Program for 2007 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication [ICSPC07]

Contour Image Indexing using Dyadic Wavelet Transform of OneDimensional Signal with Branch Compensation: Bjoern Keck (Helmut-Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany); Siva Siva Ganesan Rakash (Helmut-Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany); Christian Ruwwe (Helmut-Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany); Udo Zölzer (Helmut-Schmidt-University / University of the Federal Armed Forces, Germany)
pp. 1-4
Unsupervised Elimination of Media Items in Content-Based Image Retrieval: Esin Guldogan (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Moncef Gabbouj (moncef.gabbouj@tut.fi, Finland)
pp. 5-8
Automatic Annotation of Digital Images Using Colour and Edge Direction Histogram: Wenbin Shao (University of Wollongong, Australia); Golshah Naghdy (University of Wollongong, Australia); Son Lam Phung (University of Wollongong, Australia)
pp. 9-12
Efffects of Arbitrary-Shaped Regions on Texture Retrieval: Serkan Kiranyaz (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Stefan Uhlmann (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Moncef Gabbouj (moncef.gabbouj@tut.fi, Finland)
pp. 13-16
A Novel Finite Mixture Model for Count Data Modeling: Nizar Bouguila (Concordia University, Canada)
pp. 17-20
Enhanced Skin Detection Technique Using Block Matching: Eman Abu-Hammad (Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan); Faten Hamad (University of Jordan, Jordan); Khalid Kaabneh (Amman Arab University for Graduate Studies, Jordan)
pp. 21-24

SA-O2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 1

Relay Cyclic Delay Diversity: Modeling & System Performance: Afif Osseiran (Ericsson Research, Sweden); Andrew Logothetis (Airspan, United Kingdom); S. Ben Slimane (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden); Peter Larsson (Ericsson, Sweden)
pp. 25-28
Improving the Processing Power Efficiency of Minimum Selection GSC with Adaptive Modulation and Post-Combining Power Control: Zied Bouida (Texas A&M University, USA); Mohamed-Slim Alouini (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar); Khalid Qaraqe (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)
pp. 29-32
Throughput and Delay Analysis of a S-aloha/OV-DS-CDMA MAC Protocol Over the IEEE 802.15.3 WPAN: Elie Inaty (University of Balamand, Lebanon)
pp. 33-36
FPGA Implementation of a Novel Receiver Diversity Combining Technique for Wireless SIMO Systems: Rafic Ayoubi (University of Balamand, Lebanon); Jean-Pierre Dubois (University of Balamand, Lebanon); Omar Abdul-Latif (University of Bath, United Kingdom)
pp. 37-40
Novel Intermediate Frequency Zero-Crossing Detectors for Bluetooth Enhanced Data Rate Transmission: Tobias Scholand (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Christoph Spiegel (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Admir Burnic (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Kommunikationstechnik, Germany); Andreas Waadt (Lehrstuhl für KommunikationsTechnik, Germany); Guido Bruck (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Kommunikationstechnik, Germany); Peter Jung (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
pp. 41-44
Double Differential Modulation for Decode-and-Forward Cooperative Communications: Manav Bhatnagar (UNIK-University Graduate Center, University of Oslo, Norway); Are Hjørungnes (University of Oslo, Norway)
pp. 45-48

SA-O3: Cryptography and Network Security 1

New Rotor Based Symmetric Cipher: Ahmed ElShafee (Master of science, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt); Hassan ElKamchouchi (Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt)
pp. 49-52
Seed-based Distributed Group Key Selection Algorithm for Ad Hoc Networks: Emre Atsan (Koç University, Turkey); Oznur Ozkasap (Koc University, Turkey)
pp. 53-56
A Cross-protocol approach to detect TCP Hijacking attacks: Bazara Barry (University of Cape Town, South Africa); H Anthony Chan (Huawei Technologies, USA)
pp. 57-60
A Dynamic i-key Encryption Protocol for Wireless Networks: Peter Yu (Texas A&M University, USA); Udo Pooch (Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, USA)
pp. 61-64
Cuda compatible Gpu as an efficient hardware accelerator for AES cryptography: Svetlin Manavski (ITCIS, Sofia, Bulgaria)
pp. 65-68
A Multi-recipient Tree-based Signcryption Scheme: Yasmine Abouelseoud (Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt); Hassan ElKamchouchi (Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt)
pp. 69-72

SA-O4: Analog and Mixed Signal Processing 1

Reliability - The Fourth Optimization Pillar of Nanoelectronics: Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (United Arab Emirates University, UAE); Valeriu Beiu (UAE University, UAE); Walid Ibrahim (UAEU, UAE)
pp. 73-76
Large-Signal Model for AlGaN/GaN HEMT for Designing High Power Amplifiers of Next Generation Wireless Communication Systems: Anwar Jarndal (Hodeidah University, Yemen); Günter Kompa (University of Kassel, Germany)
pp. 77-80
Low-Voltage Digitally Programmable Band pass Filter with Independent Control: Tarek Hassan (German University in Cairo, Egypt); Soliman Mahmoud (German University in Cairo, Egypt)
pp. 81-84
High-Order Gm-C Filters with Current Transfer Function Based on Multiple Loop Feedback: Mohamed Shaker (Cairo University, Egypt); Soliman Mahmoud (German University in Cairo, Egypt); Ahmed Soliman (Cairo University, Egypt)
pp. 85-88
A 3.1-4.8 GHz CMOS Mixer Design Using Current Bleeding Technique For Uwb MB-OFDM Receivers: Skandar Douss (National School of Engineering of Sfax, Tunisia); Farid Touati (Sultan Qaboos Univeristy, Oman); Lazhar Khriji (Ecole National Ingenieur Monastir, Tunisia); Mourad Loulou (National School of Engineering of Sfax, Tunisia)
pp. 89-92
Low Voltage CMOS Fully Differential Current Feedback Amplifier with Controllable 3-dB Bandwidth: Ahmed Madian (Cairo University, Egypt); Soliman Mahmoud (German University in Cairo, Egypt); Ahmed Soliman (Cairo University, Egypt)
pp. 93-96

SA-P1: Image Compression

Fast Multi-level Image Vector Quantization: Loay George (Baghdad university, Iraq); Bushra Al-abudi (Baghdad university, Iraq)
pp. 121-124
A Hybrid Classified Vector Quantisation and Its Application to Image Compression: Ali Al-Fayadh (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom); Abir Hussain (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom); Paulo Lisboa (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom); Dhiya Al-Jumeily (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom)
pp. 125-128
Frequency And Spatial Adaptive Packet Wavelet Coder For Still Images Using Cellular Neural Network: Santhosh Kumar S (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India); Rahul Srinivasa Raghavan (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India); Vignesh Jagadeesh (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India); Bharadwaj M (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India); Venkateswaran N (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India)
pp. 129-132
A Rate-constrained Pre-compression Bit Allocation Algorithm for Memory Constrained Embedded Applications of JPEG2000: Alireza Aminlou (University of Tehran, Iran); Amir Naghdinezhad (University of Tehran, Iran); Mahmoud Reza Hashemi (University of Tehran, Iran); Omid Fatemi (University of Tehran, Iran)
pp. 133-136
Optimal Multiple Description Image Coding Transform In The Wavelet Domain: Bahi Brahim (Phd student, Morocco); Ibn Elhaj Elhassane (National Institute of Post and Telecommunications (INPT) Rabat-Morocco, Morocco); Driss Aboutajdine (GSCM_LRIT Mohammed V-agdal University, Morocco)
pp. 137-140
A Multicomponent Image Quality Assessment Based On Singular Value Decomposition: Anas Boubas (University of Sharjah, UAE); Maamar Bettayeb (University of Sharjah, UAE)
pp. 141-144

SA-P2: Signal Processing for Communications 1

A Fast Converging Blind Receiver for Space-Time Block Codes over Frequency Selective Channels: Samir Bendoukha (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); Stephan Weiss (Univ of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
pp. 169-172
Blind Identification of Frequency Selective Channel: S. Safi (Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco); Miloud Frikel (ENSICAEN, France); M. M'saad (Professor, France); A. Zeroual (Professor, Morocco)
pp. 173-176
Transmit Diversity over a Frequency Selective Fading Channel : Turbo Deflation and Turbo Decoding: Ons Benrhouma (ENST Bretagne, France); Sebastien Houcke (TELECOM Bretagne, France); Ammar Bouallegue (SysCom Lab, ENIT,, Tunisia)
pp. 177-180
Non-uniform sampled signal reconstruction for multistandard WIMAX/WIFI receiver: Manel Ben-Romdhane (Télécom Paris & Sup'Com Tunis, France); Chiheb Rebai (Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis (SUP'COM), Tunisia); Khaled Grati (Ecole Superieur de Comm. Sup'Com Tunis, Tunisia); Adel Ghazel (SUPCOM, Tunisia); Gadour Hechmi (Ecole Superieur de Comm. Sup'Com Tunis, Tunisia); Patricia Desgreys (Télécom Paris, France); Patrick Loumeau (Télécom Paris, France)
pp. 181-184
MIMO channel capacity with polarization diversity and power allocation technique: Prayongpun Nuttapol (Laboratoire Grenoble Images Paroles Signal Automatique, France); Kosai Raoof (GIPSA Lab, France)
pp. 185-188
Issues in the Design of Equiripple FIR Higher Order Digital Differentiators using Weighted Least Squares Technique: Vinita Sondur (Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum, India); Vilas Sondur (Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum, India); Narasimha Ayachit (S.D.M.COllege of Engg. & Tech., India); Mruthyunjay Latte (S.D.M.College of Engg. & Tech., India); Dandin Rao (Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum, India)
pp. 189-192

