Final Programme

Friday, February 28

Opening Ceremonies: 8:30 A.M.-9:00 A.M.

Keynote Address: 9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M.

• Virtual Teams + Virtual Projects = Real Learning
  Adele Goldberg, Neometron, Inc. (USA)

Coffee Break: 10:00 A.M.-10:20 A.M.

Technical Session I: 10:20 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

Session I-A

Session I-A-1 Biomedical Computing (10:20 A.M.-11:10 A.M.)

• Support to the Management of Clinical Activities in the Context of Protocol-Based Care
  Domenico M. Pisanelli, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-ITB (Italy)
  Fabrizio Consorti, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza" - Policlinico "Umberto I" (Italy)
• A Diagnostic System Based on a Multi-Decision Approximate Rules Model
  Ray R. Hashemi, Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock & Nat'l Center for Toxicological Research (USA)
  Fred Choobineh, University of Nebraska at Lincoln (USA)
  John Talburt, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (USA)
  William Slikker, Merle G. Paule, National Center for Toxicological Research (USA)

Session I-A-2 Data Mining (11:10 A.M.-12:00 P.M.)

• Data Mining: Developments and Challenges (Invited Presentation)
  Bhavani Thuraisingham, The MITRE Corporation (USA)

Session I-B: Computer and Telecommunication Networks

• A Reliable Multicast Session Protocol for Collaborative Continuous-Feed Applications
  Walid Mostafa, Mukesh Singhal, The Ohio State University (USA)
• The Average Diameter of Binary Tree Structures
  Zhizhang Shen, Plymouth State College (USA)
• A Design and Prototyping of an Object-Oriented Program Debugger
  Chang-Hyun Jo, Phil Sun Kim, Hyeung Sik Im, Kyonggi University (Korea)
  Eui Hyun Paik, Byung Sun Lee, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Korea)
• An Evaluation Study of Protocols Used in Cable TV Networks
  Rami M. Khasawneh, LaSalle University (USA)
  M. S. Obaidat, Monmouth University (USA)

Session I-C: Genetic Algorithms I

Session Chair: Roger Wainwright, University of Tulsa (USA)

• Evolution Using Genetic Programming of a Low-Distortion, 96 Decibel Operational Amplifier
  John R. Koza, Forrest H. Bennett III, Stanford University (USA)
  David Andre, University of California (USA)
  Martin A. Keane, Martin Keane, Inc. (USA)
  
• Collective Memory Search
  Thomas Haynes, The University of Tulsa (USA)
• Computing with Haar Functions
  Sami Khuri, San Jose State University (USA)
• SAARA: a Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Test Pattern Generation for Digital Circuits
  Fulvio Corno, Paolo Prinetto, Maurizio Rebaudengo, Matteo Sonza Reorda, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
• Adaptive Operator Probabilities in a Genetic Algorithm that Applies Three Operators
  Bryant A. Julstrom, St. Cloud State University (USA)

Session I-D

Session I-D-1: Computational Logic and Logic Programming (10:20 A.M.-11:10 A.M.)

Session Chair: Ralph Wilkerson, University of Missouri-Rolla (USA)

• Direct Finite First-Order Model Generation with Negative Constraint Propagation Heuristic
  Olga Shumsky, Northwestern University (USA)
  Ralph Wilkerson, Fikret Ercal, University of Missouri-Rolla (USA)
  William McCune, Argonne National Laboratory (USA)
• Crozzle: an NP-Complete Problem
  David W. Binkley, Loyola College (USA)
  Bradley M. Kuhn (USA)

Session I-D-2: Programming Languages (11:10 A.M.-12:00 P.M.)

Session Chair: Bogumil Hausman, Ericsson Telecom AB (Sweden)

• Look-Ahead Allocation in the Presence of Branches
  James D. Shuler, SUNY College at Brockport (USA)
  Henry R. Bauer, III, University of Wyoming (USA)
• Implementating Interaction Nets in MONSTR
  Richard Banach, University of Manchester (UK)
  George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus (Cyprus)

Lunch Break: 12:00 P.M.-1:30 P.M.

Technical Session II: 1:30 P.M.-3:10 P.M.

