The 13th World Multi-Conference on
 
Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2009
 
 
Jointly with
 
  The 15th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis: ISAS 2009  
 
July 10th - July 13th, 2009 – Orlando, Florida, USA
 
 
 

Conference Program


  SUNDAY, JUNE 29th, 2009  
 
(9:00 AM - 12:00 PM ) (1:00 PM - 6:00 PM )
Registration Registration
Salon 20 Salon 20
 

  MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009  
 

General Joint Plenary Session

7:30 AM - 10:00 AM

(Room: Junior Ballroom)

Registration

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

(Room: Salon 20)

Registration

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM )

(Room: Salon 20)

( 10:10:00 AM - 12:10:00 PM ) ( 1:10:00 PM - 3:40:00 PM ) ( 4:00:00 PM - 6:30:00 PM )

Concepts, Principles, Methodologies, Ethics and Cybernetics   
 
Case Studies of Successful MIS Application and Business Operations to the Enterprises and Industrial Sectors
0000137 
 
Intelligent BioMed Systems on Chip (iBSoC) Technologies  
0000114 
Practical Realization of Artificial Neuron and Cellular Automata Based Evolutionary Computing Using Organic Molecules and their Assembly I  
0000064 
Practical Realization of Artificial Neuron and Cellular Automata Based Evolutionary Computing Using Organic Molecules and their Assembly II 
0000064 
 
Computing Techniques II 
 
Bio-Medical Informatics and Cybernetics I  
 
Computer Science and Engineering I 
 
 
Education and Information Systems  
 
Human Information Systems   
 
Bio-Medical Informatics and Cybernetics II 
 
 
Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering I 
 
Systemics   
 
Advanced Nanomaterials New Concepts and Technologies  I 
IS00082 
 
The Studies of Consumer Behavior and Risk Assessment for Virtual Communities  
IS00142 
Computing Techniques I  
 
Concepts, Principles, Methodologies and Applications of Cybernetics  
 
 
Communication and Network Systems, Technologies and Applications I 
 
 
Advanced Nanomaterials New Concepts and Technologies  II 
0000082 
Knowledge Communication and Peer Reviewing  (KCPR)  
Engineering, Informatics and Management I (MEI)
 

Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management I  (KGCM)

Exploring the Principles, Applications, and Practices for the Business Model of KM Platform   (KGCM)
IS00025 

Knowledge Management and Knowledge Generation  (KGCM)

Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management II (KGCM)

 

Workshop 

 

Reception

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

(Room: Junior Ballroom)

 

  TUESDAY, JULY 01st,  2009  
 

General Joint Plenary Session

7:30 AM - 10:00 AM

(Room: Junior Ballroom)

Registration

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

(Room: Salon 20)

Registration

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM )

(Room: Salon 20)

( 10:10:00 AM - 12:10:00 PM ) ( 1:10:00 PM - 3:40:00 PM ) ( 4:00:00 PM - 6:30:00 PM )

Sustainability in Financial Markets Behaviour: Concept, Problems, Decisions I 
0000125   
Sustainability in Financial Markets Behaviour: Concept, Problems, Decisions II 
0000125 
Computing Techniques III 
 
 
Computer Science and Engineering II 
 
Control Systems, Technologies and Applications I 
 
 
Control Systems, Technologies and Applications II 
 
Communication Systems and Networks  
 
 
Network Management and Control  
 
Information Systems, Technologies and Applications (ISAS 2009)  
 
 
Information Systems Development I 
 
Complexity and Intelligence of the Artificial Systems: Bio inspired Computational Methods and Computational Methods Applied in Medicine  
0000045 
 
Engineering and Management Science  (MEI)
 
 
Management Science  (MEI)
 
Bio- and Medical Informatics and Cybernetics I (BMIC)
 
 
Biomedical Engineering   (BMIC)
0000038 

WMSCI 2009 

Plenary Session

Energy, Informatics and Cybernetics I (EIC)
 
 
Energy, Informatics and Cybernetics II (EIC)
 

Additional Topics, suggested by the members of Program Committee for KGCM 2009 I (KGCM)

Additional Topics, suggested by the members of Program Committee for KGCM 2009 II (KGCM)

Conversational Session on Academic Globalization

 

  WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009  
 

General Joint Plenary Session

7:30 AM - 10:00 AM

(Room: Junior Ballroom)

Registration

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

(Room: Salon 20)

Registration

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM )

(Room: Salon 20)

( 10:10:00 AM - 12:10:00 PM ) ( 1:10:00 PM - 3:40:00 PM ) ( 4:00:00 PM - 6:30:00 PM )

Artificial Intelligence for Modelling Missing Data  
0000010 
 
Computing Techniques IV 
 
Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering II  
 
Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering III 
 
 
Image, Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing  
 
Optical Systems, Technologies and Applications (OIC 2009) / Image Processing   
 
Robotics I 
 
 
Robotics II 
 
Academic Globalization / Cognitive Informatics   
 
Communication and Network Systems, Technologies and Applications II 
 
 
Information Systems Development III 
 
Information Systems Development II  
 
Application of Information Systems  
0000115 
 
Optical, Microwave, and Radio-Frequency Systems, Networks, and Devices  
0000101 
Modelling, Optimisation and Simulation in Production and Logistics  
0000001 
 
Academic Globalization 
 
Computer Science and Engineering III  
 
 
Risk Management and Cyber-Informatics I (RMCI)
 
 
Risk Management and Cyber-Informatics II (RMCI)
 
Engineering, Informatics and Management II  (MEI)
 
Computational Pathophysiology of Cardiac Cells II (BMIC)
0000113 
 
Computational Pathophysiology of Cardiac Cells I  (BMIC)
0000113 
Bio- and Medical Informatics and Cybernetics II (BMIC)
 
 
Bio- and Medical Informatics and Cybernetics III (BMIC)
 
Neural Networks and Soft Computing in Signal, Communications and Industry   
0000079 
 
Bioinformatics on Nanotoxicity and the Environment  
0000006 
Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management III  (KGCM)
 
Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management IV (KGCM)  
Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management V (KGCM)

Conversational Session on Academic Globalization

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

(Room: Signature 2)


 

 


Papers Presentation Schedule


SUNDAY, JUNE 29th, 2009
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Registration
(Room: Salon 20)
   
MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
7:30 AM - 10:00 AM 

General Joint Plenary Session of All Collocated Conferences (With Plated Breakfast)

 

7:55 AM – 8:40 AM       Keynote Speaker: Dr. Subhas Misra

"Transitioning Plan-Driven Software Development Projects to Agile"

8:40 AM – 9:25 AM       Keynote Speaker: Professor Louis H. Kauffman

“Eigenform”

9:25 AM – 10:00 AM     Keynote Speaker: Professor Yaroslav Sergeyev

“Infinity Computer’

(Room: Junior Ballroom)

 

 
MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration
(Room: Salon 20)

 

 
MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Concepts, Principles, Methodologies, Ethics and Cybernetics 
(Room: Salon 3)

Co-Chair:
Richard Squires (United States); Richard S. Segall (United States)
 
  Gudas, Saulius (Lithuania): ''Enterprise Knowledge Management Aspects and Layers''

  Robinson, Jean; Sattaluri, Sridevi; Rodriguez, Gil; Austin, Toyia; Squires, Richard (United States): ''The Ethics and Responsibilities of Telecommuting as Part of a Business System''

  Segall, Richard S.; Zhang, Qingyu (United States): ''Web Mining of Hotel Customer Survey Data''

  Weng, Jui-Feng; Cho, Li-Hao; Tseng, Shian-Shyong; Su, Jun-Ming (Taiwan): ''An Adaptive Learning Strategy Scheme for Role Playing Learning''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
9:30 AM - 12:10 PM 

Practical Realization of Artificial Neuron and Cellular Automata Based Evolutionary Computing Using Organic Molecules and their Assembly I - Invited Session (0000064) 
(Room: Salon 4)

Organizer: Anirban Bandyopadhyay (Japan)

Chair: Artëm Masunov (United States)

 
  Fujita, D.; Sagisaka, K. (Japan): ''Fabrication and Characterization of Artificial Nanostructures by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy''

  Asai, Tetsuya (Japan): ''Unconventional Silicon Microprocessors Based on Reaction-Diffusion Computing''

  Pfeifer, Rolf (Switzerland): ''Beyond Control – On the Role of Materials in Intelligent Behavior''

  Wakayama, Yutaka (Japan): ''Molecular Nanowires for Multi-Channel and Multi-Value Transistor''

  Freund, Rodolf (Austria): ''Membrane Systems''

  Zhbanov, A. I.; Chang, Y. -C. (Taiwan): ''Carbon Nanotubes in Strong Electric Fields: Field Emitters and Switchers''

  Bandyopadhyay, Anirban (Japan): ''Massively Parallel Supercomputing via Cellular Automation on a Molecular Neuron Assembly''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Bio-Medical Informatics and Cybernetics I 
(Room: Salon 5)

Co-Chair: Victor Vickland (Australia)
 
  Aziz, Ahmad (United States): ''Use of Linkage and Phenetic Analyses Software Tools on SagaTM Archived Data from Digitized Gel-Images''

  Bakardjian, Hovagim; Martínez, Pablo; Cichocki, Andrzej (Japan): ''Steady-State Visual Evoked Responses as a Reliable Tool for an Online 8-Command Brain-Machine Interface''

  Kim, Kyung-Ah; Choi, Seong-Su; Lee, In-Kwang; Kim, Dong-Jun; Koo, Heung-Seo; Kim, Wun-Jae; Cha, Eun-Jong (South Korea): ''Validation of Pressure Measuring Technique for Uroflowmetry''

  Kinie, Abel; Montois, Jean-Jacques (France): ''Identification of Brain Areas Involved in Epileptic Activity by Means of Multi-Agents System''

  Li, Qiqiang; Gao, Yongchao (China): ''Backbone Based Extremal Evolutionary Optimization for Combinatorial Problems''

  Vickland, Victor; Brodaty, Henry (Australia): ''Application of Statecharts and Agent Based Modelling in Representing Clinically Relevant Aspects of Dementia and Depression in Alzheimer's Disease''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Human Information Systems 
(Room: Salon 6)

Co-Chair: Soren Duus Ostergaard (Denmark); Dmitry Zinoviev (United States)
 
  Enomoto, Kenji; Kondo, Yuki; Obayashi, Fumiaki; Iwakawa, Mikio; Ishii, Hirotake; Shimoda, Hiroshi; Terano, Masaaki (Japan): ''An Experimental Study on Improvement of Office Work Productivity by Circadian Rhythm Light''

  Ostergaard, Soren Duus; Hvass, Michael (Denmark): ''eGovernment 2.0 - How Can Government Benefit from Web 2.0?''