SA-P3: Parallel and Distributed Processing

Parallelization of High-Performance Video Encoding on A Single-Chip Multiprocessor: Di Wu (Linkoping University, Sweden); Boonshyang Lim (Linkoping University, Sweden); Johan Eilert (Linkoping University, Sweden); Dake Liu (Linköping University, Sweden)
pp. 145-148
Simulation Of The Fuel Cell Thermal Behavior With Unified Parallel C: Salah Abdelkrim (Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard, France); Serres Olivier (The George Washington University, USA); Jaafar Gaber (UTBM, France); Rachid Outbib (Marseille University, France); EL -Sayed Houda (State University Bowie,, USA)
pp. 149-152
FPGA Implementation of a Unidirectional Systolic Array Generator for Matrix-Vector Multiplication: Marilena Karra (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece); Michael Bekakos (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece); Igor Milovanovic (Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Serbia and Montenegro); El Milovanovic (Faculty of Electroniv Engineering, Serbia and Montenegro)
pp. 153-156
Parallel Computing Platform for Evaluating LDPC Codes Performance: Esa Al-Ghonaim (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Aiman El-Maleh (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Adnan Al-Andalousi (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)
pp. 157-160
Robust and Efficient Ant Colony Algorithm; Using New Local Updating Rule: Hossein Miar Naimi (Babol University of Technology, Iran)
pp. 161-164
AdaBoost Parallelization on PC Clusters with Virtual Shared Memory for Fast Feature Selection: Virginie Galtier (SUPELEC, France); Olivier Pietquin (SUPELEC, France); Stephane Vialle (SUPELEC, France)
pp. 165-168

SA-P4: Ad-Hoc Sensors and Networks 1

SMS: Shortest Multipath Source Routing for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks: Mohammad Haseeb Zafar (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); David Harle (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); Ivan Andonovic (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); Mahmood Khan (Institute of Communication Technologies, Pakistan)
pp. 97-100
Lifetime Enhancement in WSNs Using Balanced Sensor Allocation to Cluster Heads: Nadieh Mohammadi Moghaddam (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Amir Sepasi Zahmati (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Bahman Abolhassani (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)
pp. 101-104
Minimizing Energy Consumption Within Wireless Sensors Networks using Optimal Transmission Range Between Nodes: Fady Shebli (University of Valencienens, France); Iyad Dayoub (Univ Valenciennes, France); Anicet Okassa (University of valenciennes, France); Jean-Michel Rouvaen (University, France); Atika Rivenq (University, France)
pp. 105-108
Adaptive self-organization of wireless ad-hoc control networks: Fazel Naghdy (University of Wollongong, Australia)
pp. 109-112
Experimental Measurement of Overhead Associated with Active Probing of Wireless Mesh Networks: Brian Keegan (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland); Karol Kowalik (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland); Mark Davis (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)
pp. 113-116
A Generlaized Energy-Aware Data Centric Routing For Wireless Sensor Network: Tayseer Al-Khdour (King Fahd Univesrity of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Uthman Baroudi (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia)
pp. 117-120

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

SB-O1: Application 1

Design of UWB Planar Antenna for Microwave Imaging Systems: Amin Abbosh (University of Queensland, Australia); Marek E. Bialkowski (University of Queensland, Brisbane,, Australia)
pp. 193-196
A Novel Threshold Optimisation Technique For CFAR Detection in Weibull Clutter using Fuzzy-Neural Networks: Amar Mezache (Département d'électronique, Université de Constantine, Algeria); Faouzi Soltani (Université de Constantine, Algeria)
pp. 197-200
A Dynamic Hardware-Oriented Algorithm for Angle of Arrival Positioning Technique: Muhammed Salamah (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey); Evgueni Doukhnitch (Computer Eng. Dept. EMU - TURKEY, Turkey); Ceran Bayramer (Computer Eng. Dept. EMU - TURKEY, Turkey)
pp. 201-204
Automatic Censoring Detection Using Binary Clutter-Map Estimation for Non-Gaussian Environments.: Barkahem Zattouta (Université du 20 aout 55 de Skikda, Algeria); Atef Farrouki (University of Constantine, Algeria); Mourad Barkat (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
pp. 205-208
Design of Optimum Wavelet for Noise Suppression and its Application to Ultrasonic Echo Delay Estimation: Behnam Molavi (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Ali Sadr (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Hosein Ahmadi (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canada)
pp. 209-212
Rapid-fluctuating Radar Signal Detection with Unknown Arrival Time: Mostafa Derakhtian (Shiraz University, Iran); Ali A. Tadaion (Yazd University, Iran); Saeed Gazor (Queen's University, Canada); Mohammad Mahdi Nayebi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)
pp. 213-216

SB-O2: Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 1

A Non-Linear Operator Based Method for Harmonic Feature Extraction from Speech Signals: Darren Kavanagh (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland); Frank Boland (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
pp. 217-220
A V/UV Speech Detection Based on Characterization of Background Noise: Francesco Beritelli (University of Catania, Italy); Salvatore Casale (University of Catania, Italy); Alessandra Russo (Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy); Salvatore Serrano (University of Messina, Italy)
pp. 221-224
A modified Coherence based method for dual microphone speech enhancement: Mohsen Rahmani (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Ahmad Akbari (Iran university of science and technology, Iran); Beghdad Ayad (Research Center for Information Technology, Algeria); Mojtaba Maazoochi (Iran Telecommunication Research center, Iran); M. Shahram Moin (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran)
pp. 225-228
Fast Converging Blind Signal Separation Algorithm Using the Bussgang Cost Function and the Natural Gradient: Maha Elsabrouty (german university in egypt, Egypt)
pp. 229-232
A Manual System to Segment and Transcribe Arabic Speech: Mansour Alghamdi (KACST, Saudi Arabia); Yahya Ould Mohamed Elhadj (Imam University, Saudi Arabia); Mohamed Alkanhal (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
pp. 233-236
LSF and phase feature combination for join cost estimation in a TTS system: Mehdi Hossinpour (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran); M. Shahram Moin (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran); Farzad Zargari (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran)
pp. 237-240

SB-O3: Digital Signal Processing 1

Enhancements in a Method for Noise Filter Disturbance Rejection and Response Speed Improvement: Mirsad Halimic (University of Hail, Saudi Arabia); Aida Halimic (University of Hail, Saudi Arabia); Salah Zugail (University of Hail, Saudi Arabia); Zayed Huneiti (University of Hail, Saudi Arabia)
pp. 241-244
Minimization of the Maximum Error Between the Steady State and Transient Frequency Responses of IIR Filters Using Initialization: Jeedella Jeedella (Etisalat University College, UAE); Hussain Al-Ahmad (Etisalat University College, UAE); Mohammed Al-Mualla (Etisalat University College, UAE); Jim Noras (University of Bradford, United Kingdom)
pp. 245-248
Performance of the Frequency-Response-Shaped LMS Algorithm in Impulsive Noise: Mohammad Ahmad (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey); Aykut Hocanin (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey); Osman Kukrer (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey)
pp. 249-252
Novel anisotropic multidimensional convolutional filters for derivative estimation and reconstruction: David Thornley (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
pp. 253-256
Errors Analysis of Spectrum Inversion Methods: Yiding Wang (GUCAS, P.R. China); Yunhong Wang (Beihang University, P.R. China); Shi Zhao (Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)
pp. 257-260
Coding FIR filter coefficients in power-of-two format: Jacek Izydorczyk (Silesian University of Technology, Poland)
pp. 261-264

SB-O4: Optical Communications 1

Analytical design of terrestrial dispersion-managed optical fiber systems: Abdosllam Abobaker (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom); Nakkeeran Kaliyaperumal (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom); Patrice Tchofo Dinda (University of Burgundy, France)
pp. 265-268
On Minimizing Band Size in Limited Reconfigurable Optical Networks: Majid Alnaimi (George Washington University, USA); Suresh Subramaniam (The George Washington University, USA)
pp. 269-272
Comparative Study of Classical and Optically-Optimized Rotue and Wavelength Assignment Algorithms: Sami Sheeshia (American University of Science and Technology, USA); Elie Diab (AUST, Lebanon)
pp. 273-276
Numerical analysis of stimulated Raman scattering in nonlinear photonic crystal fiber for broad spectral content: Rim Cherif (Engineering School of Communication of Tunis (Sup’Com), Tunisia); Mourad Zghal (Engineering School of Communication of Tunis (Sup’Com), Tunisia); Habib Hamam (University of Moncton, Canada)
pp. 277-280
Transient Analysis of Asymmetric Multi Quantum Well Laser Using Equivalent Circuit Model: Abbas Zarifkar (Iran Telecom. Research Center, Iran); Sasan Seifollahpour (Islamic Azad university, Tabriz branch, Iran)
pp. 281-284
Power Performance Analysis of Spectrally Phase-Encoded Optical CDMA Packet Networks: Sina Khaleghi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Salman Khaleghi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Kambiz Jamshidi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)
pp. 285-288