Session II-A: Database Technology I (Document Systems and Knowledge Discovery)

• CHECK: A Document Plagiarism Detection System
  Antonio Si, Hong Va Leong, Rynson W. H. Lau,
  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)
• A Data Modeling Approach to the Seamless Information Exchange Among Structured Documents and Databases
  Atsuyuki Morishima, Hiroyuki Kitagawa, University of Tsukuba (Japan)
• *An Effective Algorithm for Mining Interesting Quantitative Association Rules
  Keith C. C. Chan, Wai-Ho Au, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong) *Knowledge Discovery in Database by Progol-Design, Implementation and its
• Application to Expert System Building
  Keiko Shimazu, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  Koichi Furukawa, Keio University (Japan)
• *Science Watch By Knowledge Discovery in Bibliographic Databases
  T. Dkaki, Universite Paul Sabatier (France)

Session II-B: Parallel and Distributed Computing I (Algorithms and Applications)

• A Tree Generating Algorithm for Designing Optimal Hierarchical Distributed Systems
  Dorota M. Huizinga, California State University (USA)
  Ewa Kubicka, University of Louisville (USA)
• An Authentication-Combined Access Control Scheme Using A Geometric Approach In Distributed Systems
  Woei-Jiunn Tsaur, Shi-Jinn Horng, National Taiwan Institute of Technology (Taiwan)
  Chia-Ho Chen, Lee Ming Institute of Technology (Taiwan)
• Simple Distributed Algorithms For The Cycle Cutset Problem
  Arun Jagota, Rina Dechter, University of California (USA)
• Heterogeneous Programming With Concurrent Objects
  V. K. Murthy, University of Ballarat (Australia)
  E. V. Krishnamurthy, Australian National University (Australia)
• Constructing the Constrained Delaunay Triangulation on the Intel Paragon
  Fenglien Lee, Winston-Salem State University (USA)

Session II-C: Genetic Algorithms II

• Why Is Problem-Dependent and High-Level Representation Scheme Better in a Genetic Algorithm?
  Sam Chung, Indiana University Medical Center (USA)
  Rafael Perez, University of South Florida (USA)
• Heuristic Algorithms for the Terminal Assignment Problem
  Sami Khuri, Teresa Chiu, San Jose State University (USA)
• A Genetic Approach to Color Image Compression
  Harald Feiel, Bowling Green State University (USA) & Universitat Salzburg (Austria)
  Sub Ramakrishnan, Bowling Green State University (USA)
• Design and Implementation of a Parallel Genetic Algorithm for the Travelling Purchaser Problem
  Luiz S. Ochi, Lucia M. A. Drummond, Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil)
  Rosa M. V. Figueiredo, Universidade Federal di Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Session II-D: Fuzzy Applications I

• Success Factors For Software Reuse That Are Applicable Across Domains And Businesses (Invited Paper)
  David C. Rine, George Mason University (USA)
• Topological Relations Between Fuzzy Regions
  F. Benjamin Zhan, Southwest Texas State University (USA)
• *Using Fuzzy Grammars For The Evaluation of SGML-Based Documents
  Francesca Arcelli Fontana, Ferrante Formato, University of Salerno (Italy)

Coffee Break 3:10 P.M.-3:30 P.M.

Technical Session III: 3:30 P.M.-5:10 P.M.

Session III-A: Database Technology II (WWW and Mobile Databases)

• Generating HTML Sources With TFE Enhanced SQL
  Toshiyuki Seto, Takuhiro Nagafuji, Motomichi Toyama, Keio University (Japan)
• PRO-MOTION : Management of Mobile Transactions
  Gary D. Walborn, Panos K. Chrysanthis, University of Pittsburgh (USA)
• *Query Planning in Infomaster
  Oliver M. Duschka, Michael R. Genesereth, Stanford University (USA)
• *Towards Interoperable Heterogeneous Information Systems: An Experiment Using the DIOM Approach
  Yooshin Lee, Ling Liu, University of Alberta (Canada) Calton Pu, Oregon Graduate Institute (USA)
• *Pre-Processed, Multilingual Communication on the World-Wide Web
  Michael Bjorn, Christoph Neumann, University of Tsukuba (Japan)

Session III-B: Parallel and Distributed Computing II (Networks and Communications)

