4TH International Conference on COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
21-24 July 2008
Athens, Greece
PROGRAM
Organized by
THE COMPUTER RESEARCH UNIT OF THE
ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
(AT.IN.E.R.)
Conference Venue: Athens Cultural Centre of
the Municipality of Athens, 50 Akademias Avenue
(Metro Station Panepistimiou).
Organized
by: ATINEP A.E. (atinerae@atiner.gr)
Administration: Fani Balaska,
Eirini Lentzou, Thomas Papanikos, Sylia Sakka
Organizing and Scientific Committee:
1.
Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President
and Director, ATINER.
2.
Dr. Panagiotis Petratos, Assistant
Professor, Department of Computer Information Systems, California State
University, Stanislaus and Head, Computer Research Unit, ATINER
3.
Dr. Vladimir Akis, Professor of
Mathematics and Computer Science, California State University, Los Angeles.
4.
Mr Stephen James Hole, Senior
Lecturer, Swansea Institute of Higher Education, U.K.
5.
Dr. Fotis Liarokapis, Research Fellow & Visiting Lecturer, City
University, U.K.
6.
Dr. Ronald Lodewyck,
Professor of Computer Information Systems, California State University,
Stanislaus, USA.
7.
Dr. Barbara
Nicolai, Professor, Purdue University, USA.
8.
Dr. Vasos Pavlika, Senior lecturer Software Engineering, University
of Westminster, U.K.
9.
Dr. Stilianos
Vidalis, Research Fellow, University of Glamorgan,
U.K.
10.
Dr. Margarita Kefalaki,
Researcher, ATINER, Greece.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
(The time for each session includes a 10 minutes coffee break)
Monday, July 21st, 2008
07:30-08:15 Registration
08:15-08:30 Welcome
and Opening Remarks
Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER.
08:30-10:00 Monday, July 21st, 2008
Session
I: Computer Science and Mathematics I
Chair: Pappas, N.,
Vice-President, ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston University, USA
- Tsacle, A., Professor, California State University,
USA & Deng, P.-C., Professor, California State University, USA.
Genetic-Algorithm Driven, Market-Based Conceptual Model for Collaborative
Organizational Learning.
- Papanicolaou, V., Associate Professor, National Technical
University of Athens, Greece, Papageorgiou, E.,
Ph.D. Student, National Technical University of Athens, Greece & Lepipas, D., Ph.D. Student, National Technical University
of Athens, Greece. Random Motion on Simple Graphs.
- Sisojevs,
A., Ph.D. Student, Riga Technical University, Latvia & Glazs, A., Professor, Riga Technical University,
Latvia. A New Approach for High-Quality Visualization of Bezier Surfaces.
10:00-11:30 Monday, July 21st, 2008
Session II: Security I
Chair: Petratos, P., Assistant
Professor, Department of Computer Information Systems, California State
University, Stanislaus and Head, Computer Research Unit, ATINER
- Mohammad, S.,
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer
Science, Faculty of Information Technology, Applied Science
University, Jordan. Evolution of Cyber-physical Security Policy.
- *Petkov,
E., Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University, U.K. & Dunn, A., Project
Manager, U.K. Civil Service, U.K. Risk Management and Security.
- *Stephens, P.,
Director, Canterbury Christ Church University, U.K. The Future of Forensic
Computing: Challenges, Techniques and Tools.
- Asimakopoulou, E., Researcher, Loughborough University, U.K. A Soft Systems Methodology
Based Emergency Response Model for Natural Disasters.
- Bessis, N., Senior Lecturer, University of
Bedfordshire, U.K. Data Push Model Architecture to Support B2b and B2c
Transactions in Ogsa-Dai.
11:30-13:30 Monday, July 21st, 2008
Session III: Internet Technologies I
Chair: Stephens, P., Director, Canterbury Christ
Church University, U.K.
- Haque, W., Professor,
University of Northern British Columbia, Canada & Stokes, P.,
Director, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. SPIN- A Web –
Based Framework for Rapid Application Development.
- Inman, D., Reader,
London South Bank University, U.K. We Based Letter Writer Application.
- Atlig, C., Assistant Professor, Trakya
University, Turkey. A Wireless Peer-to-Peer System Based on GigaSpaces.
- Paraskelidis, A., Ph.D. Student, University of Portsmouth,
U.K. Performance of Wireless Networks in Noisy Environment.
- Holland, B., Lecturer, Swansea Metropolitan University,
U.K. Leigh, C., Lecturer, University of Glamorgan, U.K. & Kidner, D., Lectuter,
University of Glamorgan, U.K. Integration of High Definition Surveying and
Geographical Information Systems-An Innovative Technique for the Spation-Temporal Analysis of Coastal Terrain.
