WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2001 |
15.00-18.00 |
Registration ( Hilton Hotel ) |
THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2001 |
8.00-9.00 |
Registration ( Hilton Hotel ) |
9.00-10.30 |
Opening of the Conference |
10.30-11.15 |
Plenary Session 1: Keynote Speaker
Dr. George Papakonstantinou,
Secretary of the Ministry of National Economy of Greece,
leader of the project "The Information Society" |
11.15-11.45 |
Break |
11.45-13.30 |
Session
1A:
Netwotk &
System Design |
Session
1B:
Software &
Languages |
Session
1C:
Access Methods &
Text Processing |
Session
1D:
Data Structures
& Algorithms |
Session 1E:
Professional
Presentations I |
13.30-14.45 |
Lunch ( Sponsored by Demstar Information
Group Ltd, Address by Mr. Stelios Colocassides, Managing Director |
14.45-16.15 |
Session 2A:
Workshop on
e-Government |
Session 2B:
Workshop on
Mobile Services |
Session 2C:
Warehouses, OLAP,
& Digital Libraries |
Session 2D:
Workshop on
Software Usability |
Session 2E:
Professional
Presentations II |
16.15-16.30 |
Break |
16.30-18.00 |
Session 3A:
Workshop on
e-Government |
Session 3B:
Workshop on
Mobile Services |
Session 3C:
Spatial &
Temporal Databases |
Session 3D:
Workshop on
Software Usability |
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19.30 |
Reception by the Mayor of Nicosia,
Mr.Lellos Demetriades, Famagusta Gate |
FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2001 |
8.00-9.00 |
Registration ( Hilton Hotel ) |
9.00-10.00 |
Plenary Session 2: Keynote Speaker
Prof. Christos Papadimitriou,
Chairman of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Department, University of Berkeley, USA
"Algorithmic problems related to the Internet" |
10.00-10.15 |
Break |
10.15-11.45 |
Plenary Session 3: Panel: "Cyprus-Greece-Med-Europe
towards the Information Society"
Moderator: C. Schizas
Panelists: C. Agrotis (Director DITS, Chairman
CCS), S. Orphanoudakis (Professor, University of Crete), P. Spyrakis (Professor,
University of Patras), N. Timotheou (General Manager, CYTA), Y. Tsiadis
(ALTEC/Greece, Association of IT Enterprises of Greece), P. Anastasiadis
(Lecturer, University of Cyprus) |
11.45-12.00 |
Break |
12.00-13.30 |
Session 4A:
Wireless &
Mobile Computing |
Session 4B:
Educational Software |
Session 4C:
Database
Implementation |
Session 4D:
Intelligent Systems |
Session 4E:
Professional
Presentations III |
13.30-14.45 |
Lunch ( Sponsored by the Cyprus
Development Bank ) |
14.45-16.15 |
Session 5A:
Workshop on
Human Capital |
Session 5B:
Learning and
Technology |
Session 5C:
Artificial Intelligence
& Neural Networks |
Session 5D:
Workshop on
Venture Capital |
Session 5E:
Professional
Presentations IV |
16.15-16.30 |
Break |
16.30-18.00 |
Session 6A:
Workshop on
Human Capital |
Session 6B:
e-Learning
Systems |
Session 6C:
Theoretical
Foundations |
Session 6D:
Workshop on
Venture Capital |
Session 6E:
Professional
Presentations V |
19.30 |
Dinner, Sponsored by CYTA ( Place
to be announced ) |
SATURDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2001 |
8.00-8.45 |
Registration ( Hilton Hotel ) |
8.45-9.45 |
Plenary Session 4: Keynote Speaker
Prof. Emmanuel Protonotarios
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, National
Technical University of Athens, Greece
"Quality of Service in IP Networks" |
9.45-10.00 |
Break |
10.00-11.45 |
Session 7A:
Parallel and
Distributed Systems |
Session 7B:
Workshop on Education
Technologies |
Session 7C:
Human-Computer
Interaction |
Session 7D:
Image Processing |
Session 7E:
Professional
Presentations VI |
11.45-12.00 |
Break |
12.00-13.30 |
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Session 8B:
Workshop on Education
Technologies |
Session 8C:
Data Mining |
Session 8D:
