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Frontiers of engineering [electronic resource] : reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2007 symposium / National Academy of Engineering of the National Academy.

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  • ISBN: 9780309112543 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0309112540 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 195 p.) : ill.
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2008.

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"The 2007 symposium was held September 24-26, and was hosted by Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington"--Pref.
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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Engineering trustworthy computer systems: -- Introduction / Ana I. Anton and John Dunagan -- Privacy in a networked world / Rebecca N. Wright -- Unifying disparate tools in software security / Greg Morrisett -- Usable security: oxymoron or challenge? / Diana K. Smetters -- Control of protein conformations: -- Introduction / Donald J. Leo -- The evolutionary design of proteins / Rama Ranganathan -- Lighting up the mechanome / Matthew J. Lang -- Biotechnology for fuels and chemicals: -- Introduction / Richard T. Elander and Vijay Singh -- Corn-based materials / Sanjay V. Malhotra, Vineet Kumar, Anthony East, and Michael Jaffe -- Process review of lignocellulose biochemical conversion to fuel ethanol / Bruce S. Dien -- Sustainable biorefineries / Carina Maria Alles and Robin Jenkins -- Modeling and simulating human behavior:-- Introduction / Christian Lebiere and Robert Wray -- Computational cognitive neuroscience and its applications / Laurent Itti -- Barriers, bridges and progress in cognitive modeling for military applications / Kevin A. Gluck -- Modeling of culturally affected human behavior / Michael van Lent, Mark Core, Steve Solomon, Milton Rosenberg, Ryan McAlinden, and Paul Carpenter -- Safe water technologies: -- Introduction / Carol R. Rego and Paul K. Westerhoff -- Ultraviolet irradiation: an age-old emerging technology for water treatment / Karl G. Linden -- Membrane processes to address the global challenge of desalination / Amy E. Childress -- Biological treatments of drinking water / Jess C. Brown -- Distribution systems: the next frontier / Vanessa L. Speight.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Systems engineering > Congresses.
Fuel > Biotechnology > Congresses.
Water > Purification > Congresses.
Proteins > Conformation > Congresses.
Engineering > Research > Congresses.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Reference.
Human behavior > Computer simulation > Congresses.
Engineering > Technological innovations > Congresses.
Genre: Electronic books.


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