14:00-15:00 LUNCH
20:30 - 22:30 GREEK NIGHT AND DINNER
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
08:00-09:30 Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Session
V: Computer Science and
Mathematics II
Chair: Petkov, E., Senior Lecturer, Northumbria
University, U.K
- Marcoulides, G., Professor, University of California,
Santa Cruz, USA. On the Range of Tabu Tenure in
Solving Quadratic Assignment Problems.
- Muthaiyah, S., Researcher, George Mason University,
USA, Barbulescu, M., Researcher, George Mason
University, USA & Kerschberg, L., Professor,
George Mason University, USA. Managing an Evolving Shared Knowledge Repository: The Upgrade Process via
Semantic Mediation.
- Papadopoulos, Y.,
Senior Lecturer, University of Hull. U.K. Assessment of Sequences of
Failures in a Technique for Model-based Safety.
09:30-11:00 Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Session VI: Internet
Technologies II
Chair: Marcoulides, G., Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.
- Kanso, H., Ph.D. Student, University of Toulouse, France.
Intentional Knowledge Representation as XML Metadata in RICAD System.
- Liao, I_E., Associate
Professor, National Chung Hsing University,
Taiwan &Kao, K-F., Assistant Professor, Department of Information
Networking Technology, Hsiuping Institute of Technology,
Taiwan. A Rouge Access Point Detection System Based on Packet Analysis for
Campus Network.
- Lin, W., Associate
Professor, Buffalo State College, USA & Wang, Y., Teacher, Capital
Normal University, China. Electronic Commerce - Comparing Some Practices
in the United States and China.
- Al-Kasassbeh, M., Ph.D.
Student, University of Portsmouth, U.K. Anomaly
Detection based on Wiener Filter Distributed Agents.
- Peart, A., Lecturer, University of Portsmouth,
U.K. & Adda, M., Lecturer, University of Portsmouth,
U.K. Quality of Service Challenges for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
within the Wireless Domain.
11:00-12:30 Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Session VII: Management Information
Systems
Chair: Zanakis, S., Professor, Florida
International University, USA
- Holland, B., Lecturer,
Swansea Metropolitan University, U.K. Developing
a Windows Service Agent to Analyse Spreadsheet Macro and Function
Complexity.
- Pilevari Salmasi, N., Ph.D.
Student, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Iran,
Seyedhosseini, S.M., Faculty of Science, Islamic
Azad University, Iran & Jassbi, J., Faculty
of Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran. Fuzzy Logic
Supply Chain Flexibility Assessment Methodology.
- Strauch, G., Researcher, European Research Center for
Information Systems, Germany, Grob, H.L.,
Director, European Research Center for Information Systems, Germany & Hermans, J., Researcher, European Research Center for
Information Systems, Germany. Decision Support for Security Investment
within Context of Critical Information Infrastructures.
12:30-14:30 Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Session VIII: Security
II
Chair: Preston, D., Reader, University of East London, U.K.
- Bimrah, K.K., University of East London, U.K., Mouratidis, H., Lecturer, University of East London,
U.K. & Preston, D., Lecturer, University of East London, U.K. A Trust
Aware Ontology for Information Systems.
- Gleni S., University of Bedfordshire, U.K. Petratos
P. California State University, Stanislaus. A synchronous study of
Biometrics technology acceptance models in higher education of UK and USA.
- Bem, D., Lecturer, University of Western Sydney,
Australia & Heubner, E.,
Lecturer, University of Western Sydney, Australia. Generating
Computer Forensics Awareness in Exploratory Learning of Personal
Computing.
- Huebner, E,Z.,
Lecturer, University of Western Sydney, Australia, Szezynska,
M., Lecturer, Warsaw University of Technology, Australia & Bem, D., Lecturer, University of Western Sydney,
Australia. Computer Forensics in IS Audit – a Case Study.
- George, J., Lecturer,
SAE Institute, U.K. Global Legislation, Accessibility Practices and
Assistive Technology.
- Gnanayutham, P., Senior Lecturer, University of
Portsmouth, U.K. Analysis of Research Methodologies for
Neurorehabilitation. (Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008, evening)
- Yeh, D., Associate Professor, National Kaohsiung
Normal University, Taiwan & Lin, H. Y., Graduate Student, Graduate
Institute of Information and Computer Education, Taiwan. Reengineering of
an Open Source e-Learning System for the Visually Impaired.
- Pole,
R., Lecturer, Swansea Metropolitan University, U.K. & Jones, K.,
Lecturer, Swansea Metropolitan University, U.K. An Evaluation
of the Effectiveness of e-Learning in Higher Education: A Case Study of a
Computing Department.
14:30-15:30 LUNCH
20:00 - 21:30 DINNER
Wednesday,
July 23rd, 2008
Tour: Departure at 08:00, Lunch 13:30 Return at 14:30
Thursday,
July 24th, 2008
CRUISE: Departure at 07:00, Return at 20:30