Summary of presentations in Technical Sessions:

 

IC3-2008 has lived up to its name and expectations.

The conference focused on a good range of diverse topics in contemporary computing.

 

There were 3 tracks and 8 technical sessions.

 

One track was on Algorithms; another was devoted to Applications and third was on Systems.

 

There were 3 technical sessions planned for the Algorithms track , 4 for the Applications track and one for the Systems track.

 

Out of the 27 selected papers, only 10 were presented as follows:-

 

- 3 out of 10 papers from the algorithms track

- 6 out of 14 papers from the applications track

- 1 out of 3 papers from the systems track were presented

 

The technical sessions were chaired by:

·        Prof Rajeev Kumar

·        Prof Bhudev Sharma

·        Prof Bani Singh

·        Prof D.K. Rai,    and

·        Prof Sanjay Goel

 

The salient points of the presented papers can be summarized as follows:-

 

Algorithms

 

1.  An Augmented Genetic Algorithm for Auto Corrective Prediction Model for Pest Attacks Kumar Saurabh Bisht, Sanjay Chaudhary  presented by     Kumar Saurabh Bisht,        from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute , Gandhinagar

 

The paper proposed a model based on neural networks for predicting pest attacks. The model makes use of genetic algorithms to improve prediction error margin and convergence time in learning phase.

 

2.  Biometric Authentication based on Detection and Recognition of Multiple Faces in Image Jolly D. Shah, Prof. S.H.Patil presented by    Jolly D. Shah ,  Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Pune

 

The paper represented a multiple face detection method based on skin colour information and lines of separability face model. The recognition method based on principle component analysis and neural network was used. A system was also implemented for detection of multiple faces in an image and recognize them.

 

3.  Power-Efficient Routing Algorithm for Torus NoCs D. Rahmati, A. E. Kiasari, H. Sarbazi-Azad, S. Hessabi  presented by D rahmati from Sharif University of Technology, Iran

In this paper a deadlock free routing algorithm is proposed for Torus NoC. It uses only one virtual channel per physical channel resulting in lower power consumption. The efficiency of the algorithm was also demonstrated by using simulation results.

 

Applications

 

1.  Cohesive Arc Measures for Web Navigation Wookey Lee, Nidhi Rustagi Arora, Youngkuk Kim presented by Nidi Rustagi Arora from Inha University, South Korea

 

     The paper introduced a new web search paradigm which gives different weights to the query keywords according to their order of appearance. Using this approach the related but distributed information can  be retrieved.

 

Multi-tier Virtual Machine Architecture: VM-on-VM (n, n-1) Implementation Prakhar Agarwal, Vikas

Saxena  presented by : Prakhar Aggarwal from JIITU, Noida

 

This paper proposed a scheme called “VM-on-VM”, which creates multiple layers of VMs hosting the operating Systems and allows them to share conventional hardware in an innovative fashion.

 

Complexity Analysis of Image Encryption Technique Anil Kumar Yadav, Ravinder Kumar Purwar

           presented by :  Anil Kumar Yadav from   CSJM University, Kanpur

 

This paper presented the complexity analysis of various image encryption/decryption schemes. The scheme chosen on basis of analysis, satisfies the characters of convenient realization, less computation complexity and good security. Results were not convincing.

 

Collaborative Load Balancing Scheme for Improving Search Performance in Unstructured P2P

Networks Sabu M. Thampi, Chandra Sekaran K

presented by : Sabu M. Thampi from  LBS College of Engineering, Kerala.

 

      The paper addressed the problem of query load balancing in unstructured peer to peer networks. The paper proposed a mobile agent based approach, making use of results of reinforcement learning.

 

5.  Efficient VLSI Layout of Grid Pyramid Networks Saeedeh Bakhshi , Marzieh Bakhshi , Hamid Sarbazi-Azad from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Read by D. Rahmati on behalf of authors.

 

    The paper is about study of grid pyramid network topologies from the VLSI- layout efficiency point of view. It also investigated the layout of RTCC – pyramid networks.

 

Comparative analysis of classifiers inaccuracies for bilingual characters (Gurmukhi and Roman)

Renu Dhir of NIT, Jalandhar and the paper was presented by herself.

 

The paper is about recognition of Gurmukhi and Roman characters in an image of a bilingual document. It proposes use of statistical and structural features for machine printed bilingual characters. It uses 3 classifiers for analyzing error rate of recognition. Exhaustive results were presented.

 

 

Systems

 

Reliability Analysis of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Qi Zhu, Swapna S. Gokhale , Veena B. Mendiratta presented by Veena B. Mendiratta of Bell Laboratories , US

 

The paper provides a methodology to compute IMS reliability.  It proposes a hierarchical two-step approach. The paper also illustrates with example the potential of this methodology to assess the influence of different parameters on reliability.

 

By and large the presentation were well appreciated by the audience and there were a good number of questions.