Books by John R. (Information Technology Consultant and Researcher Vacca

Solving Urban Infrastructure Problems Using Smart City Technologies is the most complete guide for integrating next generation smart city technologies into the very foundation of urban areas worldwide, showing how to make urban areas more efficient, more sustainable, and safer. Smart cities are complex systems of systems that encompass all aspects of modern urban life. A key component of their success is creating an ecosystem of smart infrastructures that can work together to enable dynamic, real-time interactions between urban subsystems such as transportation, energy, healthcare, housing, food, entertainment, work, social interactions, and governance. Solving Urban Infrastructure Problems Using Smart City Technologies is a complete reference for building a holistic, system-level perspective on smart and sustainable cities, leveraging big data analytics and strategies for planning, zoning, and public policy. It offers in-depth coverage and practical solutions for how smart cities can utilize resident''s intellectual and social capital, press environmental sustainability, increase personalization, mobility, and higher quality of life. Brings together experts from academia, government and industry to offer state-of- the-art solutions for urban system problems, showing how smart technologies can be used to improve the lives of the billions of people living in cities across the globe Demonstrates practical implementation solutions through real-life case studies Enhances reader comprehension with learning aid such as hands-on exercises, questions and answers, checklists, chapter summaries, chapter review questions, exercise problems, and more

Serves as a security practitioner's guide to crucial issues in cyber security and IT infrastructure. This book offers in-depth coverage of theory, technology, and practice as they relate to established technologies as well as other advancements. It explores practical solutions to a range of cyber-physical and IT infrastructure protection issues.

Discusses advances in biometric verification/authentication, identification and system design principles. This book provides a step-by-step discussion of how biometrics works; how biometric data in human beings can be collected and analyzed in a number of ways; and, how to create detailed menus for designing a biometric verification system.