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Final Program

ELECTRO/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

May 22-25, 2005
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.

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Session M21 - Special Session (Large Systems Issues)
Date: Monday May 23, 2005 Time: 10:30 To 12:00		Chair: Nasir Memon Location: Regency 202
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Certification of Large Distributed Computations with Task Dependencies in Hostile Environments	S. Jafar, A. W. Krings, J-L. Roch
2.	Hierarchical Clustering for Image Databases	S. K. Bhatia
3.	Inversion Ranks for Lossless Compression of Color Pallette Images	Z. Arnavut, F. Sahin
4.	A Hierarchical Key Pre-distribution Scheme	N. Memon, M. Ramakumar, R. Simha
5.	Arrival Rate Approximation by Nonnegative Cubic Splines	F. Alizadeh, J. Eckstein, N. Noyan, G. Rudolph

Session M22 - Networks and Applications
Date: Monday May 23, 2005 Time: 10:30 To 12:00		Chair: Byrav Ramamurthy Location: Regency 206
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Incorporation of Sparse Priors in Long-Code Blind Multiuser Detection	D. Overbye
2.	Teleoperated Robot Featuring Commercially Abailable Wireless Network Cards	R. Carper, E. Harmison, J. Isaacs, R. Martin, E. Thompson
3.	Link Redundancy Based Connected Topologies in Ad-hoc Networks	P. Boustead, J. Chicharo, G. Srivastava
4.	Energy Savings by Intelligent Interface Idling in 802.11 based Wireless Networks	S. Biswas, S. Datta
5.	Hierarchical Organization for Video Annotation	S. Aahlt, H. Li

Session M23 - Bioinfomatics-1
Date: Monday May 23, 2005 Time: 10:30 To 12:00		Chair: Jitender Deogun Location: Regency 207
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Modeling of the Biliary Tree Structure in MRCP Images	C. Eswaran, R. Logeswaran
2.	Performance Evaluation of 3-D Transforms for Medical Image Compression	C. Eswaran, N. Sriraam, R.S. Sunder
3.	A 3-D Discrete Hartley Transform Coder for Compression of Magnetic Resonance Images	C. Eswaran, N. Sriraam, R. S. Sunder
4.	Business Objects as Part of a Preprocessing based Micro Array Data Analysis	D. P. F. Moeller

Session M31 - Special Topics
Date: Monday May 23, 2005 Time: 1:30 To 3:00		Chair: S. Hossein Mousavinezhad Location: Regency 202
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Wireless SAW Sensors Reader: Architecture and Design	M. Z. Atashbar, B. J. Bazuin, S. Krishnamurthy
2.	Identification of acoustic wave modes in piezoelectric substrates	M. Z. Atashbar, B. J. Bazuin, K. Haisch
3.	Robust Beamforming for FDD Mobile Systems Over Rayleigh Fading Channels	L. Dong

Session M32 - Computer Networks
Date: Monday May 23, 2005 Time: 1:30 To 3:00		Chair: Farid Alizadeh Location: Regency 206
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Semi-Blind Adaptive Multiuser Detection For Asynchronous CDMA	H. Kim, K. Y. Kim, S. G. Kim, S. W. Lee, S. R. Subramanya, L-H. Sun, S. Wang, B. K. Yi
2.	High-Throughput High-Performance MIMO-OFDM via Carrier Interferometry	P. Liang, W. Wu, C-G. Zhao
3.	Receiver Design for OCDMA Users in a Hybrid OCDMA/WDMA System	P-H. Chang, J-R. Chen, C-Y. Liao
4.	Discontinuous Waveband Switching in WDM Optical Networks	B. Lekkala, B. Ramamurthy
5.	Scalable Secure Multicasting with Distributed Key Management from Pairings	B-C. Chieu, J-H. Chiu, S-T. Wu

Session M33 - Power Engineering
Date: Monday May 23, 2005 Time: 1:30 To 3:00		Chair: Neil Engleman Location: Regency 207
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Design and Implementation of a Non-Proprietary Campus Energy Management and Control System (EMCS)	L. Agarwal, S. Newbold
2.	A Monte Carlo Simulation Model for Reliability Evaluation of Transmission Systems	A. A. Chowdhury
3.	Distribution System Risk Assessment Based on Historical Reliability Performance	A. A. Chowdhury

