[governance] Web Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information Technology

davidcrine at aol.com davidcrine at aol.com
Fri Jan 8 11:31:32 EST 2010


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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Introducing the latest release from IGI Global:

Web Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information
Technology
ISBN: 978-1-60566-719-5; 408 pp; January 2010
Published under 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
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.
 
Web Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information
Technology 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.
 
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“Web Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of
Information Technology 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.”
 
- Ghazi I. Alkhatib, Applied Science University - Amman, Jordan
 
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TOPICS COVERED
Agent-enabled semantic Web
GUI testing methodology
Image mining
Intelligent semantic Web services
Object oriented software testing
Pattern-oriented Web engineering
Voice driven emotion recognizer mobile phone
Scenario driven decision systems
Software architecture analysis
User interfaces for improving cell phone devices
 
For more information about Web Engineering Advancements and Trends: Building
New Dimensions of Information Technology, you can view the title information
sheet 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. 
 
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Ghazi Alkhatib 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.
 
David Rine 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.
 
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To view the full contents of this publication, check for Web Engineering
Advancements and Trends: Building New Dimensions of Information Technology in
your institution’s library. If you library does not currently own this title,
please recommend it to your librarian.
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