Graphics and Image
Processing |
Session 8E:
Professional
Presentations VII |
13.30-14.45 |
Lunch ( Sponsored by the Bank
of Cyprus, Welcome Address by Mr. Vassos Sharly, Group General Manager,
Branch/Retail Banking ) |
14.45-16.15 |
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Session 9B:
Workshop on Didactics |
Session 9C:
Advanced Databases |
Session 9D:
Web-based Applications |
Session 9E:
Professional
Presentations VIII |
16.15-16.30 |
Break |
16.30-18.00 |
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Session 10B:
Workshop on Didactics |
Session 10C:
e-Business |
Session 10D:
Advanced Applications |
Session 10E:
Professional
Presentations IX |
Session 1A: Networks & System
Design (Chair N. Koziris)
Dynamically Defined VPN Architecture
S. Androulidakis, Y. Bouloudis, C. Chatziathanasiou,
G. Lioudakis, G. Patikis, I. Roussaki
and S. Xynogalas (National Technical Univ. of Athens)
Experimental Testing of PLATO, a Reconfigurable
Active ATM Network Node
A. Dollas, D. Pnevmatikatos, N. Aslanides, E. Sotiriades,
S. Kavvadias and
S. Zogopoulos (Technical Univ. of Crete)
Modular Modeling of Large-Scale Systems using Communicating
X-Machines
P. Kefalas, G. Eleftherakis and E. Kehris (City Liberal
Studies)
Computing the QR Decomposition of a Long Dense Matrix
Having a Minimum Fill-in Sparse Orthogonal Matrix
E. Kontoghiorghes (Univ. of Neuchatel)
The AGENDA-II Hardware Compilation Environment
I. Panagopoulos, G. Economakos (National Technical
Univ. of Athens), E. Tsirogiannis,
M. Peykianakis, C. Botsaris (Univ. of Patras),
I. Hounda and A. Kossidas (TEI of Piraeus) |
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Session 1B: Software & Languages
(Chair I. Vlahavas)
On the Development of Petri Net Template Models for Real-time
Software Design and Verification
D. Ananidou (TEI of Thessaloniki), G. Hassapis
(Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki) and
D. Kleftouris (TEI of Thessaloniki)
Design Patterns and Class Evolution
A. Kopanitsanos, A. Vlachou and G. Gyftodimos (Univ.
of Athens)
A Greek Morphological Lexicon and its Exploitation
by a Greek Controlled Language Checker
G. Petasis, V. Karkaletsis, D. Farmakiotou, G. Samaritakis,
I. Androutsopoulos and
C. Spyropoulos (Demokritos)
Are Behavioural Design Patterns Enough for Behavioural
Evolution in Object Oriented Systems?
D. Theotokis, A. Sotiropoulou, G. Gyftodimos and P. Georgiadis
(Univ. of Athens)
Development of an Environment for Programming and
Code Generation
for the TMS320C30 DSP using SIMULINK
K. Konstantinidou and A. Traganitis (Univ. of Crete) |
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Session 1C: Access Methods &
Text Processing (Chair G. Evangelidis)
RPST: a Randomized Data Structure for the 1 1/2-dimensional
Range Query Problem
P. Bozanis (Univ. of Thessaly)
The MB-Tree: a Symmetric Data Structure for Multidimensional
Indexing
D. Kapopoulos and M. Hatzopoulos (Univ. of Athens)
A Performance Comparison of R-tree Deletion Algorithms
A. Nanopoulos and M. Vassilakopoulos (Aristotle Univ.
of Thessaloniki)
Performance Issues of the k-NN Text Categorization
Algorithm
S. Nikolaidis and T. Kalamboukis (Athens Univ. of
Economics and Business)
S-Index Implementation and Performance for Textbases
I. Nitsos (Univ. of Macedonia, Thessaloniki),
D. Dervos (TEI of Thessaloniki) and
G. Evangelidis (Univ. of Macedonia, Thessaloniki) |
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Session 1D: Data Structures &
Algorithms (Chair A. Philippou)
Experimental Study of Colouring and MIS Algorithms on
Planar Graphs
M. Andreou and P. Spirakis (Univ. of Patras)
Efficient Trip Generation with a Regulation Modeling
Language for Airline Crew Scheduling
C. Goumopoulos (Lyseis) and E. Housos (Univ.
of Patras)
