IIIS - International Institute of Informatics and Systemics

Sessions' Best Papers of the IIIS 2008 Conferences


The 12th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	A Colored Timed Petri Net Approach to Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Modelling	Lianfeng Zhang (University of Groningen, Netherlands)	Brian Rodrigues (Singapore)
::	A Planar Parallel 3-DOF Cable-Driven Haptic Interface	Clément Gosselin (Universite Laval, Canada)	Régis Poulin and Denis Laurendeau (Canada)
::	A Study of Successful ERP – From the Organization Fit Perspective	Huei-Huang Chen (Tatung University, Taiwan)	Li-Hung Tsai (Taiwan)
::	A System Design using FPGA for Large Scale Computing	Naoyuki Fujita (JAXA, Japan)
::	Accelerating Image Based Scientific Applications Using Commodity Video Graphics Adapters	Randy P. Broussard (United States Naval Academy, USA)	Lauren R. Kennell and Robert W. Ives (USA)
::	Cross-Discipline, Cross-Institutional and Cross-Cultural Collaboration: A Way Forward for Global Digital Library Education	Yongqing Ma (New Zealand)	Warwick Clegg , Ann O’Brien * and Ruhua Huang *** (* New Zealand, UK, * China)
::	Design of the RFID for Storage of Biological Information	Yu-Lee Choi (Chungbuk National University, South Korea)	Seok-Man Kim, Sang-Hee Son and Kyoung-Rok Cho (South Korea)
::	Developing Risk and Value Management Practices for Processes and Products	Pasi Ojala (Nokia Corporation and Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland)
::	Development and Validation in Air Traffic Control by Means of Real-Time Simulations	Stephan Herr (DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung, Germany)	Michael Teichmann and Tim Gesekus (Germany)
::	DNA Microarray in the Nano Era: Opportunities and Challenges	Dan Zhou (University of California San Diego , USA)	Jin Xue (USA)
::	eGovernment 2.0 - How Can Government Benefit from Web 2.0?	Soren Duus Ostergaard (IBM, Denmark)	Michael Hvass (Denmark)
::	Election of Water Resources Management Entity Using a Multi-Criteria Decision (MCD) Method in Salta Province (Argentine)	Juan B. Grau (Technical University of Madrid- UPM, Spain)	José M. Anton, Ana M. Tarquis and Diego Andina (Spain)
::	Generation and Application of Virtual Dynamic Learning Environments	Esther Zaretsky (Giv`at Washington Academic, Israel)
::	Growth Response of Leucaena Leucocephala Associated with Arbuscular Endomycorrhizae to Applications of Organic Matter in Soil Irrigated with Sewage Water'	A. K. Gardezi (Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico)	A. Exebio-García, E. Ojeda-Trejo, E. Mejia-Saenz, L. Tijerina Chávez, M. Delgadillo Piñón, U. Larque-Saavedra, C. Villanueva Verduzco, Habibshah Gardezi (Mexico)
::	Handling Undiscovered Vulnerabilities Using a Provenance Network	Amrit' Anshu Thakur (Mississippi State University, USA)	Rayford Vaughn and Valentine Anantharaj (USA)
::	Industrial Networking Basics and Ethernet Development for Industrial Applications	Michael G. Coffman (Souther Illinois University Carbondale, USA)
::	Integrating SAS® and Microsoft .NET for Data Analysis	Mai Nguyen (RTI International, USA)	Shane Trahan, Patricia Nguyen and Jonathan Cirella (USA)
::	Internal Audit as an Improvement Tool for Public Sector Organizations. Case of Poland	Marek Lisiñski (Cracow University of Economics, Poland)	Mark Šaruckij (Poland)
::	Investigation into a Modular Rule-Based Testing Method for Testing Business Rules in Scheduling Applications	Jodie Wetherall (University of Greenwich, UK)	Steve Woodhead (UK)
::	Membrane Systems	Rodolf Freund (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
::	Modeling and Simulation of Electromutagenic Processes for Multiscale Modification of Concrete	James Phillips (Louisiana Tech University, USA)	Jinko Kanno, Nicholas Richardson, Kunal Kupwade-Patil, Daniela S. Mainardi and Henry E. Cárdenas (USA)
