Skip to main content
Elsevier

Books in Computer science

The Computing collection presents a range of foundational and applied content across computer and data science, including fields such as Artificial Intelligence; Computational Modelling; Computer Networks, Computer Organization & Architecture, Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition, Data Management; Embedded Systems & Computer Engineering; HCI/User Interface Design; Information Security; Machine Learning; Network Security; Software Engineering.

  • Digital Transformation and Equitable Global Health

    A Future-Ready Perspective
    • 1st Edition
    • Arletty Pinel + 2 more
    • English
    Digital Transformation and Equitable Global Health: A Future-Ready Perspective presents a collective body of knowledge and global experiences that demonstrate current status and future trends in the use of exponential technologies and their potential for poverty reduction, improving health outcomes, strengthening health systems, and transforming traditional development aid structures. The book uses a translational innovation perspective to guide the reader—regardless of their area of expertise—on the rationale behind the co-creation of human-centered, affordable, and sustainable digital solutions.It addresses the interest of professionals from multiple areas (e.g., technology, health, social development, global financing), and it is a valuable resource for professionals, social scientists, practitioners, researchers, instructors, and undergraduate and graduate students interested in understanding the challenges and complexities of global public health and the applied uses of health technologies for equitable access to primary health care and universal health coverage.

  • Artificial Intelligence in Brain Disorders

    Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment
    • 1st Edition
    • Pranav Kumar Prabhakar + 3 more
    • English
    Artificial Intelligence in Brain Disorders: Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment focuses on the utilization of AI and machine learning to enhance current practices in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders. Each chapter provides in-depth exploration of specific areas where AI can improve existing methodologies, offering practical guidance, case studies, and research findings that can be directly applied in the field. It explains the application of AI in diagnosing and treating major neurological illnesses and showcases the potential of AI in predicting diseases such as epilepsy and neurodegenerative disorders.As such, this book offers a detailed overview of AI and machine learning techniques relevant to neurological research.

  • Intelligent Semantic Analysis for Healthcare

    • 1st Edition
    • Sonali Vyas + 3 more
    • English
    Intelligent Semantic Analysis for Healthcare explores the latest trends, developments, and future directions of intelligent semantic analysis techniques on retrieving and managing meaningful medical information for healthcare information systems. The book explores different computational methods, ideas, strategies, and techniques to analyze relevant healthcare information in an innovative and efficient way, thus bridging the gap between gathering and comprehending data with healthcare and biological applications. It offers a comprehensive view of intelligent semantic analysis in healthcare, bridging the gap between data collection and healthcare applications, and providing innovative computational methods for data analysis.Sections focus on intelligent semantic analysis rather than broader topics of big data and healthcare analytics. Additionally, the book is geared towards practical approaches and innovative techniques for state-of-the-art and current challenges in healthcare data management.

  • AI-Driven Optimization and Automation of Integrated Circuit Design

    • 1st Edition
    • Neha Singh + 2 more
    • English
    AI-Driven Optimization and Automation of Integrated Circuit Design discusses the latest AI-based methods, algorithms, architectures, and frameworks for digital, analog, and mixed-signal VLSI circuit design, verification and testability, physical design and related areas. The book considers the issues with traditional circuit design and explains how machine learning techniques can optimize and automate the process. It goes on to explain how AI-driven design can impact logic synthesis, circuit placement and routing, and behavioral simulation. Final sections include cases studies and a look at future developments for implementations of VLSI design, IC design, and hardware realization using AI tools and techniques.Artificia... Intelligence (AI) offers a solution to the bottleneck issues in the design of integrated circuits (IC) by optimizing and automating tasks in the design and fabrication process. As the world focuses on the development of skilled manpower and automation tools for chip design, verification, testing and fabrication, AI can be utilized to optimize and automate various steps in design cycle, saving time, reducing errors, and managing power consumption.

  • AI-Driven Cybersecurity for Intelligent Healthcare Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Balamurugan Balusamy + 3 more
    • English
    AI-Driven Cybersecurity for Intelligent Healthcare Systems explores the intersection between AI, cybersecurity, and healthcare. The book offers detailed insights into the unique cybersecurity challenges faced by the healthcare sector and the role of AI in addressing these challenges. It presents case studies and real-world applications to illustrate the effectiveness of these solutions and highlights the significance of data privacy in healthcare and methods to ensure secure data sharing and storage. Topics such as federated learning, homomorphic encryption, and blockchain technology are covered to demonstrate how AI can enhance data security without compromising patient privacy.This book will be an essential resource for anyone involved in the healthcare industry, offering practical solutions and fostering a more in-depth understanding of how AI can revolutionize cybersecurity in healthcare.

