Jean-Loic Delhaye 
Inside the World of Computing 
Technologies, Uses, Challenges

Computers and the Internet are an undeniable and inextricable
part of our daily lives. This book is for those who wish to better
understand how this came to be.
It explores the technological bases of computers, networks,
software and data management, leading to the development of
four pillars on which the essential applications that have a
strong impact on individuals and society are based: embedded
systems, Artificial Intelligence, the Internet, image processing and
vision.

We will travel to the heart of major application areas: robotics,
virtual reality, health, mobility, energy, the factory of the future,
not forgetting the major questions that this digitization can
raise.
This book is the author s testimony after fifty years spent in
environments that are very open to new technologies. It offers
perspectives on the evolution of the digital world that we live in.

About the author

Jean-Loic Delhaye has a Ph D in Artificial Intelligence. He directed
the Centre National Universitaire Sud de Calcul, France, before
piloting partnerships and the valorization of research at the
Centre Inria Rennes?Bretagne Altlantique, France. He has also
been very active in national and European collaborations on high
performance computing.