k-Splay is not logkN
D. McClurkin and G. Georgakopoulos (Univ. of Crete)
Path Multi-Coloring in Weighted Graphs
C. Nomikos (Univ. of Ioannina), A. Pagourtzis
(Univ. of Liverpool),
K. Potika and S. Zachos (National Technical Univ.
of Athens)
Deciding Normalization and Computing Normal Forms
for S-Terms
S. Zachos, S. Routzounis and P. Hilaris (National
Technical Univ. of Athens) |
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Session 1E: Professional Presentations I
IT: Enabling New Generation Telecomm Services
Nicos Timotheou, General Manager, and Aristos Riris, Head of Mobile
Services Division (CYTA)
Technology Transfer in Information Technology
Antonis Antoniou (Cyprus Institute of Technology)
Information Technology: Enabler for Total Enterprise Optimisation
Phaidon Daskopoulos, (Hyperion Systems Engineering) |
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Session 2A: Workshop on e-Government
(I) (Chair P. Georgiadis)
Perspectives on e-Government
R. Traunmuller and M. Wimmer (University of Linz)
Electronic Government Services to Citizens and Businesses - Guidelines
and Issues
G. Mentzas (National Technical Univ. of Athens), D. Gouscos
(Univ. of the Aegean)
and P. Georgiadis (Greek Ministry of Finance) |
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Session 2B: Workshop on
Mobile Services (Chair M. Dikaiakos)
It is Dangerous to Put Limits on Wireless
Joao Da Silva (European Commission)
Mobile eServices
Afroditi Tsalgatidou (Univ. of Athens) |
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Session 2C: Warehouses, OLAP &
Digital Libraries (Chair G. Samaras)
ARION: a Scalable Architecture for a Digital Library of
Scientific Collections
C. Houstis and S. Lalis (Univ. of Crete)
ERATOSTHENES: Design and Architecture of an OLAP
System
N. Karayannidis, P. Vassiliadis, A. Tsois and T. Sellis
(National Technical Univ. of Athens)
The Opsis Project: Materialized Views for Data Warehouses
and the Web
N. Roussopoulos (Univ. of MD at College Park),
Y. Kotidis (AT & T), A. Labrinidis and
Y. Sismanis (Univ. of MD at College Park)
Quality-oriented Optimization of the Design of the
Global Data Warehouse
P. Vassiliadis, S. Ligoudistianos, T. Sellis and D. Theodoratos
(National Technical Univ. of Athens) |
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Session 2D: Workshop on
Software Usability (I) (Chair N. Avouris)
Introduction to Software Usability
N. Avouris (Univ. Of Patras)
Usability Perspective in Software Quality
M. Xenos (CTI, Patras)
A Structured Approach for Problem Solving in Software Usability Evaluation
I. Stamelos (Aristotle Univ., Thessaloniki)
Heuristicaly Evaluating Web-sites with Novice and Expert Evaluators
A. Karoulis and A. Pombortsis (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki) |
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Session 2E: Professional Presentations II
Internet Application Service Provision (ASP)
Mr. Haris Constantinou, (ThunsderWorx)
Business Portals : the New Media for e-Business Interchange
George Mouyis, SAP Technology Manager, (SAP Cyprus) |
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Session 3A: Workshop on e-Government
(II) (Chair G. Mentzas)
E-procurement Process Optimization (EPPO) in Government
K.V. Andersen, M.H. Larsen, A.M. Fogelgren-Pedersen and N. Juul (Copenhagen
Business School)
Technology to improve Communication between Governments and Citizens
A. Macintosh (Napier Univ.)
E-government and E-democracy: Practices and Problems
I. Snellen (Erasmus Univ. of Rotterdam) |
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Session 3B: Workshop on
Mobile Services (Chair M. Dikaiakos)
DITIS: Mobile Services in the Health Sector
G. Samaras (Univ. of Cyprus)
Wireless Communication: a Users Perspective
E. Yammalidou (Hyperion Systems Engineering)
Panel Discussion |
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Sesion 3C: Spatial & Temporal
Databases (Chair A. Tsakalidis)
Distance-Based Queries in Multidimensional Data Spaces
using R-trees
A. Corral, J. Rodriguez (Univ. of Almeria) and
M. Vassilakopoulos (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki)
Developing Decision Support Tools for Confronting
Seismic Hazards
A. Gerbesioti, V. Delis, Y. Theodoridis (CTI of Patras)
and Stavros Anagnostopoulos (University of Patras)
Action Theories in Temporal Databases
N. Papadakis and D. Plexousakis (Univ. of Crete)
Spatiotemporal SQL extension
J. Rios Viqueira (Univ. of Corunia) and N. Lorentzos
(Agricultural Univ. of Athens)
Integration of Spatial Descriptive Statistical Data
and Geographic Information
M. Sabrakos, I. Filis and T. Tsiligiridis (Agricultural
Univ. of Athens) |
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Session 3D: Workshop on Software
Usability (II) (Chair S. Retalis)
Learning Environments and Usability: Appropriateness and Complementarily
of Evaluation methods
A. Dimitracopoulou (Univ. of the Aegean)
The Experience from Hands-on Evaluation of Educational Software
S. Retalis (Univ. of Cyprus) and Y. Psaromiligkos (TEI of
Piraeus)
Usability Evaluation of an On-Line Modern Greek Language Course
P. Zaphiris (Wayne State Univ.) and G. Zacharia (MIT)
User Interaction with Distributed Scientific Libraries
P. Constantinou (IBM Cyprus) and N. Avouris (Univ. of Patras)
GEMINI: a Platform for Developing Natural Language and Speech-based
Interactive Systems
K. Sgarbas (Univ. of Patras), A. Tsopanoglou (Knowledge),
N. Fakotakis and G. Kokkinakis (Univ. of Patras) |
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Session 4A: Wireless & Mobile
Computing (Chair A. Pitsillides)
