The International Multi-Conference on
 
Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics: IMCIC 2010
 
 
Jointly with
The 16th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis: ISAS 2010
 
  and
The 8th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies: CCCT 2010
 
 
April 6th - 9th, 2010 ~ Orlando, Florida USA.
 
 
 

Conference Program


  TUESDAY, APRIL 06, 2010  
 
(9:00 AM - 12:00 PM ) (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM )
Registration Registration
Florida Bay 1                                                                                                                   Florida Bay 1
 

  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010  
 

General Joint Plenary Session 

of all Collocated Conferences (with Plated Breakfast)

7:45 AM - 9:30 AM

(Room: Coral A-B)

Registration                                                                     Registration

(8:00 AM - 12:00 PM)                                                        (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM)

(Room: Florida Bay 1)                                                             (Room: Florida Bay 1)

( 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM )
( 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM )
( 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM )
Engineering Concepts, Relations and Methodologies I  (ICEME)
 
Complexity I (IMCIC)
 
 
Education Research, Theories, Practice, and Innovations I (ICETI)
 
Interdisciplinary Education, Distance Education and Open Learning (Virtual Session)   (ICETI)
 
Learning Technologies / The Academic Sector & the ICT  (ICETI / ICSIT)
    
Computer Science and Engineering  (IMCIC)
 
 

 
The Academic Sector and the ICT   (ICSIT) 
Communications & Control Systems / Image Computing  (CCCT)
 
Education, Learning and Training   (ICETI)
 
Informatics I (IMCIC)
 
 
Communications & Control Systems, Technologies & Applications (Virtual Session)  (CCCT)
 
Application of Education Technologies / Teaching Support Systems (Virtual Session)   (ICETI)
 
ICT-Based Electronic Data Processing / Information Systems  (ISAS / CCCT)
 
 
The Private Sector and the ICT  (ICSIT)
 
Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Societies I  (ICSIT)
 
Image, Speech and Signal Computing (Virtual Session)  (CCCT)
 
 
Technological Development and Innovation I (ICEME)
 
Disciplinary Research / Meta-Engineering Praxis   (ICEME)
 
 

 
 
Information Systems (Virtual Session)  (CCCT)
 

IMCIC Conversational Meeting
 

Welcome Reception

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

(Room: Indian-Pacific)

 

 

  THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010  
 

General Joint Plenary Session 

of all Collocated Conferences (with Plated Breakfast)

7:45 AM - 9:30 AM

(Room: Indian)

Registration                                                                     Registration

(8:00 AM - 12:00 PM)                                                        (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM)

(Room: Florida Bay 1)                                                             (Room: Florida Bay 1)

( 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM )
( 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM )
( 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM )
Computer Science & Engineering / Cybernetics  (IMCIC)
 
 
Education Research, Theories, Practice, and Innovations II (ICETI)
 
Computing / Information Systems and Technologies   (CCCT)
 
Education in STEM / Virtual Classroom & Universities  (ICETI)
    
Communications Systems I (CCCT)
 
Complexity II  (IMCIC)
 
Mobile /Wireless Systems, Technologies and Applications  (CCCT)
 
 
Informatiom Systems and Education  (CCCT)
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Computer Science & Engineering / Control Systems, Technologies & Applications   (IMCIC)
 
Informatics II (IMCIC)
 
 
Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management  (KGCM)
 
Energy Storage - Hydrogen Storage, Thermal Storage, Batteries and Ultracapacitors  (ICEME)
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Communication & Network Systems, Technologies & Applications  (IMCIC)
 
The Public Sector and the ICT / ICT on Societies   (ICSIT)
 
Computing Technologies I (CCCT)
 
 
Disciplinary Research  (ICEME)
 
Education: Concepts, Technologies and Methodologies I  (ICETI)
 
Meta-Engineering Science and Engineering Philosophy  (ICEME)
    
Information Systems Engineering and Management (Virtual Session)  (ISAS)
 

ICEME Conversational Meeting
 
 

  FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010  
 

General Joint Plenary Session 

of all Collocated Conferences (with Plated Breakfast)

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

(Room: Indian)

Registration

(7:45 AM - 12:00 PM)

(Room: Florida Bay 1)

( 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM )
( 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM )
( 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM )
Knowledge Generation, Communication & Management - Human/Group/Organizational & MIS    (KGCM / ISAS)
 
Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)  (ICETI)  
Education: Concepts, Technologies and Methodologies II (ICETI)
 
Meta-Engineering Technologies   (ICEME)
 
Computing Technologies / Communication & Network Systems, Technologies & Applications   (CCCT / IMCIC)
 
 
 
Control Systems, Technologies & Applications / Computer Science & Engineering   (CCCT / IMCIC)
 
Complexity III (IMCIC)
 
 
Communications Systems / Cybernetics / Informatics  (IMCIC / CCCT)
 
 

 
 
Informatics / Cybernetics (Virtual Session)  (IMCIC)
 
Technological Development and Innovation II  (ICEME)
 
Process and Product Control  (CCCT)
 
 
Complexity IV (IMCIC)
 
 

 
Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Societies II (ICSIT)
    
Training  (ICETI)
 
 

 
Engineering Concepts, Relations and Methodologies II (ICEME)
    
Engineering Concepts, Relations and Methodologies III (ICEME)
 

ICSIT Conversational Meeting
 

Award Ceremony and Toast
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

 (Room: Indian)


 

 



Papers Presentation Schedule



TUESDAY, APRIL 06, 2010
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Registration
(Room: Florida Bay 1)
   
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
7:45 AM - 9:30 AM 

General Joint Plenary Session of all Collocated Conferences (with Plated Breakfast)

(Room: Coral A-B)

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM      Keynote Speaker: Dr. Donald Poochigian (University of North Dakota, USA), On the Nature of Democratic Education

8:45 AM – 9:30 AM      Keynote Speaker: FH-Prof. DI Harald Wahl (University of Applied Sciences, Technikum Wien, Austria), Rethinking in Education

 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration
(Room: Florida Bay 1)

 

 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Engineering Concepts, Relations and Methodologies I (ICEME)
(Room: Tampa Bay 1)

Co-Chair: Mohamed Abaza (United States)
 
  Abaza, Mohamed (United States): ''Engineering and Sustainable Development''

  Bartholo, Roberto; Campos, Arminda Eugenia; Sarayed-Din, Luiza (Brazil): ''The Virtual Institute of Social Innovation at Production Engineering Department of Rio de Janeiro Federal University'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Conteh, Nabie Y. (United States): ''Properly Balancing a Hybrid: Integrating Human and Technical Components in the Design of Just-In-Time Knowledge Management Systems''

  Drexel, Peter G.; Roberson, Christian (United States): ''Using MBTI in a Project-Based Systems Analysis and Design Course''

  Manas, Pavel; Sousek, Radovan (Czech Republic): ''On Cooperation between Military and Civilian Authorities in the Czech Republic during Crisis Situation in Transport''

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Interdisciplinary Education, Distance Education and Open Learning (Virtual Session) (ICETI)
(Room: Tampa Bay 2)

 
  Cruzado, Graciela S.; Giulianelli, Daniel A.; Rodríguez, Rocío A.; Vera, Pablo M.; Trigueros, Artemisa; Moreno, Edgardo J. (Argentina): ''Reducing Digital Divide: Adult Oriented Distance Learning'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Dool, Richard (United States): ''Managing Conflict in Online Multicultural Student Teams'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Suárez Sánchez, Ana; Riesgo Fernández, Pedro; Iglesias Rodríguez, Francisco J.; García Nieto, Paulino J. (Spain): ''Economics for Engineers or Engineering Economics?'' (Virtual Presentation)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Education, Learning and Training (ICETI)
(Room: Pensacola Bay)

Co-Chair: Bernard Rosell (United States); Harald Wahl (Austria)
 
  Arndt, Angela E.; Davis, Karen C. (United States): ''Multiple Means: Identifying Literacy Learning Experiences of At-Risk Youth in Community Informatics Contexts''

  Benaben, Alejandro; Castro Lechtaler, Antonio; Cipriano, Marcelo; Liporace, Julio; Arroyo Arzubi, Alejandro (Argentina): ''GNU Library in Python Language Applied to Education in Information Security''

  Raitoharju, Reetta; Leino, Timo (Finland): ''The Use of Information Technology in Early Childhood Education – Examining the Cultural Barriers with Theory of Information Technology Culture Conflict''

  Rosell, Bernard; Sirbu, Raluca (United States): ''The Daemon as Educator: Ubiquitous Access to a Personal Mentor''

  Shaban, Sami (United Arab Emirates): ''Design and Development of a Medical School Curriculum Management System''

  Shaban, Sami (United Arab Emirates): ''Design and Development of a Generalized Clerkship Management System''