  • Confidential Computing

    Principles and Technology
    • 1st Edition
    • Jiewen Yao
    • English
    At present, major companies are launching their own confidential computing solutions, which pose significant challenges to users. This book summarizes the common designs of various mainstream TEE hardware, and explains their commonalities to help understand the working principles of TEE hardware, facilitating users to define TEE usage scenarios through abstract commonalities.Confid... Computing: Principles and Technology comprehensively introduces the design principles and usage methods of TEE in terms of security models, lifecycle, attestation models, attack methods, and mitigation strategies, helping readers understand the security attributes and implementation points of confidential computing. At the same time, this book takes the TEE provided by the mainstream X86, ARM, and RISC-V architectures in the industry as examples to analyze the specific implementation methods and similarities and differences of hardware TEE, helping users deeply understand the advantages and disadvantages of different implementations, and hoping to provide some inspiration for future TEE software and hardware designers.

  • Explainable AI for Transparent and Trustworthy Medical Decision Support

    • 1st Edition
    • Abhishek Kumar + 4 more
    • English
    Explainable AI for Transparent and Trustworthy Medical Decision Support equips readers with a comprehensive and timely resource that presents the principles, methodologies, and real-world applications of explainable AI (XAI) within the medical context. Covering a wide range of use cases—from radiology and pathology to genomics and clinical decision support systems—the book provides in-depth discussions on how XAI techniques can enhance interpretability, improve clinician trust, meet regulatory requirements, and ultimately lead to better patient outcomes. The book demystifies the workings of machine learning models and highlights techniques that make them interpretable.It is designed to empower not only AI researchers and developers but also healthcare administrators and policymakers with the knowledge needed to evaluate, adopt, and trust AI solutions in critical medical applications. The book's authors bring together theory, implementation strategies, ethical implications, and case studies under one cover, offering a multidisciplinary perspective that aligns computer science with medical practice and healthcare policy.

  • Designing Technology for an Aging Population

    Towards Universal Design
    • 2nd Edition
    • Jeff Johnson + 1 more
    • English
    Designing User Interfaces for an Aging Population: Towards Universal Design, Second Edition explores the unique needs of older adults in today’s digital landscape. The authors examine this demographic’s wide-ranging sensory, cognitive, physical, and emotional characteristics, connecting each to the challenges and opportunities older users face with technology. Backed by hundreds of global research studies, the book provides actionable design guidelines to enhance satisfaction and usability for seniors. Updated to reflect the latest advances in AI, robotics, and speech recognition, it offers fresh examples and case studies to keep designers informed about emerging trends.Beyond demographics and design principles, the book highlights common pitfalls in technology that can reduce accessibility for older adults. It discusses strategies for involving seniors directly in research and design, ensuring their voices shape digital innovation. The authors emphasize that older users remain underserved and often overlooked in technology studies, urging designers to broaden their approach. By addressing these gaps, the book helps professionals create more inclusive interfaces that better serve a rapidly growing segment of the technology-using population.

  • Usability Testing Essentials

    Ready, Set ...Test!
    • 3rd Edition
    • Carol M. Barnum
    • English
    Usability Testing Essentials: Ready, Set ...Test!, Third Edition presents a practical, step-by-step approach to learning the entire process of planning and conducting a usability test. The book explains how to analyze and apply results and what to do when confronted with budgetary and time restrictions. This is the ideal book for anyone involved in usability or user-centered design—from students to seasoned professionals. Updated throughout, this book reflects the latest approaches, tools, and techniques needed to begin usability testing or to advance in this area.

  • Advanced Intelligence Methods for Data Science and Optimization

    • 1st Edition
    • Amir Hossein Gandomi + 2 more
    • English
    Advanced Intelligence Methods for Data Science and Optimization covers the latest research trends and applications of AI topics such as deep learning, reinforcement learning, evolutionary algorithms, Bayesian optimization, and swarm intelligence. The book is a comprehensive guide that provides readers with theoretical concepts and case studies for applying advanced intelligence methods to real-world problems. Authored by a team of renowned experts in the field, the book offers a holistic approach to understanding and applying intelligence methods across various domains.It explores the fundamental concepts of data science and optimization, providing a strong foundation for readers to build upon, and will be a welcomed resource for AI researchers, data scientists, engineers, and developers on key topics such as evolutionary optimization techniques, reinforcement learning, Natural Language Processing, Bayesian optimization, advanced analytics for large-scale data, fuzzy logic, quantum computing, graph theory, convex optimization, differential evolution, and more.

Related subjects