“…Martin has wide-ranging conversations with twenty-three of the world's foremost researchers and entrepreneurs working in AI and robotics: Demis Hassabis (DeepMind), Ray Kurzweil (Google), Geoffrey Hinton (Univ. of Toronto and Google), Rodney Brooks (Rethink Robotics), Yann LeCun (Facebook) , Fei-Fei Li (Stanford and Google), Yoshua Bengio (Univ. of Montreal), Andrew Ng (AI Fund), Daphne Koller (Stanford), Stuart Russell (UC Berkeley), Nick Bostrom (Univ. of Oxford), Barbara Grosz (Harvard), David Ferrucci (Elemental Cognition), James Manyika (McKinsey), Judea Pearl (UCLA), Josh Tenenbaum (MIT), Rana el Kaliouby (Affectiva), Daniela Rus (MIT), Jeff Dean (Google), Cynthia Breazeal (MIT), Oren Etzioni (Allen Institute for AI), Gary Marcus (NYU), and Bryan Johnson (Kernel). …”

“…Goldenberg shows how to: • Systematically harvest information from Social Media conversations and communities: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and beyond • Integrate this information into expanded customer profiles • Use these profiles to personalize customer service, marketing messages, and sales offers far more effectively Goldenberg assesses the changing impact of social media on customer relationships, identifies smarter ways to profitably integrate it throughout your business, guides you through Social CRM planning and implementation, and examines key challenges and opportunities in leveraging Social CRM after you’ve deployed it. …”

“…That’s the power of Screen to Screen Selling , a game-changing step-by-step guide that shows you how to: INCREASE SALES by reaching out to customers anywhere in the world BOOST PRODUCTIVITY by making every meeting count, getting every worker on board, and keeping every customer engaged IMPROVE PERFORMANCE by using visual aids in your screen-to-screen meetings, presentations, and conversations ENHANCE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE by delivering the kind of personal, one-on-one service they won’t find anywhere else Filled with money-saving tips, time-saving strategies, and practical tech-smart solutions to all your business needs, screen to screen selling is the perfect go-to guide for making person-to-person connections that really count—and really pay off. …”

“…You'll learn the old-fashioned approach that leads to a healthier financial lifestyle, and open the door on a straightforward conversation about earning, saving, spending, growing, and protecting your money. …”

“…Through an expansive range of essays that look at Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, this volume brings a broad range of regions into conversation. The contributors focus on nuanced, comparative exploration of the processes and practices of creating, maintaining, and transforming cultural place making within pluralistic Spanish colonial communities. …”

“…As to the signature meeting event itself, the organizing community and KDD steering committee took on the challenge and worked together so that KDD 2020 would be a brand new experience of a virtual conference with innovations that enable the community to socialize, make acquaintance and strike conversations among the presenters and attendees. Not surprisingly, among the program highlights are work by the KDD community on combating COVID-19 showcased through a number of sessions consisting of themed workshops, health day, a special call for papers and a research panel on data science for preventative measures, contact tracing, treatment recommendation, and so on. …”

“…The original plan was to hold a regular Lisbon meeting, listening to talks, stimulating conversation, hands-on demos, nice Lisbon weather, and excellent local seafood. …”

“…Such views borrow from the apocalyptic traditions of Judaism and Christianity and influence the politics of research grants, life in online virtual reality environments, and conversations within philosophical, legal and theological circles. …”

“…Cassian writes about the ideal of solitude, yet neither the abbas who are the subject of his Conversations, nor his readers can avoid the company of others. …”

“…It's about leadership and connections. Billions of conversations are taking place in social networks every day. …”

“…It is also what sells a product – and simply by improving a sales script, a company can massively increase conversions. Companies that don’t understand how to write for the web will therefore be at a massive disadvantage. …”

“…The course then delves into the practical aspects of building generative AI applications, guiding you step-by-step through the creation of sophisticated chatbots, from a basic PDF-based Q&A bot to a full conversational assistant integrated with Microsoft Teams. …”

“…Topics covered include: String manipulation Mathematical processing Date and time handling Interactions between calendar systems Selecting content in source documents Efficient tree-manipulation Conversions from XML to plain text Tweaking XML documents with stylesheets Using XSLT to query XML documents Generating HTML with XSLT Creating charts and graphs with SVG and XSLT Generating C and XSLT code using XSLT Processing Visio documents in XSLT Working with XML Topic Maps (XTM) Using XSLT to create SOAP documentation from WSDL Extending XSLT with additional functions Embedding XSLT in other processing Testing and debugging XSLT stylesheets Creating generic XSLT processors which work on many XML vocabularies The XSLT Cookbook provides an ideal companion both for developers still figuring out XSLT's template-based approach who want to learn by example, and for developers who know XSLT and want a collection of quickly reusable recipes. …”

“…Coverage includes: CDMA and spread spectrum fundamentals: modulation/demodulation, forward error correction, turbo coding, and diversity Applications and services, including conversational voice, Web browsing, file transfer, WAP, video streaming, and VoIP Evolution of integrated data and voice services (1xEV-DV) Handoff principles and types, including idle, access, soft, and hard handoffs Reverse and forward link power control principles, algorithms, and implementation aspects Algorithms and implementation aspects for radio resource management End-to-end network operations: location and state management, call processing, SMS, and more This is an ideal reference for professionals designing or building cdma2000 infrastructure and mobile stations, operators deploying and managing cdma2000 networks, and any wireless communications engineer who wants a thorough understanding of cdma2000 technology…”

“…Following an introduction to C#, readers learn about C# primitive data types, value types, reference types, type conversions, and arrays Operators and control flow, loops, conditional logic, and sequential programming Methods, parameters, exception handling, and structured programming Classes, inheritance, structures, interfaces, and object-oriented programming Well-formed types, operator overloading, namespaces, and garbage collection Generics, collections, custom collections, and iterators Delegates and lambda expressions Standard query operators and query expressions LINQ: language integrated query Reflection, attributes, and declarative programming Threading, synchronization, and multithreaded patterns Interoperability and unsafe code The Common Language Infrastructure that underlies C# Whether you are just starting out as a programmer, are an experienced developer looking to learn C#, or are a seasoned C# programmer interested in learning the new features of C# 3.0, Essential C# 3.0 gives you just what you need to quickly get up and running writing C# applications…”

“…Friendly, accessible, and conversational, this book gives Dreamweaver beginners a practical grounding in the entire package, without ever becoming overwhelming or intimidating. …”

“…Mitchell first explains how well-crafted paid search campaigns can help you lead the conversation in your marketplace, extend and deepen your coverage, and more precisely target and measure your marketing program. …”

“…Lead with LUV is an extraordinary, wide-ranging conversation between Barrett and the legendary Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager . …”

“…Reynolds cites the latest brain science to show why reflective inquiry works and provides techniques, tips, and structures for creating breakthrough conversations. This book will free coaches from the cult of asking the magical question by offering five essential practices of reflective inquiry: focus on the person, not the problem; summarize what is heard and expressed; identify underlying beliefs and assumptions; unwrap the desired outcome; and articulate insights and commitments. …”

“…Such issues often occur in situations of language contact and technological innovation, where language problems can range from explaining misunderstandings in face-to-face oral conversation to designing automated speech recognition systems for business. …”