  Wahl, Harald; Mense, Alexander; Gollner, Helmut; Eckkrammer, Florian; Kaufmann, Christian (Austria): ''Teaching Interdisciplinary Topics by Transforming a Technical Oriented Course into Problem Based Learning''

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Application of Education Technologies / Teaching Support Systems (Virtual Session) (ICETI)
(Room: Biscayne Bay)

 
  Anders, Jörg (Germany): ''NtEd a New and Free Musical Score Editor for Linux'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Denchev, Stoyan; Varbanova, Kristina; Peteva, Irena; Tetevenska, Bella (Bulgaria): ''Bulgarian University Libraries as an e-Learning Support Center'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Govender, Irene; Govender, Desmond W. (South Africa): ''An Exploratory Study: The Effectiveness of a Learning Management System (LMS) in the Delivery of a Face-to-Face Programming Course'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Portela, J. Mª.; Huerta, M. M.; Pastor, A.; Otero, M.; Viguera, J. L. (Spain): ''Eco Design, Collaborative Learning and Pcs in an Engineering Project'' (Virtual Presentation)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Societies I (ICSIT)
(Room: Mediterranean A)

Co-Chair: Erik Zetterström (Sweden)
 
  Abdrisaev, Baktybek *; Butler, R. E. Rusty *; Stecker, Alex *; Aidaraliev, Asylbek **; Dzhusupova, Zamira *** (* United States, ** Kyrgyzstan, *** Macau): ''Sustainable Mountain Development and ICT: Furthering Cooperation between the Rocky Mountain States and Central Asia''

  Bandele, Samuel Oye (Nigeria): ''ICT Supported Learning and the Evolving African Universities''

  Böcker, Martin *; Rodríguez-Ascaso, Alejandro **; Hüttenrauch, Helge ***; Schneider, Matthias *; Pluke, Mike ****; Zetterström, Erik *** (* Germany, ** Spain, *** Sweden, **** United Kingdom): ''Paving the Way for Inclusive e-Services for All by Identifying Enablers for Upcoming Interaction Technologies''

  Feltus, Christophe; Khadraoui, Djamel; Bonhomme, Cédric (Luxembourg): ''Electric Blackout Prevention: Toward a Computer-Mediated Weather Alert Broadcasting Solution ''

  Rizkallah, Elias G. (United States): ''Impact of Computers and Internet on the Social and Economic Welfare of Low Income People: The Case of SmartRiverside Digital Inclusion Program''

  Su, Ming-Hsiang; Wang, Bo-Yen; Liao, Yuan-Hsun; Liu, Chia-Ming; Yu, Pao-Ta (Taiwan): ''Base on Micro-Learning to Observe the Children Behaviors for Improvement the Parent-Child Interaction'' (Virtual Presentation)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Disciplinary Research / Meta-Engineering Praxis (ICEME)
(Room: Mediterranean B)

Co-Chair: Jia-Sheng Huang (United States); Alex Tozzo (United States)
 
  Huang, Jia-Sheng; Chin, Heng; Lei, Chun; Lu, Hanh; Su, Hui; He, Xiaoguang; Thai, Phong; Zendejaz, Ruby; Peral, Eva; Pan, Ming; Lomeli, Matt (United States): ''Ultra-High Power (180mW), Linearly Polarized DFB Lasers with Narrow Spectral Linewidth (100kHz) for 1550nm WDM +100km Long-Haul Transmission''

  Huttunen, Anniina *; Brace, William *; Kantola, Vesa *; Lechner, Lorenz **; Kulovesi, Jakke *; Silvennoinen, Kari * (* Finland, ** Germany): ''Cross-Cultural Application of Ethical Principles in the Design Process of Autonomous Machines'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Kharissova, OxanaV.; Kharisov, Boris I.; Velychko, Olha N.; Ortiz Méndez, Ubaldo (Mexico): ''Study of Electric Transport in Carbon Nanofibers''

  Leszczynska, Dorota; Saglietto, Laurence (France): ''The Importance of the Evolution of Organizational Perception in an Information System Project Management: A Theoretical Analysis and a Case-Study''

  Park, Kyeongmo; Lee, Miyoung; Namgoong, Han (South Korea): ''Design of Distributed Voting Replication Model for Replica Control''

  Rivero, Yliana *; Sampieri, Mónica *; Ferruzca, Marco **; Fernández, Joaquín *; Monguet, Josep Mª *; Muñoz, José Luis *; Villalobos, Hernando *; Blanco, Berenice * (* Spain, ** Mexico): ''A SaaS-Based Framework to Support the Management and Deploy of Web Applications for Exchanging Information and Sharing Knowledge'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Stancu, Stelian; Predescu, Oana Mãdãlina (Romania): ''Genetic Algorithm for the Portfolio Selection Problem on the Romanian Capital Market'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Tozzo, Alex; Ferrese, Frank; Dong, Qing; Phillip, Russ; Devine, Jim; Sonnenberg, Trevor; Zimmerman, Pat; O'Donnell, Sean; Baran, Alex (United States): ''Naval Research Summer Internship Program''

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
IMCIC Conversational Meeting
(Room: Florida Bay 3)

 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Complexity I (IMCIC)
(Room: Tampa Bay 1)

Co-Chair: Huiyong Zheng (United States); Alexander Y. Klimenko (Australia)
 
  Grienitz, Volker; Schmidt, André-Marcel (Germany): ''Scenariobased Complexity Management by Adapting the Methods of Social Network Analysis'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Klimenko, Alexander Y. (Australia): ''Computer Simulations of Abstract Competition''

  Portela, Sofia (Portugal): ''The Duration of the Customer Relationship with Fixed Telecommunications Service Providers in Portugal Using Survival Analysis''

  Tekaya, Aymen; Bouzerar, R.; Bourny, V.; Tekaya, I.; Pavel, J.; Bellenger, E.; Capitaine, T. (France): ''Dynamical Characterization of an Industrial Machine Through Impedance Spectroscopy Linear Estimation of Damages''

  Zheng, Huiyong; Sowers, MaryFran; Randolph Jr., John F.; Harlow, Siobán D. (United States): ''An Integrated Quantitative Methodology to Longitudinally Characterize Complex Dynamic Processes Associated with Ovarian Aging and the Menopausal Transition''

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Learning Technologies / The Academic Sector & the ICT (ICETI)
(Room: Tampa Bay 2)

Co-Chair: Ronda Sturgill (United States);
Chengcheng Li (United States)
 
  Karaman, Guler; Gulcu, Aslan; Karaman, Ersin; Karaman, Selcuk (Turkey): ''Effects of Written and Voice Asynchronous Feedbacks for Assignments on Learning and Satisfaction in Face to Face Education''

  Li, Chengcheng (United States): ''Developing an Innovative Online Teaching System''

  Nakabasami, Chieko; Wai Kit, Tai (Japan): ''Language Learning Internet Website for Multilingual Communication'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Selezneva, Elena; Veiga, Alberto (United States): ''Developing Foreign Language Skills in a Hybrid Learning Environment''

  Sturgill, Ronda (United States): ''A Hybrid Model for Making Online Assignments Effective in a Traditional Classroom''

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
The Academic Sector and the ICT (ICSIT)
(Room: Tampa Bay 3)

Co-Chair: Sanjay Kataria (India);
Malik Benjamin (United States)
 
  Abaza, Osama *; Abu-Eisheh, Sameer **; Awartani, Nizar ** (* United States, ** Palestine): ''Developing a Pilot Multimedia Tool for Transportation Engineering Education''

  Benjamin, Malik (United States): ''The HOM-School''

  Coric, Mirna; Aleksic-Maslac, Karmela (Croatia): ''e-Learning Potential in Education Sector of Developing Countries: Relationship Marketing Tool and Cost Cutting Tool in Times of Financial Downturn''

  Guo, Yun (United States): ''Video Captioning Time Stamp Calculation''

  Johnson, Kevin; Lillis, Catherine; Hall, Timothy (Ireland): ''An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of, and Students Attitudes towards, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in a Clinical Skills Laboratory Environment''

  Kataria, Sanjay *; Anbu K., John Paul ** (* India, ** Swaziland): ''How Safe is our Digital Tomorrow? Role of Libraries and Information Centers in Digital Preservation''

  Mussoi, Eunice Maria; Flores, Maria Lucia Pozzatti; Bulegon, Ana Marli; Tarouco, Liane Margarida Rockenbach (Brazil): ''GeoGebra and eXe Learning: Applicability in the Teaching of Physics and Mathematics''

  Ong, Alex (Singapore): ''Exploiting Augmented Reality Based Technology for Contextualized Experiential and Authentic Learning in Mainstream Schools - A Dream or a Reality?'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Shell, Sindy; Harding, Nancy; Hamilton, Eric (United States): ''Thinking about ALASKA Technology Leads to Thinking about Student Learning: A Professional Development for Algebra Teachers'' (Virtual Presentation)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Informatics I (IMCIC)
(Room: Pensacola Bay)

Co-Chair: Thomas Stolze (Germany); Xiaoping Li (Singapore)
 
  Asproth, Viveca (Sweden): ''Team Syntegrity as Acomplementary Method for Requirements Analysis'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Chandra, B. (India): ''Incorporating Domain Knowledge into Decision Tree Induction''

  Chen, K. H.; Huang, G. S.; Lee, R. C. T. (Taiwan): ''An Average-Case Analysis of the Reverse Factor Algorithm''

  Stolze, Thomas; Kramer, Klaus-Dietrich; Fengler, Wolfgang (Germany): ''Benchmarking: Classic DSPs vs. Microcontrollers''

  Wu, Kuang-Wen; Popova, Irina (Taiwan): ''Do Online Privacy Policies Matter?''