Secure Networking using Mobile IP
A. Karakos and S. Siozos (Democritus Univ. of Thrace)
Mobility Management in DECT/IPv6 Networks
S. Paskalis, G. Lampropoulos and G. Stefanou (Univ.
of Athens)
A WWW System for Wireless Networks: Design, Implementation
and Performance Assessment
M. Spanoudakis, S. Hadjiefthymiades and L. Merakos (Univ.
of Athens)
A DECT-IP Interworking for Quality of Service Support
D. Ziotopoulou (TEI of Athens), D. Skyrianoglou
(Univ. of Athens), K. Orfanakos and
E. Zervas (TEI of Athens) |
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Session 4B: Educational Software
(Chair D. Sampson)
DIKTIOMA-NET LEARNING: a Network Multimedia Application
Developed for Educational Purposes
A. Damianakis, A. Axaridou, M. Pitarokilis, P. Klemathianakis,
E. Kontaxaki (Conceptum) and
N. Christodoulakis (Univ. of Athens)
e.learn: The Greek Learning Management System
M. Kordopati (Exodus)
TeLoDe: Towards creating an Intelligent Computer
Algebra System
I. Paraskakis (City Liberal Studies)
An Educational Programming Environment for Novices
M. Satratzemi, V. Dagdilelis, G. Evangelidis and V. Efopoulos
(Univ. of Macedonia, Thessaloniki)
eEdu: a Database-Driven Tool for Online Education
Material
P. Trancoso (Intercollege, Cyprus) |
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Session 4C: Database Implementation
(Chair Y. Theodoridis)
Determining User Authorizations in Distributed Database
Systems
I. Mavridis and G. Pangalos (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki)
Structuring the Commit Tree for Better Performance
of Two Phase Commit Processing
G. Samaras, G. Kyrou (Univ. of Cyprus) and P. Chrysanthis
(Univ. of Pittsburgh)
An Access Control Model for Multimedia Medical Image
Security
S. Tzelepi and G. Pangalos (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki)
Multimedia Data Elevation under a Hierarchical Storage
Model
A. Vakali and E. Terzi (Purdue Univ.) |
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Session 4D: Intelligent Systems
(Chair G. Antoniou)
Belief Revision in Propositional Knowledge Bases
G. Flouris and D. Plexousakis (Univ. of Crete)
HYMES - a HYbrid Modular Expert System with Efficient
Inference and Explanation
I. Hatzilygeroudis and D. Prentzas (Univ. of Patras)
Building Intelligent Collaborative Interface Agents
with the ICagent Development Framework
V. Kourakos-Mavromichalis and G. Vouros (Univ. of
the Aegean)
A New Technique for Knowledge Sharing and Reuse
M. Maliappis and A. Sideridis (Agricultural Univ.
of Athens) |
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Session 4E: Professional Presentations III
e-Business Infrastructure: the Foundation for Success in the New Economy
Phanos Pitiris (Data Group)
Winning the War on Complexity
Alexis Aloneftis, Oracle Operations Manager (LK Globalsoft.com Ltd)
Business Integration - One of Today's Biggest Challenges
Stelios Colocassides, Managing Director (Demstar Information Group) |
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Session 5A: Workshop on Human
Capital and Continuing Education in ICT (I)
(Chair V. Michalakopoulos)
Policies and Initiatives for Reducing the ICT Skills Shortage in Europe
V. Laopodis (European Commission)
ICT Professional: is our Profession an Attractive one?
