Computer and Information Sciences -- ISCIS 2003 18th International Symposium, Antalya, Turkey, November 3-5, 2003, Proceedings

Invited Talk.- Review of Experiments in Self-Aware Networks.- Web Information Resource Discovery: Past, Present, and Future.- Architectures and Systems.- Courses Modeling in E-learning Context.- Fast Hardware of Booth-Barrett’s Modular Multiplication for Efficient Cryptosystems.- Classification of a Large Web Page Collection Applying a GRNN Architecture.- Fast Less Recursive Hardware for Large Number Multiplication Using Karatsuba-Ofman’s Algorithm.- Topological and Communication Aspects of Hyper-Star Graphs.- An E-tutoring Service Architecture Based on Overlay Networks.- A Simple Scheme for Local Failure Recovery of Multi-directional Multicast Trees.- Modelling Multi-disciplinary Scientific Experiments and Information.- KinCA: An InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter Based on Dual Processor Cores.- Ontological Cognitive Map for Sharing Knowledge between Heterogeneous Businesses.- Template-Based E-mail Summarization for Wireless Devices.- Some Intrinsic Properties of Interacting Deterministic Finite Automata.- Design and Evaluation of a Source Routed Ad Hoc Network.- Temporal Modelling in Flexible Workflows.- Low Cost and Trusted Electronic Purse System Design.- Uncorrelating PageRank and In-Degree in a Synthetic Web Model.- Integration of Static and Active Data Sources.- Conditional Access Module Systems for Digital Contents Protection Based on Hybrid/Fiber/Coax CATV Networks.- Computer Science Theory.- Approximation Algorithms for Degree-Constrained Bipartite Network Flow.- Demonic I/O of Compound Diagrams Monotype/Residual Style.- Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network Applications on the Gas Sensor Data: Concentration Estimation.- A Security Embedded Text Compression Algorithm.- An Alternative Compressed Storage Format for Sparse Matrices.- Database and Information Retrieval.- Ranking the Possible Alternatives in Flexible Querying: An Extended Possibilistic Approach.- Global Index for Multi Channel Data Dissemination in Mobile Databases.- A Robust Scheme for Multilevel Extendible Hashing.- A Cooperative Paradigm for Fighting Information Overload.- Comparison of New Simple Weighting Functions for Web Documents against Existing Methods.- Stemming in Agglutinative Languages: A Probabilistic Stemmer for Turkish.- A Multi-relational Rule Discovery System.- A Flexible Querying Framework (FQF): Some Implementation Issues.- Similarity for Conceptual Querying.- Virtual Interval Caching Scheme for Interactive Multimedia Streaming Workload.- RUBDES: A Rule Based Distributed Event System.- A Statistical ?-Partitioning Method for Clustering Data Streams.- Text Categorization with ILA.- Online Mining of Weighted Fuzzy Association Rules.- Application of Data Mining Techniques to Protein-Protein Interaction Prediction.- E-Business.- A Heuristic Lotting Method for Electronic Reverse Auctions.- A Poisson Model for User Accesses to Web Pages.- An Activity Planning and Progress Following Tool for Self-Directed Distance Learning.- MAPSEC: Mobile-Agent Based Publish/Subscribe Platform for Electronic Commerce.- CEVS – A Corporative E-voting System Based on EML.- Smart Card Terminal Systems Using ISO/IEC 7816-3 Interface and 8051 Microprocessor Based on the System-on-Chip.- Graphics & Computer Vision.- Practical Gaze Detection by Auto Pan/Tilt Vision System.- License Plate Character Segmentation Based on the Gabor Transform and Vector Quantization.- Segmentation of Protein Spots in 2D Gel Electrophoresis Images with Watersheds Using Hierarchical Threshold.- Multi-resolution Modeling in Collaborative Design.- Model-Based Human Motion Capture from Monocular Video Sequences.- Robust Skin Color Segmentation Using a 2D Plane of RGB Color Space.- Background Estimation Based People Detection and Tracking for Video Surveillance.- Quaternion-Based Tracking of Multiple Objects in Synchronized Videos.- License Plate Segmentation for Intelligent Transportation Systems.