  Yu, Ke; Li, Xiaoping; Shen, Kaiquan; Shao, Shiyun; Kwok, Kenneth; Li, Xiaoping (Singapore): ''Common Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Single-Trial Detection of Event-Related Potential for Rapid Image Triage''

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
ICT-Based Electronic Data Processing / Information Systems (ISAS / CCCT)
(Room: Biscayne Bay)

Co-Chair: Antônio Augusto Fröhlich (Brazil)
 
  Alqirem, Raed (Jordan): ''A Viable System Model to Analyze an Organization`s Metasystem''

  Cretulescu, Radu G. *; Morariu, Daniel I. *; Vintan, Lucian N. *; Coman, Irina D. ** (* Romania, ** Italy): ''An Adaptive Meta-Classifier for Text Documents'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Fröhlich, Antônio Augusto (Brazil): ''Application-Specific Communication Systems for Clusters''

  Gupta, Akhil; Ahmadi, Sharokh; Zaghloul, Mona (United States): ''Low Voltage High-Q CMOS Active Inductor for RF Applications'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Latu, Savae (New Zealand): ''Information Systems Analysis: What Should We Teach Our Students?''

  Mitrovic, Frane; Karamarko, Ana; Plazibat, Veljko (Croatia): ''Risk Managament Methods and Control as the Cost Cutting Function in Shipping Industry''

  Sthalekar, Chirag; Ahmadi, Shahrokh; Zaghloul, Mona (United States): ''An Accurate Mixed Signal Multiplication Technique for Application Specific Integrated Circuits'' (Virtual Presentation)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Image, Speech and Signal Computing (Virtual Session) (CCCT)
(Room: Mediterranean A)

 
  Kopparapu, Sunil Kumar; Pandharipande, Meghna (India): ''Clustering Speech Samples Based on Relative Distance Measure'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Lankarany, Milad; Savoji, Mohammad Hassan (Iran): ''A New Iterative Algorithm for ARMA Modelling of Vowels and Glottal Flow Estimation Based on Blind System Identification'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Rana, Saadia Afzal; Khan, Shoab A.; Awa, Ali Afzal (Pakistan): ''Advance Approach to Estimate Fingerprint ../Images Quality Using Statistical & Graphical Methodology'' (Virtual Presentation)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee Break

(Room: Tampa Bay Lobby)

 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Education Research, Theories, Practice, and Innovations I (ICETI)
(Room: Tampa Bay 1)

Co-Chair: Douglas DeVore (United States); Elisabeth Eikli (Norway)
 
  Arghode, Vishal; Yalvac, Bugrahan (United States): ''Role of Empathy in Science Class: A Collective Case Study''

  Eikli, Elisabeth (Norway): ''Digital Geography: ICT in Norwegian High-School Geography Curricula Following the 2006 ’Knowledge Promotion’ (KO6) Educational Reform''

  Hall, Ramona A. (United States): ''Self-Perceived Versus Actual Academic Performance: An Investigation of the Academic Self-Esteem of Candidates in a Teacher Education Program''

  Okada, Hitoshi; Sone, Hideaki; Ogawa, Masaru (Japan): ''Education Materials for Interactive Communication Security on the Educational Purpose and Effects of Hikari and Tsubasa’s Tutorial for “Putting Our Heads Together” about Information Security'' (Virtual Presentation)

  VanVooren, Carol; DeVore, Douglas; Ambriz-Galaviz, Norma (United States): ''Managing Positive Stress for Change in the Implementation of Technology in Schools''

  Whitehead, Christopher; Ray, Lydia (United States): ''Using the iClicker Classroom Response System to Enhance Student Involvement and Learning''

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Computer Science and Engineering (IMCIC)
(Room: Tampa Bay 2)

Co-Chair: Carl Hoh (United States); Rui Menezes (Portugal)
 
  Chen, Chien-Hung; Chen, Jian-Hung (Taiwan): ''Combined Heat and Power Environmental/Economic Power Dispatch Using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms''

  Hoh, Carl (United States): ''Independent Component Analysis Minimizing the Mutual Information Criteria in Polar Coordinates''

  Huang, Yo-Ping; Wang, Shan-Shan; Deng, Zheng-Hong (Taiwan): ''An Interactive RFID-Based Multi-Touch Product Display System''

  Menezes, Rui *; Souza, Adriano **; Klidzio, Regiane ** (* Portugal, ** Brazil): ''Evaluation of the Productive Process by Means of Control Charts in the Presence of Volatility''

  Sun, Yi *; Zhang, Xiaodong *; Sun, Chi-Hsien **; Chiu, Chien-Ching ** (* China, ** Taiwan): ''Time-Domain Electromagnetic Imaging of a Two- dimensional Metallic Cylinder in Slab Medium Using Asynchronous Particle Swarm Optimization''

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Communications & Control Systems / Image Computing (CCCT)
(Room: Tampa Bay 3)

Co-Chair: Theodore W. Manikas (United States)
 
  Hernandez, Orlando; Apgar, Graham (United States): ''High-Performance VLSI Architecture for the Microsoft® HD Photo Image Compression Algorithm''

  Kóczy, László T.; Ballagi, Áron (Hungary): ''Multi-Robot Cooperation by Fuzzy Signature Sets''

  Manikas, Theodore W.; Spenner, Laura L.; Krier, Paul D.; Thornton, Mitchell A.; Nair, Sukumaran; Szygenda, Stephen A. (United States): ''An Axiomatic Analysis Approach for Large-Scale Disaster-Tolerant Systems Modeling''

  Schuermann, Volker; Leidinger, Rafael; Wollert, Joerg F. (Germany): ''Intelligent IO-Terminals for Complex Communication Scenarios in Control Applications''

  Zhang, Jingcheng; Huynh, Allan; Ye, Qinzhong; Gong, Shaofang (Sweden): ''Remote Sensing System for Cultural Buildings Utilizing ZigBee Technology''

  Zhang, Wei; Guo, Xiangying; Wang, Qian; Liu, Cuicui (China): ''Nonlinear Oscillation of a Angle-Ply Composite Laminated thin Plate with 1:2 Resonance''

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Communications & Control Systems, Technologies & Applications (Virtual Session) (CCCT)
(Room: Pensacola Bay)

 
  Braghin, Francesco; Cinquemani, Simone; Resta, Ferruccio (Italy): ''Modal Control of a Vibrating Plate Using Magnetostrictive Actuators'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Fernández V., Joaquín R.; Cortés, Pablo; Aparicio, Pablo (Spain): ''Fuzzy Logic-Based Elevator Group Control System for Energy Optimization Purpose'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Huang, Weizheng; Li, Huanlin; Dill, Jeffrey (United States): ''Digital Fountain Codes System Model and Performance over AWGN and Rayleigh Fading Channels'' (Virtual Presentation)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
The Private Sector and the ICT (ICSIT)
(Room: Biscayne Bay)

Co-Chair: Pilar Curós-Vilà (Spain); Yo-Ping Huang (Taiwan)
 
  Cristóvão, Andréa Martins; Costa, Ivanir; Nogueira Guirau, João Carlos; Moura, Roberto Aures A. (Brazil): ''Virtualization as a Tool to Support the Availability of Computer Networks in Case of Contingencies and Disaster Recovery'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Ficapal-Cusí, Pilar; Torrent-Sellens, Joan; Curós-Vilà, Pilar (Spain): ''Information Technology, Human Resources Management Systems and Firm Performance: An Empirical Analysis from Spain''

  Huang, Yo-Ping *; Jau, Jung-Shian *; Chang, Hau-Chung *; Sandnes, Frode Eika ** (* Taiwan, ** Norway): ''Mining Users Browsing Behavior for Product Promotion in a Multi-Touch Display System''

  Kanthawongs, Penjira; Kanthawongs, Penjuree (Thailand): ''A Study of Organizational and Cultural Factors Influencing User Satisfaction of ERP Systems in a Developing Country: Case Studies from Thailand''

