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 Explainable AI: Interpreting, Explaining and Visualizing Deep Learning by Wojciech Samek English | EPUB | 2019 | 435 Pages | ISBN : 3030289532 | 91 MB The development of "intelligent" systems that can take decisions and perform autonomously might lead to faster and more consistent decisions. A limiting factor for a broader adoption of AI technology is the inherent risks that come with giving up human control and oversight to "intelligent" machines. For sensitive tasks involving critical infrastructures and affecting human well-being or health, it is crucial to limit the possibility of improper, non-robust and unsafe decisions and actions.  Experimentation for Engineers: From A/B testing to Bayesian optimization (MEAP V08) English | 2022 | ISBN: 1617298158 | 326 pages | PDF,EPUB | 9.87 MB Learn practical and modern experimental methods used by engineers in technology and trading.  Excel Data Filters: Quickly & Easily Sort & Filter Data English | 2016 | ISBN: 9781329902725 | 50 pages | EPUB | 1.97 MB Data filters are one of the things that I use most frequently in Excel. They are quite powerful, while being quick and easy to use. This book will walk through how to set them up, how to use them to sort data, and how to filter data. Finally the book will give some of the tricks to be aware of when using data filters.  Europeanization and the European Economic Area: Iceland's Participation in the EU's Policy Process By Johanna Jonsdottir 2012 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 0415502799 | PDF | 3 MB This book examines Europeanization in the European Economic Area (EEA), exploring whether non-member states can have an input into EU decision-making and whether the EU can successfully export its policies within the framework of the EEA. Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, while not EU member states, are members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and signatories of the EEA Agreement. The Agreement allows participation in the EU's internal market but also requires extensive and continuous adaptation to EU rules. Whilst existing literature is limited mainly to the EU's impact on its own member states or neighbours to the east, this book extends the study of Europeanization to the EEA, exploring whether Iceland, as a non-member state, can have an input into EU decision-making and, conversely, whether the EU can ensure that its policies are adhered to outside of its borders. The author argues that, although the EEA Agreement is not without its challenges, it has proved considerably more resilient than originally expected. This raises the question of whether the EEA provides a realistic alternative to EU membership for other states with close ties to the EU. Delving into the largely unknown intersection between the EU and the EEA and providing important new insights into the Europeanization process, Europeanization and the European Economic Area will be of strong interest to students and scholars of European Union politics and policy-making, European Union Enlargement, Nordic politics and comparative politics.  Europe and the Decline of Social Democracy in Britain: From Attlee to Brexit By Adrian Williamson 2019 | 378 Pages | ISBN: 1783274433 | PDF | 6 MB 2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award WinnerBetween about 1957 and 1979, British governments pursued policies loosely based on social democracy, with a strong commitment to full employment and egalitarianism. At this time, there was almost unlimited enthusiasm on the Rightof British politics for membership of the EEC. The real debate was within the British Left, and the dividing line was between socialists and social democrats. The former wished to march on towards the promised land of real socialism; the latter were broadly content with the status quo. 1975, when the nation voted by 2 to 1 to stay in the EEC, was a triumph for those who had always been passionate supporters of the European project. It was also the high water mark of the UK's commitment to social democracy. Full employment remained the central goal of macro-economic strategy, and the nation's income and wealth were more evenly distributed than ever before or since.Since thelate 1970s, social democracy in the UK has been in continuous retreat. For the Conservatives, this retreat has been headlong since the rise of Thatcherism in the mid-1970s. Under New Labour, a viable alternative model to Thatcherism was never identified. This mixture of metropolitan social liberalism and freewheeling, finance-based capitalism came unstuck in the crisis of 2007-9. The ostensibly pro-European forces thus came into the 2016 referendum campaign in a very weak state. Tories were, at best, unenthusiastic and many were hostile. Eurosceptic socialists had taken back control of Labour. The forces of social democracy, triumphant in 1975, were beleaguered. It is perhaps notsurprising that Remain lost.This book explores the nation's gradual disenchantment with both social democracy and the EEC/EU, culminating in the 2016 vote for Brexit. It tells the story of the declining fortunes of these two intertwined concepts, for which no one has yet devised any plausible successor project. ADRIAN WILLIAMSON is a QC and practicing barrister at Keating Chambers, London, an Elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society andthe author of Conservative Economic Policymaking and the Birth of Thatcherism, 1964-1979 (Palgrave, 2015).Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Rise and Fall of British Social Democracy, 1945-2016A European Love Affair, 1960-1973?The Voices of Dissent, 1960-1973The Referendum and its Aftermath, 1975-1983The Tories turn against Europe, 1983-2005Labour changes position, 1983-2005Crisis, Renegotiation and Referendum, 2005-2016ConclusionBibliography and Other Sources  Europe: Today and Tomorrow By Pope Benedict XVI 2007 | 117 Pages | ISBN: 1586171348 | EPUB | 1 MB Written in late 2004, shortly before Joseph Ratzinger's election as Pope Benedict XVI, this book addresses the serious issues concerning the new European Union and the drafting of a European Constitution, events with far-reaching consequences for the West and, indeed, the world.The main questions Cardinal Ratzinger raise include: How did Europe originate and what are its boundaries? Who has the right to call himself European and be admitted into the new Europe? What about the spiritual roots of Europe and the moral foundation she is founded on?Ratzinger sees the lack of focus on these fundamental questions in the formation of a new Europe as a grave problem for the future of Europe and the world. Europe's link to America and the rest of the world make these questions and reflections by the current Pontiff of critical importance in facing the future together.  J. Michael Walton, "Euripides Our Contemporary" English | 2009 | ISBN: 1408112043 | PDF | pages: 257 | 1.9 mb 'In this masterful reevaluation of Euripides, Michael Walton recasts the playwright in light of his resonance for today's translators and directors. Springing from the rehearsal room rather than the page, Walton shows us not only why we are ready for Euripides, but why we so desperately need him.' Mary Louise Hart, Associate Curator of Antiquities, J. Paul Getty Museum  Jennifer C. Post, "Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader, Volume II: A Contemporary Reader" English | 2017 | ISBN: 1138217883 | PDF | pages: 351 | 7.1 mb Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader, Volume II provides an overview of developments in the study of ethnomusicology in the twenty-first century, offering an introduction to contemporary issues relevant to the field. Nineteen essays, written by an international array of scholars, highlight the relationship between current issues in the discipline and ethnomusicologists' engagement with issues such as advocacy, poverty and social participation, maintaining intangible cultural heritages, and ecological concerns. It provides a forum for rethinking the discipline's identity in terms of major themes and issues to which ethnomusicologists have turned their attention since Volume I published in 2005.  Stephen J. Bodio, "Eternity of Eagles: The Human History Of The Most Fascinating Bird In The World" English | 2012 | pages: 213 | ISBN: 0762780223 | PDF | 14,8 mb The Eagle's Shadow is a profusely illustrated celebration of all things eagle, by a naturalist who has kept eagles himself and ridden with the eagle tribes of Central Asia."  Essex: The cultural impact of an Elizabethan courtier By Annaliese Connolly (editor), Lisa Hopkins (editor) 2013 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 0719084946 | PDF | 11 MB This collection of new essays about the earl of Essex, one of the most important figures of the Elizabethan court, resituates his life and career within the richly diverse contours of his cultural and political milieu. It identifies the ways in which his biography has been variously interpreted both during his own lifetime and since his death in 1601. Collectively, the essays examine a wealth of diverse visual and textual manifestations of Essex: poems, portraits, films; texts produced by Essex himself, including private letters, prose tracts, poems and entertainments; and the transmission and circulation of these as a means of disseminating his political views. As well as prising open long-held assumptions about the earl's life, the authors provide a diachronic approach to the earl's career, identifying crucial events such as the Irish campaign and the uprising, and re-evaluating their significance and critical reception. Collectively, the essays illuminate the reach and significance of the many roles played by the earl and the impact of his brief, dazzling life on his contemporaries and on those who came after, making this the first volume to offer a comprehensive critical overview of the Earl's life and influence. |
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