• Multi-Node Communication in Hyper-Ring Networks
  Fadi N. Sibai, Intel Corporation (USA)
• On the Impact of Pipelined Communication in Hierarchical Ring Multicomputers
  Fadi N. Sibai, Intel Corporation (USA)
• Distributed Routing in the Recursive Diamond Network
  Fadi N. Sibai, Intel Corporation (USA)
• Fault-Containing Network Protocols
  Sukumar Ghosh, Arobinda Gupta, Sriram V. Pemmaraju, The University of Iowa (USA)
• Hierarchical Multistage Interconnection Network for Shared-Memory Multiprocessor System
  Chang-hoon Choi, Sung-chun Kim, Sogang University (Korea)

Session III-C: Genetic Algorithms III

• A Hybrid Algorithm for the Point to Multipoint Routing Problem
  Heather L. Christensen, Roger L. Wainwright, Dale A. Schoenefeld, The University of Tulsa (USA)
• Hybrid Search Algorithms
  Roy P. Pargas, Jennifer Ludwick, Steven Spoon, Clemson University (USA)
• Genetic VLSI Circuit Partitioning with Two-Dimensional Geographic Crossover and Zigzag Mapping
  Byung-Ro Moon, Yoon-Sik Lee, Chun-Kyung Kim, Design Technology Research Lab (Korea)
• Polypeptide Structure Prediction: Real-Valued Versus Binary Hybrid Genetic Algorithms
  Charles E. Kaiser, Jr., Gary B. Lamont, Laurence D. Merkle, Air Force Institute of Technology (USA) George H. Gates Jr., Ruth Pachter, Wright-Patterson AFB (USA)

Session III-D: Fuzzy Applications II

• On the Primitivity of the Division of Fuzzy Relations
  Patrick Bosc, IRISA/ENSSAT (France)
• Developing a Focus in Unsupervised Database Mining
  Lawrence J. Mazlack, University of Cincinnati (USA)
• *Dynamic Clustering for Technology-based Domain Analysis (TDA)
  Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan (Italy) Ahn D. Ta, The MITRE Corporation (USA)

SIGAPP Meeting: 5:30 P.M.-6:30 P.M.

Reception: 7:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.

Saturday, March 1

Keynote Address: 9:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M.

• The Future of Computers in Education: Learning 10 Lessons from the Past
  Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan (USA)
  Cathie Norris, University of North Texas (USA)

Coffee Break: 10:00 A.M.-10:20 A.M.

Technical Session IV: 10:20 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

Session IV-A: Database Technology III (Distributed Databases and Transaction Processing)

• Multi-Site Distributed Database Transactions Utilizing Deferred Update
  Parvathi Chundi, Daniel J. Rosenkrantz, S. S. Ravi, State University of New York-Albany (USA)
• Location Management Methods of Migratory Data Resources in ATM Networks
  Takahiro Hara, Kaname Harumoto, Masahiko Tsukamoto, Shojiro Nishio, Osaka University (Japan)
• *Enhancing the Performance of Presumed Commit Protocol
  Yousef J. Al-Houmaily, Panos K. Chrysanthis, Steven P. Levitan, University of Pittsburgh (USA)
• *An Alternative Approach to Serialization of Multilevel Secure Transactions
  Brajendra Panda, Alabama A&M University (USA)

Session IV-B: Parallel and Distributed Computing III (Scheduling)

• Hybrid Static-Dynamic Communication Scheduling For Parallel Systems
  David R. Surma, Edwin H-M. Sha, University of Notre Dame (USA)
• Performance Prediction Based Loop Scheduling for Heterogeneous Computing Environment
  Yongsheng Song, Wei-Ming Lin, University of Texas at San Antonio (USA)
• Sequencing Jobs With Readiness Times and Tails On Parallel Machines
  Nodari Vakhania, State University of Morelos (Mexico)
• A Parallel Multi-Operation Scheduling Problem With Machine Order Constraints
  Weizhen Mao, The College of William and Mary (USA)

Session IV-C: Multimedia Systems

• A Query Processing Method for Data Warehouses Which Contain Multimedia
  W. Perrizo, Z. Zhang, S. Krebsbach, North Dakota State University (USA)
• A Retrieval Technique for Virtual Reality Databases
  Venkat N. Gudivada, University of Missouri-Rolla (USA) Jay Bhuyan, Tuskegee University (USA) Ramesh Adusumilli, Alabama A&M University (USA)
• Application of Domain Vector Perfect Hash Join for Multimedia Data Mining
  Venkata N. Rao Goli, GoSoft (USA) William Perrizo, North Dakota State University (USA)

Session IV:

Session IV-D-1: Artificial Intelligence (10:20 A.M.-11:10 A.M.)

