AL-Zaytoonah University of Jordan Faculty of Science and Information Technology

 

Under the Patronage of H.R.H Prince

Ali Bin Al-Hussein

The 2nd International Conference on Information Technology

"Human Computer Interaction"
ICIT 2005

May 3rd – 5th, 2005

Amman, Jordan

Tuesday May 3rd, 2005

9:00 – 10:00

Registration

10:00 – 11:00

Opening Session

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:30   

 

Keynote Speech 

 

Chair: Faysal Al Abbas

 

Cross-Layer Quality of Service Optimization in Satellite Networks

Prof. Franco Davoli, Italy

 

A Windy Road to Innovation: Between Technological Opportunities and User Centered Explorations

Natasa Milic-Frayling,  U.K.

13:30 – 14:30

University Campus Tour

14:30 – 16:00

Lunch

16:00 – 17:15

Room A

Session 1: Internet

 

Chair: Mustafa Yaseen

 

Searching for Semantic Web Services - A Google based Approach

Sinuhe Arroyo; Han Sung-Kook; Dieter Fensel, Austria

 

Patterns as method for university portals design

Abdalghani Mushtaha, Belgium

 

Integrating Business Rules into the Web Development Process

Jehad Najjar, Belgium

 

Moving E-learning to M-learning

Ali Y. Jawarneh,; Jordan

16:00 – 17:15

Room B

Session 2: Mathematics

 

Chair: Azmi Al-Madi

 

A New Finite Difference Scheme Based on Central Difference Approximation Associated with Heronian Mean Averaging for the Goursat problem

Abdullah Z. Talib;  Ahmad I. Md. Ismail, Malaysia

 

Computational Study of Partial Differential Equations with Compressible Two Phase Flow Application

Dia Zeidan, Jordan

 

On some kinds of fuzzy connected space

Qutaiba E. Hassan, Spain

 

A Technical Note On Solving Linear Differential Equations With Constant Coefficients

Na’mh A. Abid, Jordan

17:15 – 18:30

Room A

Session 3: Artificial Intelligence

 

Chair: Emad Abu Elrob

 

An Enhanced Version of Delta-Bar-Delta

Walid A. Salameh; Mohammed A. Otair, Jordan

 

Neuroevolution Based Time/Cost Distributor for Real Time System Controllers

Nabil M. Hewahi, Palestine

 

Time Series Analysis with Axo-Axonic Connections in Neural Netwoks

Mingo L.F.; Castellanos J.; Arroyo F., Spain

 

An Improved Neural Network Builder that Includes Graphical Networks and PI nodes

M.S. Al-Rawi; A. B. Tarakji, Jordan

 

17:15 – 18:30

Room B

Session 4: Artificial Intelligence

 

Chair: Gassan Falluh

 

Heuristic sequential classifiers based on multilayer percpetron and probabilistic neural network

T. Walkowiak; W. Zamojski, Poland

 

Study of artificial neural networks for daily peak electricity load forecasting

Tarik Rashid; Tahar Kechadi, Ireland

 

Design and Validity Analysis of Asynchronous Processors Using Higher-Order Petri Nets

Mustsfa S. Mahmoud; Ali M. Meligy; Azez Shafik; Musaad W. Hassan, Egypt

 

On the Application of Artificial Neural Networks  in Analyzing and Classifying the Human Chromosomes

Jafar S. Al Hasani; Ibrahiem M. El Emary; Ala'a A. Al-Zu'bi; Haneen N. Heyasat, Jordan

 

18:30 – 18:45

Coffee Break

18:45 – 19:45

Room A

Session 5: Object-Oriented and Operating Systems

 

Chair: Mohamad ElHaj Hassan

 

Object-Oriented Modeling of Attentional Systems

Igor A. Chimir, Ukraine; Waheeb A. Abu-Dawwas, Jordan; Mark A. Horney USA

 

OOCA: Testing of Object Oriented Developed Software

Mostafa S. Mahmoud; Aliaa A. Youssif; Ahmed M. Abd El-Zaher, Egypt

 

Object Identification and Modeling Techniques for Intelligent Grasping: A Comparative Study

H. W. Abd el Malak; M. Yousef Ibrahim, Australia

 

Time and Space Measurement Tools for the Real-time kernel RTDM

Dhuha B. Abdullah; Basil S. Mahmmod, Iraq

 

 

18:45 – 19:45

Room B

Session 6: Networking

 

Chair: Mohmod Elomary

 

An Enhanced Adaptive Location Update scheme for Next Generation PCS

Networks

Ola El-Sonosy; Ahmed Hamad; Amal Elnahas, Egypt

 

Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIp): a View and a Vision

Khaldoun Batiha, Jordan

 

Distributed Construction of Weakly Connected Dominating Sets for Clustering Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Fredrick J. Mtenzi, Ireland

20:00

Dinner

 

Wednesday May 4th, 2005 

09:00 – 10:00   

Room A

Keynote Speech 

 

Chair: Sasikumaran Sreedharan

 

