Second Kuwait Conference on
e-Services and e-Systems

Getting services anytime, anywhere, in any form

April 5-7, 2011, Kuwait University

Conference Program

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Conference Schedule
Tuesday Apr 5
To
Thursday Apr 7
2011
Day 2 – Wed. April 6 Day 3 – Thu. April 7
9:00 to 10:30 AM
Opening Ceremony + Keynote 1
9:00 to 10:00 AM
Keynote 3
10:00 to 11:00 AM
Session 4
2 INVITED TALKS
BREAK – 10:30 to 11:00 AM BREAK – 11:00 to 11:30 AM
11:00 to 1:00 PM
Session 1
4 INVITED TALKS
11:30 to 1:00 PM
Session 5
3 INVITED TALKS
LUNCH – 1:00 to 2:00 PM LUNCH – 1:00 to 2:00 PM
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Keynote 2
2:00 to 3:30 PM
Panel Discussion
3:00 to 4:00 PM
3 x 3 PAPERS
Day 1 – Tue . April 5 Session 2A Session 2B Session 2C
1:00 to 3:00 PM
Tutorial 1
BREAK –  4:00 to 4:15 PM BREAK - 3:30 to 4:00 PM
BREAK – 3:00 to 3:15 4:15 to 6:00 PM
3 x 5 PAPERS
4:00 to 5:40 PM
3 x 5 PAPERS
3:15 to 5:15 PM
Tutorial 2
BREAK – 5:15 to 5:30 Session 3A Session 3B Session 3C Session 6A Session 6B Session 6C
5:30 to 7:30 PM
Tutorial 3
7:30 to 9:30 PM
Reception & Registration
6:30 to 10:30 PM
Tour & Conference Dinner
5:40 to 6:00 PM
CLOSING CEREMONY

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
1:00 to 3:00 PM Tutorial on Web Services the Next Revolution: Trends and Challenges
Dr. Mohamed Serhani
, UAE University
3:00 to 3:15 PM Coffee Break
3:15 to 5:15 PM Tutorial on e-Health Services: Potential, Challenges, and Way Forward
Dr. Tarik Taleb
, NEC Europe
5:15 to 5:30 PM Coffee Break
5:30 to 7:30 PM Tutorial on Analysis and Design of User Interfaces
Professor Abdulmotaleb El Saddik
, University of Ottawa
7:30 to 9:30 PM Reception and Registration
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
9:00 to 9:30 AM Opening Ceremony
9:30 to 10:30 AM Keynote on The Information Future
Professor John Hopcroft
, Cornell University, USA.
10:30 to 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 to 1:00 PM Session 1: Invited talks

Social Web Services
Dr. Zakaria Maamar
, Zayed University

Sensor Technologies and Electronic Systems
Dr. Matthias Bartholmai
, Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany

ICT for education and research in Africa and the Arab Region
Dr. Martin Antony Walker
, UNESCO

Software Multi Modelling for Change Control Management
Professor Henri Basson
, Universite de Littoral
1:00 to 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 to 3:00 PM Keynote on PLAYWARE: Intelligent Hardware and Software that Creates Playful Experiences
Professor Henrik Hautop Lund
, Technical University of Denmark
3:00 to 4:00 PM Session 2A: Applications I

Issues in E-learning Quality Assurance
Mohammad Mehdi Etedali; Mahmoud Aharpour Feiznia

Neural Network based Classification of Digitized Mammograms
Mini M G

A Novel Approach for Classification of Underactuted Mechanism in Myoelectric Hand
Muralindran Mariappan; Sh. Majid Masood Jan; Muhammed Iftikhar
3:00 to 4:00 PM Session 2B: Services and Systems Development I

Trustpert: A Reputation Model for Collaboration in MANETs Using Fuzzy Expert Systems
Mohammed Almulla, Hamdi Yahyaoui and Ibrahim Kamal

Defining and Computing a Value Based Cyber-security Measure
Anis Ben Aissa, Robert Abercrombie and Ali Mili

Visemes Recognition in Continuous Persian Words Using Lip Reading
Yousef Taheri, Mohammad Hossein Yektaie and Amir Rahmani
3:00 to 4:00 PM Session 2C: UNESCO Workshop I

Workload-Based Earliest Completion Time Algorithm for Scheduling Tasks onto Heterogeneous Distributed Systems
Bassel Arafeh

Information system management for air pollution in the Yaounde city: Approaches by the services Web of Open Geospatial Consortium
Emmanuel Tonye

Bi-edge – graceful and global edge – graceful labeling of some graphs
B. Gayathri and M. Duraisamy

Identification of the parameters hydrodynamics by methods combined SBA/genetic algorithm on a grid computing
Wenddabo Olivier Sawadogo and Blaise Some
4:00 to 4:15 PM Coffee Break
4:15 to 6:00 PM Session 3A: Human and Social Aspects I

Assessing the Benefits of e-Government
Saad Bakry and Fahad Bin Muhaya

Stakeholders' perspectives of LIS Students' ICT Skills in Kuwait
Hanadi Buarki, Mark Hepworth and Ian Murray

A Collaborative Reputation-based Vetting Model for Online Certification of Businesses
Asma Falasi, Mohamed Adel Serhani and Ezedin Barka

Design of Educational Multimedia Interfaces: Individual differences of learners
Rana Al-Hajri, Salah Al-Sharhan, Ahmed A Al-Hunaiyyan and Tareq Alothman

Determinants of quality assurance for common good in an e-environment of man-machine symbiosis
Ralph Palliam and Rawda Awwad
4:15 to 6:00 PM Session 3B: Technologies and Infrastructures

