14th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications Program

Day Time R1: Salle Polyvalante R2: Kairouan R3: Medina R4: Mahdia
Sun 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM WORKSHOP-1: IEEE Workshop on Performance evaluation of communications in distributed systems and Web based service architectures WORKSHOP-2: Fourth Workshop on multiMedia Applications over Wireless Networks (MediaWiN 2009)    
  6:00 PM - 8:00 PM SCC 2009 Welcome Reception
LOCATION: Hotel Riviera
Mon 08:15 AM - 08:30 AM WK-0: Welcome Message (GC and TPC Chairs)      
  08:30 AM - 09:30 AM WK-1: Keynote Speech-1      
  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM S1.1: WSN: Energy and scheduling issues S1.2: WiMAX S1.3: Internet services and applications S1.4: Peer-to-peer and delay tolerant networks
  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM S1.5: Ad hoc networks S1.6: Optical networks I S1.7: Algorithms and data structures S1.8: Cellular networks
  04:30 PM - 06:00 PM S1.9: Short papers: Software and tools S1.10: Short papers: Applications S1.11: Short papers: Traffic management and analysis  
Tue 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM WK-2: Keynote Speech-2      
  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM S2.1: Wireless networks security S2.2: Cooperative networks S2.3: Multimedia S2.4: Network management and planning
  02:00 PM - 04:00 PM S2.5: WSN: Coverage and monitoring S2.6: Network security S2.7: Physical layer S2.8: Congestion control
  04:30 PM - 06:30 PM S2.9: Multicast and multi-homing S2.10: Wireless LANs S2.11: Short papers: Wireless systems I S2.12: Short papers: Wireless systems II
  06:00 PM Banquet and Dinner Show
LOCATION: Al-Zahra Parc
Wed 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM WK-3: Keynote Speech-3      
  10:30 AM - 12:30 PM S3.1: Optical networks II S3.2: QoS and routing in ad hoc networks S3.3: Distributed systems and grid computing S3.4: Mobility management
  02:30 PM - 04:30 PM S3.5: Context-aware solutions S3.6: WSN: Specification and applications S3.7: Packet switching and scheduling  
  04:45 PM - 05:15 PM WK-4: Closing Remarks      

Sunday, Jul 5

8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

WORKSHOP-1: IEEE Workshop on Performance evaluation of communications in distributed systems and Web based service architectures

Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante Chair: Lynda Mokdad (Université de Paris Dauphine & Laboratoire Lamsade, France)

WORKSHOP-2: Fourth Workshop on multiMedia Applications over Wireless Networks (MediaWiN 2009)

Room: R2: Kairouan Chair: Kostas Pentikousis (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)

Monday, Jul 6

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

WK-0: Welcome Message (GC and TPC Chairs)

Opening Message: Lamia Chafei, TUNISIA Secretary of State responsible for Information, the Internet and Free Software
Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante Chair: Sartaj Sahni (University of Florida, USA)

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

WK-1: Keynote Speech-1

Prof. K. B. Letaief, HKSTU, Honk Kong
Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante Chair: Azzedine Boukerche (Univ. of Ottawa, Canada)

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

S1.1: WSN: Energy and scheduling issues

Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante Chair: Albert Zomaya (University of Sydney, Australia)
Self-Selecting Reliable Path Routing in Diverse Wireless Sensor Network Environments
Thomas Babbitt (RPI, USA); Christopher Morrell (RPI, USA); Boleslaw Szymanski (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Energy Consumption Analysis and Optimization techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks
Alexandros Karagiannis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Stafanos Kokkorikos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Philip Constantinou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
An Adaptive Mobility Aware and Energy Efficient MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
Bashir Yahya (University of Versailles, France); Jalel Ben-othman (Université de Versailles, France)
Distributed Erasure Coding in Data Centric Storage for Wireless Sensor Networks
Stefano Chessa (University of Pisa, Italy); Michele Albano (University of Pisa, Italy)
A Multi-Sink Swarm-based Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
Maurizio Paone (University of Messina, Italy); Luca Paladina (University of Messina, Italy); Marco Scarpa (University of Messina, Italy); Antonio Puliafito (Università di Messina - Dipartimento di Matematica, Italy)
Adaptive Nodes Scheduling Approach for Clustered Sensor Networks
Xu Xu (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Yuhen Hu (Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, USA); Jingping Bi (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Wei Liu (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)

S1.2: WiMAX

Room: R2: Kairouan Chair: Brahim Bensaou (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
Optimising Handover for Real-Time Flows in Mobile Wimax Network
Rami Ellouze (University of versailles, France); Abdelhak Gueroui (University of Versailles, France); Adel Alimi (REGIM: REsearch Group on Intelligent Machines, Tunisia)
Interaction & Handover between IEEE 802.16e and DVB-S/DVB-RCS using MSCTP protocol
Tarek Bchini (IRIT, France); Nabil Tabbane (Sup'com, Tunisia); Emmanuel Chaput (IRIT-ENSEEIHT, France); Sami Tabbane (Sup Telecom, Tunisia); André-Luc Beylot (Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France)
Hard Handover VS Soft Handovr for IEEE 802.16e in a City
Tarek Bchini (IRIT, France); Nabil Tabbane (Sup'com, Tunisia); Sami Tabbane (Sup Telecom, Tunisia); Emmanuel Chaput (IRIT-ENSEEIHT, France); Andre Beylot (IRIT, France)
A High Spectral Efficiency and Load-Aware Metric for Path Selection in IEEE 802.16j Multi-hop Relay Networks
Kuei-Ping Shih (Tamkang University, Taiwan); Sheng-Shih Wang (Minghsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan); Chan-Ying Lien (Tamkang University, Taiwan)
Lifetime Aware Admission Control for Infrastructure-less Wireless Networks
Amir Djouama (University of Versailles, France); Marwen Abdennebi (PRiSM Laboratory, France); Lynda Mokdad (Université de Paris Dauphine, France); Samir Tohme (University of Versailles, France)