Intelligent Technologies for Medical Tutoring/Learning Systems

Prof. Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Egypt

 

JT-Fund activities to enhance the IT knowledge in the Jordanian Society

Yousef Maddi, Jordan

10:00 – 11:15

Room A

Session 7: Software Engineering

 

Chair: Rashed Al-Azzeh

 

Software industry in Jordan the Prospects and Hopes

Abdali Rashed; Mohammad Oliamat, Jordan

 

Testing Web Applications

Nashat Mansour, Manal Houri, Lebanon

 

CASE Tools: Fulfilling the Industrial Requirements

Zaitun A. B.; Zhu Lizhong., Jordan

 

A Forum for CASE Tools Utilization

Zaitun A. B.; Zhu Lizhong, Malaysia

10:00 – 11:15

Room B

Session 8: Database

 

Chair: Saleh Oqaily

 

COCALEREX: a user oriented approach for reengineering relational DB into XML

Chunyan Wang; Anthony Lo; Reda Alhajj, Canada

 

A Data-Base System for Speaker Identification

Bassam A. Mustafa; Basil Y. Thanoon; Saad D. Al-Shamaa, Iraq

 

Concurrency Control for Moflex Transaction Model

Hussak Walter; Alqerem Ahmad, Jordan

 

An Infrastructure Approach to Database Components

Roland Kaschek, New Zealand

11:15 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:45

Room A

Session 9: Distance Learning and Information Systems

 

Chair: Mohammad Abu-Arqoub

 

Distant learning system - mulit-agent approach

M. Woda, Poland

 

Virtual Laboratories at Technical Universities

Tomasz Walkowiak, Poland

 

Role-Based Adaptive collaborative Learning Model

Ibrahim S. Abdullah; Fahad T. Alotaiby; Jim X. Chen, Saudi Arabia

 

Building Arabic Application employing information Extraction Technology

Doud M. Daud, Jordan

11:30 – 12:45

Room B

Session 10: Database and Algorithms

 

Chair: Fawaz Al Zaghoul

 

Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) and its effect on Improving Customer Relationship Management (CRM) “Case Study: The Banking Sector in Egypt”

Ayman Khedr; P. H. M. Spronck, Netherlands 

 

Computer-Aided  Students  Registration  System

Alexandre F. Ossyka;, Afif Mghawish; Essa Ittum, Jordan

 

On-line knowledge monitoring system MENTOR

Vladimir M. Bondarev, Ukraine; Alexandre F. Ossyka, Jordan

 

Geographic Information System (GIS) for Tourism Planning Purposes

Balqies Sadoun; Bassam Saleh, Jordan

12:45 – 13:45

Room A

Session 11: Data Mining

 

Chair: Ossama Musleh

 

Dimensional Modeling by Using a New Response to Slowly Changing Dimensions

Lars Frank; Christian, Denmark

 

On Frequent Itemset Mining With Closure

Mohammad El-Hajj; Osmar R. Za¨ıane, Canada

 

Real Performance of Categorization-based Association Rule Techniques

F. Thabtah; P. Cowling; Y. Pehg, U.K.

 

The Architecture of PARADIGMA, a System for Cooperative Work in the

Medical Domain

Antonio Di Leva, Italy

12:45 – 13:45

Room B

Session 12: Security

 

Chair: Ghassan Issa

 

Histogram-Based Optimal Multiple Thresholding Using Genetic Algorithm

Hisham Al-Rawi, Bahrin; Jane  J. Stephan, Iraq

 

Building a Service Platform for Electronic Learning Gottfried Vossen

Peter Westerkamp, Germany

 

Adaptive Algorithm to enhance fast method of fractal image compression

Huda A. Al Amawee, Iraq

 

Real-Time Video Conferencing on an ATM Network

Humam Elagha, Palestine

14:30 – 15:30

Lunch

15:30 – 16:30

Room A

Session 13: Electrical Engineering, Hardware, and Computer Architecture

 

Chair: Samir Batayneh

 

Simple Motion Activity Cue for Automatic Sport Video Categorization

Edward Jaser, Jordan

 

Delay Minimization in Pass Transistor logic use of Binary Decision Diagram

Chandana Prasad, Malaysia; Mohamed Raseen, UAE; Sasikumaran Sreedharan, Jordan

 

High-Level Specification for Digital System Design

M. Benmohammed; S. Merniz, Algeria

15:30 – 16:30

Room B

Session 14: Image Processing and Algorithms

 

Chair: Jamal Khalifa

 

Biometric Security via Infrared Iris

M.S. Al-Rawi; Samer Mashaqba, Jordan

 

Thermal imagery-based recognition realized by neural networks and joint transform correlator

J. Mazurkiewicz; J. Bauer, Poland

 

Improving Exam Timetabling Solution Using Tabu Search

Ahamad T. Khader; Ang S. See, Malaysia

16:30 – 17:00

Coffee Break

17:00 – 18:00

Room A

Closing Session

 

20:00

Dinner

 

Thursday 5/5/2005

7:00 trip to Petra with Lunch.