IPSI-2004 Pescara, Italy (July 28 – August 2, 2004)

Internet, Processing, Systems and Interdisciplinary

July 29, 2004
    9:00 – 10:30


Opening Ceremony:
Welcome Address, Veljko Milutinovic, General Chair
Opening Keynote: Michael Flynn, Stanford University
    10:45 – 12:15 Who – is – who: Getting to Know Each Other
    13:45 – 15:15








Emergent Architectures of Open Source: A Conjecture
Darla V. Lindberg,, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

INN RESEARCH.COM. Developing a Sustainable Web-Based
Research Network for the Hospitality Industry in the United States
Robert Palmer ,Williams School of Business and Economics, Canada

New Algorithm of Discriminant Analysis Using Integer Programming
Shuichi Shinmura, Seikei University, Japan
    15:30 – 17:00










Relationship Among Relapse Rate, MMPI-2 Profiles and Employment
Status of Persons Who Are Opiate Dependent
James F. Scorzelli, Northeastern University Boston, USA

Develop an Internet-based Computer Program to deliver Tailored,
Self-directed Nutritional Advice to Seniors
Linda Snetselaar, University of Iowa, USA

The Role of ICT in Bridge Building and Social Inclusion;
the Dissolving Boundaries Programme in Ireland.
Roger Austin, Head of the School of Education, University of Ulster, UK
July 30, 2004
    9:00 – 10:30









Mechatronic Vocational Education
I. Gucuyener, Uludag University, Turkey

Virtual Peace Education
Ruth Firer, Director of the Peace Education Forum,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Revisiting Night John
Teachers' Perceptions towards Cultural Lingusitic Diversity
Filiz Shine Edizer, USA
    10:45 – 12:15










E-Learning Development:
From IT to ICT at the School of Clinical Dentistry, Sheffield
Giuseppe Cannavina, University of Lethbridge, Canada

Internet in Pharmaceutical Research and Education
Stefan Balaz, North Dakota State University, USA.

Patterned Review of Disease States and Organ Systems Interrelationships
Improves Critical Thinking Scores on Pre-test for
Nutrition Internship Program
Andrea Lasichak, University of Michigan, USA
    13:45 – 15:15










A Mechanism for Switching Running Mode of Application Programs
Yoshinari Nomura, Okayama University, Japan

Designing a Scalable, Flexibile, and Possibly Mobile Centre of
Emergency Operations
Peter. Chan, Hong Kong

A New Security Technique for Mobile Commerce based on
Watermarked Voice Cheques
Sorin A. Huss, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

    15:30–17:00








Web Based Introductory Course in Electrical Engineering
Vello Kukk, Tallinn Technical University, Estonia

ICT-supported Mediation of Local Knowledge from a
Global Research Perspective
Thomas Bearth, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Economically Saving Venice from the Sea
Carl Johnson, USA
July 31, 2004
    9:00 – 10:30










The Evolution of Korea’s Industrial relation System and Change in the
Wage-strike Relationship
Mario F. Bognanno, USA

Radio and Television of the Future:
Intelligent Digital Indexing and Retrieval
Mark T. Maybury, The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, USA

Northeast Regional Research Center:
Information Technology for Enhanced Analysis
Mark T. Maybury, The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, USA
    10:45 – 12:15










The Design and Piloting of an eBusiness Design Studio
Paul Robins, Aston University, UK

Teaching & Learning in Real Time:
A Case Study in using ICT and concepts from Business and Economics
literature to alter the architecture of a Business Economic course
Antonio Dottore, The University of Adelaide, Australia

A Multi-Agent System Framework for Collaborative
Decision-Making under Uncertanity
Daniel Ortiz-Arroyo, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark
    13:45 – 15:15








Designing New Contexts for Online Communities
Marco Adria, University of Alberta, Canada

Management of the Citizen’s Digital Identity and Access
To Multi-version Norm Texts on the Semantic Web
Fabio Grandi, University Bologna, Italy

Virtualization Layer for Automated Storage Management
Zoran Babovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
    15:30–17:00








Application of Internet Technologies in Teaching Natural Resources
K.J. Reddy, University of Wyoming , USA

How plant leaves are protected from sunburn?
Kozi Asada, Fukuyama University, Japan

