Multimedia Security Technologies for Digital Rights Management
A timely reference in the innovative and cutting-edge field of multimedia security!
Digital Rights Management (DRM) defines a set of tools that manage the secured use of digital media content found on static and mobile electronic devices, ranging from personal computers and PDAs to digital video recorders and MP3 players. While it’s true that some antiquated techniques still work well, various state-of-the-art multimedia security technologies have emerged to wage a more adaptive and efficient battle on behalf of 21st century intellectual property owners.
The editors of this contributed volume have created a groundbreaking resource, meticulously assembled for maximum utility. Enriched by sample application scenarios and algorithms, this book provides an in-depth examination of present and future field technologies including encryption, authentication, copy control, tagging, tracing, conditional access, and media identification.
Views on attention have undergone continuous evolution since the early work of the 1950s. Since that time, the questions asked about attention, consciousness and control have changed, and evidence drawn into the debate comes not only from experimental psychology, but also from neurophysiology, neuropsychology and computational modelling. As evidence has accumalated, theories have changed and fundamental assumptions have been challenged. Rather than asking “What is attention?”, people now consider “Why does attentional behaviour appear the way it is?” This textbook charts the development of these ideas, through the examination of a variety of tasks considered to involve attentional behaviour, together with evidence from studies of patients, neurophysiology and cognitive modelling.; After a consideration of what attention might be and whether it is a cause or an effect, this book describes and discusses work on selective auditory attention. It also deals with: problems of divided attention, task combination, automaticity and intentional control; selection for action; conscious and unconscious processing in both normal experimental subjects and neuropsychological patients; and neuropsychological and computational aspects of attention.
Spoken Language Processing: A Guide to Theory, Algorithm and System Development
Offers coverage of new advances in spoken language processing in computer science, drawing on the most recent discoveries in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, and other fields. Covers speech recognition, speech processing, spoken language understanding, speech synthesis, and speech interface design.
A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam by I. A. Ibrahim Book Description This book is specifically written for
non-Muslims to help them better understand Islam.
The Oxford History of Modern War by Charles Townshend Book Description How has war shaped modern society and vice
versa? How has it changed over the centuries between the introduction
of firearms and the invention of the atom bomb? How is war waged today?
This book examines the techniques, technology, and theory of warfare
from the 'military revolution' of the seventeenth century to the
present day. The expert contributors explore major developments and
themes, including the growth of modern military professionalism and
mass armies; the extraordinary achievements of Napoleon's armies; the
role of nationalism in battlegrounds as various as the American Civil
War and the former Yugoslavia; colonial wars; the concept and reality
of 'total war'; guerrilla warfare and 'people's wars'. (Amazon.com)