  Park, Young C. (South Korea): ''Study of e-Learning and ICT Education in Korea''

  Souza, Geraldo da Silva e; Staub, Roberta Blass; Tabak, Benjamin Miranda (Brazil): ''Assessing the Significance of Factors Effects in Output Oriented DEA Measures of Efficiency: An Application to Brazilian Banks''

  Zinoviev, Dmitry (United States): ''Topology and Geometry of Online Social Networks''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Systemics 
(Room: Salon 8)

Co-Chair: Sergio Pissanetzky (United States); Alejandro Sandoval Correa (Mexico)
 
  Deabes, W. A.; Abdelrahman, M. A. (United States): ''An Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm for Electrical Capacitive Tomography Using Fuzzy System''

  Granillo Macías, Rafael; Sandoval Correa, Alejandro (Mexico): ''Contribution to the Stakeholders Needs and Expectations Transfer into Project Activities''

  Han, Wei; Bian, Xiaoqing (China): ''The Public Products Supply System in Chinese Rural Areas Based on Implicit Demand Using System Dynamics''

  Lakhoua, Mohamed Najeh (Tunisia): ''Using Inference Rules to Simplify Academic Orientation''

  Munteanu, Calin; Caramihai, Simona; Odubasteanu, Carmen; Antonescu, Florian (Romania): ''Development of Decision Support System Modeled with Hibrid Petri Nets''

  Pissanetzky, Sergio (United States): ''The Matrix Model of Computation''

  Pissanetzky, Sergio (United States): ''Applications of the Matrix Model of Computation''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Computing Techniques I 
(Room: Salon 9)

Co-Chair: Serguei A. Mokhov (Canada); R. Miller (United States)
 
  Cherinka, R.; Miller, R. (United States): ''Agile Engineering of Scalable Enterprise-Level Capabilities''

  Fang, Chen-An; Chen, Yu-Kumg (Taiwan): ''Memory Saving for Solving the Towers of Hanoi Problem''

  Lin, Lien-Fa; Chen, Chao-Chun (Taiwan): ''Continuous Nearest Neighbor Search''

  Mokhov, Serguei A.; Huynh, Lee Wei; Li, Jian; Rassai, Farid (Canada): ''A Privacy Framework within the Java Data Security Framework (JDSF): Design Refinement, Implementation, and Statistics''

  Nonaka, Hidetoshi (Japan): ''Operation-Based Notation for Archimedean Graph''

  Torfs, Bert (Belgium): ''Accelerating Natural Language Processing for Applications in Pharmaceutical Research''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management I (KGCM)
(Room: Salon 14)

Co-Chair: Frank Meng (United States); Sylvie Albert (Canada)
 
  Goan, Miki; Fukaya, Takugo; Tsujita, Katsuyoshi (Japan): ''Two Succeeding Stages in Acquisition Process of a Rehearsed Drama: Applying System Dynamics to Human Collaborative Behavior''

  Grundspenkis, Janis (Latvia): ''Knowledge Creation Supported by Intelligent Knowledge Assessment System''

  Lebrasseur, Rolland *; Albert, Sylvie *; Flournoy, Don ** (* Canada, ** United States): ''Managing the Knowledge Workforce in Networked Communities''

  Meng, Frank; Nystrom, Donna (United States): ''Mining Pattern Changes in Sensor Data Streams Using Approximate Sequence Alignment''

  Nerguizian, Vahé; Rafaf, Mustapha (Canada): ''Problems and Projects Based Approach for Analog Electronic Circuits' Course''

  Tai, David W. S.; Wang, Ray; Lai, Liang-Chu (Taiwan): ''A Novel Teaching Model in Vocational Senior High School''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Exploring the Principles, Applications, and Practices for the Business Model of KM Platform - Invited Session (0000025) (KGCM)
(Room: Salon 15)

Organizer: Jang-Ruey Tzeng (Taiwan)
Co-Organizer: Shu-Chiung Lin (Taiwan)
 
  Chen, Patrick S.; Tzeng, Jang-Ruey; Liu, Yung-Kuei (Taiwan): ''A Study of a Smart Multi-Layered Modular System for Portal Sites Security —A Case of TMIC in Taiwan''

  Lin, Shu-Chiung; Chou, Andrew; Liao, Shun-Chuan; Chang, Po-Yi (Taiwan): ''A Study of e-Learning Model for Defense Education in Taiwan''

  Tzeng, Jang-Ruey; Lin, Shu-Chiung; Lin, Wei-Kuo; Chou, Andrew; Liu, Shih-Chi (Taiwan): ''Exploring a Business Model for Digitalized T-earning Platforms— A PKM Perspective''

  Tzeng, Jang-Ruey; Hong, Wen-Hwa; Liu, Shih-Chi; Lin, Wei-Kuo; Lin, Yi (Taiwan): ''A Study of A Web 2.0-Based Educative Platform''

  Tzeng, Jang-Ruey; Chen, Patrick S; Liu, Yung-Kuei; Lin, Jing; Weng, Ching-Chu (Taiwan): ''A Study of Security Mechanism for Personalized Knowledge Management (PKM) Websites''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Case Studies of Successful MIS Application and Business Operations to the Enterprises and Industrial Sectors - Invited Session (0000137) 
(Room: Salon 3)

Organizer: Huei Huang Chen (Taiwan)
Co-Organizer: Shu Chiung Lin (Taiwan)
 
  Chang, Po-Yi; Chen, Wei Tong; Tzeng, Jang-Ruey (Taiwan): ''A Study of VM/VE/ABC Integrated Model Applied in a Taiwanese Post Company''

  Chen, Huei-Huang; Chen, Shih-Chih; Kao, Yu-Cheng (Taiwan): ''Construct APS System Planning Reference Models from a Process Perspective: A Case Study for Information Manufacturing Industries''

  Chen, Patrick S.; Lin, Shu-Chiung; Huang, Fang-Ying (Taiwan): ''A Study of Factors in Successful ERP for Cross-Strait Enterprises —An Electronic Co. Case in Taiwan''

  Chen, Huei-Huang; Tsai, Li-Hung (Taiwan): ''A Study of Successful ERP – From the Organization Fit Perspective''

  Govers, Mark; Mur-Veeman, Ingrid (Netherlands): ''Knowledge Management in ERP Practice: The Paradox of Flexibility''

  Tzeng, Jang-Ruey; Lin, Shu-Chiung; Chou, Andrew; Chang, Chan-Yen; Liu, Kuo-Shean (Taiwan): ''A Study of Assessing “Business Excellence” Performance for Industrial Sectors in Taiwan''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:45 PM 

Practical Realization of Artificial Neuron and Cellular Automata Based Evolutionary Computing Using Organic Molecules and their Assembly II - Invited Session (0000064) 
(Room: Salon 4)

Organizer: Anirban Bandyopadhyay (Japan)

Chair: Rolf Pfeifer (Switzerland)

 
  Fujita, Makoto (Japan): ''Nanoscopic Self-Assembly via Coordination''

  Lee, Hyoyoung (South Korea): ''Transition Metal-Terpyridine Complexes for the Molecular Memory''

  Liebeschuetz, John W.; Bandyopadhay, Anirban (United Kingdom): ''Molecular Electronic Devices and Structural Chemistry: An Old Science in the Service of a New''

  Masunov, Artëm E.; Mikhailov, Ivan A.; Belfield, Kevin D. (United States): ''Computational Design of Organic Photochromic Molecules for Applications as Logical Switches and Memory Elements in All-Optical and Optoelectronic Circuits''

  Hill, Jonathan P.; Ariga, Katsuhiko (Japan): ''Aspects of Synthesis and Self-Assembly for Molecular Electronic Systems''

  Song, Yanlin (China): ''Organic thin Films for High Density Information Storage''

  Pati, Ranjit (United States): ''Manipulating Spin in a Molecular Circuit for the New Generation Computing''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Computer Science and Engineering I 
(Room: Salon 5)

Co-Chair: Nobuhiko Mukai (Japan); David J. Campbell (United States)
 
  Berrached, Ali (United States): ''Dynamic Grid-Based Interest Management for Distributed Virtual Environments''

  Campbell, David J.; Dullea, James (United States): ''On the Data Cube Design Process''

  Kipp, Alexander; Schubert, Lutz; Assel, Matthias (Germany): ''Supporting Dynamism and Security in Ad-Hoc Collaborative Working Environments''

  Mukai, Nobuhiko; Shida, Mariko; Kosugi, Makoto (Japan): ''A Real-Time Rendering Method of Dynamic Reflection on a Transparent Object''

  Thakur, Amrit' Anshu; Vaughn, Rayford; Anantharaj, Valentine (United States): ''Handling Undiscovered Vulnerabilities Using a Provenance Network''

  Vallejos, Rolando Vargas (Brazil): ''A Framework Based in Knowledge Management to Create a Virtual Organization Breeding Environment''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Bio-Medical Informatics and Cybernetics II 
(Room: Salon 6)

Co-Chair: Martin Haluzik (Czech Republic); Zbigniew Starosolski (Poland)
 
  Haluzik, Martin *; Wilinska, Malgorzata E. **; Chassin, Ludovic J. **; Svacina, Stepan *; Hovorka, Roman **; Kremen, Jaromir *; Blaha, Jan *; Haluzikova, Denisa *; Matias, Michal *; Anderlova, Katerina *; Bosanska, Lenka *; Roubicek, Tomas * (* Czech Republic, ** United Kingdom): ''The Use of Computer-Based Model Predictive Control Algorithm to Govern Blood Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients''

  Mráz, Miloš; Roubícek, Tomáš; Haluzíková, Denisa; Bošanská, Lenka; Novák, Daniel; Vratislav, Fabián; Štepánková, Olga; Haluzík, Martin (Czech Republic): ''OLDES: A Novel Concept Supporting Elderly People at Homes by a Combination of Entertainment and Health Care Platforms''

  Polanski, Andrzej; Starosolski, Zbigniew (Poland): ''Sensitivity of Protein - Ligand Interaction Energies with Respect to Spatial Positions of Hydrogen Atoms''

  Qi, Jineng; Shao, Shihuang; Cao, Xinxin (China): ''Plausible Prediction of Cellular Responding Radiotherapy Based on a Modeling of Gene Regulatory Networks''

  Sliskovic, Merica; Munitic, Ante; Jelic-Mrcelic, Gorana; Tomasevic, Marko (Croatia): ''System Dynamic Model of Sustainable Sardine Catch in Eastern Adriatic''

  Wang, Yi-Hsin; Chiang, Ding-An; Huang, Shuo-Peng; Wang, Yi-Fan (Taiwan): ''To Analysis the Relapse of Endometriosis's Patient Treated with Ultrasound Guided Aspiration of Ovarian Endometrioma and Ethanol Sclerotherapy by Using Decision Tree''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Advanced Nanomaterials New Concepts and Technologies  I - Invited Session (0000082) 
(Room: Salon 8)

Organizer: Eri Yoshida (Japan)
 
  Sawada, Hideo (Japan): ''Preparation of Fluoroalkyl End-Capped N-(1,1-Dimethyl-3-Oxobutyl)Acrylamide Oligomer/Silica Nanocomposites Possessing no Weight Loss Characteristic at 800 oC''

  Kijima, Masashi; Ayuta, Yoshiaki; Ichikawa, Yuichi; Kobayashi, Norifumi (Japan): ''Thermal Conversions of Conjugated Polymers to Porous Materials''

  Takizawa, Yasuomi (Japan): ''Lipid Chemistry Related to Nanomaterials''

  Okajima, Idzumi; Sako, Takeshi (Japan): ''Treatment and Energy Recovery from Waset Biomass Using sub- or Supercritical Water''

  Kihara, Nobuhiro (Japan): ''Polycatenane, the Approach and the Perspective to the Novel Polymerization''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Concepts, Principles, Methodologies and Applications of Cybernetics 
(Room: Salon 9)

Co-Chair: Hennes De Ridder (Netherlands); Jaime Ortegon_Aguilar (Mexico)
 
  Bermeo, José; Bravo-Córdoba, Germán; Contreras, Sebastían; Zarama, Roberto (Colombia): ''Platform for the Analysis of Written Texts in Terms of Conceptual Graphs: Study Case, Cybernetics of Cybernetics Course''

  De Ridder, Hennes (Netherlands): ''Dynamically Controlled Adaptable Buildings in a Fast Changing World''

  Ortegon-Aguilar, Jaime; Vázquez-Castillo, Javier; Castillo-Atoche, Alejandro (Mexico): ''Touchscreen Interface for Classroom Development Projects''

  Skarler, Viktoria (Denmark): ''Organizational Model Visualized in 3D''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Knowledge Communication and Peer Reviewing (KCPR)
(Room: Salon 12)

Co-Chair: K. Abrams (United States); Timothy McNamara
(United States)
 
  Abrams, K.; Pearlman, J.; Groff, A. (United States): ''Community of Practice Fine-Tunes a Clinical Decision-Support Tool''

  Junod, Suzanne White (United States): ''Congressional Drug Hearing Analysis: Can the Past Inform the Present?''