SB-P1: Image and Video Processing 1

An Innovative Approach For Adaptation Of Generic Rate Control Algorithms For Target Video Standards: Megha Agarwal (STMicroelectronics Pvt Ltd, India); Sumit Johar (STMicroelectronics Private Limited, India); Kaushik Saha (STMicroelectronics, India, India); Emiliano Piccinelli (STMicroelectronics, Italy)
pp. 336-339
Improved Inter Prediction Based on Structural Similarity in H.264: Chun-Ling Yang (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Hua-Xing Wang (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Lai Man Po (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
pp. 340-343
Removing Channel Error Artifacts in JPEG 2000 Coded Images: Farzad Zargari (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran); Ali Sefidpour (Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Campus, Iran); M. Shahram Moin (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran)
pp. 344-347
A Joint Motion and Disparity Based Estimation Technique with Half Pixel Refinement for 3D Integral Video Compression: Steven Adedoyin (Surrey University, United Kingdom); Anil Fernando (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Amar Aggoun (Brunel University, United Kingdom)
pp. 348-351
a frame layer bit allocation for H.264 based on mode decision: Siavash Eshaghi (Islamic Azad University, Branch of Birjand, Iran); Omid Fatemi (University of Tehran, Iran); Mahmoud Reza Hashemi (University of Tehran, Iran)
pp. 352-355
Pre-coded Video Transcoding Into H.264 With Arbitrary Resolution Change: Subarna Tripathi (STMicroelectronics, India); Kaushik Saha (STMicroelectronics, India, India); Emiliano Piccinelli (STMicroelectronics, Italy)
pp. 356-359

SB-P2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 2

Random Power Control for Uncorrelated Rayleigh Fading Channels: Mohammed Elmusrati (University of Vaasa, Finland); Naser Tarhuni (TKK, Finland); Riku Jantti (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)
pp. 360-363
Radiation from an Axisymmetric Slot on a Spheroid Coated with an Isorefractive Material and Excited by a Delta Gap Source: Abdulkadir Hamid (University of Sharjah, UAE); Francis Cooray (CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia)
pp. 364-367
Fairness-Insured Aggressive Sub-channel Allocation and Efficient Power Allocation Algorithms to Optimize the Capacity of IEEE802.16e OFDMA/TDD Cellular System: SangJun Ko (University of Inha, Korea); KyungHi Chang (Inha University, Korea)
pp. 368-371
An Enhanced TOA Estimation Using Search Back Window for Non-coherent UWB Systems: Woon Yong Park (University of soongsil, Korea); Yun-Gi Hong (Soongsil University, Korea); Sungsoo Choi (Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, Korea); Won Cheol Lee (Soongsil University, Korea)
pp. 372-375
Joint Optimization of Rates and Regions for Optimum Performance of Adaptive Modulation: Mohammad Amin Khajehnejad (University of Tehran, Iran); Farrokh Etezadi (University of Tehran, Iran); Ali Olfat (University of Tehran, Iran)
pp. 376-379
A Non-Iterative Channel Estimation Algorithm for Mobile MIMO-OFDM Systems with Comb-Type Pilots: Reihaneh Lavafi (Iran University of Sience and Technology, Iran); Bahman Abolhassani (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)
pp. 380-383

SB-P3: DSP Implementation and Embedded Systems 1

Generic Low Latency Router Design for DSP Implementation on Networks-on-Chip: Adel Baganne (Lester-Ubs, France); Rafik Ben Tekaya (Universit, France); Rached Tourki (Facult, Tunisia)
pp. 313-316
Why Nano-DSP Will Be Fan-in Constrained: Walid Ibrahim (UAEU, UAE); Valeriu Beiu (UAE University, UAE); Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)
pp. 317-320
Application of DSPs and Microcontrollers in Voltage Source Iinverters Statcom Digital Designs: A Comparative Approach: Hameed Okyere (University of the West of England, United Kingdom); Mokhtar Nibouche (University of the West of England, United Kingdom); Hassan Nouri (University of the West of England, United Kingdom); Osama Al Mrayat (University of the West of England, United Kingdom)
pp. 321-324
A Study of Fault Coverage of Standard and Windowed Watchdog Timers: Ashraf El-Attar (German University in Cairo, Egypt); Gamal El-Din Fahmy (German University in Cairo, Egypt)
pp. 325-328
Some Results on Stochastic Resonance in One-Bit Quantizers: Farzad Talebi (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Vahid Taba Taba Vakili (iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Mehdi Adibi (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)
pp. 329-331
Implementation of Four-Switch Brushless DC Motor Drive based on TMS320LF2407 DSP: Abolfazl Halvaei Niasar (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Hassan Moghbelli (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar); Abolfazl Vahedi (University of Science and Technology, Iran)
pp. 332-335

SB-P4: Analog and Mixed Signal Processing 2

Minimizing Power in Very-Low-Voltage Switched-Opamp Pipelined ADCs: Mohammad Reza Nabavi (Delft university of technology, The Netherlands); Reza Lotfi (Ferdowsi university of mashhad, Iran)
pp. 289-292
A Low Power Fast Settling CMOS S&H utilizing Auxiliary Slew Circuits: Mohammad Reza Ghajar (University of Tehran, Iran); Arashk Norouzpour Shirazi (University of Tehran, Iran); Omid Shoaei (University of Tehran, Iran)
pp. 293-296
A 100MHz Current Conveyor in 0.35µm CMOS technology: Lingchuan Zhou (InESS-ULP/CNRS, France); Mohsen AYACHI (Institut d'Électronique du Solide et des Systèmes, France); Jean-Philippe Blondé (Institut d'Électronique du Solide et des Systèmes, France); Francis Braun (Institut d'Électronique du Solide et des Systèmes, France)
pp. 297-300
500MSPS with 80dB SFDR SHA for time interleaved application using LATERAL PNP in CMOS process: Mohammad Reza Ghajar (University of Tehran, Iran); Arash Mirhaj (University of Tehran, Iran); Omid Shoaei (University of Tehran, Iran)
pp. 301-304
Tuning of Notch Filters for Controlling Chaos in a Chua's Circuit: Ashraf Zaher (Kuwait University, Science College, Kuwait); Abdulnasser Abu-Rezq (Kuwait University, Science College, Kuwait)
pp. 305-308
Taylor type analog predictor for fast signal processing: Arunas Tamasevicius (Semiconductor Physics Institute, Lithuania); Elena Tamaseviciute (Vilnius University, Lithuania); Skaidra Bumeliene (Semiconductor Physics Institute, Lithuania)
pp. 309-312

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

SC-O1: Video Communication

Distributed Video Coding With MIMO for Video Wireless Communications: W A Rajitha J Weerakkody (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Anil Fernando (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); K Muraleetharan (Brunel University, United Kingdom); Steven Adedoyin (Surrey University, United Kingdom)
pp. 384-387
A Multiscale Based Multistage Lattice Vector Quantization Video Coding for Robust Transmission over Mobile Channels: Mohd Fadzli Mohd Salleh (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia); John Soraghan (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
pp. 388-391
Transcoding Compressed Video Signals to WMV9: Ravin Sachdeva (STMicroelectronics Private Limited, India); Sumit Johar (STMicroelectronics Private Limited, India); Emiliano Piccinelli (STMicroelectronics, Italy)
pp. 392-395
An Adaptive Unequal Error Protection Method for Error Resilient Scalable Video Coding Using Particle Swarm: Amir Naghdinezhad (University of Tehran, Iran); Amin Farmahini-Farahani (University of Tehran, Iran); Mahmoud Reza Hashemi (University of Tehran, Iran); Omid Fatemi (University of Tehran, Iran)
pp. 396-399
On Robust Syndrome-Based Distributed Source Coding Over Noisy Channels Using LDPC Codes: Anoosheh Heidarzadeh (University of Tehran, Iran); Farshad Lahouti (University of Tehran, Iran)
pp. 400-403
Performance Evaluation of Video Stream Transport Over 2-Stage Hybrid Networks: Maria Ghosn Chelala (Notre Dame University, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, Lebanon); Hoda Maalouf (Notre Dame University, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, Lebanon)
pp. 404-407

