SKIMA 2008 - Conference Agenda          
Tuesday,March 18, 2008         -          Asia-Link Tutorials + Conference registration  
10::00 AM 11:20 Asia-Link Tutorial # 1: Intelligent soft computing approaches; Dr. K P Dahal & Dr. A Hossain, University of Bradford, UK.  
11:20 11:30 Coffee Break  
11:30 12:50 Asia-Link Tutorial # 2: Supply Chain and Product Lifecycle Management, Dr Gilles NEUBERT & Prof. Abdelaziz BOURAS University of Lyon, France.  
12:50 14:20 Lunch  
14:20 15:40 Asia-Link Tutorial # 3: Knowledge Management, Dr. Nopasit Chakpitak, College of Arts, Media and Technology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand & Dr Yacine OUZROUT, University LUMIERE of Lyon, France  
15:40 15:50 Coffee Break  
15:50 17:10 Asia-Link Tutorial # 4: Mechatronics and Design, Professor Hongnian Yu, Staffordshire University, UK & Dr. Suiran YU, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China  
       
15:00 20:00 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION  
18:30 20:00 CONFERENCE ARRIVAL RECEPTION (Buffet Dinner)  
Wednesday, March 19, 2008  
8:30 9:00 REGISTRATION  
9:00 10:00 OPENNING/PLANARY SESSION: Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Madhav Prasad Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Tribhuvan University,Kathmandu,Nepal  
10:00 10:30 High Tea Break  
10:30 11:30 KEY NOTE SPEAKER 1: Prof. Balan  GURUMOORTHY Indian Institute of Science, India  
12:00 13:00 Lunch  
    Technical session 1: Session chair: Prof. Basabi Chakraborty     Technical session 2: Session chair : Prof. A K Verma        
    Algorithms and software development          Software application: Supply Chain Management        
13:00 13:20 Paper 106 Solving Maze Puzzles using Ant Algorithm NP Pandey Shailesh Nepal Engineering College Paper 147 Functional Module Development of Supplier Management for RoHS TW Gong Dah-Chuan Chung Yuan Christian University  
13:20 13:40 Paper 108 Soft Computing Application in Slope Failure at a Specified Mountain Road TW Kerh Tienfuan National Pingtung University of Science and Technology Paper 172 NexGen Integration using Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and QoS Considerations IN Verma Ajit University  
13:40 14:00 Paper 171 An Efficient Approach for Person Authentication using On-line Signature Verification JP Chakraborty Basabi Iwate Prefectural University Paper 175 Agent-system integrated production planning in supply chain PL Golinska Paulina Poznan Univ. of Technology  
14:00 14:20 Paper 137 An Empirical Comparison of Supervised Learning Algorithms Through Cross Validation, Calibration and Stacking IN Singh S. B. Punjabi University Paper 177 An Alternative Farming System for Small-scale Farmers TH Khuntonthong Puttawan College of Arts, Media and Technology  
14:20 14h40 Paper 139 An Efficient Algorithm for Skyline Queries: Partitioning and Filtering US Makki Kami University of Toledo Paper 183 Issues in Environmentally Recycling of Plasterboard Waste and Application of RFID and Knowledge Technology UK Zhang lizong Staffordshire University  
14:40 15:00 Coffee Break  
    Technical session 3: Session chair: Prof. Balan  Gurumoorthy      Technical session 4: Session chair: Prof. Peter Cowling        
    Software development and testing           Software application            
15:00 15:20 Paper 144 Judgment-Updating among Software Professionals NO Jorgensen Magne Simula Research Laboratory Paper 170 IRIS Effective Region Extraction and Pattern Generation for Biometric Identification IN Bhattacharyya Debnath Heritage Institute of Technology  
15:20 15:40 Paper 179 Early software effort prediction using soft computing frameworks IN Verma Ajit Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Paper 173 What is Better for Restoring Operation of a Damaged ANN Retraining or Reinitialize and Training JP Chakraborty Goutam IPU  
15:40 16:00 Paper 143 Improving the Fault Resilience of Routing Protocol for Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Network JP Bista Bhed Bahaur Iwate Prefectural University Paper 182 Unraveling the Evolution of Defectors in Online Business Games UK Bista Sanat University  
16:00 16:20 Paper 153 Class Level Test Case Generation in Object Oriented Software Testing IN Gupta Nirmal BITS-Pilani Paper 185 Determination of Power Distribution Network Risk Using Fuzzy Markov Technique TH Rajakrom Asawin Metropolitan Electricity Authority  
16:20 16:40 Paper 169 Test Data Generation for UML State Machine Diagram with Parallel Paths and Loops TH Doungsa-ard Chartchai College of Art, Media, and Technology Paper 168 Collective Intelligence Management  of Digital Agriculture Resources JP Andres Frederic NII  
Thursday, March 20, 2008  
8:30 9:00 Register / Openning  
9:00 9:50 KEY NOTE SPEAKER 2: Prof. Peter COWLING University of Bradford, UK  
9:50 10:10 Coffee Break  
    Technical Session 5: Session Chair: Prof. Hongnian Yu      Technical Session 6: Session Chair: Prof. Abdelaziz BOURAS       
    Information systems and Data Base            Software application            
10:10 10:30 Paper 109 Join Signature for Tree Aggregation Hierarchy TH Mahatthanapiwat Pichayotai Suranaree University of Technology Paper 116 A Prospective Proposal for Coupling Product and Project Configuration with Constraints FR Vareilles Elise Ecole des mines d'Albi-Carmaux  