S1.3: Internet services and applications

Room: R3: Medina Chair: Dan Ionescu (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Facing Crosscutting Concerns in a Middleware for Pervasive Service Composition
Antonio Corradi (University of Bologna, Italy); Fulvio Di Marco (University of Bologna, Italy); Stefano Monti (University of Bologna, Italy); Samuele Pasini (University of Bologna, Italy)
Design of a Message Interworking Function for Converged IP Messaging in Next Generation Networks
Niklas Blum (Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Germany); Sebastian Lampe (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany); Thomas Magedanz (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany); Bogdan Vasile Harjoc (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany)
Adaptive Partial CDN Replication
Manos Spanoudakis (University of Athens, Greece); Stathes Hadjiefthymiades (University of Athens, Greece)
Performance analysis of composite web services using Stochastic Automata Networks over IP network
Lynda Mokdad (Université de Paris Dauphine, France); Jalel Ben-othman (Université de Versailles, France); Mohamed Ould Cheikh (Laboratoire Lamsade, France); Mbaye Sene (Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal)
Measuring the Learners’ Learning Style based on Tracks Analysis in Web based Learning
Nabila Bousbia (Ecole nationale Supérieure d'Informatique, ESI, Oued Smar, Algérie, Algeria); Balla Amar (INI, Algeria); Issam Rebai (LIMSI-CNRS, Université de Paris-Sud, 91403,Orsay, France)
Towards a Java bytecodes compiler for Nios II soft-core processor
Willian Lima (UNESP - São Paulo State University, Brazil); Renata Lobato (UNESP – São Paulo State University, Brazil); Aleardo Manacero Jr (São Paulo State University - UNESP, Brazil); Roberta Spolon (State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

S1.4: Peer-to-peer and delay tolerant networks

Room: R4: Mahdia
Power Chord: Exploiting Power-Law Node Degree Distribution in Chord Overlays
Salma Ktari (ENST Paris, France); Artur Hecker (TELECOM ParisTech, France); Houda Labiod (ENST, France); Houda Labiod (TELECOM ParisTech (ex: ENST), France)
Design and Evaluation of a BitTorrent Proxy for Energy Saving
Marco Conti (IIT-CNR, Italy); Giuseppe Anastasi (University of Pisa, Italy); Ilaria Giannetti (University of Pisa, Italy); Andrea Passarella (IIT-CNR, Italy)
A Layered Architecture for Vehicular Delay-Tolerant Networks
Vasco Soares (Superior School of Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal); Farid Farahmand (Sonoma State University, USA); Joel Rodrigues (University of Beira Interior, Portugal)
PeerStar: An Attractive Alternative to Existing Peer-to-Peer Topologies
Hosein Shafiei (Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Iran); Mohamed Ould-Khaoua (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman); Ahmad Khonsari (University of Tehran, Iran); Z. Aghazadeh (University of Tehran, Iran); Arash Mehdizadeh (Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran)
PPStream Characterization: Measurement of P2P Live Streaming during Olympics
Wei Liang (Institute of Computing Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Rong Wu (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Jingping Bi (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Zhenyu Li (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

S1.5: Ad hoc networks

Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante Chair: Boleslaw Szymanski (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Network layer link management using signal strength for ad-hoc networks
Husnain Mansoor Ali (Université Paris-Sud, France); Anthony Busson (University of Paris 11, France); Véronique Vèque (University of Paris-Sud 11, France)
Priority Based Intra Piconet Scheduling Scheme for QoS Guaranties in Bluetooth Networks
Karima Maalaoui (University of Manouba, Tunisia); Leila Saidane (ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia)
Connectivity and Critical Point Behavior in Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Networks
Tae-Hoon Kim (University of Pittsburgh, USA); David Tipper (University of Pittsburgh, USA); Prashant Krishnamurthy (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Towards A Cross Layer Framework for Ad hoc Wireless Networks
Murad Khalid (USF, USA); Ravi Sankar (University of South Florida, USA); Inho Ra (Kunsan National University, Korea)
Hybrid Ring Tree Scatternet Formation in Bluetooth Networks
Sanaa Sharafeddine (Lebanese American University, Lebanon); Zaher Dawy (American University of Beirut, Lebanon); Ibrahim Al Kassem (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)
Towards an Efficient Header Compression Scheme to Improve VoIP over Wireless Mesh Networks
Andrea Giordanna Nascimento (Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil); Edjair Mota (Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil); Saulo Queiroz (Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil); Leandro Carvalho (Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil)

