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2D to VR with Unity5 and Google Cardboard by Roberto Dillon
RRP: $67.07$58.30The book provides an up-to-date introduction to the latest version of Unity and its workflow by guiding readers through various prototypes. These range from 2D to 3D game concepts for PC and mobile, will allow readers to get acquainted with several... -
Frame-By-Frame Stop Motion: The Guide to Non-Puppet Photographic Animation Techniques, Second Edition by Tom Gasek
RRP: $58.04$50.67Single frame film-making has been around as long as film itself. It is the ancestor to modern day special effects and animation. Despite its age-old practice, Single frame film making and stop-motion animation continues to influence media and culture... -
How to Cheat in Blender 2.7x by Alan Thorn
RRP: $58.04$50.67Blender is a vast and customizable 3D-modeling application used by many artists across creative industries, from television to games. This newest book, in Alan Thorn's How to Cheat series, offers insightful and bite-sized power-tips to help you develop... -
Introduction to Programming and Problem-Solving Using Scala by Mark C. Lewis
RRP: $77.39$68.28Praise for the first edition:"The well-written, comprehensive book...[is] aiming to become a de facto reference for the language and its features and capabilities. The pace is appropriate for beginners; programming concepts are introduced progressively... -
Networking for Big Data by Shui Yu
RRP: $167.70$145.91Networking for Big Data supplies an unprecedented look at cutting-edge research on the networking and communication aspects of Big Data. Starting with a comprehensive introduction to Big Data and its networking issues, it offers deep technical coverage... -
Introduction to Programming Languages by Arvind Kumar Bansal
RRP: $109.64$96.56In programming courses, using the different syntax of multiple languages, such as C++, Java, PHP, and Python, for the same abstraction often confuses students new to computer science. Introduction to Programming Languages separates programming language... -
Computational and Visualization Techniques for Structural Bioinformatics Using Chimera by Forbes J. Burkowski
RRP: $167.70$145.14A Step-by-Step Guide to Describing Biomolecular Structure Computational and Visualization Techniques for Structural Bioinformatics Using Chimera shows how to perform computations with Python scripts in the Chimera environment. It focuses on the three... -
Web 2.0 and Beyond: Principles and Technologies by Paul Anderson
RRP: $167.70$145.14Web 2.0 and Beyond: Principles and Technologies draws on the author's iceberg model of Web 2.0, which places the social Web at the tip of the iceberg underpinned by a framework of technologies and ideas. The author incorporates research from a range of... -
Clustering in Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery by John David MacCuish
RRP: $116.09$100.74With a DVD of color figures, Clustering in Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery provides an expert guide on extracting the most pertinent information from pharmaceutical and biomedical data. It offers a concise overview of common and recent clustering... -
Swarm Intelligence Methods for Statistical Regression by Soumya Mohanty
RRP: $24.50$22.82A core task in statistical analysis, especially in the era of Big Data, is the fitting of flexible, high-dimensional, and non-linear models to noisy data in order to capture meaningful patterns. This can often result in challenging non-linear and... -
Cost-Sensitive Machine Learning by Balaji Krishnapuram
RRP: $122.54$106.75In machine learning applications, practitioners must take into account the cost associated with the algorithm. These costs include: Cost of acquiring training data Cost of data annotation/labeling and cleaning Computational cost for... -
Mythopoeic Narrative in The Legend of Zelda by Anthony Cirilla
RRP: $51.59$46.99The Legend of Zelda series is one of the most popular and recognizable examples in videogames of what Tolkien referred to as mythopoeia, or myth-making. In his essay On Fairy Stories and a short poem entitled Mythopoeia, Tolkien makes the case that the... -
Game Development 2042: The Future of Game Design, Development, and Publishing by Tim Fields
RRP: $55.46$48.49This book is a fast-paced look at the next two decades of the games industry with a focus on game design, the evolution of gaming markets around the world, the future of technology, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, crypto-currency, and the art and... -
3D Game Environments: Create Professional 3D Game Worlds by Luke Ahearn
