the handheld devices that the baby dinosaurs are using on the cover, are just one of the cutting-edge applications you'll find in Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne's Operating System Concepts, Seventh Edition. By staying current, remaining relevant, and adapting to emerging course needs, this market-leading text has continued to define the operating systems course. This Seventh Edition not only presents the latest and most relevant systems, it also digs deeper to uncover those fundamental concepts that have remained constant throughout the evolution of today's operation systems. With this strong conceptual foundation in place, students can more easily understand the details related to specific systems. ~ Motor Control and Learning By * Publisher: Springer * Number Of Pages: 170 * Publication Date: 2006-02-07 * ISBN / ASIN: 0387253904 Book Description: The title, Motor Control and Learning, reflects a focus on the effects of development, aging, and practice on the control of human voluntary movement. These issues have been at the center of attention of the motor control community, but no book has addressed all of these issues under one cover in the context of contemporary views on the control of human voluntary movement. Motor Control and Learning will fill that void. This book emphasizes the links between progress in basic motor control research and applied areas such as motor disorders and motor rehabilitation. The ******* has been written by established scientists in the areas of both theoretical/experimental motor control and its applications. The authors have written in a reader-friendly style, focusing more on large, general issues than on their particular research. As a result, the book is relevant to both professionals in the areas of motor control, movement disorders, and motor rehabilitation, and to students who are starting their careers in one of these actively developed areas ~ Automatic Sequences: Theory, Applications, Generalizations By Jean-Paul Allouche, Jeffrey Shallit, * Publisher: Cambridge University Press * Number Of Pages: 588 * Publication Date: 2003-07-21 * ISBN / ASIN: 0521823323 Book Description: Combining concepts of mathematics and computer science, this book is about the sequences of symbols that can be generated by simple models of computation called "finite automata". Suitable for graduate students or advanced undergraduates, it starts from elementary principles and develops the basic theory. The study then progresses to show how these ideas can be applied to solve problems in number theory and physics ~ Digital and Analog Communication Systems By Leon W. Couch, Leon W., II Couch, * Publisher: Prentice Hall * Number Of Pages: 742 * Publication Date: 1996-11-07 * ISBN / ASIN: 0135225833 Book Description: Exceptionally up-to-date, this book provides a broad introduction to basic analog and digital principles and their application to the design and analysis of real- world communication systems. It provides readers with a working knowledge of how to use both classical mathematical and personal computer methods to analyze, design, and simulate modern communication systems. MATLAB is integrated throughout. Study-aid examples and homework problems are included, many of which require solution via a personal computer. MATLAB illustrative examples and plots are included. Balanced coverage of both analog and digital communication systems with an emphasis on the design of digital communication systems. Case studies of modern communication systems are provided. Over 500 problems provided. For electrical engineers ~ CBT Nuggets Comptia A+ 2006 Certification Package exam objectives: CompTIA A+ Essentials, 220-602, 220-603, and 220-604 exams $399.00 - Includes 35 Videos Trainer: James I. Conrad Running Time: 22 Hours Certification information from CompTIA [comptia.org] CompTIA A+ certification is where IT careers begin. You'll learn how to be a computer technician -- from installation, configuration, and basic networking to computer diagnosis and maintenance. A+ certification gets you started in IT. It prepares you for your role as a Computer Technician, IT Technician, Remote Support Technician, or Depot Technician, along with many other entry-level IT jobs. On the job training plus exam prep The CBT Nuggets CompTIA A+ Certification Package covers the 2006 CompTIA A+ exam objectives to help you prepare for A+ certification -- then it goes one step further. It teaches you extra tips and tricks that will be important to know when you're on the job as a computer technician. When instructor James Conrad was making these videos he mapped the ******* to the exam objectives but he didn't stop there. He covered tons more relevant computer technician knowledge