Nishith Pathak

Create applications using Industry 4.0. Discover how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities can be enhanced using the Internet of things (IoT) and secured using Blockchain, so your latest app can be not just smarter but also more connected and more secure than ever before. This book covers the latest easy-to-use APIs and services from Microsoft, including Azure IoT, Cognitive Services APIs, Blockchain as a Service (BaaS), and Machine Learning Studio. As you work through the book, you’ll get hands-on experience building an example solution that uses all of these technologies—an IoT suite for a smart healthcare facility. Hosted on Azure and networked using Azure IoT, the solution includes centralized patient monitoring, using Cognitive Services APIs for face detection, recognition, and tracking. Blockchain is used to create trust-based security and inventory management. Machine learning is used to create predictive solutions to proactively improve quality of life. By the end of the book, you’ll be confident creating richer and smarter applications using these technologies. What You’ll LearnKnow the technologies underpinning Industry 4.0 and AI 2.0Develop real-time solutions using IoT in AzureBring the smart capabilities of AI 2.0 into your application using a simple API callHost and manage your solution on AzureUnderstand Blockchain as a ServiceCapture and analyze data on the flyMake predictions using existing dataWho This Book Is ForNovice and intermediate . NET developers and architects who want to learn what it takes to create a modern or next-generation application

Get introduced to the world of artificial intelligence with this accessible and practical guide. Build applications that make intelligent use of language and user interaction to better compete in today’s marketplace. Discover how your application can deeply understand and interpret content on the web or a user’s machine, intelligently react to direct user interaction through speech or text, or make smart recommendations on products or services that are tailored to each individual user. With Microsoft Cognitive Services, you can do all this and more utilizing a set of easy-to-use APIs that can be consumed on the desktop, web, or mobile devices. Developers normally think of AI implementation as a tough task involving writing complex algorithms. This book aims to remove the anxiety by creating a cognitive application with a few lines of code. There is a wide range of Cognitive Services APIs available. This book focuses on some of the most useful and powerful ways that your application can make intelligent use of language. Artificial Intelligence for . NET: Speech, Language, and Search will show you how you can start building amazing capabilities into your applications today. What You'll LearnUnderstand the underpinnings of artificial intelligence through practical examples and scenariosGet started building an AI-based application in Visual StudioBuild a text-based conversational interface for direct user interactionUse the Cognitive Services Speech API to recognize and interpret speechLook at different models of language, including natural language processing, and how to apply them in your Visual Studio applicationReuse Bing search capabilities to better understand a user’s intentionWork with recommendation engines and integrate them into your appsWho This Book Is ForDevelopers working on a range of platforms, from . NET and Windows to mobile devices. Examples are given in C#. No prior experience with AI techniques or theory is required.

Pro WCF 4.0: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation is a complete guide to Windows Communication Foundation from the service-oriented architecture (SOA) perspective, showing you why WCF is important to service-oriented architecture and development. This book provides deep insight into the functionality of WCF, which shipped with . NET 4.0-like service discovery, routing service, simplified configuration, and other advanced features. Included in this title are informative examples that will aid the reader in understanding and implementing these important additions. This book also covers the unified programming model, reliable messaging, security, and the peer-to-peer programming model. You'll also learn how to move your current . NET remoting and web service applications to WCF, and how to integrate those applications with WCF 4. This book offers genuine insight into solving real enterprise problems using WCF and . NET 4.0.

Part of Microsoft's radical WinFX API is the Indigo foundation, more formally known as the Windows Communication Foundation, or WCF. Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation is a complete guide to WCF from the service-oriented architecture (SOA) perspective and shows you why WCF is important to web service development and architecture. The book covers the unified programming model, reliable messaging, security, the peer-to-peer programming model, and more. Youll also learn how to move your current DCOM and . NET remoting applications to WCF, and how to integrate those applications with new WCF-based applications. Youll want to get ahold of a copy because it: Contains a comprehensive WCF programming model Explains how queue management and reliable messaging work in WCF Discusses implementing transaction support in WCF Shows how to make WCF services interoperable with other SOA offerings Thoroughly covers WCF security topics and concerns