This volume contains selected papers from the symposium New Results and New Trends in Computer Science held in Graz, Austria, June 20-21, 1991. The symposium was organized to give a wide-ranging overview of new work in the field on the occasion of the 50th birthday of the editor of the volume. Topics covered include: information on neural nets, ideas on a new paradigm for informatics, hypermedia systems and application, axioms for concurrent processes, techniques for image generation and compression, the role of data visualization, object-oriented programming and graphics, algorithms for...

Das Buch Hypertext/Hypermedia '91 ist der Tagungsband des gleichnamigen Symposiums, das im Juni 1991 in Graz/Osterreich stattfand, und zwar als erste Veranstaltung im deutschsprachigen Europa, die von drei grossen Informatikorganisationen Deutschlands (GI), der Schweiz (SI) und Osterreichs getragen wurde. Der Band enthalt 27 Beitrage, die aus einer grossen Anzahl von eingereichten Arbeiten ausgewahlt wurden, und einen eingeladenen Vortrag von N. Magnenat-Thalmann zum Thema "Multi-Media, Virtuelle Realitaten und Computeranimation." Insgesamt zeigt das Buch den "State of the Art" im gesamten...

ICCAL '89 is the second in a series of International Conferences on Computer Assisted Learning. The first one was organized by the Institute for Computer Assisted Learning (ICAL) of the University of Calgary, May '87. The success of this first ICCAL demonstrated the need for a regular international, high-caliber conference on post-secondary education which brings together an expanded list of issues concerning computer learning. The coherency of the ICCAL conference series is assured by an international steering committee, and a group of experts in the field acting as the advisory...

Dedicated to Arto Salomaa, a towering figure of theoretical computer science, on the occasion of his 65th birthday, this book is a tribute to him on behalf of the theoretical computer science community. The contributions are written by internationally recognized scientists and cover most of Salomaa's many research areas. Due to its representative selection of classic and cutting edge trends in theoretical computer science, the book constitutes a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey. The contributions are in such central areas as automata theory, algorithms and complexity, and combinatorics...

J.UCS is the electronic journal that covers all areas of computer science. The high quality of all accepted papers is ensured by a strict review process and an international editorial board of distinguished computer scientists. The online journal J.UCS is a prototype for modern electronic publishing. Distributed via the Internet, it supports all the search and navigation tools of advanced online systems. This first annual print and CD-ROM archive edition contains all articles published online in J.UCS during 1995. It allows easy and durable access without logging onto the...

The first book in the XPERTS Series Marcus, a physics student, discovers that he has strong telekinetic powers during a climb in the mountains. As if he had invisible, extendable, strong hands, he can manipulate objects as small as a roulette ball to things as big as a motorcycle. That he can also touch people makes him dangerous for all who are not his friends. A surprising by-product: he also finds it almost too easy to seduce women. However, as much as he tries to keep his talents hidden, two groups find out and try to force him to cooperate with them. He has a powerful ally, the girl...

Marcus, the telekinetic, who is still on the most wanted list in Europe, and Maria, a "para-seer" who can look through walls, join forces with other persons with "parabilities." The growing team of people with supernatural talents has headquarters in New Zealand. They are trying to help other people, yet have to remain under cover. They encounter a series of almost unsolvable problems. Yet with luck, ingenuity, advanced computer science technology and the support of New Zealand's prime minister they manage to solve them, only to be confronted with a deadly danger... This book by one of the...

The Paracommunicator is a uniquely carved artifact from prehistoric times. Composed of two segments, one half is found on the wild West Coast of Northern New Zealand by Aroha, a beautiful though unsophisticated young Maori woman. The other half is discovered by Herb who is also of Maori origin. The Paracommunicator establishes links with Aroha and Herb and becomes active, with unforeseen consequences...

The West-Australian Ryan finds out, as he grows up, that he can shield himself and other persons nearby, by creating through mental powers an impenetrable shield of energy. If not for his girlfriend Hannah who has some awesome 'parabilities' his enemies would eliminate him before the team of Marcus can intervene. This novel is written with a South-Western Australian background and the suspense and complexity increases as it unfolds. "The Xperts series from Austria rides the Zeitgeist in delivering fiction that explores the consequences of taking seriously the potential of the human mind....

While on a consultancy project in Indonesia, Dr. Amanda 'Mandi' Webber, an Australian researcher, discovers an illegal production facility for e-Helpers. A patent breach, however, is only the start of her discoveries. Mandi uncovers data that shows the hazardous, even deadly, impact of electromagnetic radiation-e-smog . With the help of Marcus Waller's group of parapersons, Mandi plans to go public with the findings. A powerful, multinational consortium of corporations, however, has other plans, which includes keeping the findings away from the public at all costs.