Establishing Communication Between Adjacent Sensors Distributed Randomly On a Line
Mahendran Velauthapillai and Bala Kalyanasundaran

Hybrid Grid-Cloud Infrastructure using Globus, Open nebula and Condor Project
Mohammed Rajab Homsi, Mancy Al-enzi and Mohammed Mohammed

PSIAQOP: Preventing SQL Injection Attacks based on Query Optimization Process
Eidah Al-Khashab, Fawaz S. Al-Anzi and Ayed A. Salman

Towards an efficient E-Learning system based on cloud computing
Anaam Aljenaa, Fawaz Al-Anzi and Mohammad Alshayeji

E-Learning Based on Cloud Computing
Batool Faras, Fatma Abul and Shereen Al-Kandari
4:15 to 6:00 PM Session 3C: UNESCO Workshop II

The Co-edge Complete Domination in Graphs
B. Gayathri and V. Mohanaselvi

Dilation Polynomial and Detour Distance Dilation Polynomial of Circulants into Wheels, Stars, Helms and Webs
V. Kala Devi

Security and Trust: How Secure Data and Research Work in the Framework of the UNESCO-HP
Talnan Jean Honorι Coulibaly and Abdouramane Konare

Estimation of the Maximum Age Group of an Adult Getting Diabetic Problem using RTD matrix
A. Victor Devadoss and V. Susanna Mystica

The Effect of Media on Promoting Education using BAM Model
A. Victor Devadoss, M. Albert William and Lalitha

Adapting Extreme Programming to fit shorter Iterations with Free Software Community Projects
Habtom Kahsay and Dr. Enquibahri Kasaye

Structural Properties of Silicate Networks
Paul Manuel, Indra Rajasingh, Albert William and Antony Kishore
6:30 to 8:30 PM Conference Tour
8:30 to 10:30 PM Conference Banquet Dinner (Marina Hotel)
Thursday, April 7, 2011
9:00 to 10:00 AM Keynote on E-Health in Kuwait: Taking Health to the Next Level
Dr. Henry J Feldman
, M.D., Harvard University
10:00 to 11:00 AM Session 4: Invited talks

A Relational Approach to the Verified Software Initiative
Professor Ali Mili
, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Towards a Context-Aware Game-Based Exercising Framework
Professor Abdulmotaleb El-Saddik
, University of Ottawa
11:00 to 11:30 AM Coffee Break
11:30 to 1:00 PM Session 5: Invited talks

IP Tsunami: Aspects, Challenges, and Opportunities
Dr. Tarik Taleb
, NEC Europe

From Systems Composition to Business and Enterprise Systems Composition
Professor Rachida Dssouli
, Concordia University

Determinants of the Traffic Violation E-payment System in Kuwait
Professor Omar E. M. Khalil
, Kuwait University
1:00 to 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 to 3:30 PM Panel discussion: e-Government Issues Omar Khalil (Moderator), Mohamad Al-Mulla, Qosai Al-Shatti, Naser Al-Sane and Ahmad Al-Rasheedi
3:30 to 4:00 PM Coffee Break
4:00 to 6:00 PM Session 6A: Applications II

University Students' Satisfaction of Studying in e-University: Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University Case Study
Abdullah AlSagheer

SLG: An Online Educational Simulation Game to Teach Programming Concepts
Amir Zeid, Ghadeer Al-Mirza and Lulwah Al-Meshwah

Diabetes care in the age of Informatics: Kuwait-Scotland Health Innovation Network
Dari AlHuwail and Rodrigo Barnes

A Proposed Semantic Machine System for translating Arabic Text to Arabic Sign Language
Ameera Almasoud and Hend S. Al-Khalifa

A Design Methodology for Video Transmission of Controlling an Internet Based Non-Interventional Mobile Robot for Orthopedic Surgeon (OTOROB)
M. Muralindran, K.T.T. Brendan, R. Vigneswaran, G. Thayabaren and Muhammad Iftikhar
4:00 to 6:00 PM Session 6B: Services and Systems Development II

Data Base Management Systems Trends: An Empirical Study
Latifa Ben Arfa Rabai

The Use of Conceptual Graphs to Annotate and to Search Semantically the Pedagogic Videoconferencing
Yengui Ameni, Mahmoud Neji and Rafik Bouaziz

Fuzzy-Based Ontology Intelligent DSS to Strengthen Government Bilateral Economic Relations
Sameera Alshayji, Nahla El Kadhi, Zidong Wang and Fawaz Al-Anzi

A SOA-based Framework for WBAN
Maha Abousharkh and Hussein Mouftah

Assessing the Trustworthiness of e-Service Organizations
Naelah Al-dabbous, Anwar Al-yatama and Kassem Saleh
4:00 to 6:00 PM Session 6C: Technologies, Infrastructures, and Human and Social Aspects

Procrastination in Online Learner-Led Courses
Abdullah El-Sayed, Fahed Mustafa and Abdullah Mutawa

Students' Attitudes towards Communicating with Instructors via Internet
Munirah AlAjlan

SECaaS: Security as a Service for Cloud-based Applications
Mohamed Hussein and Hanady M Abdulsalam

Data Aggregation for Evolving WSNs Using W-LEACH
Hanady M Abdulsalam and Layla Kamel

Indoor Access Point Optimization using Differential Evolution
Tahani Hussain and Ayed Salman

Semantic Web and Enterprises - a Pragmatic Approach
Jamshaid Ashraf, Maja Hadzic and Hassan Naqvi
6:00 to 6:15 PM Closing and Awards Presentation