Bruce Hajek is a professor of the department of electrical and computer engineering, research professor of coordinated science laboratory and hoeft chair of college of engineering at University of Illinois. His research interests include Communication Networks, Auction Theory (e.g. combinatorial auctions for sale of spectrum licenses), Stochastic Analysis, Combinatorial Optimization, Machine Learning, Information Theory and Bioinformatics.
Manning is an independent publisher of computer books and video courses for software developers, engineers, architects, system administrators, managers and all who are professionally involved with the computer business. They also publish for students and young programmers, including occasionally for children.
The book features thorough integration of theory and practice, and presents theory as an essential component of practice, rather than in contrast to it. Thus, students are introduced to the analytic tools they need to write effective and efficient programs, in the context of practical and concrete applications.
The book is the product of a lifetime of observing and participating in the changes technological advancement has brought. They are happening. We are living in the middle of the changes, and we can see the changes happening.
A 195-page monograph by a top-1% Netflix Prize contestant. Learn about the famous machine learning competition. Improve your machine learning skills. Learn how to build recommender systems.
This text is careful to address the interests and background not only of physicists, but of sophisticated students and researchers in mathematics, biology, engineering, computer science, and the social sciences.
When it comes to the world of books, there are hundreds of unusual and interesting words that some of us might not know. Not even a native speaker knows all the words of his own language, let alone a hardcore bookworm. This time around we’re covering a more less technical set of terms, but nonetheless pretty interesting to know when were they appeared first and what’s their alternate meanings.