This detailed introduction to parallel computing and the software for parallel machines covers the new computing paradigms of shared memory, distributed memory and data-parallel, object-oriented and functional/dataflow models. Software development environments are also covered.

Introduction to Parallel Computing

Lewis, Ted G.

EL-Rewini, Hesham

Computers & Technology

PRENTICE/HALL

Addresses technical issues facing the convergence of architectural and software issues, with an emphasis on software. Coverage encompasses performance and architecture, theory and complexity analysis of parallel algorithms, design and scheduling of distributed and parallel tasks, and programming languages and systems for writing distributed and parallel programs. Cutting across these broad topical areas are various programming paradigms, such as data parallel, control parallel, and distributed programming. Includes chapter problems. For senior undergraduate or beginning graduate students in courses in engineering, science, and computer science degree programs, and for practitioners working as programmers, managers, and technologists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Distributed and Parallel Computing

Lewis, T. G.

Networking & Cloud Computing

Manning Pubns Co

The Signal: The History of Signal Processing and How We Communicate

Computers are the foundation of the information age, but communication technology is the foundation of the foundation. Without the theories and practical applications of theory brought to us by the pioneers of communication, the computer age would perhaps have remained in the back office, hidden away as infrastructure like electricity or running water – critical to modern life, but not as transforming as the combination of communications and computing. The information age exploded once machines were endowed with the ability to talk among themselves. The Signal connects everything to everything else, in both communication, and in the metaphorical sense as the link between and among people. Features <ul>
<li>Identifies the key ideas underlying modern communications technology, and documents the contributions of its inventors</li> <li>Explores the signal in communication, and also in the metaphorical sense as the link between and among people</li> <li>Leads the reader through a journey from ancient number systems to Voyager II to radio and MP3s to quantum cryptography</li> <li>Includes coverage of "Signals from Hell," including memes and "fake news" on the Internet</li> <li>Looks to the future of communication, with emergent 5G</li> </ul>

Computer Science

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Network Science: Theory and Applications

A comprehensive look at the emerging science of networks Network science helps you design faster, more resilient communication networks; revise infrastructure systems such as electrical power grids, telecommunications networks, and airline routes; model market dynamics; understand synchronization in biological systems; and analyze social interactions among people. This is the first book to take a comprehensive look at this emerging science. It examines the various kinds of networks (regular, random, small-world, influence, scale-free, and social) and applies network processes and behaviors to emergence, epidemics, synchrony, and risk. The book's uniqueness lies in its integration of concepts across computer science, biology, physics, social network analysis, economics, and marketing. The book is divided into easy-to-understand topical chapters and the presentation is augmented with clear illustrations, problems and answers, examples, applications, tutorials, and a discussion of related Java software. Chapters cover: <ul>
<li>Origins</li> <li>Graphs</li> <li>Regular Networks</li> <li>Random Networks</li> <li>Small-World Networks</li> <li>Scale-Free Networks</li> <li>Emergence</li> <li>Epidemics</li> <li>Synchrony</li> <li>Influence Networks</li> <li>Vulnerability</li> <li>Net Gain</li> <li>Biology</li> </ul>
This book offers a new understanding and interpretation of the field of network science. It is an indispensable resource for researchers, professionals, and technicians in engineering, computing, and biology. It also serves as a valuable textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in related fields of study.

wiley

Book by Lewis, Ted G., Birjandi, Abbas

Macintosh Hands-On Pascal

Birjandi, Abbas

Software

Wadsworth Pub. Co.

Did the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, the massive power blackout of 2003, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the Gulf oil spill of 2010 'just happen'-or were these shattering events foreseeable? Do such calamities in fact follow a predictable pattern? Can we plan for the unforeseen by thinking about the unthinkable? Ted Lewis explains the pattern of catastrophes and their underlying cause. In a provocative tour of a volatile world, he guides the reader through mega-fires, fragile power grids, mismanaged telecommunication systems, global terrorist movements, migrating viruses, volatile markets and Internet storms. Modern societies want to avert catastrophes, but the drive to make things faster, cheaper, and more efficient leads to self-organized criticality-the condition of systems on the verge of disaster. This is a double-edged sword. Everything from biological evolution to political revolution is driven by some collapse, calamity or crisis. To avoid annihilation but allow for progress, we must change the ways in which we understand the patterns and manage systems. Bak's Sand Pile explains how.

