Message
from the Chairmen
The field of e-business, e-education, and
e-science in general is fast growing, and up to now it has been noticed that
there is a large body of unpublished knowledge that needs an appropriate forum
for its presentation. This was the main rationale behind the idea to organize
the IPSI-2004 international conference series. The theme of this particular
conference is synergistic interaction of Enterprise Knowledge, Modern
Technologies, and the Internet.
A sign of
appreciation goes also to all the people who worked hard for making this
conference a success: Nenad Korolija, Jelena Krunic, Miroslav Radakovic, Aleksandar Stanic,
Sanida Omerovic, Senad Omerovic, and others.
Welcome to the CAITA-2004 PURDUE conference. We hope you will all enjoy the event as much as
we have enjoyed in contributing to its preparation.
Mileta Tomovic, General Chairman
Veljko
Milutinovic, Program Chairman
CAITA-2004 PURDUE, USA, July
8-11. 2004
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Conference on Advances in Internet Technologies and
Applications, with special emphasis on E-Education, E-Enterprise,
E-Manufacturing, E-Mobility, and related issues |
Abstracts
IPSI Award Abstracts
Schedule
Neural
Network Analogs, Resource Distribution Theory, and Functional Evolutionary
Optimization Algorithms
Modern advances in economic
modelling coupled with computational string theory have led to highly
predictable emergent properties that arise under non-stationary vortices that
resemble neural networks in a surprising number of ways. Similar to computational networks, neural
networks can be modelled under evolutionary optimization schemes that, like
economic models, describe various attributes of cost- benefit analyses. Such paradigms are similar to behaviour
modification and assessment models, including the prisoner’s dilemma, and even
simpler associations, like tit-for-tat.
My research program takes a novel approach to evolutionary game theory
and resource optimization schemes by using string theory algorithms to
de-couple the resource allocation (inputs) from the resource uptake (outputs)
aspects of these types f associations.
I show that the optimization of resource redistribution schemes can be
modelled as a simple linear function, and that tests of the model fit
experimental data with statistical significance greater than six-sigma.
A Thin
Security Layer Protocol Over IP Protocol on TCP/IP Suite For Security
Enhancement
Mohammad Al-Jarrah, Abdel-Karim R. Tamimi
In this
paper, we proposed a thin security protocol (TSP) over IP protocol that
enforces a data security through encryption. This protocol consists of two
components. The first component manages and establishes a secure channel
between any two communicating hosts. This component uses three-way handshaking
and public key cryptography (PKC) to create virtual secure connection and
security entity (SE). SE holds the secret key cryptography (SKC), and addresses
of two hosts that share this SKC. The second component of TSP protocol encrypts
and encapsulates the coming transport layer packet into TSP packets. The TSP packet header consists only of two
fields each of them is one bytes. The first field identifies the TSP packet
types such as request, acknowledgement, transport layer data, or channel
terminating packets. The second field carries information about the transport
layer protocol.
Dynamic
Aspect Oriented C++ for Safe Upgrading Without Restarting
Sufyan
Almajali, Tzilla Elrad
This paper presents an extension
to C++ to construct easily upgradeable systems without restarting. With current
applications of the Internet, the need for new structures to achieve a high
degree of dynamic adaptability becomes apparent. Here we propose to address the
issue of modularization of Internet services whose implementation would
otherwise be scattered in many different places. The advantage of such
modularization is that these services become easier to control and adapt at
runtime. The cost of extracting what otherwise would be scattered code and
modularizing it is the need to provide mechanisms to quantify the points in the
program where the code needs to run. In addition, the issue of switching from
one system version to another safely is addressed. The paper presents the DAO
C++ language - Dynamic Aspect Oriented C++ system, its implementation and its
potential applications for dynamic applications upgrading.
Enviromentally-Induced
Vibroacoustic Disease
Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno
A. A. Castelo Branco
Vibroacoustic disease (VAD) is a
whole body pathology caused by excessive exposure to low frequency noise (LFN),
and characterized by the abnormal proliferation of extra-cellular matrices.