that will be helpful to you in your work as an IT technician. His 'going the extra mile' makes this series especially useful as an on the job reference, in addition to certification prep. Covers all 4 CompTIA A+ certification exams The CompTIA A+ Certification Package maps to the 2006 exam objectives for all four CompTIA A+ exams. These include: * CompTIA A+ Essentials exam: required baseline of knowledge for all A+ candidates * CompTIA A+ IT Technician exam 220-602: focused on providing good face-to-face technical support * CompTIA A+ Remote Support Technician exam 220-603: covers the skills essential for solving problems remotely including help desk job roles * CompTIA A+ Depot Technician exam 220-604: this is the specialty for people who love working on hardware This series covers a lot of ground -- here are highlights of what you'll find in each of the 35 videos: Video 1 - Welcome to you're CompTIA A+ training! Understand which exams are involved with getting the certification, how today's exam objectives are different than previous ones, and what you can expect to do on the job once you have the CompTIA A+ certification. Video 2 - Learn motherboards from A to Z -- including motherboard form factors, riser cards, chipsets, and motherboard troubleshooting. Plus understand standard and optional motherboard components and how to configure jumpers. Video 3 - Understand the boot process and BIOS. Identify the names, purpose, and characteristics of BIOS, CMOS, and firmware. Video 4 - Learn all about buses, bus architecture, and bus slots including PCI, PCI-X, AGP, PCIe, AMR, and CNR. Video 5 - Don't fry the electronics! Learn which tools and cleaning materials protect your hardware by minimizing the chance of electrostatic discharge. Videos 6 & 7 - Select and install the right motherboard, plus add, remove, and configure components including storage devices, power supplies, processors / CPUs, memory, display devices, adapter cards, and cooling systems. Video 8 - Understand ports and connectors, including PS/2, serial, parallel, USB, firewire, infrared, Bluetooth, and a variety of other connectors -- including knowing which type of device each port and connector supports. Video 9 - What are hyperthreading, dual core, throttling, micro code (MMX), overclocking, cache, and VRM when it comes to processors / CPUs? Understand these, plus differences in CPU chips (AMD vs. Intel, etc.) and what the difference is between 32 bit and 64 bit processors. Video 10 - Learn about the different types of memory, what form factors they come in, important terms and concepts related to memory, and important considerations when you upgrade memory in a system. Videos 11 & 12 - Learn about hard drives and other storage devices -- EIDE and ATAPI, NTFS and FAT file systems, disk tools, storage-related commands, file and folder security, partitions, and the various types of storage. Plus understand the difference between laptop and desktop drives, what master and slave configuration is, the different parts that make up a hard drive, plus learn the ins and outs of two important storage performance technologies: RAID and SCSI. Videos 13 - 16 - What does a computer tech need to know about printers? Everything! These 4 videos cover the ins and outs of printers and scanners. Identify different technologies, components, interfaces, and more. Plus install, configure, optimize, upgrade, and troubleshoot printers and scanners, either on local or network ports. Video 17 - Understand monitors and display devices, plus a grab bag of other peripherals including digital cameras, barcode readers, biometric devices, and smart cards. Video 18 - Power up! This video is all about electricity -- including basic principles of electricity as they apply to computers, plus critical information about power supplies, surge suppressors, and the differences between laptop and desktop power. Videos 19 - 23 - Welcome to the wide world of networking. These five videos give a comprehensive introduction to networking topics. Some highlights include networking models and technologies, cabling and other types of network connections, wireless networking, understanding networking terminology, and finally installing, configuring, optimizing, maintaining, and troubleshooting basic networks. Video 24 - Laptops are covered throughout this series, but this entire video is dedicated to how working on laptops is different than working on desktops. This includes special focus on peripherals and hardware, video hookups, input devices, and preventative maintenance. Video 25 - Don't trip over that power cord! Identify hazards to a computer's safety including environmental hazards, plus perform preventative maintenance and understand proper disposal procedures for the