::	Modeling and Solving the Train Pathing Problem	Yusin Lee (Chang Jung Christian University, Taiwan)	Chuen-Yih Chen (Taiwan)
::	New Algorithm for Calculating Wavelet Transforms	Piotr Lipinski (Technical University of Lodz, Poland)	Mykhaylo Yatsymirskyy (Poland)
::	New Method for the Failure Probability of Strict Circular Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F System	Yoichi Higashiyama (Ehime University, Japan)	Ventsi Rumchev (Australia)
::	Operation-Based Notation for Archimedean Graph	Hidetoshi Nonaka (Hokkaido University, Japan)
::	Platform for the Analysis of Written Texts in Terms of Conceptual Graphs: Study Case, Cybernetics of Cybernetics Course	José Bermeo (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)	Germán Bravo-Córdoba, Sebastían Contreras and Roberto Zarama (Colombia)
::	Promoting Global Citizenship: The Case of Vanderbilt University	Chalene Helmuth (Vanderbilt University, USA)
::	Prospecting for Sustainable Investment Possibilities in Financial Markets	Viktorija Stasytyte (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)	Aleksandras Vytautas Rutkauskas (Lithuania)
::	Requirements Content Goodness and Complexity Measurement Based on NP Chunks	Chao Y. Din (George Mason University, USA)
::	Responsibilities in the Usability Requirements Elicitation Process	Marianella Aveledo Mayz (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain)	Ana María Moreno Sánchez-Capuchino (Spain)
::	Robotic Eye-in-Hand Calibration in an Uncalibrated Environment	Sebastian van Delden (University of South Carolina Upstate, USA)	Frank Hardy (USA)
::	Robust Discovery of Reconfiguration Capabilities for Cognitive Radio	Evgenia Adamopoulou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)	Konstantinos Demestichas and Michael Theologou (Greece)
::	Semantic Abstraction Layer (SAL). An Indirection Layer to Solve Semantic Ambiguities and Multilinguality Problems	Frédéric Hallot (Royal Military Academy, Belgium)
::	Sensitivity of Protein - Ligand Interaction Energies with Respect to Spatial Positions of Hydrogen Atoms	Zbigniew Starosolski (Silesian University of Technology, Poland)	Andrzej Polanski (Poland)
::	Steady-State Visual Evoked Responses as a Reliable Tool for an Online 8-Command Brain-Machine Interface	Hovagim Bakardjian (RIKEN- BSI LABSP, Japan)	Pablo Martínez and Andrzej Cichocki (Japan)
::	Study on a Threat-Countermeasure Model Based on International Standard Information	Guillermo Horacio Ramirez Caceres (Soka University, Japan)	Yoshimi Teshigawara (Japan)
::	Synthesis of Block Copolymers Containing Pyridine Moiety and their Micellization	Jae-Suk Lee (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)	M. Changej, Nam-Goo Kang, Bum-Goo Kang and Haeng-Deog Koh (South Korea)
::	System Response Analysis and Model Order Reduction, Using Conventional Method, Bond Graph Technique and Genetic Programming	Lubna Moin (NUST-PNEC, Pakistan)	Shahid Ali and Vali Uddin (Pakistan)
::	The 80/20 Rule AND Long-Tail in the Online Auction Market— A Case Study on YAHOO Auction, Taiwan	Shu-Chiung Lin (Tatung University, Taiwan)	Andrew Chou, Shu-Mei Hsu and Jang-Ruey Tzeng (Taiwan)
::	The Matrix Model of Computation	Sergio Pissanetzky (IEEE)
::	TRManager – Technical Risk Manager	Christopher White (RMIT University, Australia)	Mark A. Gregory (Australia)
::	Unparsed, Content-Addressable XML Database Store (UCA XDS) Operation Model for Efficient XML Operation and Flexible Human Knowledge Representation	Juman Byun (The George Washington University, USA)
::	Using Principal Component Analysis and Autoassociative Neural Networks to Estimate Missing Data in a Database	Jaisheel Mistry (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)	Fulufhelo V. Nelwamondo and Tshilidzi Marwala (South Africa)
::	Web Mining of Hotel Customer Survey Data	Richard S. Segall (Arkansas State University, USA)	Qingyu Zhang (USA)