Research into the effects of exposure on humans began within occupational
settings, namely, aircraft technicians, pilots and flight attendants. However,
numerous cases have now been documented in individuals who are environmentally
exposed to LFN, and not occupationally exposed. The implications of an
increasing number of ill individuals added to the inadequacy of noise-related
legislation and policies, as well as the ignorance of mainstream physicians
regarding VAD, has led an unsustainable and unethical status quo.
Reformulating
Usability
David
Ambaye
Over the
past decade, the use of ethnography as a serious approach for narrating
technological intervention in organisations has been evolving very firmly in a
positive direction. In contrast, the use of ethnography for targeted research
objectives such as theory building and testing is less common. This paper
describes the design and implementation of a series of such ethnographic
studies aimed specifically at building a new understanding of what is meant by
the notion of system usability. The use of analytical techniques known as
usability scenarios that serves as the basis for this reformulation is also
described. Finally, a new definition of
system usability is proposed and twelve key dimensions are described.
Simulation
Supported Optimization of Container Storage Place
Krzysztof Amborski
Numerical optimization of all activities taking place in
container terminal enables – among others – proper design of routes for
terminal vehicles transporting containers to and from storage place and
performing loading operations on it. Storage place in container terminal is
used to store containers, which cannot be taken out within short time. Because
storage place is one of the parts of the terminal, its simulation should work
in a system describing whole terminal. In simulation of storage place there are
two crucial points: synchronization of events and optimization of vehicles
movements. Because some events can occur simultaneously, it is indispensable to
introduce priorities in their management. Therefore highest priority has been
attached to truck service (i.e. loading containers on trucks), lowest priority
– to the transport of containers inside storage place. Optimization procedures
ensuring full dynamic evidence of containers being on the terminal enable best
use of terminal vehicles. In this paper two quality indices are taken into
account – first minimizing energy, second minimizing time of the service. First
index is deciding when there is reserve in time and therefore cost of loading
is prevailing. Second – when the terminal is almost full of containers waiting
for immediate service.
Using Pattern to Reduce Compilation Dependencies in Large
Scale C++ Project
Zeeshan
Amjad
Making large scale project is
challenging task. There are lots of problems in large scale projects, which are
not visible in small projects. One such problem is compilation time that became
very large if project is not organized properly. Design Patterns, which helps
to make logical design of project, can also be used to manage the physical
dependencies of a large scale C++ project.
An Experience in the Evaluationof
E-Learning for IT Training and Certification
Louiza An, Luis G.Restrepo
Looking to
promote within the country a socially wide ranging IT exposure that would be
sustainable and have a positive impact on the country’s development, the
Colombian Government was inspired by India’s experience in the development of
its own successful Information Technology sector and went on to construct a
programme called the ‘Connectivity Agenda’. This programme is comprised of the
following six strategies: infrastructure access; education and training;
e-commerce; e-government; boosting the IT industry and increasing Colombia’s
website coverage. One of the components of the Education and Training strategy
is the National Project of Training and Certification in Information Technology
which looks to train, to an international standard, some 5000 professionals
within 7 years. After a year of development the Project’s advances were
evaluated in various cities around the country. Using the evaluation from one
of those cities we have set out the following, principal results which can act
as a reference for other countries who wish to implement similar IT projects.
E-Commerce:
A Brave New World
Timothy
Asiedu
The
essence of this paper is to explore the business and the technologies
associated with E-commerce in a developing like Ghana. In analysing the usage
of e-commerce in Ghana, a critical study of the target industries like Banks,
Mining, Insurance, Courier, Internet Cafes’, etc will be carried out. In
considering the target industries, the category of users in those industries
will also be looked at. Although E-commerce hasn’t been with us for long, the
rate at which it is being developed requires a study of its socio-economic
impact in a developing country like Ghana.
Weblogs,
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Specifications, OPML, and the Development of
Weblog Ecosystems
Douglas
Bass
The
phenomenon of weblogs (or "blogs") has rapidly developed over the
past year, with the development of a number of technologies that not only
facilitate online journals, but promise to revolutionize the internet
experience by greatly increasing the speed at which new content is delivered
and received. This paper will describe
the development of the RSS (Really Simple Syndication) specifications, the
growth in the use of Outline Processor Markup Language (OPML), and the
development of environments for ranking the relative importance of blogs
(commonly known as blog ecosystems).
