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This book constitutes the joint thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 9th IFIP International Conference on Engineering for Human Computer Interaction and of the 11th International Workshop on Design, Specification, and Verification of Interactive Systems, EHCI-DSVIS 2004, held in Hamburg, Germany in July 2004. The 25 revised full papers presented have gone through two rounds of reviewing and improvement and were selected from initially 65 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on usability, task modeling, browsing and searching, model-based approaches, ubiquitous computing, bridging viewpoints, plastic and adaptive interfaces, and groupware.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2004, held in Paris, France, in July 2004. The 172 revised contributions presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers evaluate how various fields in computer science can contribute to helping people with various kinds of disabilities. Among the technical fields evaluated are information systems, Web and Internet, the information society, computer-assisted education, human-computer interaction, interface design, virtual reality, mobile computing, ubiquitous computing, pervasive computing, assistive technology, multimedia, display technology, haptic computing, audio interfaces, and societal and administrative issues.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, CAIP 2005, held in Versailles, France, in September 2005. The 65 revised full papers presented together with 43 revised poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 185 submissions. Topics addressed include image analysis, biometrics, computer vision, pattern recognition, object recognition, segmentation and grouping, medical imaging, motion Analysis, computer vision/computer graphics collaboration, augmented reality, image and video compression, model-based vision approaches, image and video indexing and database retrieval, shape representation and analysis, model-based object tracking in image sequences, as well as a great variety of applications for multimedia, in medical, and biomedical fields.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Symposium on Computational and Information Science, CIS 2004, held in Shanghai, China in December 2004. The 190 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 450 submissions. The papers address virtually all computational and algorithmic aspects in various sciences, mathematics, and engineering as well as data and information engineering. The papers are organized in four main parts on high performance computing and algorithms, computational modeling and simulation, bioinformatics and medical informatics, and data engineering and information science.

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The refereed proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases, SSTD 2005, held in Angra dos Reis, Brazil in August 2005. The 24 revised full papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from a total of 77 submissions. The book offers topical sections on query optimization and simulation, advanced query processing, spatial/temporal data streams, indexing schemes and structures, novel applications and real systems, moving objects and mobile environments.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Asian Computing Science Conference, ASIAN 2004, dedicated to Jean-Louis Lassez on the occasion of his 60th birthday and held in Chiang Mai, Thailand in December 2004. The 17 revised full papers presented together with 3 keynote papers and 16 invited papers honouring Jean-Louis Lassez were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. The contributed papers are focusing on higher-level decision making, whereas the invited papers address a broader variety of topics in theoretical computer science.

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The LNCS series reports state-of-the-art results in computer science research, development, and education, at a high level and in both printed and electronic form. Enjoying tight cooperation with the R&D community, with numerous individuals, as well as with prestigious organizations and Societies, LNCS has grown into the most comprehensive computer science research forum available. The scope of LNCS, including its sub series LNAI, spans the whole range of computer science and information technology including interdisciplinary topics in a variety of application fields. The type of material published traditionally includes - Proceedings（published in time for the respective conference） - Post-proceedings（consisting of thoroughly revised final full papers） -research monographs（which may be based on outstanding PhD work, research projects, technical reports, etc.）、

This book gives a unique account of the emerging field of Web engineering by presenting 25 thoroughly reviewed papers drawn from two recent workshops on the topic together with introductory and motivating surveys and a list of Web engineering resources in chapters on - Web engineering: introduction and perspectives - Web-based system development: process and methodology - Managing information on the Web - Development tools, skills, and case studies - Performance, testing, and Web metrices - Web maintenance and reuse The book will appeal equally to researchers, students, professionals and practitioners in industry interested in developing, maintaining, and using advanced Web-based systems and applications. Gives a unique account of the emerging field of Web engineering by presenting 25 thoroughly reviewed papers drawn from two recent workshops on the topic together with introductory and motivating surveys and a list of Web engineering resources. Softcover.