SAC '98

SAC '98 - 1998 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

February 27-March 1, 1998
Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia, U. S. A.

SAC 1998 Statistics

The 1998 Symposium on Applied Computing is now finished.

Below is the schedule of papers presented, followed by contact information for the conference officials.

In the schedule of papers, each title is a link to a page about that paper, to which the author of the paper can add the abstract and URL for the full paper, and to which anyone else can add comments. (There are some guidance notes for authors)

Finally, note that SAC'99 will be held in San Antonio, Texas, from February 28th to March 2nd, at the Historic Menger Hotel opposite the Alamo. See http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac99/ for more details.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1998

8:15-8:30 AM	Opening Comments	Marquis

8:30-10:00 AM	Keynote Address	Marquis

BEOWULF PC CLUSTERS: BREAKING THE COST BARRIER TO HIGH END APPLICATION COMPUTING: DR. THOMAS STERLING; NASA JPL & CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

10:00-10:30 AM	Break

10:30-Noon	ADA AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERNG	Yukon
	Track/Session Chair: Hisham Haddad , Marshall University
	Track Chair: M.G. Fugini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Synchronizing Group Transactions with Rendezvous in a Distributed Ada Environment: Marta Patino-Martinez, Ricardo Jimenez-Peris, Sergio Arevalo; Universidad Politecnica de Madrid,Spain
Strategies for Developing Reusable Software Components in Ada-95: Shan Barkataki; California State University
Stuart Harte, Pat Dousette, Gary Johnson; Litton Data Systems
Light Analysis of Complex Systems: Massimo Marchiori; MIT

10:30-Noon	BIOMEDICAL COMPUTING	McKenzie
	Track/Session Chair: Donna Mooney, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Recursive, Object-Oriented Structures for Molecular Modeling: Curtis Lisle, Rebecca Parsons; Univ. of Central Florida
The Development of Profiles for Children with Attention Deficit Disorder and Monkeys: A Neural Network Approach: Ray R. Hashemi; Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock and National Center for Toxicological Research
Michael S. Terry; Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock
Alexander A.Tyler; Hendrix College
William Slikker, Merle G. Paule; National Center for Toxicological Research
Maximum Likelihood Based Classification for the Microstructure of Human Sleep: Jose Allen Lima; Institute for Systems and Robotics and Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal
Agostinho Rosa; Institute for Systems and Robotics

10:30-Noon	COORDINATION MODELS AND LANGUAGE APPLICATIONS(I)	Rio Grande
	Track/Session Chair: George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus

Specification-Consistent Coordination Model for Computations: Edgar F. A. Lederer, Romeo A. Dumitrescu; Univ. of Basel, Switzerland
Coordinating distributed applets with Shade/Java: P. Ciancarini, D. Rossi; University of Bologna, Italy
Using Coordination for Cooperative Constraint Solving: Farhad Arbab, Eric Monfroy; CWI, The Netherlands
Multilingual and Multiparadigm Integration of a Tuple Channel-Based Coordination Model: Manuel Diaz, Bartolome Rubio, Jose M. Troya; University of Malaga, Spain

10:30-Noon	MOBILE COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS(I)	Thames
	Track Chair: Dorota M. Huizinga, California State University-Fullerton
	Track/Session Chair: Venu K. Murthy, University of Ballarat, Australia

Incremental View Update for a Mobile Data Warehouse: Ken C.K. Lee, Antonio Si, Hong V. Leong; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Document Archiving, Replication and Migration Container for Mobile Web Users: Peter Stanski, Stephen Giles, Arkady. Zaslavsky; Monash University, Australia
System Support for Transparency and Network-Aware Adaptation in Mobile Environments: Aline Baggio; INRIA, France
File Hoarding under NFS and Linux: Dorota M. Huizinga, Heather Sherman; California State University, Fullerton
Location-Aware Query Processing in Mobile Database Systems: Hans-Erich Kottkamp, Olaf Zukunft; Universitat Oldenburg, Germany

10:30-Noon	SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING	Danube
	Track Chair: S. Lakshmivarahan, University of Oklahoma
	Session Chair: D. J. Morton, University of Montana