The relationship between the blog community and traditional media
channels will also be examined.
Managing
Contribution
William G. Beazley
This paper is an overview of a
management philosophy based on contribution, rather than cost. Contribution, as I define it, is intuitively
simple and satisfying: Contribution is the value added to an expected opportunity
to deliver products and services. For
comparative purposes, contribution is measured by the net present value of the
expected value of the value delivery. Contribution Analysis is the study of
activity impact on expectations of delivered (or returned) value.
NEESgrid – Using Grid Technologies to Build the National
Virtual Collaboratory for Earthquake Engineering
Cristina Beldica
NEESgrid is the system
integration component of the George E. Brown, Jr., Network for Earthquake
Engineering Simulation (NEES), a national research facilities program supported
by the US National Science Foundation. Its objective is to create a virtual
laboratory for earthquake engineering research, by linking the state-of-the art
testing facilities distributed across the United States in addition to high
performance computational resources and data repositories. The key element of
NEESgrid is a powerful middleware architecture underlying the entire system
that supports higher-level information services accessible by end users; is
built upon the standards emerging from the Globus Project and the NSF
Middleware Initiative (NMI); and is designed to be scalable and extensible.
Impact of
E-business, E-education, and E-science Upon Traditional Native American and
Hispanic Cultures
Irene I.
Blea
This
presentation explores the impact of e-business, e-education, e-science upon
traditional Native American and Hispanic US cultures. More specifically, its focus is upon the gaps, lags and advances
of technological knowledge and implementation.
In some ways the advances have leveled the playing field between males
and females, but has distanced the young from the old.
Visual Literacy Merging Global Cultures
Peggy Blood
In the
increasingly digitized world of higher education it is time we rethink the
traditional education delivery system. Spurring of technology has contributed
to pedagogical delivery, not its’ structure advancement. Academia moves slowly in adjusting to
change. How can technology structure
and deliver really great learning experiences in the humanities? Teaching in
the humanities should be a global collaboration, i.e., a professor who has
lived, experienced and been educated in Russia would be the sole teacher of
Russian culture. Thus, students will objectively compare and contrast Russian
philosophical thoughts with those of Asians, Americans, and etc professors. The
bias is natural and is not skewed to one side.
The
Problems and Benefits of Outsourcing Technology Jobs
Thomas D.
Brumett
Much of
the discussion regarding the outsourcing of jobs by US companies is focused on
the resulting loss of jobs to the US workforce. This deeper look at this trend, particularly in the high
technology work place addresses the longer term impact on innovation,
competitiveness, productivity and education.
If properly applied, outsourcing can work to the benefit of technology
professionals and their employers; if misapplied outsourcing can be first steps
leading to technical obsolesce of entire industries in the US.
Formal
Description of the E-learning Adaptive Web System
Miroslav Bures, Ivan Jelinek
This article deals with formal
description of the adaptive web system. Adaptive web system monitors particular
user’s behavior and characteristics. Based on them, the system compiles a
resultant adapted document. This document corresponds to user’s qualification
and capability, preferences and his/her specific needs. For example, we can
adapt user interface of document, its information content and layout, topology
of hypertext or other features. The aim of using of adaptive approach to
student in E-learning is to increase effectiveness of E-learning process, to
improve its ergonomic quality and to adapt E-learning process for the disabled
students. The aim of our work is to create a system for automated
implementation of adaptive web systems. It represents a non-trivial engineering
process, which needs to establish a formal description of the system, like in
many other scopes of computer science. Beside that, formal description of
adaptive web system is needful in other cases, for example exact description of
adaptive document behavior.
Advanced Computational Modeling of Vapor Deposition in a
High-Pressure Reactor
Beatriz H.
