Physical Sciences & Engineering Library

Synthesis Update for September/October 2009

The following new titles were published in September and October:

• Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering by K.A. Athanasiou and Jerry Hu, UC Davis, and Eric Darling, Brown University (Tissue Engineering Series)
• Designing for User Engagement: Aesthetic and Attractive User Interfaces by Alistair Sutcliffe, University of Manchester (Human-Centered Informatics Series)
• Embedded Systems Design with the Atmel AVR Microcontroller, Part I by Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming (Digital Circuits & Systems Series)
• Embedded Systems Design with the Atmel AVR Microcontroller, Part II by Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming (Digital Circuits & Systems Series)
• Fixed-Point Signal Processing by Wayne Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and David Anderson, Georgia Tech (Signal Processing Series)
• Geometric Programming for Design and Cost Optimization by Robert Creese, West Virginia University (Engineering Series)
• Hypermedia Genes: An Evolutionary Perspective of Concepts, Models, and Architectures by Nuno Guimaraes and Luis Carrico, University of Lisbon (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)
• Image-Based Modeling of Plants and Trees by Sing Bing Kang, Microsoft Research and Long Quan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Computer Vision Series)
• Information Architecture: The Design and Integration of Information Spaces by Wei Ding, Marriott International and Xia Lin, Drexel University (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)
• Introduction to Chinese Natural Language Processing by Kam-Fai Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Wenji Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Ruifeng Xu, City University of Hong Kong, and Zheng-sheng Zhang, San Diego State University (Human Language Technologies Series)
• A Practical Guide to Testing Wireless Smartphone Applications by Julian Harty, Google UK (Mobile & Pervasive Computing Series)
• Reading and Writing the Electronic Book by Catherine Marshall, Microsoft Research (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)
• The Structure and Properties of Color Spaces and the Representation of Color Images by Eric Dubois, University of Ottawa (Image, Video, and Multimedia Processing Series)

Synthesis Update for July 2009

The following new titles were published in July:

• Designing Asynchronous Circuits using NULL Convention Logic (NCL) by Scott Smith and Jia Di, University of Arkansas (Digital Circuits & Systems Series)
• Embedded Systems Interfacing for Engineers using the Freescale HCS08 Microcontroller II: Digital and Analog Hardware Interfacing by Douglas Summerville, SUNY Binghamton (Digital Circuits & Systems Series)
• Genome Refactoring by Natalie Kuldell and Neal Lerner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Synthetic Biology Series)
• Introductory Tiling Theory for Computer Graphics by Craig Kaplan, University of Waterloo (Computer Graphics & Animation Series)
• Modeling and Data Mining in Blogosphere by Nitin Agarwal, University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Huan Liu, Arizona State University (Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Series)
• On-Chip Networks by Natalie Enright Jerger, University of Toronto and Li-shiuan Peh, Princeton University (Computer Architecture Series)
• Strategic Health Technology Incorporation by Binseng Wang, ARAMARK Healthcare (Biomedical Engineering Series)
• Understanding User-Web Interactions via Web Analytics by Bernard J. (Jim) Jansen, Penn State University (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)

Synthesis Update for June 2009

The following new titles were published in June:

• Developing Embedded Software using DaVinci and OMAP Technology by B.I. Pawate, Texas Instruments (Digital Circuits & Systems Series)
• Embedded Systems Interfacing for Engineers using the Freescale HCS08 Microcontroller: Machine Language Programming by Douglas Summerville, SUNY Binghamton (Digital Circuits & Systems Series)
• Introduction to Semi-Supervised Learning by Xiaojin Zhu and Andrew Goldberg, University of Wisconsin (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Series)
• Markov Logic: An Interface Layer for Artificial Intelligence by Pedro Domingos and Daniel Lowd, University of Washington (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Series)
• The Memory System: You Can’t Avoid It, You Can’t Ignore It, You Can’t Fake It by Bruce Jacob, University of Maryland (Computer Architecture Series)
• Tissue Engineering of Temporomandibular Joint Cartilage by K.A. Athanasiou, University of California, Davis (Tissue Engineering Series)
• XML Retrieval by Mounia Lalmas, University of Glasgow (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)

Synthesis Update for May 2009

The following new titles were published in May:

• Context-Aware Mobile Computing: Affordances of Space, Social Awareness, and Social Influence by Geri Gay, Cornell University (Human-Centered Informatics Series)
• Design and Development of RFID and RFID-Enabled Sensors on Flexible Low Cost Substrates by Li Yang, Amin Rida, and Manos Tentzeris, Georgia Tech (RF/Microwaves Series)
• Faceted Search by Daniel Tunkelang, Endeca (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)
• Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture by Daniel Sorin, Duke University (Computer Architecture Series)
• The Geometry of Walker Manifolds by Peter Gilkey, University of Oregon, et al. (Mathematics & Statistics Series)
• Introduction to Linguistic Annotation and Text Analytics by Graham Wilcock, University of Helsinki (Human Language Technologies Series)

Synthesis Update for March 2009

The following new titles were published in March:

• Engineering the Knee Meniscus by K.A. Athanasiou and Johannah Sanchez-Adams, Rice University (Tissue Engineering Series)
• Introduction to Biomedical Engineering: Biomechanics and Bioelectricity, Part I by Douglas Christensen, University of Utah (Biomedical Engineering Series)
• Landmarking and Segmentation of 3D CT Images by Shantanu Banik and Raj Rangayyan, University of Calgary and Graham S. Boag, Alberta Children’s Hospital (Biomedical Engineering Series)
• Practical Global Illumination with Irradiance Caching by Jaroslav Krivanek, Cornell University and Charles University, Prague and Pascal Gautron, Thomson Corporate Research (Computer Graphics & Animation Series)
• Semiotic Engineering Methods for Scientific Research in HCI by Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza‌ and Carla Faria Leitão, PUC Rio (Human-Centered Informatics Series)
• Studies of Work and the Workplace in HCI by Graham Button, Sheffield Hallam University and Wes Sharrock, University of Manchester (Human-Centered Informatics Series)