Shoaling Waves Simulator: Suzanne M. Lea; University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Matthew Lybanon, Peter M. Smith; Stennis Space Center
A Factoring Algorithm in F2[x]: F. Montoya Vitini, J. Munoz Masque, A. Peinado Dominguez; Instituto de Fisica Aplicada (CSIC), Spain
Parallel Scientific Computing in PROMOTER: Matthias Besch; GMD-FIRST, Germany
Gerd Heber; University of Delaware
Matthias Wilhelmi; GMD FIRST, Germany
The Parallelization of a Physically Based, Spatially Distributed Hydrologic Code for Arctic Regions: D. J. Morton; The University of Montana
Z. Zhang, L.D. Hinzman; University of Alaska Fairbanks
S. Oí Connor; Cameron University
Simulation of Period-Doubling Behavior in Distributed Learning Automata: E. Billard; California State University
S. Lakshmivarahan; University of Oklahoma

NOON-1:30 PM	Lunch (on your own)

1:30-3:00 PM	COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS	McKenzie
	Track/Session Chair: Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University

Incremental Construction of Torus Networks: Nobuyuki Nezu, Huizhu Lu; Oklahoma State University
Routing Algorithms for Tree-Hypercube Networks: Mahmoud Al-Omari, Hani Abu-Salem; Muítah University, Jordan
Evaluation of Some Replacement Algorithms for Object Caching: Said Hosseini-Khayat; GlobeSpan Technologies, Inc.

1:30-3:00 PM	COORDINATION MODELS AND LANGUAGE APPLICATIONS(II)	Rio Grande
	Track Chair: George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus
	Session Chair: Farhad Arbab, CWI, The Netherlands

A software architecture for distributed control systems and its transition system semantics: Marcello M. Bonsangue, Joost N. Kok; Leiden Univ., The Netherlands
Maarten Boasson, Edwin de Jong; Signaal, The Netherlands
On the Expressive Power of a Language for Programming Coordination Media: Enrico Denti, Antonio Natali, Andrea Omicini; Univ. of Bologna, Italy
Open, Distributed Coordination with Finesse: Andrew Berry, Simon Kaplan; The Univ. of Queensland, Australia

1:30-3:00 PM	FUZZY APPLICATIONS(I)	Tigress
	Track/Session Chair: Ernesto Damiani, Universita di Milano

Algebraic Aspects of Fuzzy Logic (invited talk): Antonio Di Nola; Universita di Napoli, Italy
Families of Fuzzy Implication Operators Within Measure M1 and Their Pseudo-Strict Monotonicity Property: NasrEddine Hallam, Kok Meng Yew; University of Malay, Malaysia
Object Oriented Process Modelling with Fuzzy Logic: Luigi Benedicenti; Universita di Genova, Italy
Giancarlo Succi; University of Calgary, Canada
Tullio Vernazza, Andrea Valerio; Universita di Genova, Italy
Fast Recall of Reusable Fuzzy Plans Using Acyclic Directed Graph Memory: Moataz Ahmed; SONEX Enterprises, Inc.
Ernesto Damiani; Universit di Milano, Italy
David Rine; George Mason University

1:30-3:00 PM	GENETIC ALGORITHMS(I)	Yukon
	Track/Session Chair: Roger L. Wainwright, University of Tulsa

A Combinatorial Evolution Strategy for Dynamic Channel Assignment in Cellular Radio: Harilaos G. Sandalidis; Telecommunication Systems Institute of Crete (T.S.I.) and University of Bradford, UK
Peter P. Stavroulakis; Telecommunication Systems Institute of Crete (T.S.I.)
J. Rodriguez-Tellez; University of Bradford, UK
Riemann Mapping Based Constraint Handling for Evolutionary Search: Dae Gyu Kim; University of Sussex, UK
Group Classification Using a Mix of Genetic Programming and Genetic Algorithms: Aaron Konstam; Trinity University
A Weight-Coded Genetic Algorithm for the Minimum Weight Triangulation Problem: Kerry Capp; National Marrow Donor Program
Bryant A. Julstrom; St. Cloud State University

