Bøger af Jim Austin

Entertainingly describes the adventures, joys, challenges, and lessons of a running life. Endorsements: "An engaging and insightful read from a runner of 50+ years, who has been fortunate enough to run in many marvelous places, and smart enough to appreciate them, as well as the beauty of every single run." -Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon Winner and Runner's World editor at large. "I couldn't put it down. Loved every minute of it. Jim captures the sheer joy, and sometimes agony, of a running life. The descriptions of his runs, whether it be a mountain in Mexico or a 5K race in Massachusetts, are vivid portrayals of what it means to be a runner." -Hugh Weisman, Founder and Director, Chilmark Road Race. Proceeds from this book benefit the inspirational Achilles Kids running-walking-rolling program fro children with disabilities.

The focus of the Asian Applied Computing Conference (AACC) is primarily to bring the research in computer science closer to practical applications. The conference is aimed primarily at topics that have immediate practical bene?ts. By hosting the conf- ence in the developingnations in Asia we aim to provide a forum for engagingboth the academic and the commercial sectors in that region. The ?rst conference "e;Information Technology Prospects and Challenges"e; was held in May 2003 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Thisyear theconferencenamewas changedto "e;Asian AppliedComputingConference"e; to re?ect both the regional- and the application-oriented nature of the conference. AACC is planned to be a themed conference with a primary focus on a small set of topics although other relevant applied topics will be considered. The theme in AACC 2004 was on the following topics: systems and architectures, mobile and ubiquitous computing, soft computing, man machine interfaces,and innovative applications for the developing world. AACC 2004 attracted 184 paper submissions from around the world, making the reviewing and the selection process tough and time consuming. The selected papers covered a wide range of topics: genetic algorithms and soft computing; scheduling, - timization andconstraintsolving; neuralnetworksandsupportvectormachines;natural language processing and information retrieval; speech and signal processing; networks and mobile computing; parallel, grid and high-performance computing; innovative - plications for the developing world; cryptography and security; and machine lea- ing. Papers were primarily judged on originality, presentation, relevance and quality of work. Papers that had clearly demonstrated results were given preference.

It is generally understood that the present approachs to computing do not have the performance, flexibility, and reliability of biological information processing systems. Although there is a comprehensive body of knowledge regarding how information processing occurs in the brain and central nervous system this has had little impact on mainstream computing so far. This book presents a broad spectrum of current research into biologically inspired computational systems and thus contributes towards developing new computational approaches based on neuroscience. The 39 revised full papers by leading researchers were carefully selected and reviewed for inclusion in this anthology. Besides an introductory overview by the volume editors, the book offers topical parts on modular organization and robustness, timing and synchronization, and learning and memory storage.