The 6th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies: CCCT 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	An Artificial Intelligence and RFID System for People Detection and Orientation in Big Surfaces	Bonifacio Castaño (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain)	María D. R-Moreno (Spain)
::	Analysis of Leading Economic Indicator Data and Gross Domestic Product Data Using Neural Network Methods	John Jenq (Montclair State University, USA)	Edward Tirados (USA)
::	Building an Agent Based Laboratory Infrastructure for Higher Education	Hong Lin (University of Houston, USA)	Khoi Nguyen and Muna Saqer (USA)
::	Computer-Based Monitoring for Decision Support Systems and Disaster Preparedness in Buildings	Alan Vinh (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
::	Decentralized Decision-Making Structures in Production Planning and Control Based on Cybernetic Principles	Till Potente (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)	Guenther Schuh, Sebastian Gottschalk and Tim Hoehne (Germany)
::	Development and Application of Control Techniques for a Novel Biogas Upgrading Process Using Mmodern Dynamic Simulation Tools	Aleksander Makaruk (TU-Wien, Austria)	Martin Miltner and Michael Harasek (Austria)
::	Improved Accuracy of Nonlinear Parameter Estimation with LAV and Interval Arithmetic Methods	Humberto Muñoz (Southern University and A&M College, USA)	Nigel Gwee (USA)
::	Increasing Reliability and Efficiency via Distributed Data Dissemination	Francine Lalooses (The MITRE Corporation, USA)	Howard Kong (USA)
::	Parallel Task Processing on a Multicore Platform in a PC-based Control System for Parallel Kinematics	Yannick Dadji (Institute of Computer and Communication Network Engineering, Germany)	Jochen Maass and Harald Michalik (Germany)
::	Scaling Exponent Determined by a Bio-Signal Computation for the Healthy and Diseased Heartbeat	Toru Yazawa (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)	Katsunori Tanaka, Atsushi Kato and Tomoo Katsuyama (Japan)
::	The Marine Education Processes	Frane Mitrovic (University of Split, Croatia)	Ante Munitic and Marko Tomaševic (Croatia)

The 6th International Conference on Politics and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: PISTA 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	Digital Age Archeology: The Social Impact of Technology Imprinting	Toni Buchsbaum Greif (Capella University and Sound Beach LLC, USA)	Richard L. Ponschock (USA)
::	e-Government & Public Service Delivery: Enabling ICT to put “People First” – A Case Study from South Africa	Hossana Twinomurinzi (University of Pretoria, South Africa)	Wikus Visser (South Africa)
::	Governance of Interoperability in Intergovernmental Services Towards an Empirical Taxonomy	Herbert Kubicek (Institute for Information Management Bremen, Germany)

