AICCSA-05 Sessions

 

Algorithms and Theory    

 

A1-Graph Theory

Chair:  Michael A. Langston

 

           Consistent Graph Layout for Weighted Graphs

           Dana Vrajitoru, Jason DeBoni

 

           Finding Maximum-cost Minimum Spanning Trees

           Ahmed Belal, Amr Elmasry

 

           Determining All Pairs Edge Connectivity of a 4-regular Graph in O(|V|)

Alex Fit-Florea, David W. Matula

 

A2- Algorithm Topics

Chair:  Ahmed Belal

 

           Classification of Radiological Exams and Organs by Belief Theory

           Antoine Taroult, Jamal Atif, Xavier Ripoche, Patrick Bourdot, Angel Osorio

 

           Acyclic Circuit Partitioning for Path Delay Fault Emulation

           Fatih Koçan, Mehmet H. Gunes

 

           On Sparse Matrix-Vector Product Optimization

Nahid Emad, Olfa Hamdi-Larbi, Zaher Mahjoub

 

A3-Network Algorithms

Chair:  Ahmed Kamal

 

           RNG-based Searching and Broadcasting Algorithms over Internet  Graphs and Peer-to-Peer Computing Systems

           Oscar Escalante, Tania Pérez, Julio Solano, Ivan Stojmenovic

 

           An All-to-All Broadcasting Algorithm for Faulty Hypercubes

           Hiroshi Masuyama, Etsuko Masuyama

 

           Autonomous Resource Management and Control Algorithms for Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks

            Ashit Talukder, Rajan Bhatt, L. Chandramouli, Syed Muhammad Ali, Rishi Pidva, S. Monacos

 

A4-Algorithm Performance

Chair:  Amir Zeid

 

           Efficient Partition of State Space for Parallel Reachability Analysis

           Mustapha Bourahla, Mohamed Benmohamed

 

           Reusability Metrics for Software Components

Octavian Paul Rotaru, Marian Dobre

 

           Fast, Effective Vertex Cover Kernelization: A Tale of Two Algorithms

           Faisal N. Abu-Khzam, Michael A. Langston, W. Henry Suters

 

 

Database and Data Mining

 

D1-Data Warehousing

Chair:  Margaret H. Dunham

 

           Algorithms for Selecting Materialized Views in a Data Warehouse

           Noha A. R. Yousri, Khalil M. Ahmed, Nagwa M. El-Makky

 

           Automatic Construction of Multidimensional Schema from OLAP Requirements

           Ahlem Nabil, Jamel Faki, Faiez Gargouri

 

           Preparing Complex Data for Warehousing

           Adrian Tanasescu, O. Boussaid, F. Bentayeb

 

 

D2-Classification & Clustering

Chair:  Ahmad Al-Mogren

 

           Toward Dynamic Ensembles: The BAGA Approach

           Xuanfu Wu, Zhengxin Chen

 

           Block Clustering via the Block GEM and Two-way EM Algorithms

           Mohamed Nadif, Gérard Govaert

 

           MCAR:Multi-Class Classification Based on Association Rule

Fadi Thabtah, Peter Cowling, Yonghong Peng

 

D3-Distributed & Mobile Databases

Chair:  Agma Traina

 

           Data Broadcast Classification

           Ahmad S. Al-Mogren, Margaret H. Dunham

 

           An Efficient Constraint Planning Algorithm for Multidatabases

           Praveen Madiraju, Rajshekhar Sunderraman

 

           HDC -- Hot Data Caching in Mobile Database Systems

           Vijay Kumar, Nitin Prabhu, Panos K. Chrysanthis

 

 

D4-Data Mining Topics

Chair:  Sang Son

 

           Scalability of OAT

           Jason Mizher, Margaret H. Dunham, Lin Lu, Yongqiao Xiao

 

           Enhanced Visual Evaluation of Feature Extractors for Image Mining

           José Fernando Rodrigues Jr., Agma J. M. Traina, Caetano Traina Jr.

 

           A Grid Infrastructure for Mixed Bioinformatics Data and Text Mining

           Moustafa Ghanem, Alexandros Chortaras, Yike Guo, Anthony Rowe, Jon Ratcliffe

 

D5-Transaction Processing Issues

Chair:  Ramez Elmasri

 

           Efficient Replication Control in Distributed Real-Time Databases

           Andrew Aslinger, Sang H. Son

 

           Towards an Improved Twin-Page Method for Rapid Transaction Undo Recovery

           Ashraf M. Abdelbar

 

           Mapping Faults to Failures in SQL Manipulation Commands

Plínio de Sá Leitão Jr., Plínio R. S. Vilela, Mario Jino

 

D6-Data Modeling

Chair:  Caetano Traina

 

           Automated Discovering Concurrent Models from Data Tables - an Overview of Algorithms