parts of computers that contain toxic substances. Video 26 - "Umm... my computer won't turn on... what should I do?" Understand the theory behind troubleshooting, plus learn how to gather information, what procedures and techniques to use to troubleshoot effectively, and which devices help with your troubleshooting efforts. Video 27 - The hardware makes a computer perform but the operating system defines the user experience. Understand operating systems, including the differences between Macintosh, Linux, and Windows operating systems, what upgrade paths are available through different Microsoft Windows releases, and what minimum system requirements are for each. Video 28 - From a technician's perspective -- learn how to upgrade, install, configure and optimize Windows operating systems. Understand the options available, how to verify hardware compatibility, what boot media is good for, and how to do an unattended install from the network. Video 29 - Windows has three primary components -- the interface, boot files, and registry. Understand the importance of each and how you'll interact with each as a computer technician. Video 30 - Understand the different Windows startup modes plus how to recover a failed or failing operating system. This also includes knowing how to use system management tools to protect against disaster. Video 31 - Optimize system performance. Understand task manager, the role of virtual memory and temp files, services that may effect performance, and considerations for allowing applications to launch when computers are booted. Video 32 - Troubleshoot the operating system. Identify common problems plus boot and startup problems. Learn troubleshooting techniques and which informational tools will be helpful. Know how to use remote desktop and remote assistance, plus how to find troubleshooting resources that help you get to the bottom of the issue. Video 33 & 34 - Security, security, security! These two videos teach you about security for today's computer needs. This includes how to authenticate users, securing data on your computers, controlling access to computers, securing wired and wireless networks, and understanding the importance of company policies for computer and network security. Video 35 - Being a computer technician involves more than just knowing the technology. Communication and professionalism are important too. This video gives you a basic understanding of how employers and customers expect computer techs to interact and communicate. Training for an industry recognized credential According to CompTIA, A+ certification is part of the certification track for companies such as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, and Novell. Companies such as CompuCom and Ricoh have even made CompTIA A+ certification mandatory for their service technicians. That's just the beginning though -- the industry recognized CompTIA A+ certification has helped thousands of now-successful IT professionals begin their careers. If you want to get started in IT, there's no better place than here. Prerequisites A basic understanding of computer usage is recommended for this training. The CompTIA A+ Certification Package contains: - Series Intro and A+ Certification Overview and Changes (free video!) - Motherboards, Form Factors, Chipsets (free video!) - BIOS/CMOS - Motherboard Installation and Buses - Tools and ESD - Motherboard Selection and Installation Part 1 - Motherboard Selection and Installation Part 2 - I/O Ports, Cables, and Connectors - Processors and Cooling - Memory - Storage Part 1 - Storage Part 2 - Peripherals: Printers Part 1 - Peripherals: Printers Part 2 - Peripherals: Printers Part 3 - Peripherals: Printers Part 4 - Peripherals: Video Standards, Monitors, Digital cameras, bar code reader, Biometric, smart card - Electricity: Terms, Power Supplies, Surge Protectors - Networking Part 1 - Networking Part 2 - Networking Part 3 - Networking Part 4 - Networking Part 5 - Laptops - Computer Care, Safety and Environmental - Troubleshooting - OS Comparison and Overview - Upgrading and Installing Windows - Windows Interface, Boot Files, Registry - Boot Recovery and System Management Tools - OS Optimization - OS Troubleshooting - Security Part 1 - Security Part 2 - Communication and Professionalism ~ CBT Nuggets Wireless Sharp Certification Package Video Training If you're in IT and haven't learned wireless yet, it's time. Wireless is quickly overtaking wired networking as the technology of choice for networks of all sizes. Businesses need tech pros who can install reliable wireless networks. Wireless# training and certification will get you up to speed in wireless fundamentals, so you can install and administer basic wireless networks plus get started on the