[governance] Fwd: My New 2010 Book:Web Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information Technology

Wed Jan 6 12:45:14 EST 2010

From: davidcrine at aol.com
Sent: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 9:53 am
Subject: My New 2010 Book:Web Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information Technology

 Dear Colleagues:

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.

I hope that you and your colleagues or students enjoy this new 2010 book to further your development or research interests.

Respectfully yours,

David C. Rine
Professor Emeritus
Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering
George Mason University

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Introducingthe latest release from IGI Global:

WebEngineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of InformationTechnology
ISBN:978-1-60566-719-5; 408 pp; January 2010
Publishedunder Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=35224

Edited by:Ghazi I. Alkhatib, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan; David C.Rine, George Mason University, USA

DESCRIPTION
Ascountless failures in information technology and Web-based systems are causedby an incorrect understanding of knowledge sharing, an increased awareness ofmodern, fundamental industry concepts becomes crucial to Web and interfacedevelopers. 

Web EngineeringAdvancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information Technology examines integrated approaches innew dimensions of social and organizational knowledge sharing with emphasis onintelligent and personalized access. A defining collection of fieldadvancements, this publication provides current research, applications, andtechniques in testing and validation of Web systems.

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“WebEngineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of InformationTechnology reflects on the future dimensions of Information Technology andWeb Engineering (ITWE), and expands on two major themes to emphasizeintelligence, provisioning, and personalization of Web engineering utilizingtechnologies for the advancement of ITWE applications.” 

- Ghazi I.Alkhatib, Applied Science University - Amman, Jordan 

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TOPICSCOVERED
Agent-enabledsemantic Web 
GUI testingmethodology 
Imagemining 
Intelligentsemantic Web services 
Objectoriented software testing 
Pattern-orientedWeb engineering 
Voicedriven emotion recognizer mobile phone 
Scenariodriven decision systems 
Softwarearchitecture analysis 
Userinterfaces for improving cell phone devices

Formore information about Web Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building NewDimensions of Information Technology, you can view the title informationsheet at http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/pdf/35224.pdf.To view the Table of Contents and a complete list of contributors online go to http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=35224&v=tableOfContents. 

ABOUTTHE EDITORS
Ghazi Alkhatib is an assistant professor of software engineering at theCollege of Computer Science and Information Technology, Applied ScienceUniversity (Amman, Jordan). In 1984, he obtained his Doctor of BusinessAdministration from Mississippi State University in information systems withminors in computer science and accounting. Since then, he has been engaged inteaching, consulting, training, and research in the area of computerinformation systems in the US and gulf countries. In addition to his researchinterests in databases and systems analysis and design, he has publishedseveral articles and presented many papers in regional and internationalconferences on software processes, knowledge management, e-business, Webservices, and agent software, workflow, and portal/grid computing integrationwith Web services.

DavidRine has beenpracticing, teaching, and researching engineered software development for overthirty years. Prior to joining George Mason University, he served in variousleadership roles in the IEEE Computer Society and co-founded two of thetechnical committees. He joined George Mason University in 1985 and was thefounding chair of the Department of Computer Science and one of the founders ofthe (Volgenau) School of Information Technology and Engineering. Rine hasreceived numerous research, teaching, and service awards from computer scienceand engineering societies and associations, including the IEEE CentennialAward, IEEE Pioneer Award, IEEE Computer Society Meritorious Service Awards,the IEEE Computer Society Special Awards, IEEE Computer Society 50thanniversary Golden Core Award, and historical IEEE Computer Society Honor Rolland Distinguished Technical Services Awards. He has been a pioneer in graduate,undergraduate, and high school education, producing computer science texts andleading establishment of the International Advanced Placement Computer Scienceprogram for the nation's high school students, co-designer of the firstcomputer science and engineering curriculum (1976), and the first masters insoftware engineering curriculum (1978). He has been an editor of a number ofprestigious software-oriented journals. During his tenure, he has authored over300 published works and has directed many PhD students. Complementing his workat GMU, he has worked on many international technology and relief projects invarious countries and made many life-long international friendships. His paststudents are the most important record of his technical achievements.

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Toview the full contents of this publication, check for Web EngineeringAdvancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information Technology inyour institution’s library. If you library does not currently own thistitle, please recommend it to your librarian.
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