Session Chair: Robert Inder, University of Edinburgh (UK)

• Knowledge Assessment Using Fuzzy Conceptual Representation
  Perry C. Cheng, Danny Kilis, Graeme Knight, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)
• Scaling of Neural Network Inferencing by Efficient Storage and Retrieval of Outputs
  Bryn Lewis, La Trobe University (Australia) Andrew Stranieri, University of Ballarat (Australia) John Zeleznikow, La Trobe University (Australia)

Session IV-D-2 Computer Uses In Education (11:10 A.M.-12:00 P.M.)

Session Chair: Doris Carey, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (USA)

• An Architecture for an Integrated Active Help System
  Graeme Knight, Danny Kilis, Perry C. Cheng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)
• World Wide Web Based Grades Management
  Jan Carroll, Johnny Carroll, Sam Houston State University (USA)

Lunch Break: 12:00 P.M.-1:30 P.M.

Technical Session V: 1:30 P.M.-3:10 P.M.

Session V-A: Database Technology IV (Advanced Topics in Databases)

• SEMCOG: An Integration of SEMantics and COGnition-based Approaches for Image Retrieval
  Wen-Syan Li, NEC USA, Inc. (USA)
  K. Selcuk Candan, University of Maryland (USA)
  Kyoji Hirata, NEC USA, Inc. (USA)
• A Formal Model for the Discrete Representation of Spatial Objects
  Francesca Coppa, Enrico Nardelli, Universita di L'Aquila (Italy)
  Maurizio Talamo, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza" (Italy)
• *Spatial Index Based on Multiple Interval Segments
  Xiao Weiqi, Feng Yucai, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China)
• *A Brief Survey of Tertiary Storage Systems and Research
  S. Prabhakar, D. Agrawal, A. El Abbadi, A. Singh, University of California (USA)

Session V-B: Parallel and Distributed Computing IV (Resource Allocation and Load Balancing)

• Token Based Solutions to the M Resources Allocation Problem
  Aomar Maddi, IRISA (France)
• Booking Heterogeneous Processor Resources to Reduce Communication Overhead
  Dingchao Li, Akira Mizuno, Yuji Iwahori, Naohiro Ishii,
  Nagoya Institute of Technology (Japan)
• An Efficient Processor Partitioning and Thread Mapping Strategy for Mesh-Connected Multiprocessor Systems
  Hong Liu, Wei-Ming Lin, Yongsheng Song, The University of Texas at San Antonio (USA)
• A Negotiation Protocol for Batch Task Assignments In Dynamic Load Distribution
  Chin Lu, Sau-Ming Lau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
• On Dynamic Tree Growing in Hypercubes
  Keqin Li, State University of New York-New Paltz (USA)

Session V-C: Mobile Computing Systems I

• Utilizing Mobile Computing in the Wishard Memorial Hospital Ambulatory Service
  Stuart Morton, Omran Bukhres, Purdue University (USA)
• *Microsoft Windows CE: A New Handheld Computing Platform
  Robert O'Hara, Microsoft Corporation (USA)
• Balanced Assignment of Cells in PCS Networks
  Jie Li, Hisao Kameda, Hideto Itoh, University of Tsukuba (Japan)

Session V-D: Panel Session: Human Computer Interaction Models and Application Development

Panelists:

• David Benyon, University of Napier (UK)
• Gene Golovchinsky, Xerox Palo Alto Laboratory (USA)
• Santosh Mathan, NASA Ames Research Center (USA)
• Dewey Rundus, University of South Florida (USA)
• Arnold Smith, National Research Council of Canada (CANADA)
• Robert C. Williges, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (USA)

Coffee Break 3:10 P.M.-3:30 P.M.

Technical Session VI: 3:30-5:10 P.M.

