EUROMEDIA'2009, April 15-17, 2009, Novotel, Bruges, Belgium, Preliminary Programme

Session Timing

Wednesday April 15
08.00-17.00 Registration
09.00-09.15 Welcome
09.15-10.00 Keynote Speaker
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.30 Sessions
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Sessions
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-17.00 Sessions
18.00-19.00 Reception at the Town Hall

Thursday April 16
08.30-17.00 Registration
09.00-10.00 Keynote Speaker
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.30 Sessions
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Invited Speaker
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-18.30 Conference Visit and Tour (TBC)
20.00-23.00 Conference Dinner

Friday April 17
08.30-09.00 Registration
09.00-10.00 Sessions
10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-12.30 Sessions
12.30-12.45 Closing Session and Best Paper Award

Keynote Speakers

Modelling Individuals, Institutions, Markets, Societies and Economies in terms of Agents and their Interaction Networks
Sorin Solomon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Racah Institute of Physics, Theoretical Physics Department, Givat Ram, Israel

Mobile Learning in Jordan: A Nomadic Journey into the Future
Prof. A.Y. Al-Zoubi, Dean of Scientific Research
Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan

Invited Speaker

Sustainability of re-search: Property – Function relations as a base for technology transfer
Simon Dewulf Managing Director, CREAX nv, Ypres, Belgium

List of Accepted Papers

LARGE SYSTEM SIMULATION

WORK_01
Application of a Decision Support System in Managing Timber Production in North of Iran
Amirhooman Hemmasi, Islamic Azad University, Hesarak, Tehran, Iran

FUBUTEC_09
System Dynamics Modelling of a Nautical Tourist Business System (NTBS)
Ante Munitić, Marko Tomasevic, Eli Marušić and Frane Mitrovic, University of Split, Maritime Faculty, Croatia

FUBUTEC_10
The Maintenance Management in the Highway Context: A System Dynamics Approach
Enrico Briano, DIP Consortium, Claudia Caballini, CIELI and Roberto Revetria, DIPTEM - University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

ECEC_05
System Dynamics Modelling of Material Flow of the Port Cargo System
Ante Munitic and Josko Dvornik, College of Maritime Studies and Slavko Simundiê, Faculty of Law, Split, Croatia

COMPLEX SYSTEMS SIMULATION

FUBUTEC_02
Aircraft Control Strategies in a Distributed Cooperative Mission Simulation Environment
Daniel Castro Silva, FEUP, Porto, Portugal

FUBUTEC_04
The Mathematical Modeling on the Hybrid Computer Architecture for the Flight Simulator
Peter Kvasnica and Igor Kvasnica, A. Dubček University of Trenčín, Trenčín, Slovak Republic

RISK MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT SIMULATION

FUBUTEC_07
Technological Disaster Crisis Management
Manisha Shekhar, Centre for Strategic Analysis & Research and Dr. M. C. Saxena College of Eng. & Technology, UPTU, Lucknow, India

FUBUTEC_03
Digital technologies for forest fire suppression: an applied step in means
management
Yves Dumond, University of Savoie, Le Bourget-du-Lac Cedex, France

FUBUTEC_12
A Web Decision Support System for Gas Pipeline Risk Assessment
Andrzej Dietrich and Jakub Badowski, Oil & Gas Institute, Krakow, Poland

VERIFICATION AND OPTIMIZATION TOOLS

FUBUTEC_11
Process Based management of Specific Grid Configurations: Verification of Changes
Irina Boyakhchyan, Armen Kostanyan, Vardan Matevosyan Samvel Shoukourian and Anna Varosyan, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia

FUBUTEC_01
Mobile Agent Optimization Analysis of Least Time Approach Versus V-Agent
Faiz Al-Shrouf, Mohammed Eshtay and Ayman Turani, Applied Science University, Shafa Badran, Amman, Jordan

FUBUTEC_06
Tool Based Analytical Support for practical Professional Soccer Training
Pedro Abreu, FEUP. Porto, Portugal

BUSINESS & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

ECEC_02
A Description of Semi-automatic Creation of Requirements Specification from Business Activities
David Jezek, Svatopluk Stolfa, Ivo Vondrák, Jan Kozusznik Department of Computer Science, VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic

ECEC_03
Transformation Management of Interdisciplinary Product Lifecycle modeling and Application in ICT and VR Environments
Christian-Andreas Schumann, Stephan Kassel, Andreas Rutsch, Tobias Teich, and Claudia Tittmann, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany

ECEC_06
Consideration of Benefit and Effort in defining a Function-Oriented Representation
Andreas Warkentin, Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn, Germany

ECEC_09
Joint optimization of all inspection parameters for multi-stage processes: algorithm, simulation and test set
Sofie Van Volsem, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

ECEC_01
Modeling global product development projects – the idea of the Product Collaboration Information Model
Reiner Anderl, Jochen Raßler and Diana Völz, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

ECEC_04
Ontology for collaborative Knowledge Engineering
Christophe Roche, Universite de Savoie, Le-Bourget-du-Lac Cedex, France

