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Handbook of Software Engineering Methods, 2nd Edition

Software

This book does not purport to teach the reader how to be a software engineer, a skill that is cultivated over time through practice. Instead, it focuses on software engineering methods - defined as the approaches people use to achieve specific objectives in the field - which can salvage a project. The author's objective is for readers to feel bette

The Joy of Cryptography

Cryptography

This book is not a handbook that specifies which cryptographic algorithm to use in every situation, nor is it a guide for securely implementing production-ready cryptographic libraries. The authors do not discuss specific cryptographic software, such as PGP, Tor, Signal, or TrueCrypt, nor do they cover cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Readers will no

Accelerating AI with Synthetic Data

Recently, data scientists have found effective methods to generate high-quality synthetic data. That's good news for companies seeking large amounts of data to train and build artificial intelligence and machine learning models. This report provides an overview of synthetic data generation that not only focuses on business value and use cases but a

Anatomy of an Incident

SRE

When it comes to system design, failure is inevitable. Scientists and engineers implement solutions based on the available information, without a complete knowledge of the future. You can't always anticipate the next zero-day event, viral media trend, weather disaster, or shift in technology. But you can be prepared to respond when incidents like t

Introducing Microsoft Azure HDInsight

Azure

Microsoft Azure HDInsight is Microsoft's fully compliant distribution of Apache Hadoop on its Azure cloud platform. Consequently, standard Hadoop concepts and technologies are directly applicable, meaning that knowledge of the Hadoop stack is transferable to the HDInsight service. In "Introducing Microsoft Azure HDInsight," the authors explore the

Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals

Azure

The Windows Azure public cloud platform is one of the three pillars of Microsoft's Cloud OS vision that will transform the traditional datacenter environment, help businesses unlock insights in data stored anywhere, enable the development of a wide range of modern business applications, and empower IT to support users who work anywhere on any devic

Practical Machine Learning

Python

The book provides an accessible, comprehensive introduction for beginners to machine learning, equipping them with the fundamental skills and techniques essential for this field. It enables beginners to construct practical, real-world solutions powered by machine learning across diverse application domains. It demonstrates the fundamental technique

Modern Data Visualization with R

R

Modern Data Visualization with R describes the many ways that raw and summary data can be turned into visualizations that convey meaningful insights. It starts with basic graphs such as bar charts, scatter plots, and line charts, but progresses to less well-known visualizations such as tree maps, alluvial plots, radar charts, mosaic plots, effects

First Semester in Numerical Analysis with Julia

Julia Analysis

First Semester in Numerical Analysis with Julia presents the theory and methods, together with the implementation of the algorithms using the Julia programming language. The open access book covers computer arithmetic, root-finding, numerical quadrature and differentiation, and approximation theory. The reader is expected to have studied calculus a

Digital Signal Processing

Python MATLAB Octave

This practical guide bridges the core concepts of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and modern digital communications. It focuses on the implementation of these principles using open-source tools like Python, Octave, and GNU Radio, alongside low-cost hardware platforms (USRP, DVB-T dongles, HackRF). The book takes a hands-on, code-first approach to b