Computation for Humanity—Information Technology to Advance Society – Edited Collection – Dr. Justyna Zander, Harvard University https://sites.google.com/site/computationofthings/call May 2011 – December 2012

Edited Collection on Computation for Humanity Book Features:  Describes novel solutions for dealing with the grand challenges of humanity by applying computational advances  Presents recent applications of computation proposed by industry, innovators, and academia from multiple areas  Provides a global view of the current practices in computational science and engineering  Includes examples that offer solutions applicable in human life  Crosses the boundaries between different domains and shows how they interrelate and complement one another  Includes a website with slidecasts, presentations, and video material that aid in understanding the contents of the book  Delivers insights into theoretical approaches in an accessible fashion Edited by Justyna Zander and Pieter J. Mosterman 2

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Explanation of Marketing Milestones In this periodic video blog the process of book creation is made transparent so as to:  (0) explain the motivation and intents of the book,  (1) provide the reader with the highlights of the contents of the submitted chapters, including advertisement of the contributing authors’ bios and their scientific results,  (3) let the community know who are the review committee members and introduce their interest in CfH,  (4) include some organizational insights, statistics about the project progress,  (5) include the dynamics of interest in our book (e.g., what is the interest in the topic, traffic on the website, etc.),  (6) present a slide set on the summary of the book contents, including the ontology of the semantics of computation in different domains.

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Production statistics (2009-2011):  25 e-mailing lists contacted  30 contributions  22 accepted chapters  48 technical reviewers  2 editorial reviewers Sales:  Print in September 2011  60 backorders in 2010 Strategy:  MBT Taxonomy chapter  Review quotes on the back cover  Incentivizing Individuals