Session VI-A: Database Technology V (Workflow Management and Multimedia Databases)

• Group-Authoring in CONCORD -- A DB-Based Approach
  Norbert Ritter, University of Kaiserslautern (Germany)
• The RasDaMan Approach to Multidimensional Database Management
  Peter Baumann, Paula Furtado, Roland Ritsch, Norbert Widmann, Bavarian Research Centre for Knowledge-Based Systems (FORWISS) (Germany)
• *A Workflow Data Distribution Strategy for Scalable Workflow Management Systems
  Hans Schuster, Petra Heinl, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany)
• *Integrated Workflow and Telecooperation Support for the German Government
  Reiner Siebert, Thomas Kindler, Tobias Soyez, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
• *A Cooperative Mission Development Environment for Crossplatform Integration
  Mary Ann Robert, Bridgewater State College (USA)
  Christopher Rouff, Christian Burkhardt, Goddard Space Flight Center (USA)

Session VI-B: Parallel and Distributed Computing V (Performance Analysis and Evaluation)

• Performance Evaluation of Processor Allocation Algorithms for Parallel Query Execution
  Kevin H. Liu, Victoria University of Technology (Australia)
• Performance Analysis for Parallel Solutions to Generic Search Problems
  Wei-Ming Lin, Wei Xie, Bo Yang, University of Texas at San Antonio (USA)
• An Efficient and Effective Performance Evaluation Method for Multiprogrammed Multiprocessor Systems
  Keqin Li, State University of New York-New Paltz (USA)
• Analyzing the Expected Execution Times of Parallel Programs
  Keqin Li, State University of New York-New Paltz (USA)

Session VI-C: Mobile Computing Systems II

• On Adaptive Caching in Mobile Databases
  Hong V. Leong, Antonio Si, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)
• Rule Based Adaptation in Mobile Database Systems
  Olaf Zukunft, Universitat Oldenburg (Germany)
• Mobile Computing within a Distributed Deductive Database
  Kathleen Neumann, Western Illinois University (USA)
  Martin Maskarinec, Bradley University (USA)

Session VI-D: Scientific Computing

• An Efficient Algorithm For Direct Computation of Adjacent Block Coefficients in the Transformed Domain
  Chaman L. Sabharwal, University of Missouri-Rolla (USA)
  Brian Quandt, HEURIS/PULITZER (USA)
• Effect of Data Distribution in Data Assimilation Using Burgers' Equation
  Wanglung Chung, University of Oklahoma (USA)
  John M. Lewis, NOAA (USA)
  S. Lakshmivarahan, S. K. Dhall, University of Oklahoma (USA)
• Randomness of Finite Strings: A Reconstructive Approach
  Sami Khuri, Frederick Stern, Teresa Chiu,
  San Jose State University (USA)
• Design Concepts for Matrices and Lattices in LiDIA
  Patrick Theobald, TH Darmstadt Susanne Wetzel, Werner Backes, Universitat des Saarlandes (Germany)
• *On the Computation of Polynomial Representations of Nilpotent Lie Groups: A Symbolic Mathematical Approach
  Philip Feinsilver, Southern Illinois University (USA)
  Uwe Franz, Rene Schott, Universite de Nancy (France)

Sunday, March 2

Tutorials: 9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

Tutorial #1: Research Issues on Very Large Workflow Management Systems

Gustavo Alonso
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland)

Tutorial #2: Fuzzy Neural Networks

Hans-Heinrich Bothe
Technical University of Berlin (Germany)

Tutorial #3: Disconnected Browsing : WWW & Mobile Computing

Anupam Joshi
University of Missouri (USA)

Tutorial #4: Principles of Computer Systems and Network Performance Evaluation,

Mohammad S. Obaidat
Monmouth University (USA)

Tutorial #5: Coordination Models, Languages and Applications

George Papadopoulos
University of Cyprus (Cyprus)

Tutorial #6: Middleware for Distributed Object Management

Markus Tresch
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland)

Lunch Break: 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M.

USACM Panel: 2:00-5:00 P.M.

Copyright and the Net: Is Legislation the Answer?

• Hank Barry, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati (USA)
• Pamela Samuelson, University of California-Berkeley (USA)
• Mark Stefik, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (USA)
• Gio Wiederhold, Stanford University (USA)