Alan Bain

Dan Crisan

This book provides a rigorous mathematical treatment of the non-linear stochastic filtering problem using modern methods. Particular emphasis is placed on the theoretical analysis of numerical methods for the solution of the filtering problem via particle methods. The book should provide sufficient background to enable study of the recent literature. While no prior knowledge of stochastic filtering is required, readers are assumed to be familiar with measure theory, probability theory and the basics of stochastic processes. Most of the technical results that are required are stated and proved in the appendices. Exercises and solutions are included.

Fundamentals of Stochastic Filtering

Mark E. Weston

After billions of dollars, thousands of studies, and immeasurable effort by educators at all levels, why is the performance of students and teachers so unaffected by technology? Moreover, what should be done to extract genuine benefit from the information and communication technology (ICT) revolution? In this groundbreaking book, technology and education experts Alan Bain and Mark Weston provide research-based evidence for how the widespread application of ICT can provide powerful learning opportunities that lead to lasting gains and achievement. They show how the integrated use of technology at all levels of the educational system can greatly expand collaborative learning opportunities by giving all educational stakeholders powerful problem-solving tools and solutions. The approaches presented here are grounded in over twenty years of experience working with classroom teachers, school leaders, association members, and policymakers.

What Technology Can Do to Educate All Children

The Learning Edge

What connects a forgotten silent era movie star and the twentieth century's most evil man?What's the punchline when God enters a bar?What's so special about Wednesday nights?Or a carpet bag? A portrait? A man on a bench?Herein lie tales of the odd, macabre and often the bizarre. Fantastical, allegorical, irreverent. Stories that deal with identity, society, love and loss, told through horror, crime and lore.The Sylens of Magyk & Other Dysturbia reflects the darker side of life, as viewed by those that it has marginalized.The Sylens of Magyk and Other Dysturbia contains adult themes, and subject matter and language that some may find offensive.

The Sylens of Magyk & Other Dysturbia

Dynamo City, 1938: A murderous hybrid of man and steel, known as the Raven, has risen from the grave. In his killing wake there follows an army of death, of despair. He is the catalyst for terror unimaginable. Nothing it seems can stop the rising hysteria. Black, the one who could have repelled these hordes, is dead, never to return. The city on the edge of the world starts to crumble and tear itself apart one brick, one limb, at a time.Can anyone unravel the spider's web in time to save Dynamo from self-destruction?Dynamo Tales: A fantasy-noir. An alternate, dystopian world. Where light and darkness are confused; where reality is an illusion, and that reality is a multifaceted thing. Where dreams are seldom dreams, and all too often nightmares.

Unkindness of Ravens

Lucia Zundans-Fraser

This book challenges the orthodoxy of learning and teaching in higher education with an original change approach entitled the Self-Organizing University (SOU). It assists universities build a comprehensive model of learning and teaching at whole-of-organization scale. The chapters demonstrate how a Self-Organizing University can create: • measurable learning and teaching standards; • student centered program development; • enhanced faculty professional growth and career trajectory; • more efficient and effective organizational design; • better feedback; • powerful use of technologies; • a legitimate connection between quality and productivity. Each chapter includes case examples derived from practical experience that situate the key ideas and concepts in the real day-to-day work of universities. The role of leadership in creating and sustaining a self-organizing university is also a key focus. The chapters target leadership practices that improve learning and teaching quality and productivity and assist universities realize their goals and aspirations for maximizing student learning.

Alan Bain

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