The 6th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: EISTA 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	A University-Based Forensics Training Center as a Regional Outreach, Education, and Research Activity	Rayford B. Vaughn (Mississippi State University, USA)	David A. Dampier (USA)
::	Collaborative Trends in Higher Education	Parwaiz Karamat (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, New Zealand)	Krassie Petrova (New Zealand)
::	Computer Assisted Testing of Spoken English: A Study of the SFLEP College English Oral Test System in China	John Lowe and Xin Yu (University of Bath, UK)
::	Concept Mapping the Development of Student Learning in Higher Education	Harvey Wells (King`s College London, UK)
::	Digital Ink Technology for e-Assessment	Wendy Fisher (The Open University, UK)
::	Distance Education at Silesian University of Technology	Piotr Klosowski (Silesian University of Technology, Poland)
::	Empowering Teachers' Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Instructional Practice: Case Studies from Barbados	Jennifer E. Obidah and Andrea Burnett (University of the West Indies, Barbados)
::	Engaging Students in an Online Programming Course: Lessons Learned	Eman M. El-Sheikh (University of West Florida, USA)
::	FlashPort – The Next Generation in e-Portfolios? The Use of Portable Applications as e-Portfolio Tools in Teacher Education	Duncan Mackrill and Stephen Taylor (University of Sussex, UK)
::	How the Use of Second Life Affects e-Learners' Perceptions of Social Interaction in Online Courses	Leslie Bennett (University of Louisville, USA)	Samah Mansour and Carolyn Rude-Parkins (USA)
::	Incorporating Gaming in Software Engineering Projects: Case of RMU Monopoly	Sushil Acharya and David Burke (Robert Morris University, USA)
::	Incorporating Tablet PC into Education to Improve the Learning Process	Phillip Olla (Madonna University, USA)	Elena Quershi (USA)
::	Increasing the Retention of Females of Color in Engineering and Technology Degree Programs through Professional Development Activities	Sherri S. Frizell and Felecia M. Nave (Prairie View AM University, USA)
::	Inter- and Intra- Textuality in Massively Multiplayer Online Games	P. G. Schrader (University of Nevada - Las Vegas, USA)	Kimberly A. Lawless and Michael McCreery (USA)
::	Interactive Assignments for Online Students	Pam Lowry (Lawrence Technological University, USA)
::	Matching Learning Styles and Pathways of Interactive Learning Objects to those of the Student: A Double Blind Study of Students in an Introductory College Geology Class	Jeremy Dunning (Indiana University and Arjuna Learning Designs LLC, USA)	Kevin Corrigan, Sunand Bhattacharya, Katherine Dunning, Taylor Zitman, Wijayo Siswaro, Rachel Dobbs, Guinetta Williams, Collin Sanusi and Stephan Nicklow (USA)
::	Professionalism and Work Ethic among U. S. and Asian University Students in a Global Classroom: A Multi-Cultural Comparison	William Swart and Steve Duncan (East Carolina University, USA)A	Cathy Hall and Rosina Chia (USA)
::	Project Based Learning: Using the EMPACTS Interdisciplinary Model to Improve Learning in Community Colleges	C. Dianne Phillips (NorthWest Arkansas Community College, USA)	Regina Ryel, Marvin Galloway and Gay Stewart (USA)
::	Reading Competencies of Fourth-Grade Students: Comparing Print and Hypertext Literacies	Andreas Voss , Martin Goy , Lena Kraska ** and Michael Pfeifer * (* Dortmund University of Technology, Germany, ** University of Hamburg, Germany)	Inge Blatt and Wilfried Bos (Germany)
::	The Development of Business English Language Skills: Research on PowerPoint for Presentations in English by Non-Native English Speakers at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria	Maria Traum (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)
::	The Importance of Neuroscience Research in Science Education	Vasiliki Dosi (University of Ioannnina, Greece)	Katerina Plakitsi (Greece)
::	The Introduction and Implementation of Digital Whiteboards and Staff Development Within ICT	Ann-Charlotte Markman and Roger Carter (Rösjöskolan - Sollentuna, Sweden)
::	The Use of Electronic Communication Technologies within Amateur Radio to Inspire and Motivate	John Eye (Southern Utah University, USA)
::	Using Collaborative Technology in CS Education to Facilitate Cross-Site Software Development	Marie Devlin (Newcastle University, UK)	Sarah Drummond and Andrew Hatch (UK)
::	Using Complex Game Development to Accelerate Learning in CS1 and CS2 Programming Course	Tom Goulding (Daniel Webster College, USA)
::	Using Marking Criteria to Improve Learning: An Evaluation of Student Perceptions	Swapna Koshy (Univerity of Wollongong in Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
::	Using Software Program Design to Improve Textbooks	Russell Jay Hendel (Towson University, USA)
::	Using Technology and Multi-Media to Market Applied Online Graduate Programs	Greg Williams (University of Maryland - Baltimore County, USA)