SC-O2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 3

Frame Delay, Loss Rate and Throughput Analysis for Video transmission over time correlated 802.11a/g channels: Victoria Sgardoni (University of Bristol, Greece); Pierre Ferre (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Angela Doufexi (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Andrew Nix (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); David Bull (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
pp. 408-411
Accurate Power Loss Computation of closely spaced radiating Wire Elements for Mobile Phone MIMO application: Raed Abd-Alhameed (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Peter Excell (University of Wales, United Kingdom)
pp. 412-415
A full-rate full-diversity 2x2 space-time code for mobile WiMAX systems: Serdar Sezginer (Sequans, France); Hikmet Sari (Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité (SUPELEC), France)
pp. 416-419
Development of Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Civil Structures and Highway Safety: Bhawani Chowdhry (University of Southampton, United Kingdom); Kapil Shardha (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan, Pakistan); Umair Naeem (SUPARCO, Pakistan, Pakistan); Abdul Rajput (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan)
pp. 420-423
A Layered MIMO CPM System with Incoherent Demodulation: Oomke Weikert (Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany); Udo Zölzer (Helmut-Schmidt-University / University of the Federal Armed Forces, Germany)
pp. 424-427
Iterative Decoding and Channel Estimation of MIMO-OFDM Transmissions with Hierarchical Constellations and Implicit Pilots: Nuno Souto (ISCTE/Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Rui Dinis (ISR-IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal); Joao Silva (Lisbon Technical University (IST), Portugal)
pp. 428-431

SC-O3: Sensor Array and Multi-Channel Processing

A Displaced Sensor Array Configuration for Estimating Angles of Arrival of Narrowband Sources Under Grazing Incidence Conditions: Raed Shubair (Etisalat University College, UAE); Rashid Al Nuaimi (Etisalat University College, UAE)
pp. 432-435
Effect of Mutual Coupling on the Energy Requirement of MIMO-Based Wireless Sensor Networks: Amin Abbosh (University of Queensland, Australia); David Thiel (Griffith University, Australia)
pp. 436-439
Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks: Amin Abbosh (University of Queensland, Australia); David Thiel (Griffith University, Australia)
pp. 440-443
Pattern Synthesis with Phase-Only Control Using Array Polynomial Technique: Mohammad Mismar (Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan); Dia Abu-Al-Nadi (University of Jordan, Jordan); Taisir Ismail (Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Jordan)
pp. 444-447
Algebraic method for deterministic blind beamforming with unknown receiver gain and phases: Bruno Demissie (FGAN-FKIE Germany, Germany)
pp. 448-451
A Decoupling Estimation Of Two-dimensional Direction Of Arrival For Noncircular Signals: Yi Zheng (University of Electronic of Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Xuegang Wang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); TieQi Xia (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Qun Wan (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China)
pp. 452-455

SC-O4: CDMA Systems

Blind Cannel Equalization and Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation For MC-CDMA Systems Using Guard Interval Redundancy and Excess Codes: Djebbar Ahmed Bouzidi (University of UVHC, France); Karim Abed-Meraim (Dept TSI, Télécom Paris, France); Djebbari Ali (University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria)
pp. 456-459
Semi-Blind Equalization of Downlink MC-CDMA System: Djebbar Ahmed Bouzidi (University of UVHC, France); Karim Abed-Meraim (Dept TSI, Télécom Paris, France); Djebbari Ali (University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria)
pp. 460-463
A Wideband BSOR-GSIC Multiuser Detector For Long-Code CDMA Systems: Abdelouahab Bentrcia (KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia); Azzedine Zerguine (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Moussa Benyoucef (University of Batna, Algeria)
pp. 464-467
Serial Acquisition of DS-CDMA Signals Using Smart Antennas and Adaptive Thresholding Constant False Alarm Rate Processing: Tariq Alamri (Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), Saudi Arabia); Saleh Alshebeili (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Mourad Barkat (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
pp. 468-471
On the use of joint error-norms adaptive algorithm in QPSK (DS-CDMA) system: Shihab Jimaa (Etisalat University College, UAE)
pp. 472-475
On the Error Floor of MC-CDMA Systems over Rayleigh Fading Channels: Uplink vs. Downlink: Taha Khalaf (Iowa State University, USA); Seyed Zekavat (Michigan Technological University, USA)
pp. 476-479

SC-P1: Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 2

Speaker Identification Performance Enhancement Using Gaussian Mixture Model WITH GMM Classification Post-Processor: Hamid Sadegh Mohammadi (Iranian Research Institute for Electrical Engineering, Iran); Rahim Saeidi (Iranian Research Institute for Electrical Engineering, Iran)
pp. 504-507
Compensation of Channel and Noise Distortions Combining Maximum Likelihood Based Spectral Subtraction and Normalization: Mehran Safayani (Sharif University of technology, Iran); Bagher Babaali (Sharif university of technology, Iran); Mohammad Taghi Manzuri (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Hossein Sameti (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Sina Khaleghi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)
pp. 508-511
Pitch Cycles Evolutions Smoothing for More Regular Speech Using Target Correlation Approach: Hassan Farsi (Islamic Azad University, Iran)
pp. 512-515
A nonlinear dynamic modelling for speech recognition using recurrence plot - A dynamic Bayesian approach: Satish Prabu Chandrasekaran (Coimbatore Institute of Technology, India)
pp. 516-519
Restoration of Missing Voiced Speech Signal Segments: Sarunas Paulikas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
pp. 520-523
A Novel Technique for Design and Stability Analysis of Adaptive IIR Filters in ANVC Applications: Allahyar Montazeri (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Javad Poshtan (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)
pp. 524-527

SC-P2: Applications 2

Design and Implementation of a Low Cost VLF Metal Detector with Metal-Type Discrimination Capabilities: Mohammad S. Sharawi (Philadelphia University, Jordan); Mohammad Sharawi (Princess Sumaya University For Technology, Jordan)
pp. 480-483
Digital Signal Processing in Triple Antenna ARVAs: Carlos Daniel Salos (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Francisco Lera (University of Zaragoza, Spain); José Luis Villarroel (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
pp. 484-487
Analysis of non-uniform scaling features in Ultra Low Frequency geomagnetic signals and correlation with seismicity: Luciano Telesca (Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Italy); Katsumi Hattori (Chiba University, Japan)
pp. 488-491
Self-Affine Snake: A New Parametric Active Contour: Mahdi Saadatmand-Tarzjan (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran); Hasan Ghassemian (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran)
pp. 492-495
Intelligent Traffic Control System: Zubair Bilal (BITS, Pilani - Dubai Campus, UAE); Don Jacob (Bits, Pilani-Dubai Campus, UAE)
pp. 496-499
An improved time frequency analysis method for noisy multi-component signals: Haina Rong (Southwest Jiaotong University, P.R. China); Gexiang Zhang (Southwest Jiaotong University, P.R. China); Weidong Jin (Southwest Jiaotong University, P.R. China)
pp. 500-503

SC-P3: Digital Signal Processing 2

Correction Method Of Discrete Spectrum By Extracting Frequency: Shuren Qin (test center, Chongqing University, P.R. China); Huming Duan (Test Center, Chonqing University, P.R. China); Yongfang Mao (Test Center, Chongqing University, P.R. China)
pp. 552-555
Parameter Estimation For Student-T Arch Model Using Mdl Criterion: Saman Mousazadeh (Shiraz University, Iran); Mahmood Karimi (Shiraz University, Iran)
pp. 556-559
Study on Properties of Directional Filter Banks in a Dual Tree Scheme: Jiuwen Zhang (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Jianing Wang (School of Information Science and Engineering,Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Yide Ma (Lanzhou University, P.R. China)
pp. 560-563
License Plate Detection in Complex Scenes based on Improved Gradient and Match Filtering: Mahdy Nabaee (University of Tehran, Iran); Gholam Ali Hossein-Zadeh (University of Tehran, Iran)
pp. 564-567
SVD-based Filtering of Noise in Harmonics with Wavelet Preprocessing: Maamar Bettayeb (University of Sharjah, UAE); Syed Faisal Shah (University of Minnesota, USA)
pp. 568-571
Noise Performance of Fractional-Order Phased-Locked Loop: Reyad El-Khazali (Etisalat University College, UAE); Wajdi Ahmed (University of Sharjah, UAE); Ali Memon (Etisalat University College, UAE)
pp. 572-575

SC-P4: Computer and Communication Networks 1

Bandwidth Provisioning in Internet Access Nodes Using EWMA and ADM Algorithms: Elie Inaty (University of Balamand, Lebanon)
pp. 528-531
Wavelength Selective WDM Network Design: How Bad is Shortest Path Routing?: Mohamed Saad (University of Sharjah, UAE); Zhi-Quan Luo (University of Minnesota, USA)
pp. 532-535
How Much is Too Much? - On the Acceptability of Packet Loss Distorted Audio: Jan Erik Voldhaug (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway); Erik Hellerud (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway); Ulf Peter Svensson (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway)
pp. 536-539
Datalife Time Analysis in RDM+ Real-Time Communication Protocol: Shabnam Mirshokraie (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran); Mojtaba Sabeghi (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Koen Bertels (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Mahmoud Naghibzadeh (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran)
pp. 540-543
Hypercube versus Torus under Pin-Out Constraint and Finite Buffers: Nasser Alzeidi (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman); Mohamed Ould-Khaoua (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman); John Ferguson (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
pp. 544-547
Enabling Service Level Negotiation in a Self-Management Framework: Nader Mbarek (LaBRI, France); Francine Krief (University of Bordeaux 1, France); Mohamed Aymen Chalouf (LaBRI, France)
pp. 548-551