  Liu, Yi-Li; Tseng, Shian-Shyong; Lin, Huan-Yu; Weng, Jui-Feng; Chu, Yian-Shu; Su, Jun-Ming (Taiwan): ''Program Peer Assessment Using Tagging Approach''

  May, Charlene; McNamara, Timothy (United States): ''Innovations in Peer Review: The Role of Collaboration Management Technology in Medical Publishing''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Knowledge Management and Knowledge Generation (KGCM)
(Room: Salon 15)

Co-Chair: Balbir S. Sihag (United States); Gary G. Parks (United States)
 
  Ahsan, Ali; Sajid, Ali (Pakistan): ''Supervisory Divergence between South Asian & Chinese Middle Management Standpoint and its Operational, Motivational & Unconstructive Long Term Significant Consequence in Technical Organizations in South Asia''

  Leduc, Raymond; Kabene, Stefane (Canada): ''An Examination of the Influences on Collaboration and Knowledge Transfer in an Interdisciplinary Healthcare Environment''

  Mainetti, Luca; Paiano, Roberto; Bucciero, Alberto; Guido, Anna Lisa; Santo Sabato, Stefano; Capone, Luciano; Barchetti, Ugo; Pulimeno, Enrico (Italy): ''YOUFILE: Ontology Based System for Document Smart Indexing''

  Morosini, Marília Costa; Franco, María Estela Dal Pai (Brazil): ''Building Categories in Higher Education Pedagogy: From the Generation to the Socialization of Knowledge''

  Parks, Gary G. (United States): ''Knowledge Management and Business Strategies''

  Qian, Li; Guodong, Bao (China): ''The Discussion about the Deaf University Teaching Mode under the Framework of Constructing Information Technology''

  Sihag, Balbir S. (United States): ''Kautilya on Management by Wisdom during the Fourth Century BCE''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Workshop: "Sign and Space", Professor Louis H. Kauffman
(Room: Salon 19)
 
MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee Break

(Room: Salon Alcove)

 
MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Intelligent BioMed Systems on Chip (iBSoC) Technologies - Invited Session (0000114) 
(Room: Salon 3)

Organizer: Kamran Eshraghian (United States)
Co-Organizer: Kyoung Rok Cho (South Korea)
 
  Callico, Gustavo M.; López, Sebastian; Tobajas, Félix; De Armas, Valentin; López, José F.; Núñez, Antonio; Sarmiento, Roberto (Spain): ''Towards the Use of Super-Resolution in Biomedical Systems-on-Chip''

  Choi, Yu-Lee; Kim, Seok-Man; Son, Sang-Hee; Cho, Kyoung-Rok (South Korea): ''Design of the RFID for Storage of Biological Information''

  Courtois, Bernard; Charlot, Benoit; Di Pendina, Gregory; Rufer, Libor (France): ''Infrastructures for Education, Research and Industry: CMOS and MEMS for BioMed''

  Khine, Michelle (United States): ''Shrinky-Dink Microfluidics''

  Kim, Chul *; Nooshabadi, Saeid ** (* Australia, ** South Korea): ''Design of a Low Power UWB Integrated Circuit for Endoscope Applications''

  Shon, Ho Sun; Yi, Gyeong Min; Ryu, Keun Ho (South Korea): ''Gene Expression Data Analysis by Multivariate Statistical Method''

  Yoo, Young-Sun; Kim, Seung-Youl; Yoo, Kwan-Hee; Kim, Yong-Dae; You, Younggap (South Korea): ''Reconstruction of 2D/3D Endoscope Images from Massive Inner Intestine Photos''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Computing Techniques II 
(Room: Salon 4)

Co-Chair: Yusin Lee (Taiwan); Sharon Simmons (United States)
 
  Chiou, Rong Nan (Taiwan): ''Adaptive Maximums of Random Variables for Precise Network Simulations''

  Coculescu, Cristina; Coculescu, Corneliu (Romania): ''Contributions to Balancing Problem Solving in Determinist Case''

  Lee, Yusin; Chen, Chuen-Yih (Taiwan): ''Modeling and Solving the Train Pathing Problem''

  Nzigou Mamadou, Hyacinthe; Nanri, Takeshi; Murakami, Kazuaki (Japan): ''Dynamic vs Static Implementations of MPI on New Trend Computer Architectures''

  Rafiq, A. N. M. E.; Mao, Y. (Canada): ''A Novel Approach for Automatic Adjudication of New Malware''

  Riley, Jack Wesley; Dampier, David A.; Vaughn, Rayford B. (United States): ''A Security Focus to the IEEE CONOPS and Software Requirements Specification''

  Simmons, Sharon; Edwards, Dennis (United States): ''Extending Security for Multi-Threaded Servers''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Education and Information Systems 
(Room: Salon 5)

Co-Chair: Esther Zaretsky (Israel); Hiroshi Shimoda (Japan)
 
  Aoyagi, Saizou; Fujino, Hidenori; Ishii, Hirotake; Shimoda, Hiroshi; Yoshikawa, Hidekazu; Sugiman, Toshio; Sakuda, Hiroshi (Japan): ''Proposal and Evaluation of a Method for Promoting Organizational Learning to Foster Safety Culture in Nuclear Power Plants''

  Barilli, Elomar; Ebecken, Nelson; Cunha, Gerson (Brazil): ''The Technology of Virtual Reality Supporting the Education in the Distance: The Formation of Workers of the System of Health of Brazil''

  Hammami, Salah; Mathkour, Hassan (Saudi Arabia): ''An Arabized Electronic Learning System''

  Hassan, H. M. *; Al-Hammadi, Ayoub **; Al-Saleem, Saleh M. *** (* Egypt, ** Germany, *** Saudi Arabia): ''Comparison between Swarm Intelligence Optimization and Behavioral Learning Concepts Using Artificial Neural Networks (An over view)''

  Lee, Chin-Ling; Lin, Cheng-Jian (Taiwan): ''A Study on Digital English Learning Material Use Behavior Based on Technology Acceptance Model''

  Wallace, David; Ball, Kathleen; Wolf, James (United States): ''Developing a Large Enterprise System IS Curriculum by Integrating the Traditional Mainframe and Client-Server Environments''

  Zaretsky, Esther (Israel): ''Generation and Application of Virtual Dynamic Learning Environments''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering I 
(Room: Salon 6)

Co-Chair: Marnix Koopman (Netherlands)
 
  Ariffin, M. K. A.; Badakhshian, M.; Sulaiman, S. B.; Faeiza, A. A. (Malaysia): ''Automated Guided Vehicles Scheduling Optimization by Fuzzy Genetic Algorithm''

  Feng, Lihua; Zhang, Xingcai (China): ''Principle of Maximum Entropy and Risk Analysis of Disaster Loss''

  Huang, Heqing; Yi, Yang; Wang, Jiyue (China): ''Time Window Constraint Resource Allocation by Artificial Life Methods''

  Kanno, Jinko; Richardson, Nicholas; Phillips, James; Kupwade-Patil, Kunal; Mainardi, Daniela S.; Cárdenas, Henry E. (United States): ''Modeling and Simulation of Electromutagenic Processes for Multiscale Modification of Concrete''

  Kim, Jae Min; Chung, Won Jee; Park, Ki Beom; Joo, Ji Hun; Jang, Moo Sung; Choo, Sung Youb; Kim, Jong Kun (South Korea): ''CUP (Customer Usage Profiling)-Based Stochastic Design Technique Using DOE (Design of Experiment)''

  Koopman, Marnix (Netherlands): ''The Spatial Foundations of the Housing Market''

  Park, Ki Beom; Joo, Ji Hun; Kim, Jae Min; Chung, Won Jee (South Korea): ''Analysis of Unbalance Effect for Super High-Speed Spindle Using ADAMS®-Based Flexible Body Modeling Technique and Spindle Error Analyzer® Experiment''

  Radotic, Ksenija; Kalauzi, Aleksandar; Djikanovic, Daniela; Mutavdzic, Dragosav; Jeremic, Milorad (Serbia): ''Application of Mathematical Models and Statistical Approach in Analysis of Fluorescence Spectra of Biological Molecules''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
The Studies of Consumer Behavior and Risk Assessment for Virtual Communities - Invited Session (0000142)
(Room: Salon 8)

Organizer: Jang Ruey Tzeng (Taiwan)
Co-Organizer: Shu Chiung Lin (Taiwan)
 
  Chen, Patrick S.; Lin, Shu-Chiung; Li, S. H.; Shi, Perry (Taiwan): ''A Study of Risk Assessment of Information Assets in Banking Industry —A Case of the Taiwan's Bank''

  Chen, Shih-Chih; Chen, Huei-Huang (Taiwan): ''The Influence of Technology Readiness on the Theory of Planned Behavior with Self-Service Technologies''

  Lin, Shu-Chiung; Chou, Andrew; Hsu, Shu-Mei; Lin, Wei-Kuo; Liu, Kuo-Shean (Taiwan): ''Understanding Commodity Character and Purchase Intention —Looking into an e-Shopping Case''

  Lin, Shu-Chiung; Chou, Andrew; Hsu, Shu-Mei; Tzeng, Jang-Ruey (Taiwan): ''The 80/20 Rule AND Long-Tail in the Online Auction Market— A Case Study on YAHOO Auction, Taiwan''

  Lin, Yi; Tzeng, Jang-Ruey; Liu, Shih-Chi; Liu, Kuo-Shean; Chou, Andrew (Taiwan): ''A Study of Shaping Consuming Behavior in Virtual Communities''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Communication and Network Systems, Technologies and Applications I 
(Room: Salon 9)

Co-Chair: Michael G. Coffman (United States); Daniel Genin (United States)
 
  Al Haddad, Mohammed (Saudi Arabia): ''Cluster of Dedicated workstations for: PQA (Invited Paper)''

  Coffman, Michael G. (United States): ''Industrial Networking Basics and Ethernet Development for Industrial Applications''

  Genin, Daniel; Marbukh, Vladimir (United States): ''Toward Understanding of Metastability in Cellular CDMA Networks: Emergence and Implications for Performance''

  Hassan Mostafa, Hassan Mohammed (Egypt): ''On Comparative Analogy Between Behavioral Learning Performance, and Quantified Creativity Phenomenon Using Artificial Neural Networks''

  Ledesma, Sergio; Torres, Miguel; Aviña, Gabriel; Hernández, Donato; Cerda, Gustavo (Mexico): ''Hurst Parameter Transition Detection on Self-Similar Network Traffic''

  Lee, Sunguk; Lin, Yu-Ju; Latchman, Haniph (United States): ''Comparative Performance Analysis of Recent Powerline and Wireless Technologies for Multimedia Home Networking''

  Lee, NamKyung; Chang, DaeIg; Lee, HoJin; Lee, DongJun (South Korea): ''Performance Evaluations of Dynamic Routing Protocols of Mobile Ad Hoc Network for Disaster Relief''

  Li, Wei; Fang, Zhiyi; Xu, Peng; Si, Haiyang (China): ''An IPv6-Oriented IDS Framework and Solutions of Two Problems''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Advanced Nanomaterials New Concepts and Technologies II - Invited Session (0000082) 
(Room: Salon 11)

Organizer: Eri Yoshida (Japan)
 
  Takagi, Koji; Matsuoka, Shin-Ichi; Suzuki, Masato (Japan): ''Conjugated Oligomers Forming an Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding: Twisted Conformation and Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer''

  Aoyama, Yoko *; Novak, Bruce M. ** (* Japan, ** United States): ''Another Synthesis Route to New Materials: Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatic Polymers''

  Lee, Jae-Suk; Changej, M.; Kang, Nam-Goo; Kang, Bum-Goo; Koh, Haeng-Deog (South Korea): ''Synthesis of Block Copolymers Containing Pyridine Moiety and their Micellization''

  Mori, Hideharu (Japan): ''Controlled Synthesis of Optoelectronic Polymers by RAFT Polymerization''

  Horibe, Hideo (Japan): ''Environmentally Friendly Photo-Resist Removal Technology''

  Obata, Makoto (Japan): ''Syntheses and Applications of Polymeric Materials Having Photosensitizing Functionality''

  Yoshida, Eri; Kuwayama, Satoshi (Japan): ''Micelle Formation Induced by Photolysis of a Poly (Tert-Butoxystyrene)-Block-Polystyrene Diblock Copolymer''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Engineering, Informatics and Management I (MEI)
(Room: Salon 12)

Co-Chair: Jaehyung Yu (United States); Ana Almeida (Portugal)
 
  Almeida, Ana (Portugal): ''Personalized Sightseeing Tours Recommendation System''

  Gong, Rongsheng *; Chen, Tieming **; Huang, Samuel H. * (* United States, ** China): ''A Fuzzy Rule Extraction Method for Welding Fault Diagnosis''

  Kawabata, Ryo; Ito, Atsushi; Itoh, Kiyoshi (Japan): ''A System for Supporting the Allocation of Personnel to Multi-Projects''

  Ozcam, Burcu (Turkey): ''Quick Response Model for Humanitarian Operations and Natural Disasters''

  Teich, Tobias; Unger, Katja; Militzer, Jörg; Zimmermann, Matthias (Germany): ''Automatic Request Handling by Enhancing Functional Characterization of Resources and Demand''

  Wei, Jyh-Da; Meng, Hui-Mei (Taiwan): ''A Knowledge Relation Map Generator to Visualize the Group Knowledge Formation on a Knowledge Portal''

  Yu, Jaehyung; Oh, Joon-Yeoul (United States): ''Estimation of Hurricane Property Damage Using GIS for Corpus Christi, TX''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management II (KGCM)
(Room: Salon 15)

Co-Chair: Mark Kornfein (United States); Ron Caro (United States)
 
  Abu-Shawar, Bayan; Al-Sadi, Jehad (Jordan): ''Knowledge Management View Extracted from Learning Management System Used at AOU''

  Boskovic, Sanja; Beyenir, Serhat; Peters, Harold (Canada): ''Remote Laboratory, a Hybrid Learning Environment''

  Caro, Ron; Quinn, John; Harvey, Douglas; Mentz, Lisa (United States): ''Knowledge Management in Action''

  Ha, Lidan; Zenebe, Azene (United States): ''Knowledge Management in Government''

  Jastroch, Norbert (Germany): ''Adaptive Interenterprise Knowledge Management Systems''

  Luskova, Maria; Hudakova, Maria; Slepecky, Jaroslav (Slovakia): ''Knowledge Management in University Education''

  Rajiv, Vrinda; Kornfein, Mark (United States): ''Wind Turbine Fulfillment Center. A Streamlined Approach to Knowledge Capture, Retention and Communication for Wind Turbine Suitability Analysis''

MONDAY, JUNE 30th, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Reception
(Room: Junior Ballroom)

 

 
TUESDAY, JULY 01st,  2009
7:30 AM - 10:00 AM 

General Joint Plenary Session of All Collocated Conferences (With Plated Breakfast)

 

7:55 AM – 8:40 AM       Keynote Speaker: Professor Dale L. Lick

‘Top-Down and Bottom-Up Leadership:  Both Critical to Improving the Effectiveness of Technology in Learning Processes”

 

8:40 AM – 9:25 AM      Keynote Speaker: Professor H. John Caulfield

"Holography without Leith and Denisyuk"?  