1:30-3:00 PM	MOBILE COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS(II)	Thames
	Track/Session Chair: Dorota M. Huizinga, California State University-Fullerton
	Track Chair: Venu K. Murthy, University of Ballarat, Australia

Transactional Workflow Paradigm: Its Application to Mobile Computing: V.K. Murthy; University of Ballarat, Australia
Community Viewer: Visualizing Community Formation on Personal Digital Assistants: Toshikazu Nishimura, Hirofumi Yamaki, Takaaki Komura, Toru Ishida; Kyoto University, Japan
Supporting Video in Heterogeneous Mobile Environments: Nicholas Yeadon, Nigel Davies, Adrian Friday, Gordon Blair; Lancaster University, UK
An Architecture for Mobile BDI Agents: Paolo Busetta, Kotagiri Ramamohanarao; The University of Melbourne, Australia

1:30-3:00 PM	MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS (I)	Danube
	Track Chair: Brajendra Panda, University of North Dakota
	Track Chair: Jay Bhuyan, Tuskegee University
	Session Chair: Ramesh Adusumilli, Alabama A&M University

An Experiment in Medical Information Retrieval: Venu Dasigi; Sacred Heart University
An Environment for Building Reusable Video Information Models: Nuno Correia, Antonio Grilo, Artur Caetano, Nuno Guimaraes; INESC, Portugal
Modelling and Simulation of Fractional ARIMA Processes Based on Importance Sampling: Jung-Shian Li, Adam Wolisz, Radu Popescu-Zeletin; GMD-FOKUS, Germany
Overview of a Telepresence Environment for Distributed Musical Rehearsals: Dimitri Konstantas; University of Geneva, Switzerland

3:00-3:30 PM	Break

3:30-5:00 PM	COMPUTER USES IN EDUCATION	McKenzie
	Track/Session Chair: Jim Hightower, California State University-Fullerton

Design Issues and Alternatives for Setting up Real-time Interactive TeleLectures: Constantin Arapis, Dimitri Konstantas, Thomi Pilioura; Centre Universitaire Informatique, Switzerland
Towards a MASC Appliances-Based Educational Paradigm: Sandeep Chatterjee; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Multimedia System for Interactive Learning of Organ Literature: Suna Chung; Indiana University Bloomington
Sam Chung; Indiana University Medical Center

3:30-5:00 PM	COORDINATION MODELS AND LANGUAGE APPLICATIONS(III)	Rio Grande
	Track Chair: George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus
	Session Chair: Andrea Omicini, University of Bologna, Italy

Coordinating Autonomous Entities: Oliver Krone, Fabrice Chantemargue, Thierry Dagaeff, Michael Schumacher, Beat Hirsbrunner; Univ. of Fribourg, Switzerland
Modelling Activities in Information Systems Using the Coordination Language MANIFOLD: George A. Papadopoulos; Univ. of Cyprus, Cyprus
Farhad Arbab; CWI, The Netherlands
A Specification Language for the WIDE Workflow Model: Daniel K.C. Chan, Jochem Vonk; Univ. of Twente, The Netherlands
Gabriel Sanchez; SEMA Group sae, Spain
Paul W.P.J. Grefen, Peter M.G. Apers; Univ. of Twente, The Netherlands
Coordination in Information Systems Based on an Object-Oriented Framework: Rob L.W. van de Weg, Rolf Engmann; Univ. of Twente, The Netherlands

3:30-5:00 PM	FUZZY APPLICATIONS(II)	Tigress
	Track Chair: Ernesto Damiani, Universita di Milano
	Session Chair: David Rine, George Mason University

Fuzzy Clustering Improves Convergence of the Backpropagation Algorithm: Adel M. Abunawass, Opinderjit Singh Bhella, Min Ding, Weiqun Li; Western Illinois University
Adaptive Control of Bolu Highway Tunnel Ventilation System Using Fuzzy Logic: Ercument Karakas, Hasan Kulunk; University of Kocaeli, Turkey
Fuzzy Logic Based Noise Reduction of Digitally Recorded Speech Signal: Nevcihan Duru, Tarik Duru, Nurettin Abut; Kocaeli University, Turkey
Tuning Fuzzy Software Components with a Distributed Evolutionary Engine: Andrea Bottari, Gianni Degli Antoni, Andrea G. B. Tettamanzi; Universita di Milano, Italy
ANATEMA: A Neural Approach to Extended Markup of SGML Documents: O. D'Antona, M.W. Lo Campo; Universita di Milano, Italy