  Olagunju, Amos; Pan, Lei (United States): ''A Block-Splitting Algorithm for Passive RFID Tags''

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Technological Development and Innovation I (ICEME)
(Room: Mediterranean A)

Co-Chair: Eldar Sultanow (Germany); Tobias Müller-Prothmann (Germany)
 
  Arzola Garza, Orlando; Valdez Menchaca, Alicia Guadalupe; Preciado Martínez, Olga Maricela; Zárate Martínez, Ángel; Cepeda de la Rosa, Juan José (Mexico): ''Savings in the Consumption of Energy and Water at Home Using Domotics Systems''

  Müller-Prothmann, Tobias; Pinternagel, Susan (Germany): ''Give Lead Users the Lead. Requirements Engineering as a Method for Systematical Elicitation of Future Market Demands within the Innovation Process''

  Nour, Usama M. *; Tayeb, Aghareed M. **; Farag, Hassan A. **; Awad, Sherine ** (* Malaysia, ** Egypt): ''Adsorptive Natural Gas Storage for Vehicles Approach for Actual Application''

  Sultanow, Eldar; Weber, Edzard (Germany): ''Three-Tier Based Global Awareness: A Comprehensive Mashup Model Using Semantic Networks, GIS and Web3D''

  Ullah, Hamd (Panama): ''Designing and Study of X-Ray Emission from Compact Diode Powered by Capacitor Discharge''

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Information Systems (Virtual Session) (CCCT)
(Room: Mediterranean B)

 
  Rousseaux, Sandrine (France): ''Personal Carbon Card: Prospects and Challenges for ICT'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Shah, Saumil; Thiery, David; Zlatareva, Neli (United States): ''Screening for Inconsistencies and Changes in Semantic Web Ontologies: Experiments with Protégé'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Zhang, Tiemei Irene; Wijayanayake, Janaka Indrajith (Australia): ''A Framework for REST Service Registry'' (Virtual Presentation)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 07, 2010
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Welcome Reception

(Room: Indian-Pacific)

 
THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM 

General Joint Plenary Session of all Collocated Conferences (with Plated Breakfast)

(Room: Indian)

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM      Keynote Speaker: Professor Kaliappan Gopalan (Purdue University Calumet, USA), Keyword spotting from Speech Communication: Importance, Challenges and Progress Made

8:45 AM – 9:30 AM      Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dmitry Zinoview (Suffolk University, USA), Social Networks: from Carrier Pigeons to Facebook

 
THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
7:45 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration
(Room: Florida Bay 1)

 

 
THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Computing / Information Systems and Technologies (CCCT)
(Room: Tampa Bay 2)

Co-Chair: Jaroslav Cechak (Czech Republic); S. Morozov (United States)
 
  Andres, Hayward P.; Akan, Obasi H. (United States): ''Assessing Team Learning during Technology-Mediated Collaboration'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Harris, William C. (United States): ''Teaming Across the Computer Science Curriculum: Assembly Language, and Operating Systems''

  Hongwarittorrn, Nuttanont; Krairit, Donyaprueth (Thailand): ''Effects of Program Visualization (Jeliot3) on Students’ Performance and Attitudes towards Java Programming'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Kiprushkin, Sergey; Kogut, Anton; Kurskov, Sergey; Lukyanov, Aleksandr (Russian Federation): ''Accessing Distributed Information Measurement and Control System for Scientific Research and Education Using GSM Networks''

  Lipkova, Jolana; Cechak, Jaroslav (Czech Republic): ''Transmission of Information Using the Human Body''

  Morozov, S.; Saiedian, H. (United States): ''A Case for Distributed Recommender System Architecture''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Complexity II (IMCIC)
(Room: Tampa Bay 3)

Co-Chair: Eurico Lopes (Portugal); Ralph Wilson (United States)
 
  Billie, J. Scott; Kincaid, Rex K. (United States): ''Analyzing Historical Changes in the Airline Transportation Network from the 1920´s to Present Day''

  Lopes, Eurico (Portugal): ''Decision-Making under Uncertainty and Complexity: A Grounded Theory Approach''

  Öberg, Lena-Maria (Sweden): ''Information Management for Long-Term Maintenance of Technical Artifacts - Requirements on Traceability in Technical Information'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Tekaya, Issyan; Bouzerar, Robert; Bouzerar, Roger; Balédent, Olivier (France): ''Phase Transitions in the Brain''

  Vvedensky, Victor (Russian Federation): ''Ordered Structure of the Thesaurus of Word Roots of German Language''

  Wilson, Ralph; Sattler, Michael; El-Mezyani, Touria; Srivastava, Sanjeev; Edrington, Chris; Cartes, Dave (United States): ''A Measure for Complex Dynamics in Power Systems''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Computer Science & Engineering / Control Systems, Technologies & Applications (IMCIC)
(Room: Pensacola Bay)

Co-Chair: Jieh-Shian Young (Taiwan); James P. Buckley (United States)
 
  Buckley, James P.; Seitzer, Jennifer M. (United States): ''Detecting Implicit Meta-Patterns in Relational Databases''

  Chen, Hua-Pin; Chien, Wei; Huang, Guo-Wei (Taiwan): ''Single DVCC-Based Voltage-Mode Multifunction Biquadratic Filter''

  Junez-Ferreira, Carlos A.; Velasco-Avalos, Fernando A.; Pastor-Gomez, Nelio (Mexico): ''A Salt and Pepper Noise Removal and Restoration Refinement Algorithm''

  Tahami, Ehsan; Golpaygani, M. R. Hashemi (Iran): ''The Role of Irrational Number Switching Strategies in the Parrondo’s Paradox Game'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Wu, Yangyang; Wu, Chukun (China): ''The Role of Word String Patterns in Chinese Web Page Genre Classification''

  Young, Jieh-Shian; Wu, Sheng-You (Taiwan): ''A Feasible Approach to the Evaluation of the Tractions of Vehicle Wheels Driven by DC Motors''

  Zykov, Sergey V. (Russian Federation): ''ConceptModeller: A Frame-Based Toolkit for Modeling Complex Software Applications''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
The Public Sector and the ICT / ICT on Societies (ICSIT)
(Room: Mediterranean A)

Co-Chair: Zamira Dzhusupova (Macau); Linda Askenäs (Sweden)
 
  Askenäs, Linda; Aidemark, Jan (Sweden): ''Towards a Conceptual Process-Oriented Framework for Patient-Centered e-health – An Exploratory Study of Current Projects in Sweden''

  Dzhusupova, Zamira; Shareef, Mohamed; Ojo, Adegboyega; Janowski, Tomasz (Macau): ''Methodology for e-Government Readiness Assessment –Models, Instruments, Implementation''

  Noroozi, Omid *; Biemans, Harm *; Mulder, Martin *; Chizari, Mohammad ** (* Netherlands, ** Iran): ''Analyzing Learning Processes and Outcomes in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) in the Domain of Nutritional Research Methodology Education''

  Wang, Huei Huang; Chou, Yuntsai (Taiwan): ''Rethinking the e-government Theories: The Rise of Social Media During Typhoon Morakot''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Education: Concepts, Technologies and Methodologies I (ICETI)
(Room: Mediterranean B)

Co-Chair: Maureen Wideman (Canada); Patricia Rice Doran (United States)
 
  Baggs, Rhoda; Riding, Daniel (United States): ''Adding a Social Component to the Course Template for Teaching Asynchronous Online Courses''

  Bataineh, Ahmad (Jordan): ''The Effect of Instructional Technologies on the Socio-Cultural Competence of the FL Learners''

  Carnicer Fuentes, C.; Paramio Cuevas, J. C.; Paloma Castro, O.; Moreno Corral, L. J. (Spain): ''Using LAMS to Design Nursing Learning Scenes'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Mazur, Amy; Doran, Chad; Rice Doran, Patricia (United States): ''The Use of Social Network Analysis Software to Analyze Communication Patterns and Interaction in Online Collaborative Environments''

  Wideman, Maureen (Canada): ''Academic Dishonesty in a School of Nursing''

  Wynn, Susan R.; Stephens, Kristen (United States): ''Next Generation Education: Narratives for the 21st Century''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
ICEME Conversational Meeting
(Room: Florida Bay 3)

 
THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Computer Science & Engineering / Cybernetics (IMCIC)
(Room: Tampa Bay 1)

Co-Chair: Seong-Gon Kim (United States)
 
  González-Reyna, Sheila E.; Balboa-Arteaga, Ramón; Ledesma-Orozco, Sergio E.; Yáñez-Vargas, J. Israel; Jurado-Páramo, Alejandro (Mexico): ''Feature Selection for Database Analysis Applied to Urinary Tract Infection Detection in Women''

  Kim, Seong-Gon *; Kim, Yong-Gi ** (* United States, ** South Korea): ''Bayesian Inference Using Neural Net Likelihood Models for Protein Secondary Structure Prediction''

