ZBrush's popularity is exploding giving more CG artists the power to create stunning digital art with a distinctively fine art feel. ZBrush Character Creation: Advanced Digital Sculpting is the must-have guide to creating highly detailed, lush, organic models using the revolutionary ZBrush software. Digital sculptor Scott Spencer guides you through the full array of ZBrush tools, including brushes, textures and detailing. With a focus on both the artistry and the technical know-how, you'll learn how to apply traditional sculpting and painting techniques to 3D art while uncovering the "why" behind the "how" for each step. You'll gain inspiration and insight from the beautiful full-color illustrations and professional tips from experienced ZBrush artists included in the book. And, above all, you'll have a solid understanding of how applying time-honored artistic methods to your workflow can turn ordinary digital art into breathtaking digital masterpieces.

Break Free from the 3D Mold

ZBrush is taking the world of 3D modeling by storm, allowing CG artists to create spectacular organic models in a way that feels like traditional sculpting and painting. Like the software itself, this beautiful four-color guide perfectly blends technology with artistry to give you a thorough, hands-on tutorial in creating 3D characters with this revolutionary software.

Digital sculptor Scott Spencer guides you through the full array of ZBrush tools, including brushes, textures, and detailing. You'll learn how to sculpt in ZBrush, design a character bust, and dazzle viewers with your creations. Above all, you'll discover how to apply time-honored methods of traditional sculpting and painting to a digital format—and emerge a better artist, no matter what the medium.

• Bridge the transition from traditional sculpting to digital

• Explore the ZBrush interface and toolsets

• Learn valuable techniques for texturing, posing, and rendering in ZBrush

• Master ZScripts, macros, and other methods for customizing the interface

• Transfer your ZBrush creations into Maya® and prepare for use in film, game, or other formats

• Gain valuable insights and tips from guest artists throughout the book

VALUABLE COMPANION DVD

Support files for the book's tutorials are included on the DVD, so you can try out the techniques as you go. It also includes ZBrush movies to further illustrate the step-by-step sculpting process, as well as a trial version of ZBrush 3.1 for the Microsoft Windows operating system.

About the Author

Scott Spencer is Digital Art Director at Gentle Giant Studios. Creating creatures and characters for film, games, and the collectable figure market, Scott's credits include Iron Man, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Golden Axe, Species 3, and others. He teaches digital sculpting and anatomy at The Gnomon School of Visual Effects, and serves as beta tester and consultant to Pixologic.

STARTING from the somewhat vague notion of symmetry = harmony of proportions, these four lectures gradually develop first the geometric concept of symmetry in its several forms, as bilateral, translatory, rotational, ornamental and crystallographic symmetry, etc., and finally rise to the general idea underlying all these special forms, namely that of invariance of a configuration of elements under a group of automorphic transformations. I aim at two things: on the one hand to display the great variety of applications of the principle of sYl.l1metry in the arts, in inorganic and organic nature, on the other hand to clarify step by step the philosophicomathematical significance of the idea of symmetry. The latter purpose makes it necessary to confront the notions and theories of symmetry and relativity, while numerous illustrations supporting the text help to accomplish the former.

As readers of this book I had a wider circle in mind than that of learned specialists. It does not shun mathematics (that would defeat its purpose), but detailed treatment of most of the problems it deals with, in particular complete mathematical treatment, is beyond its scope. To the lectures, which reproduce in slightly modified version the Louis Clark Vanuxem Lectures given by the author at Princeton University in February 1951, two appendices containing mathematical proofs have been added.

This is the only official, EC-Council-endorsed CHFI (Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator) study guide. It was written for security professionals, systems administrators, IT consultants, legal professionals, IT managers, police and law enforcement personnel studying for the CHFI certification, and professionals needing the skills to identify an intruder's footprints and properly gather the necessary evidence to prosecute. Key features include:

. The Only Official Study Guide for CHFI
Provides 100% coverage of all exam objectives.
. Full Web-based Exam
Modeled after the real exam, it also includes explanations of correct and incorrect answers.
. Exam Objectives
Each is clearly explained at the beginning of the chapter.
. Notes and Alerts
Highlight crucial points of the exam modules.
. Exam Objectives Fast Track
Bulleted highlights emphasize the important points from the exam's perspective at the end of the chapter.
. Key Terms
All concepts are defined and explained as they appear.
. Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
Test what you have learned by reading FAQs based on the material covered in the chapter. Log on to the Syngress Web site to access review questions based on the exam.