3:30-5:00 PM	GENETIC ALGORITHMS(II)	Yukon
	Track Chair: Roger L. Wainwright, University of Tulsa
	Session Chair: Aaron Konstam, Trinity University

Finding Rural Postman Tours: Clarissa Cook, Dale A. Schoenefeld, Roger L. Wainwright; The University of Tulsa
Comparing Decoding Algorithms in a Weight-Coded GA for TSP: Bryant A. Julstrom; St. Cloud State University
Using a Genetic Algorithm to Find Good Linear Error-Correcting Codes: Kelly M. McGuire, Roberta Evans Sabin; Loyola College
Adaptive Linkage Crossover: Ayed A. Salman, Kishan Mehrotra, Chilukuri K. Mohan; Syracuse University

3:30-5:00 PM	MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS (II)	Danube
	Track Chair: Brajendra Panda, University of North Dakota
	Track Chair: Jay Bhuyan, Tuskegee University
	Session Chair: Chih-Cheng Hung, Alabama A&M University

Interactive Multimedia Scenario: Modeling & Rendering: M. Vazirgiannis; National Technical University of Athens, Greece
I. Stamati, M. Trafalis, M. Hatzopoulos; University of Athens,Greece
Applying Videogame Technologies to Video Conferencing Systems: Toshikazu Nishimura, Hideyuki Nakanishi, Chikara Yoshida, Toru Ishida; Kyoto University, Japan
A Generalized Content-Based Image Retrieval System: Nina L. Ma, Jesse S. Jin; University of New South Wales, Australia

3:30-5:00 PM	PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES	Thames
	Track/Session Chair: Hisham Haddad, Marshall University
	Track Chair: Jo Chang-Hyun, Kyonggi University, Korea

Scheduling Control Mechanisms for Managing Indeterminate Object Behavior: En-Hsin Huang; Lucent Technologies
Tzilla Elrad; Illinois Institute of Technology
Virtual Synchronization: Uncoupling Synchronization Annotations from Synchronization Code: Stephan Reitzner; University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany
Cappuccino - A C++ to Java Translator: Frank Buddrus, Jorg Schodel; Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Germany

0515 - 0615	SIGAPP BUSINESS MEETING	Thames

0630-0900	SAC'98 RECEPTION	Skyline

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1998

8:15-8:30 AM	Comments/Notices	McKenzie

8:30-10:00 AM	DATABASE TECHNOLOGY (I)	Thames
	Track Chair: Maggie Dunham, Southern Methodist University
	Session Chair: Mario Nascimento, CNPTIA/EMBRAPA, Brazil

4DIS: A Temporal Framework for Unifying Meta-Data and Data Evolution: Antonio Si, Hong V. Leong; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Peter Y. Wu; UJB Solutions
A Tour on the TriGS Active Database System - Architecture and Implementation: Gerti Kappel, Stefan Rausch-Schott, Werner Retschitzegger; University of Linz, Austria
View Maintenance and Change Notification for Application Program Views: Martin Staudt; Swiss Life, Switzerland
Christoph Quix; RWTH Aachen, Germany
Manfred A. Jeusfeld; Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Spatio-Temporal Database Support for Legacy Applications: Michael Bohlen, Christian S. Jensen; Aalborg University, Denmark
Bjorn Skjellaug; University of Oslo, Norway

8:30-10:00 AM	GENETIC ALGORITHMS (III)	Yukon
	Track Chair: Roger L. Wainwright, University of Tulsa
	Session Chair: Bryant Julstrom, St. Cloud State University

