The report will provide a brief overview of major themes for women and ICTs, including issues for girls versus women; the ICT workforce; and opportunities versus the threat of ICTs for women s lives. The report will discuss as well the issue of women and Sciences and Technologies. Several policy recommendations will be drawn, amongst which The economic opportunities women can bring to development through ICTs will not be realized unless policies for all mainstream efforts take gender considerations into account. Policy makers should host forums that allow gender experts to debate the issues and arrive at a diversity of perspectives and recommendations that recognize the complexity of the issues and their impact on socio economic development. Policy is needed to ensure that investment in ICTs contributes to more equitable and sustainable development for all…. More >>

Information and Communication Technologies for Women’s Socio-Economic Empowerment

Excellent textbook of multimedia signal processing also dealing with the optimization of multimedia communication systems. It covers the theoretical background of one- and multidimensional signal processing, statistical analysis and modeling, coding and information theory as well as estimation and classification theory. Numerous practical examples are given for algorithms and design of multimedia signal compression and transmission systems, for systems performing content analysis and indexing of multimedia signals. Principles behind multimedia coding and indexing standards, e.g. MPEG-1/-2/-4/-7 are explained in detail, including the most recent developments like the new Advanced Video Coding standard and Motion-Compensated Interframe Wavelet Coding. Numerous figures and examples illustrate the concepts. As the book is based on a graduate-level university course, most chapters are supplemented by exercises. The book is also a self-contained introduction both for researchers and deve… More >>

Multimedia Communication Technology: Representation, Transmission and Identification of Multimedia Signals

Multi-carrier technologies have emerged as important instruments in telecommunications. OFDM is in the forefront, with its adoption by the IEEE 802.11 standards committee and the European HYPERLAN standards group. Following OFDM, MC-CDMA is also demonstrating considerable promise when compared to competing technologies. According to the authors, these technologies are just the beginning in the coming multi-carrier revolution. In Multi-Carrier Technologies for Wireless Communication, the authors explain how a common multi-carrier platform is being designed for DS-CDMA, TDMA, OFDM and MC-CDMA systems. Findings are presented which show how this multi-carrier platform enhances network capacity and probability of error performance.Specific results include (1) innovation in multi-carrier technologies that are enabling them to become an integral part of TDMA and DS-CDMA systems; and (2) the design of multi-carrier systems to overcome PAPR problems (in, e.g., OFDM). Multi-Car… More >>

Multi-Carrier Technologies for Wireless Communication

Several global trends drive us towards paperless work- and lifestyles. This book will introduce you to the use of paperlessness in different facets of life. It will eventually guide you to a lesser clutter and greater efficiency and flexibility.

The history and advantages of paperless information & communication technologies (ICT) are introduced in part one. Part two is a detailed guide on how to go paperless – mainly at the individual level – while some aspects of paperless applications for organizations are also addressed. The glossary at the end explains the most common ICT terms.

George Dimopoulos has become known in the academic community as the Paperless Professor since his office is virtually 100% free of paper. He shares his over ten years experience with how to transition to, and use paperless practices to become more productive and flexible in both professional and personal activities. Here he introduces the four paperless keys to freedom – to enable a “fr… More >>

Paperless Joy: Paperless Business & Lifestyle Design With Information & Communication Technology

There is a growing body of work examining the ‘consequences’, or more accurately the inter-relationships between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and society at the microsocial (individual, household) level. The vast majority of this work has so far been focused on the US and the subsequent publications have consequently provided predominantly US-centred analyses. This book will re-dress this balance by providing analyses of the situation in Europe and is associated states and placing the analyses in the context of both European and International research and policy debates. The book uses data from a range of European countries as well as comparisons with Asia and the USA. Students and academics from a range of disciplines including sociology, business and management and new media will find this book to be a valuable addition to their reading lists…. More >>

Information and Communication Technologies in Society: E-Living in a Digital Europe

Several global trends drive us towards paperless work- and lifestyles. This book will introduce you to the use of paperlessness in different facets of life. It will eventually guide you to a lesser clutter and greater efficiency and flexibility.