S. Arff (CEPIS)
ICT Skills Education: Prerequisite for Economic Development
N. Sabanis (SUN Greece & Cyprus)
Information Society and Impact on Employment
N. Kastis (Lambrakis Research Foundation)
ICT Literacy for all: a Societal Perspective
A. Kyrtsis (Univ. of Athens) |
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Session 5B: Learning and Technology
(Chair I. Hatzilygeroudis)
Learning on the Web: the Issue of Interactivity and its
Effects on Learners' Thinking
C. Angeli (Univ. of Cyprus) and C. Bonk (Univ.
of Indiana)
Issues in Educational Groupware over Wireless Networks
E. Diamadis and G. Polyzos (Athens Univ. of Economics
and Business)
Modelling a Versatile Mathematical Curriculum for
Low-attainers
K. Georgouli (TEI of Athens)
Criteria for Evaluation of the Effectiveness for
Networked Learning Programmes
T. Kargidis (TEI of Thessaloniki), A. Manitsaris
(Univ. of Macedonia, Thessaloniki) and
D. Stamatis (TEI of Thessaloniki) |
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Session 5C: Artificial Intelligence
& Neural Nets (Chair E. Keravnou)
Business Rules Formalization
A. Arief and G. Antoniou (Griffith Univ.)
A Formal Framework for the Specification and Implementation
of Neural Networks
D. Dranidis (City Liberal Studies)
Making Political Decisions using Fuzzy Cognitive
Maps: the FYROM Crisis
A. Tsadiras, I. Kouskouvelis and K. Margaritis (Univ.
of Macedonia, Thessaloniki)
Bi-Directional Heuristic Planning in State-Spaces
D. Vrakas and I. Vlahavas (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki) |
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Session 5D: Workshop on Venture
Capital (I) (Chair P. Evripidou)
Open Ratings: Founding a technology startup
G. Zacharia, Chief Scientist and Founder (Open Ratings)
Venture Capital ,Start-ups and Incubators the Greek experience
G. Kintis, CEO (New Economy Development Fund, Greece)
Entrepreneurship dynamics in Easter Europe
T. Evgeniou, Assistant Professor of Information Systems (INSEAD
Business School) |
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Session 5E: Professional Presentations IV
eBusiness eVolution : What are we Doing About it?
Andreas Hadjioannou, Managing Director (Virtual IT)
Direct Banking
Demetris Loucaides, Direct Banking Manager (Bank of Cyprus)
Customer eService as a Competitive Advantage: the Laiki eBank Experience
Andreas Theodosiou (Laiki Bank) |
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Session 6A: Workshop on Human
Capital and Continuing Education in ICT (II)
(Chair V. Laopodis)
e-Learning: Approaches for Vocational Training
Y. Halaris (TEI of Athens)
STAR-Online: Building Online Learning Communities for Professional Development
and Continuing Education
Ch. Vrasidas (Western Illinois University)
ICT Skills Certification: from ECDL to EPICS
S. Bakogiannis (Greek Computer Society, Greek Ministry of Education)
Panel on the ICT and e-business Skills Shortage in the SouthEast Europe
K. Kokkinos (IBM Cyprus), Representative of SEPE (Association
of Hellenic ICT companies), Ch. Nicolaou (Univ. of Crete), Representative
of the Cyprus Government, D. Eftaxias (Greek Computer Society),
P. Massouras (Cyprus Computer Society), Representative of the Cyprus
Workers Union |
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Session 6B: e-Learning Systems
(Chair V. Dagdilelis)
A Layered Component-based Architecture for a Virtual Learning
Environment
P. Avgeriou (National Technical Univ. of Athens),
S. Retalis (Univ. of Cyprus),
M. Skordalakis (National Technical Univ. of Athens)
and Y. Psaromiligos (TEI of Pireaus)
CG-PerLS: Conceptual Graphs for Personalized Learning
Systems
F. Kokkoras (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki),
D. Sampson (ITI of Thessaloniki) and
I. Vlahavas (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki)
Distributed & Online Distance Lecturing Environment
(the Virtual Blackboard Project)
Y. Sagias (Exodus)
A Personalized Web-based System Architecture for
Defining Re-usable Adaptive Educational e-content
D. Sampson, C. Karagiannidis (ITI of Thessaloniki)
and F. Cardinali (GIUNTI Interactive Labs) |
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Session 6C: Theoretical Foundations
(Chair M. Mavronicolas)
A Distributed Temporal Logic Framework for the Verification
and Synthesis of Reactive Systems
T. Andronikos, P. Potikas and S. Zachos (National
Technical Univ. of Athens)