The 5th International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications: CITSA 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	A Value-Based Business Approach to Product Line Software Engineering	Raman K. Agrawalla (TCS, India)
::	Beyond Database Schema Evolution	E. J. Yannakoudakis (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)	I. K. Diamantis (Greece)
::	Detecting Internet Worms Using Data Mining Techniques	Muazzam Siddiqui (University of Central Florida, USA)	Morgan C. Wang and Joohan Lee (USA)
::	Dynamic Routing and Congestion Control through Random Assignment of Routes	Fern Y. Hunt (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)	Vladimir Marbukh (USA)
::	Experiment of Wireless Sensor Network to Monitor Field Data	Moo Wan Kim (Tokyo University of Information Sciences, Japan)	Kwang Sik Kim (Japan)
::	Explaining Mobile Commerce Services Adoption by Different Type of Customers	Francisco J. Molina-Castillo and Carolina López-Nicolás (University of Murcia, Spain)	Harry Bouwman (Netherlands)
::	Getting Connected: Implementing an Integrated Library System at the University of Technology, Jamaica	Audrey M. Saddler (University of Technology, Jamaica)	Hermine C. Salmon (Jamaica)
::	MA-IS: Design of Information System in a Multi-Agents Environment	Enrico Pulimeno (University of Salento, Italy)	Roberto Paiano (Italy)
::	Multi-Disciplinary System Engineering and the Compatibility Modeling Language (U)CML	Carolin Eckl (Institute of Astronautics - Technische Universität München, Germany)	Markus Brandstätter (Germany)
::	Multigraph Decomposition into Multigraphs with Two Underlying Edges	Miri Priesler (Ruppin Academic Center, Israel)	Michael Tarsi (Israel)
::	The Concept of Information	J. Portnoy (Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Israel)	R. Steinitz (Israel)

The 5th International Symposium on Risk Management and Cyber-Informatics: RMCI 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	Localisation of Threat Potential in Risk Management	Susanne Eckel (Fraunhofer IITB, Germany)	Jürgen Geisler (Germany)
::	Managing Reputational Risks - A Proposal with a Knowledge-Based Stakeholder Information Leitstand	Martin Stößlein (University of Dayton, USA)
::	Managing Risk in Disaster Scenarios with Autonomous Robots	Daniel P. Stormont (Utah State University, USA)	Vicki H. Allan (USA)

The 4th International Symposium on Energy, Informatics and Cybernetics: EIC 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	Evaluation of the Performance of Vortex Generators on the DU 91-W2-250 Profile Using Stereoscopic PIV	Clara Marika Velte (Technical University of Denmark - DTU, Denmark)	Martin Otto Lavér Hansen, Knud Erik Meyer and Peter Fuglsang (Denmark)
::	Generic Energy Matching Model and Figure of Matching Algorithm for Integrated Renewable Energy Systems	S. Y. Kan (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)	J. C. Brezet (Netherlands)

The 4th International Conference on Social and Organizational Informatics and Cybernetics: SOIC 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	A Revisit to the Common Mean Problem: Comparing the Maximum Likelihood Estimator with the Graybill-Deal Estimator	Jyh-Jiuan Lin (Tamkang University - Tamsui, Taiwan)	Nabendu Pal , Ching-Hui Chang * and Somesh Kumar *** (* USA, Taiwan, * India)
::	Bringing Reality to Complexity Theory	William Caswell (Caswell Corporate Coaching Company, Canada)
::	Domestic Open-End Equity Mutual Fund Performance Evaluation Using Extended TOPSIS Method with Different Distance Approaches	Miao-Chen Chiang (Tamkang University, Taiwan)	Ching-Hui Chang, Jyh-Jiuan Lin and Wen-Rong Ho (Taiwan)
::	Teaching Better Electronically or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Internet Teaching	M. Louise Ripley (York University, Canada)
::	The Digital Inclusion: A Global Perspective of a Global Opportunity	Shahram Amiri (Stetson University, USA)
::	Using E-learning Portfolio Technology to Support Visual Art Learning	Greer Jones-Woodham (The University of the West Indies - St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago)

