Review of3 Handbook of Nature-Inspired and Innovative Computing Edited Albert Y. Zomaya Springer, 2006 736 pages, hardcover Review by Aaron Sterling sterling@iastate.edu Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University4 Introduction The ambitious goal of the Handbook of Nature-Inspired and Innovative Computing is to to be a Virtual Get Together of several researchers that one could invite to attend a conference on futurism dealing with the theme of Computing in the 21st Century. The Handbook contains 22 chapters, written in a workshop style, meaning that little to no background is required from the reader except for basic knowledge of computer science, and the chapter authors provide an overview of a particular research area. The material is divided into three sections: Models (i.e., theory), Enabling Technologies (i.e., hardware), and Application Domains (i.e., recent, novel applications of computer science). Most of the chapters present either theoretical models (fuzzy logic, quantum computing, swarm intelligence) or report on trends in non-von-Neumannmodel hardware (morphware, optical VLSI, neural models in silicon). Overall, I found this volume to be a fascinating, and gentle, introduction to a wide range of nonstandard research areas of computer science. c 2011, Aaron Sterling This review was
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