S1.6: Optical networks I

Room: R2: Kairouan Chair: Hussein Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada)
In-Advance Path Reservation For File Transfers In e-Science Applications
Yan Li (University of Florida, USA); Sanjay Ranka (University of Florida, USA); Sartaj Sahni (University of Florida, USA)
Deploying Agile Photonic Networks over Reconfigurable Optical Networks
Sofia Paredes (University of Ottawa, Canada); Gregor Bochmann (University of Ottawa, Canada); Trevor Hall (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Impact of chromatic and modal dispersion on Frequency Response of Optical multimode Fibers
Hichem Mrabet (Polytechnic School of Tunis, Tunisia); Iyad Dayoub (Univ Valenciennes, France); Attia Rabah (Ecole nationale d'ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia); Charles Tatkeu (INRETS, France); Nizar Al-Houlou (University Detroit Mercy, USA)
Adaptive Offset for OBS Networks using Feedback Control Techniques
Wael Hosny Fouad Aly (University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada); Mohamed Faten Zhani (UQAM-Canada, ENSI-Tunisia, Canada); Halima Elbiaze (University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada)
A Public-Key Encryption Algorithm for Optical Networks Based on Lattice Cryptography
Walid Abdallah (CN&S Research Lab., Tunisia); Mohamed Hamdi (Carthage University, Tunisia); Noureddine Boudriga (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

S1.7: Algorithms and data structures

Room: R3: Medina Chair: Jacir Bordim (Brasilia University, Brazil)
On Finding Maximally Redundant Trees in Strictly Linear Time
Gábor Enyedi (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary); Gábor Rétvári (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary); András Császár (Ericsson Research, Hungary)
Compressed N-Tree: an Indexing Structure for Distance Range Queries in Location Based Services
Faïza Najjar (National School of Computer Sciences, Tunisia); Hassenet Slimani (Faculty of Sciences Tunis-Elmanar, Tunisia)
Sorting On A Cell Broadband Engine SPU
Shibdas Bandyopadhyay (University of Florida, USA); Sartaj Sahni (University of Florida, USA)
PETCAM–A Power Efficient TCAM For Forwarding Tables
Tania Mishra (University of Florida, USA); Sartaj Sahni (University of Florida, USA)
Transforming UML Models to Colored Petri Nets Models using Graph Grammars
Elhillali Kerkouche (University of Oum El Bouaghi, Algeria); Allaoua Chaoui (University of Constantine, Algeria, Algeria); Khaled Khalfaoui (University of Jijel, Algeria, Algeria)
An Enhanced Slotted Binary Tree Algorithm with Intelligent Separation in RFID Systems
SungSoo Kim (Kyungpook National University, Korea); Yong Hwan Kim (Kyungpook National University, Korea); Gwang-sun Ahn (Kyung-pook National University, Korea)

S1.8: Cellular networks

Room: R4: Mahdia Chair: Antonio Puliafito (Università di Messina - Dipartimento di Matematica, Italy)
Analyzing the Application of Inter-cell Relay in CDMA Cellular Networks
Ayman Radwan (Queen's University, Canada); Hossam Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)
Influence of Code Orthogonality on Downlink Throughput Comparison between MC-CDMA and OFDMA in Multi-cellular Environments
Anas Alrawi (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Bayan Sharif (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Charalampos Tsimenidis (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Konstantinos Ntagkounakis (University of Newcastle upon Tyne U.K., United Kingdom)
Seamless Vertical Handoff Algorithm for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks: An Advanced Filtering Approach
Rizwan Khan (Universite du Quebec, Canada); Sonia Aissa (University of Quebec, INRS-EMT, Canada); Charles Despins (Prompt, Canada)
Efficient Frequency Reuse Scheme For Multi-cell OFDMA Systems
Abdelhalim Najjar (ISIG, Kairouan University, Tunisia); Noureddine Hamdi (INSAT, Carthage University, Tunisia); Ammar Bouallegue (National School of Engineers of Tunis, Tunisia)
Low Complexity Scheduling Algorithms for the LTE Uplink
Elias Yaacoub (American University of Beirut, Lebanon); Hussein Al-Asadi (American University of Beirut, Lebanon); Zaher Dawy (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)
A Performance Evaluation Model for RSS-based Vertical Handoff Algorithms
Tong Shu (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Min Liu (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Zhongcheng Li (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

S1.9: Short papers: Software and tools

Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante Chair: Tarek Bejaoui (Mediatron Lab., Carthage University, Tunisia)
Inductive as a Support of Deductive Data Visualisation in Wireless Sensor Networks
Mohammad Hammoudeh (University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom); Robert Newman (University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom); Christopher Dennett (University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom); Sarah Mount (University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom)
SimulNet: a Wavelength-Routed Optical Network Simulation Framework
Francesco Palmieri (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy); Ugo Fiore (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy); Sergio Ricciardi (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy)
An Efficient Stream Memory Architecture for Heterogeneous Multicore Processor
Rangyu Deng (National University of defense tech., P.R. China); Weixia Xu (National University of defense tech, P.R. China); Dou Qiang (National University of Defense Technology,China, P.R. China); Hongwei Zhou (National University of defense tech, P.R. China); Haiyan Chen (National University of defense tech, P.R. China); Zefu Dai (National University of Defence Tech., P.R. China)
Reusing heterogeneous Software Process Models.
Fadila Aoussat (Saad Dahlab Blida University, Algeria., Algeria); Mohamed Ahmed nacer (USTHB, Faculty of Electronic and Computer science,, Algeria)
A Tool to Simplify the Management of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Grids
Cesar Aguiar (State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil); Daniel Cruz (State Universtiy of Sao Paulo, Brazil); Marcos Cavenaghi (State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil); Roberta Spolon (State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil); Renata Lobato (UNESP – São Paulo State University, Brazil)
Quantization Software: Application of Trellis Coded Scalar/Vector Quantization
Merouane Bouzid (USTHB University, Electronics Faculty, Algeria); Mehdi Ould Hocine (USTHB, Algeria)