RRP: $107.06$94.36From a steamy jungle to a modern city, or even a sci-fi space station, 3D Game Environments is the ultimate resource to help you create AAA quality art for a variety of game worlds. Primarily using Photoshop and 3ds Max, students will learn to create... -
Web Technology: Theory and Practice by Akshi Kumar
RRP: $148.35$128.69This book intends to expound the complete concept of Web in Theory, Web in Research and Web in Practice with the help of worked out examples for better understanding. Planned as a comprehensive reading for beginners and a reference for advanced learners,... -
20 Essential Games to Study by Joshua Bycer
RRP: $60.62$34.66The purpose of this book is to look over the past 35 years of games to discuss titles whose design deserves to be studied by anyone with an interest in game design. While there are plenty of books that focus on the technical side of Game Development,... -
Research Software Engineering with Python: Building software that makes research possible by Damien Irving
RRP: $73.52$64.25Writing and running software is now as much a part of science as telescopes and test tubes, but most researchers are never taught how to do either well. As a result, it takes them longer to accomplish simple tasks than it should, and it is harder for... -
Sensors for Mobile Robots by H.R. Everett
RRP: $73.52$63.74The author compiles everything a student or experienced developmental engineer needs to know about the supporting technologies associated with the rapidly evolving field of robotics. From the table of contents: Design Considerations * Dead Reckoning *... -
Introduction to the Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services by Liyang Yu
RRP: $77.39$66.99Even though the semantic Web is a relatively new and dynamic area of research, a whole suite of components, standards, and tools have already been developed around it. Using a concrete approach, Introduction to the Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services... -
Game Character Modeling and Animation with 3ds Max by Yancey Clinton
RRP: $47.72$35.15This book takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a playable 3D character using 3DS Max. Offering a complete overview of the 3D real-time character asset creation pipeline. Yancey Clinton will take you through the five major subjects used... -
Knowledge Discovery in Proteomics by Igor Jurisica
RRP: $167.70$145.14Multi-modal representations, the lack of complete and consistent domain theories, rapid evolution of domain knowledge, high dimensionality, and large amounts of missing information - these are challenges inherent in modern proteomics. As our... -
Multiplayer Gaming and Engine Coding for the Torque Game Engine by Edward F. Maurina
RRP: $83.84$72.94Multiplayer Gaming and Engine Coding for the Torque Game Engine shows game programmers how to get the most out of the Torque Game Engine (TGE), which is an inexpensive professional game engine available from GarageGames. This book allows people to make... -
AI for Games and Animation: A Cognitive Modeling Approach by John David Funge
RRP: $107.06$93.07John Funge introduces a new approach to creating autonomous characters. Cognitive modeling provides computer-animated characters with logic, reasoning, and planning skills. Individual chapters in the book provide concrete examples of advanced character... -
Large-Scale Machine Learning in the Earth Sciences by Ashok N. Srivastava
RRP: $167.70$145.14From the Foreword: "While large-scale machine learning and data mining have greatly impacted a range of commercial applications, their use in the field of Earth sciences is still in the early stages. This book, edited by Ashok Srivastava,... -
UNIX: The Textbook, Third Edition by Syed Mansoor Sarwar
RRP: $148.35$131.27UNIX: The Textbook, Third Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern, twenty-first-century UNIX operating system. The book deploys PC-BSD and Solaris, representative systems of the major branches of the UNIX family, to illustrate the key... -
Human Activity Recognition: Using Wearable Sensors and Smartphones by Miguel A. Labrador
RRP: $167.70$144.62Learn How to Design and Implement HAR Systems The pervasiveness and range of capabilities of today's mobile devices have enabled a wide spectrum of mobile applications that are transforming our daily lives, from smartphones equipped with GPS to... -
Introduction to Combinatorial Testing by D. Richard Kuhn
RRP: $90.29$77.86Combinatorial testing of software analyzes interactions among variables using a very small number of tests. This advanced approach has demonstrated success in providing strong, low-cost testing in real-world situations. Introduction to Combinatorial... -