 

9:25 AM – 10:00 AM     Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gary Metcalf

"Patterns of Significance: Complexities that arise between science and human decision-making"

 

(Room: Junior Ballroom)

 

 
TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration
(Room: Salon 20)

 

 
TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 AM 

WMSCI 2009 Plenary Session

(Room: Salon 10)

 

 
TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Sustainability in Financial Markets Behaviour: Concept, Problems, Decisions I - Invited Session (0000125) 
(Room: Salon 3)

Organizer: Aleksandras Vytautas Rutkauskas (Lithuania)
Co-Organizer: Viktorija Stasytyte (Lithuania)
 
  Chlivickas, Eugenijus (Lithuania): ''Creating Training System in Eastern and Central Europe: Essential Assumption for Stable Development in Labour-Market''

  Ginevicius, Romualdas; Ginevicius, Adomas (Lithuania): ''Sustainability Decisions in Marketing Complex Cost Optimization Process''

  Rutkauskas, Aleksandras Vytautas (Lithuania): ''Sustainable Investment Return in Exchange and Capital Markets: Concept, Expect, Aspire''

  Stankeviciene, Jelena (Lithuania): ''Integrated Asset and Liability Portfolio Modeling for Commercial Banks''

  Stasytyte, Viktorija; Rutkauskas, Aleksandras Vytautas (Lithuania): ''Prospecting for Sustainable Investment Possibilities in Financial Markets''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Computing Techniques III 
(Room: Salon 4)

Co-Chair: Yoichi Higashiyama (Japan); Jeff Zadeh (United States)
 
  DeVolder, Dennis; Ghazanshahi, Shahin; Zadeh, Jeff (United States): ''Software Testing and Quality Assurance''

  Dvornik, SrDan; Dvornik, Joško; KulenoviC, Zlatan (Croatia): ''Qualitative Simulation Model of Ship Steam Boiler''

  Figueiredo, Lino; Machado, J. A. Tenreiro (Portugal): ''SITS – Simulator of Intelligent Transportation Systems''

  Fujimoto, Yu; Murata, Noboru (Japan): ''A Generalized Product Rule and Weak Independence Based on Bregman Divergence''

  Higashiyama, Yoichi *; Rumchev, Ventsi ** (* Japan, ** Australia): ''New Method for the Failure Probability of Strict Circular Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F System''

  Valakevicius, Eimutis; Pranevicius, Henrikas (Lithuania): ''An Algorithm for Creating Markovian Models of Complex Systems''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Control Systems, Technologies and Applications I 
(Room: Salon 5)

 
  Deng, Zhicheng; Xue, Tom; Cao, Huayu (China): ''Realization of a Bluetooth Network-Based Multi-Module System''

  Pazos-Revilla, Marbin; Siraj, Ambareen (United States): ''Tools and Techniques for SSE-CMM Implementation''

  Sui, Xiu-Wu; Li, Yang; Du, Yu-Hong; Xie, Wang (China): ''The Application of the Self-Adaptive Generalized Predictive Control in Multi-functional Hyperthermia Equipment''

  Tarcã, Radu Cãtãlin; Ivanescu, Andrei; Barda, Ioana; Albeanu, Grigore; Pasc, Ildiko; Popentiu Vlãdicescu, Florin (Romania): ''Augmented Reality Used for a Remote Robot Control''

  Tsai, J. S. H. *; Lin, M. H. *; Guo, S. M. *; Shieh, L. S. **; Liu, C. R. ** (* Taiwan, ** United States): ''Novel State-Space Self-Tuning Control of Two-Dimensional Linear Discrete-Time Stochastic Systems for Active Fault Tolerant Control''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Communication Systems and Networks 
(Room: Salon 6)

Co-Chair: Evgenia Adamopoulou (Greece); D. S. Dawoud (South Africa)
 
  Adamopoulou, Evgenia; Demestichas, Konstantinos; Theologou, Michael (Greece): ''Robust Discovery of Reconfiguration Capabilities for Cognitive Radio''

  Dawoud, D. S. *; Akorli, Felix ** (* South Africa, ** Rwanda): ''Noise Shaping in Sigma-Delta Modulator''

  Eren, Evren; Detken, Kai-Oliver (Germany): ''WiMAX-Security – Assessment of the Security Mechanisms in IEEE 802.16d/e''

  Kim, Dae-Jung; Kim, Jeong-Jai; Lee, Seung-Min; Jun, Moon-Seog (South Korea): ''Design and Implementation of Authentication and Cryptography Method for EPCglobal''

  Renner, Ray; Rotenstreich, Shmuel (United States): ''Durative Events in Publish and Subscribe Systems''

  Terdik, György *; Gyires, Tibor ** (* Hungary, ** United States): ''Fractal Modeling of Internet Traffic''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Information Systems, Technologies and Applications (ISAS 2009) 
(Room: Salon 8)

Co-Chair: Jodie Wetherall (United Kingdom); Cesar Pérez-Alvarez (United States)
 
  Biancalana, Claudio; Gasparetti, Fabio; Micarelli, Alessandro (Italy): ''Knowledge Retrieval and Personalization in Virtual Enterprises''

  Cheng, Yong-Hua; Lu, Yi-Hung; Lin, Yu-Ching; Liu, Chia-Ling (Taiwan): ''A Telematics System with PnP Management between MOST Network and Heterogeneous Networks''

  Muttlak, Hassen (Saudi Arabia): ''Cumulative Sum Statistical Control Charts using Ranked Set Sampling Data ''

  Oh, J. S.; Choi, K. S.; Kwon, J. R.; Kim, J. Y. (South Korea): ''Identifying the Near-Workloads in the Mixed Database Applications''

  Pérez-Alvarez, Cesar (United States): ''Cultural Dimensions and Group Perceptions in Electronic Environments''

  Qi, Fei (Hong Kong): ''Customization Outsourcing in Software Development''

  Wetherall, Jodie; Woodhead, Steve (United Kingdom): ''Investigation into a Modular Rule-Based Testing Method for Testing Business Rules in Scheduling Applications''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Complexity and Intelligence of the Artificial Systems: Bio inspired Computational Methods and Computational Methods Applied in Medicine - Invited Session (0000045) 
(Room: Salon 9)

Organizer: Barna Laszlo Iantovics (Romania)
 
  Din, Chao Y. (United States): ''Requirements Content Goodness and Complexity Measurement Based on NP Chunks''

  Nechita, Elena; Crisan, Gloria Cerasela; Talmaciu, Mihai (Romania): ''Cooperative Ant Colonies for Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows. A Case Study in the Distribution of Dietary Products''

  Riihentaus, Juhani (Finland): ''Separately Subharmonic Functions and Quasi-Nearly Subharmonic Functions''

  Talmaciu, Mihai; Nechita, Elena (Romania): ''A Hybrid Algorithm for the Bisection Problem in O-Graphs''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Engineering and Management Science (MEI)
(Room: Salon 12)

 
  Feglar, Tomas (Czech Republic): ''Enterprise Engineering in the Investment Management''

  Guillén, Eduardo; Martínez, Manuel; Barbeito, Susana (Spain): ''Adapting Research Methods for Solving Vehicle Rounting Problem with Time Windows to Real Life Data. Evolution of the ALADIN Method and Implementation to a Real Life Data''

  Leenders, Mark A. A. M.; Gemser, Gerda (Netherlands): ''Managing Risk Tolerance and Cross-Functional Integration for Innovation Success''

  Martínez, Manuel; Guillén, Eduardo; Barbeito, Susana (Spain): ''The Evaluation of Excellence in Northern Spain Companies. Implementation of Statistical Models''

  Wallner, Bernard; Machatschke, Ivo H.; Fieder, Martin (Austria): ''Occupational Ethology: A New Perspective in Occupational Stress Research''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Bio- and Medical Informatics and Cybernetics I (BMIC)
(Room: Salon 13)

Co-Chair: Ali Larab (France); Khuong Vu (United States)
 
  Arzi, Mohammad (France): ''A New Method for Continuous ECG Analysis Using Geometric Algebra and Fuzzy Clustering''

  Larab, Ali; Rigaud, Bernard; Pécatte, Jean-Marie (France): ''Detection of the Space Confusion Problem at the Alzheimer Patient''

  Masilamani, V.; Krithivasan, Kamala (India): ''Reconstructing 3D-Structure from Microscopic Projections Using Filters''

  Tian, Feng; Zhang, Xinyu; Liu, Xiangjun (China): ''A New Approach to Identify Differentially Expressed Genes by Integrating Cancer Microarray and SAGE Data''

  Vu, Khuong; Youn, Eunseog (United States): ''Protein Classification Using a Structural Hidden Markov Model''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Energy, Informatics and Cybernetics I (EIC)
(Room: Salon 10)

Co-Chair: Mazeda Tahmeen (Canada); Clara Marika Velte (Denmark)
 
  Fukase, Masa-Aki; Sato, Tomoaki (Japan): ''Development of Parallelizing Compilers of a Ubiquitous Processor''

  Hosseinzadeh, N. *; Hesamzadeh, M. R. *; Seifi, A. R. ** (* Australia, ** Iran): ''A Novel Hybrid Optimization Procedure for Distribution Capacitor Placement with Varying Load Condition''

  Salkic, Hidajet; Madžarevic, Vlado; Muharemovic, Alija; Hukic, Eldar (Bosnia, Herzegowina): ''Numerical Solving and Experimental Measuring of Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields in Aspect of Exposure to Non-Ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation''

  Shevchenko, Sergii; Tokarevsky, Volodimir (Ukraine): ''On the Information as on the Utmost Fundamental Concept''

  Tahmeen, Mazeda *; Hareland, Geir *; Nygaard, Runar ** (* Canada, ** United States): ''Software Development for Real-Time Drilling Data Analysis by Retrieving Data from a Remote Server''

  Velte, Clara Marika; Hansen, Martin Otto Lavér; Meyer, Knud Erik; Fuglsang, Peter (Denmark): ''Evaluation of the Performance of Vortex Generators on the DU 91-W2-250 Profile Using Stereoscopic PIV''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Additional Topics, suggested by the members of Program Committee for KGCM 2009 I (KGCM)
(Room: Salon 15)

Co-Chair: Emanuela Todeva (United Kingdom); Theodore J. Gordon (United States)
 
  Gordon, Theodore J. (United States): ''State of the Future Index: A Measure of the Global Outlook for the Future''

  Hao, Bo; Yoshikawa, Tomohiro; Furuhashi, Takeshi; Sugiura, Shin-Ichi (Japan): ''A Development of Early Diagnosis and Hospital Search Support System for Integrate Medical Support System''

  Kibuka-Sebitosi, Esther (South Africa): ''Knowledge Production and Application in Africa''