Cardelino, Craig E. Moore, Sonya D. McCall, Carlos A. Cardelino, Nikolaus
Dietz, Klaus Bachmann
In search
of novel approaches to produce new materials for electro-optic technologies,
advances have been achieved in the development of computer models for vapor
deposition reactors under microgravity conditions. Numerical simulations are
invaluable tools for costly and difficult processes, such as those experiments
designed for high pressures or to be performed in space. Indium nitride is a candidate compound for
high-speed laser and photo diodes for optical communication system, as well as
for semiconductor lasers operating into the blue and ultraviolet regions. But vapor-deposited InN exhibits large
thermal decomposition at its optimum growth temperature. In addition, epitaxy at lower than optimum
temperatures and subatmospheric pressures incorporates indium droplets into the
InN films. However, surface
stabilization data indicate that InN could be grown at much higher temperatures
in high nitrogen pressures, with microgravity providing the necessary laminar flow
conditions. Numerical models for chemical
vapor deposition have been developed, coupling complex chemical kinetics with
fluid dynamic properties.
DSCP: A
Secure and Extensible Distributed Computing Platform
Paul James
Caritj, Nicholas Paul Johnson
Existing systems for distributed
computing all have critical failings that prevent them from becoming practical
computing tools; They allow for neither the secure execution of arbitrary
third-party algorithms nor the monetary reimbursement of end-users for the use
of their computing resources. DSCP has been designed to overcome these
failings; it allows for safe execution of third party code across the network,
while at the same time enabling providers of consumed resources to profit off
of membership in said network, yielding economic incentive to join. Public key
encryption is also employed to both secure and verify the sender of every
message passed within the system.
Sun Tzu and e-Strategy of Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
Muchiu Chang
In this paper, we explore the
philosophical foundation for the e-strategy of intellectual property right
(IPR) based on “Sun Tzu: The Art of War”. First of all, we find that using
modelling and simulation for evaluation and decision-making is a modern trend
of implementing Sun Tzu's concept of “temple calculation”. Our patent-pending
works in virtual validation and verification of product specifications by
modelling simulation have strategic importance in securing a market. Second,
Sun Tzu's defensive philosophy of “securing ourselves first” is preferable because
IPR is a protracted combat. From the human-brain orientation of IPR, we propose
to allow the individual member who creates the innovations to hold the IPRs of
his innovations and share the profits that come from his IPRs, which is a
corporation model of “I pay, we work, we win and we share”, so that there are
incentives to encourage people to think and offer the solutions, and let the
innovators free from the worry of being expendable. Finally, from our study of
US patent database, we notice that IPR can bring new opportunities to
individuals with know-how and skill, while INTERNET and world wide web (WWW)
along with open source software provide a new platform for innovators in
education (e-learning), creating innovation and manipulating marketing and strategy
with low cost.
Application of Web-Based
Electronic System to Diabetes Management
Jae-hyoung
Cho, Hyuk-Sang Kwon, Hee-Seoung Kim, Kun-Ho
Yoon
Considering
the recent dramatic increase in the number of patients and the medical cost, development of cost-efficient treatment modality for
diabetic patients is urgent need. So, we developed a web-based
electronic glucose monitoring system using internet as one of e-medicine systems.
With this system, we could show significant improvement of glycemic control by
randomized controlled trial and most participants were satisfied with this
system. Here we propose a framework to establish electronic medicine system for
chronic disease management. This system could become much larger and more brisk
with connection to mobile service system and with development of automatic data
analysis system.
A Study on the Impact of Organizational Learning to the Effectiveness of
Electronic Document Management Systems
Vincent
Cho
Processing documents
electronically can improve productivity, upgrade quality of product, avoid
redundancy and improve the customer service, etc. A popular system used in Hong Kong is Electronic Document
Management system (EDMS), which is an electronic way to manage and organize the
document more easily. It is an advanced solution
for companies to manage and organize tons of documents in the office.
On the other hand, organizational learning is the development of new knowledge of insights
that have the potential to influence behaviour. It was a measurable organizational capability – one that could be
developed over time, and one that could be directly towards the achievement of
competitive advantage.
Data
Center Acceleration
Alan
Crouch
New services and growing
transaction volumes continue to accelerate data center networking requirements.
Today’s multi-gigabit line rates suggest the messenger is plenty fast. The
solution to handling these volumes must therefore lie in how we handle the
message. Application consolidation, evolving workloads for Web services, and
other volume demands point to the need for protocol acceleration or offload to
efficiently convert network bandwidth into application performance. Intel
research and development believes the solution is new system technologies that
will help maximize CPU cycles for user applications while enabling the
processing of packet payloads at multi-gigabit line rates.
