AIPR-08

International Conference on

Artificial Intelligence and

Pattern Recognition

Program Committee Co-Chairs:
Etienne E. Kerre
Fuzziness and Uncertainty Modelling Research Unit, Department of Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

B. Prasad
Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

Ashwin Ram
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

Pawan Sinha
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Organizing Committee
Bobby Granville
Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

John E. Edward
International Society for Research in Science and Technology (ISRST)

Dimitrios A. Karras
Chalkis Institute of Technology, Department of Automation, Hellas, Greece

Chunping Li
School of Software, Tsinghua University, Peking, China

Zoran Majkic
Department of Computer Science & Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

M.A. Karim Sadiq
Applied Research Group, Satyam Computer Services Ltd., Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, India

N. Gourakishwar Singh
Department of Computer Science, Manipur University, Manipur, India

Michael Sipser
Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

International Program Committee
Vasilis Aggelis
Service Development and Customer Service Team, Electronic Banking Division, Piraeus Bank, Athens, Greece

Mayer Aladjem
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Rajan Alex
Department of Engineering and Computer Science, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX, USA

Majed Abdullah Al Mashari Al Saud
Department of Computer & Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia

Hakan Altincay
Department of Computer Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University, Ma gusa, Northern Cyprus, Turkey

Masri Ayob
Computer Science, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, National University of Malaysia (UKM), Selangor, Malaysia

Ruibin Bai
School of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Nick Bassiliades
Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Petr Becvar
Department of Cybernetics, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic

Mahua Bhattacharya
Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Cristina Boicu
Learning Agents Center, The Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax VA, USA

Cory Butz
Department of Computer Science, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada

Celso Gonçalves Camilo Jr.
Federal University of Grande Dourados, School of Exact Science and Technology, Cidade Universitária – Dourados, Brazil

Frantisek Capkovic
Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Michael Chan
Centre for Intelligent Systems and their Applications, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Yaobin Chen
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Om D. Deshmukh
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park, MD, USA

D.Devaraj
Department of Electrical & Electronics, A.K. College of Engineering, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, India

Hai-Bin Duan
School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China

Petr Ekel
Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Matjaz Gams
Jozef Stefan Institute, Intelligent Systems Department, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Christophe Garcia
France Télécom, Recherche & Développement, Rennes, France

Debashis Ghosh
Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Multimedia University-Melaka Campus, Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, Melaka , Malaysia

Mirjana Ivanovic
Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Novi Sad, Serbia & Montenegro

Ken Kaneiwa
Knowledge Creating Communication Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kyoto, Japan

Ioannis Katakis
Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Graham Kendall
School of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Etienne E. Kerre
Fuzziness and Uncertainty Modelling Research Unit, Department of Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Samuel P. Kozaitis
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA

Sri Krishnan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Parag Kulkarni
Capsilon India Private Limited, Pune, India

Rallabandi Pavan Kumar
Department of Computer Science, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

Cane Wing-ki Leung
Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Tiecheng Liu
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

Denivaldo Lopes
Federal University of Maranhão – UFMA, Campus do Bacanga, São Luís – MA, Brazil

Jixin Ma
School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Greenwich, Greenwich, UK

Vijay Kumar Mago
Department of Computer Science, DAV College, Jalandhar, India

Barry McCollum
Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK

Paul McMullan
Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK

Kalogiannakis Michail
Laboratoire Éducation et Apprentissages, University Paris 5, Paris, France

Kamal A.F. Moustafa
Department of Mechanical Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Deok Hee Nam
Division of Engineering and Computer Science, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, OH, USA

Silas Onyango
Maseno University, Kenya, Africa

Djamila Ouelhadj
Automated Scheduling, Optimisation, and Planning (ASAP) Research Group, School of Computer Science & IT, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Vijay Parsa
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Hemant A. Patil
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Walter D. Potter
Artificial Intelligence Center; Department of Computer Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

Ashwin Ram
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

Yonglin Ren
School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Muhammad Sarfraz
Information & Computer Science Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Shailendra Singh
Samsung India Software Center, Noida, India

Pawan Sinha
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Iwan Tabakow
Institute of Applied Informatics, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland

Shivam Tripathi
School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

M. Veerachary
Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

Liang Wang
Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Peng-Yeng Yin
Department of Information Management, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan

Zili Zhang
School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Liquan Zhao
Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Signal Processing, Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, China

AIPR-08	International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition



Home Scope Submission and Evaluation Publication Committees Special Events Important Dates Location and Accommodation Sponsors Contact		Main Page Program Committee Co-Chairs: Etienne E. Kerre Fuzziness and Uncertainty Modelling Research Unit, Department of Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium B. Prasad Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA Ashwin Ram College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA Pawan Sinha Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Organizing Committee Bobby Granville Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA John E. Edward International Society for Research in Science and Technology (ISRST) Dimitrios A. Karras Chalkis Institute of Technology, Department of Automation, Hellas, Greece Chunping Li School of Software, Tsinghua University, Peking, China Zoran Majkic Department of Computer Science & Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA M.A. Karim Sadiq Applied Research Group, Satyam Computer Services Ltd., Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, India N. Gourakishwar Singh Department of Computer Science, Manipur University, Manipur, India Michael Sipser Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA International Program Committee Vasilis Aggelis Service Development and Customer Service Team, Electronic Banking Division, Piraeus Bank, Athens, Greece Mayer Aladjem Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel Rajan Alex Department of Engineering and Computer Science, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX, USA Majed Abdullah Al Mashari Al Saud Department of Computer & Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia Hakan Altincay Department of Computer Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University, Ma gusa, Northern Cyprus, Turkey Masri Ayob Computer Science, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, National University of Malaysia (UKM), Selangor, Malaysia Ruibin Bai School of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Nick Bassiliades Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Petr Becvar Department of Cybernetics, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic Mahua Bhattacharya Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India Cristina Boicu Learning Agents Center, The Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax VA, USA Cory Butz Department of Computer Science, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada Celso Gonçalves Camilo Jr. Federal University of Grande Dourados, School of Exact Science and Technology, Cidade Universitária – Dourados, Brazil Frantisek Capkovic Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Michael Chan Centre for Intelligent Systems and their Applications, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Yaobin Chen Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indianapolis, IN, USA Om D. Deshmukh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park, MD, USA D.Devaraj Department of Electrical & Electronics, A.K. College of Engineering, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, India Hai-Bin Duan School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China Petr Ekel Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Matjaz Gams Jozef Stefan Institute, Intelligent Systems Department, Ljubljana, Slovenia Christophe Garcia France Télécom, Recherche & Développement, Rennes, France Debashis Ghosh Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Multimedia University-Melaka Campus, Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, Melaka , Malaysia Mirjana Ivanovic Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Novi Sad, Serbia & Montenegro Ken Kaneiwa Knowledge Creating Communication Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kyoto, Japan Ioannis Katakis Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Graham Kendall School of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Etienne E. Kerre Fuzziness and Uncertainty Modelling Research Unit, Department of Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium Samuel P. Kozaitis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA Sri Krishnan Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Parag Kulkarni Capsilon India Private Limited, Pune, India Rallabandi Pavan Kumar Department of Computer Science, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa Cane Wing-ki Leung Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Tiecheng Liu Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA Denivaldo Lopes Federal University of Maranhão – UFMA, Campus do Bacanga, São Luís – MA, Brazil Jixin Ma School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Greenwich, Greenwich, UK Vijay Kumar Mago Department of Computer Science, DAV College, Jalandhar, India Barry McCollum Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK Paul McMullan Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK Kalogiannakis Michail Laboratoire Éducation et Apprentissages, University Paris 5, Paris, France Kamal A.F. Moustafa Department of Mechanical Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates Deok Hee Nam Division of Engineering and Computer Science, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, OH, USA Silas Onyango Maseno University, Kenya, Africa Djamila Ouelhadj Automated Scheduling, Optimisation, and Planning (ASAP) Research Group, School of Computer Science & IT, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Vijay Parsa Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada Hemant A. Patil Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India Walter D. Potter Artificial Intelligence Center; Department of Computer Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA Ashwin Ram College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA Yonglin Ren School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Muhammad Sarfraz Information & Computer Science Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Shailendra Singh Samsung India Software Center, Noida, India Pawan Sinha Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Iwan Tabakow Institute of Applied Informatics, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland Shivam Tripathi School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA M. Veerachary Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India Liang Wang Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Peng-Yeng Yin Department of Information Management, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan Zili Zhang School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Liquan Zhao Key Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Signal Processing, Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, China