Conference Program
4th International Conference On Information Technology
ICIT 2009
June 3rd - 5th, 2009
Al-Zaytoonah University, Jordan
 

Wednesday June 3rd , 2009

10:00 – 11:00

Registration

11:00 – 11:30

Main Stage Building 1

Opening Session

11:30 – 12:00

Coffee Break

12:00 – 12:40

Main Stage

Building 1

 

Keynote Speech 1

Chair: Al-Dahoud Ali

Title: "Agent Oriented Techniques for Programming Autonomous Robots"

 

By: Prof Dr Hans-Dieter Burkhard
Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

12:45 – 13:30

Main Stage

Building 1

 

 

Keynote Speech 2

Chair: Ayman Mahmoud Abdalla

Title: Contemporary Cybercrime Trends – Impact on global Web-based Economy

 

By: Victor Ralevich,

Sheridan Institute, Canada

13:40-15:00

Main Stage

Building 1

 

Special Session 1: Assistive ICTs for People with Disabilities

Chairs: Urbano Stenata, Giuseppe Tritto, Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy, President WABIT, Italy, Professor of Computer Science, Egypt, Hasna Ibn Zine Idrissi, Morocco.

 

Special Talks by the Chairs

 

1- Integrating Ami, Mde For Muti-Device Muli-Modal User Interface To Support People With Disabilities, Eman M. Saleh, Aly Fahmy, Amr Kamel, Abdel Badeeh M.  Salem, Egypt

 

2- Ambient Intelligent: A New Computing Paradigm For People With Disabilities

Abdel Badeeh M.  Salem, Egypt

 

3- Healthy food for people with Disabilities", De Luca Anna Rita, Italy

 

4-"Disability Convention", Urbano Stenta, Italy

 

5-"Empowering ICT Health Strategies for Human Welfare", Giuseppe Tritto, Italy
 

15:10– 16:00

Lunch: At The Restaurant Of The University

June 3rd , 2009

16:10 – 17:15

Aula A

Building 5

Faculty Of IT

 

Computer Networks and Communications

Chair: Ismail Ababneh, Jordan.

 

1- Pessimistic Backoff for Mobile Ad hoc Networks, Saher S. Manaseer, Muneer Masadeh

Glasgow University, JUST, USA, Jordan.

 

2- Performance Evolution of Multiple Probabilities of Ad-hoc On Demand Distance Victor Protocol (AODV), M. Bani Yassein, M. Bani Khalaf, JUST, Jordan.

 

3- Investigation of the Performance of the Wavelet Packet Based Multi-Carrier CDMA Communications in Rayleigh Fading Channel, Mohamed N. El-Eskandrani, Ehab F. Badran, and Darwish A. Mohamed, Egypt.

 

4- Congestion-Aware Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks, Raed Seetan, Ismail Ababneh and Ahmad Dalal’ah, JUST, Jordan.

June 3rd , 2009

17:20 – 18:30

Aula A

Building 5

Faculty Of IT

 

E-Government , E-Commerce, GIS Technology and Applications

Chair: Gilbert Ahamer, Austria

1- M-Government in Jordan: Today and the Future, Mona M. Bataineh, Emad A. Abu-Shanab, Asmaa M. Jdaitawi, Yarmouk University, Jordan,

 

2- Using GIS, Remote Sensing and Associated Digital Image Processing Techniques to produce Land Use Capability Map for Zarqa area, Jordan, Eyad H. R. Fadda, Al-Balqa Applied University and Natural Resources Authority, Jordan.

 

3- Automation of the Moving Objects Movement Prediction Process, Ivana Nižetić, Krešimir Fertalj, Croatia.

 

4- How to map perspectives: Moving GISc to IISc, Gilbert Ahamer, Adrijana Car, Robert Marschallinger, Gudrun Wallentin, Fritz Zobl, Austria.

 

5- Protection of e-commerce Using Hybrid Tools, Mohamed Alnuaimi, Mohammad A Al-Fayoumi and Sattar J Aboud, Middle East University for Graduate Studies, Jordan, and Baghdad-Iraq.

18:30-19:00

Coffee Break

June 3rd , 2009

19:00 – 19:45

Building 5

Aula A

Faculty Of IT

 

Internet and Its Applications

Chair: Afif Mgawash

 

1- Towards An Efficient Web Caching Hybrid Architecture, Maha Saleh El Oneis, Hassan Barada, Mohamed Jamal Zemerly, United Arab Emirates.

 

2- Internet Banking Acceptance of Malay and Chinese Ethnic Group in Malaysia Based On the Theory of Planned Behavior, Khalil Md-Nor, Mohd Pisal Zainal, MALAYSIA.