Monday, Nov 26

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

M-K: Keynote2: Video Does Not Equal Data - How to Transport Pictures

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

MA-O1: Image and Video Processing 2

Image processing techniques for cork tiles classification: Ivan Jordanov (University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom); Antoniya Georgieva (University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom)
pp. 576-579
Determination of Earth Surface from TRMM satellite images: Ali AlSuwaidi (Etisalat University Collage, UAE); Khaled Mubarak (Etisalat University College, UAE); Ali Dawood (Etisalat College of Engineering, UAE); Ghaith Al-Mazaina (Etisalat University Collage, UAE); Hamad Al Hammady (Etisalat College, UAE)
pp. 580-583
Automatic Coronary Artery Detection In Echocardiogram Image: Esmael Hamuda (Nasar university, Libya); Syed Abd Rahman Abu Bakar (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia)
pp. 584-587
Evaluating effects of imaging parameters on single cell detection in molecular MRI via simulation: Ali-Reza Mohammadi-Nejad (University of Tehran, Iran); Gholam Ali Hossein-Zadeh (University of Tehran, Iran); Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh (University of Tehran, Iran)
pp. 588-591
Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Multi-Fractal Dimension Spectra: Loay George (Baghdad university, Iraq); Kamal Sager (University of Mustansiriyah, Iraq)
pp. 592-595
Post-earthquake damage assessment using satellite imagery: Pınar Santemiz (Boğaziçi University, Turkey); Neşe Alyüz (Boğaziçi University, Turkey); Derya Cavdar (Boğaziçi University, Turkey); Fatih Alagoz (Bogazici University, Turkey)
pp. 596-599

MA-O2: Applications 3

Signal Processing Aspects of the Low Frequency Array: André Gunst (ASTRON, The Netherlands); Mark Bentum (ASTRON, The Netherlands)
pp. 600-603
Extraction of electrocardiographic interference from multichannel surface electroenterogram: Yiyao Ye (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain); Javier Garcia-Casado (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain); Jose Luis Martinez-de-Juan (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain); David Álvarez Martínez (Hospital Universitario La Fe, Spain); Jose Luis Ponce (Hospital Universitario La Fe, Spain)
pp. 604-607
Biometric Identification Based On Frequency Analysis Of Cardiac Sounds: Francesco Beritelli (University of Catania, Italy); Salvatore Serrano (University of Messina, Italy)
pp. 608-611
Instantaneous frequency based study of the effects of physical training on muscle fiber recruitment strategy: Saad Qazi (NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan); Uzma Afsheen (NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan); Lampros Stergioulas (Brunel University, United Kingdom); Anthony Blazevich (Brunel University, United Kingdom)
pp. 612-615
Signal Processing Applications to Current Traveling Wave Fault Locator of EHV Transmission Networks: Abdelsalam Elhaffar (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Matti Lehtonen (Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Finland)
pp. 616-619
EEG Signal Classification using an Association Rule-based Classifier: Malihe Sabeti (Shiraz University, Iran); Mohammad Hadi Sadreddini (Shiraz University, Iran); Jafar Tahmores Nezhad (Shiraz University, Iran)
pp. 620-623

MA-O3: Digital Signal Processing 3

On error magnitudes under spatial aliasing of wideband arrays with incoherent combining: Alireza Shapoury (Texas A&M University, USA); Erchin Serpedin (Texas A&M University, USA); Qasim Chaudhari (Texas A&M University, USA)
pp. 624-627
Online Acoustic Feedback Path Modeling in Multichannel (1x2x2) Active Noise Control Systems: Muhammad Akhtar (UAE University, UAE); Masahide Abe (Tohoku University, Japan); Masayuki Kawamata (Tohoku University, Japan); Muhammad Tufail (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Pakistan)
pp. 628-631
Defect Deconvolution using 4th order Statistics for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing: Uvais Qidwai (Qatar University, Qatar); Maamar Bettayeb (University of Sharjah, UAE); Ahmed Yamani (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)
pp. 632-635
Discrete Signal Processing with Flat System Models: Markku Nihtila (University of Kuopio, Finland)
pp. 636-639
Adaptive Sparse Source Separation With Application To Speech Signals: Elham Azizi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); G. Hosein Mohimani (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Massoud Babaie-Zadeh (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)
pp. 640-643
Blind Nonlinear System Identification Under Gaussian And / Or I.I.D. Excitation Using Genetic Algorithms: Imen Cherif (University of El Manar, Tunisia); Sabeur Abid (ESSTT, Tunisia); Farhat Fnaiech (ESSTT, Tunisia)
pp. 644-647

MA-O4: Signal Processing for Communications 2

Space-Time Channel Correlation of MIMO Rayleigh Fading Based on Non-isotropic 3D Scattering: Ala Abu Al-kheir (Texas A&M university at Qatar, Qatar); Khalid Qaraqe (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar); Mohamed-Slim Alouini (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)
pp. 648-651
A New Performance Measure of the Normalized LMS Adaptive Filter: Eweda Eweda (Ajman University, UAE)
pp. 652-655
Frequency Synthesizer using TDTL with Enhanced Performance: Khalfan Al-Abdouli (Etisalat University College, UAE); Saleh Al-Araji (Etisalat University College, UAE); Mahmoud Al-Qutayri (Khalifa University of Science Technology and Research, UAE); Arafat Al-Dweik (Etisalat University College, UAE)
pp. 656-659
Efficient Branch and Bound Approach to Joint Multi-User Power Control and Partial Crosstalk Cancellation in xDSL Systems: Mohsen Maesoumi (university of AZAD, Iran); Mohammad Ali Masnadi-Shirazi (Shiraz University, Iran)
pp. 660-663
Invariant Detection of a Constant Magnitude Signal with Unknown Parameters in White Gaussian Noise: Ali A. Tadaion (Yazd University, Iran); Mostafa Derakhtian (Shiraz University, Iran); Saeed Gazor (Queen's University, Canada); Mohammad Mahdi Nayebi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)
pp. 664-667
A New Architecture for Reducing Phase Noise of Digital Carrier Recovery Algorithms for High-Order QAM Demodulators: Babak Bornoosh (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran); Abdolreza Nabavi (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran); Mehdi Ehsani Nick (Pardis Novel Processing Technology, Iran); Afrooz Haghbin (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran)
pp. 668-671

MA-P1: Watermarking and Information Hiding 1

New Image Steganographic Method Using RLC & Modular Arithmetic: Hossein Miar Naimi (Babol University of Technology, Iran); Bagher Ramazan nia (University of Mazandaran, Iran)
pp. 744-747
A quasi-lossless data embedding technique for color palletized images: Noura Saleh (National Telecommunication Institute, Egypt); Hoda Boghdady (National Telecommunication institute, Egypt); Samir Shaheen (Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University,Giza, Egypt); Ahmed Darwish (Cairo University, Egypt)
pp. 748-751
A Self-adaptive Spatial-frequency Domain Conjoint Watermarking Algorithm for Binary Images: Yide Ma (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Dongmei Lin (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Hongjuan Zhang (School of Information Science & Engineering, Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Zaifeng Zhang (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Xiaoyan Wang (Lanzhou University, P.R. China); Maojun Su (Lanzhou University, P.R. China)
pp. 752-755
Arabic Diacritics Based Steganography: Mohammed Aabed (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Sameh Awaideh (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Abdul-Rahman Elshafei (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Adnan Gutub (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia)
pp. 756-759
A New Approach to Adapt and Insert a Watermark in Color Images.: Ilhem Benkara Mostefa (Dept. of Electronic, Mentouri University, Algeria); Mohamed Khamadja (Departement of electronics, University of constantine, algeria, Algeria)
pp. 760-763
Halftone Image Watermarking: Zohra Tifedjadjine (Batna University, Algeria); Nora Atamna (Batna University, Algeria); Zohir Dibi (UNiversity of Batna, Algeria); Ahmed Bouridane (Queen's University, United Kingdom)
pp. 764-767

MA-P2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 4

Modeling the behaviour of contending opportunistic cognitive radios: Soheil Feizi-Khankandi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Farid Ashtiani (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Seyed Hamed Hassani (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Pegah Tootoonchi-Afshar (Sharif University, Iran)
pp. 720-723
A PAPR reduction method using new ACE (active constellation extension) with higher level constellation: Byoung Moo Kang (Chungbuk National University, Korea); Heung-Gyoon Ryu (Chungbuk National University, Korea); Sang Burm Ryu (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
pp. 724-727
Introducing Intelligent Vertical Handover in Next Generation Networks: Nadine Akkari Adra (Assistant professor, Saudi Arabia); Samir Tohme (University of Versailles, France)
pp. 728-731
Robust MIMO-CDMA Decorrelating Detector: Hasan Abuhilal (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey); Aykut Hocanin (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey); Huseyin Bilgekul (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey)
pp. 732-735
Space Based Generation Signal For UWB over Fiber: Kais Dridi (University of Moncton (Université de Moncton), Canada); Habib Hamam (University of Moncton, Canada)
pp. 736-739
An Improved ICI Reduction Method in OFDM Communication System in Presence of Phase Noise: Nadieh Mohammadi Moghaddam (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran); Abolfazl Falahati (IUST, Iran)
pp. 740-743