CWNP wireless certification path. Learn how to make a wireless network work The Wireless# ("Wireless Sharp") Certification Package provides expert-led instruction to teach you how wireless works. Plus it prepares you for the entry-level Wireless# certification, which tells employers that you can install and manage local wireless deployments. The lessons in the Wireless# Certification Package will teach you the fundamentals of wireless technology, how to deploy a basic wireless network, and how to make it run well. This instruction gives you a strong foundation in wireless networking. Plus, it prepares you to go much deeper into wireless, adding this exciting technology to your IT skillset. You'll learn these things from the Wireless# videos: * How does wireless work, and who sets the standards for wireless networking? * How do ZigBee, WiMax, Bluetooth, Infrared, and other wireless technologies work? What are the uses and advantages of each? * What does it take to set up a small wireless network? * How do I allow clients to connect to my wireless network? * What do I need to know about security before I set up my wireless network? * How can I optimize my wireless network for the best possible performance? * What do I do when things aren't working? Why Wireless# is important for you The Wireless# Series focuses on what it takes to set up a wireless network for small offices and homes. It'll be especially helpful for you if you're an IT pro in a small business, and you'd like to add wireless capabilities to your network. It's also a great skillset if you're an installer, technician, or salesperson who provides networking solutions for small businesses and consumers. Even if none of this describes you, Wireless# can still be a great skillset to add to your IT toolbox, and an even better way to break into your career in wireless networking. Don't wait another day to learn this cool technology. Prerequisites A basic understanding of computers such as what's covered in the A+ Series or equivalent knowledge is recommended before viewing these videos. The Wireless# Series contains these videos: - Introduction to Wireless# - Wi-Fi Organizations - Wi-Fi Technology Characteristics - Wi-Fi Standards - Radio Frequency (RF) Fundamentals - Part 1 - Radio Frequency (RF) Fundamentals - Part 2 - Characteristics, Advantages, and Applications of ZigBee Technology - Characteristics, Advantages, and Applications of WiMax Technology - Characteristics, Advantages, and Applications of Bluetooth Technology - Characteristics, Advantages, and Applications of Infrared Technology - Wireless Infrastructure Devices - Wireless Client Devices - Introduction to Wireless Antenna Types - Wireless LAN Security Techniques - Optimizing Wireless Networks - Installing and Configuring Common WLAN Applications - Troubleshooting WLAN's ~ CBT Nuggets Certified Wireless Networking Expert (CWNE) Certification Package VIDEO Certified Wireless Networking Expert (CWNE) Certification Package 8 hours | CBT Nuggets | English | Exam-Pack: PW0-300 | RAR&ISO | 149.49/149.22 MB In the CWNE Certification Package, instructor Michael Shannon takes you through wireless LAN analysis, and teaches you all about the IEEE 802.11 standards, MAC Fundamentals, frame format, protocol analyzers, and more. This is the knowledge it takes to be able to call yourself a true wireless expert -- and to be able to work on wireless networks of all sizes, including large networks with multiple access points. The knowledge and skills you'll learn in the CWNE Certification Package are crucial to working as a wireless network administrator on enterprise, campus, and municipal wireless networks. Plus, the videos map to exam objectives for the high-level CWNE exam from the Certified Wireless Network Professional (CWNP) program -- so you can set yourself apart as the go-to wireless networking expert ~ Cb Eprom Data Bk By Martin T. Pickering * Publisher: C B C International, Incorporated * Number Of Pages: * Publication Date: 1987-12 * ISBN / ASIN: 0943132169 ~ Numerical Recipes in Fortran 90, Vol. 2 Book Description The second volume of the Fortran Numerical Recipes series, Numerical Recipes in Fortran 90 contains a detailed introduction to the Fortran 90 language and to the basic concepts of parallel programming, plus source code for all routines from the second edition of Numerical Recipes. This volume does not repeat any of the discussion of what individual programs actually do, the mathematical methods they utilize, or how to use them. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Number Of Pages: 500 Publication Date: 1996-01-15 Sales Rank: 416502 ISBN / ASIN: 0521574390 EAN: 9780521574396 Binding: Hardcover Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press |