 

3- Investigating the characteristics used in quantitative analysis of websites evaluation,

Omar Husain Tarawneh, Faudziah Bt Ahmad, Malaysia.

 

June 3rd , 2009

16:10 – 17:15

Building 5

Aula B

Faculty Of IT

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Systems, Parallel and Distributed Systems

Chair: Mais Nijim, USA

 

1- Digital forensic techniques for static analysis of NTFS images, Mamoun Alazab, Australia.

 

2- An Approach for Fault Tolerance in Dynamic Multi-Agent systems, Mounira BOUZAHZAH, Ramdane MAAMRI, Algeria.

 

3- Coordination of Application-Level and Job-Flow Scheduling Techniques in Distributed Computing, Victor V. Toporkov, Russia.

 

4- Modeling a Hybrid Energy-Efficient Architecture for Parallel Disk Systems, Mais Nijim and Nooh Bany Muhammad, USA.

June 3rd , 2009

17:15 – 18:30

Aula B

Building 5

Faculty Of IT

Artificial Intelligence  Part 1

Chair: AMJAD RATTROUT, France

 

1- Bayesian Networks for Elucidating and Integrating Breast Cancer Knowledge, Farzana Kabir Ahmad, Safaai Deris, Nor Hayati Othman, Malaysia

 

2- Managing Tacit Knowledge in Rural Healthcare using Mobile Technology, Ahmad Mohammad Ali Qtaishat, Mohd Syazwan Abdullah, Wan Rozaini Sheikh Osman, Malaysia

 

3- Semantic Approach based Multi-agent System for Information Search on the Web, NESSAH Djamel, KAZAR Okba, Algeria

 

4- Hybrid Neuro-Fuzzy System for Mobile Robot Reactive Navigation, Ayman A. AbuBaker, Applied Science University, Jordan.

 

5- Hierarchal Traveling Design Pattern for Mobile Agents in JADE Framework, Mohammed Eshtay

Applied Science University, Jordan.

18:30-19:00

Coffee Break

June 3rd , 2009

19:00 – 20:20

Aula B

Building 5

Faculty Of IT

Artificial Intelligence  Part 2

Chair: Mirjana Ivanović, Serbia.

 

1- Genetic Access on Combinatorial Problems, Prasanna Ranjith, Taher Omran Ahmed, Libya

 

2- Do`cument Management in Distributed and Heterogeneous Environments, Dragoslav Pešović, Milan Vidaković, Zoran Budimac, Mirjana Ivanović, Serbia.

 

3- Modular Exam Scheduling using Genetic Algorithm, Dua’ Saadeh, Basel Abu-Jamous, Fahad Mustafa, Muath Al-Hijjawi, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

 

4-  Using Agents to Reorganize the Dynamic Information Resources in a Self Organized Web System, AMJAD RATTROUT, RASHA ASSAF, SALIMA HASSAS, Palestine, France.

 

5- Evolutionary System Induction through Multi Agent Algorithm, Dr. Nada M. A. Al Salami, Al-Zaytoonah Universit, Jordan.

June 3rd , 2009

16:10 – 17:20

Building 5

Aula C

Special Session 2: DeSyT „Dependable Systems and Technologies” ; Part 1

Chairs: Prof Wojciech Zamojski, Tomasz Walkowiak, Marek Woda

 

1- Field data reliability analysis of highly reliable item, David Valis, M. Koucky, A. Jodejko University of Defence, Czech Republic

 

2- Using Event and Performance Logs in Dependability Evaluation, Janusz Sosnowski, M. Krol

Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

 

3- Introduction of teaching strategies as a method to increase effectiveness of knowledge acquisition, Marek Woda, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

 

4- Automatic reconfiguration in the response to network incidents by neural networks, Andrzej Olchawa, Tomasz Walkowiak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

 

5- Task-level simulation of service based information systems, Tomasz Walkowiak, M. Woropay

Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

June 3rd , 2009

17:20-18:40

 

Building 5

Aula C

Faculty Of IT

 

Special Session 2: DeSyT „Dependable Systems and Technologies”; Part 2

Chairs: Prof Wojciech Zamojski, Tomasz Walkowiak, Marek Woda

 

1- An approach to Service Net modeling, Wojciech Zamojski, Tomasz Walkowiak

Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

 

2- Dependable SIMD Architecture for Artificial Neural Networks, Jacek Mazurkiewicz

Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

 

3- Modeling Equipment Deterioration for Dependability Analysis, Jarosław Sugier, George Anders

Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

 

4- Queuing System with Variable Number of Servers, Marek Mlynczak

Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

 

5- A Function/Artifact and Time/Incident Model for Simulations of Realistic Complex Information Systems and its Application to Discovery of Weaknesses and Optimization of Such Systems, Michal Wosko, Cottbus Technische Universitat, Germany

 

6- On approaches for reliability comparison of highly reliable items´ sets, David Valis, M. Koucky,

University of Defence, Czech Republic

18:40-19:00

Coffee Break

June 3rd , 2009

19:00 – 20:20

Aula C

Building 5

Faculty Of IT

 

Database and Data Mining Part 1

Chair: Ivan Luković, Novi Sad.