The 4th International Symposium on Management, Engineering and Informatics: MEI 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	A Complex Logistic Knowledge Base System and its Applications	Yasuyuki Nishigaki (Ryukoku University, Japan)	Hideki Nishimoto and Hirokuni Terada (Japan)
::	Consideration on Adoption of Western Style Management in Japanese Culture of Ambiguity	Koh Hotta (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
::	Estimation of Hurricane Property Damage Using GIS for Corpus Christi, TX	Jaehyung Yu (Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA)	Joon-Yeoul Oh (USA)
::	Occupational Ethology: A New Perspective in Occupational Stress Research	Bernard Wallner (University of Vienna, Austria)	Ivo H. Machatschke and Martin Fieder (Austria)

The 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management: KGCM 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	A Method for Knowledge Management and Communication within and across Multidisciplinary Teams	Erin Brown (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)	Don Flynn and Rebekah Krieg (USA)
::	A Study of A Web 2.0-Based Educative Platform	Shih-Chi Liu (Tatung University, Taiwan)	Jang-Ruey Tzeng, Wen-Hwa Hong, Wei-Kuo Lin and Yi Lin (Taiwan)
::	Augmentation of Explicit Spatial Configurations by Knowledge-Based Inference on Geometric Fields	Dan Tappan (Idaho State University, USA)
::	Complex Systems and Patterns	Cornelis P. Pieters (University for Humanistics, Netherlands)
::	Developing Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management in Teacher Education: A Successful Attempt of Teaching Novice Computer Users	Esther Zaretsky (Giv`at Washington Academic, Israel)
::	Knowledge Management and Business Strategies	Gary G. Parks (National University, USA)
::	OPSKM - Knowledge Management Project in ESA/ESOC	Roberta Mugellesi Dow (European Space Agency, Germany)	Mario Merri , Siegmar Pallaschke and Gino Armuzzi ** (* Germany, ** Italy)
::	Problems and Projects Based Approach for Analog Electronic Circuits' Course	Vahé Nerguizian (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)	Rafaf Mustapha (Canada)
::	State of the Future Index: A Measure of the Global Outlook for the Future	Theodore J. Gordon (Millennium Project of the World Federtion of UN Associations, USA)
::	Wind Turbine Fulfillment Center. A Streamlined Approach to Knowledge Capture, Retention and Communication for Wind Turbine Suitability Analysis	Vrinda Rajiv and Mark Kornfein (GE Global Research Center, USA)

The 2nd International Symposium on Bio-Medical Informatics and Cybernetics: BMIC 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	A Kind of Discussing Method of Information Contents Taking Account of the YUBITSUKIYI System Embedded into the Life Support System	Masahiro Aruga (Tokai University, Japan)	Shuichiro Ono, Kiyotaka Takagi and Shuichi Kato (Japan)
::	Acquired and Inherited Abnormalities in the Sinoatrial Node	Ronit V. Oren (Weill Medical College of Cornell University, USA)	Colleen E. Clancy (USA)
::	Measurement of Periodical Contraction of Cultured Muscle Tube with Laser	Masahide Okada (Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan)	Toshikazu Kawai, Sadahito Uto, Katsuyoshi Tsujita, Eiji Yamada, Hideo Kondo, Hajime Otani, Kiyoshi Yoshinaka, Tetsuji Yamaoka, Shigehiro Hashimoto, Jun Takase, Mieko Ohsuga, Kana Nakamura, Kenzo Akazawa, Shuichi Mochizuki, Hiroyuki Kobayashi and Toshia Fujisato (Japan)
::	Protein Classification Using a Structural Hidden Markov Model	Khuong Vu (Texas Tech University, USA)	Eunseog Youn (USA)
::	Refractory Status Epilepticus Successfully Treated with the Neurocybernetic System to Stimulate the Vagus Nerve	Veerle De Herdt (Ghent University Hospital, Belgium)	Kristl Vonck and Paul Boon (Belgium)