S1.10: Short papers: Applications

Room: R2: Kairouan
A Case Study of a Multi-Cluster Utilizing Enhanced Transport Protocols
Mario Dantas (UFSC, Brazil)
Babelchord: A Social Tower of DHT-based Overlay networks
Luigi Liquori (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France); Cedric Tedeschi (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France); Francesco Bongiovanni (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France)
A Secure Variant of the Hill Cipher
Mohsen Toorani (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Abolfazl Falahati (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)
Objects detection by expectation-maximisation algorithm application to football images
Mourad Moussa Jlassi (Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir, Tunisia); Ali Douik (Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir, Tunisia); Hassani Messaoud (Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir, Tunisia)

S1.11: Short papers: Traffic management and analysis

Room: R3: Medina Chair: Reza Peyrovian (AT&T, USA)
Characterizing End-to-End Packet Reordering with UDP Traffic
Sandra Tinta (Stony Brook University, USA); Alexander Mohr (Stony Brook University, USA); Jennifer Wong (SUNY Stony Brook University, USA)
Bloumail: blocking spam at the originator
Gianluca Dini (University of Pisa, Italy); Isidoro La Porta (University of Pisa, Italy)
Breaking the Barriers between Security Mechanisms through the Composition of Web Services: An Architecture for the Detection of Multistage, Distributed Attacks
Leonardo Fagundes (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS, Brazil); Luciano Paschoal Gaspary (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Multi-dimensional traffic anomaly detection based on ICA
Li Zonglin (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Guangmin Hu (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Xingmiao Yao (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China)
Online Spam Filtering Using Support Vector Machines
Ola Amayri (Concordia University, Canada); Nizar Bouguila (Concordia University, Canada)

Tuesday, Jul 7

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

WK-2: Keynote Speech-2

Prof. Sitharam Iyengar, Louisiana State University, USA
Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante Chair: Hussein Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada)

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

S2.1: Wireless networks security

Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante Chair: Abdelsalam Helal (University of Florida, USA)
A New Genetic Algorithm Approach for Intrusion Response System in Computer Networks
Boutheina Fessi (High Institute of Management, Tunisia); Salah Benabdallah (Communications Networks and Security Research Unit (CN&S), Tunisia); Mohamed Hamdi (Carthage University, Tunisia); Noureddine Boudriga (University of Carthage, Tunisia)
Deploying FPGA Self-Configurable Cell Structure for Micro Crypto-Functions
Wael Adi (Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany); Noureddine Ouertani (Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany); Abdulrahman Hanoun (Technical Uni. Hamburg-Harburg, Germany); Bassel Soudan (Sharjah University, UAE)
Robust Key Management Scheme for Certification in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
Khaled Hamouid (UQO, Canada); Kamel Adi (University of Quebec in Outaouais, Canada)
SECLOUD: Source and Destination Seclusion Using Clouds for Wireless Ad hoc Networks
Razvi Doomun (University of Mauritius, Mauritius); Thaier Hayajneh (University of Pittsburgh, USA); Prashant Krishnamurthy (University of Pittsburgh, USA); David Tipper (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
SVNM: Secure Verification of Neighborhood Membership in Static Multi-hop Wireless Networks
Issa Khalil (United Arab Emirates University, UAE); Mohammad Hayajneh (UAEU, UAE); Mamoun Awad (UAEU, UAE)
LPBS - Location Privacy Based System
Filipe Ribeiro (Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil); Sergio Zorzo (Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil)

S2.2: Cooperative networks

Room: R2: Kairouan Chair: Mounir Hamdi (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)
Handling dynamics in gossip-based aggregation schemes
Nicola Bicocchi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy); Marco Mamei (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy); Franco Zambonelli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
P2P Cache-and-Forward Mechanisms for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Claudio Casetti (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Marco Fiore (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Chi-Anh La (Institut Eurecom, France); Pietro Michiardi (EURECOM, France)
On the Performance of Adaptive Wireless Push Systems in High Bit Rate Environments
Petros Nicopolitidis (Aristotle University, Greece); Georgios Papadimitriou (Aristotle University, Greece); Andreas Pomportsis (Aristotle University, Greece)
Location-dependent Performance of Cooperative Mobile Networks with Power Allocation
Tobias Renk (University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany); Friedrich Jondral (Communications Engineering Lab, University of Karlsruhe, Germany)
A Collaborative Cache Approach for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Marcos Caetano (University of Brasilia, Brazil); Jacir Bordim (Brasilia University, Brazil); Mario Dantas (UFSC, Brazil)
Self-Optimizing Cooperative Caching in Autonomic Wireless Mesh Networks
Thabo Nkwe (University of Guelph, Canada); Mieso Denko (University of Guelph, Canada)