Keep-Best Reproduction: A Selection Strategy for Genetic Algorithms: Kay Wiese, Scott D. Goodwin; University of Regina, Canada
The Selfish Gene Algorithm: a new Evolutionary Optimization Strategy: Fulvio Corno, Matteo Sonza Reorda, Giovanni Squillero; Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Solving the Rural Postman Problem Using a Genetic Algorithm with a Graph Transformation: Myung-Ju Kang, Chi-Geun Han; Kyung Hee University, Korea
Efficient and Adaptive Lagrange-Multiplier Methods for Continuous Nonlinear Optimization: Tao Wang, Benjamin W. Wah; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

8:30-10:00 AM	MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS (III)	McKenzie
	Track Chair: Brajendra Panda, University of North Dakota
	Track Chair: Jay Bhuyan, Tuskegee University
	Session Chair: Sorin Nastea, Tuskegee University

Evaluating HyperDisco as an Infrastructure for Digital Libraries: Uffe Kock Wiil; Aarhus University, Denmark
Flexible Search Functions for Multimedia Data with Text and Other Auxiliary Data: Yahiko Kambayashi, Kaoru Katayama; Kyoto University, Japan
Toshihiro Kakimoto; Fujitsu Lab, Japan
Hajime Iwamoto; Kansai Electric Power Company
Modeling Video Objects in 4DIS Temporal Database System: Antonio Si, Rynson W.H. Lau, Qing Li, Hong V. Leong; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
A Generic Model for Video Content Based Retrieval: Cyril Decleir; LISI-INSA, France
Mohand-Said Hacid; RWTH Aachen, Germany
Jacques Kouloumdjian; LISI-INSA, France

8:30-10:00 AM	PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING (I)	Rio Grande
	Track Chair: Keqin Li, State University of New York - New Paltz
	Session Chair: Otto Wohlmuth, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany

On the Verification of Open Distributed Systems: Mads Dam, Lars-ake Fredlund; Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden
Efficient Kernel Support for Reliable Communication: Robert D. Russell, Philip J. Hatcher; University of New Hampshire
Integrated Network Computing: Models, Programming Modes and Software Tools: V.K. Murthy; University of Ballarat, Australia
E.V. Krishnamurthy; Australian National University, Australia
A Realization of a Concurrent Object-Oriented Programming: Chang-Hyun Jo, Chan-Ho Lee, Jea Gi Son; Kyonggi University, Korea

10:00-10:30 AM	Break

10:30-Noon	DATABASE TECHNOLOGY(II)	Thames
	Track Chair: Maggie Dunham, Southern Methodist University
	Session Chair: Chris Jensen, Aalborg University, Denmark

Towards Historical R-trees: Mario A. Nascimento; CNPTIA - EMBRAPA, Brazil
Jefferson R. O. Silva; IC - UNICAMP, Brazil
Support to Content-Based Image Query in Object-Oriented Databases: Caetano Traina Jr., Agma J. M. Traina, Edna Y. Senzako; Sao Paulo University, Brazil
Rildo R. dos Santos; State of Sao Paulo University at S.J. Rio Preto, Brazil
Edna Y. Senzako; Sao Paulo University, Brazil
Querying Virtual Videos Using Path and Temporal Expressions: Rafael Lozano, Herve Martin; Laboratoire Logiciels Systemes Reseaux - IMAG, France
An Overview of Post Information Warfare Data Recovery: Brajendra Panda; University of North Dakota
Joe Giordano; Rome Laboratory

10:30-Noon	GENETIC ALGORITHMS(IV)	Yukon
	Track Chair: Roger L. Wainwright, University of Tulsa
	Session Chair: J. LaFrance, Oklahoma State Univeresity

A Simple Heuristic Based Genetic Algorithm for the Maximum Clique Problem: Elena Marchiori; CWI and Leiden University, The Netherlands
Selective Crossover: Towards Fitter Offspring: Chilukuri K. Mohan; Syracuse University
Scalability of an MPI-Based Fast Messy Genetic Algorithm: Laurence D. Merkle; Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
George H. Gates Jr.; Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Gary B. Lamont; Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio

10:30-Noon	PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING(II)	Rio Grande
	Track Chair: Keqin Li, State University of New York - New Paltz
	Session Chair: Fadi N. Sibai, Intel Corporation