International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation: IMETI 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	Advanced Manufacturing Technology Utilization: A Review	Harwinder Singh (Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, India)	J. S. Khamba (India)
::	Analysis of Tool Wear in CGI Machining	Gustav Grenmyr (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)	Anders Berglund, Jacek Kaminski and Cornel Mihai Nicolescu (Sweden)
::	Associative Learning for Cognitive Development of Partner Robot through Interaction with People	Naoyuki Kubota (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)
::	Elastohydrodynamic Film Thickness Response to Harmonic Vibrations	Konstantinos Kalogiannis (Brunel University Kingston lane, UK)	Cristinel Mares , Romeo P. Glovnea and Stathis Ioannides ** (* UK, ** Netherlands)
::	The Science of Structural Revolutions	William P. Graf (URS Corporation, USA)

Séptima Conferencia Iberoamericana en Sistemas, Cibernética e Informática CISCI 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	Comparación de Huellas Dactilares Usando la Distancia Hausdorff	Henry Arguello Fuentes (Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia)
::	Conocimiento Profesional de los Profesores y Uso de Tics	Jaime Duván Reyes (Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia)	Sergio Ramiro Briceño Castañeda (Colombia)
::	Control Difuso Adaptativo Aplicados a Procesos de Fermentación	Andrés Escobar Díaz (Universidad Distrital, Colombia)	Andrés Escobar Díaz, César Augusto Hernández Suárez y Jhon Jairo Galvis
::	Dispositivo Electrónico para Terapias en Niños con Déficit de Atención con o sin Hiperactividad	Ingrid Oliveros Pantoja (Fundación Universidad del Norte, Colombia)	Graciela Annie Angulo Ramos y María Inés Arteta Manrique (Colombia)
::	El Impacto de las Nuevas Redes Postmediáticas de Difusión de Información y Entretenimiento	Francisco Campos Freire (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España)
::	Modelo de Control de Tráfico Vehicular	Luis Fernando Pedraza Martínez (Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Colombia)	César Augusto Hernández Suárez y Octavio Salcedo Parra (Colombia)
::	Modelo de Tráfico Basado en Series de Tiempo para Pronosticar Valores Futuros de Tráfico en una Red de Datos Wi-Fi	César A. Hernández S. (Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia)	Octavio J. Salcedo P. y Luis F. Pedraza M. (Colombia)
::	Mod-Logic: Un Traductor de Predicados Tipo Prolog a una Base de Datos Relacional e Intérprete de Consultas con Plantillas Diseñadas con SQL	Maria de G. Cota O. (Universidad de Sonora, México)	Pedro Flores P., Iván A. López S. y Melina Morales C. (México)
::	Planificación Óptima de la Trayectoria para la Navegación de un Dirigible en el Plano 2D	Leonardo Solaque (Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Colombia)	Alain Gauthier * y Simon Lacroix ** (* Colombia, ** Francia )
::	Poder Computacional al Alcance de Todos: ¿Cómo Aprovechar los Beneficios de la Tecnología de Grid Computing en Latinoamérica?	Mauricio Paletta (Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, Venezuela)
::	Programa Inteligente para Disminuir el Efecto Bullwhip	David de la Fuente (Universidad de Oviedo, España)
::	Propuesta Gráfica de “Clasificación y Búsqueda Emocional de Imágenes por Internet” Adaptada para Usuarios Discapacitados o no Expertos	David Fonseca (Universitat Ramon Llull, España)	Marc Pifarré, Eva Villegas y Oscar García (España)
::	Sistema de Clasificación Bayesiano Basado en Múltiples Clases	Omar D. Castrillón (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia)	Jaime Alberto Giraldo y Willian Ariel Sarache C. (Colombia)
::	Sistema de Flujos de Trabajo Automatizado (Workflow) para Empresas de Bienes y Servicios	Javier D. Fernández (Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Colombia)
::	Software Libre: Una Alternativa para la Gestión de Recursos de Información en Bibliotecas	Juan M. Zurita Sánchez (Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas- UNAM, México)
::	Una Estrategia para Observar a los Sistemas Sociales y su Estrategia	Nelson L. Lammoglia (Universidad de los Andes - CeiBA, Colombia)	José Bermeo y Roberto Zarama (Colombia)
::	Variabilidad de los Parámetros de Salida del Modelado de Fluidodinámica Computacional de Incendios frente a Resultados Experimentales	M. Lázaro (Universidad de Cantabria, España)	J. A. Capote, O. V. Abreu, D. Alvear y P. Espina (España)