MA-P3: Cryptography and Network Security 2

Nonlinear Estimation of State and Unknown Input for Communication Systems: Mohamed Benallouch (ULP strasbourg, France); Mohamed Boutayeb (University of louis pasteur, France); Rachid Outbib (Marseille University, France); Edouard Laroche (University of louis pasteur, France)
pp. 696-699
Broadcast Encryption Schemes: A Comparative Study: Yasmine Abouelseoud (Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt); Hassan ElKamchouchi (Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, Egypt)
pp. 700-703
Implementation of a Real Time high level protocol Software for Quantum Key Distribution: Ivan Capraro (University of Padua, Italy); Tommaso Occhipinti (University of Padua, Italy)
pp. 704-707
Radix - 7 signed digit element finite field arithemtic: Michael Daikpor (University of Lagos, Nigeria); Oluwole Adegbenro (University of Lagos. Nigeria, Nigeria)
pp. 708-711
Quantum-Grid Infinitesimal Bit Cryptosystem: Nabeel Siddiqui (Alcatel-Lucent (India) Pvt. Ltd., India)
pp. 712-715
High Performance AES Design Using Pipelining Structure Over GF((24)2): Saleh Abdel-hafeez (Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan); Ahmad Sawalmeh (The General Organization for Technical Education and Vocation Training (Gotevot), Saudi Arabia); Sameer Bataineh (Dean, School of Computer and Information Technology, Jordan)
pp. 716-719

MA-P4: Applications 4

A Case Study on 3-D Reconstruction and Shape Description of Peroxisomes in Yeast: Jyrki Selinummi (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Antti Niemistö (Institute for Systems Biology, USA); Ramsey Saleem (Institute for Systems Biology, USA); Gregory Carter (Institute for Systems Biology, USA); John Aitchison (Institute for Systems Biology, USA); Olli Yli-Harja (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Ilya Shmulevich (Institute for System Biology, USA); John Boyle (Institute for Systems Biology, USA)
pp. 672-675
A Comparison of Daubechies and Gabor Wavelets for Classification of MR Images: Ulas Bagci (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom); Li Bai (Computer Sci., Nottingham University, United Kingdom)
pp. 676-679
Smoothing-spline based strain estimation in ultrasound elastography: Ali Khadem (University of Tehran, Iran); Seyed Kamaledin Setarehdan (University of Tehran, Iran)
pp. 680-683
Independent Component Analysis of POLSAR Images. Relative Newton-Based Approach.: Salim Chitroub (Electronics and Computer Science Faculty, USTHB, Algeria); Rafik Hachemi (National Institute of Computer Science, Oued – Essmar, Algiers, Algeria)
pp. 684-687
Estimation of Motion Parameters of Moving Target Using Wigner Distribution: Hiroshi Ijima (Wakayama University, Japan); Azusa Matsuoka (Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan); Tetsuya Nakajima (Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan); Akira Ohsumi (University of Miyazaki, Japan)
pp. 688-691
Producing Pulse Compression Codes With Proper Auto Correlation Function, Regarding Pulse Shape: Mohammad Lari (MS student, Amirkabir university of technology, Iran); Hassan Aghaeinia (Amir Kabir University of Technology (Polytechnic of Tehran), Iran)
pp. 692-695

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

MB-O1: Mobile and Wireless Communications 5

Enhanced Channel Assignment and Load Distribution in IEEE 802.11 WLANs: Hussain Al-Rizzo (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA); Mohamad Haidar (Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada); Robert Akl (University of North Texas, USA); Yupo Chan (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA)
pp. 768-771
Transmit/receive pulse-shaping design in BFDM systems over time-frequency dispersive AWGN channel: Raouia Ayadi (Ecole Supérieure des Commmunications de Tunis (SUP'COM), Tunisia); Mohamed Siala (Ecole supérieure des communications de Tunis, Tunisia); Inès Djmal kammoun (LETI Department - ENIS, BPW 3038 Sfax - Tunisia, Tunisia)
pp. 772-775
Performance Analysis of Partially Coherent BPSK in the Presence of ISI: Mahmoud Smadi (The Hashemite University, Jordan); Vasant Prabhu (The University of Texas at Arlington, USA)
pp. 776-779
An Adaptive MILC Aamplificaton System For Adaptive MQAM Transmitter: Walid Hamdane (Ecole de Technlogie Superieure, Canada); Ahmed Birafane (Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Canada); Ammar Kouki (École de technologie supérieure, Canada); Francois Gagnon (Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada)
pp. 780-783
Experimental Tuning of the AIFSN Parameter to Prioritize Voice over Data Transmission in 802.11e WLAN Networks: Miroslaw Narbutt (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland); Mark Davis (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)
pp. 784-787
Wireless Sensor Networks to Characterize Photovoltaic Panels in Harsh Environmental Conditions: Venkatachalam Lakshmanan (CSEM UAE Innovation Center LLC, UAE); Alexandre Pollini (CSEM UAE Innovation Center LLC, UAE)
pp. 788-791

MB-O2: Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 3

Speaker Accent Classification System using Fuzzy Canonical Correlation-based Gaussian Classifier: Sameeh Chattha (University of waterloo, On, Canada, Canada); Fakhri Karray (University of Waterloo, Canada)
pp. 792-795
Segmentation of Sindhi Speech using Formants: Muhammad Khawaja (University of New South Wales/NICTA, Australia); Najmi Haider (SZABIST, Pakistan)
pp. 796-799
Unsupervised Stream Weight Computation in a Segmentation Task: Application to Audio-Visual Speech Recognition: Eduardo Sanchez-Soto (Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (IRIT-CNRS), France); Khalid Daoudi (Irit-CNRS, France); Alexandros Potamianos (Technical University of Crete, Greece)
pp. 800-803
A Robust to Outliers Hidden Markov Model With Application in Text-Dependent Speaker Identification: Sotirios Chatzis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Theodora A. Varvarigou (national Technical University of Athens, Greece, Greece)
pp. 804-807
Multi-Microphone Noise Reduction Technique Based On Upsampling And IIR-RLS Filter: Jafar Mohammed (Punjab Engineering College, India)
pp. 808-811
Text-Independent Foreign Accent Classification Using Statistical Methods: Dominique Fohr (Loria-INRIA, France); Irina Illina (Loria-INRIA, France)
pp. 812-815

MB-O3: DSP Implementation and Embedded Systems 2

Implementation Of DSP Based Algorithms For Impedance Measurements: Pedro Ramos (Instituto de Telecomunicações, IST, Portugal); Fernando Janeiro (U. Évora / I.T. Lisbon, Portugal)
pp. 816-819
A Platform Approach to the Design of Terminals and Infrastructure Components for Cognitive Wireless Networks: Christoph Spiegel (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Alexander Viessmann (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Admir Burnic (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Kommunikationstechnik, Germany); Arjang Hessamian-Alinejad (Lehrstuhl für KommunikationsTechnik / Ericsson, Germany); Andreas Waadt (Lehrstuhl für KommunikationsTechnik, Germany); Guido Bruck (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Kommunikationstechnik, Germany); Peter Jung (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
pp. 820-823
An H.264 Encoder for Real Time Video Processing Designed for SPEAr Customizable System-on-Chip Family: Gian-Domenico Licciardo (University of Salerno, Italy); Maurizio Costagliola (STM-Computer Peripheral Group-Computer Systems Division, Italy)
pp. 824-827
Programmable Signal Generator Based on Advanced TRICORE Microcontrollers: Mircea Popa ("Politehnica" University from Timisoara, Romania); Anca Popa ("Politehnica" University from Timisoara, Romania)
pp. 828-831
Architecture of a Pipelined Datapath Coarse-Grain Reconfigurable Coprocessor Array: Abdulrahman Hanoun (Technical Uni. Hamburg-Harburg, Germany); Henning Manteuffel (Technical university Hamburg Harburg, Germany); F. Mayer-Lindenberg (Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Germany); Wjatscheslaw Galjan (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)
pp. 832-835
Design and optimization of digital signal component separator of LINC transmitters using FPGA processors: Tian Ying (Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Canada); Oualid Hammi (Schulich School of Engineering, Univ. of Calgary, Canada); Slim Boumaiza (University of Waterloo, Canada); Fadhel Ghannouchi (Schulich School of Engineering, Univ. of Calgary, Canada)
pp. 836-839

MB-O4: Optical Communications 2

DDSPON: A Distributed Dynamic Scheduling for EPON: Marilet De Andrade Jardin (Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain); LLuís Gutierrez (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain); Sebastia Sallent (Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)
pp. 840-843
Optical Parallel Interference Cancellation with Optical Hard Limiter using the lowest Threshold value for Optical CDMA: Nagi Elfadel (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia); Muhammad Asif Sadiq (Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia); Elamin Babekir (Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia); Ahmed Mohammed (Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia); Azizuddin Abdul Aziz (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia); Naufal Saad (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia)
pp. 844-847
Copper Phthalocyanine based Organic Photo Field Effect Transistor as a sensor for optical instrumentation: Khasan Karimov (Physical Technical Institute of Academy of Sciences, Tajikistan); Ibrahim Qazi (GIK Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Pakistan); Umar Shafique (Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan); Muhammad Tahir (St.Cloud State University, USA); Tauseef Khan (GIK Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Pakistan); Najeeb Haider Zaidi (Karachi Institute of Economics and technology, Pakistan)
pp. 848-851
Features of a dielectric-metal-dielectric plasmonic waveguide with double grating: Azzouz Sellai (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman); Mohamed Elzain (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
pp. 852-855
Free-space Optics Channel Characterization under UAE Weather Conditions: Taha Landolsi (American University of Sharjah, UAE); Mohamed El-Tarhuni (American University of Sharjah, UAE); Adnan Raja (American University of Sharjah, UAE); Quaid Kagalwala (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
pp. 856-859
Analysis of Microwave Photonic Notch Filter with Tunable Parameters: Mohammad Reza Salehi (Shiraz University of Technology, Iran); Saeed Khosroabadi (Shiraz University of Technology, Iran)
pp. 860-863