A Functional Start to Computing with Python by Ted Herman
RRP: $107.06$93.59A Functional Start to Computing with Python enables students to quickly learn computing without having to use loops, variables, and object abstractions at the start. Requiring no prior programming experience, the book draws on Python's flexible data... -
Managing Your Biological Data with Python by Allegra Via
RRP: $81.26$70.77Take Control of Your Data and Use Python with ConfidenceRequiring no prior programming experience, Managing Your Biological Data with Python empowers biologists and other life scientists to work with biological data on their own using the Python language... -
Computers and Society: Computing for Good by Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk
RRP: $96.74$84.30Since computer scientists make decisions every day that have societal context and influence, an understanding of society and computing together should be integrated into computer science education. Showing students what they can do with their computing... -
Introduction to Privacy-Preserving Data Publishing: Concepts and Techniques by Benjamin C.M. Fung
RRP: $167.70$145.14Gaining access to high-quality data is a vital necessity in knowledge-based decision making. But data in its raw form often contains sensitive information about individuals. Providing solutions to this problem, the methods and tools of privacy-preserving... -
Glycome Informatics: Methods and Applications by Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita
RRP: $135.45$117.21A Focused, State-of-the-Art Overview of This Evolving Field Presents Various Techniques for Glycoinformatics The development and use of informatics tools and databases for glycobiology and glycomics research have increased considerably in recent years... -
Autonomous Vehicle Navigation: From Behavioral to Hybrid Multi-Controller Architectures by Lounis Adouane
RRP: $58.04$51.19Improve the Safety, Flexibility, and Reliability of Autonomous Navigation in Complex EnvironmentsAutonomous Vehicle Navigation: From Behavioral to Hybrid Multi-Controller Architectures explores the use of multi-controller architectures in fully... -
Algorithms for Next-Generation Sequencing by Wing-Kin Sung
RRP: $58.04$51.19Advances in sequencing technology have allowed scientists to study the human genome in greater depth and on a larger scale than ever before – as many as hundreds of millions of short reads in the course of a few days. But what are the best ways to deal... -
Practical Guide to ChIP-seq Data Analysis by Borbala Mifsud
RRP: $73.52$63.74Chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq), which maps the genome-wide localization patterns of transcription factors and epigenetic marks, is among the most widely used methods in molecular biology. Practical Guide to ChIP-seq Data Analysis... -
Modeling and Simulation in Python by Jason M. Kinser
RRP: $107.06$93.07The use of Python as a powerful computational tool is expanding with great strides. Python is a language which is easy to use, and the libraries of tools provides it with efficient versatility. As the tools continue to expand, users can create insightful... -
Teaching Computing: A Practitioner's Perspective by Henry M. Walker
RRP: $167.70$145.91Teaching can be intimidating for beginning faculty. Some graduate schools and some computing faculty provide guidance and mentoring, but many do not. Often, a new faculty member is assigned to teach a course, with little guidance, input, or feedback... -
iOS Game Programming with Xcode and Cocos2d by Justin Dike
RRP: $68.36$58.13This book is written by a professional instructor and founder of CartoonSmart.com, a company specializing in new media tutorials for nearly a decade. The book is a start-to-finish guide for anyone looking to begin iOS development using Cocos2d and Xcode... -
For the Love of Cybernetics: Personal Narratives by Cyberneticians: Personal Narratives by Cyberneticians by Jocelyn Chapman
RRP: $167.70$144.62For the Love of Cybernetics: Personal Narratives by Cyberneticians is a collection of personal accounts that offer unique insights into cybernetics via the personal journeys of nine individuals. For the authors in this collection, cybernetics is not... -
Algorithmic and Computational Robotics: New Directions 2000 WAFR by Bruce Donald
RRP: $73.52$63.74Algorithms that control the computational processes relating sensors and actuators are indispensable for robot navigation and the perception of the world in which they move. Therefore, a deep understanding of how algorithms work to achieve this control...