  Milovanovic, Slavoljub (Serbia): ''Knowledge Sharing between Users and Information Specialists: Role of Trust'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Salerno, Mario; Costantini, Giovanni; Carota, Massimo; Casali, Daniele; Todisco, Massimiliano (Italy): ''A Simulation Framework for the Sky-Scanner Project''

  Salerno, Mario; Costantini, Giovanni; Carota, Massimo; Casali, Daniele; Todisco, Massimiliano; Rondinella, Donatella; Crispino, Maria Vittoria (Italy): ''Sky-Scanner: An Improved Decision Support System for Air Traffic Management''

  Stancu, Stelian; Predescu, Oana Mãdãlina; Andreescu (Manolache), Cristina; Lupu, Anca Domnica (Romania): ''Cybernetic – Economic Modeling of Complex Dynamic Systems with Applications on the Financial Market, in the Managerial Modernization of Cultural Institutions – Public and Private, and also in the Evaluation of Intellectual Capital'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Yánez-Vargas, J. Israel; Aguilera-González, J. Gabriel; Ledesma-Orozco, Sergio E.; Balboa-Arteaga, Ramón; González-Reyna, Sheila E. (Mexico): ''Design and Implementation of a Neural Network for Detecting Urinary Tract Infection in Women''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Education in STEM / Virtual Classroom & Universities (ICETI)
(Room: Tampa Bay 2)

Co-Chair: Donald V. Poochigian (United States); Rob Mitchell (United States)
 
  Banner, Phylise; Ice, Philip; McCluskey, Frank; Mitchell, Rob (United States): ''The Feedback Loop: Using Data for the Constant Improvement of Effectiveness and Academic Integrity''

  Dool, Richard (United States): ''The Dialogue Intensive Online Classroom'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Kluttig V., Martha; Peirano, Claudia; Vergara, Constanza (Chile): ''ICT: The Impact Outside the Classroom. Study of Chilean PISA Results''

  Olympiou, George; Zacharia, Zacharias C. (Cyprus): ''Introducing Virtual Manipulatives in Science Experimentation for Teaching and Learning at the University Level''

  Olympiou, George; Zacharia, Zacharias C. (Cyprus): ''Comparing the Use of Virtual and Physical Manipulatives in Physics Education''

  Poochigian, Donald V. (United States): ''The Problem of Veracity in Computerized Education''

  Štogr, Jakub (Czech Republic): ''Surveillance-Based Mechanisms in MUVEs (Multi-User Virtual Environments) Used for Monitoring, Data Gathering and Evaluation of Knowledge Transfer in VirtuReality''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Mobile /Wireless Systems, Technologies and Applications (CCCT)
(Room: Tampa Bay 3)

Co-Chair: Fawzi A. Alghamdi (United States); Richard Pennington (United States)
 
  Alghamdi, Fawzi A.; Kostanic, Ivica (United States): ''Methodology for WiMAX Performance Optimization Using Drive Test Data''

  Bae, Ihn-Han *; Olariu, Stephan ** (* South Korea, ** United States): ''Design and Analytical Evaluation of a Fuzzy Proxy Cache Scheme for the Mobile Web'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Balamash, Salem; Kostanic, Ivica (United States): ''Uplink Measurements Based Positioning of Mobiles in GSM Cellular Networks''

  Choi, Seonho *; Eom, Hyeonsang ** (* United States, ** South Korea): ''Securing Wireless Sensor Networks against Broadcast Service Attacks''

  Etxaniz Marañón, Josu; Aranguren Aramendia, Gerardo (Spain): ''Delay Time Analysis in Bluetooth 2.0 Wireless Networks''

  Pennington, Richard; Pursell, David; Sloop, Joseph (United States): ''Engaging Science Students with Wireless Technology and Applications by Re-Visiting the Thayer Method of Teaching and Learning''

  Rukieh, Kusay; Kostanic, Ivica (United States): ''Evaluation of Mobile WiMAX Deployment Strategies''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Informatics II (IMCIC)
(Room: Pensacola Bay)

Co-Chair: Khalid N. Alhayyan (United States); Marcel Blattner (Switzerland)
 
  Alhayyan, Khalid N.; Collins, Rosann W.; Jones, Joni L.; Berndt, Donald J. (United States): ''Economic Culture and Prediction Markets''

  Blattner, Marcel (Switzerland): ''B-Rank: A top N Recommendation Algorithm''

  Krenc, Ksawery; Kawalec, Adam (Poland): ''Evidential Reasoning in C2 Systems Based on Dezert-Smarandache Theory''

  Qadah, Ghassan; AbuLaban, Anas (United Arab Emirates): ''A Model for Seller Strategies in Non-English Online Auctions''

  Santos, Antonio; Moreira, Fernando (Brazil): ''Proposed Use of the Computer as a Tool to Aid Analysis of Properties of Materials in Fixators of Spine'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Shin, Joo Heon; Lim, Hun Ki; Cios, Krzysztof J. (United States): ''How Knowledge of Information Processing in Living Organisms Can Help in Solving Complex Computational Problems''

  Zeng, Xiaohui; Zeng, Huanglin (China): ''A New Method of Comprehensive Estimation for Qualitative Attributes'' (Virtual Presentation)

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Energy Storage - Hydrogen Storage, Thermal Storage, Batteries and Ultracapacitors - Invited Session (0000004) (ICEME)
(Room: Biscayne Bay)

Organizer: Sesha Srinivasan (United States)
Co-Organizer: Lee Stefanakos (United States)
 
  D`Angelo, Anthony (United States): ''New Multinary Complex Hydrides for Reversible Hydrogen Storage''

  Gross, Karl (United States): ''Advanced Measurement Techniques for Characterizing Today’s Most Promising Hydrogen Storage, Carbon Capture and Sequestration Materials''

  Jensen, Craig (United States): ''Development of Processes for the Reversible Dehydrogenation of High Hydrogen Capacity Complex Hydrides''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Computing Technologies I (CCCT)
(Room: Mediterranean A)

Co-Chair: R. Cherinka (United States)
 
  Levy, Richard (United States): ''Cloud-Based Information Systems Management Rising to the Challenge of Truly Distributed Computing''

  Troubitsyna, Elena A. (Finland): ''Formal Development of Fault Tolerant Parallel Systems''

  Yin, Zhishuai; Lin, Yingzi; Kamarthi, Sagar; Mourant, Ronald R. (United States): ''Interactions between Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles and Human Controlled Vehicles in 3D Simulation''

  Zlatareva, Neli P. (United States): ''Context-Dependent Reasoning for the Semantic Web''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Meta-Engineering Science and Engineering Philosophy (ICEME)
(Room: Mediterranean B)

Co-Chair: Rafiqul Tarefder (United States); Indar Chaerah Gunadin (Indonesia)
 
  Chen, Ziqiang; Qiang, Jiaxi; He, Jianhui; Yang, Lin (China): ''Intelligent Regenerative Braking Control of Hybrid Buses'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Elkholy, Ahmed; Falah, Abdulazim; Alfares, Mohammed (Kuwait): ''Automobile Steering System Failure Analysis''

  Gunadin, Indar Chaerah; Penangsang, Ontoseno; Soeprijanto, Adi (Indonesia): ''Influence of Load Characteristics against Voltage Collapse Phenomena''

  Marchese, Francis T. (United States): ''Engineering, Science, and Design'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Ollila, Antero (Finland): ''Integration of Quality Management and General Management''

  Tarefder, Rafiqul; Arifuzzaman, Md (United States): ''Moisture Damage Study of Plastomeric Polymer Modified Asphalt Binder Using Functionalized AFM Tips''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee Break

(Room: Tampa Bay Lobby)

 
THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Education Research, Theories, Practice, and Innovations II (ICETI)
(Room: Tampa Bay 1)

Co-Chair: Michael Pfeifer (Germany); Laurence Perennes (France)
 
  Boykin, Karen; Raju, Dheeraj; Bonner, Jonathan; Gleason, Jim; Bowen, Larry (United States): ''Engineering Math Based Bridge Program for Student Preparation''

  Braidic, Silvia; Lordon, Kevin (United States): ''Teacher Leadership Development at Hebei University in China'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Casale, Adriana; Kuri, Nídia Pavan; Rodrigues da Silva, Antonio Nelson (Brazil): ''Using Cognitive Maps to Support the Problem-Based Learning Evaluation''

  Franzellin, Vittorio M.; Matt, Dominik T. (Italy): ''Working Students. A South-Tyrolean Experimental Project Aimed at the Exploitation of the Osmosis between Industrial and Academic Education (which Became a Best Practice on a National Scale).''