- A Turkish Handprint Character Recognition System.- Image-Space-Parallel Direct Volume Rendering on a Cluster of PCs.- Generalization and Localization Based Style Imitation for Grayscale Images.- Robot Mimicking: A Visual Approach for Human Machine Interaction.- Wavelet Packet Based Digital Watermarking for Remote Sensing Image Compression.- Facial Expression Recognition Based upon Gabor-Wavelets Based Enhanced Fisher Model.- Image Sequence Stabilization Using Membership Selective Fuzzy Filtering.- Texture Segmentation Using the Mixtures of Principal Component Analyzers.- Comparison of Feature Sets Using Multimedia Translation.- Intelligent Systems and Robotics.- Estimating Distributions in Genetic Algorithms.- All Bids for One and One Does for All: Market-Driven Multi-agent Collaboration in Robot Soccer Domain.- Fuzzy Variance Analysis Model.- Effects of the Trajectory Planning on the Model Based Predictive Robotic Manipulator Control.- Financial Time Series Prediction Using Mixture of Experts.- Design and Usage of a New Benchmark Problem for Genetic Programming.- A New Approach Based on Recurrent Neural Networks for System Identification.- The Real-Time Development and Deployment of a Cooperative Multi-UAV System.- The Modular Genetic Algorithm: Exploiting Regularities in the Problem Space.- A Realistic Success Criterion for Discourse Segmentation.- Nonlinear Filtering Design Using Dynamic Neural Networks with Fast Training.- Prediction of Protein Subcellular Localization Based on Primary Sequence Data.- Implementing Agent Communication for a Multi-agent Simulation Infrastructure on HLA.- Multimedia.- Improved POCS-Based De-blocking Algorithm for Block-Transform Compressed Images.- Lossy Network Performance of a Rate-Control Algorithm for Video Streaming Applications.- A Hierarchical Architecture for a Scalable Multicast.- Effect of the Generation of MPEG-Frames within a GOP on Queueing Performance.- Multiple Description Coding for Image Data Hiding in the Spatial Domain.- POCS-Based Enhancement of De-interlaced Video.- A New Construction Algorithm for Symmetrical Reversible Variable-Length Codes from the Huffman Code.- A Solution to the Composition Problem in Object-Based Video Coding.- Real-Time Advanced Contrast Enhancement Algorithm.- A Video Watermarking Algorithm Based on the Human Visual System Properties.- Network-Aware Video Redundancy Coding with Scene-Adaptation for H.263+ Video.- Scheduling Mixed Traffic under Earliest-Deadline-First Algorithm.- Fast Mode Decision for H.264 with Variable Motion Block Sizes.- An Optimal Scheduling Algorithm for Stream Based Parallel Video Processing.- Networks and Security.- A Practical Approach for Constructing a Parallel Network Simulator.- Distributed Multicast Routing for Efficient Group Key Management.- Multi-threshold Guard Channel Policy for Next Generation Wireless Networks.- Application of Fiat-Shamir Identification Protocol to Design of a Secure Mobile Agent System.- Neural Network Based Optical Network Restoration with Multiple Classes of Traffic.- Network Level Congestion Control in Mobile Wireless Networks: 3G and Beyond.- Network Dependability: An Availability Measure in N-Tier Client/Server Architecture.- One-Time Passwords: Security Analysis Using BAN Logic and Integrating with Smartcard Authentication.- Design and Implementation of a Secure Group Communication Protocol on a Fault Tolerant Ring.- A New Role-Based Delegation Model Using Sub-role Hierarchies.- POLICE: A Novel Policy Framework.- Covert Channel Detection in the ICMP Payload Using Support Vector Machine.- An Efficient Location Area Design Scheme to Minimize Registration Signalling Traffic in Wireless Systems.- A Simple Pipelined Scheduling for Input-Queued Switches.- Transport Protocol Mechanisms for Wireless Networking: A Review and Comparative Simulation Study.- Performance Analysis of Packet Schedulers in High-Speed Serial Switches.- Practical Security Improvement of PKCS#5.- Access Network Mobility Management.- Design of a Log Server for Distributed and Large-Scale Server Environments.- On Fair Bandwi