Computer Science Notable Research and Discoveries Frontiers of Science 1st Edition by Kyle Kirkland ISBN 978-1438130583 1438130583

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ISBN 10: 1438130583 

ISBN 13: 978-1438130583

Author: Kyle Kirkland

Computer science is a rapidly growing discipline that continues to awe, inspire, and intimidate all those who interact with its many elements and capabilities. Used in businesses and at home, computers underlie extensive communication networks such as the Internet, help pilots and astronauts fly airplanes and the space shuttle, maneuver a vehicle on Mars, sort mail based on typed or handwritten addresses, and much more.

No one is certain how much more powerful—and possibly intelligent—computers will become in the 21st century. Exploring six prominent topics in computer science research, this title describes how computer scientists conduct research and attempt to formulate answers to important questions. Research published in journals, presented at conferences, and described in news releases supplies plenty of examples of scientific problems and how researchers attempt to solve them.

Chapters include:

• Advanced Computers
• Artificial Neural Networks—Computing with “Brainy” Technology
• Computational Complexity and Solving Problems Efficiently
• Encryption and Decryption—Making and Breaking Codes and Ciphers
• Computer Vision—Creating Machines That Can See
• Bioinformatics—Using Computers to Explore Biological Data.

Table of contents: 

1 Advanced Computers

Introduction

Supercomputers

Computing with Light

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Computing with Molecules

Wearable Computers

Quantum Computer

National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST)

Computers That Can Think

Conclusion

Chronology

Further Resources

2 Artificial Neural Networks-Computing with “Brainy” Technology

Introduction

Real Neurons and Model Neurons

Getting Connected-

Neural Networks and Synapses

Training a Neural Network

Hebbian Learning

Intelligent Character Recognition-

Neural Networks That Read Handwriting

Finding a Needle in a Haystack

International Neural Network Society

Forecasting and Making Decisions

Artificial Life

Conclusion

Chronology

Further Resources

3 Computational Complexity and Solving Problems Efficiently

Introduction

Algorithms

Scalability-Increasing the Size of the Problem

The Traveling Salesperson (or Author) Problem

Classes of Complexity

NP-Complete Problems

NP and P

Internet Security

Clay Mathematics Institute and Millennium Prize Problems

Conclusion

Chronology

Further Resources

4 Encryption and Decryption: Making and Breaking Codes and Ciphers

Introduction

Combinatorial Mathematics

Enigma-An Encrypting Machine

Computers and Cryptology

National Security Agency

Public Keys

Cryptology and the Internet

Quantum Cryptanalysis

Conclusion

Chronology

Further Resources

5 Computer Vision-Creating Machines That Can See

Introduction

Image Processing and Digital Images

Object Recognition

Getting a Traffic Ticket in the Mail-License Plate Recognition

Matching Names with Faces-

Facial Recognition Systems

United States Department of Homeland Security

Autonomous Vehicles-

Machines That Drive Themselves

DARPA Grand Challenge

Self-Steering in the Mars Exploration Rovers

Conclusion

Chronology

Further Resources

6 Bioinformatics-Using Computers to Explore Biological Data

Introduction

Sequences, Genomes, and Proteins

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Learning from Mice and Chimpanzees-Comparing Genomes and Proteins

Searching Databases Is a BLAST

Networks of Genes and DNA Sequences

Genetic Variation

Genes That Cause Cancer

A Digital Representation

Conclusion

Chronology

Further Resources

Final Thoughts

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