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Professional learning with a useful next step
You're probably measuring the wrong things. Your department definitely is. And that grant you lost? Yeah, someone else understood the metrics. This book won't make you popular at faculty coffee…
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Higher Education
You're probably measuring the wrong things. Your department definitely is. And that grant you lost? Yeah, someone else understood the metrics.…
Books
Uncover the foundations of cutting-edge technologies with "Data Mining and Machine Learning Essentials." This book will take you on an…
Uncanny Valley
An engaging exploration of why almost-human faces, voices, and movements can feel eerie, unsettling, and strangely wrong.
Game Programming
A fun, fast-paced collection of revision questions covering the essential concepts you might face in a game programming job interview.
Computers & Technology
Explore the business of APIs - from powering AI tools to monetizing data through high-performance visualizations.
Computers & Technology
A systematic guide to diagnosing and fixing the most elusive software bugs, from complex concurrency issues to mysterious memory leaks and…
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Data Mining and Machine Learning Essentials
If AI & Machine Learning keeps catching your attention, “Data Mining and Machine Learning Essentials” is a title to put on your radar. Its listed scope opens a worthwhile conversation about Neural Networks. Machine-learning topics become more concrete when the question, data, and evaluation are kept together. Start with the decision you want to support and examine what the available evidence would need to show. Give the reading an outcome you can revisit. Save a first attempt, return to it with a new insight, and notice which decisions you can now explain. A good reading direction becomes more valuable when it connects to practice. A promising addition to a reading list with a purpose.Take a closer look
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Looking for a new direction in Human-Computer Interaction? “Debugging The Uncanny Valley” makes a persuasive case for giving the subject your attention. Bring a specific question and turn the reading into a purposeful exploration. Almost-human design is a fascinating place to ask how appearance, movement, and expectation fit together. Bring a face, voice, or avatar example to the reading and ask which small detail changes your response. Give the reading an outcome you can revisit. Save a first attempt, return to it with a new insight, and notice which decisions you can now explain. A good reading direction becomes more valuable when it connects to practice. Save it for the next time you want to follow the idea further.Take a closer look
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Game Programming Interview Questions in 20 Minutes
If Technical Interviews keeps catching your attention, “Game Programming Interview Questions in 20 Minutes” is a title to put on your radar. Its listed scope opens a worthwhile conversation about Software Engineering. Games bring rules, feedback, and interaction into a single working experience. Give the reading a playful destination: one mechanic or interaction that you can explain, change, and share. Give the reading an outcome you can revisit. Save a first attempt, return to it with a new insight, and notice which decisions you can now explain. A good reading direction becomes more valuable when it connects to practice. Worth exploring when you are ready for a fresh reading direction.Take a closer look
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