  Laine, Katja; Cumini, Anne; Karjalainen, Päivi; Mansikkamäki, Pauliina (Finland): ''Knowledge Transfer in the Implementation of a New Technology: An Introduction to the Edu-Print Project''

  López-Nicolas, Carolina; Meroño-Cerdán, Ángel Luis (Spain): ''The Impact of Strategic Knowledge Management on Innovation and Performance''

  Obeid, Nadim; Moubaiddin, Asma (Jordan): ''Dialogue and Argumentation in Knowledge Communication''

  Spalek, Juraj; Dobrucky, Branislav; Luskova, María; Pirnik, Rastislav (Slovakia): ''Modeling of Traffic Flows of Suburban Agglomerations: Technical and Social Aspects, Applications''

  Todeva, Emanuela *; Keskinova, Donka ** (* United Kingdom, ** Belgium): ''Empirical Investigation of the Blog Space: The Case of European Pharmaceuticals''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Conversational Session on Academic Globalization
(Room: Salon 19)
 
TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee Break

(Room: Salon Alcove)

 
TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Sustainability in Financial Markets Behaviour: Concept, Problems, Decisions II - Invited Session (0000125) 
(Room: Salon 3)

Organizer: Aleksandras Vytautas Rutkauskas (Lithuania)
Co-Organizer: Viktorija Stasytyte (Lithuania)
 
  Gaile-Sarkane, Elina; Magidenko, Anatoly; Andersone, Ieva (Latvia): ''Dynamics of Capital Market: Changes in Latvian Consumer Behavior''

  Kimmelis, Yuris; Magidenko, Anatoly (Latvia): ''The Model of Equity Market Evaluation in Latvia''

  Kozlovskis, Konstantins; Lace, Natalja (Latvia): ''The Peculiarities of Money Management for a Small Investor in Volatile Markets''

  Lace, Natalja; Grigorjeva, Julia (Latvia): ''The Liquidity Crunch Impact on Stock Selection: Case from Baltic Equity Market''

  Lisiñski, Marek; Šaruckij, Mark (Poland): ''Internal Audit as an Improvement Tool for Public Sector Organizations. Case of Poland''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Computer Science and Engineering II 
(Room: Salon 4)

Co-Chair: Byron Jeff (United States); Lianfeng Zhang (Netherlands)
 
  Dawoud, D. S. *; Dawoud, Peter D. *; Ndagije, Charles ** (* South Africa, ** Rwanda): ''A Simple High-Speed Multiplier Design''

  Jeff, Byron; Preston, Jon; Qu, Junfeng; Hayes, Jeremy (United States): ''An Examination of Collaborative Development Patterns of FOSS Repositories''

  Tamilselvan, Latha; Sankaranarayanan, V. (India): ''Prevention of Wormhole Attack in MANET''

  Wang, Ti-Hsin; Liang, Tyng-Yeu; Chang, Chia-Hao; Wang, Po-Sen (Taiwan): ''Parallelizing ICA for Text-Feature Extraction in PC Clusters''

  Yang, Shih-Hung; Shieh, Jong-Jiann (Taiwan): ''A Study of Improving Fetch and Execute Engine for Simultaneous Multithreading Processors''

  Zhang, Lianfeng *; Rodrigues, Brian ** (* Netherlands, ** Singapore): ''A Colored Timed Petri Net Approach to Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Modelling''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Control Systems, Technologies and Applications II 
(Room: Salon 5)

Co-Chair: Francisco Jurado (Mexico)
 
  Jurado, Francisco *; Castillo-Toledo, B. *; Di Gennaro, S. ** (* Mexico, ** Italy): ''Stabilization of a Quadrotor via Takagi–Sugeno Fuzzy Control''

  Kozek, M.; Helm, S.; Hametner, C. (Austria): ''A Novel Criterion for Optimal Identification of Wiener Models Using Local Linear Models''

  Moin, Lubna; Ali, Shahid; Uddin, Vali (Pakistan): ''System Response Analysis and Model Order Reduction, Using Conventional Method, Bond Graph Technique and Genetic Programming''

  Moin, Lubna; Ali, Shahid; Uddin, Vali (Pakistan): ''Simulation of Model Based System Design Using Real Time Windows''

  Sanuy, Andreu *; Casanova, Raimon *; Dieguez, Angel *; Samitier, Josep *; Szymanski, Marc **; Wörn, Heinz ** (* Spain, ** Germany): ''Energy Efficient HW/SW Integration in an Autonomous Microrobot''

  Wang, Hongyu; Tian, Zuohua; Shi, Songjiao; Weng, Zhenxin (China): ''A Robust Fault Detection and Isolation Scheme Based on Unknown Input Observers for Discrete Time-Delay System with Disturbance''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Network Management and Control 
(Room: Salon 6)

Co-Chair: Tomas Zelinka (Czech Republic); Christian Krane (Germany)
 
  Demestichas, Konstantinos; Adamopoulou, Evgenia; Theologou, Michael (Greece): ''Towards the Incorporation of Learning and Adaptation Functionality in Cognitive Radio Systems''

  Krane, Christian (Germany): ''Methodology to Evaluate the Quality of Electrical Transmission Networks''

  Lin, Frank Yeong-Sung; Tsang, Po-Hao; Kuo, Chen-Bin (Taiwan): ''Defending against Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks Using Routing Assignments and Resource Allocation Strategies under Quality-of-Service (QoS) Constraints''

  Ramirez Caceres, Guillermo Horacio; Teshigawara, Yoshimi (Japan): ''Study on a Threat-Countermeasure Model Based on International Standard Information''

  Svitek, Miroslav; Zelinka, Tomas (Czech Republic): ''Multi-Path Communications Access Decision Scheme''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Information Systems Development I 
(Room: Salon 8)

Co-Chair: Roland Ukor (United Kingdom); Juman Byun (United States)
 
  Byun, Juman (United States): ''Unparsed, Content-Addressable XML Database Store (UCA XDS) Operation Model for Efficient XML Operation and Flexible Human Knowledge Representation''

  Gottschalg-Duque, Cláudio; Souza e Silva, Maria de Fátima; Mori, Alexandre (Brazil): ''Towards an Ontology of Public Housing Policies in Brazil''

  Ishii, Hirotake; Shimoda, Hiroshi; Nakai, Toshinori; Izumi, Masanori; Bian, Zhiqiang; Morishita, Yoshitsugu (Japan): ''Proposal and Evaluation of a Supporting Method for NPP Decommissioning Work by Augmented Reality''

  Javidi, Giti (United States): ''A Usability Evaluation Instrument for Web Interface Consistency''

  Kiauleikis, Valentinas; Kiauleikis, Mindaugas; Janaviciuté, Audroné (Lithuania): ''Requirements Engineering for Information and Data Quality''

  Ukor, Roland; Armitt, Gillian; Dexter, Hilary (United Kingdom): ''A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Early Requirements Validation in Medical Education''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Management Science (MEI)
(Room: Salon 12)

Co-Chair: Ray Strong (United States); Koh Hotta (Japan)
 
  Chiu, Hung-Chang; Chou, Szu-Yu; Hsieh, Yi-Ching (Taiwan): ''A Study of Customer Retention across Retailers' Channels''

  Ferri, Piero; Variato, Anna Maria (Italy): ''Debt and Monetary Policy in Cycles with Uncertainty''

  Hotta, Koh (Japan): ''Consideration on Adoption of Western Style Management in Japanese Culture of Ambiguity''

  Hsieh, Yi-Ching; Roan, Jinshyang; Chen, Wen-Ying; Chiu, Hung-Chang (Taiwan): ''Determinants of Multichannel Users' Satisfaction in Financial Services''

  Strong, Ray *; Sun, Wei *; Gaucher, Brian *; Zhou, Ruoyi *; Bloom, Paul *; Bowen, Nicholas *; Varma, Pradeep ** (* United States, ** India): ''Technology Outlook and Enterprise Impact Analysis Case Study: Future Mobile Technology and Applications''

  Zoghbi-Manrique-de-Lara, Pablo (Spain): ''Testing Some Causes of Cyberloafing on their Similar Influences on Cybercivism in the Workplace''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Biomedical Engineering - Invited Session (0000038) (BMIC)
(Room: Salon 13)

Organizer: Shigehiro Hashimoto (Japan)
Co-Organizer: Tomohiro Sahara (Japan)
 
  Hashimoto, Shigehiro; Kawai, Toshikazu; Uto, Sadahito; Tsujita, Katsuyoshi; Ohsuga, Mieko; Yoshiura, Masahiko; Tsutsui, Hiroshi; Akazawa, Kenzo; Fujisato, Toshia; Mochizuki, Shuichi; Kobayashi, Hiroyuki; Nakaizumi, Fumitaka (Japan): ''Parallel Curriculum between Application and Fundamental Subjects with Rotational Experimental Project for Multidisciplinary Study Field of Biomedical Engineering''

  Kondo, Hideo; Yoshiura, Masahiko; Tsutsui, Hiroshi; Akazawa, Kenzo; Kawai, Toshikazu; Uto, Sadahito; Tsujita, Katsuyoshi; Yamada, Eiji; Yamaoka, Tetsuji; Hashimoto, Shigehiro; Yamasaki, Kenichi; Ono, Kohei; Okada, Masahide; Fujisato, Toshia; Kobayashi, Hiroyuki; Mochizuki, Shuichi; Ohsuga, Mieko (Japan): ''Movement of Cultured Myotube with Electrical Stimulation''

  Okada, Masahide; Kawai, Toshikazu; Uto, Sadahito; Tsujita, Katsuyoshi; Yamada, Eiji; Kondo, Hideo; Otani, Hajime; Yoshinaka, Kiyoshi; Yamaoka, Tetsuji; Hashimoto, Shigehiro; Takase, Jun; Ohsuga, Mieko; Nakamura, Kana; Akazawa, Kenzo; Mochizuki, Shuichi; Kobayashi, Hiroyuki; Fujisato, Toshia (Japan): ''Measurement of Periodical Contraction of Cultured Muscle Tube with Laser''

  Sahara, Tomohiro; Hashimoto, Shigehiro; Nakamura, Kana; Tsutsui, Hiroshi; Akazawa, Kenzo; Mochizuki, Shuichi; Matsuoka, Yuichiro; Nishii, Takashi; Kuroda, Kagayaki (Japan): ''Radio Frequency Probe for Improvement of Signal to Noise Ratio in Magnetic Resonance Image with Inductively Coupled Wireless Coil''

  Yamada, Eiji; Ohsuga, Mieko; Hahimoto, Shigehiro; Inoue, Daisuke; Kondo, Hideo; Mochizuki, Shuichi; Yamasaki, Kenichi; Fujisato, Toshia; Okada, Masahide; Nakaoka, Hiroshi (Japan): ''Medium Control System for Muscle Cell Culture''

  Yamada, Eiji; Ohsuga, Mieko; Otani, Hajime; Hashimoto, Shigehiro; Tachibana, Keiji; Okada, Masahide; Yamasaki, Kenichi; Kondo, Hideo; Imoto, Koichi; Mochizuki, Shuichi; Fujisato, Toshia (Japan): ''Effect of Electric Stimulation on Adhesion and Proliferation of Cultured Muscle Cells''

  Yamasaki, Kenichi; Hashimoto, Shigehiro; Okada, Masahide; Ono, Kohei; Fujisato, Toshia; Mochizuki, Shuichi; Yoshiura, Masahiko; Tsutsui, Hiroshi; Akazawa, Kenzo (Japan): ''Design of Environment for Arrangement of Cultured Muscle Cells''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Energy, Informatics and Cybernetics II (EIC)
(Room: Salon 10)

Co-Chair: S. Y. Kan (Netherlands); Tatsuya Yamazaki (Japan)
 
  Elazari, Ami (Israel): ''Multi Solar (PVT) Co-Generation Power Station''

  Jain, Siddharth; Sharma, M. P.; Rajvanshi, Shalini (India): ''Evaluation of Engine Performance on Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil''

  Kan, S. Y.; Brezet, J. C. (Netherlands): ''Generic Energy Matching Model and Figure of Matching Algorithm for Integrated Renewable Energy Systems''

  Magalhães, C. H. N.; Gouvêa, M. R.; Tahan, C. M. V.; Kagan, N. (Brazil): ''Planning Model to Reduce the Cost of Load Shedding for Sensible Loads''

  Watson, Richard (United States): ''Determining the Availability of U.S. Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Resources Using Geographic Information System Technologies''