Analysis of an Innovative and Efficient Communication
Strategy for Hierarchical Ad-hoc Mobile Networks
I. Chatzigiannakis, S. Nikoletseas and P. Spirakis (Univ.
of Patras, CTI of Patras)
Path-order Complexity Classes
A. Kiayias (City Univ. of NY), A. Pagourtzis (Univ.
of Liverpool), K. Sharma (Farleigh Dickinson Univ.) and S. Zachos
(National Technical Univ. of Athens)
Stability Results of FIFO Networks in the Adversarial
Queueing Model
D. Koukopoulos, S. Nikoletseas and P. Spirakis (Univ.
of Patras, CTI of Patras)
Incorporating Homomorphic Reduction into Abstract
Interpretation
V. Zoukos, G. Papakonstantinou and P. Tsanakas (National
Technical Univ. of Athens) |
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Session 6D: Workshop on Venture
Capital (II) (Chair P. Evripidou)
Panel discussion: Promoting Technological Innovation in Cyprus
Chair: P. Evripidou
Panelists: T. Theodorou (Direct Investment Division of CDB),
S. Kassianides (CEO of Hyperion), O. Stylianou (Director, Ministry
of Commerce, Industry & Tourism), G. Zacharia, G. Kintis,
T. Evgeniou
Launching of the Cyprus Entrepreneurship Competition (CyEC)
P. Evripidou and G. Zacharia |
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Session 6E: Professional Presentations V
Document and Process Management in a modern business environment
Elias Petrides, Professional Services Manager (Datamedia - Cyprus)
Storage in the New Economy
David Drinkard (SUN Microsystems) |
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Session 7A: Parallel & Distributed
Systems (Chair I. Garofalakis)
TOPPER: a Software Environment for the Enhancement of
Parallel Programs
D. Konstantinou, G. Goumas, P. Theodoropoulos, N. Koziris
and G. Papakonstantinou (National Technical Univ. of Athens)
D2NOW: Data Driven Multithreading on Conventional
Control Flow Processors
C. Kyriacou and S. Evripidou (Univ. of Cyprus)
Implementation of the String Matching Problem on
a Cluster of Workstations
P. Michailidis and K. Margaritis (Univ. of Macedonia,
Thessaloniki)
A Pipelined Schedule for Loop Tiling to Minimize
Overall Completion Time
A. Sotiropoulos and N. Koziris (National Technical
Univ. of Athens)
Sparse Matrix Vector Multiplication Evaluation Using
the BBCS Scheme
P. Stathis, S. Cotofana and S. Vassiliadis (Delft
Univ. of Technology) |
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Session 7B: Workshop on Educational
Technologies (I) (Chair S. Retalis)
Representative of the Cypriot Ministry of Education
A. Tsourouplis, General Secretary of the Greek Ministry of Education
Using ICT in schools in Cyprus: preparing and training primary school
teachers
K. Konstantinou (University of Cyprus)
Experiences from using ICT in schools: open and distance learning and
school collaboration
A. Eleftheriou and K Habiaouris (primary school teachers in Cyprus)
Models for introducing ICTs in secondary education: proposals on a training
scheme for teachers
A. Dimitracopoulou (University of Aegean)
The current situation of the application of educational technologies
in universities: the current trends and plans.
T. Apostolopoulos (Athens University of Economic and Business)
Activities and achievements in the field of special education: difficulties
in using ICTs in special education
E. Triantafyllou (representative of organizations and institutes
of special education) |
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Session 7C: Human-Computer Interaction
(Chair I. Stamelos)
An Information Model of Evaluation Educational Software
and Evaluating the Evaluators
M. Grigoriadou and S. Bakoyannis (Univ. of Athens)
Empirical Evaluation of User Models and User-adapted
Systems: a Layered Evaluation Review
C. Karagiannidis, D. Sampson (ITI of Thessaloniki) and
P. Brusilovski (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Usability evaluation of Web-based applications
N. Tselios, C. Fidas and N. Avouris (Univ. of Patras)
Studying Human-human Interaction in Computer-mediated
On-line Environments
C. Vrasidas (Western Illinois Univ.)
Website Content Accessibility of 30,000 Cypriot
Web Sites
P. Zaphiris (Wayne State Univ.) and G. Zacharia
(MIT) |
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Session 7D: Image Processing
(Chair A. Lanitis)
Proving Copyright Ownership using Hard Instances of Computationally
Intractable Problems
S. Armeni, D. Christodoulakis, I. Kostopoulos, Y. Stamatiou
(Univ. of Patras, CTI of Patras)
and M. Xenos (Univ. of Patras, Open Univ.)
A Randomized Singular Value Decomposition Algorithm
for Applications
E. Drinea (Harvard Univ.), P. Drineas and P. Huggings
(Yale Univ.)