  Perennes, Laurence; Duhaut, Dominique (France): ''The e-Portfolio, Record and Evidence of the Construction of a Personal and Professional Project''

  Pfeifer, Michael (Germany): ''Explaining Primary Pupils’ Differences in Reading Achievement by Teaching Patterns and Social Background. Reanalyses with the PIRLS 2001-Data.''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Communications Systems I (CCCT)
(Room: Tampa Bay 2)

Co-Chair: Mark O. Pendergast (United States)
 
  Aburas, Akram *; Gardiner, J. G. *; Al Hokail, Zeyad ** (* United Kingdom, ** Saudi Arabia): ''Call Quality Measurement for Telecommunication Network and Proposition of Tariff Rates''

  Gopalan, Kaliappan; Chu, Tao (United States): ''Speech Recognition for Keyword Spotting Using a Set of Modulation Based Features – Preliminary Results''

  Li, Huanlin; Huang, Weizheng; Dill, Jeffrey C. (United States): ''A New Approach to Enumerating the Smallest Stopping Sets in LDPC Codes'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Li, Huanlin; Huang, Weizheng; Dill, Jeffrey C. (United States): ''Construction of Irregular LDPC Codes with Low Error Floors'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Mbatha, Blessing (South Africa): ''Prevalence of Internet Addiction Disorder in Government Departments in South Africa''

  Pendergast, Mark O. (United States): ''Evaluation of Application Level Communications Protocols for Networked Java Applications''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Informatiom Systems and Education - Invited Session (0000007) (CCCT)
(Room: Tampa Bay 3)

Organizer: Wanpen Krittaphol (Thailand)
Co-Organizer: Suchitra Mankarothai (Thailand)
 
  Attavorarat, Chutima; Preechawai, Rungthiwa (Thailand): ''Information Technology for Management Property of Chulalongkorn University''

  Chaengthamtam, Angsana; Akrajindanon, Prapaporn; Potisit, Amonrat (Thailand): ''Audit Information System in Sap Application: Case Study of Chulalongkorn University''

  Chutigarnpanich, Areerat; Saah, Waesmae (Thailand): ''E-Filing Cabinet: Case Study for the Virtual and Green Office''

  Krittaphol, Wanpen; Lapvorakitchai, Chariya (Thailand): ''Sustainable Corporate Governance in the Internal Audit Office of Chulalongkorn University''

  Mangkarothai, Suchitra; Tosupsin, Doungdow (Thailand): ''Risk Assessment and Control in Research Management: Case Study of Chulalongkorn University''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management (KGCM)
(Room: Pensacola Bay)

Co-Chair: Dmitry Zinoviev (United States)
 
  Dehinbo, Johnson (South Africa): ''Enhancing Collaboration and Knowledge Transfer on E-Learning and the Teaching of Web Application Development within Universities in Developing Countries''

  Morosini, Marilia (Brazil): ''International Cooperation Brazil-USA: a case of competences for training knowledge producers''

  Pelletier, Simon; Selouani, Sid-Ahmed (Canada): ''An Integrated Framework to Enhance the Web Content Mining and Knowledge Discovery''

  Sauberer, Gabriele (Austria): ''There is no Knowledge without Terminology. How Terminological Methods and Tools Can Help to Manage Monolingual and Multilingual Knowledge and Communication''

  Zinoviev, Dmitry; Duong, Vy; Zhang, Honggang (United States): ''A Game Theoretical Approach to Modeling Information Dissemination in Social Networks''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Communication & Network Systems, Technologies & Applications (IMCIC)
(Room: Biscayne Bay)

Co-Chair: G. Fabbri (Italy); Aylin Göztas (Turkey)
 
  Calenne, F.; Fabbri, G.; Mascioli, F. M. F.; Valentini, S. (Italy): ''Sustainable Mobility Models for the Island of Ventotene''

  Fabbri, G. *; Marques Cardoso, A. J. *; Boccaletti, C. **; Castrica, L. ** (* Portugal, ** Italy): ''A Software Tool for the Evaluation of the Behaviour of Bioelectrical Currents''

  Fujinoki, Hiroshi; Hauck, Andrew (United States): ''Analyses on the Trend of Recent Changes in the Internet Structure: Departing from the Long-Assumed Tree-Structure Model''

  Jo, Jun (South Korea): ''A Novel Call Admission Control and OVSF Code Reservation Scheme in WCDMA systems '' (Virtual Presentation)

  Koker, Nahit Erdem; Göztas, Aylin (Turkey): ''Digitalization of the Cities: An Analysis of City Municipality Web Sites as a Part of City Brand''

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Disciplinary Research (ICEME)
(Room: Mediterranean A)

Co-Chair: Grant H. Kruger (United States)
 
  Belyakov, V. A. (Russian Federation): ''Localized Optical Modes in Spiral Photonic Media: Application to Lasing and Other Optical Phenomena''

  Boonchieng, Ekkarat (Thailand): ''Anatomylab: A Computer Graphics Program for Representing the Human Anatomy''

  Chen, Chao; Kruger, Grant H.; Blum, James M.; Shih, Albert J.; Tremper, Kevin K. (United States): ''Reactive Agent and Visualization System for Anesthesia Support in the Operating Room''

  El-Said, Mostafa; Connett, David (United States): ''On the Insecurity of RAM'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Yamaguchi, Daizo; Hara, Michikazu (Japan): ''Optimization of Hydrolysis of Cellulosic Materials by a Solid Acid Catalyst'' (Virtual Presentation)

THURSDAY, APRIL 08, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Information Systems Engineering and Management (Virtual Session) (ISAS)
(Room: Mediterranean B)

 
  Da Cunha, Márcio José; Caurin, Glauco Augusto de Paula (Brazil): ''A Proposal to Use KDD to Discover Alcohol and Sugar Production Plant Behavior'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Jakupovic, Alen; Pavlic, Mile; Asenbrener, Martina (Croatia): ''Measuring the Size and Contribution of ERP Solutions through Covered Business Sectors'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Lin, Dong; Dong, Mingchui; Tou, Chipio (Bryan) (Macau): ''Novel FDBC with Creative Technology for Integrating Advantages of Distributed and Centralized Systems'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Xie, Hao; Fang, Zhiyi; Mei, Xiaowei; Ding, Fang (China): ''Analysis on SOA Service Components Based on FCA'' (Virtual Presentation)

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
7:45 AM - 9:30 AM 

General Joint Plenary Session of all Collocated Conferences (with Plated Breakfast)

(Room: Indian)

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM      Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert Cherinka (The MITRE Corporation, USA), Reshaping the Enterprise with Web 2.0 Capabilities: Challenges with Main-Stream Adoption across the Department of Defense

8:45 AM – 9:30 AM      Keynote Speaker: Professor Michael H. W. Hoffmann (University of Ulm, Germany), Qualifications Frameworks -- Tools for comparison of degrees?

 
FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Registration
(Room: Florida Bay 1)

 

 
FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Knowledge Generation, Communication & Management - Human/Group/Organizational & MIS (KGCM / ISAS)
(Room: Tampa Bay 1)

Co-Chair: Maria Estela Dal Pai Franco (Brazil); Ieva Zeltmate (Latvia)
 
  Czejdo, Bogdan D. *; Baszun, Mikolaj **; Cummings, Thompson *** (* United States, ** Poland, *** Grenada): ''Knowledge Workers’ Advisor Based on Information Logistics Models''

  Dal Pai Franco, Maria Estela; Afonso, Mariangela Rosa (Brazil): ''Institutional Management of Research in Higher Education: Strategies to Identify Quality Categories''

  Doong, Shing H. (Taiwan): ''An Information Systems Impact Study Based on Task-Technology Fit Theory and Nonparametric Bootstrapping''

  Fahey, Albert J.; Thorne, Barbara B.; Zeissler, Mitchell F. (United States): ''Accommodating High-Volume Experimental Data from Scientific Equipment while Maintaining Security and Regulatory Compliance in a Moderate Size Diverse Collaborative Environment.''