About the Author

Dave Kleiman (CAS, CCE, CIFI, CISM, CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP, MCSE) has worked in the Information Technology Security sector since 1990. Currently, he is the owner of SecurityBreachResponse.com, and is the Chief Information Security Officer for Securit-e-Doc, Inc. Before starting this position, he was Vice President of Technical Operations at Intelliswitch, Inc., where he supervised an international telecommunications and Internet service provider network. Dave is a recognized security expert. A former Florida Certified Law Enforcement Officer, he specializes in computer forensic investigations, incident response, intrusion analysis, security audits, and secure network infrastructures. He has written several secure installation and configuration guides about Microsoft technologies that are used by network professionals.

I am a psychiatric geneticist but my degree is in neuroscience, which means that I now do far more statistics than I have been trained for. I cannot overstate to you the magnitude of the change in my productivity since finding this book. Even after reading the first few chapters, which explain why data analysis is painful and how one can implement a long-term solution, my research moved forward greatly.

(Amber Baum, National Institute of Mental Health )

Modeling with Data fully explains how to execute computationally intensive analyses on very large data sets, showing readers how to determine the best methods for solving a variety of different problems, how to create and debug statistical models, and how to run an analysis and evaluate the results.

Ben Klemens introduces a set of open and unlimited tools, and uses them to demonstrate data management, analysis, and simulation techniques essential for dealing with large data sets and computationally intensive procedures. He then demonstrates how to easily apply these tools to the many threads of statistical technique, including classical, Bayesian, maximum likelihood, and Monte Carlo methods. Klemens's accessible survey describes these models in a unified and nontraditional manner, providing alternative ways of looking at statistical concepts that often befuddle students. The book includes nearly one hundred sample programs of all kinds. Links to these programs will be available on this page at a later date.

Modeling with Data will interest anyone looking for a comprehensive guide to these powerful statistical tools, including researchers and graduate students in the social sciences, biology, engineering, economics, and applied mathematics.

About the Author

Ben Klemens is a senior statistician at the National Institute of Mental Health. He is also a guest scholar at the Center on Social and Economic Dynamics at the Brookings Institution.

Stop looking for needles in haystacks.

There's a better way.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has made quality testing crucial to the software development process. William Perry's Quality Assurance Institute has developed a proven set of guidelines and checklists to help you filter out defects and produce software that works effectively, saving you time, money, and hassle. The tools are provided on the CD-ROM, and this comprehensive manual shows you how to use them.

Instead of a generalized what-to-do format, you'll find clear how-to directions for building an effective testing system and procedure. You'll learn to establish baseline assessments, create an effective testing environment, set up a seven-step testing process, and make it serve your needs.

• Use self-assessment tools to evaluate your organization's current level of performance
• Define the software testing system your organization needs
• Set up a plan for getting from where you are to where you want to be
• Develop a testing process, select tools, and build the competency of your testers
• Discover how to adapt your testing to the developmental methodology used to build the software
• Incorporate agile methods into the testing process
• Ensure the security of your testing procedures

What's on the CD-ROM

The CD contains work papers and quality control checklists your organization needs to implement an effective software testing process.

About the Author

WILLIAM E. PERRY is the founder and executive director of the Quality Assurance Institute, which sponsors professional certification for Quality Assurance, Software Testing, Software Project Leaders, and Business Analyst Professionals. He is a former examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and has served on standards committees for several disciplines.

"This treatise on bioinformatics is an excellent reference set to use as additional reading in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses..."
(ChemMedChem, October 2007)

Once again, Thomas Lengauer has succeeded in creating a comprehensive and immensely useful resource that meets even the high standards of professionals in the pharmaceutical and medical sector.