S2.3: Multimedia

Room: R3: Medina Chair: Michela Meo (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Framework for Application-level Adaptation of Media Streams Transmitted using DCCP Protocol
Lukasz Czekierda (AGH-University of Science and Technology, Poland); Tomasz Grobelny (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)
Hardware Implementation of Session Initiation Protocol Servers and Clients
Dan Ionescu (University of Ottawa, Canada); Fadi El-Hassan (University of Ottawa, Canada); Raymond Peterkin (University of Ottawa, Canada); Mohamed Abou-Gabal (Uniersity of Ottawa, Cameroon)
Image Annotation Based On Constrained Clustering
Mohamed Ben Ismail (University of Louisville, USA); Hichem Frigui (University of Louisville, USA)
Adaptive Smooth Simulcast Protocol for Multimedia Transmission
Christos Bouras (University of Patras, Greece); Georgios Kioumourtzis (University of Patras, Greece); Apostolos Gkamas (Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, Greece)
Discrete-time Analysis of Packet Data Discarding in High Speed Multimedia Networks
Attahiru Alfa (University of Manitoba, Canada); Haitham Abu-Ghazaleh (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Fingerprints in the spectrum: Spectral analysis and detection of VoIP traffic
Chen Ling (Ericsson Ltd., China, P.R. China); Kai Zheng (IBM China Research Lab, P.R. China); Fang Liu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Zhenming Lei (University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Yang Jie (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)

S2.4: Network management and planning

Room: R4: Mahdia Chair: Reza Peyrovian (AT&T, USA)
Automatic QoS Control in UPnP Home Networks
Jukka-Pekka Laulajainen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland); Matti Hirvonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)
A Tabu Search Heuristic for Capacitated Network Design
Mohamed zied Ben Hamouda (LAAS-CNRS Université de Toulouse, France); Olivier Brun (LAAS-CNRS, France); Jean-Marie Garcia (LAAS, France)
Network Monitoring and Management Approach for Expressive-based SLA Applications in Internet Computing
Lynda Zitoune (Université Paris-Sud XI, France); Amel Hamdi (Université Paris Sud XI, France); Véronique Vèque (University of Paris-Sud 11, France); Mounier Hugues (IEF, University Paris-Sud, France)
An efficient Hybrid recovery mechanism for MPLS-based networks
EL kamel Ali (University of Sousse (Tunisia), Tunisia); Habib Youssef (Institut Superieur d'Informatique et des Technologies de Communication, Tunisia)
Nonstationary Network Internal Loss Tomography
Gaolei Fei (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Guangmin Hu (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Feng Qian (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

S2.5: WSN: Coverage and monitoring

Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante Chair: Lynda Mokdad (Université de Paris Dauphine & Laboratoire Lamsade, France)
Joint k-Coverage, Duty-Cycling, and Geographic Forwarding in Wireless Sensor Networks
Habib M. Ammari (Hofstra University, USA); Sajal Das (The UniversityTexas at Arlington, USA)
A GRASP Heuristic to Density Control: Solving Multi-Period Coverage and Routing Problems in Wireless Sensor Networks
Iuri Andrade (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Geraldo Mateus (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Fabiola Nakamura (Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil)
Exploiting Signal Strength Detection and Collision Cancellation for Tag Identification in RFID Systems
Maurizio Bonuccelli (Universita' di Pisa, Italy); Francesca Lonetti (Università di Pisa, Italy); Francesca Martelli (Università di Pisa, Italy)
Monitoring connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks
Benahmed Khelifa (University of Bechar, Algeria, Algeria); Haffaf Hafid (University, Algeria); Madjid Merabti (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom); David Llewellyn-Jones (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom)
An On-line Model to Design Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Small World Concepts
Daniel Guidoni (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Raquel Mini (PUC Minas, Brazil); Antonio A.F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Azzedine Boukerche (Univ. of Ottawa, Canada)
A Platform for Integrated Data Processing from Heterogeneous Devices in Naval Field
Maurizio Giacobbe (University of Messina, Italy); Antonio Puliafito (Università di Messina - Dipartimento di Matematica, Italy); Eugenio Guglielmino (University of Messina, Italy)

S2.6: Network security

Room: R2: Kairouan Chair: Reda Ammar (University of Connecticut, USA)
Automatic Verification of the Conformance of Firewall Configurations to Security Policies
Nihel Ben youssef (SUPCOM, Tunisia); Adel Bouhoula (Hight School of Communications of Tunisia, Tunisia); Florent Jacquemard (INRIA, France)
On Securing Publish-Subscribe Systems with Security Groups
Gianluca Dini (University of Pisa, Italy); Angelica Lo Duca (University of Pisa, Italy)
A Secure Content-Based Publish/Subscribe Middleware
Amina Chaabane (National School of Engineers of Sfax-Tunisia, Tunisia); Mohamed Jmaiel (ENIS, Tunisia)
Design and Implementation of a Secure XML-based Grid File Storage System with Reliability Features
Francesco Tusa (Università di Messina, Italy); Massimo Villari (University of Messina, Italy); Antonio Puliafito (Università di Messina - Dipartimento di Matematica, Italy)
Malware Analysis System using Process-level Virtualization
Yu Adachi (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan); Yoshihiro Oyama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
DoubleCheck: Multi-path verification against Man-in-the-middle attacks
Mansoor Alicherry (Columbia University, USA); Angelos Keromytis (Columbia University, USA)