MB-P1: Image and Video Processing 3

Computer Aided Detection of Prostate Cancer using Fused Information from Dynamic Contrast Enhanced and Morphological Magnetic Resonance Images: Dimitris Ampeliotis (University of Patras, Greece); Anixi Antonakoudi (Philips College, Cyprus); Kostas Berberidis (University of Patras, Greece); Emmanouil Psarakis (University of Patras, Greece)
pp. 888-891
Enhancement of Image Rerieval by Image Attention Based on Edge Features in a Multiresolution Grid Framework.: Prakash Hiremath (Gulbarga University, India); Jagadeesh Pujari (Gulbarga University (Deputed from S.D.M. College of Engg. & Tech., Dharwad.), India)
pp. 892-895
Texture-Based Feature Extraction for the Microcalcification from Digital Mammogram Images: Ayman AbuBaker (Applied Science University, Jordan); Rami Qahwaji (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Stan Ipson (University of Bradford, United Kingdom)
pp. 896-899
Neoteric Video Segmentation Scheme using NCD for Detecting Indistinct Scenes: Khalid Kaabneh (Amman Arab University for Graduate Studies, Jordan)
pp. 900-903
Facial Expression Recognition Using Conspicuous Features Selection and Comparison of the Performance of Different Classifiers: Mahsa Maghami (University of Tehran, Iran); Babak Nadjar Araabi (University of Tehran, Iran); Reza Zoroofi (University of Tehran, Iran); Mohsen Shiva (University of Tehran, Iran)
pp. 904-907
A Fast Time Scale Genetic Algorithm Based Image Segmentation Using Cellular Neural Network (CNN): santhosh Kumar S (Anna university, India); Vignesh Jagadeesh (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India); Rangarajan L R (Sri venkateswara college of engineering, India); Shankar Narayanan V (Sri venkateswara college of engineering, India); Rangarajan K M (Sri venkateswara college of engineering, India); VenkatKrishna A L (Sri venkateswara college of engineering, India)
pp. 908-911

MB-P2: Applications 5

HRV Feature Selection for Neonatal Seizure Detection: A Wrapper Approach: Malarvili Balakrishnan (University of Queensland, Australia); Mostefa Mesbah (University of Queensland, Australia); Boualem Boashash (University of Queensland, Australia)
pp. 864-867
Development of Alzheimer's Disease Recognition Using Semiautomatic Analysis of Statistical Parameters Based on Frequency Characteristics of Medical Images: Meysam Torabi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Hassan Moradzadeh (Iran Science & Technology University, Iran); Reza Vaziri (Sharif university of Technology, Iran); Seiied Mohammad Javad Razavian (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Reza Dehestani Ardekani (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Moones Rahmandoust (Kashan University, Iran); Ali Taalimi (Sharif University of Technolodgy, Iran); Emad Fatemizadeh (Sharif University of Technology, School of Electrical Engineering, Tehran, Iran, Iran)
pp. 868-871
Modelling and Characterization of a Mechatronics System for Human Stress Detection: Murad Shibli (German Jordanian University, Jordan); Mohammad S. Sharawi (Philadelphia University, Jordan)
pp. 872-875
A Novel Approach for Skin Region Extraction in Color Images: Ehsan Namjoo (University of Tabriz, Iran); Ali Aghagolzadeh (University of Tabriz, Iran); M. Shahram Moin (Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran); Ahmad Akbari (Iran university of science and technology, Iran)
pp. 876-879
Failed Back-surgery Syndrome (FBSS) prediction using Fuzzy Inference System (FIS): Uvais Qidwai (Qatar University, Qatar); Shahzad Shamim (Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan); Farhana Raquib (Independent Medical Consultant, Qatar); Ather Enam (Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan)
pp. 880-883
Improvement of slow-moving targets detection in sonar: Victor Pjachev (Ural State Technical University, Russia); Valeriy Valeyev (Ural State Technical University, Russia)
pp. 884-887

MB-P3: Signal Processing for Communications 3

A Decision-directed Estimation of Time and Frequency Selective Channels for OFDM Systems: El Kefi Hlel (High school of communication, Tunis, Tunisia); Fethi Tlili (Ecole Supérieure de Communications de Tunis, Tunisia); Sofiane Cherif (Sup'Com, Tunisia); Mohamed Siala (Sup'Com, Tunisia)
pp. 935-938
Architecture of a Fully Digital CDR for Plesiochronous Clocking Systems: Eliyah Kilada (Mentor Graphics Egypt, University of Ain Shams, Egypt); Mohamed Dessouky (Mentor Graphics Egypt, University of Ain Shams, Egypt); Adel Elhennawy (University of Ain Shams, Egypt)
pp. 939-942
Enhanced LMS based feedback loop interference cancellation in DVB-H systems with gap fillers: Ali Hazmi (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Jukka Rinne (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Markku Renfors (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)
pp. 943-946
A wide-band A/D converter for the software-defined radio system: Davud Asemani (Ecole Supeieure d'Electricite (Supelec), France); Jacques Oksman (Supelec, France)
pp. 947-950
A Noise Constrained Least Mean Fourth Adaptive Algorithm: Mohamed Deriche (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Azzedine Zerguine (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)
pp. 951-954
A Low Power Dynamic Reconfigurable Processor Using Logarithmic Number System for Software Radio Equalizers: Atefeh Salimi (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran); Abdolreza Nabavi (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran); Mehdi Habibi (Isfahan University of Technology, Iran); Babak Bornoosh (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran)
pp. 955-958

MB-P4: Optical Communications 3

Stabilizing a Mode Locked Fiber Laser: Muhammad Zafrullah (University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, Pakistan); Muhammad Khawar Islam (University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, Pakistan)
pp. 912-915
Experimental observation of soliton evolution at discrete spatial intervals: Muhammad Khawar Islam (University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, Pakistan); Muhammad Zafrullah (University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan, Pakistan)
pp. 916-919
Self-imaging based dispersion compensation: performance and tolerance of the system: Sghaier Guizani (Qatar University, Qatar); Habib Hamam (University of Moncton, Canada)
pp. 920-923
Gaussian Pulse Recompression in Cascaded Transmission Gratings: Omar Asfar (Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan); Mohammed Bataineh (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
pp. 924-926
a real-time scheme for planning and dimensioning of OLS NETWORKS: Yassine Khlifi (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Noureddine Boudriga (University of Carthage, Tunisia)
pp. 927-930
Admission control in OBS networks: A real time QoS-oriented approach: Noureddine Boudriga (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Amor Lazzez (University Mannoba, Tunisia)
pp. 931-934

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

MC-O1: Image and Video Processing 4

Online Video Foreground Segmentation Using Generalized Gaussian Mixture Modelling: Mohand Saïd Allili (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada); Nizar Bouguila (Concordia University, Canada); Djemel Ziou (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)
pp. 959-962
Hybrid WT Based-DCT Based Face Recognition: Pooyan Abouzar (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden); Siavash Yousefi (Oregon State University, USA); Seyed Kamaledin Setarehdan (University of Tehran, Iran)
pp. 963-966
Hybrid Segmentation of Colon Boundaries in CT Images Based On Geometric Deformable Model: Alireza Ahmadian (Tehran University of Medical Sciences & RCSTIM, Iran); Shahrbanoo HamidPour (Tehran University of Medical Sciences & RCSTIM, Iran); Reza Zoroofi (University of Tehran, Iran); Javad Hasani Bidgoli (Research Center of Science and Technogly in Medicine, Iran)
pp. 967-970
Enhanced Diffusion by Projected Curvelet for Segmation without Guiding Information: Li Hong Ma (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Yu Zhang (South China Univ. of Tech., P.R. China); Hanqing Lu (the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)
pp. 971-974
Robust Iris Feature Extraction Using Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform: Sandipan Narote (University of Pune, India); Abhilasha Narote (Smt. Kashibai NAvale College Of Engineering, University of Pune, India); Laxman Waghmare (SGGS College of Engineering and Technology, SRMTU Nanded, India); M Kokare (SGGS Institute of Engineering & Technology, India)
pp. 975-978
Time Sensitive And Non-Time Sensitive Feature Extractions for Arabic Sign Language Recognition: Tamer Shanableh (American University of Sharjah, UAE); Khaled Assaleh (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
pp. 979-982