           Krzysztof Pancerz, Zbigniew Suraj

 

           Towards a Multi-Representation Ontology-Based Information Systems Mediation

           Sidi Mohamed Benslimane, Djamel Amar Bensaber, Mimoun Malki

 

           Incorporating Concepts for Bioinformatics Data Modeling into EER Models

           Feng Ji, Ramez Elmasri, Yiming Zhang, Ritesh B., Zoe Raja

 

D7-XML

Chair:  Ramzi Haraty

 

           Mapping XML DTDs to Relational Schemas

A. Abdel-aziz, H. Oakasha

 

           A XML Format Secure Protocol—OpenSST

            Xinhua Zhang, Chunyan Jiang, Wangjun Huang, Christoph Meinel

 

           LNV: Relational Database Storage Structure for XML Documents

           Mohamed E. El-Sharkawi, Neamat Abd El-Hadi El Tazi

 

D8-Database Topics

Chair:  Ali Hurson

 

           Multilevel Chunking of Multidimensional Arrays

Arsany S. Sawires, Nagwa M. El Makky, Khalil M. Ahmed

 

           Preemptive Rate-based Operator Scheduling in a Data Stream Management System

Mohamed A. Sharaf, Panos K. Chrysanthis, Alexandros Labrinidis

 

           Update Propagation Based on Tree Structure in Peer-to-Peer Networks

Nakahiro Hara, Minoru Nakadori, Wataru Uchida, Kazuhiko Maeda, Shojiro Nishio x

 

D9-Database Software

Chair:  Kahled Nagi

 

           Automatic Data Management in Architecture and Engineering Applications

           Giovanni Aurino, Bruno Discepolo, Angelo Nutile, Giuliana Ramella

          

           Autonomous Decentralized Database System Restructuring for Achieving Timeliness

Carlos Perez Leguizamo, Wang Dake, Minoru Takaishi, Sotaru Kimura, Kinji Mori

 

           Analysing Spatial – Temporal Data Based on Generic GIS

           I. Hamdi, I. R. Farah, M. B. Ahmed

 

 

Networking and Wireless Technology

 

N1-Peer-to-Peer Networks

Chair:  Fatih Kocan

 

           Incentive Service Model for P2P

           Krit Wongrujira, Tim Hsin-ting, Aruna Seneviratne

 

           A Mediation Framework for Web Services in a Peer-to-Peer Environment

           Michael Mrissa, Chirine Ghedira, Djamal Benslimane, Zakaria Maamar, Jacques Fayolle

                       

           An Implementation of Reliable Group Communication based on the Peer-to-Peer Network JXTA

Karsten Loesing, Guido Wirtz

 

 

N2-Network Topics I

Chair:  Hussein Mouftah

 

           Simulated Analysis of Server Placement on Network Topology Designs

Sami J. Habib

 

           Heterogeneous and Dynamic Multipoint Service in ATM Networks

           Naouel Ben Ali Makni, Abdelfettah Belghith

 

           An Optimal Shared Protection Scheme for Optical Networks  

           Abdelilah Maach, Gregor v. Bochmann, Hussein Mouftah

 

 

N3-TCP/IP

Chair:  Jihad Qaddour

 

            A New Approach to Manage Roaming in IPv6

            Octavio Ramírez Rojas, Jalel Ben Othman, Safouane Sfar

 

Performance Evaluation of a TCP/IP Transmission Using Hybrid Petri Nets

            Melha Bitam, Hassane Alla

 

Performance Evaluation of the Uplink of WCDMA in the TDD Mode for Wireless Internet Services

           Mahmoud H. Ismail, Mustafa M. Matalgah

 

 

N4-Network Topics II

Chair:  Mostafa Matalgah

 

           On Multicast Scheduling and Routing in Multistage Clos Networks

           Bin Tang

 

Multicast Address Management in the Internet: A Study of the Port Blocking Problem

           Emad Eldin Mohamed, Hussein Abdel-Wahab, Ibrahim Salama

 

Architectures for Streaming Data Processing in Sensor Networks

             Choong Hun Kim, Kyungseo Park, Jack Fu, Ramez Elmasri

 

 

N5-Ad Hoc Networks

Chair:  Mohsen Guizani

 

           Cooperative Cashing Techniques for Increasing the Availability of MANET Certificate Authority Services

           Laith A. Al-Sulaiman, Hussein Abdel-Wahab

 

           A Dynamic Range Resource Reservation Protocol for QoS Support in Wireless Networks

           Imad Jawhar, Jie Wu

 

           An Overview of Geographic Protocols in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

Karim Seada, Ahmed Helmy

 

 

N6-Network Topics III

Chair:  Hossam Hassanein

 