Water
Management in the Middle-East (GCC countries), Technological Perspective.
Anil
Dani
Water is the scares resource in
the Middle East. Creation of required water supply capabilities will be
consuming over 10 billion US Dollars in GCC countries. This region is very
active socio-politically for last several years. It is expected to remain so
for the next decade. New water resources development technologies will play an
important role in the life of a common person as well the local governments.
The paper is an effort to address possible impact of water purification, waste
water treatment and desalination technologies on environment, life style of a
common citizen. This may give an insight about local needs and key success
factors for new technological developments.
Combining Old Teaching Methods and New Technology to Create
Happier Students.
Anne D’Arcy-Warmington
The tacit dimension of teaching
and learning even with all the advances in technology still remains important
today. Emotions and environment whilst
learning mathematics become memories that are foundations to mathematical
comprehension. New advances with online
assistance and assessment serve to enhance teaching strategies not necessarily
replace them. The creation of friendly face for both lecturer and computer
means students can feel free to study further or may just leave with good vibes
about mathematics hence reducing the mathematics negativity cycle. The student may now see the mark of 5/10 as
halfway to success rather than halfway to failure
Concept Visualizations of
Computer Programs
Brian d'Auriol
A major issue facing the
programming world today is the quick and efficient understanding of existing
program code by programmers and software engineers. Visualization of concepts inherent in the program code is
proposed as a new mechanism to facilitate program comprehension. The premise of
this research is that program comprehension is primarily based on the reader's
conceptual formation of program code fragments. This paper identifies two novel
visualization models called the Program-Scientific and the Conceptual Crown
Visualization models; and presents preliminary visualization studies based on
understanding programs from data processing, high performance computing and
parallel computing applications.
Commonalities
in the Re-acculturation Process to the University Environment for Adult
Learners and Students with Diverse Backgrounds
Khaled Kevin Deeb, Adriana Cronin
This paper presents challenges
and practical techniques that adult educators must deal and incorporate into
their teaching and curriculum design in order to assist their students in the
successful integration into the classroom environment. There is no such thing
as the “typical student” in an adult education environment. The unique background of each individual is
as diverse as the south Florida landscape itself. A variety of cultures, races, ethnic and religious backgrounds
make up the population of this University. The Barry University community, for
instance, has been ranked, “number one
in campus diversity in the South region, according to the U.S. News and World
Report 2004 America’s Best Colleges” (US News, 2003).
This has been partially due to the diversified students’ backgrounds as well as
Barry’s demographic landscape and multi-campus operational structure. The
School of Adult and Continuing Education, in particular, offers degree programs
to adult students at over 13 campuses throughout Florida. These adult learners
vary in ethnicity, race, and academic background, among others. Studies show
that minorities, especially females, are more likely to pursue their education.
Also, classrooms are becoming another form of United Nations in which
instructors should keep in mind the students’ cultural and educational
differences as s/he prepares and delivers their lectures (Figs. 1..4). Thus, students should receive personal attention from
their professors while building one-on-one relationships that help prepare them
to succeed.
Inquiry-Based Learning by
Students with Disabilities Using RemoteScope:
An Internet-Driven Digital Light Microscope
Bradley
Duerstock, J. Paul Robinson
Physical access to classrooms and
laboratories is important, but active participation of students with
disabilities is paramount for learning. For a comprehensive educational
experience, there needs to be interactions between students with disabilities
and their teacher and classmates, as well as the course material and laboratory
equipment. Inquiry-based learning is recommended as a standard of teaching
science to all students at multiple grade levels. This pedagogical approach
encourages students to actively explore and interact with scientific concepts
and phenomena in order to gain a more thorough understanding. “Learning
science is something that students do, not something that is done to them.”
