Bøger af Laurence Moroney

If you're looking to make a career move from programmer to AI specialist, this is the ideal place to start. Based on Laurence Moroney's extremely successful AI courses, this introductory book provides a hands-on, code-first approach to help you build confidence while you learn key topics.You'll understand how to implement the most common scenarios in machine learning, such as computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), and sequence modeling for web, mobile, cloud, and embedded runtimes. Most books on machine learning begin with a daunting amount of advanced math. This guide is built on practical lessons that let you work directly with the code.You'll learn:How to build models with TensorFlow using skills that employers desireThe basics of machine learning by working with code samplesHow to implement computer vision, including feature detection in imagesHow to use NLP to tokenize and sequence words and sentencesMethods for embedding models in Android and iOSHow to serve models over the web and in the cloud with TensorFlow Serving

Buried deep below the Nevada desert, in a place often called Area 51, is a very special and ancient school where the best and brightest children come to learn the technology that will bring mankind to its next step of evolution -- a place amongst the stars. 'The Fourth World' follows four children through their entry into this school: 'Fintan Reilly' is a young, often bullied Irish boy who has a big destiny; Zach Adams, from Fresno, is his diametric opposite, and instant best friend; Ayako Katsuragi is a brilliant Japanese girl, a military brat who is as capable as she is smart and Nizhoni Benally is a Navajo from New Mexico, who is as tough as she is beautiful, and who somehow shares a secret past with Fintan. The book follows their first year in their new school, with an Alien as headmaster, and where they learn everything from Cosmic History through to how to fly a flying saucer, and comes to a shocking conclusion in a field trip to Mars where ancient secrets are uncovered.

The epic saga of Fintan Reilly and the school at Area 51 comes to a stunning conclusion. Having discovered a second city, hidden under Japan, events have begun to spin out of control. With the Navajo ready for war, the government ready to intervene, and the warning from Ayako, that his actions could lead to the end of the world, Fintan has a difficult road before him. With his friends at his side he must stand up and take control of the situation. There are always options - he just needs to find them. And maybe, just maybe, Nizhoni is still alive and trapped in that city. Ending the saga that began with 'The Fourth World' and continued with 'The Million Year Journey', The Legend of the Locust is science fiction on an epic scale. From the opening pages to the dramatic conclusion, it's a story you won't forget!

The Sequel to "The Fourth World" leads our heroes: Fintan, Zack and Ayako to the other side of the universe in the adventure of a lifetime! The events on Mars have shaken Fintan to his very core. He hears Nizhoni's voice in his head and fears he is breaking down. But when fate brings him back together with the Navajo, he realizes that all may not be as it appears, and returns to Area 51. Having lived through a war with the mysterious Hunters, rejoining school life proves to be difficult, but he has his friends, Zack and Ayako at his side. And when a new crop of children comes into the school to join Red Squadron, he makes new friends, including the enigmatic rachel. When humanity's first Starship, the Destiny, while on its maiden voyage to Saturn crashes on an unknown world on the far side of the Galaxy, the voices come back to haunt Fintan, and lead him to the discovery of a lifetime...

Beginning Web Development, Silverlight, and ASP.NET AJAX: From Novice to Professional aims to give you the skills you need to start building web applications with Microsoft’s next–generation technology as quickly as possible. Whether you’re interested in ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, or the technologies that support them (WPF, WCF, WF, etc.), this book is the starting point that you need.It adopts a “zero to hero” approach that concentrates on achieving practical results you can use in real projects rather than presenting a deep academic treatment that can’t be immediately applied.The aim is to give you, the reader, the knowledge you need to achieve the results you want with the minimum of fuss. When you’ve read this book, you’ll have a solid understand of all the techniques that are available, when to use them, and their relative strengths and weaknesses.