            A Fault-Tolerant Topology Control in Wireless Sensor Networks

Yong Chen, Sang H. Son

 

            On the Design of Hybrid Prioritized Multiple Access Protocols for Bank Data Center LANs

M. Sklira, A. S. Pomportsis

 

             Multi-Scale Network Traffic Prediction Using K-Factor Gegenbauer ARMA and MLP Models

Nayera Sadek, Alireza Khotanzad

 

 

N7-Network Performance

Chair:  Ibraham Habib

 

            Performance of a Shuffle Exchange Network Using Markov Chains

           Djamel Benazzouz

 

           Performance Evaluation of QoS Routing Algorithms

           Karima Maalaoui, Abdelfettah Belghith, Jean-Marie Bonnin, Miled Tezeghdanti

 

            Evaluation of Scalable TCP

           Mohamed Tekala, Róbert Szabó

 

 

N8-Wireless Topics I

Chair:  Mikhail Mikhail

 

           Fixed Cellular Network Optimisation

           Faïza Tabbana, Sami Tabbane, Mounir Frikha

 

           Current Trends and Challenges towards Wireless Internet

           Chris Basios, Manolis Solidakis

 

           Evolution to 4G Wireless: Problems, Solutions, and Challenges

Jihad Qaddour, Raffique A.C. Barbour

 

 

N9-Wireless Topics II

Chair:  Ahmad Safwat

 

           Extending CAN Segments With IEEE 802.11 WLAN

           Cuneyt Bayilmis, Ismail Erturk, Celal Ceken

 

            Multi-Services MAC Protocol for Wireless Networks

           Jalel Ben Othman, Hind Castel-Taleb, Lynda Mokdad

 

             Design, Implementation, and Testing of Mobile Agent Protection Mechanism for MANETS

           Khaled E. A. Negm

 

 

Security and Information Assurance

 

Se1-Security Topics I

Chair:  Georgios Dafoulas

 

           Secure Transmission of Sensitive Data Using Multiple Channels

           Abdelhamid S. Abdelhamid, Ahmed A. Belal

 

           A Robust Watermarking Algorithm for Copyright Protection

Raja’ S. Al Omari, Ahmed Al-Jaber

 

           A Formal Examination of Roles and Permissions in Access Control

Philippe Balbiani

 

Se2-Encryption

Chair:  James G. Dunham

 

           Attacking El Gamal Based Cryptographic Algorithms Using Pollard's rho Algorithm

           Ramzi A. Haraty, Hadi Otrok, Abdul Nasser Kassar

 

           An Encryption Algorithm Based on Alphabetic Trees

           Shymaa M. Arafat

 

           Multi-Speaker Voice Cryptographic Key Generation

L. Paola García-Perera, J. Carlos Mex-Perera, Juan A. Nolazco-Flores

               

Se3-Security Topics II

Chair:  Mostafa Abd-El-Barr

 

           Optimal Multi-Class Guard Channel Admission Policy under Hard Handoff Constraints

           Nidal Nasser, Hossam Hassanein

          

           An Ontology-Based Multiagent Architecture for Outbound Intrusion Detection

           Salvador Mandujano, Arturo Galván, Juan A. Nolazco

 

           Classifying File Type of Stream Ciphers in Depth Using Neural Networks

           James George Dunham, Ming-Tan Sun, Judy C. R. Tseng

 

Se4-Denial of Service

Chair:  Ahmed Belal

 

           Neighbor Stranger Discrimination: A New Defense Mechanism against Internet DDoS Attacks

           Sleiman Itani, Najwa Aaraj, Darine Abdelahad, Ayman Kayssi

 

           Proactive Control of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks with Source Router Preferential Dropping

           Yinghong Fan, Hossam Hassanein, Patrick Martin

 

           Practical Techniques for Defending against DDoS Attacks

           Eric Y. Chen, Akinori Yonezawa

 

 

Software and Applications

 

So1-Software Topics I

Chair:  Narayan Debnath

 

           Research in Testing COTS Components --Built-In Testing Approaches

           Sami Beydeda

                                                                                                                                                                  

           Memory Estimation and Allocation Algorithms for MDVM System

           Susmit Bagchi

 

           Using AUML to Derive Formal Modeling Agents Interactions

           Laid Kahloul, Kamel Barkaoui, Zaidi Sahnoun

               

So2-Software Metrics

Chair:  Kamel Barkaoui

 

           Integrating Balanced Scorecard Domain Formalization with Underlying Project Plan Formalization

           G. Montejano, R. Uzal, D. Riesco, A. Dasso, N. C. Debnath

                                                                                                                                                                  

           Pseudo Dynamic Metrics

           R. Gunnalan, M. Shereshevsky, Hany H. Ammar

 

           A Technique Based on the OMG Metamodel and OCL for the Definition of Object Oriented Metrics Applied to UML Models

