<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'><br>
<div style="font-family: helvetica,arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">
<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_66963d8d-69b3-41b0-9252-d50f5dedb41d"><font size="2" color="black" face="arial">
<div style="font-family: helvetica,arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">
<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_7415fe93-1352-4d85-8e4f-837b2f5dd090"><font size="2" color="black" face="arial">
<div style="font-family: helvetica,arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">
From: <a href="mailto:davidcrine@aol.com">davidcrine@aol.com</a><br>
Sent: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 9:53 am<br>
Subject: My New 2010 Book:Web Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information Technology<br>
<br>
<base href="about:blank">
<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_da6b6366-2cf2-4785-b6f0-554d0a3c9b75">
<font size="2" color="black" face="arial">
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> <font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dear Colleagues:<br>
<br>
I am inviting you to order a copy of our newly authored book or to have your library order a copy as it comes out here in January 2010.<br>
<br>
I hope that you and your colleagues or students enjoy this new 2010 book to further your development or research interests.<br>
<br>
Respectfully yours,<br>
<br>
David C. Rine<br>
Professor Emeritus<br>
Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering<br>
George Mason University<br>
<br>
<br>
</font></font><span style=""></span>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">********************</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Introducing
the latest release from IGI Global:<br>
<br>
</span></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Web
Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information
Technology</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ISBN:
978-1-60566-719-5; 408 pp; January 2010</span></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Published
under Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a target="_blank" href="http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=35224">http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=35224</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Edited by:
Ghazi I. Alkhatib, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan; David C.
Rine, George Mason University, USA</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="">DESCRIPTION</span></b><span style=""></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">As
countless failures in information technology and Web-based systems are caused
by an incorrect understanding of knowledge sharing, an increased awareness of
modern, fundamental industry concepts becomes crucial to Web and interface
developers. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="">Web Engineering
Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information Technology</span></b><span style=""> examines integrated approaches in
new dimensions of social and organizational knowledge sharing with emphasis on
intelligent and personalized access. A defining collection of field
advancements, this publication provides current research, applications, and
techniques in testing and validation of Web systems.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="">****************************************</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">“<i>Web
Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information
Technology</i> reflects on the future dimensions of Information Technology and
Web Engineering (ITWE), and expands on two major themes to emphasize
intelligence, provisioning, and personalization of Web engineering utilizing
technologies for the advancement of ITWE applications.” </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">- Ghazi I.
Alkhatib, Applied Science University - Amman, Jordan </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=""> </span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=""> ****************************************</span></b><span style=""></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=""> </span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="">TOPICS
COVERED</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Agent-enabled
semantic Web </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">GUI testing
methodology </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Image
mining </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Intelligent
semantic Web services </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Object
oriented software testing </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Pattern-oriented
Web engineering </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Voice
driven emotion recognizer mobile phone </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Scenario
driven decision systems </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Software
architecture analysis </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">User
interfaces for improving cell phone devices</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For
more information about <b>Web Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building New
Dimensions of Information Technology, </b>you can view the title information
sheet at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/pdf/35224.pdf">http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/pdf/35224.pdf</a>.
To view the Table of Contents and a complete list of contributors online go to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=35224&v=tableOfContents">http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=35224&v=tableOfContents</a>.
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=""> </span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="">ABOUT
THE EDITORS</span></b><span style=""><br>
<b>Ghazi Alkhatib </b>is an assistant professor of software engineering at the
College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Applied Science
University (Amman, Jordan). In 1984, he obtained his Doctor of Business
Administration from Mississippi State University in information systems with
minors in computer science and accounting. Since then, he has been engaged in
teaching, consulting, training, and research in the area of computer
information systems in the US and gulf countries. In addition to his research
interests in databases and systems analysis and design, he has published
several articles and presented many papers in regional and international
conferences on software processes, knowledge management, e-business, Web
services, and agent software, workflow, and portal/grid computing integration
with Web services.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="">David
Rine </span></b><span style="">has been
practicing, teaching, and researching engineered software development for over
thirty years. Prior to joining George Mason University, he served in various
leadership roles in the IEEE Computer Society and co-founded two of the
technical committees. He joined George Mason University in 1985 and was the
founding chair of the Department of Computer Science and one of the founders of
the (Volgenau) School of Information Technology and Engineering. Rine has
received numerous research, teaching, and service awards from computer science
and engineering societies and associations, including the IEEE Centennial
Award, IEEE Pioneer Award, IEEE Computer Society Meritorious Service Awards,
the IEEE Computer Society Special Awards, IEEE Computer Society 50th
anniversary Golden Core Award, and historical IEEE Computer Society Honor Roll
and Distinguished Technical Services Awards. He has been a pioneer in graduate,
undergraduate, and high school education, producing computer science texts and
leading establishment of the International Advanced Placement Computer Science
program for the nation's high school students, co-designer of the first
computer science and engineering curriculum (1976), and the first masters in
software engineering curriculum (1978). He has been an editor of a number of
prestigious software-oriented journals. During his tenure, he has authored over
300 published works and has directed many PhD students. Complementing his work
at GMU, he has worked on many international technology and relief projects in
various countries and made many life-long international friendships. His past
students are the most important record of his technical achievements.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">****************************************</span></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">To
view the full contents of this publication, check for <b>Web Engineering
Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information Technology </b>in
your institution’s library. If you library does not currently own this
title, please recommend it to your librarian.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="">****************************************</span></div>
<br>
</div>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
</font>
</div>
</div>
</font>
</div>
</div>
</font>
</div>
<!-- end of AOLMsgPart_2_66963d8d-69b3-41b0-9252-d50f5dedb41d -->
</div>
</font>