By extending the classical application areas of bioinformatics to the latest approaches in analyzing molecular networks and predicting molecular function, this handbook serves as a one-stop resource for every bioinformatics user in the life and medical sciences. With contributions by more than 80 of the world's leading bioinformaticians, it is unrivalled in terms of both scientific authority and accuracy. Its coverage extends beyond the biological background and methodological basics to include such topical aspects as the optimization of drug leads, personalization of drug therapies, and disease-specific applications, such as bacterial or viral infections, supported by numerous references to bioinformatics software and data resources throughout.

The best single information source available—written by professionals for professionals.

Thomas Lengauer is Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrucken, Germany. He has been involved in computational biology research since the beginning of the 1990s, focusing on protein bioinformatics, computational drug screening and design, as well as bioinformatics for understanding and curing diseases. He is a founding member of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), a member of the steering board of the international conference series RECOMB, and headed the steering board of the European bioinformatics conference series ECCB since its foundation in 2002 until 2005. In 2001 he co-founded BioSolveIT GmbH, which develops and distributes chemoinformatics software. A member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, in 2003 Professor Lengauer received the Konrad Zuse Medal of the German Informatics Society and the Karl Heinz Beckurts Award.

About the Author

Thomas Lengauer (born 1952) studied Mathematics and Informatics at Berlin and Stanford. After a brief stay at the Bell Laboratories, he held various academic positions at the universities of Saarbruecken, Paderborn, and Bonn. From 1992 to 2001, he headed the Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing at the GBM in Sankt Augustin (Germany). Since 2001, he is director at the Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics in Saarbruecken (Germany).
Professor Lengauer has recently been awarded the Konrad-Zuse-Medal, the highest honor of the German Informatics Society.

This book focuses exclusively on the application of PowerPoint to the creation of online training programs. Better than Bullet Points, Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint fills that gap. By providing in-depth guidance, specific instructions, and helpful exercises, the book will enable training practitioners to create impactful learning interactions in PowerPoint. The author steps readers through the powerful features of this popular desktop application, covering everything from text to art, animation to interactivity. Provided that the reader owns a copy of PowerPoint, this book will immediately put free real-world tools into the hands of those who need it. The information is practical rather than theoretical and immediately applicable. Most importantly, this book will help make e-learning accessible to those who have previously been excluded from taking advantage of the opportunities e-learning can provide.

Learn to leverage Powerpoint® to create superior training programs!

Better Than Bullet Points offers a practical guide for tapping into the force of PowerPoint and PowerPoint-based authoring tools (such as Articulate® or Adobe Presenter®) to create effective and memorable e-learning programs. Perfect for front-line trainers as well as instructional designers, this book includes step-by-step instructions and exercises for creating successful, compelling learning interactions. Better Than Bullet Points offers a wealth of information for harnessing the powerful features of PowerPoint, including everything from animation to tracking tools.

About the Author

Jane Bozarth is e-learning coordinator for the central personnel office for North Carolina State government. A popular conference presenter, she also reviews books for Training magazine's monthly "In Print" column. She is the author of e-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring also from Pfeiffer.

The papers in this volume were presented at the Second International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA 2008), held August 21–24, 2008, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. The topics cover most areas in combinatorial optimization and applications.

A total of 84 papers were submitted, of which 44 were accepted for presentation at the conference. The selection was based on the papers’ originality, quality and relevance to combinatorial optimization. The papers were evaluated by an international Program Committee consisting of Tetsuo Asano, Sergey Bereg, Binay Bhattacharya, Hans Bodlaender, Leizhen Cai, Bo Chen, Zhixiang Chen, Francis Chin, Kyung-Yong Chwa, Andreas Dress, Ding-Zhu Du, Michael Fellows, Fedor Fomin, Gena Hahn, Pavol Hell, Wen-Lian Hsu, Minghui Jiang, Ming-Yang Kao, Evangelos Kranakis,Michael Langston, Guohui Lin, Rolf H. M¨ohring, Xuehou Tan, Dimitrios M. Thilikos, Adrian Vetta, Cao An Wang, Lusheng Wang, Todd Wareham, Peter Widmayer, Jinhui Xu, Yinfeng Xu, Boting Yang, Yinyu Ye, Guochuan Zhang, Xiao Zhou, and Binhai Zhu. It is expected that most of the accepted papers will appear in a more complete form in scientific journals.