  Fontaine, Louis; Selouani, Sid-Ahmed (Canada): ''Intelligent Agents for Customer Behavior Prediction to Improve Relationship Marketing''

  Iams, Richard (United States): ''Taxonomy as a Service for Enterprise Applications: An Approach to Improving Information Findability'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Slivone, Miroslav; Siroky, Jaromir; Cempirek, Vaclav (Czech Republic): ''Transportation Cost Comparison between Single and Multiple Allocation in Hub-and-Spoke Networks'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Zeltmate, Ieva; Grundspenkis, Janis (Latvia): ''An Extension of Frame-Based Knowledge Representation Schema''

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Meta-Engineering Technologies (ICEME)
(Room: Tampa Bay 2)

Co-Chair: Raouf Alomainy (United States); Reza N. Jazar (Australia)
 
  Alomainy, Raouf; Li, Wei (United States): ''An Empirical Study of Messaging Systems and Migration to Service-Oriented Architecture''

  Boenzli, Eva *; Hadorn, Maik *; Eggenberger Hotz, Peter ** (* Switzerland, ** Denmark): ''Meta-Engineering in Drug Design: A Roadmap to Implement a Novel Liposome-Based Testbed'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Hoag, Lucy; Kichkaylo, Tatiana; Barnhart, David (United States): ''A Systems Architecting Approach to Automation and Optimization of Satellite Design in SPIDR''

  Jazar, Reza N. (Australia): ''Autodriver Algorithm''

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Control Systems, Technologies & Applications / Computer Science & Engineering (CCCT / IMCIC)
(Room: Tampa Bay 3)

Co-Chair: Khalid H. Qamar (Pakistan); Henryk Kapron (Poland)
 
  Bober, Dariusz; Kapron, Henryk (Poland): ''New Model of Electric Energy Consumption Control - Its Possibilities and Results of Simulation Research''

  Braghin, Francesco; Cinquemani, Simone; Resta, Ferruccio (Italy): ''A Linear Model of Magnetostrictive Actuators for Active Vibration Control'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Brezmes, Tomas; Cotrina, Josep; Gorricho, Juan-Luis; Rersa, Marc (Spain): ''User Activity Monitoring Using Conventional Cell Phones for IMCIC 2010''

  Goddard, Wayne; Srimani, Pradip K. (United States): ''Anonymous Self-Stabilizing Distributed Algorithms for Connected Dominating Set in a Network Graph''

  Hübner, Dirk H.; Ortwig, Harald H. (Germany): ''Simulation Based Optimization of a Mechatronic Pressure Controller for CNG Powered Engines''

  McClusky, Douglas (United States): ''A Value-Based Energy Manager for Wireless Sensor Networks''

  Qamar, Khalid H. (Pakistan): ''Clocked Simulation for Digital Control Systems''

  Shen, Zhen; Yao, Jing; Yi, Dong-Yun (China): ''High Level Architecture and Agent Technology Based Astronautics Simulation Platform and Cluster Computing Environment’s Construction'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Zhang, Xiao-Dong; Wang, Yun-Xia; Li, Yao-Nan; Zhang, Jin-Jin; Zhang, Xiao-Dong (China): ''An Approach for Pattern Recognition of EEG Applied in Prosthetic Hand Drive''

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
Technological Development and Innovation II (ICEME)
(Room: Biscayne Bay)

Co-Chair: Sheldon X. Liang (United States); Maik Rosenberger (Germany)
 
  Buono, Dario; Senatore, Adolfo; Sannino, Salvatore (Italy): ''Analysis of the Frequency Response of the Mean Value Filter''

  Liang, Sheldon X.; Sambasivam, Samuel (United States): ''PADT: SSAD-Streamlined and Component-Based Development Perspective, Activity, and Documentation Transitioning Approach''

  Mikkola, Minna; Risku-Norja, Helmi; Kurppa, Sirpa (Finland): ''Meta-Engineering Sustainable Food System by Panoramic Co-Configuration as a Developmental Tool''

  Rosenberger, Maik; Schellhorn, Mathias; Linss, Gerhard; Schumann, Maik; Werner, Patrick; Lübbecke, Steffen (Germany): ''Quality Control for Springs During the Production Process Based on Image Processing Technologies''

  Yu, Hueiju; Ko, Hsien-Tang; Lu, Hsi-Peng (Taiwan): ''Using Kano’s Model in Designing Technology Enabled Innovative Service: An Experiential Marketing Perspective'' (Virtual Presentation)

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM 
ICSIT Conversational Meeting
(Room: Florida Bay 3)

 
FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) (ICETI)
(Room: Tampa Bay 1)

Co-Chair: Kirthi Premadasa (United States)
 
  Dias, Filipe; Oliveira, Igor; Freitas, Flávia; Garcia, Francisco; Cunha, Paulo (Brazil): ''Research and Development Low-Cost Board for Experimental Verification of Video Processing Algorithms Using FPGA Implementation'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Fedorova, Natalia; Levit, Vladimir; Figueiredo, Eliton Lima de (Brazil): ''Synoptic Meteorology and Atmospheric Thermodynamics Education in Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil''

  Martin, Paul; Premadasa, Kirthi (United States): ''Effective Use of Wikis in College Mathematics Classes''

  Quinnell, Rosanne; Hibbert, Brynn (Australia): ''Introducing an Electronic Laboratory Notebook to PhD Students Undertaking Chemistry Research at a Research Intensive University''

  Zaneldin, Essam (United Arab Emirates): ''Using Spreadsheets and VBA for Teaching Civil Engineering Concepts''

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Computing Technologies / Communication & Network Systems, Technologies & Applications (CCCT / IMCIC)
(Room: Tampa Bay 2)

Co-Chair: Duncan Folley (United Kingdom);  Victor A. Vega-Lozada (Mexico)
 
  Chandersekaran, Coimbatore S.; Simpson, William R. (United States): ''A Persona Framework for Attribution, Delegation and Least Privilege''

  Folley, Duncan; Wilkinson, Steve; Thomson, Simon (United Kingdom): ''Rebooting the Student’s Attention Span by Using Personal Response Systems''

  Liang, Tao; Li, Qiqiang; Ding, Ran (China): ''A Self-Organizing Approach to Reactive Scheduling of Multiproduct Batch Plants''

  Mustafa, M. W.; Khalid, S. N.; Khairuddin, A.; Shareef, H. (Malaysia): ''Reactive Power Allocation Using Support Vector Machine''

  Vega-Lozada, Victor A.; Lambertt Lobaina, Angel (Mexico): ''Analysis of Nonparametric Kernel Density Estimator in OFDM Systems''

  Yazawa, Toru; Shimoda, Yukio (Japan): ''EKG Recording without Obstructive Noise Due to Physical Movement: A Terminal EKG-Monitoring Device for Online Communication in a Public Healthcare Link''

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Complexity III (IMCIC)
(Room: Tampa Bay 3)

Co-Chair: Ed Manley (United Kingdom)
 
  Beetz, K. Richard; Kolbe, Lutz M. (Germany): ''IT Organization and Business-IT Power Sharing for the Ability to Manage IT Complexity: An Agenda for Action'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Manley, Ed; Cheng, Tao (United Kingdom): ''Understanding Road Congestion as an Emergent Property of Traffic Networks''

  Sellitto, Miguel Afonso; Borchardt, Miriam; Pereira, Giancarlo Medeiros; Guimarães, Marcelo Giovani (Brazil): ''Relative Complexity Measurement of a Supply Chain Based on Information Theory''

  Wang, Chuan-Ju; Lyuu, Yuh-Dauh (Taiwan): ''On the Complexity of Bivariate Lattice with Stochastic Interest Rate Models''

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Process and Product Control (CCCT)
(Room: Biscayne Bay)

Co-Chair: Paul Duffy (Ireland)
 
  Chuan-Xin, Wang; Cheng, Shao; Yu, Han (China): ''Compressor Anti-Surge Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Based on LS-SVM'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Duffy, Paul *; Woods, Gerry *; Walsh, James *; Kane, Michael ** (* Ireland, ** United States): ''Online Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring and Control System''

  Kim, Jin-Sung; Lee, Yeol; Kwon, O-Shin; Park, Sung-Man; Heo, Hoon (South Korea): ''Design of Newly Robust PID Controller for Reverse Osmosis Plant''

  Kwon, O-Shin; Kim, Jin-Sung; Park, Sung-Man; Heo, Hoon; Jung, Won-Hee (South Korea): ''MIMO Controller with Compensator via Gain Tuning Method for Steam Temperature Control of Thermal Power Plant''

  Lee, Yeol; Lee, Yong-Hee; Na, Sang-Gun; Kwon, O-Shin; Heo, Hoon (South Korea): ''The Improvement of the PID Response Using Support Vector Regression''

  Na, Sang-Gun; Kim, Jin-Sung; Park, Sung-Man; Lee, Yong-Hee; Heo, Hoon (South Korea): ''Auto Tuning PID Controller Based on Improved GA for the Membrane of RO Process''

  Vrána, Stanislav; Šulc, Bohumil (Czech Republic): ''Model-Free PID Controller Autotuning Algorithm Based on Frequency Response Analysis'' (Virtual Presentation)

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Societies II (ICSIT)
(Room: Mediterranean A)

Co-Chair: John Crilly (United States);
Steve Nwokeocha (Nigeria)
 
  Crilly, John; Lewis, JoAnn (United States): ''Internet-Based Psychiatric Interventions: Applications for Rural Veterans at Risk for Suicide''

  Hamilton, William; Krebs, Lorri K. (United States): ''Spatial Informatics: The Key to Regional Economic Development''

  Nwokeocha, Steve (Nigeria): ''The Digital Divide between Students and Lecturers: A Case Study of the Access and Attitudes Towards Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Selected Nigerian Universities.''