5to Simposium Iberoamericano en Educación, Cibernética e Informática: SIECI 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	Adquisición de Competencias Matemáticas en Niños Preescolares con Discapacidad Intelectual, a través de Sistemas Multimedios	Delia Esquer (Universidad Autónoma de Baja Calfornia, México)	Gustavo Núñez y Ma. Victoria Meza (México)
::	Aplicación de Nuevas Tecnologías en Aulas Masivas de Enseñanzas Técnicas y Científicas	José Olarrea (ETSI Aeronáuticos - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, España)
::	Desenho Instrucional de Cursos Baseados na Web para Formação Continuada de Professores de Biologia	Daniel F. Salvador (Fundação CECIERJ/CEDERJ, Brasil)	Roberta F. R. Rolando, Cristina Pfeiffer, Estaban L. Moreno y Carlos Henrique de Souza Alves (Brasil)
::	Diseño Curricular por Competencias: El Enfoque Delfi Potenciado por las TIC's	Carlos A. Vargas-Castillo (Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica)
::	Educación Superior en el Siglo XXI: Comunicación y Calidad Académica en el Campus Virtual	María del C. Guarddon-Anelo (UNED, España)
::	El Uso del Blog en la Impartición de Experiencias Educativas: El Caso del Programa Educativo de Sistemas Computacionales Administrativos de la Universidad Veracruzana (Agosto 2006 – Febrero 2008)	Carlos A. Torres-Gastelú (Universidad Veracruzana, México)	Martín Figueroa Escobar y Alonso Pérez-Soltero (México)
::	Entornos Multimedia para el Desarrollo de Prácticas Metrológicas con Director/Flash MX	Piera Maresca (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, España)	Emilio Gómez, Cintia Barajas, Jesús Caja y Miguel Berzal (España)
::	Interactivo para Autoaprendizaje del Análisis de Mecanismos	Amelia Nápoles Alberro (Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica Industrial de Barcelona, España)	José Antonio Travieso Rodríguez (España)
::	Mentorización de Alumnos de Nuevo Ingreso en Escuelas de Ingeniería	Victoria Lapuerta (ETSI Aeronáuticos. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, España)	Julio Ramírez, Alfredo Sanz, José Olarrea, Teresa Leo, Catalina Salom, Ester Pascual Albarracín y Margarita González Prolongo (España)
::	Red Social como Instrumento para la Fidelización de los Graduados Universitarios	Jesús Romo Uriarte (UPV/EHU, España)	Javier Portillo Berasaluce, Manuel Benito Gómez y Oskar Casquero Oyarzabal (España)
::	Um Modelo para Construção, Acompanhamento e Avaliação de Desenho Instrucional para a EaD – A Estratégia dos 4Cs	Esteban L. Moreno (Fundação CECIERJ / Consorcio CEDERJ, Brasil)	Daniel F. Salvador y Joaquim F. M. Da Silva (Brasil)

3er Simposium Internacional en Comunicación del Conocimiento y Conferencias: CCC 2008

	Title of the Paper	Presented by *	Co-author(s)
::	Las Conferencias como un Servicio para los Investigadores: Directrices en la Evaluación de las Comunicaciones	J. Parreño-Selva y A. Calderón-Martínez (Universidad de Alicante, España)	E. Ruiz-Conde y F. J. Mas-Ruiz (España)
::	Una Propuesta Multidisciplinar para Enseñar Ingeniería de Variedad	Nelson L. Lammoglia (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)	Wilson Flórez, Jaime Boada, Joshua Castaño y Roberto Zarama (Colombia)


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