  Yamazaki, Tatsuya; Jung, Jaewook; Kim, Youngjae; Hahn, Minsoo; Teng, Rui; Tan, Yasuo; Matsuyama, Takashi (Japan): ''Integration of Sensor Network and Energy Management System in Home and Regional Community Environments''

  Yukawa, Hideaki (Japan): ''Biofuel Production from Mixed Sugars Derived from Lignocellulosic Biomass by the RITE Bioprocess''

TUESDAY, JULY 01st, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Additional Topics, suggested by the members of Program Committee for KGCM 2009 II (KGCM)
(Room: Salon 15)

Co-Chair: Roberta Mugellesi Dow (Germany)
 
  Camara, Boubacar (Nigeria): ''Knowledge Generation and Communication through Science Education. The African Challenge''

  Gairín Sallán, Joaquín; Rodríguez Gómez, David; Muñoz Moreno, José Luís (Spain): ''Organizational Development, Knowledge Management and Professional Development in Organizations''

  Grundstein, Michel; Rosenthal-Sabroux, Camille (France): ''GAMETH® A Process Modeling Approach to Identify and Locate Crucial Knowledge''

  Leite, Fernando César Lima; Bertin, Patrícia; Pereira, Fernando (Brazil): ''Open Access to Scientific Knowledge: A Methodological Model for Scientific Information and Knowledge Management at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)''

  Makai, Mihály (Hungary): ''Knowledge Management Issues at the Budapest Neutron Centre''

  Mugellesi Dow, Roberta *; Merri, Mario *; Pallaschke, Siegmar *; Armuzzi, Gino ** (* Germany, ** Italy): ''OPSKM - Knowledge Management Project in ESA/ESOC''

  Sheng, M.; Ambikairajah, E.; Epps, J.; Celler, B.; Freney, S. J. (Australia): ''Virtual Classrooms: Education Technology for Distance Education and Self-Directed Content Review''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
7:30 AM - 10:00 AM 

General Joint Plenary Session of All Collocated Conferences (With Plated Breakfast)

 

7:55 AM – 8:40 AM      Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ranulph Glanville

“Cybernetics and Design: Some Surprising Insights”

8:40 AM – 9:25 AM      Keynote Speaker: Professor Stuart Umpleby

"An Intellectual Exposition"

9:25 AM – 10:10 AM    Keynote Speaker: Dr. Karl H. Müller

Disciplinizing Transdisciplinarity: New Organizational Forms for Transdisciplinary Learning”

(Room: Junior Ballroom)

 

 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration
(Room: Salon 20)

 

 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering II 
(Room: Salon 4)

 
  Furtado, Heloisa; Rocha, Renato; Michalski, Miguel Angelo; Almeida, Luiz Henrique; Felippe, Luiz (Brazil): ''Integrity Evaluation of Industrial Plant Equipment Based on Inspection, Monitoring and Computational Diagnosis''

  Janušonis, Stepas; Leonas, Liudas; Petrauskas, Vytautas (Lithuania): ''Self-Formation Model Based on Parametric Space Evolution''

  Kim, Ki Jung; Roh, Hyo Won; Leem, Hyo Kwan; Leem, Rae Soo; Lee, Seong Jo (South Korea): ''Application of a Robot to Grinding Welding-Beads Remained in Removal of Working Pieces for Shipbuilding''

  Lau, Newman; Wong, Ben (Hong Kong): ''Engineering Assessment in Biomechanics and Ergonomic Adoptable for Designer at Early Product Design Phase''

  Nagasawa, Shigeru; Murayama, Mitsuhiro; Takayasu, Atsushi (Japan): ''Development of Education Support System and State Diagnosis Functions for Finite Element Analysis Code''

  Zhao, Rongying; Yang, Ruixian; Dong, Ke; Fang, Qing (China): ''International Competitiveness of Chinese Journals''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Optical Systems, Technologies and Applications (OIC 2009) / Image Processing 
(Room: Salon 5)

Co-Chair: N. Ismail (Malaysia); Olivier Latry (France)
 
  Broussard, Randy P.; Kennell, Lauren R.; Ives, Robert W. (United States): ''Accelerating Image Based Scientific Applications Using Commodity Video Graphics Adapters''

  Khecib, Farouk; Latry, Olivier; Dherbecour, Pascal; Ketata, Mohamed (France): ''Upgraded Optical Transmission Link by Mixing STM-16 and STM-64 with OOK and PSBT Formats in WDM System''

  Li, Chong Xiang; Zhang, Qing Cai; Wang, Xiu Qing; Qin, Fen Tao (China): ''Fast Algorithm Study for Confocal Image Processing''

  San Martin, César; Torres, Sergio (Chile): ''Model-Based Correlation Measure for Gain and Offset Nonuniformity in Infrared Focal-Plane-Array Sensors''

  Vasili, M. R.; Tang, S. H.; Ismail, N.; Sulaiman, S. (Malaysia): ''Open-Rack Structure for Miniload Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems: An Innovative Design Approach''

  Yao, Lan; Gao, Fuxiang; Yu, Ge; Wang, Jian (China): ''A Multi-QoS Constraint Routing Protocol for Multimedia Wireless Sensor Networks''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Academic Globalization / Cognitive Informatics 
(Room: Salon 6)

Co-Chair: Yongqing
Ma (New Zealand)
 
  Ma, Yongqing *; Clegg, Warwick *; O’Brien, Ann **; Huang, Ruhua *** (* New Zealand, ** United Kingdom, *** China): ''Cross-Discipline, Cross-Institutional and Cross-Cultural Collaboration: A Way Forward for Global Digital Library Education''

  Petridis, Constantinos; Liodakis, George; Vardiambasis, Ioannis; Minardi, Stefano; Gopal, Amrutha; Tatarakis, Michael (Greece): ''Promoting Academic Cooperation and Research Collaboration in Optoelectronics and Fiber Optics Communications''

  Ramakrishnan, Sivakumar; Abu Hasan, Yahya (Malaysia): ''Intentional Existence and Ontological Commitment in a Discourse''

  Ramakrishnan, Sivakumar; Abu Hasan, Yahya (Malaysia): ''Neo -Onto-Hermeneutic Déjà Vu Life Cycle''

  Riley, David; Periyasamy, Kasi (United States): ''Globalization of Education – An Experience Report''

  Teng, Xiaoying *; Li, Aihua ** (* China, ** United States): ''Bilingual Content-Based Teaching – An Important Component for Education Globalization''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Information Systems Development II 
(Room: Salon 8)

 
  Aveledo Mayz, Marianella; Moreno Sánchez-Capuchino, Ana María (Spain): ''Responsibilities in the Usability Requirements Elicitation Process''

  Feng, Yaokai; Kaneko, Kunihiko (Japan): ''Prefix Similarity Search in Time Series Databases and a Scheme for its Efficient Evaluation''

  Hashizume, Ayako; Kurosu, Masaaki; Kaneko, Takao (Japan): ''Use of Cell Phone by Senior Users Compared to Young Users''

  Keiller, Peter A.; Mazzuchi, Thomas A.; Mejias, Marlon (United States): ''Software Reliability Modeling During the Early Stages of System Test''

  Kiprushkin, Sergey A.; Korolev, Nikolai A.; Kurskov, Sergey Yu.; Semin, Vadim V. (Russian Federation): ''Data Security and Packet Mode in the Distributed Information Measurement and Control System for Research and Education in Physics''

  Tanawong, Tawin; Chittayasothorn, Suphamit (Thailand): ''Towards a Validtime Case-Based Reasoning System''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Computer Science and Engineering III 
(Room: Salon 11)

Co-Chair: Qiyan Li (China); Joseph T. Wunderlich (United States)
 
  Alajlan, Naif (Saudi Arabia): ''An Improved Heuristic-Based Approach for Solving Square Jigsaw Puzzles''

  Chatman, Yadira; Gangadharan, Sathya; Marsell, Brandon; Schlee, Keith; Sudermann, James; Walker, Charles; Ristow, James; Hubert, Carl (United States): ''Modeling, Simulation, and Parameter Estimation of Lateral Spacecraft Fuel Slosh''

  Doma, S. B.; El-Sharif, A. H. (Egypt): ''Two-Dimensional Fluid Flow Past a Rectangular Plate''

  El-Lithey, S. T.; Sheta, W. M.; Doma, S. B. (Egypt): ''Wavelet-Based Geometry Coding for 3D Mesh Using Space Frequency Quantization''

  El-Sheikh, Eman M.; Becker, Joel R. (United States): ''G-Bots: Intelligent Agents in a Complex Simulated Environment''

  Painter, James G.; Wunderlich, Joseph T. (United States): ''Wunderbot IV: Autonomous Robot for International Competition''

  Qin, Guofeng; Li, Qiyan; Deng, Xiuying (China): ''Simulation and Certification for Collision between Satellites in Solar System Celestial Model''

  Tadj, C. *; Ramdane-Cherif, Amar ** (* Canada, ** France): ''Context-Aware Dynamic Architecture''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Engineering, Informatics and Management II (MEI)
(Room: Salon 12)

Co-Chair: Yasuyuki Nishigaki (Japan); Hamid Darvish (Turkey)
 
  Ahsan, Ali (Pakistan): ''Operational Barriers to Transfer of Technology for Large Scale IT Based Organizations from China to Pakistan''

  Akula, Balaji; Cusick, James (United States): ''Impact of Overtime and Stress on Software Quality''

  Darvish, Hamid (Turkey): ''The Impact of the Latent Semantic Analysis on Science and Technology: A Bibliometric Analysis''

  Lee, Yutae (South Korea): ''Performance Limits of Opportunistic Spectrum Access''

  Nishigaki, Yasuyuki; Nishimoto, Hideki; Terada, Hirokuni (Japan): ''A Complex Logistic Knowledge Base System and its Applications''

  Teich, Tobias; Militzer, Jörg; Zimmermann, Matthias; Unger, Katja (Germany): ''Supplier Based Description of Customer Requests in The Environment of Virtual Organizations''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Computational Pathophysiology of Cardiac Cells I - Invited Session (0000113) (BMIC)
(Room: Salon 13)

Organizer: Stefano Severi (Italy)
 
  Ferrero, José M.; Romero, Lucía; Trenor, Beatriz; Saiz, Javier; Alonso, José M.; Molto, Germán; Doblare, Manuel (Spain): ''Is Dispersion of Refractoriness the Key to Reentry Vulnerability in Myocardial Ischemia? Insights from Simulations''

  Reumann, Matthias *; Fitch, Blake G. *; Rayshubskiy, Aleksandr *; Keller, David U. J. **; Weiss, Daniel L. **; Seemann, Gunnar **; Dössel, Olaf **; Pitman, Michael C. *; Rice, John J. * (* United States, ** Germany): ''Comparison of Computational Load of a Simple and Complex Electrophysiological Cell Models in Large Anatomical Data-Sets on the Blue Gene/L Supercomputer''

  Yang, Jason H.; Saucerman, Jeffrey J. (United States): ''Multi-Scale Model of Phospholamban Mutations in the Mouse Heart''

  Zhang, Henggui; Kharche, Sanjay; Hancox, Jules C. (United Kingdom): ''Mechanistic Insights to Pro-Arrhythmogenesis of Short QT Syndrome Associated with V307L Gene Mutation in Potassium Channel (IKs)''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Neural Networks and Soft Computing in Signal, Communications and Industry - Invited Session (0000079) 
(Room: Salon 14)

Organizer: Diego Andina (Spain)
Co-Organizer: Juan B. Grau (Spain)
 
  Alarcón, Martín J.; Zorzano, Francisco J.; Jevtiæ, Aleksandar; Andina, Diego (Spain): ''Telecommunications Network Planning and Maintenance''

  Buendia, Fulgencio; Tarquis, A. M.; Buendia, G.; Andina, D. (Spain): ''Feature Extraction via Multiresolution MODWT Analysis in a Rainfall Forecast System''

  Cortina-Januch, M. G.; Quintanilla-Domínguez, J.; Jevtic, Aleksandar; Andina, Diego (Spain): ''Application of Fractal and Wavelets in Microcalcification Detection''

  Grau, Juan B.; Anton, José M.; Tarquis, Ana M.; Andina, Diego (Spain): ''Election of Water Resources Management Entity Using a Multi-Criteria Decision (MCD) Method in Salta Province (Argentine)''

  Ropero Peláez, Javier *; Andina, Diego **; Szafir, Silvio **; Ramírez Fernández, Francisco Javier * (* Brazil, ** Spain): ''A Neural Network Approach for Analyzing the Illusion of Movement in Static Images''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
10:10 AM - 12:10 PM 
Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management III (KGCM)
(Room: Salon 15)

Co-Chair: Erin Brown (United States); John W. Coffey (United States)
 
  Basta, Mona (United States): ''An Approach to Modeling Child Care Decisions: How do Single Mothers Leaving Welfare Select Child Care and Decide Whether or Not to Use Subsidies?''