N. Debnath, D. Riesco, G. Montejano, R. Uzal, L. Baigorria, A. Dasso, A. Funes

 

So3-Mobile Computing Software

Chair:  Steve Szygenda

 

           A User Modeling Approach to Improve Estimation Accuracy in Location-Tracking Applications

           Wegdan Abdelsalam, Yasser Ebrahim, Siu-Cheung Chau, Maher Ahmed

                                                                                                                                                                  

           ESPERANTO: a Middleware Platform to Achieve Interoperability in Nomadic Computing Domains

           M. Cinque, D. Cotroneo, C. di Flora, A. Migliaccio, S. Russo

 

           Performance Analysis of Locating Files Asynchronously in Ad-hoc Networks

           Iman I. Elghandour, Alaaeldin M. Hafez, Magdy H. Nagi, Khaled M. Nagi

 

So4-Bioinformatics

Chair:  Behrooz Shirazi

 

           The Human Genome Project: Software Challenges and Future Directions

           Nikola Stojanovic                                                                                                                                                        

           Towards a Standard Approach for Medical Images Segmentation

           Walid Barhoumi, Ezzedine Zagrouba

                                                                                                                                                                  

           Watershed Segmentation for Carotid Artery Ultrasound Images

           Amr R. Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud R. El-Sakka, Aaron Fenster

                       

 

So5-Web Services

Chair:  Magdy Aboul-Ela

 

           Towards Autonomic Web Services

Amir Zeid, Sherif Gurguis

 

           On Specifying an Environment of Software Agents and Web Services

           Zakaria Maamar, Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui

          

           Testing Web Services

Reda Siblini, Nashat Mansour

 

So6-Software Topics II

Chair:  Stefano Russo

          

           Spoken Information Retrieval for Multimedia Databases

Luis R. Salgado-Garza, Juan A. Nolazco-Flores, Pablo D. Díaz-López

 

           A Generic Reference Software Architecture for Load Balancing over Mirrored Web Servers: NaSr Case Study

R. Bashroush, I. Spence, P. Kilpatrick, TJ. Brown

 

           Quantifying Software Architectures: An Analysis of Change Propagation Probabilities

           W. Abdelmoez, M. Shereshevsky, R. Gunnalan, H. H. Ammar, Bo Yu, S. Bogazzi, M. Korkmaz, A. Mili

 

So7-Real Time Applications

Chair:  Salim Hariri

 

           QoS Scheduling Components based on Firm Real-time Requirements

           Audrey Marchand, Maryline Silly-Chetto

                                                                                                                                                                  

           Supporting Several Real-time Applications on the Java Platform

           M. Teresa Higuera-Toledano

                                                                                                                                                                  

           A Pragmatic Approach for Testing Robustness on Real-Time Component Based Systems

           Abbas Tarhini, Antoine Rollet, Hacène Fouchal

 

So8-Text Based Applications

Chair:  Shymaa Arafat

 

           TREX: A Temporal Reference Extractor for Arabic Texts

           Ramzi A. Haraty, Samer A. Khatib

                                                                                                                                                                  

           Recovery of Temporal Information from Off-Line Arabic Handwritten

Abdelkarim El Baati, Moncef Charfi, Adellatif Ennaji

 

           A New Internet Meta-Search Engine and Implementation

           Jemal H. Abawajy, M. J. Hu

               

 

So9-Business Applications

Chair:  Ashraf Abdelbar

 

           Secured Net-BANKING by θ-VIGENERE in Syverson's Protocol

Ghoualmi-zine Nacira, Araar Abdelaziz

 

           A Comparative Study of Specification Methods for Electronic Commerce Systems

           Sylvanus A. Ehikioya, Bamidele Ola

 

             A Markov Random Field Approach to Sensor Networks,

             Fernand S. Cohen, Ezgi Taslidere and Jaudelice C. de Oliveira

 

 

So10-Software Reuse

Chair:  Agma Traina

 

           Usability Tri-Parametric Artifacts: a Knowledge Reporting Artifact for Software Development Reusability

           Osama Al-shara

                                                                                                                                                       

           Towards a Rigorous Architectural Reuse

           Nadia Bouassida, Hanêne Ben-Abdallah, Faïez Gargouri, Abdelmajid Ben Hamadou

                                                                                                                                                                  

           An Infrastructure to Help Development with Reuse

Raoudha Beltaifa Hajri, Lamia Labed Jilani, Henda Hadjami Ben Ghezala

 

 

So11-Agents

Chair:  Amr Elkadi

          

           A Multipurpose Multi-Agent System Based on a Loosely Coupled Architecture to Speedup the DTW Algorithm for Arabic Printed Cursive OCR.

           Maher Khemakhem, Abdelfatteh Belghith