The history and advantages of paperless information & communication technologies (ICT) are introduced in part one. Part two is a detailed guide on how to go paperless – mainly at the individual level – while some aspects of paperless applications for organizations are also addressed. The glossary at the end explains the most common ICT terms.

George Dimopoulos has become known in the academic community as the Paperless Professor since his office is virtually 100% free of paper. He shares his over ten years experience with how to transition to, and use paperless practices to become more productive and flexible in both professional and personal activities. Here he introduces the four paperless keys to freedom – to enable a “fr… More >>

Paperless Joy: Paperless Business & Lifestyle Design With Information & Communication Technology

Several global trends drive us towards paperless work- and lifestyles. This book will introduce you to the use of paperlessness in different facets of life. It will eventually guide you to a lesser clutter and greater efficiency and flexibility.

The history and advantages of paperless information & communication technologies (ICT) are introduced in part one. Part two is a detailed guide on how to go paperless – mainly at the individual level – while some aspects of paperless applications for organizations are also addressed. The glossary at the end explains the most common ICT terms.

George Dimopoulos has become known in the academic community as the Paperless Professor since his office is virtually 100% free of paper. He shares his over ten years experience with how to transition to, and use paperless practices to become more productive and flexible in both professional and personal activities. Here he introduces the four paperless keys to freedom – to enable a “fr… More >>

Paperless Joy: Paperless Business & Lifestyle Design With Information & Communication Technology

Several global trends drive us towards paperless work- and lifestyles. This book will introduce you to the use of paperlessness in different facets of life. It will eventually guide you to a lesser clutter and greater efficiency and flexibility.

The history and advantages of paperless information & communication technologies (ICT) are introduced in part one. Part two is a detailed guide on how to go paperless – mainly at the individual level – while some aspects of paperless applications for organizations are also addressed. The glossary at the end explains the most common ICT terms.

George Dimopoulos has become known in the academic community as the Paperless Professor since his office is virtually 100% free of paper. He shares his over ten years experience with how to transition to, and use paperless practices to become more productive and flexible in both professional and personal activities. Here he introduces the four paperless keys to freedom – to enable a “fr… More >>

Paperless Joy: Paperless Business & Lifestyle Design With Information & Communication Technology

Several global trends drive us towards paperless work- and lifestyles. This book will introduce you to the use of paperlessness in different facets of life. It will eventually guide you to a lesser clutter and greater efficiency and flexibility.

The history and advantages of paperless information & communication technologies (ICT) are introduced in part one. Part two is a detailed guide on how to go paperless – mainly at the individual level – while some aspects of paperless applications for organizations are also addressed. The glossary at the end explains the most common ICT terms.

George Dimopoulos has become known in the academic community as the Paperless Professor since his office is virtually 100% free of paper. He shares his over ten years experience with how to transition to, and use paperless practices to become more productive and flexible in both professional and personal activities. Here he introduces the four paperless keys to freedom – to enable a “fr… More >>

Paperless Joy: Paperless Business & Lifestyle Design With Information & Communication Technology

Thinking Otherwise is a unique and revealing look at the philosophical dimensions of information and communication technology (ICT). Among thinkers, the importance of what transpires within the virtual world is the effect these activities have on real human beings who exist outside of and beyond the computer-generated virtual environment. Obviously, the result of ICT interactions can lead to good or bad outcomes.

Gunkel, however, is not concerned about deciding which argument is more compelling, but how these arguments are organized, articulated, and configured. This approach entails challenging, criticizing and even changing the terms and conditions of the discourse itself. For example, the binary nature of computer logic tends to color debate about subsequent moral issues by portraying each side as the antithesis of the other. That is, the switch is either turned on or off.

Thinking Otherwise investigates the unique quandaries, com… More >>

Thinking Otherwise: Philosophy, Communication, Technology