S2.7: Physical layer

Room: R3: Medina Chair: Wessam Ajib (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)
Enhancements to IEEE 802.11 DCF Collision Avoidance Based on MIMO Adaptive Spatial Channels Sharing
Abduladhim Ashtaiwi (Queen’s University, Canada); Hossam Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)
Novel Micro-Threading Techniques on the Cell Broadband Engine
Mohamed Ahmed (University of Connecticut, USA); Reda Ammar (University of Connecticut, USA); Sanguthevar Rajasekaran (University of Connecticut, USA)
Transmit Beamforming Multi-User MISO Systems Based On Switched Sub-Codebook
Imen Sfaihi (Communication system lab, Tunisia); Noureddine Hamdi (INSAT, Carthage University, Tunisia); Ammar Bouallegue (National School of Engineers of Tunis, Tunisia)
On the Statistics of Dual-Hop Semi-Blind Relaying Systems with Partial Relay Selection
Daniel Benevides Da Costa (University of Quebec, Canada); Sonia Aissa (University of Quebec, INRS-EMT, Canada)
Non-Cooperative Uplink Power Control Game for CDMA Wireless Communications Systems
Mohammad Hayajneh (UAEU, UAE); Issa Khalil (United Arab Emirates University, UAE); Mamoun Awad (UAEU, UAE)

S2.8: Congestion control

Room: R4: Mahdia Chair: Najah Abu Ali (UAE University, UAE)
OBP: Stability and Performance
Paulo Loureiro (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal); Edmundo Monteiro (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
A Sword of Damocles Approach to Promote Self-imposed End-to-End Congestion Control
Shan Chen (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong); Brahim Bensaou (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong); Ka Lok Hung (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
Congestion Prevention in Broadband Wireless Access Systems: An Economic Approach
Bader Al-Manthari (Queen's University, Canada); Nidal Nasser (University of Guelph, Canada); Najah Abu Ali (UAE University, UAE); Hossam Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)
Adapting TCP Exponential Backoff to Multihop Ad Hoc Networks
Haifa Touati (Ensi, Cristal, Tunisia); Ilhem Lengliz (Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l''Informatique, France); Farouk Kamoun (University of Manouba, ? )
TFRC and RTT Thresholds Interdependence in a Selective Retransmission Scheme
Arpad Huszak (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary); Sándor Imre (Technical University of Budapest, Hungary)
A QoS-Aware Congestion Control Mechanism for DCCP
Lei Ye (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong); Zhijun Wang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

S2.9: Multicast and multi-homing

Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante Chair: Sonia Aissa (University of Quebec, INRS-EMT, Canada)
Distributed Parallel Scheduling Algorithms for High Speed Virtual Output Queuing Switches
Lotfi Mhamdi (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Mounir Hamdi (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)
Increasing Performances of TCP Data Transfers Through Multiple Parallel Connections
Andrea Baldini (Cisco Systems, USA); Lorenzo De Carli (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA); Fulvio Risso (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
An Analysis of the Heterogeneity and IP Packet Reordering over Multiple Wireless Networks
Dominik Kaspar (Simula Research Laboratory, Norway); Kristian Evensen (Simula Research Laboratory, Norway); Audun Hansen (Simula Research Laboratory, Norway); Paal Engelstad (University of Oslo / Telenor R&I, Norway); Pål Halvorsen (Simula Research Laboratory, Norway); Carsten Griwodz (Simula Research Laboratory, Norway)
Improving End-to-End Multicast Rate Control in Wireless Networks
Wafa Kammoun (ISITCOM Hammam Sousse, Tunisia); Habib Youssef (Institut Superieur d'Informatique et des Technologies de Communication, Tunisia)
Integrated Many-to-Many Multicast Addressing And Access Control Method
Imed Romdhani (Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom); Ahmed Al-Dubai (Napier University, United Kingdom)
Service Level Negotiation in Ubiquitous Environments
Mohamed Aymen Chalouf (LaBRI (Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique), France); Francine Krief (Labri laboratory, France)

S2.10: Wireless LANs

Room: R2: Kairouan Chair: Jalel Ben-othman (Université de Versailles, France)
Bandwidth Allocation in IEEE 802.11 WLANs in presence of Inter-BSSs Hidden Terminals
Ka Lok Hung (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong); Brahim Bensaou (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
Enhancing VoWLAN Service Through Adaptive Voice Coder
Adlen Ksentini (University of Rennes 1 / IRISA-INRIA Lab, France)
Access Point Coordinated Contention Resolution For Channel Access in Wireess LANs
Khaled Harfoush (North Carolina State University, USA); Ahmed Mahboob (North Carolina State University, USA)
MAC Layer Handoff Algorithm for IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks
Rizwan Khan (Universite du Quebec, Canada); Sonia Aissa (University of Quebec, INRS-EMT, Canada); Charles Despins (Prompt, Canada)
Practical and Efficient Open-Loop Rate/Link Adaptation Algorithm for High-Speed IEEE 802.11n WLANs
Qiuyan Xia (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong); Jian Pu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong); Mounir Hamdi (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China); Khaled Letaief (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong)

S2.11: Short papers: Wireless systems I

Room: R3: Medina
A Clustering Group Mutual Exclusion Algorithm For Mobile Ad Hoc
Jean Frédéric Myoupo (Universit, France); Ousmane Thiare (University of Cergy-Pontoise and Gaston Berger University, France); Mohamed Naimi (University of Cergy-Pontoise-France, France)
A Tree-based Group Key Agreement Scheme for Secure Multicast Increasing Efficiency of Rekeying in Leave Operation
Hamida Seba (Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, France); Fouad Tigrine (University Lyon 1, France); Hamamache Kheddouci (Claude Bernard University - Lyon, France)
Energy Efficient Cluster-based Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
Houda Zeghilet (CERIST (Research Center on Scientific and Technical Information), Algeria); Nadjib Badache (University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediane (USTHB), Algeria); Moufida Maimour (Nancy University, France)
Radio Access Network Traffic Generation for Mobile Switching Center
Suliman Albasheir (Concordia University, Canada); Sofiene Tahar (Concordia University, Canada); Claude Gauthier (Ericsson, Canada); Jean Personna (Ericsson, Canada)