MC-O2: Applications 6

A Novel Implementation of DOA Estimation for Node Localization on Software Defined Radios: Achieving High Performance with Low Complexity: Seyed Zekavat (Michigan Technological University, USA); Andrew Kolbus (Michigan Technological University, USA); Xiaofeng Yang (Michigan Technological University, USA); Zhonghai Wang (Michigan Technological University, USA); Jafar Pourrostam (Ph.D. Candidate,Michigan Technological University, USA); Mohsen Pourkhaatoun (Michigan Technological University, USA)
pp. 983-986
TOA Estimation Using MUSIC Super-Resolution Techniques For An Indoor Audible Chirp Ranging System: Hamid Farrokhi (Birjand University, Iran)
pp. 987-990
Tracking Maneuvering Sources in ICA: Seyed Alireza Banani (Shiraz University, Iran); Mohammad Ali Masnadi-Shirazi (Shiraz University, Iran); Alireza Masnadi-Shirazi (University of California, San Diego, USA)
pp. 991-994
A 3-tier UWB-based Indoor Localization Scheme for Ultra-low-power Sensor Nodes: Zheng Li (K.U.Leuven, ESAT/MICAS, Belgium); Wim Dehaene (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium); Georges Gielen (KU Leuven, ESAT/MICAS, Belgium)
pp. 995-998
Materials effect on shielding effectiveness: Hyem Saadi (USTHB Instrumentation Laboratory, Algeria); Rachid Oussaid (Houar Boumediene University of Science and Technology, Algeria)
pp. 999-1002
An Ultrasonic Navigation System For Blind People: Mounir Bousbia-Salah (University of Annaba, Algeria); Abdelghani Redjati (University of Annaba, Algeria); Mohamed Fezari (University of ANNABA, ALGERIA, Algeria); Maamar Bettayeb (University of Sharjah, UAE)
pp. 1003-1006

MC-O3: Soft Computing and Machine Learning

Adding an Emotions Filter to Malay Text-To-Speech System: Mumtaz Begum Mustafa (University of Malaya, Malaysia, Malaysia); Raja Noor Ainon Zabariah Raja Zainal Abidin (University of Malaya, Malaysia); Zuraidah Don (University of Malaya, Malaysia); Gerry Knowles (Mimos Berhad, Malaysia)
pp. 1007-1010
Simplified Point to Point Correspondence of the Euclidean Distance for Online Handwriting Recognition: Petra Bilane (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon); Eliane Youssef (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon); Bassam Eter (Lebanese University, Lebanon); Charles Sarraf (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon); Joseph Constantin (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon)
pp. 1011-1014
An SVM Based Confidence Measure for Continuous Speech Recognition: Mohsen Bardideh (Azad University, Research and Science Campus, Iran); Farbod Razzazi (Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Iran); Hasan Ghassemian (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran)
pp. 1015-1018
Dynamic Targets for Stock Market Prediction: Abdullah Al Luhaib (KSU, Saudi Arabia); Khalid Al-Ghoneim (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Yousef Al-Ohali (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)
pp. 1019-1022
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Day	Time	01 Creek A	02 Al Mahara	03 Al Shiraa	04 Al Daffa	05 Pre-Function I
Sat	09:00 AM-01:00 PM		T1: Design & Optimization Methods for WIMAX Systems	T2: Mobile Localization Techniques
	02:00 PM-06:00 PM		T3: Near-Capacity Wireless Multimedia Communications in the Iterative Detection Era	T4: Security of Mobile Communications
Sun	09:30 AM-10:30 AM	S-K: Keynote1: Enabling the Wireless Internet - Myths and Challenges
	11:00 AM-01:00 PM	SA-O1: Image/Video Indexing and Retrieval	SA-O2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 1	SA-O3: Cryptography and Network Security 1	SA-O4: Analog and Mixed Signal Processing 1	SA-P1: Image Compression, SA-P2: Signal Processing for Communications 1, SA-P3: Parallel and Distributed Processing, SA-P4: Ad-Hoc Sensors and Networks 1
	02:00 PM-04:00 PM	SB-O1: Application 1	SB-O2: Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 1	SB-O3: Digital Signal Processing 1	SB-O4: Optical Communications 1	SB-P1: Image and Video Processing 1, SB-P2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 2, SB-P3: DSP Implementation and Embedded Systems 1, SB-P4: Analog and Mixed Signal Processing 2
	04:30 PM-06:30 PM	SC-O1: Video Communication	SC-O2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 3	SC-O3: Sensor Array and Multi-Channel Processing	SC-O4: CDMA Systems	SC-P1: Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 2, SC-P2: Applications 2, SC-P3: Digital Signal Processing 2, SC-P4: Computer and Communication Networks 1
Mon	09:30 AM-10:30 AM	M-K: Keynote2: Video Does Not Equal Data - How to Transport Pictures
	11:00 AM-01:00 PM	MA-O1: Image and Video Processing 2	MA-O2: Applications 3	MA-O3: Digital Signal Processing 3	MA-O4: Signal Processing for Communications 2	MA-P1: Watermarking and Information Hiding 1, MA-P2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 4, MA-P3: Cryptography and Network Security 2, MA-P4: Applications 4
	02:00 PM-04:00 PM	MB-O1: Mobile and Wireless Communications 5	MB-O2: Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 3	MB-O3: DSP Implementation and Embedded Systems 2	MB-O4: Optical Communications 2	MB-P1: Image and Video Processing 3, MB-P2: Applications 5, MB-P3: Signal Processing for Communications 3, MB-P4: Optical Communications 3
	04:30 PM-06:30 PM	MC-O1: Image and Video Processing 4	MC-O2: Applications 6	MC-O3: Soft Computing and Machine Learning	MC-O4: OFDM Systems	MC-P1: Watermarking and Information Hiding 2, MC-P2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 6, MC-P3: Image and Video Processing 5, MC-P4: Optical Communications 4
Tue	09:30 AM-10:30 AM	T-D: Panel Discussion: Current and Future Trends in Signal Processing and Communications Research
	11:00 AM-01:00 PM	TA-O1: Mobile and Wireless Communications 7	TA-O2: Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 4	TA-O3: Digital Signal Processing 4	TA-O4: Computer and Communication Networks 2	TA-P1: Image and Video Processing 6, TA-P2: Applications 7, TA-P3: Mobile and Wireless Communications 8
	02:00 PM-04:00 PM	TB-O1: Applications 8	TB-O2: Communication and Broadband Networks	TB-O3: Watermarking and Information Hiding 3	TB-O4: Ad-Hoc Sensors and Networks 2	TB-P1: Signal Processing for Communications 4, TB-P2: Applications 9, TB-P3: Image and Video Processing 7
	04:30 PM-06:30 PM	TC-O1: Image and Video Processing 8	TC-O2: Signal Processing for Communications 5	TC-O3: Modulation and Channel Coding	TC-O4: Time-Frequency/Time-Scale Analysis

Program for 2007 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication

Saturday, Nov 24

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

T1: Design & Optimization Methods for WIMAX Systems

T2: Mobile Localization Techniques

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

T3: Near-Capacity Wireless Multimedia Communications in the Iterative Detection Era

T4: Security of Mobile Communications

Sunday, Nov 25

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

S-K: Keynote1: Enabling the Wireless Internet - Myths and Challenges

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

SA-O1: Image/Video Indexing and Retrieval

SA-O2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 1

SA-O3: Cryptography and Network Security 1

SA-O4: Analog and Mixed Signal Processing 1

SA-P1: Image Compression

SA-P2: Signal Processing for Communications 1

SA-P3: Parallel and Distributed Processing

SA-P4: Ad-Hoc Sensors and Networks 1

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

SB-O1: Application 1

SB-O2: Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 1

SB-O3: Digital Signal Processing 1

SB-O4: Optical Communications 1

SB-P1: Image and Video Processing 1

SB-P2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 2

SB-P3: DSP Implementation and Embedded Systems 1

SB-P4: Analog and Mixed Signal Processing 2

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

SC-O1: Video Communication

SC-O2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 3

SC-O3: Sensor Array and Multi-Channel Processing

SC-O4: CDMA Systems

SC-P1: Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 2

SC-P2: Applications 2

SC-P3: Digital Signal Processing 2

SC-P4: Computer and Communication Networks 1

Monday, Nov 26

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

M-K: Keynote2: Video Does Not Equal Data - How to Transport Pictures

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

MA-O1: Image and Video Processing 2

MA-O2: Applications 3

MA-O3: Digital Signal Processing 3

MA-O4: Signal Processing for Communications 2

MA-P1: Watermarking and Information Hiding 1

MA-P2: Mobile and Wireless Communications 4

MA-P3: Cryptography and Network Security 2

MA-P4: Applications 4

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

MB-O1: Mobile and Wireless Communications 5

MB-O2: Audio/Speech Processing and Coding 3

MB-O3: DSP Implementation and Embedded Systems 2

MB-O4: Optical Communications 2

MB-P1: Image and Video Processing 3

MB-P2: Applications 5

MB-P3: Signal Processing for Communications 3

MB-P4: Optical Communications 3

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

MC-O1: Image and Video Processing 4

MC-O2: Applications 6

MC-O3: Soft Computing and Machine Learning