Session M51 - Special Topic (Wireless Communications: 3G and Beyond)
Date: Monday May 23, 2005 Time: 4:30 To 6:15		Chair: Peter Mueller Location: Regency 202
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Simultaneous Mobility in Mobile IPv6	A. Dutta
2.	Hierarchical System Synchronization and Signaling for High-Performance - Low-Latency Interconnects	U. Bapst, R. Luijten, P. Mueller
3.	Scalable Resource Allocation of Dynamic Multiple-Services For Next Generation Wireless Networks	Y. Qian, R. Tafazolli, S. Y. Tang, S. Thilakawarda
4.	Space-Time Diversity versus Feedback-Based Channel Adaptation in Cross-Layer Design of Wireless Networks	J. Tang, X. Zhang
5.	Impact of Wireless (Wi-Fi, WiMAX) on 3G and Next Generation - An Initial Assessment	F. Behmann
6.	Joint Frame Synchronization and Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation in OFDM Systems	J. Liu, Y. Liu, K. Sohraby, C. Wang, Z. Zhang

Session M52 - Artificial Intelligence
Date: Monday May 23, 2005 Time: 4:30 To 6:15		Chair: Suleiman Barada Location: Regency 206
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	ILMDA: An Intelligent Learning Materials Delivery Agent and Simulation	T. Blank, L. D. Miller, S. Person, L-K. Soh
2.	Intelligent Collaborating Agents to Support Teaching and Learning	H. Jiang, X. Liu, L-K. Soh, X. Zhang
3.	K-means Clustering with Multiresolution Peak Detection	A. Bond, L-K. Soh, G. Yu
4.	Neural Network Based Approach for Tuning Kalman Filter	D. N. Aloi, O. Korniyenko, M. S. Sharawi
5.	Phase Unwrapping Using Vector Space Projection Methods	B. Marendic, H. Stark, Y. Yang

Session M53 - Signal Processing
Date: Monday May 23, 2005 Time: 4:30 To 6:15		Chair: S. Hossein Mousavinezhad Location: Regency 207
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Maximum Likelihood Wavelet Fusion for Aerospace NDE Applications	M. Kumar, P. Ramuhalli
2.	Harmonic Envelope Detection and Amplitude Estimation Using Map Seeking Circuits	B. J. Gregoire, R. C. Maher
3.	An Electromagnetic Acoustic Transduction Technique for Detecting Strut Fractures in Artificial Heart Valves	S. C. Chan, R. Clifford, Y. Li, S. Majumdar, N. V. Nair, S. Ramakrishnan, P. Ramuhalli, L. Udpa, S. S. Udpa
4.	Photonic Band Gap with Coherently Controlled Defect Induced by a Nanoscale Structure	W. Li, S. M. Sadeghi

Session T31 - Special Topics (Information and Intelligent Control Applications)
Date: Tuesday May 24, 2005 Time: 10:30 To 12:00		Chair: Marcelo Algrain Location: Regency 202
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Implementation of a Fast Initial Position and Magnet Polarity Estimation for PM Synchronous Machines in Traction and White Goods Applications	M. Harke, R. D. Lorenz, D. Raca, E. Schlevensky
2.	Controlling an Electric Turbo Compound System for Exhaust Gas Energy Recovery in a Diesel Engine	M. C. Algrain
3.	Electrical System Architecture and Controls for the Electrification of Heavy-Duty Trucks	K. W. Johnson
4.	A Structural Health Monitoring System for Earthmoving Machines	W. Allen, J. Sundermeyer

Session T32 - Wireless-2
Date: Tuesday May 24, 2005 Time: 10:30 To 12:00		Chair: Hamid Sharif Location: Regency 206
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Improving Wireless Link Delivery Ratio Classification with Packet SNR	G-H. Lu, Y. Ma, Y. Yu, Z-L. Zhang
2.	Location Management & Handoff Protocol for Wireless ATM Networks	C. Kumar, R. Tripathi
3.	A Mobility Based Link Layer Approach for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks	S. Ci, M. Hempel, P. Raviraj, H. Sharif
4.	Energy Efficient Multi-Resolution Visual Surveillance on Wireless Sensor Networks	D. Peng, H. Sharif, K. Veeraraghavan

Session T33 - Security
Date: Tuesday May 24, 2005 Time: 10:30 To 12:00		Chair: Kirstie Bellman Location: Regency 207
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	An Enhanced IPSec for Anonymous Internet Communication	C. Li, C. Yang
2.	ID-based Remote Authentication with Smart Cards on Open Distributed System from Elliptic Curve Cryptography	B-C. Chieu, J-H. Chiu, S-T. Wu
3.	General Access Structures in Audio Cryptography	S. S. Magliveras, D. Socek
4.	Anonymous Proof of Membership with Ring Signature	C-C. Chang, T. Hwang