Face Detection by Support Vector Machines in the
Walsh Transform Domain
A. Fazekas (Univ. of Debrecen), C. Kotropoulos,
I. Buciu and I. Pitas (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki)
Improved Defect Detection in Manufacturing Using
Novel Multidimensional Wavelet Feature Extraction Involving Vector Quantization
and PCA Techniques
D. Karras (Hellenic Aerospace Industry), S. Karkanis,
D. Iakovidis, D. Maroulis (Univ. of Athens), V. Mertzios (Democritus
Univ. of Thrace)
A Global Energy Function for the Alignment of Serially
Acquired Slices
S. Krinidis, C. Nikou and I. Pitas (Aristotle Univ.
of Thessaloniki) |
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Session 7E: Professional Presentations VI
The IT Strategy of the Cyprus Government
Kostas Agrotis, Director (Department of IT Services, Government
of Cyprus)
IT Strategy of the Bank of Cyprus
Panayiotis Hadjicharalambous, IT Manager (Bank of Cyprus)
The CIO Agenda : Top Issues a CIO has to Cope with
Itzhak Shemer (Gartner Group) |
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Session 8B: Workshop on Educational
Technologies (II) (Chair S. Retalis)
The priorities and the philosophy in using ICT for adult learning and
training
A. Lionarakis (Greek Open University)
Digital libraries: the future plans in networking all academic libraries
F. Tsimpoglou (Director of the Library of University of Cyprus)
Publishers of learning content: the survivors
G. Sorolopidis, (Kastaniotis inter@ctive Editions)
Blended e-learning
M. Panagiotou (01 Pliroforiki Ltd.) |
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Session 8C: Data Mining
(Chair C. Spyropoulos)
A Seismic Data Management and Mining System
S. Brakatsoulas and Y. Theodoridis (CTI of Patras)
Efficient Maintainance of Semistructured Schema
D. Katsaros (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki)
Data Mining Pharmaceutical Data for Lead Compounds
C. Nicolaou (Bioreason)
Personalized Classification of Web Documents
G. Potamias, V. Raxenidis and A. Papadakis (Univ.
of Crete) |
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Session 8D: Graphics & Image
Processing (Chair C. Kotropoulos)
Application of Directional Statistics to Gradient-Based
Lip Contour Extraction for Speechreading
M. Gordan, C. Kotropoulos and I. Pitas (Aristotle
Univ. of Thessaloniki)
Face Image Synthesis from a Text Based Description
A. Lanitis (Cyprus College)
Object Recognition and Digital Image Pattern Analysis
of Predetermined Shape Objects
A. Papanikolaou (Cyprus College), C. Chari and
A. Mavromatis (Research Team, Cyprus)
Modeling Complex Figures with Triangular Holes using
SUPER
A. Savva (Intercollege, Cyprus) |
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Session 8E: Professional Presentations VII
Telecommunications Scenario
Shlomit Harth (Gartner Group)
Software Infrastructure for Mobile Services
Evgenios Charalambous (WinMobile Technology)
The IT Strategy of CYTA
Andreas Poyadjis, Architecture Management and Planning (CYTA) |
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Session 9B: Workshop on Didactics
in Informatics (I) (Chair C. Solomonidou)
Didactic of Informatics: from the Formation of the Scientific Field
to the Conjunction among Research and School Practice
V. Komis (Univ. of Patras)
Students Conceptions about Cache Memory and their Exploitation in the
Development of a Web-based Learning Environment
M. Grigoriadou and E. Kanidis (Univ. of Athens)
Microworlds and Microenvironments for an Introduction to Computer Programming
V. Dagdilelis (Univ. of Macedonia, Thessaloniki) |
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Session 9C: Advanced Databases
(Chair A. Lazakidou)