  Rossini, Alessandro; Rutle, Adrian (Norway): ''Computer Science and Society: Is a New Social Contract Possible?'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Shapiro, Yvonne (South Africa): ''How the National Learners’ Records Database of the South African Qualifications Authority Contributes to Excellent Information Management among its Data Suppliers'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Suresh, Lal B. (India): ''Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Gender Development in India''

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 
Engineering Concepts, Relations and Methodologies II (ICEME)
(Room: Mediterranean B)

Co-Chair: Yufang Bao (United States); Eunji Lim (United States)
 
  Bao, Yufang; Wong, Kwok C. (United States): ''Simulation of Grass Land Distribution in North Carolina''

  Dimova, Rozalina; Markova, Valentina (Bulgaria): ''Engineering Education as a Stage for Successful Professional Career''

  Harishchandra, Jagtap; Ravindra, Koli; Sachin, Baste; Thiyagarajan, S.; Vinayak, Chavan; S., Kolluru; Aditya, Mulemane (India): ''Optimisation of Engine Cooling for Knock Suppression of Turbocharged Gasoline Engine'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Hoffmann, Michael H. W.; Nagl, Manfred (Germany): ''Skills and Competences of a Doctor of Engineering''

  Lim, Eunji; Luo, Yao (United States): ''Statistical Techniques for the Initial Transient Problem in Steady–State Simulations''

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee Break

(Room: Tampa Bay Lobby)

 
FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Education: Concepts, Technologies and Methodologies II (ICETI)
(Room: Tampa Bay 1)

Co-Chair: Christian Kaufmann (Austria);
Te-Shun Chou (United States)
 
  Chou, Te-Shun; Li, ChengCheng; Lunsford, Philip J. (United States): ''Design of a Network Management Course Using Virtual Machine Technology''

  DiCerbo, Kristen E.; Kovac, Ron; West, Patti; Frezzo, Dennis C.; Behrens, John (United States): ''Individual Practice and Collaborative Inquiry. Instructional Configurations in a Simulation Environment''

  Kaufmann, Christian; Mense, Alexander; Wahl, Harald; Pucher, Robert (Austria): ''Reducing Drop-Out Rate of a Technical Oriented Course by Introducing Problem Based Learning – A First Concept''

  Kirby, Stephen; Toland, Benjamin; Deegan, Catherine (Ireland): ''Program Visualisation Tool for Teaching Programming in C''

  Masebe, Johnny (South Africa): ''Programme Accreditation - Experiences at a University of Technology in South Africa.''

  Watjatrakul, Boonlert (Thailand): ''Attitudes toward Student-Customer Concept: Educational Level, Institution Status and Interdisciplinary Studies''

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Communications Systems / Cybernetics / Informatics (IMCIC / CCCT)
(Room: Tampa Bay 3)

Co-Chair: Karl Theodor Kalveram (Germany); 
Alexander Nielen (Germany)
 
  Al-Mulhem, Muhammed S. (Saudi Arabia): ''Grammars for RNA Structures''

  Chen, S. C.; Huang, G. S. (Taiwan): ''The i-Largest Number Domination Sequences and their Application to the Average Case Analysis of the Horspool Algorithm''

  Danišová, Nina; Velíšek, Karol; Horváth, Štefan (Slovakia): ''Intelligent Camera System at the Workplace of Intelligent Assembly-Manufacturing Cell'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Debnath, Rameswar; Kurita, Takio (Japan): ''A Comparison of Evolutionary Methods Based on SVM Error-Bound Theories for Multicategory Microarray Gene Expression Data''

  Hsieh, Yung-Cheng (Yung); Chien, Ju-Chun (Joan); Cheng, Ssu-Yi (Cindy) (Taiwan): ''The Development of Kin-Men National Park Digital Archive''

  Kalveram, Karl Theodor; Seyfarth, André (Germany): ''Learning the Inverse Dynamics of a Robot Arm by Auto-Imitation''

  Nielen, Alexander; Jeske, Tim; Schlick, Christopher M.; Arning, Katrin; Ziefle, Martina (Germany): ''Interdisciplinary Assessment of Process Modeling Languages Applicable for Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises''

  Ruíz Ledesma, Elena Fabiola (Mexico): ''The Use of an Interactive Computational System as a Support in the Teaching of the Ratio and Proportion Notions''

  Rullis, Hermanis; Sloka, Biruta (Latvia): ''Internet Banking Systems in Latvia: Challenges and Solutions'' (Virtual Presentation)

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Informatics / Cybernetics (Virtual Session) (IMCIC)
(Room: Pensacola Bay)

 
  Almayyan, Waheeda *; Own, Hala S. **; Zedan, Hussein * (* United Kingdom, ** Egypt): ''Information Fusion in Biometrics: A Case Study in Online Signature'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Nagendran, Shyamala; Manca, Donna; Violato, Claudio (Canada): ''The Design of an e- Knowledge Model (e-KM) and the Study of its Efficacy for Learning Surgical Procedures by Medical Students'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Rossmann, Jürgen; Hempe, Nico (Germany): ''A Flexible Framework for General, Multi-Agent Based Real-Time Crowd Simulation'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Smedberg, Åsa; Sandmark, Hélène (Sweden): ''Stress Management 2.0 – A Holistic Approach to Self-Management Online'' (Virtual Presentation)

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Complexity IV (IMCIC)
(Room: Biscayne Bay)

Co-Chair: J. Prasanna Kumar (India)
 
  Duffany, Jeffrey L. (Puerto Rico): ''Complexity Layers in Graph Coloring''

  McDowell, William; Reyes-González, Leonardo; Veloso, Francisco M. (United States): ''The Evolution of Community Structure in a Coauthorship Network''

  Priyadarshini, J.; Anandhakumar, P.; Srinivasan, Swetha; Chackaravarthy, E.; Prasanna Kumar, J. (India): ''A Heuristic Approach for Graph Coloring Using Combinatorics''

  Shen, Bor-Yeh; Hsu, Wei Chung; Yang, Wuu (Taiwan): ''Register Reassignment for Mixed-Width ISAs is an NP-Complete Problem''

  Yao, M. H.; Zhang, W. (China): ''Multi-Pulse Chaotic Dynamics of Functionally Graded Materials Rectangular Plate''

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Training (ICETI)
(Room: Mediterranean A)

Co-Chair: Amos Olagunju (United States)
 
  Costa, Valter; Barros, Camila; Silva, Jaidilson; Barros, Luciano (Brazil): ''Rotational Speed Control Based on Microcontrollers''

  Dvorak, Zdenek *; Cekerevac, Zoran **; Kelemen, Miroslav *; Sousek, Radovan *** (* Slovakia, ** Serbia, *** Czech Republic): ''Enhancing of Security on Critical Accident Locations Using Telematics Support''

  Fuchs, Pavel; Novák, Jan; Saska, Tomáš; Šmída, Jirí; Havlícek, Jirí; Dvorák, Zdenek; Soušek, Radovan (Czech Republic): ''Dangerous Goods Transport Impact Assessment to the Environment''

  Lai, Theresa; Daud, Muneira; Tan, Alvin (Singapore): ''A Blended Approach of Ngee Ann’s Professional Learning Community (PLC)'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Olagunju, Amos; Zongo, Romaric (United States): ''Training Appropriate for Computer Certification at Two-Year Institutions''

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Engineering Concepts, Relations and Methodologies III (ICEME)
(Room: Mediterranean B)

Co-Chair: Cristina Ribeiro (Canada); Raul Campos Posada (Mexico)
 
  Campos Posada, Raul; Campos Posada, Gloria Elisa; Munoz, Juan Carlos (Mexico): ''Applied Research at a Maquiladora for the Reduction in the Consumption of Electric Energy through the Use of Data Warehouses''

  Leander, Robert; Guvenc, Pelin; Das, Moumita; Umbaugh, Scott (United States): ''Development of a New Algorithm for Blood Vessel Segmentation in Retinal ../Images Using the CVIP Algorithm Test and Analysis Tool'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Ribeiro, Cristina; Mavaddat, Farhad; Ferworn, Alexander (Canada): ''Adaptive Engineering of an Embedded System, Engineered for Use by Search and Rescue Canines''

  Topalova, Irina; Tzokev, Alexander (Bulgaria): ''Automated Classification of Marble Plate Textures with MLP-PLC Implementation'' (Virtual Presentation)

  Xiao, Qian (China): ''A New Wavelet Coefficients Correlation Denoising Method Applied in Fault Detection''

  Yassin, Mohamed F. (Kuwait): ''Numerical Simulation of Pollutant Dispersion from Point Source in an Urban Area''

FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2010

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Award Ceremony and Toast

(Room: Indian)

(Award Certificates will be only delivered at the Award Ceremony. No exceptions will be made under any circumstances.)