Bak's Sand Pile: Strategies for a Catastrophic World

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Agile Research and Technology, Inc

"...excellent for use as a text in information assurance or cyber-security courses...I strongly advocate that professors...examine this book with the intention of using it in their programs." (Computing Reviews.com, March 22, 2007) "The book is written as a student textbook, but it should be equally valuable for current practitioners...this book is a very worthwhile investment." (Homeland Security Watch, August 17, 2006) While the emphasis is on the development of policies that lead to successful prevention of terrorist attacks on the nation’s infrastructure, this book is the first scientific study of critical infrastructures and their protection. The book models the nation’s most valuable physical assets and infrastructure sectors as networks of nodes and links. It then analyzes the network to identify vulnerabilities and risks in the sector combining network science, complexity theory, modeling and simulation, and risk analysis. The most critical components become the focus of deeper analysis and protection. This approach reduces the complex problem of protecting water supplies, energy pipelines, telecommunication stations, Internet and Web networks, and power grids to a much simpler problem of protecting a few critical nodes. The new edition incorporates a broader selection of ideas and sectors and moves the mathematical topics into several appendices.

Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security: Defending a Networked Nation

Covers critical infrastructure protection, providing a rigorous treatment of risk, resilience, complex adaptive systems, and sector dependence Wide in scope, this classroom-tested book is the only one to emphasize a scientific approach to protecting the key infrastructures components of a nation. It analyzes the complex network of entities that make up a nation's infrastructure, and identifies vulnerabilities and risks in various sectors by combining network science, complexity theory, risk analysis, and modeling and simulation. This approach reduces the complex problem of protecting water supplies, energy pipelines, telecommunication stations, power grid, and Internet and Web networks to a much simpler problem of protecting a few critical nodes. The new third edition of Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security: Defending a Networked Nation incorporates a broader selection of ideas and sectors than the previous book. Divided into three sections, the first part looks at the historical origins of homeland security and critical infrastructure, and emphasizes current policy. The second examines theory and foundations, highlighting risk and resilience in the context of complexity theory, network science, and the prevailing theories of catastrophe. The last part covers the individual sectors, including communications, internet, cyber threats, information technology, social networks, SCADA, water and water treatment, energy, and more. <ul>
<li>Covers theories of catastrophes, details of how sectors work, and how to deal with the problem of critical infrastructure protection’s enormity and complexity</li> <li>Places great emphasis on computer security and whole-community response</li> <li>Includes PowerPoint slides for use by lecturers, as well as an instructor's guide with answers to exercises</li> <li>Offers five robust appendices that augment the non-mathematical chapters with more rigorous explanations and mathematics</li> </ul>
Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security, Third Edition is an important book for upper-division undergraduates and first-year graduate students in political science, history, public administration, and computer technology. It will also be of great interest to professional security experts and policymakers.

Science & Math

Technology

Identify and protect critical infrastructure from a wide variety of threats In Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Reader, Ted G. Lewis delivers a clear and compelling discussion of what infrastructure requires protection, how to protect it, and the consequences of failure. Through the book, you'll examine the intersection of cybersecurity, climate change, and sustainability as you reconsider and reexamine the resilience of your infrastructure systems. The author walks you through how to conduct accurate risk assessments, make sound investment decisions, and justify your actions to senior executives. You'll learn how to protect water supplies, energy pipelines, telecommunication stations, power grids, and a wide variety of computer networks, without getting into the weeds of highly technical mathematical models. Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Reader also includes: <ul> <li>A thorough introduction to the daunting challenges facing infrastructure and the professionals tasked with protecting it</li> <li>Comprehensive explorations of the proliferation of cyber threats, terrorism in the global West, climate change, and financial market volatility</li> <li>Practical discussions of a variety of infrastructure sectors, including how they work, how they're regulated, and the threats they face</li> <li>Clear graphics, narrative guides, and a conversational style that makes the material easily accessible to non-technical readers</li> </ul> Perfect for infrastructure security professionals and security engineering firms, Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Reader will also benefit corporate security managers and directors, government actors and regulators, and policing agencies, emergency services, and first responders.

Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Reader

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

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Introduction to Parallel Computing

Distributed and Parallel Computing

The Signal: The History of Signal Processing and How We Communicate

The Signal: The History of Signal Processing and How We Communicate

Network Science: Theory and Applications

Macintosh Hands-On Pascal

Bak's Sand Pile: Strategies for a Catastrophic World

Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security: Defending a Networked Nation

Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security: Defending a Networked Nation

Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Reader