A Java-based, 3-tier Framework for Stateful Database Applications
on the WWW
I. Aggelis, S. Hadjiefthymiades and D. Martakos (Univ.
of Athens)
Designing and Implementing a Wrapper Specification
Language for Web Information Sources
K. Karageorgos, C. Valakas, Y. Stavrakas and A. Polyrakis
(National Technical Univ. of Athens)
X-Database: a System for Generating and Manipulating
Relational Databases based on XML-schema Descriptions
I. Varlamis, M. Vazirgiannis (Athens Univ. of Economics
and Business), P. Poulos, G. Akrivas and S. Ioannou (National Technical
Univ. of Athens)
Database-driven Content Management for Museums,
Monuments and Sites Supervised by
the Hellenic Ministry of Culture
P. Zafiris, G. Styliaras, G. Tsolis, T. Papatheodorou,
L. Ntalkos, I. Tsigeridis, P. Kalogerakou and G. Kalamaras (Univ. of
Patras) |
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Session 9D: Web-based Applications
(Chair A. Tsalgatidou)
ANASTILOSIS: Multimodal Access to Libraries of Cultural
Museum Resources
through 3D Virtual Environments
C. Davarakis, T. Harisis, G. Koutalieris (Systema),
C. Ksourias (Silicon Technologies) and
F. Katrantzis (Infomap)
BookTrade: a system for Business-to-Business e-commerce
N. Georgantis, E. Karatzas, C. Papaterpos, P. Zafiris
and T. Papatheodorou (Univ. of Patras)
MITOS: an Integrated Web-based System for Information
Management
E. Kopanaki (Kapa-TEL), V. Karkaletsis, C. Spyropoulos
(Demokritos), N. Avradinis (Kapa-TEL), N. Fakotakis (Univ.
of Patras), T. Kalamboukis (Athens Univ. of Economics and Business),
B. Kladis (Knowledge), Y. Lazarou (Kapa-TEL), T. Panayiotopoulos
(Univ. of Piraeus) and D. Spinellis (SENA)
Digital Design of Services Based on the Service
Flow Concept: the IST DILEMMA Project
A. Constantinou, V. Tsakalos, (Help-Forward),
P. Chatzaras, D. Koumpis (Unisoft),
M. Manasaki and V. Spitadakis (Forthnet)
Developing Variations of an Integrated eShop Model
for SME
K. Markellos, P. Markellou, M.Rigou, S. Sirmakessis,
T. Tsakalidis (Univ. of Patras) |
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Session 9E: Professional Presentations VIII
The Perfect IT Strategy for Small and Medium Enterprises
Gordon Frank (Gartner Group)
IT Outsourcing
Antonis Skoullos, General Manager (Demstar Information Group)
Working in a Multiplatform Multivendor IT Environment
Achilleas Markou, (Bank of Cyprus) |
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Session 10B: Workshop on Didactics
in Informatics (II) (Chair M. Grigoriadou)
Scripting as a Means for Teachers to Learn about Exploratory Software
Ch. Kynigos (University of Athens)
Special Characteristics of Computer Science; Effects on Teaching and
Learning: Views of Teachers;
M. Kordaki (Univ. of Patras)
Teachers’ and Students’ Developments within an ICT Constructivist Learning
Environment -the Case of a Pilot Program Introducing ICT in Greek Primary
Schools
C. Solomonidou (Univ. of Thessaly) |
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Session 10C: e-Business
(Chair A. Andreou)
A System for Virtual Tendering and Bidding
C. Halaris, G. Bafoutsou, G. Papavassiliou, G. Mentzas
(National Technical Univ. of Athens)
The e-services Revolution
T. Pilioura and A. Tsalgatidou (Univ. of Athens)
Investigation of Electronic Government
E. Tambouris, S. Gorilas and G. Boukis (Archetypon)
High Performance Crawling and Filtering in Java
D. Zeinalipur-Yazti (WinMob Technologies) and
M. Dikaiakos (Univ. of Cyprus) |
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Session 10D: Advanced Applications
(Chair C. Mourlas)
Office Suite for the Disabled: Design, Implementation,
Evaluation and Lessons Learned
P. Destounis (CTI of Patras), J. Garofalakis (Univ.
of Patras), G. Mavritsakis, M. Rigou,
S. Sirmakessis and G. Tzimas (CTI of Patras)
EURO-CITI: Network Design for a European Cities
Platform for On-line Transaction Services
A. Ioannidis, C. Eliopoulou, G. Priggouris, S. Hadjiefthymiades
and L. Merakos (Univ. of Athens)
On Automated Evaluation for Programming Contests
A. Kavarnos and P. Potikas (National Technical Univ.
of Athens)
TruckManager: an Integrated Automation System for
Oil Terminals and Tank Farms
M. Loupis (Innovative Technologies Centre, TEI of
Lamia) and G. Tziallas (TEI of Lamia)
Implementing a Database-driven Web Site with Open
Source Software
T. Falas and M. Mavridis (Cyprus College, Citi Principal
Investments) |
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Session 10E: Professional Presentations IX
Business Intelligence Solutions on Market Research and Data Collection
Costas Ioannou (Director, Cosine Consultants)
Creating the Next Generation IT Organization
Itzhak Shemer (Gartner Group) |
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