S2.12: Short papers: Wireless systems II

Room: R4: Mahdia Chair: Tarek Bejaoui (Mediatron Lab., Carthage University, Tunisia)
An Optimization of UWB Antenna Location
Chien-Ching Chiu (Department of Electrical Engineering Tamkang University, Taiwan); Yen-Fu Chen (Tamkang University,, Taiwan)
A Directly Public Verifiable Signcryption Scheme based on Elliptic Curves
Mohsen Toorani (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Ali Asghar Beheshti (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)
Topology Control Protocol for Conserving Energy in Wireless Sensor Networks
Bahia Zebbane (University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne (USTHB), Algeria); Manel Chenait (USTHB, Algeria); Houda Zeghilet (USTHB, Algeria); Nadjib Badache (University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediane (USTHB), Algeria)
Adaptive reconfigurable system based on middleware cross layer adaptation model
K. Loukil (CES laboratory, Tunisia); Nader Ben Amor (ENIS, Tunisia); Mouna Ben Said (CES laboratory, Tunisia); Mohamed Abid (CES-ENIS, Tunisia)
Multivariate Reduction in Wireless Sensor Networks
Orlando Junior (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Andre Aquino (Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil); Andre Aquino (Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil); Raquel Mini (PUC Minas, Brazil); Carlos Figueiredo (FUCAPI - Research and Technological Innovation Center, Brazil)

Wednesday, Jul 8

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

WK-3: Keynote Speech-3

Prof. Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante Chair: Sanjay Ranka (University of Florida, USA)

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

S3.1: Optical networks II

Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante
Distributed Holding-Time-Aware Shared-Path-Protection Provisioning Framework for Optical Networks
Emad Al-Sukhni (University of Ottawa, Canada); Hussein Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada)
All-Optical Synchronizer for Switching Node Using Single-Sideband Modulator and Fiber Bragg Gratings
Selma Batti (Engineering School of Communication of Tunis (Sup'Com), Tunisia); Mourad Zghal (Engineering School of Communication of Tunis (Sup’Com), Tunisia); Noureddine Boudriga (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Trevor Hall (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Extended Adaptive Search for Routing Multi-Granular Path Allocation in Optical Networks
Abdelhamid Eshoul (University of Ottawa, Canada); Hussein Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada); Nabil Naas (Elfatah University, Libya)
Distributed Algorithm for Dynamic Logical Topology Reconfiguration in IP over WDM Networks
Phuong Nga Tran (Hamburg harburg University of Technology, Germany)
The significance of Label Conversion in GMPLS-Based Optical Transport Networks
Nabil Naas (Elfatah University, Libya); Hussein Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada)

S3.2: QoS and routing in ad hoc networks

Room: R2: Kairouan
Neighborhood Nodes Collaboration to Support QoS Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks
Sadeq Makram (RWTH Aachen University, Yemen); Fahad Samad (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Mesut Guenes (FU Berlin, Germany)
Assessing the Impact of Link Layer Feedback Mechanisms on MANET Routing Protocols
Alfonso Ariza (University of Málaga, Spain); Alicia Trivino-Cabrera (University of Malaga, Spain); Juan Carlos Cano Escriba (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Eduardo Casilari-Perez (Universidad de Malaga, Spain); Carlos Calafate (Technical University of Valencia, Spain); Pietro Manzoni (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)
Address-Identifier Mapping System for Scalable Routing
Lotfi Benmohamed (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA)
Use of Load Prediction Mechanism for Dynamic Routing Optimization
Abutaleb Turky (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany); Andreas Mitschele-Thiel (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany)
Performance Evaluation of MANETs Virtual Backbone Formation Algorithms
Khalid Almahrog (University of Waterloo, Canada); Otman Basir (University of Waterloo, Canada)

S3.3: Distributed systems and grid computing

Room: R3: Medina Chair: Zahir Tari (RMIT University, Australia)
Design of a Grid workflow for a climate application
Joerg Schneider (Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany); Julius Gehr (Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany); H.-u. Heiss (Technical University Berlin, Germany); Tiago Ferreto (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil); Cesar De Rose (Pontifícia Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil); Rodrigo Righi (Universidade Fderal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil); Eduardo Rocha (Universidade Fderal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil); Nicolas Maillard (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil); Philippe O. A. Navaux (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
The upper bound and lower bound of the genus of Pancake Graphs
Said Bettayeb (University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA); Quan Nguyen (University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA)
AGRADC: An Architecture for Autonomous Deployment and Configuration of Grid Computing Applications
Weverton Cordeiro (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil); Luciano Paschoal Gaspary (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil); Marinho Barcellos (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Multi-core Aware Process Mapping and its Impact on Communication Overhead of Parallel Applications
Eduardo Rodrigues (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil); Jairo Panetta (CPTEC-INPE, Brazil); Philippe O. A. Navaux (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil); Felipe Madruga (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Towards Self-Managed Adaptive Emulation of Grid Environments
Rodrigo Calheiros (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil); Everton Alexandre (PUCRS, Brazil); Andriele do Carmo (PUCRS, Brazil); César De Rose (PUCRS, Brazil); Rajkumar Buyya (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Resource Selection for Fast Large-Scale Virtual Appliances Propagation
Alejandra Rodriguez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain); Jesus Carretero (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain); Borja Bergua (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain); Felix Garcia Carballeira (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)