 

1- Use MADM method to Decision making among results extracted from Association rules,

Hiva Samadian, Hamid Abed, Iran.

 

2- Fuzzy Ontology-Driven Method for Ranking Unexpected Rules, MOHAMED SAID HAMANI, RAMDANE MAAMRI, Algeria

 

3- Towards the Implementation of Temporal-Based Software Version Management at Universiti Darul Iman Malaysia, M Nordin A Rahman, Azrul Amri Jamal and W Dagang W Ali, Malaysia.

 

4- Attractive Clustering Approach for Knowledge Discovery in Gene Expression Data,

Mohammed Alshalalfa, Tansel Özyer, Reda Alhajj, Canada, Turkey, Lebanon.

 

5- A Data Warehouse System for Monitoring University Education Process, Milan Čeliković, Slavica Aleksić, Ivan Luković, Novi Sad.

June 3rd , 2009

16:10 – 20:20

Aula D

Building 5

Faculty Of IT

Mathematics

Chair: prof Azmi Madi

 

1- Bounds for the Zeros of Polynomials Based on Spectral Norm Inequalities

Khalid Shebrawi, Jordan


2- A Refined Solution To The Problem Of Torsion Of A Viscoelastic Anisotropic Reinforced Layer

M.N.M. Allam, R. Tantawy , Egypt

 

3- Unitarily Invariant Norm Inequalities for Sum of Operators

Hussien Albadawi, Jordan

 

4- Numerical Solution of Sti¤ Initial Value Problems Using Continuous Genetic Algorithms

Omar A. AbuArqob, Zaer S. Abo-Hammour, Jordan

 

5- FiM, a Test & Assessment Environment complementing the Mathematical Education by Drill & Practice Exercises and Examinations

Thomas Risse, Germany

 

6-Least and greatest fixed points of a while semantics function

Fairouz Tchier, Saudi Arabia

20:30 – 22:00

Dinner: The Restaurant Of The University

 

Thursday June 4th , 2009

09:00 – 09:45

Aula A

Faculty Of IT

Building 5

Keynote Speech  3

Chair: Mahmoud Iskandarani

Title: Future Direction in Parallel Cryptography

By: Azman Samsudin

Universiti Sains Malaysia

June 4th , 2009

10:00 – 11:00

Aula A

Faculty Of IT

Building 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computer and Network Security: Part 1

Special Session 3: Information Security-related Values and Practices in International Setting

 

Chair: Dragana Martinovic, Canada

 

1- Performance Evolution of Multiple Probabilities of Ad-hoc On Demand Distance Victor Protocol (AODV), M. Bani Yassein, M. Bani Khalaf, JUST, Jordan.

 

2- A Semantic Web Technology-based Architecture for New Server-side Data Validation in Web Applications, Shadi Aljawarneh and Faisal Alkhateeb, Al-Isra  and Yarmouk University, Jordan.

 

3- Security Challenges for Emerging VANETs, Faisal Al-Hawi, UAE

 

4- Detecting Metamorphic viruses by using Arbitrary Length of Control Flow Graphs and Nodes Alignment, Essam Al daoud, Ahid  Al-Shbail, Adnan M. Al-Smadi, Zarka and Al al-bayt University, Jordan

 

5- Space of Access Control Administration Models, Amir H. Chinaei, Ken Barker, Frank Wm. Tompa, University of Waterloo, CANADA.

June 4th , 2009

11:00 – 11:30

Aula A

Faculty Of IT

Building 5

Computer and Network Security: Part 2

Chair: Khaled M. Suwais, Malaysia

 

1- Comprehensive Survey on the Constructional Design of Existing Stream Ciphers,

Khaled M. Suwais, Azman Samsudin, Malaysia

 

2- Security, Privacy, Authentication in RFID and Applications of Smart E-Travel, Mouza Ahmad Bani Shemaili, Chan Yeob Yeun, Mohamed Jamal Zemerly, UAE.

June 4th , 2009

11:30– 12:30

Aula A

Faculty Of IT

Building 5

Natural Language Processing, Pattern Recognition, Neural Networks

Chair: Riyad Al-Shalabi

 

1- Using Ontology to Define the Structure of the Holy Quran, Malek Zakarya AL Ksasbeh, Mohd Syazwan Abdullah, Wan Rozaini Sheik Osman, Farihana Elyana, Malaysia.

