Frontiers of engineering reports on leading-edge engineering from the 2011 symposium - Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering 2011 : Mountain View, Calif.); National Academy of Engineering; ebrary, Inc. (Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2012)
Introduction [Additive manufacturing] -- Additive manufacturing technologies: technology introduction and business implications -- Additive manufacturing in aerospace: examples and research outlook --- Additive manufacturing is changing surgery -- The shape of things to come: frontiers in additive manufacturing -- Introduction [Semantic processing] -- Automatic text understanding of content and text quality -- Advancing natural language understanding with collaboratively generated content -- Large-scale visual semantic extraction -- Searching for statistical diagrams -- Introduction [Engineering-sustainable buildings] -- Challenges and opportunities for low-carbon buildings -- Expanding design spaces -- Opportunities and challenges for multiscale modeling of sustainable buildings -- Accelerating green building market transformation with information technology -- Introduction [Neuroprosthetics] -- Retinal prosthetic systems for treatment of blindness -- The evolution of brain-computer interfaces -- Ultra low-power biomedical and bio-inspired systems.
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Engineering -- Research -- Congresses; Engineering -- Technological innovations -- Congresses; Manufacturing processes -- Congresses; Semantic networks (Information theory) -- Congresses; Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction -- Congresses; Neuroprostheses -- Design and construction -- Congresses; Electronic books