  Coffey, John W. (United States): ''Impediments to Knowledge Communication by Senior Professionals: A Case Study''

  Flynn, Don; Brown, Erin; Krieg, Rebekah (United States): ''A Method for Knowledge Management and Communication within and across Multidisciplinary Teams''

  Grau, I.; Géne-Badia, J.; Sánchez Freire, E.; Bernardo, M.; deSemir, M. (Spain): ''Www.forumclinic.org: An Interactive Website for Patients with Chronic Illnesses''

  Hartonas, Chrysafis; Gana, Eleni (Greece): ''Adaptivity for Knowledge Content in the Semantic Web''

  Li, Yuan; Kramer, Mark R.; Beulens, Adrie J. M.; van der Vorst, Jack G. A. J. (Netherlands): ''Applying Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Engineering to Construct a Knowledge Base for Early Warning and Proactive Control''

  Timmins, Fiona (Ireland): ''Critical Reflection as a Mode of Enquiry''

  Villazón, Rafael; Bravo, Germán; Cifuentes, David (Colombia): ''ArCo: An Ontology for Architectural Concepts in Construction''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Artificial Intelligence for Modelling Missing Data - Invited Session (0000010) 
(Room: Salon 3)

Organizer: Tshilidzi Marwala (South Africa)
Co-Organizer: Fulufhelo Vincent Nelwamondo (South Africa)
 
  García-Laencina, Pedro J.; Sancho-Gómez, José-Luis; Figueiras-Vidal, Anibal R. (Spain): ''Machine Learning Techniques for Solving Classification Problems with Missing Input Data''

  García-Laencina, Pedro J.; Sancho-Gómez, José-Luis; Figueiras-Vidal, Anibal R. (Spain): ''Incomplete Pattern Classification Using a Multi-Task Approach''

  Mistry, Jaisheel; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo V.; Marwala, Tshilidzi (South Africa): ''Using Principal Component Analysis and Autoassociative Neural Networks to Estimate Missing Data in a Database''

  Mohamed, Abdul K.; Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo V.; Marwala, Tshilidzi (South Africa): ''A Hybrid Approach to Estimation of Missing Data through the Use of Neural Networks, Principal Component Analysis and Stochastic Optimization''

  Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo V.; Marwala, Tshilidzi (South Africa): ''Key Issues on Computational Intelligence Techniques for Missing Data Imputation –A Review''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering III 
(Room: Salon 4)

Co-Chair: D. L. Ramers (United States); Tim Gesekus (Germany)
 
  Aidi, Shen; Jianxin, Chu (China): ''A New Method of Frequency Tracking Based on Modified Adaptive Notch Filter''

  Bravo, Germán; Bermeo, José; Contreras, Sebastian (Colombia): ''PAST – A Text Analysis Tool “to Discover” Distinctions''

  Chajtman, Seweryn *; Zyzik, Marek ** (* Poland, ** United States): ''Business Process Model: An Objective Description''

  Herr, Stephan; Teichmann, Michael; Gesekus, Tim (Germany): ''Development and Validation in Air Traffic Control by Means of Real-Time Simulations''

  Kvasnica, Igor; Kvasnica, Peter (Slovakia): ''Dynamic Identfication Mathematic Model Coefficients of the Flying Simulator''

  Ramers, D. L.; Brown, C. W.; Hood, R. R.; Michael, B. D.; Naylor, M.; Tango, P. J. (United States): ''Developing Non-Mechanistic Models with Artificial Neural Nets and Genetic Algorithms to Forecast Harmful Algal Bloom Conditions in the Chesapeake Bay''

  Tsai, J. S. H.; Chen, G. R.; Lin, C. Y.; Guo, S. M.; Tsai, T. -J. (Taiwan): ''Optimal Learning Tracking Control for Nonlinear Systems''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Robotics I 
(Room: Salon 5)

Co-Chair: Clément Gosselin (Canada); Kamal Ali (United States)
 
  Carter, Lamarious; Ali, Kamal (United States): ''Hardware in the Loop Simulator for IMU Calibration''

  Gosselin, Clément; Poulin, Régis; Laurendeau, Denis (Canada): ''A Planar Parallel 3-DOF Cable-Driven Haptic Interface''

  Ju, Ji Hun; Chung, Won Jee; Park, Ki Beom; Lee, Seong Jo; Lee, Kee Sang (South Korea): ''Hybrid Motion Blending Algorithm of 3-Axis SCARA Robot Using Parametric Interpolation''

  Lee, Seong Jo; Chung, Won Jee; Ju, Ji Hun; Park, Ki Beom (South Korea): ''Monte-Carlo Simulation Technique for Repeatability Analysis of 3-Axis Cartesian Robot Using Position Resolution of a Ball Screw''

  Yeh, Syh-Shiuh; Huang, Hsuan-Kuan (Taiwan): ''Design and Implementation of Compliant Control for Human-Robot Force Interaction''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Communication and Network Systems, Technologies and Applications II 
(Room: Salon 6)

Co-Chair: Wenhong Tian (United States); Abid Yahya (Malaysia)
 
  Al-Qudah, Bilal *; Ramadan, Rabie A. ** (* United States, ** Egypt): ''Sensor Deployment Using Billiards Algorithm''

  Demestichas, Konstantinos; Adamopoulou, Evgenia; Markoulidakis, John; Theologou, Michael (Greece): ''Ambient Community Services – Concept and Implementation''

  Fujita, Naoyuki (Japan): ''A System Design using FPGA for Large Scale Computing''

  Tian, Wenhong; Perros, Harry (United States): ''Performance Analysis and Efficient Provisioning of Data Networks with Bursty Arrivals''

  Yahya, Abid; Sidek, Othman; Fadzli, Mohd (Malaysia): ''Fading Channel Characterization over Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum''

  Yoon, Gilsang; You, Cheolwoo; Kang, Mingoo; Lee, Jeonghwan; Cho, Insik; Chae, Changhyeon; Choi, Daewon; Yang, Na Ra; Jung, Taejin; Kim, Cheolhong; Hwang, Intae (South Korea): ''Performance of Iterative Decoding Algorithm in the Adaptive Modulation and Coding System''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Application of Information Systems - Invited Session (0000115) 
(Room: Salon 8)

Organizer: Jinlong Su (China)
Co-Organizer: Zhonghui Ouyang (United States)
 
  Dragon, Su Golden (China): ''The Decision Support System Applied in Agile Supply Chain''

  Dragon, Su Golden (China): ''The Production Planning in Collaborative Manufacturing System''

  Su, J. L. (China): ''Key Enabled Technologies in Agile Infrastructure Design''

  Su, J. L. (China): ''Application of Information Systems in Collaborative Manufacturing''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Modelling, Optimisation and Simulation in Production and Logistics - Invited Session (0000001) 
(Room: Salon 9)

Organizer: Jaouad Boukachour (France)
Co-Organizer: Christopher White (Australia)
 
  Bendriss, S.; Benabdelhafid, A.; Boukachour, J.; Boudebous, D. (France): ''Traceability Information System for Freight Transportation Chain''

  Benmansour, S. *; Tolba, C. **; Benabdelhafid, A. *; Boukachour, J. *; Boudebous, D. * (* France, ** Algeria): ''The Bond Graph Technique for the Macroscopic and Microscopic Traffic Flow Description''

  Gningue, Mame Bigué; Sidi Mohamed, Ould Mohamed El Moctar (France): ''Financing Strategies for Port Security''

  Gregory, Mark A.; White, Christopher (Australia): ''TRManager – Technical Risk Manager''

  Moeeni, Farhad (United States): ''A Passive RFID Location Sensing''

  Moussaïd, Khalid; Najem, Fatiha; Elomri, Amina (Morocco): ''Optimization of the logistics of a courier business''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Risk Management and Cyber-Informatics I (RMCI)
(Room: Salon 11)

Co-Chair: Martin Stößlein (United States); David T. Smith (United States)
 
  Atkison, Travis (United States): ''Using an Information Retrieval Technique to Discover Malicious Software''

  Eckel, Susanne; Geisler, Jürgen (Germany): ''Localisation of Threat Potential in Risk Management''

  Shi, Ran; Zhong, Jin (China): ''Value-at-Risk Based Portfolio Management in Electric Power Sector''

  Smith, David T. (United States): ''Extracting, Streamlining, and Completing a Threat Assessment Methodology from Octave-S®''

  Stößlein, Martin (United States): ''Managing Reputational Risks - A Proposal with a Knowledge-Based Stakeholder Information Leitstand''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Computational Pathophysiology of Cardiac Cells II - Invited Session (0000113) (BMIC)
(Room: Salon 12)

Organizer: Stefano Severi (Italy)
 
  Oren, Ronit V.; Clancy, Colleen E. (United States): ''Acquired and Inherited Abnormalities in the Sinoatrial Node''

  Sano, Hitomi I.; Naito, Yasuhiro; Tomita, Masaru (Japan): ''Role of Na+-Ca2+ Exchange in Neonatal and Adult Ventricular Cells''

  Severi, Stefano; Corsi, Cristiana; Rocchetti, Marcella; Zaza, Antonio (Italy): ''Beta-Adrenergic Modulation of IKs in the Guinea Pig Ventricle''

  Zhang, Henggui; Kharche, Sanjay; Garratt, Clifford J. (United Kingdom): ''Stability of Scroll Excitation Waves in Human Atria During Fibrillation: A Computational Study''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Bio- and Medical Informatics and Cybernetics II (BMIC)
(Room: Salon 13)

Co-Chair: Masahiro Aruga (Japan); Amy Cohn (United States)
 
  Aruga, Masahiro; Ono, Shuichiro; Takagi, Kiyotaka; Kato, Shuichi (Japan): ''A Kind of Discussing Method of Information Contents Taking Account of the YUBITSUKIYI System Embedded into the Life Support System''

  Camerini, Luca; Boneschi, Marco (Switzerland): ''Automatic Support to Health Information Coding Process: An Ethnographic Study in Switzerland''

  Cohn, Amy (United States): ''Constructing Pareto-Optimal Residency Call Schedules''

  Nyan, M. N.; Tay, Francis E. H.; Guo, D.; Xu, L.; Yap, K. L.; Goh, L. K.; Veeravalli, B. (Singapore): ''Low-Energy Scheduling Algorithms for Wearable Fall Pre-Impact Detection System''

  Peters, Peter; Feijs, Loe; Oei, Guid (Netherlands): ''Plug and Play Architectures for Rapid Development of Medical Simulation Manikins''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management IV (KGCM)
(Room: Salon 15)

Co-Chair: Esther Zaretsky (Israel); Cornelis P. Pieters (Netherlands)
 
  Fåhraeus, Eva R.; Döös, Marianne (Sweden): ''Competent Net Dialogue for Knowledge Generation''

  ONeal, Thomas (United States): ''A University Incubator as a Catalyst for Knowledge Transfer''

  Ophir, D.; Gera, A. E. (Israel): ''Calculus: The Dynamical and Visual Description''

  Pieters, Cornelis P. (Netherlands): ''Complex Systems and Patterns''

  Riviezzo, Angelo; Corti, Eugenio (Italy): ''Entrepreneurship Education, Spin-offs Generation, Technology Transfer Implementation: Towards the ‘Entrepreneurial University’. What’s the Situation in Italy?''