Randomized Load Distribution of Arbitrary Trees in Distributed Networks: Jaafar Gaber, Bernard Toursel; Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lillel, France
A Method for the Embedding of Arbitrary Communication Topologies into Configurable Parallel Computers: Otto Wohlmuth, Friedrich Mayer-Lindenberg; Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
A Group-Theoretic Approach to Data and Code Partitioning: Matthias Besch, Hans Werner Pohl; GMD FIRST, Germany
Performance Evaluation of Probabilistic Tree Embedding in Cube-Connected Cycles: Keqin Li; State University of New York

10:30-Noon	WORLD WIDE WEB APPLICATIONS(I)	McKenzie
	Track Chair: Robert Inder, NEDO IT Researcher/ETL Tsukuba, Japan
	Session Chair: Jeff Zadeh, Francis Marion University

HyperNews: A MEDIA Application for the Commercialization of an Electronic Newspaper: Jean-Henry Morin, Dimitri Konstantas; University of Geneva, Switzerland
WebCon: A Toolkit for an Automatic, Data Dictionary Based Connection of Databases to the WWW: Peter Zoller, Ulrike Sommer; Bavarian Research Centre for Knowledge- Based Systems (FORWISS), Germany
Engineering Flexible World Wide Web Services: Markus W. Schranz; Technical University of Vienna
Automatic Generation of Diagrammatic Web Site Maps: Robert Inder; NEDO IT Researcher/ETL Tsukuba, Japan
Jonathan Kilgour, John Lee; University of Edinburgh, UK

Noon-1:30 PM	Lunch (on your own) + Track Chairs Lunch

1:30-3:00 PM	COMPUTATIONAL LOGIC AND LOGIC PROGRAMMING	Yukon
	Track/Session Chair: Ralph Wilkerson, University of Missouri-Rolla

Parallel Genetic Algorithm to Solve the Satisfiability Problem: Nicole Nemer-Preece, Ralph Wilkerson; University of Missouri-Rolla
Off-Line Scheduling of a Real-Time System: Klaus Schild; Daimler-Benz AG, Germany
Jorg Wurtz; DFKI, Germany
Succinct Model Semantics: A Simple Model for Inclusive Interpretations: Sei Chun, Huizhu Lu; Oklahoma State University
Jonghoon Chun; Myong Ji University, Korea
Incorporating Multi-pass Attribute Grammars for the High-Level Synthesis of ASICs: George Economakos, George Papakonstantinou, Panayotis Tsankas; National Technical University of Athens, Greece

1:30-3:00 PM	PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING (III)	Rio Grande
	Track Chair: Keqin Li, State University of New York - New Paltz
	Session Chair: Pat Morin, Carleton University, Canada

Average Diameter of Network Structures and its Estimation: Zhizhang Shen; Plymouth State College
Performance of the Hyper-Ring Multicomputer: Fadi N. Sibai; Intel Corporation
The Hyper-Ring Network: A Cost-Efficient Topology for Scalable Multicomputers: Fadi N. Sibai; Intel Corporation
Deterministic and Randomized Algorithms for Distributed On-line Task Assignment and Load Balancing without Load Status Information: Keqin Li; State University of New York

1:30-3:00 PM	MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS(IV)	Thames
	Track Chair: Brajendra Panda, University of North Dakota
	Track/Session Chair: Jay Bhuyan, Tuskegee University

Trading Memory for Disk Bandwidth in Video-on-Demand Servers: Weifeng Shi, Shahram Ghandeharizadeh; University of Southern California
A Measure for Image Quality: Le Phu Dung, Srinivasan Bala, Mohammed Salahadin, Kulkarni Santosh, Wilson Campbell; Monash University, Australia
A Vertex-Based Shape Coding Approach for Similar Shape Retrieval: Jia Wang, Raj Acharya; State University of New York at Buffalo

1:30-3:00 PM	WORLD WIDE WEB APPLICATIONS(II)	McKenzie
	Track Chair: Robert Inder, NEDO IT Researcher/ETL Tsukuba, Japan
	Session Chair: George Hedrick, Oklahoma State University

