ECEC-FUBUTEC-EUROMEDIA'2008 University of Porto, April 9-11, 2008, Preliminary Programme

Dear Colleague,

please find enclosed the preliminary programme for the
FUBUTEC-ECEC-EUROMEDIA 2008 conference in Porto.

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The Workshop on HD-TV is still missing from this overview.
It will be added asap.

Session Timing

Wednesday April 9
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
17.00-18.00 Get-Together-Party

Thursday April 10
08.30-17.00 Registration
09.00-10.00 Sessions
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
15.30-18.30 Conference Visit and Tour
20.00-23.00 Conference Dinner

Friday April 11
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

List of Accepted Papers

KEYNOTE
Title to be announced later
Prof. Jose Tribolet, IST and INESC from Lisbon

DATA MANAGEMENT

FUBUTEC_06
Using Data Mining to Predict Secondary School Student Performance
Paulo Cortez and Alice Silva, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal

FUBUTEC_08
Electronic Health Record Use and Clinicians Perception: A Survey
Elena Ciancimino and Salvatore Cannella, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION AND FORECASTING

ECEC_07_01
Identification of Multivariable NARMA Models Using Artificial Neural Networks
B. Tlili, F. Bouani and M. Ksouri, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

ECEC_07_03
MPSOC Design Flow Based of Performance Estimation
Kamel Smiri, Abderrazek Jemai and Nihel Chibani, LIP2 Laboratory and INSA, Faculty of Science of Tunis, Campus University, Manar, Tunisia

ECEC_07_05
A Performance Driven Modeling Approach for SOA Based Application
Mauro Iacono and Stefano Marrone, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Caserta and Aversa, Italy

ECEC_07_02
Signal-based predictive condition monitoring
Egon Müller, Steffen Leischnig, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany

SCHEDULING METHODOLOGY

FUBUTEC_10
A Robust What-if Bullwhip Analysis
Salvatore Cannella and Elena Ciancimino, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

ECEC_07_04
Holistic Metrics Applied to a Practical Supply Chain Study
António E. S. Carvalho Brito and J. Manuel Feliz-Teixeira, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

ECEC_07_06
Heuristic Approach as a Way to Improve Scheduling in ERP/APS Systems
František Koblasa, University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic and Luís S. Dias, José A. Oliveira and Guilherme Pereira, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

FUBUTEC_11
A step of modeling for the design simulation models in the hospital systems: Application to the New Hospital of Estaing
Julie Chauvet, Michel Gourgand and Sophie Rodier, LIMOS UMR CNRS 6158, University of Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France

EMERGENCY, RISK ANS SAFETY CRITICAL SYSTEMS

FUBUTEC_07
Floreon – the System for an Emergent Flood Prediction
Jan Martinovic, Svatopluk Stolfa, Jan Kozusznik, Jan Unucka and Ivo Vondrak, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava-Poruba,Czech Republic

FUBUTEC_03
Defining project risk management efficiency through simulation
Konstantinos Kirytopoulos, University of the Aegean, Chios and Viktor Diamantas and Vrassidas Leopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

ECEC_06_01
ICT Security Management and Risk Management
Jeanne Schreurs and Rachel Moreau, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek. Belgium

ECEC_05_01
Introducing Grid in Testing Embedded Safety Critical Systems
Renato Donini, Antonio Orazzo and Domenico Papa, Ansaldo Segnalamento Ferroviario, Naples, Stefano Marrone and Salvatore Venticinque, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Aversa and Nicola Mazzocca, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

STRUCTURES, ARCHITECTURES AND MODELS

FUBUTEC_01
Hierarchical Structure of the German Stock Market
J. Gabriel Brida and W. Adrián Risso

FUBUTEC_09
Extension of Formal Concept Theory for Organization Structure Analysis
Jan Kozusznik and Ivo Vondrak, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic

ECEC_01_01
Onwards an Integrated Corporate Information System: Building up a Sales Product Data Model to cope with the emerging Complexity of E-Business
Christian-Andreas Schumann, Andreas Rutsch University of Applied Sciences Zwickau , Zwickau, Germany and Alexander Archipov, St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design, St. Petersburg, Russia

