The popularity of the Web and Internet commerce provides many extremely large datasets from which information can be gleaned by data mining. This book focuses on practical algorithms that have been used to solve key problems in data mining and which can be used on even the largest datasets. It begins with a discussion of the map-reduce framework, an important tool for parallelizing algorithms automatically. The authors explain the tricks of locality-sensitive hashing and stream processing algorithms for mining data that arrives too fast for exhaustive processing. The PageRank idea and related tricks for organizing the Web are covered next. Other chapters cover the problems of finding frequent itemsets and clustering. The final chapters cover two applications: recommendation systems and Web advertising, each vital in e-commerce. Written by two authorities in database and Web technologies, this book is essential reading for students and practitioners alike.

Computer manufacturing is--after cars, energy production and illegal drugs--the largest industry in the world, and it's one of the last great success stories in American business. Accidental Empires is the trenchant, vastly readable history of that industry, focusing as much on the astoundingly odd personalities at its core--Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mitch Kapor, etc. and the hacker culture they spawned as it does on the remarkable technology they created. Cringely reveals the manias and foibles of these men (they are always men) with deadpan hilarity and cogently demonstrates how their neuroses have shaped the computer business. But Cringely gives us much more than high-tech voyeurism and insider gossip. From the birth of the transistor to the mid-life crisis of the computer industry, he spins a sweeping, uniquely American saga of creativity and ego that is at once uproarious, shocking and inspiring.

This book introduces the geometry of 3-D vision, that is, the reconstruction of 3-D models of objects from a collection of 2-D images. It details the classic theory of two view geometry and shows that a more proper tool for studying the geometry of multiple views is the so-called rank consideration of the multiple view matrix. It also develops practical reconstruction algorithms and discusses possible extensions of the theory.

Programming from the Ground Up is an introduction to programming using assembly language on the Linux platform for x86 machines. It is a great book for novices who are just learning to program as well as for intermediates who have never learned or mastered assembly language programming. It covers many topics skipped by other similar books, including memory management, debugging, interfacing with C, dynamic libraries, and even a bit on GUI programming.

《计算机科学概论(第10版)》是计算机科学概论课程的经典教材，全书对计算机科学做了百科全书式的精彩阐述，充分展现了计算机科学的历史背景、发展历程和新的技术趋势。《计算机科学概论(第10版)》首先介绍的是信息编码及计算机体系结构的基本原理（第1章和第2章），进而讲述操作系统（第3章）和组网及因特网（第4章），接着探讨了算法、程序设计语言及软件工程（第5章至第7章），然后讨论数据抽象和数据库（第8章和第9章）方面的问题，第10章通过图形学讲述计算机技术的一些主要应用，第11章涉及人工智能，第12章通过对计算理论的介绍来结束全书。《计算机科学概论(第10版)》在内容编排上由具体到抽象逐步推进，很适合教学安排，每一个主题自然而然地引导出下一个主题。此外，书中还包含大量的图、表和实例，有助于读者对知识的了解与把握。《计算机科学概论(第10版)》适合作为高等院校计算机以及相关专业本科生的教材。

This book explains how today's computing and communications world operates, from hardware through software to the Internet and the web. It includes enough detail that you can understand how these systems work, no matter what your technical background. The social, political and legal issues that new technology creates are discussed as well, so you can understand the difficult issues we face and appreciate the tradeoffs that have to be made to resolve them.

渴望交流是大多数人的天性。在本书中，“编码”通常指一种在人和机器之间进行信息转换的系统。换句话说、编码即是交流。有时我们将编码看得很神秘，其实大多数编码并非都是这样。大多数的编码都需要被很好地理解，因为它们是人类交流的基础。――《编码的奥秘》
手电筒、英国人入侵、黑色的 猫和跷跷板与计算机有什么必然联系？本书向我们展示了使用语言的一些直观方法并创造新的方法来进行相互之间的交流。此书使我们明白了这种创造性――以及我们人类对交流的迫切需求――已经促进了过去两个世纪的革新
在本书中，作者Charles Petzold用常见的对象和诸如布莱叶盲文、摩尔斯电码之类大家熟悉的语言系统，为那些曾经想知道计算机和其他智能机器内部“生命”奥秘的人们编排了一个生动的叙述。
本书由灵活的图解和生动的故事组成。沿着作者的这种介绍思路，通过本书的学习你将会发现你已经获得了一个理解今天的PC、数字多媒体和因特网的真实背景。无论你的技术水平怎样，本书都将会使你陶醉，并且很可能唤醒读者参与计算机事业。

图灵机是英国数学家阿兰•图灵提出的一种抽象计算模型，本书深入剖析了图灵这篇描述图灵机和可计算性的原始论文《论可计算数及其在判定性问题上的应用》。书中在详解论文的同时，也附带了大量的历史背景资料、图灵的个人经历，以及图灵机对于人们理解计算机、人类意识和宇宙所产生的影响。 本书适合所有计算机科学专业的学生、程序员或其他技术人员，同时也适合欲了解图灵生平及其构建图灵机的思维的读者阅读。

本书是计算理论领域的经典著作，被国外多所大学选用为教材。本书以注重思路、深入引导为特色，系统地介绍计算理论的三大主要内容：自动机与语言、可计算性理论和计算复杂性理论。同时，对可计算性和计算复杂性理论中的某些高级内容作了重点讲解。全书通过启发性的问题、精彩的结果和待解决问题来引导读者挑战此领域中的高层次问题。新版的一大亮点是增加了更多习题、教辅资料和部分习题解答，更加有利于教学。
全书叙述由浅入深、详略得当，重点突出，不拘泥于技术细节。可作为计算机专业高年级本科生和研究生的教材，也可作为相关专业教师和研究人员的参考书。

For courses on Distributed Systems, Distributed Operating Systems, and Advanced Operating Systems focusing on distributed systems, found in departments of Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Very few textbooks today explore distributed systems in a manner appropriate for university students. In this unique text, esteemed authors Tanenbaum and van Steen provide full coverage of the field in a systematic way that can be readily used for teaching. No other text examines the underlying principles - and their applications to a wide variety of practical distributed systems - with this level of depth and clarity.

The primary purpose of this book is to capture the state-of-the-art in Cloud Computing technologies and applications. The book will also aim to identify potential research directions and technologies that will facilitate creation a global market-place of cloud computing services supporting scientific, industrial, business, and consumer applications. We expect the book to serve as a reference for larger audience such as systems architects, practitioners, developers, new researchers and graduate level students. This area of research is relatively recent, and as such has no existing reference book that addresses it. This book will be a timely contribution to a field that is gaining considerable research interest, momentum, and is expected to be of increasing interest to commercial developers. The book is targeted for professional computer science developers and graduate students especially at Masters level. As Cloud Computing is recognized as one of the top five emerging technologies that will have a major impact on the quality of science and society over the next 20 years, its knowledge will help position our readers at the forefront of the field.