S3.4: Mobility management

Room: R4: Mahdia
Integrating User Identity Management Systems with the Host Identity Protocol
Marc Barisch (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Alfredo Matos (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)
Mobility between Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc Environments: Experimental Validation
Rui Costa (Institute of Telecommunications, Portugal); Susana Sargento (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, Portugal)
An Opportunistic Indoors Positioning Scheme Based on Estimated Positions
GuoDong Kang (ISAE, France); Tanguy Perennou (University of Toulouse - ISAE / LAAS-CNRS, France); Michel Diaz (Laas CNRS, France)
The Impacts of Network Configuration and Node Mobility on Path Dynamics in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Lifang Guo (Beijing university of posts and telecommunications, P.R. China); Khaled Harfoush (North Carolina State University, USA); Huimin Xu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)
A WiFi-based Wireless Mesh Network with Inter-Domain Mobility Management
Azzedine Boukerche (Univ. of Ottawa, Canada); Zhenxia Zhang (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Multiple Router Management for SIP-based Network Mobility
Chung-Ming Huang (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan); Chao-Hsien Lee (Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan); Po-Han Tseng (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

S3.5: Context-aware solutions

Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante
Implementing a Scalable Context-Aware Middleware
Luca Foschini (University of Bologna, Italy); Mario Fanelli (University of Bologna, Italy); Antonio Corradi (University of Bologna, Italy)
Context-Aware Publish-Subscribe: Model, Implementation, and Evaluation
Gianpaolo Cugola (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Alessandro Margara (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Matteo Migliavacca (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
Bridging Context Management Systems in the Ad Hoc and Mobile Environments
Pravin Pawar (University of Twente, The Netherlands., The Netherlands); Hanga Boros (University of Twente, The Netherlands); Fei Liu (University of Twente, The Netherlands); Geert Heijenk (University of Twente, The Netherlands); Bert-Jan van Beijnum (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Solving Collective Conflicts in a Disaster Emergency Attendance Application
Thais Braga (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Antonio A.F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Linnyer Ruiz (State University of Maringá, Brazil)
HCI-enriched approach for DSS development: the UP/U approach
Hela Ltifi (REGIM, Tunisia); Mounir Ben Ayed (REGIM, Tunisia); Christophe Kolski (University of Valenciennes, France); Adel Alimi (University of Sfax, National Engineering School of Sfax Tunisia, Tunisia)
Device Pairing Based on Adaptive Channel Fluctuation Control for Large-scale Organizations
Takashi Oshiba (NEC Corporation, Japan); Hideaki Nebayashi (NEC Corporation, Japan)

S3.6: WSN: Specification and applications

Room: R2: Kairouan
Synchronous Ultra-Wide Band Wireless Sensor Networks for oil and gas exploration
Umberto Spagnolini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Stefano Savazzi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
LWESP:Light-Weight Exterior Sensornet Protocol
Angel Cuevas Rumin (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain); Manuel Urueña (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain); Annett Laube (SAP France, France); Laurent Gomez (SAP, France)
Specification and Synthesis of Sensory Datasets in Pervasive Spaces
Abdelsalam Helal (University of Florida, USA); Andres Mendez-Vazquez (University of Florida, USA); Shantonu Hossain (University of Florida, USA)
Service Admission Control in Multi-Service Sensor Networks
Youssef Iraqi (Dhofar University, Oman); Nafaa Jabeur (Dhofar University, Oman)
Geomery-Guided Gateway Deployment Optimization in Underwater Sensor Networks
Saleh Ibrahim (University of Connecticut, USA); Reda Ammar (University of Connecticut, USA); Jun-Hong Cui (University of Connecticut, USA)
Target-based Association Rule for Point of Coverage Wireless Sensor Network.
Samer Samarah (University of Ottawa, Canada); Alexandre Habyalimana (Univerity of Ottawa, Canada); Azzedine Boukerche (Univ. of Ottawa, Canada)

S3.7: Packet switching and scheduling

Room: R3: Medina
A Selectivity Function Scheduler for IEEE 802.11e Networks
Najah Abu Ali (UAE University, UAE); Hossam Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada); Ashraf Bourawy (Queen's University, Canada)
On the Performance of Multi-level Time Sharing Policy under Heavy-tailed Workloads
Malith Jayasinghe (RMIT University, Australia); Zahir Tari (RMIT University, Australia); Panlop Zeephongsekul (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia); James Broberg (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
A Coordination Mechanism Based on a Combined technique Applied to Dynamic Packet Scheduling in Routers
Malika Bourenane (University of Senia, Algeria); Abdelhamid Mellouk (University Paris XII, France); Djilali Benhamamouch (dept of Computer Science University of Es-Senia Oran, Algeria)
A new Global/local algorithm for multiple sequence alignment
Layeb Abdesslem (university of costantine, Algeria); Souham Meshoul (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Batouche Mohamed (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)
An Efficient Scheduling Scheme For MIMO Wireless Mesh Networks With Fairness Constraints
Abdelhalim Driouech (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada); Wessam Ajib (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada); Elmahdi Driouch (Universite du Quebec à Montreal, Canada)

4:45 PM - 5:15 PM

WK-4: Closing Remarks

Room: R1: Salle Polyvalante Chair: Sartaj Sahni (University of Florida, USA)