Since the emergence of Google Maps, Ajax programming techniques have become one of the hottest topics in the programming arena. To date, the frameworks available for creating these applications have been complex and have separated the development of the client–side Ajax (on the user’s machine) from the server–side supporting technology (on the company’s machines). This separation has made development slow and difficult.ASP.NET AJAX is Microsoft’s solution to this problem. ASP.NET AJAX (formerly code–named Atlas) is a set of extensions to the existing ASP.NET 2.0 technology that provides you with a fast-and-simple environment to create Ajax applications. Microsoft has combined Ajax with ASP.NET technology and provided a unified set of development tools within Visual Studio 2005. For the first time, Ajax applications can be developed seamlessly in conjunction with a supporting technology.Foundations of ASP.NET AJAX (written by Laurence Moroney, the author of Apress' successful Foundations of Atlas) gives you a detailed grounding in how ASP.NET AJAX works. It takes you swiftly through the basic principles of Ajax, then deep into the heart of the technology, where every namespace is discussed and every function considered. By the end of the book, you’ll know all the essentials to confidently produce cutting-edge ASP.NET AJAX applications swiftly and professionally. You will not need any reference beyond this book.

Pro ASP.NET 1.1 in VB.NET aims to be the definite reference for working developers in the field. Its compendium format covers every topic you are likely to come across in your day-to-day work, from handling data through to configuration and deployment.The books goal is to act firstly as a tutorial guide that can be read from cover-to-cover, then secondly as a reference book that you can scan quickly to retrieve the answer to a specific problem as you work.This book puts to use hard-won, real-world VB .NET experience, and demonstrates it clearly through numerous diagrams, screenshots, and working code samples.

* Only up to date book for the latest version of .NET* Concentrates on Web services not general .NET security* Describes the key aspects of Windows Operating System security, Internet Information Services security, and ASP.NET Security, laying the foundation for a complete discussion of Web Services security in the .NET Platform.* Shows how to use the WS-Security W3C specifications for industry - standard authentication, encryption, authorization, Xml signature, attachments and routing with Web Services.* Teaches the reader how to use the new WSE (Web Services Software Development Kit) from Microsoft.* Shows how to integrate Web Services security into the applications developers write with specific working code examples and explanations.

AI is nothing without somewhere to run it. Now that mobile devices have become the primary computing device for most people, it's essential that mobile developers add AI to their toolbox. This insightful book is your guide to creating and running models on popular mobile platforms such as iOS and Android.Laurence Moroney, lead AI advocate at Google, offers an introduction to machine learning techniques and tools, then walks you through writing Android and iOS apps powered by common ML models like computer vision and text recognition, using tools such as ML Kit, TensorFlow Lite, and Core ML. If you're a mobile developer, this book will help you take advantage of the ML revolution today.Explore the options for implementing ML and AI on mobile devicesCreate ML models for iOS and AndroidWrite ML Kit and TensorFlow Lite apps for iOS and Android, and Core ML/Create ML apps for iOSChoose the best techniques and tools for your use case, such as cloud-based versus on-device inference and high-level versus low-level APIsLearn privacy and ethics best practices for ML on devices

Windows Presentation Foundations (WPF), formerly code-named Avalon, is part of a suite of new technologies collectively known as 'The WinFX stack'. Readers get quickly up to speed with new coding techniques and processes needed for successful WPF coding, and receive a thorough practical grounding in how the technologies can be used.

It's not hard to get developers interested in ASP.NET. Without exaggeration, ASP.NET is the most complete platform for web development that's ever been put together. It far outclasses its predecessor, ASP, which was designed as a quick-and-dirty set of tools for inserting dynamic content into ordinary web pages. By contrast, ASP.NET is a full-blown platform for developing comprehensive, blisteringly fast web applications. In this book, you'll learn everything you need to master ASP.NET 2.0. If you've programmed with a previous version of ASP.NET, you'll sail through the basics and quickly begin learning about the exciting new features in version 2.0. If you've never programmed with ASP.NET, you'll find that this book provides a well-paced tour that leads you through all the fundamentals and gives you a ba- stage pass so you can see how the ASP.NET internals really work. ASP.NET from 1.0 to 2.0 As you no doubt already know, ASP.NET is Microsoft's next-generation technology for creating server-side web applications. It's built on the Microsoft .NET Framework, which is a cluster of closely related new technologies that revolutionize everything from database access to distributed appli- tions. ASP.NET is one of the most important components of the .NET Framework-it's the part that enables you to develop high-performance web applications and web services.

This practical guide empowers readers to develop their own iPhone applications, and complements the Apress iPhone development titles, for those who want to take things a step further. Videos and tutorials are available as supplementary material online.