(National Research Council, 1996) However, physical
disabilities require us to consider a significantly different approach because
their disabilities prevent many students from taking a traditionally active
part in classroom demonstrations and to perform laboratory experiments
Net-Conferencing as an
e-Learning Tool to Improve Retention Rates on a Mathematics Course Taught by
Distance Learning
J G Dyke, L D Jenkins
Communicating mathematically
by telephone or by correspondence tuition can be extremely difficult. In
addition, attendance at face-to-face tutorials can be difficult for many students
e.g. for those who are geographically isolated or for students with
disabilities. The net-conferencing
project discussed in this paper was undertaken to investigate how new
technologies, in particular a graphics pad used in conjunction with the Net-Meeting
conferencing system, could be used to improve communication between tutor and
student on a distance learning mathematics degree course and to investigate the
hypothesis that this improved communication would lead to higher average marks
and improved retention rates.
Growing the UK’s Healthcare
Workforce through e-Learning
Maureen A.
Eby
The Open
University, the UK’s open and distance learning university, has invested in the
developments of an e-learning environment to support work base learning initiatives
to increase the UK’s healthcare workforce.
This initiative focussed on meeting the UK demand for nurses through the
development of the first work based pre-registration programme. This educational programme is drawing
substantially on the developments within the Open University’s e-learning
platform. This paper will examine the
development within e-learning that help to support this programme as well as
focus on the educational pedagogy that supports robust and transparent learning
which provides the foundations for lifelong learning.
A Cooperative Human-Robot Learning System using a Virtual
Reality Telerobotic Interface
Yael Edan,
Uri Kartoun, Helman Stern
This paper presents the concept
of a cooperative human-robot learning system for remote robotic operations
using a virtual reality (VR) interface. The case-study task is to empty the
contents of an unknown bag for subsequent scrutiny. The system employs several
state-action policies. A system state is defined as a condition that exists in
the system for a significant period of time and consists of the following
sub-states: 1) the bag which includes a feature set such as its type
(e.g., plastic bag, briefcase, backpack, or suitcase) and its condition
(e.g., open, close, orientation, distortions in bag contour, partial hiding
of a bag, changing of handle lengths); 2) the robot (e.g., gripper
spatial coordinates, home position, idle, performing a task); 3) other
objects (e.g., contents that fell out of the bag, obstructions) and 4) environmental
conditions such as illumination (e.g., day or night). A system
action takes the system to a new state. Action examples include initial
grasping point, lift and shake trajectory, re-arranging the position of a bag
to prepare it for better grasping and enable the system to verify if all the
bag contents have been extracted.
Network
Adaptability in Clusters and Grids
Jeffrey J.
Evans, Seongbok Baik, Joseph Kroculick, Cynthia S. Hood
The acceleration in computational scale to solve problems in emerging “computational” fields from Nanoscience and Genetics to Astrophysics places increasingly heavy compute and data storage burdens on locally and globally distributed computer systems. We are focusing on the management of these loosely coupled systems (clusters and Grids) which are asked to behave as an increasingly large single entity, repeatably and reliably. Our approach explores several areas and levels, from low level detection and reaction of subsystems to application dynamics, including human factors. These areas are discussed and results from our work to date is presented. New questions to stimulate deeper thought and discussion into requirements understanding are then posed.
A
Collaborative Project for Developing Smart Residences for Aging Populations
Raymond A. Eve, Diane J. Cook,
Sajal Das, Karthik Gopalratnam, Abhishek Roy, Susan Brown Eve,
Kenneth Durand
This paper describes a
collaborative project involving engineering and social science faculty from the
University of Texas at Arlington and the University of North Texas working in
collaboration with a retirement community.
The focus of the collaborative project is a prototype smart house,
located at UTA. To assist the aging populations of post-industrial nations, the
current project goes beyond existing efforts.
It does so by integrating a total system of human factors assessment
through integrated data collection, remote monitoring, sophisticated prediction
algorithms, and advanced data-mining to provide predictive health monitoring
and daily living support for the aged and their caregivers.
The Internet's Role in Societal
Awakening
Jay Fenello
As we transition from an
Industrial Society, to one based on Knowledge and Information, many of our
previous institutions will be found obsolete and irrelevant. Not only will
institutions be impacted, but society as a whole. This paper will focus on the individual's role in, and experience
of, the process.
A Prolog-like Language for the Internet
Ulisses Ferreira