Session T41 - Special Topics (A Sampling of Research Challenges in Computer Security)
Date: Tuesday May 24, 2005 Time: 1:30 To 3:00		Chair: Blaine Burnham and Jim Davis Location: Regency 202
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	An Overview of Hard Research Problems in Computer Security	B. Burnham
2.	Network Forensics Systems	T. Daniels
3.	Design of a Test-bed Network for Security Research	D. Jacobson
4.	Information Assurance Research at Mississippi State University	R. Vaughn
5.	MEMS Based Computed Tomographic Scanner for Border Security	K. Arunachalam, L. Udpa, S. S. Udpa

Session T42 - Software Engineering
Date: Tuesday May 24, 2005 Time: 1:30 To 3:00		Chair: Scott Henninger Location: Regency 206
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	An Event-Based Framework for Model Integration	X. Jia, C. Jones, H. Liu, L. Qin, A. Steele
2.	An Architectural Design Selection Tool Based on Design Tactics, Scenarios, and Nonfunctional Requirements	J. Anderson, D. Jurgens, J. Peterson, H. Reza, J. White
3.	Optimize Defect Detection Techiniques through Empirical Software Engineering Method	H. T. Sun

Session T43 - Special Session (Computer Networks)
Date: Tuesday May 24, 2005 Time: 1:30 To 3:00		Chair: Mohammed Atiquzzman Location: Regency 207
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	LIVE: Load balanced Inter-VEhicle Routing Protocol	L. Barolli, A. Durresi, M. Durresi
2.	An Infrastructureless End-to-End High Performance Mobility Protocol for Connection Oriented Applications using Interactive Transparent Networking	S. Davu, J. I. Khan, R. Y. Zaghal
3.	Buffer Requirements at ECN-capable RED Gateways to Minimize Packet Losses	H. Bai, D. Lilja
4.	Performance of DNS as Location Manager	M. Atiquzzaman, S. Fu, A. S. Reaz
5.	Analysis of A Highly Available Cluster Architecture	S. Ganesan, A. George

Session T51 - Embedded Circuits and Systems
Date: Tuesday May 24, 2005 Time: 3:30 To 5:30		Chair: Dietmar Moeller Location: Regency 202
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	An Adaptive Analog-to-Digital Converter Based on Low-Power Dynamic Latch Comparator	Z. Huang, P. Zhong
2.	Effects of Parameter Variations on Timing Characteristics of Clocked Registers	P. R. Gada, W. R. Roberts, D. Velenis
3.	Carry-Save and Binary Sign-Digit Representations Conversion	G. Wang
4.	Energy Macro-Modeling of Embedded Microprocessor Using SystemC	Z. Huang, J. Xi, P. Zhong
5.	The Efficient Implementation of An Array Multiplier	G. Wang
6.	Delay Modeling using Ramp and Realistic Signal Waveforms	D. Gandhi, R. Gandhi, J. Shiffer, D. Velenis

Session T52 - Computer Systems
Date: Tuesday May 24, 2005 Time: 3:30 To 5:30		Chair: Haitao Sun Location: Regency 206
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	A Distributed Processing Network Architecture for Reconfigurable Computing	F. Martinez Vallina, E. Orukulu, J. Saniie
2.	Theft-Induced Checkpointing for Reconfigurable Dataflow Applications	T. Gautier, S. Jafar, A. W. Krings, J-L. Roch
3.	A Survey of Data Protection Technologies	C-Y. Chang
4.	Performance Analysis of Two Frozen Image Based Backup/Restore Methods	C-Y. Chang, Y-C. Chu, R. Taylor
5.	Quantitative performance evaluation of high-end computing platforms	H. Ali, A. Nicoll, H. Sharif, K. Veeraraghavan

Session T53 - Computer Vision & Image Processing
Date: Tuesday May 24, 2005 Time: 3:30 To 5:30		Chair: Ashok Samal Location: Regency 207
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Scalable Multiresolution Color Image Segmentation With Smoothness Constraint	A. Mertins, G. Naghdy, F. A. Tab
2.	Computer Assisted Visual Interactive Recognition (CAVIAR) Technology	S-H. Cha, A. Evans, A. Gattani, G. Nagy, J. Sikorski, C. Tappert, P. Thomas, J. Zou
3.	Restoration for Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography	S. E. Reichenbach, J. Shi
4.	Automated Unmixing of Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Chemical Separations with Mass Spectrometry	M. Chen, S. E. Reichenbach, J. Shi
5.	Hand gesture selection and recognition for visual-based human-machine interface	A. Chalechale, G. Naghdy, P. Premaratne, F. Safaei
6.	Multi-Channel Texture Classification Applied To Feature Extraction in Forestry	C. Katsch, C. Koerber, D. P. F. Moeller

