Proceedings of the December 1996 symposium, reflecting the latest work on a project begun in 1984 to promote a standard operating system capable of real time, multitask function and Japanese language-based processing. Includes papers on subjects such as the $500 Internet computer, technological supp"

Proceedings of the fall 1995 symposium, exploring progress in computer and software technologies and applications to computers, telecommunications systems, and equipment, and highlighting new microprocessor technologies. Topics include multilingual computing; real-time software development systems and operating systems; the data exchange format for HFDS; applying a real-time operating system to transmission equipment management; and human-machine interface. Includes an overview of the TRON project. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Biometrics: Personal Identification in Networked Society is a comprehensive and accessible source of state-of-the-art information on all existing and emerging biometrics: the science of automatically identifying individuals based on their physiological or behavior characteristics. In particular, the book covers: *General principles and ideas of designing biometric-based systems and their underlying tradeoffs *Identification of important issues in the evaluation of biometrics-based systems *Integration of biometric cues, and the integration of biometrics with other existing technologies *Assessment of the capabilities and limitations of different biometrics *The comprehensive examination of biometric methods in commercial use and in research development *Exploration of some of the numerous privacy and security implications of biometrics. Also included are chapters on face and eye identification, speaker recognition, networking, and other timely technology-related issues. All chapters are written by leading internationally recognized experts from academia and industry. Biometrics: Personal Identification in Networked Society is an invaluable work for scientists, engineers, application developers, systems integrators, and others working in biometrics.

This book contains scientific and engineering activities of the fifth international conference of Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-5). The exploration for automatic systems has much attention over the centuries and created attractive research activities. The Intelligent and Autonomous systems are the current trend toward fully automatic systems that can adapt to changes in their environment. The purpose of the fifth IAS conference is to provide an opportunity for the international community of researchers in the field of autonomous systems as well as architectures, tools, components, techniques, and new IAS design methodologies. The emphasis will be on science and technology for autonomous systems working in a complex environment.