  Tao, Haijun; Wang, Yadong; Guo, Maozu; Xiang, Lin (China): ''Research on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Agent Model''

  Zaretsky, Esther (Israel): ''Developing Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management in Teacher Education: A Successful Attempt of Teaching Novice Computer Users''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
1:10 PM - 3:40 PM 
Conversational Session on Academic Globalization
(Room: Salon 19)
 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

Coffee Break

(Room: Salon Alcove)

 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Computing Techniques IV 
(Room: Salon 3)

Co-Chair: Christian J. Schuh (Austria)
 
  Hallot, Frédéric (Belgium): ''Semantic Abstraction Layer (SAL). An Indirection Layer to Solve Semantic Ambiguities and Multilinguality Problems''

  Kolapalli, Pavani; Dullea, James (United States): ''An Analysis of Structural and Semantic Validity in the Data Model''

  Masoud, Fawaz A. M. *; Rababah, Osama M. A. **; Hamtini, Thair M. * (* Jordan, ** United Kingdom): ''A Critique of e-Commerce Website Evaluation Models''

  Qin, Guofeng; Li, Qiyan; Deng, Xiuying (China): ''Cluster Computing in Drug Logistic Monitoring and Management''

  Schuh, Christian J.; Seeling, Walter (Austria): ''Maintaining Glycemic Control in a Critical Care Environment (GlucoNotify)''

  Tamisier, Thomas; Feltz, Fernand; Didry, Yoann (Luxembourg): ''Cadral: An Automated Decision-Making Framework for Business Collaboration''

  Tandareanu, Nicolae (Romania): ''Generalized Semantic Schemas and Arguments to Use these Structures''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Image, Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing 
(Room: Salon 4)

Co-Chair: Piotr Lipinski (Poland); Monica Trifas (United States)
 
  Dailyudenko, Victor F. (Belarus): ''Computational Modeling of Multidimensional Nonlinear Systems from Topological Considerations''

  Kaneko, Kunihiko (Japan): ''A Logical Data Model for the Three Dimensional Mobile Mapping Systems''

  Lipinski, Piotr; Yatsymirskyy, Mykhaylo (Poland): ''New Algorithm for Calculating Wavelet Transforms''

  Perng, Der-Baau; Chen, Yen-Chung (Taiwan): ''An Advanced Auto-Inspection System for Fishtail Collapse of Micro-Router''

  Qin, Shengping (China): ''Joint Time and Channel Estimation Based on PSD Estimation of Comb-Type Pilot for Wireless OFDM Systems''

  Sonkamble, Sulochana; Thool, Ravindra; Sonkamble, Balwant (India): ''An Effective Machine-Vision System for Information Security and Privacy using Iris Biometrics''

  Turán, Ján; Ovseník, L'uboš; Turán, Jr., Jan; Filo, Peter (Slovakia): ''System Parameter Estimation with Continuous Kernel Hough Transform''

  Yang, Ming *; Trifas, Monica *; Truitt, Candice *; Xiong, Guolun ** (* United States, ** China): ''Wavelet Domain Video Information Embedding''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Robotics II 
(Room: Salon 5)

Co-Chair: Sebastian van Delden (United States); Kohji Kamejima (Japan)
 
  Brandstetter, Robert W.; Rattan, Kuldip S. (United States): ''Tuning Servo Amplifiers for Velocity Loops of Coordinate Measuring Machines''

  Kamejima, Kohji (Japan): ''Transferable Model Generation for Anticipative Road Following on Satellite-Roadway-Vehicle Network''

  Ma, Zi; Li, Aiguo (China): ''Development of a Robot Surface Measurement System from Inspection to Model Reconstruction''

  Sokolov, Sergey M.; Boguslavskiy, Andrey A.; Platonov, Alexander K.; Kiy, Konstantin I.; Gorelik, Leonid I.; Filachev, Anatolii M.; Fumin, Alexey I. (Russian Federation): ''An IR Channel-Based Automated Driver Assistance System''

  van Delden, Sebastian; Hardy, Frank (United States): ''Robotic Eye-in-Hand Calibration in an Uncalibrated Environment''

  Van Delden, Sebastian; Overcash, Benjamin (United States): ''Towards Voice-Guided Robotic Manipulator Joggin''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Information Systems Development III 
(Room: Salon 6)

Co-Chair: Pasi Ojala (Finland)
 
  Banwet, D. K.; Pramod, V. R. (India): ''Performance measurement of a Telecom Service Company Supply Chain: A Balanced Score Card - ANP Approach''

  Marlowe, Thomas; Kirova, Vassilka (United States): ''Addressing Change in Collaborative Software Development: Process and Product Agility and Automated Traceability''

  Nguyen, Mai; Trahan, Shane; Nguyen, Patricia; Cirella, Jonathan (United States): ''Integrating SAS® and Microsoft .NET for Data Analysis''

  Ojala, Pasi (Finland): ''Value-Based Approach in Software Engineering''

  Ojala, Pasi (Finland): ''Developing Risk and Value Management Practices for Processes and Products''

  Savage, Bill; Qin, Ying; Zmuda, Michal; Hall, David; Ganapathi, Laxminarayana; Li, Sheping; Hasan, Atif; Baker, Thomas (United States): ''Managing Data Quality, Transformations, and Loading Using an XML-Driven Engine''

  Vaidya, Kirti (United States): ''Nurturing Information Systems Development Projects as Agile Ecosystems''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Optical, Microwave, and Radio-Frequency Systems, Networks, and Devices - Invited Session (0000101) 
(Room: Salon 8)

Organizer: El Sayed Abdel Moety El Badawy (Egypt)
Co-Organizer: Farag El Halafawy (Egypt)
 
  Abou-Of, Mona A. (Egypt): ''Fast Minimal Bandwidth Group-Shared Tree for Multicast Routing Algorithms''

  El-Abyad, Ibrahim A.; Eldessouki, Mohamed S.; El-Badawy, El-Sayed A.; El-Hennawy, Hadia S. (Egypt): ''Wave Reflection from Semiconductor Substrate with a Ground Plane Based on Charge Transport Analysis''

  El-Abyad, Ibrahim A.; Eldessouki, Mohamed S.; El-Badawy, El-Sayed A.; El-Hennawy, Hadia S. (Egypt): ''Wave Reflection Investigation from Semiconductor Surfaces Using First-Order Impedance Boundary Condition''

  El-Badawy, El-Sayed A.; El-Halafawy, Farag Z.; Mohamed, Abd-El-Naser A.; Eid, Mahmoud M. A. (Egypt): ''Nonlinear Harmonic Response in Microwave and Photonic Devices, and Waveguides''

  Elfaramawy, Nema M.; El-Badawy, El-Sayed A. (Egypt): ''Video De-Interlacing: From Spatial to Adaptive Based Motion Detection''

  Elkamchouchi, Dalia H. (Egypt): ''A Chaotic Public Key Multi-Message Multi-Recipients Signcryption Scheme (CPK-MM-MR-SS)''

  Mohammed, Abd El-Naser A.; Saad, Abdel-Fattah A.; Ayad, Nabil A.; El-Hageen, Hazem M. (Egypt): ''Optical Interconnection under Thermo-Irradiated Fields (Part: I) ''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Academic Globalization
(Room: Salon 9)

Co-Chair: George Liodakis (Greece); Ruud Weijermars (
Netherlands)
 
  Helmuth, Chalene (United States): ''Promoting Global Citizenship: The Case of Vanderbilt University''

  Liodakis, George; Vardiambasis, Ioannis; Lyberakis, Nikolaos; Makris, Ioannis; Antonidakis, Emmanuel; Papadourakis, George (Greece): ''Towards Workplace Learning without Borders by the Exploitation of Web 2.0 Technologies''

  Mathew, Abraham T.; Sobhan, C. B.; Reddy, G. R. C. (India): ''Academic Reforms and Quality Improvement Initiatives in Technical Education in India with Globalization and Internationalization Perspectives''

  Weijermars, Ruud (Netherlands): ''Management of Distributed Intelligence in Globalized Knowledge Networks: Insights from Fluid Mechanical Analogs''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Risk Management and Cyber-Informatics II (RMCI)
(Room: Salon 11)

Co-Chair: Roberta Pellegrino (Italy); Kerstin Haustein (Australia)
 
  Costantino, Nicola; Pellegrino, Roberta (Italy): ''Risk Management in Procurement: A Selection of Sourcing Strategy Based on Real Option''

  Drab, David (United States): ''Securing Beyond the Firewall''

  Haustein, Kerstin; Rowan, Greg; Beitz, Andrew; Widzyk-Capehart, Eleonora (Australia): ''The Nexsys™ Realtime Risk Management System for Advanced Decision Support''

  Kowalski, Stewart; Nohlberg, Marcus; Mwakalinga, Jeffy (Sweden): ''A Systemic Model for Security and Risk Management in Telecom Networks''

  Senn, Dominic; Krummenacher, Heinz; Hämmerli, August (Switzerland): ''Estimating the Informational Overlap Between Hand-Coded Political Event Data and the World Wide Web''

  Stormont, Daniel P.; Allan, Vicki H. (United States): ''Managing Risk in Disaster Scenarios with Autonomous Robots''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Bio- and Medical Informatics and Cybernetics III (BMIC)
(Room: Salon 13)

Co-Chair: Veerle De Herdt (Belgium); Tine Wyckhuys (Belgium)
 
  Boon, Paul; Wyckhuys, Tine (Belgium): ''Efficacy of Low and High Frequency Deep Brain Stimulation in Epilepsy''

  Diab, Mohamad (France): ''ECG sensor for obese and hairy patient based on Cardio-Modulo-Respiratory Method''

  Kamrunnahar, Mst (Kamrun) *; Dias, Nuno S. **; Cosgriff, Margaret *; Schiff, Steven J. * (* United States, ** Portugal): ''Model-Based Discrimination of Tasks Towards the Development of Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMI)''

  Lin, C. C.; Lee, R. C. T. (Taiwan): ''The Prediction of Tertiary Structure of RNA Based upon Secondary Structure by Using the Relaxation Method and Texture Mapping Method''

  Palmer, Krisan (Canada): ''An Innovative, Technological Approach to Extending the Hospital into the Home''

  Vonck, Kristl; De Herdt, Veerle; Boon, Paul (Belgium): ''Refractory Status Epilepticus Successfully Treated with the Neurocybernetic System to Stimulate the Vagus Nerve''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Bioinformatics on Nanotoxicity and the Environment - Invited Session (0000006) 
(Room: Salon 14)

Organizer: Solomon Leung (United States)
Co-Organizer: James Lai (United States)
 
  Chowdhury, Golam M. I.; Lai, James C. K.; Leung, Solomon W.; de Graaf, Robin A.; Mason, Graeme F.; Hyder, Fahmeed; Rothman, Douglas L.; Behar, Kevin L. (United States): ''Nanotoxicity Studies of the CNS: Potential Application of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Methods''

  Daniels, Christopher K.; Olbertz, Joy L.; Lai, James C. K.; Bhushan, Alok (United States): ''Interactome Mapping using Pathway Analysis as a Tool for Making Sense of Microarray Data''

  Lai, James C. K.; Jandhyam, Sirisha; Lai, Maria B.; Duhkande, Vikas V.; Bhushan, Alok; Daniels, Christopher K.; Leung, Solomon W. (United States): ''Cytotoxicity of Metallic Oxide Nanoparticles: New Insights into Methodological Problems and Advances in Elucidation of Underlying Mechanisms''

  Leung, Solomon W.; Trigo, Christian; Bartolin, C. Sandra; Daniels, Christopher K.; Lai, James C. K. (United States): ''Environmental Effect: Comparison of DNA Transport with Proteins at Various pHs with and without Surfactants''

  Zhou, Dan; Xue, Jin (United States): ''DNA Microarray in the Nano Era: Opportunities and Challenges''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management V (KGCM)
(Room: Salon 15)

Co-Chair: Rosemarie Livigni (United States); Dan Tappan (United States)
 
  Gorman, Margaret D.; Pandit, Gayatri (United States): ''Communication or Bust: A Case Study of the Knowledge Generation and Dissemination Process of a Financial Services Firm Undergoing Change''

  Hachour, Hakim (France): ''A Communicational Approach to Collective Knowledge Generation: Episteme and Praxis''

  Livigni, Rosemarie; Spear, Patricia Ann (Contributor) (United States): ''Experiential Learning: Unleashing Learning Organizations''

  Reybrouck, Mark (Belgium): ''Knowledge Construction in Music Listening: Deixis as a Cognitive Tool''

  Tappan, Dan (United States): ''Augmentation of Explicit Spatial Configurations by Knowledge-Based Inference on Geometric Fields''

  Uchida, Yuki; Yoshikawa, Tomohiro; Furuhashi, Takeshi (Japan): ''Extraction of Evaluation Keywords on Web User-Review for Evaluation of Products''

WEDNESDAY, JULY 02nd, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Award Ceremony and Toast
(Room: Signature 2)

 

(The physical certificate award will not be sent after the conference is over. No exception will be made.)