Artificial Intelligence seems to be everywhere these days. This book provides a simple introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI). It explains what it is, how it works and how it's used in the real world to do all sorts of wonderful things. For example, powering intelligent personal assistants such as Amazon's Alexa, undertaking facial recognition and making decisions about who to hire and fire. Not to mention all those clever robots on production lines and in warehouses, and chatbots that … [Read more...] about Understanding Artificial Intelligence by Evlyn Faintes
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Business: A No-Nonsense Guide to Data Driven Technologies by Steven Finlay
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Business delivers a simple and concise introduction for managers and business people. The focus is on practical application and how to work with technical specialists (data scientists) to maximize the benefits of these technologies. This revised and fully updated fourth edition contains several new sections and chapters, covering a broader set of topics than before, but retains the no-nonsense style of the original. Steven Finlay is a data … [Read more...] about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Business: A No-Nonsense Guide to Data Driven Technologies by Steven Finlay
The Empress of the Clouds by Desiree Ultican
The Empress of the Clouds by Desiree Ultican In March 1896, Widow Evaline "Evvy" Amstel has been left with a tremendous debt―before he was murdered, her husband had promised to build and deliver a revolutionary airship, The Empress of the Clouds, to Erasmus Marchand, an embittered Southern millionaire who resents the fact that the damned Yankees won the Civil War. Now that Amstel is dead, no one in Joplin, Missouri, a zinc/lead mining boomtown, knows where the Empress is . . . or if it even … [Read more...] about The Empress of the Clouds by Desiree Ultican
Coined Reality by Carlos Gomez
It is almost 2020 and society has been hijacked by fear, uncertainty and disinformation. Powerful people with hidden agendas are padding social media and traditional channels with lies and nonsense. Everything with the aim of covering the largest conspiracy in human history. Ceth Fleming, a tech savvy lawyer, navigates the turbulent waters of collusion and corruption among the major banks CEO’s, high government officials and drug kingpins between the United States of America and … [Read more...] about Coined Reality by Carlos Gomez
Interview with Author – Carmen Andersen
About carmen andersen: Carmen Andersen is the founder of CSB Innovations and the creator of Theatre Books, a new and innovative way to illustrate children’s books. “For every crazy idea my family wished I had never had,” reads the dedication written on CSB’s first book. Carmen has always had the spirit of an entrepreneur, and this idea is just one of many. “What if” and “wouldn’t it be cool if” are common phrases for her. It took 40 years for one of those “What if’s” to come to life. … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Carmen Andersen
Interview with Author – H S Rivney
About H S Rivney: Holly Rivney was born in southern California at the tail end of the Baby Boom era. Beginning her writing before high school, she considered teaching English as a career. An extroverted introvert, however, she pursued another avenue to avoid human interaction, animal sciences, but kept drifting back to the pen and paper. Led astray into the corporate world by the desire to buy groceries, she kept her foot in the door by writing technical manuals, dabbling in copy writing, … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – H S Rivney
The Secret Keepers by Geoffrey M Gluckman
In this sequel, when Sara Nardell and Peter Wellington meet with a man telling a tale of an upscale brothel in the heart of Manhattan, it disrupts the easy life of reunion that Sara and Frank Revere have enjoyed over the last year and a half. Peter springs into action and assembles the Team, now part of a United Nations Special Operations unit. And Sara soon discovers a world rampant with sex trafficking, from Vancouver to China. What begins as a relatively simple mission blows up into … [Read more...] about The Secret Keepers by Geoffrey M Gluckman
Interview with Author – Nicole Sallak Anderson
About Nicole Sallak Anderson: Nicole Sallak Anderson is a Computer Science graduate from Purdue University. After graduation, she developed encryption and network security software, which inspired both the storyline and the science behind the eHuman Trilogy—both eHuman Dawn and eHuman Deception are available at Amazon, the third installment is expected in early 2016. She currently lives with her husband and two teenaged sons on two acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California, where … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Nicole Sallak Anderson
Interview with Author – Susan Louise Peterson
About Susan Louise Peterson: Susan Louise Peterson is an experienced school psychologist and award winning author. She has worked in the inner city schools of Las Vegas, NV for more than twenty years. Susan has conducted over 1000 assessments on young children with autism and developmental delays. She is the author of over ten books in the areas of education, research, autism and school psychology topics. What inspires you to write? My love of writing started early as I wrote speeches for … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Susan Louise Peterson
Interview with Author – John Altson
About John Altson: John Altson retired from IBM in 2010 after more than twenty years of exposure to IBM's cutting-edge technology. His involvement with IBM Research is reflected in many of the concepts put into play within three of his adult novels. John has published three children's books: What Happened to Grandpa? A child views the hereafter through the world's major religions was published in 2009; The A to Z of Forgotten Animals was published in 2010; Veggies:A-Z See 'em, Rhyme 'em, … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – John Altson
WYW:Part 1 by Derek Dollahite
Wyatt Fox and his friend Eli live in a world where everything, from clothes and cars to weather and weapons, is connected and monitored. Today’s “Cloud” has become IOTA, or Internet Of Things Access – a system that allows for constant connectivity, smart power grids, and safer guns. On the other hand, the technology has brought widespread surveillance, greater economic disparity, and less hope for change. Wyatt, a high school student with a unique talent for programming, notices something … [Read more...] about WYW:Part 1 by Derek Dollahite
Superfacial by Nuah Belleton
Superfacial Purgatory Field Part I A Dystopian Sci Fi Romance... As the poet once said 'the price of comfort is meaning' ...and identity. Change your face, your body, your gender. All in minutes. Just choose your new look from whatever catalog you can afford today. No names, just mnemonic chops. After all, what is a name - and what would be the point anyway? A rising star in one of the Citadel mega-corporations. Singled out, offered the promotion of a lifetime. Or is it … [Read more...] about Superfacial by Nuah Belleton