We received papers from Algeria, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan,Korea,Norway,Oman,Pakistan,Romania,Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, and USA. Each paper was evaluated by at least three Program Committee members, assisted in some cases by external referees. In addition to the selected papers, the conference also included two invited presentations by Francis Y.L. Chin and Vijay V. Vazirani.
 
We thank all the people who have made this meeting possible: the authors for submitting papers, the Program Committee members and external referees (listed in the proceedings) for their excellent work, and the two invited speakers. Finally, we thank the Memorial University of Newfoundland for their support and the local organizers and their colleagues for their assistance.

The present volume arose from the need for a comprehensive coverage of the state of the art in security protocol analysis. It aims to serve as an overall course-aid and to provide self-study material for researchers and students in formal methods theory and applications in e-commerce, data analysis and data mining. The volume will also be useful to anyone interested in secure e-commerce.

The book is organized in eight chapters covering the main approaches and tools in formal methods for security protocol analysis. It starts with an introductory chapter presenting the fundamentals and background knowledge with respect to formal methods and security protocol analysis. Chapter 2 provides an overview of related work in this area, including basic concepts and terminology. Chapters 3 and 4 show a logical framework and a model checker for analyzing secure transaction protocols. Chapter 5 explains how to deal with uncertainty issues in secure messages, including inconsistent messages and conflicting beliefs in messages. Chapter 6 integrates data mining with security protocol analysis, and Chapter 7 develops a new technique for detecting collusion attack in security
protocols. Chapter 8 gives a summary of the chapters and presents a brief discussion of some emerging issues in the field.

The LNCS journal Transactions on Rough Sets is devoted to the entire spectrum of rough sets related issues, from logical and mathematical foundations, through all aspects of rough set theory and its applications, such as data mining, knowledge discovery, and intelligent information processing, to relations between rough sets and other approaches to uncertainty, vagueness, and incompleteness, such as fuzzy sets and theory of evidence.

This book, which constitutes the eighth volume of the Transactions on Rough Sets series, contains a wide spectrum of contributions to the theory and applications of rough sets.

The 17 papers presented explore several research streams and introduce a number of new advances in the foundations and applications of artificial intelligence, engineering, logic, mathematics, and science.

 

This volume provides a source wherein academics, researchers and practitioners may derive high-quality, original and state-of-the-art papers describing theoretical aspects, systems architectures, analysis and design tools and techniques, and implementation experiences in intelligent systems where information and knowledge management should be mainly characterised as a net-centric infrastructure riding on the fifth wave of "distributed intelligence".

An urgent need for editing such a volume has occurred as a result of vivid discussions and presentations at the “IEEE-IS’ 2006 – The 2006 Third International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Systems” held in London, UK, at the University of Westminster in the beginning of September, 2006. This book is a compilation of many valuable inspiring works written by both the conference participants and some other experts in this new and challenging field.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2007, held in Beijing, China in July 2007 in the framework of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2007 with 8 other thematically similar conferences.

The 95 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the thematic area of Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, addressing the following major topics: cognitive and affective issues in user interface design, cognitive workload and human performance, cognitive modeling and measuring, as well as safety critical applications and systems.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications, ISPA 2004, held in Hong Kong, China in December 2004.

The 78 revised full papers and 38 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 361 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on parallel algorithms and systems, data mining and management, distributed algorithms and systems, fault tolerance protocols and systems, sensor networks and protocols, cluster systems, grid applications and systems, peer-to-peer and ad hoc networking, grid scheduling and algorithms, data replication and caching, software engineering and testing, grid protocols, context-aware and mobile computing, distributed routing and switching protocols, cluster resource scheduling and algorithms, security, high performance processing, networking and protocols, artificial intelligence systems, hardware architecture and implementations, high performance computing architecture, and distributed systems architecture.