ECEC_08_01
An Architecture for Collaborative Working Environments in Manufacturing Industry
Ana Correia, Cristina Grama and Dragan Stokic, ATB Bremen, Bremen, Germany and Ana Campos and Rui Neves Silva, Uninova, Caparica, Portugal and Jon Aguirre, Fundacion Fatronik, Donostia, Spain

WORKFLOW SIMULATION

FUBUTEC_05
Partial Recognizing Algorithm for Verification of Workflow Processes
Armen Kostanyan and Anna Varosyan, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia

ECEC_06_02
Modelling Time-Constrained Collaborative Workflows based on timed Recursive Ecatnets
Kamel Barkaoui and Awatef Hicheur, CEDRIC-CNAM Paris, Paris, France

LOGISTICS APPLICATIONS

ECEC_02_01
Assessment of delivery strategies by applying lexicographic optimization and design of experiments: A case study
Herminia I. Calvete, Carmen Gale, Maria-Jose Oliveros, Belen Sanchez-Valverde, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna, Zaragoza, Spain

ECEC_02_03
A Linear Programming Model for the Storage Location Assignment Problem – A case Study
Carla Geraldes, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Bragança and Sameiro Carvalho, Guilherme Pereira, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

ECEC_02_06
Using 3-D Simulation in an Industry Internal Logistic Process
Vik Pavel Luís University of Liberec , Liberec, Czech Republic, and S. Dias, José A. Oliveira and Guilherme Pereira, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

CELLULAR NETWORKS

FUBUTEC_02
Building Blocks for the Business Engineering of Mobile Field Services
Tennov Simanjuntak, Del Polytechnic of Informatics and Yan Wang, Marijn Janssen and Alexander Verbraeck, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

ECEC_09_01
Concurrent Engineering as Means of Reducing Cellular Network Deployment Time
Naveed ur Rashid Mir and Irfan A Manarvi, Center of Advanced Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan

ECEC_10_03
Using Concurrent Engineering for Enhancing Customer Voice Channels Capacity in a Telecom Company
Nadia Zaheer and Irfan A Manarvi, Center of Advanced Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan

CE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

ECEC_02_02
Quality Management in the Design of the Construction
José Carvalho, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Porto, Portugal and Jean-Claude Mangin and Gérard Sauce, Université de Savoie, Chambery. France

ECEC_02_04
Definition of a Logistics Model in the Construction Industry – Case Study
Tiago Pinho, José Telhada and Maria Sameiro Carvalho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

ECEC_10_01
Application of CE on the Supply Chain Management System of Construction Industry: A Case Study of Multinational Construction Company
Akhtar Ali and Irfan A Manarvi, Center of Advanced Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan

CASE STUDIES

ECEC_10_02
Implementation of Concurrent Engineering: A Case Study of Design & Development Group of International Turnkey Systems - Pakistan
Kamran Ahmed Malik and Irfan A Manarvi, Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan

ECEC_10_04
Practical Application and Experience of Concurrent Engineering in Oil Refinery
Amar Abbas and Irfan A Manarvi, Center of Advanced Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan

WEBTEC

VIRTUAL WORLDS

WEBTEC_01
Webatar: Modeling Intelligent Virtual Characters for the Web— Autonomous and Context-Aware Behavior
Jorge Simao and Filipe Martins, University of Porto & C5, Porto, Portugal

WEBTEC_02
DigiMem: Representing Memories in Digital Format
Georgios D. Styliaras, University of Ioannina, Greece

WEB BASED SERVICES

WEBTEC_03
A Case Study of Using Web Based Services in Higher Education
Hani Alers and Charles van der Mast, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

WEBTEC_04
Providing Multimedia Recommendations Based a Markov Decision Process inside E-Learning Platforms
Mihaela Brut, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania and Romulus Grigoras and Vincent Charvillat, IRIT-ENSEEIHT and Florence Sedes, IRIT, Toulouse, France

WEBTEC_05
The Automatic Identification of the Emotion Status of Web Pages
David John, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, United Kingdom and Anthony C. Boucovalas, University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece

MEDIATEC

VIDEO CODING

MEDIATEC_01
High-Level Parallel H264/AVC Encoder Specification for Multiprocessor Implementation
Hajer Krichene Zrida and Mohamed Abid , ENIS University, Sfax and Abderrazek Jemai and Ahmed Chiheb Ammari, INSAT University, Tunis, Tunisia

MEDIATEC_07
Efficient Constrained Video Coding for Decoders with Limited Resources
Paulo J. Cordeiro and Juan Gomez-Pulido, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain and Instituto Politécnico de Leiria / ESTG and Pedro A. Assunção, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Leiria, Portugal

DATA DETECTION

MEDIATEC_04
A New Method for Height Estimation in Depth
Mahdi Mirzabaki, Azad University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

MEDIATEC_05
On Dual View Lipreading Using High Speed Camera
Alin G. Chitu and Leon J.M. Rothkrantz, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

MEDIATEC_08
Behaviour Detection in Dutch Train Compartments
Z. Yang, A. Keur and L. J. M. Rothkrantz, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

MEDIATEC_09
Semantic Audio-Visual Data Fusion for Automatic Emotion Recognition
D. Datcu, L. J. M. Rothkrantz, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

DATA MANIPULATION

MEDIATEC_02
Palimpsest : a tool for turning series of photographs into artistic slideshows
Philippe Codognet, Keio University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

MEDIATEC_10
Efficiency of peer-to-peer overlays for content distribution
Gerhard Haßlinger, T-Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Darmstadt, Germany, Halldór Matthías Sigurðsson, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark, Úlfur Ron Halldórsson, Iceland Telecom R & D, Reykjavik, Iceland and Julian Schröder-Bernhardi Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany

MEDIATEC_11
Modelling Grouping Pressures for Emergent and Self-Organizing Visual Perception
J.C. Stevens and Th.M. Hupkens, Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA), Den Helder and R. Dor and L.J.M. Rothkrantz, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

APTEC

AUDIOTEC_01
Design and Realization of Smart Audio Systems
Zygmunt Ciota, Technical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

APTEC_01
Energy Saving in Intelligent Buildings via Energy Harvesting in Wireless Sensor Networks
Lizzie Tang and Chris Guy, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

APTEC_02
A Context Aware and User Tailored Multimodal Information Generation in a Multimodal HCI Framework
Siska Fitrianie and Leon J.M. Rothkrantz, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

MEDICAL IMAGING

WORK_01
Image Segmentation Technique Applied to Ultrasound Medical Images
Emhmed Mohamed Saffor, University of Sebha, Lybya and Mohamed Rhoma and Kwan Hoong Nag, University of Malaya. Malaysia

WORK_02
Mapping Pelvic Floor Closure Forces Using Novel Multidirectional Vaginal Probe
Qiyu Peng, Stanford University, USA and Sadao Omata, Nihon University, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan

WORK_03
Biomechanical Analysis of the Human Middle Ear
F. Gentil, R.M. Natal Jorge, A.J.M. Ferreira, M.P.L. Parente, P.A.L.S. Martins and F. Alexandre, University of Porto and E. Almeida(6), Clínica ORL – Dr. Eurico de Almeida, Porto, Portugal

WORK_04
Segmentation and Simulation of Object in Pedobarography Images using Physical Principles
Patrícia C.T.Gonçalves, João Manuel R.S.Tavares and R.M.Natal Jorge, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

WORK_05
Tools for an Ultrasound Based 3D Bone Model Reconstruction, Registration and Visualization System
Paulo Jorge Sequeira Goncalves, Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Castelo Branco, and IDMEC/IST,Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

WORK_06
NUFFT-based Direct Fourier Methods and Regional Tomography
Silvia De Francesco and Augusto Silva, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

WORK_07
Medical Imaging in the XXI Century: the place of Functional Imaging and Nuclear Medicine
Luís F. Metello and Lídia Cunha, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto and Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Porto, Portugal

WORK_08
Detecting Abnormalities in Endoscopic Capsule Images using Color Wavelet Features and Feed Forward Neural Networks
Carlos S. Lima, Daniel Barbosa, Adriano Tavares, Luis Carvalho and Luis Monteiro, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, Guimarães and Jaime Ramos, Capuchos Hospital, Alameda Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa, Portugal

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