Case for Web Sites: Towards An Integration of Traditional Case Concepts and Novel Development Tools: Reinhard Jung, Robert Winter; University of St. Gallen
CEILIDH: Collaborative Writing on the Web: Richard J. Hughes; Lilikoi Software
Jake Shewmake, Christopher R. Okelberry; Utah State University
Enhancing Navigation in the World Wide Web: Massimo Marchiori; MIT
Web-Based Dynamic Information Visualization Using Exact-Time Animation: Kay A. Robbins, Steven Robbins; University of Texas at San Antonio

3:00-3:30 PM	Break

3:30-5:00 PM	CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS	Yukon
	Track/Session Chair: Ray Hashemi, Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock and National Center for Toxicological Research

Classification and Organizational Issues in Distributed Problem Solving: M. T. Harandi, G. Rendon; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Enhancing the Exploitation of Data Mining in Relational Database Systems Via the Rough Sets Theory Including Precision Variables: Fernando Machuca, Marta Millan; Universidad del Valle, Colombia
Evaluating Multi-Valued Inverse Functions Using Clustering and Fuzzy Approximations: Maria A. Walden, Marwan Bikdash, Abdollah Homaifar; North Carolina A&T State University

3:30-5:00 PM	PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING(IV)	Rio Grande
	Track Chair: Keqin Li, State University of New York - New Paltz
	Session Chair: Zhizhang Shen, Plymouth State College

Two Dimensional Maximal Elements Problem on a Reconfigurable Optical Pipelined Bus System: Haklin Kimm; University of Tennessee at Martin
Coarse Grained Parallel Computing on Heterogeneous Systems: Pat Morin; Carleton University
A Recursive Time Estimation Algorithm for Program Traces under Resource Constraints: Dingchao Li, Yuji Iwahori, Naohiro Ishii; Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
A Multiple Processor Approach to Data Compression: John L. Simpson; Southwestern Bell at St. Louis
Chaman L. Sabharwal; University of Missouri - Rolla

3:30-5:00 PM	WORLD WIDE WEB APPLICATIONS (III)	McKenzie
	Track/Session Chair: Robert Inder, NEDO IT Researcher/ETL Tsukuba, Japan

A New Tool for SGML with Applications for the World Wide Web: R. W. Matzen, G. E. Hedrick; Oklahoma State University
Integrating Information Retrieval Techniques with Traditional DB Methods in a Web-Based Database Browser: Roberta Evans Sabin; Loyola College
Tieng K. Yap; National Institutes of Health
Maintaining Page Coherence for Dynamic HTML Pages: Antonio Si, Hong V. Leong, Stanley M.T. Yau; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

SAC '98 Conference Officials

For general information, call Symposium Chair K. M. George(405)744-5221 or email to kmg@a.cs.okstate.edu, Symposium Vice-Chair Barrett Bryant at (205)934-2213 or email to bryant@cis.uab.edu, Program Chair Gary B. Lamont, at (937)255-3450 x4718, or email to lamont@afit.af.mil

Symposium Chair	Symposium Vice Chair
K. M. George Department of Computer Science, MS 218 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078, U. S. A. E-mail: `kmg@a.cs.okstate.edu` Tel: +1 405 744 5221, FAX: +1 405 744 9097	Barrett R. Bryant Department of Computer and Information Sciences The University of Alabama at Birmingham 1300 University Blvd. Birmingham, AL 35294-1170, U. S. A. E-mail: `bryant@cis.uab.edu` Tel: +1 205 934 2213, FAX: +1 205 934 5473
Programme Co-Chair	Publications/Registration/Treasurer
Gary B. Lamont Dept. of Elect. and Computer Eng. AFIT/ENG, 2950 P Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH 45433-7765, U. S. A. E-Mail: `lamont@afit.af.mil` Tel: +1 937 255 3450, FAX: +1 937 656 4055	David Oppenhiem 10952 Savana Rd. Los Angeles, CA 90077 U.S.A.
Symposium Director
Jan Carroll Sam Houston University, Huntsville, Texas 77341 U.S.A.

SAC '98 is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Groups SIGAda SIGAPP SIGBIO and SIGCUE.