10:30 10:50 Paper 112 Performance Analysis of PCI on Sparse and Dense Datasets IN Thakur Ramjeevan Singh National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India Paper 186 Simplified LCA for Green Product Evaluation in Conceptual Design CN Suiran Yu SJTU  
10:50 11:10 Paper 123 Data Warehousing versus Event-Driven BI: Data Management and Knowledge Discovery in Fraud Analysis AT Suntinger Martin SENACTIVE IT-Dienstleistungs GmbH Paper 117 eLearning: A Better Learning Experience IN Bhutkar Ganesh Viswakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, India  
11:10 11:30 Paper 167 Overview of Topic Map Construction Approaches TN Ellouze Nebrasse National School of Computer Science ENSI, CNAM Paper 151 Using the Constructionism and Cognitive Psychology to increase effective learning capacities of Thai students TH Saeheaw Teeraporn The College of Arts, Media and Technology    
11:30 12:00 Paper 120 Communications Middleware Requirements for Situation Awareness Systems IN Sorathia Vikram DA-IICT Paper 128 CNN BASED AUGMENTED REALITY USING NUMERICAL APROXIMATION TECHNIQUES IN Parasuraman P.Elango National Institute of Technology, Trichy      
12:00 13:00 Lunch  
    Technical session 7: Session chair: Prof. Nopasit CHAKPITAK     Technical session 8: Session chair: Prof. Peter Cowling        
    Knowledge Management           Software applications: Supply Chain Management        
13:00 13:20 Paper 145 KAID: A tool for conducting the use of inventive conception in leading complex studies FR Zanni Cecilia LGECO - INSA de Strasbourg Paper 165 Cluster Development and Knowledge Exchange in Supply Chain TH Sureephong Pradorn College of Arts, Media and Technology  
13:20 13:40 Paper 107 Dynamic Knowledge Model for Cluster Development TH Tamprasirt Anukul Collage of Art Multimedia and Technology Paper 118 System Integration Framework based on Platform and SOA for Small and Medium Enterprises KR Jung Jin Hyung Korea Institude of Industrial Technology  
13:40 14:00 Paper 113 Framework for the Conceptualization and the Deployment of an Information System Dedicated to Project Memory TN BenSta Hatem Institu SupÚrieur d'Informatique , UniversitÚ de Tunis a El Manar Paper 127 Agile-Responsive Humanitarian Supply Chain Management DE Blecken Alexander Felix University of Paderborn  
14:00 14:20 Paper 148 OntoBlog: Informal Knowledge Management by Semantic Blogging JP Shakya Aman National Institute of Informatics Paper 184 RFID Technology in Supply Chain Logistics Applications UK Choosri Noppon Staffordshire/ Chiang Mai Univ.  
14:20 14h40 Paper 154 Knowledge Innovation using Knowledge Management for Small and Medium Enterprises’ Competitiveness and Sustainability TH Khuntonthong Puttawan College of Arts, Media and Technology              
14:40 15:00 Coffee Break  
    Technical session 9: Session chair: Prof. Gilles NEUBERT     Technical session 10: Session Chair : Dr. Yacine Ouzrout      
    Network and wireless applications           FASTAHEAD           
15:00 15:20 Paper 150 Intelligent Measuring Tools for Password Strength JO Salem Omran Suleiman Bradford University Paper 200 Research on the Flexible Execution of Distributed Workflow Engine based on Web Services CN Dongbo  Wang Northwestern Polytechnical University  
15:20 15:40 Paper 149 SPATIAL QUERY PROCESSING USING GS-WSDL BASED SPATIAL DISCOVERY SERVICE IN Sankara narayanan Swamynathan Anna University Paper 201 Design Concept Selection Using Context Knowledge- A Case Study UK Fayyaz  Rehman University of Strathclyde, Glasgow   
15:40 16:00 Paper 178 A Review of Congestion Control IN Singh Mukhdeep Punjabi University Patiala Paper 202 Specification and developments of
Interoperability Solutions dedicated to Multiple
Expertise Collaboration in a Design Framework
FR Lionel Roucoules University of Technology of Troyes  
16:00 16:20             Paper 203 Gear Train System with Clearance Modeling Method by User Subroutines in ADAMS CN Tong  Xufeng Xidian University  
16:20 16:40             Paper 204 An integrated modular design methodology UK X T  Yan University of Strathclyde, Glasgow   
18:00 Conference Dinner          
Friday, March 21, 2008  
8:30 9:15 KEY NOTE SPEAKER 3: Prof. TAKAG, IKyushu University, Japan  
9:15 9:45 Coffee Break  
    Technical Session 11: Session Chair: Prof. K P Dahal     Workshop Euro-Asia  
    Algorithms and software development             
9:45 10:05 Paper 133 A modified multi-objective particle swarm optimisation using non-dominated sorting and fitness sharing techniques UK Hossain Alamgir University of Bradford  
10:05 10:25 Paper 126 Discovering Atypical and General Quantitative Associations FR Guillaume Sylvie Laboratoire LIMOS  
10:25 10:45 Paper 111 Space Vector PWM Based Dual Inverter Fed Open End Winding Induction Motor With Isolated Power Supplies IN Sirra Vara Prasad SAMRAT ASHOK TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, VIDISHA  
10:45 11:05 Paper 180 Performances of optimisation algorithms for IMC based blood pressure control UK Hossain Alamgir University of Bradford    
11:15 12:00 KEY NOTE SPEAKER 4: Sugat Ratna Kansakar,Managing Director, Nepal Telecom  
12:00 12:30 CLOSING CEREMONY  
12:30 13:30 Lunch  
13:30 18:00 SIGHTSEEING around Kathmandu  
Saturday, March 22, 2008 (Optional tour to Nagarkot leaving at 6 pm on evening of 21 March)  
8:30 9:00 OPENNING  
9:00 17:00 SIGHTSEEING