FUBUTEC_14
Identifying the right simulation data for project scheduling
Vrassidas Leopoulos and Panagiotis Gantiragas, National Technical University of Athens, Athens and Konstantinos Kirytopoulos, University of the Aegean, Chios, Greece

COSTING

ECEC_07
Minimising the Cost of Scheduling Maintenance Tasks on a Single Machine
Maher Rebai, Université De Technologie De Troyes, Troyes, Imed Kacem, Université Paul Verlaine and Kondo Adjallah, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Metz, France

ECEC_08
Cost Model for Parts Supply in Automotive Industry
Veronique Limère and Hendrik Van Landeghem, Ghent University, Ghent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium

MULTIMODAL DATABASES

WORK_04
Datamining and Market Research Methods
George Sammour, Jeanne Schreurs, Koen Vanhoof, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

MEDIATEC_08
Database for a Visual Language Based Application, Not Just a Collection of Image Files
Siska Fitrianie and Leon J.M. Rothkrantz, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands

WORK_02
Knowledge Mapping and Modelling -- Based on RIA Multimedia information
retrieval system
Chyi-Wen Hwang, Lan-Yang Institute of Technology, Taiwan and University of London, London, United Kingdom

MEDIATEC_06
Analysis and recording of multimodal data
M. van Vulpen, L.J.M.Rothkrantz and P.Wiggers, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING

MEDIATEC_01
The making of an Interactive Digital Narrative - InStory
Helena Barbas and Nuno Correia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

MEDIATEC_02
Record, Replay & Reect {a framework for understanding (serious) game play}
Anton Eliens, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam and Zsofi Ruttkay, Twente University, Twente, The Netherlands

ENHANCED AUDIO VISUAL RESEARCH

MEDIATEC_07
A Vertical Stereoscopic System Based on 1D Image Matching
Viorica Patraucean and Jean Conter, IRIT-ENSEEIHT, VORTEX Team, Toulouse, France

MEDIATEC_05
Generating Full Length Impaired Movies for Quality of Experience Assessments
Sebastiaan Van Leuven, Glenn Van Wallendael, Peter Lambert, and Rik Van de Walle, Ghent University – IBBT, Ledeberg-Ghent, Belgium

MEDIATEC_03
The New Delft University of Technology Data Corpus for Audio Visual Speech Recognition
Alin G. Chiţu and Leon J.M. Rothkrantz, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

MEDIA-BASED TRAINING

APTEC_01
Simulation-Based Training in Engineering
Valery Vodovozov and Zoja Raud, Tallinn University of Technology. Tallinn, Estonia

APTEC_03
Exploring Student Engagement through Classroom Use of Hypermedia Authoring
Phil Nanlohy, Geoff Munns, and Rhonda Craven, University of Western Sydney, Australia

WORK_05
Personalisation of an e-learning course
Wouter Hustinx, PHL University College and George Sammour and Jeanne Schreurs, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

E-BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT

COMTEC_05
The Business Value of Inherent Network Management Approaches for the Future Internet
Gerhard Haßlinger, T-Systems, Deutsche-Telekom, Darmstadt, and Frank-Uwe Andersen Nokia Siemens Networks, Berlin, Germany

APTEC_06
E-Government Appliance Problems on First Degree Self Government of Greece
Dimitrios S. Goulas, Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece

APTEC_02
Applying Information Technology to Measure the Change in Quality of Life: “From Nomad to Urbanism”
Omar Musa Amireh, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

APTEC_04
A Virtual Environment to create Social Situations: First Step to a Virtual Exposure Therapy System for Social Phobia
Willem-Paul Brinkman, Charles A.P.G. van der Mast and Fatma Inan, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

APTEC_05
Presence for VR Exposure Therapy through 3D Architectural Visualization
Ervin Sabadi, Willem-Paul Brinkman and Charles A.P.G. van der Mast, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

DATA TRANSMISSION AND SECURITY

COMTEC_01
A High Performance Interference Canceller with Narrow Input for Carrier Superposed Satellite Communication
Takehiro Ishiguro, Shoko Kuroda, Sho Tanaka, Ryusuke Miyamoto, Takao Hara, and Minoru Okada, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan

MEDIATEC_04
A Highly-Integrated, Mobile Approach for the Real-Time Relaying of Passengers to Potential Drivers in the Individual Motor Car Traffic
Alexander Kuhn, Benjamin Kirschner, Prof. Claudia Söller-Eckert, Christina Lemke, Daniel Haller, Daniel Koch, Kirsten Schwab, Michael Hübl and Michael Stamm, Hochschule Darmstadt, University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt, Germany

COMTEC_03
A Modified A Algorithm for allocating Task in Heterogenous Distributed Computing Systems
Nirmeen A. Bahnasawy, Gamal M. Attiya, Mervat Mosa and Magdy A. Koutb, Menoufia University, Cairo, Egypt

COMTEC_04
Design General Fuzzy Controller Implemented in VHDL and Synthesized using FPGA
Rasha E. Majed Basil Mahmood, Computer and information eng. Dept., College of Electronics Engineering

WEBTEC_COM
Comparison of Attacks on IPV4 and IPV6 Protocols
Mojca Ciglarič, Andrej Krevl and Matjaž Pančur University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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