This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Asynchronous Many-Task Systems and Applications, WAMTA 2026, held in Garching, Germany, during February 16–18, 2026.The 12 full papers and 2 Short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions. They focus on the advantages and challenges of task-based programming on modern and future HPC systems.

Set against a backdrop of Cretan hospitality and framed by the rich diversity of Crete's landscapes and locations, the reader is drawn into a gripping blend of crime fiction, thriller and adventure, unfolding from the very first steps to a rousing finale. Freelance journalist Sophia Papadopoulou investigates in western Crete alongside retired Chief Inspector Niklas Kühnbaum. Under the most challenging conditions, they follow the trail of clues in an attempt to uncover a murder and expose a...

The spectral realm at the boundaries of images incessantly reveals a desire to see beyond the visible and its medium: screens, frames, public displays and projection sites in an art context. The impact of new media on art and film has influenced the material histories and performances (be they in theory or practice) of images across the disciplines. Digital technologies have not only shaped post-cinematic media cultures and visual epistemologies, but they are behind a growing shift towards...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems, ARCS 2022, held virtually in July 2022.The 18 full papers in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions.ARCS provides a platform covering newly emerging and cross-cutting topics, such as autonomous and ubiquitous systems, reconfigurable computing and acceleration, neural networks and artificial intelligence. The selected papers cover a v...

Whether you’re visiting Iceland as a destination in its own right or as a brief stopover on your way elsewhere, you’re bound to have a unique and memorable experience. Considered by many to be the world's current #1 destination for amateur and professional landscape photographers, the island possesses unparalleled beauty that cannot be found anywhere else. Indeed, Iceland is on many photographers’ bucket list, and there are plenty of great locations to shoot.In order to make the mo...

This book gives a concise introduction to the German law of business organizations and is meant to help business practitioners and international students to familiarize themselves with its key concepts and legal issues. After outlining some characteristic features of the German legal system the book describes the various types of German business organizations with a special focus on the German Limited Liability Company (GmbH) and the German Stock Corporation (AG). The boo...

This book contains the revised selected papers of 4 workshops held in conjunction with the International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC) in November 2017 in Denver, CO, USA, and in November 2018 in Dallas, TX, USA: the 6th and 7th International Workshop on Extreme-Scale Programming Tools, ESPT 2017 and ESPT 2018, and the 4th and 5th International Workshop on Visual Performance Analysis, VPA 2017 and VPA 2018.The 11 full papers of ESPT...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems, ARCS 2017, held in Vienna, Austria, in April 2017.The 19 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. They were organized in topical sections entitled: resilience; accelerators; performance; memory systems; parallelism and many-core; scheduling; power/energy.

Discover how the dramatic clash of empires and trade forged a modern Asian metropolis out of forgotten river mudflats. Perfect for your daily commute, this atmospheric historical journey immerses you in the tense, hybrid culture of a treaty port fractured by extreme wealth and inequality.Whether you are preparing for international travel or craving a sweeping historical narrative, let this immersive audio experience transport you through turbulent centuries of revolutionary fervor ...

Discover how the dramatic clash of empires and trade forged a modern Asian metropolis out of forgotten river mudflats. Perfect for your daily commute, this atmospheric historical journey immerses you in the tense, hybrid culture of a treaty port fractured by extreme wealth and inequality.Whether you are preparing for international travel or craving a sweeping historical narrative, let this immersive audio experience transport you through turbulent centuries of revolutionary fervor ...

Discover how the dramatic clash of empires and trade forged a modern Asian metropolis out of forgotten river mudflats. Perfect for your daily commute, this atmospheric historical journey immerses you in the tense, hybrid culture of a treaty port fractured by extreme wealth and inequality.Whether you are preparing for international travel or craving a sweeping historical narrative, let this immersive audio experience transport you through turbulent centuries of revolutionary fervor ...

Discover how the dramatic clash of empires and trade forged a modern Asian metropolis out of forgotten river mudflats. Perfect for your daily commute, this atmospheric historical journey immerses you in the tense, hybrid culture of a treaty port fractured by extreme wealth and inequality.Whether you are preparing for international travel or craving a sweeping historical narrative, let this immersive audio experience transport you through turbulent centuries of revolutionary fervor ...