Session W11 - Educational and Other Applications
Date: Wednesday May 25, 2005 Time: 08:00 To 10:00		Chair: Rob Maher Location: Regency 202
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Multimedia Access Platform for Virtual Learning Environment	A. Dong, H. Li
2.	Using LabVIEW Software for a Fire and Alarm Technology Lab	H. Franz
3.	An Interactive Grading and Learning System for Chinese Calligraphy	C-H. Chou, C-C. Han, C-S. Wu
4.	Expert Witness: A Computer Science Emphasis	A. Coleman, D. Dampier
5.	An Intelligent Survey Framework Using the Life Events Calendar	J. Kite, L-K. Soh

Session W12 - Bioinfomatics-2
Date: Wednesday May 25, 2005 Time: 08:00 To 10:00		Chair: Etsuki Moriyama Location: Regency 206
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Using Databases and Computational Techniques to Infer the Function of Novel Proteins	K. Mercier, R. Powers, V. Ramanathan, P. Revesz
2.	A Computational Approach for Gene Assembly and Exon Annotation Based on BLAST	H. Ali, X. Deng
3.	Mining Gene Microarray Data with Adaptive Feature Scaling	H. Ali, X. Deng, H. Geng

Session W13 - Web Applications
Date: Wednesday May 25, 2005 Time: 08:00 To 10:00		Chair: Bob Evanich Location: Regency 207
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Data Mining Application in Designing Popular and Optimal Travel Packages	B. Al-salim
2.	Web Services for Designing Small-scale Web Applications	S. Angara, K. Dezhgosha
3.	Two Approaches to Improve Java MIDP Record Management System in Wireless Devices	H. Kimm, C. Shim, S. Y. Shin
4.	Prasan Bit Position Match Error Concealment Model with Inverse Relationship Between Motion Frames for Efficient MPEG Video Transmission Over Lossy Communications Networks	P. Kannan
5.	An strategy to share data among multi-platforms process information systems	J. M. S. Jurado, A. E. Reza, J-A. Sanchez-Lopez

Session W21 - Special Session (Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks)
Date: Wednesday May 25, 2005 Time: 10:30 To 12:00		Chair: Lance Perez and Steve Goddard Location: Regency 202
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Self-stabilizing Pursuer-Evader Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks	M. Demirbas
2.	2-D Tracking Performance Evaluation Using the Cricket Location-Support System	S. Das, C. Gleason, S. Goddard, L. C. Perez, S. Shen
3.	An Overview of Localization Algorithms in Disconnected Wireless Sensor Networks	C. Gleason, S. Shen
4.	A Study of Measurement Error in 2-D Localization using the Cricket System	S. Das, C. Gleason, S. Shen
5.	Integration of Wireless Localization and Environmental Control Systems	S. Goddard, G. Henze, L. C. Perez, S. Pump

Session W22 - Networking & Security
Date: Wednesday May 25, 2005 Time: 10:30 To 12:00		Chair: Chung-Yen Chang Location: Regency 206
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Ground Water Monitoring using Smart Sensors	S. Anumalla, M. Burbach, D. C. Gosselin, B. Ramamurthy
2.	A Generic Quality of Service Management Model for Nertwork-aware Applications	P. Bhattarakosol, W. Srisujjalertwaja
3.	Performance Analysis of Multiuser Power Control Algorithms for VDSL	A. Rashdi, A. U. H. Sheikh, N. M. Sheikh
4.	A Proportional Rate-based Control for Active Queue Management	C-L. Chen, J-C. Yu
5.	Frequency Domain Real Time Digital Image Watermarking	A. Agarwal, S. Ganesan, R. Shah

Session W23 - Special Session (Bioinformatics)
Date: Wednesday May 25, 2005 Time: 10:30 To 12:00		Chair: Khalid Sayood Location: Regency 207
	Paper	Author(s)
1.	Identification of Pathogenic Fungi Using Computational and Molecular Biological Approaches	D. R. Bastola, S. H. Chandio, S. H. Hinrichs, P. C. Iwen
2.	Significance analysis of clustering high throughput biological data	J. Jones, S. Kolia, T. A. Libermann, O. Osman, H. H. Otu
3.	Imposed Constraints on the Smith-Waterman Alignment Algorithm for Enhanced Modeling of a Single-Molecule DNA Sequencer	G. R. Bashford, P. G. Humphrey
4.	A Genome Signature Based on Markov Modeling	J. Li, K. Sayood

Updated 5/18/2005