Developing Relevant Technology for Small-scale
Farming Population
Jennifer Taylor, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, USA
August 1, 2004
    9:00 – 10:30











Intertextuality:
A Hermeneutic Model in Milton’s ”Samson Agonistes.
Derek N.C. Wood, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

Internet Activity and its effects to Competitiveness in
Emerging Countries
Richard Szanto, Budapest University of Economic, Sciences and
Public Administration, Hungary

A Decision Support System for Management of the Distribution of
Regional Activities
Ardeshir Anjomani, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
    10:45 – 12:15









Examination of Technologies for Student-Generated Work in a
Peer-Led, Peer-Review Instructional Environment
Brian P. Coppola, University of Michigan, USA

Evidence of Complex Reasoning in Technology and Science:
Notes From Inner City Detroit, Michigan, USA
Nancy Butler Songer, University of Michigan, USA

A Practical Business Course for Engineers and Computer Scientists
Bert Lundy, Naval Postgraduate School, Canada
    13:45 – 15:15









An Artifactual Information System (I-MASS)
as an Agent-Based Open Service Architecture:
Using a Knowledge Landscape with a Virtual Reference Room
Peter J. Braspenning, University of Maastricht, Netherlands

Data Assurance in Conventional File System
Aleksandar Stanic, Univesity of Belgrade, Serbia

MPEG 1/2 Multiplexer
Zoran Babovic, Univesity of Belgrade, Serbia
    15:30–17:00









Streaming Content DRM system for MPEG-2
Yeonjeong Jeong, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea

High Efficiency Microwave Power Amplifier (HEMPA) Design
Dr. W. Herbert Sims, Advance In-Space Propulsion Group,
Transportation Directorate, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL

Using A Hierarchy of Determinant Attributes for Evaluation of
Information Security Systems: the Case of Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
Mikhail Kotykhov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand






Interfaces Conference – Pescara, Italy
July 30th – August 1st, 2004
Program:

July 30, 2004

9:00-9:10
Welcome
Anna Maria Di Sciullo, Organiser

9:10-10:00
Invited speaker
Juan Uriagereka
, University of Maryland and University of the Basque Country
‘Symmetry Breaking and Entropy in Grammar’

10:00-10:30
Anna Maria Di Sciullo, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, and Dana Isac, Concordia University
‘Possible Extraction Domains and Move/Re-Merge as an Asymmetric Relation’

10:30-10:45
Break

10:45-11:15
Mark de Vries, University of Groningen
‘Parataxis as a Different Type of Asymmetric Merge’

11:15-11:45
Elena Herburger, Georgetown University
‘The Asymmetry of Only and Nur, Conservativity, and the Syntax/Semantics Interface’

11:45-12:15
Sandiway Fong, University of Arizona
‘Minimalist Parsing and Mutiplanar Syntax’


July 31, 2004

9:10-10:00
Invited Speaker
Mark Steedman
, University of Edinburg
‘On the Interfaces and the Computational System’

10:00-10:30
Calixto Aguero-Bautista, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
‘Isolability at the Interfaces and the Notion of Binding Domain’

10:30-10:45
Break

10:45-11:15
Rejean Canac-Marquis, Simon Fraser University
‘Bound Anaphora, Binding, Incremental Interpretation and the Role of the I/C Interface’

11:15-11:45
Stanca Somesfalean, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
‘Why Interpreting Weak Pronouns in Natural Language is not Ambiguous’

11:45-12:15
Olga Zavitnovich-Beaulac, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
‘Asymmetry of Feature Assignment and its Consequences’


August 1, 2004

9:10-10:00
Invited Speaker
Robert C. Berwick
, MIT
‘Nothing Left but Merge: Interface Constraints and Minimal Minimalist Syntax’

10:00-10:30
Roberto De Almeida, Concordia University
‘Type-shifting Verbs and Semantic (De)composition’

10:30-10:45
Break

10:45-11:15
Rodolfo Delmonte, University of Venice
‘Parsing Arguments and Adjuncts’

11:15-11:45
Anna Maria Di Sciullo and Philippe Gabrini, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
‘Query Processing and Language Processing : Bridging the Abyss’

11:45-12:15
Annual Meeting of the Federation on Natural Language Processing