 

2- Clustering Arabic Documents Using Frequent Itemset-based Hierarchical Clustering with an N-Grams, Haytham S. Al-sarrayrih, Riyad Al-Shalabi, Mutah University, and Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Jordan.

 

3- A Resilient Back Propagation Algorithm for Breast Biopsy Classification Based on Artificial Neural Networks, Fawzi M. Al Naima, Ali Hussian Ali Al Timemy, Iraq

 

4- Construction of 3D Facial Wrinkles using Splines, Ali Mehdi, Rami Qahwaji, Hassan Ugail, Abdullah Mehdi, PSU and University of Bradford, UK.

 

June 4th, 2009

12:30 – 14:15

Building 5

Aula A

Faculty Of IT

 

Distance Learning and E-education

Chair: Zaitun A. B. Malaysia.

 

1-Designing a Doctoral Program for Online Students, Zaitun A. B. And Siow H. L, Malaysia.

 

2- Distance Learning and E-education Agents Based Modeling of Distant Biology Practical Work, Djamila Mechta, Saad Harous, Mahieddine Djoudi, Amel Douar, Algeria, UAE, France.

 

3- An Adaptive Personalized Course Selection System, Rashid Jayousi, Yasmin I. Bali, Palestine.

 

4- Blended e-learning Approach at the University of Jordan, Dua’ Saadeh, Qays Al-Karimi, University of Jordan, Jordan.

 

5- Integration of Recommendations into Java Tutoring system, Aleksandra Klašnja-Milićević, Boban Vesin1, Mirjana Ivanović, Zoran Budimac, Novi Sad.

 

6- Towards The Conception of A Universal Multimedia Tool For the Design Optimization of the Fin, N.E.Khelalfa1 M.S. Ahmed Bacha1, A.C. Selka1, Algeria.

 

7- The Influence of Blended Learning Model on Developing Leadership Skills of School Administrators, Dr. Tufan AYTAÇ, The Ministry of National Education, Turkey.

June 4th , 2009

10:00 – 11:00

Aula B

Faculty Of IT

Building 5

Image and Signal Processing Part 1

Chair: Hao Ying, USA

 

1-The Quality Evaluations 3rd Dimension of Medical Image Compression, Dinu Dragan Dragan Ivetic, Serbia

 

2- Image Contrast Sharpening Using Adaptive Graylevel Transformation Functions, Iyad Jafar, Hao Ying, University of Jordan, Jordan, Wayne State University, USA.

 

3- JPEG2000 Features for Ubiquitous Healthcare Device Interface, Dragan Ivetic, Dinu Dragan, Serbia.

 

4- Heartbeat Feature Extraction from Vowel Speech Signal Using 2D Spectrum Representation, Dmitriy E. Skopin, Sergey U. Baglikov, Russia, Al'Balqa Applied University, Jordan.

 

5- Image Concepts Disambiguation using Associated Text Concepts, Ahmad Adel Abu Shareha, Rajeswari Mandava, Dhanesh Ramachandram, Malaysia

June 4th , 2009

11:00 – 12:00

Aula B

Faculty Of IT

Building 5

Software Engineering Part 1

Chair: Leila Jemni Ben Ayed, Tunisia

 

1- An Interactive Composition of UML-AD for the Modelling of Workflow Applications

Yousra BenDaly Hlaoui, Leila Jemni Ben Ayed, Tunisia.

 

2- RFID in Healthcare Industry: A Strategic Framework for Implementation, Noor Awawdeh, Emad Abu-Shanab, Yarmouk University, Jordan.

 

3- Electronic Customer Relationship Management (e-CRM) in Zain Company, Yousra Harb, Emad Abu-Shanab, Yarmouk University, Jordan

 

4- Using partially defined workflows for course modeling in a learning management system, Boris Milašinović, Krešimir Fertalj, Croatia.

 

5- Challenges and Discussion of Software Redesign, Marija Katić, Krešimir Fertalj, Croatia

 

June 4th , 2009

12:00 – 13:00

Aula B

Faculty Of IT

Building 5

Software Engineering Part 2

Chair: Mohammad Mherat

 

1- Deduction of Program Correctnes in Formal Theory, Ivana Berkovic, Branko Markoski, Jovan Setrajcic, Vladimir Brtka, Dalibor Dobrilovic, Serbia

 

2- WACS: an Alternative to PC2 for Programming Contests, Ahmed Bentiba, Mohamed Al Mansoori, Mohamed J. Zemerly, UAE

 

3- From UML Sequence Diagrams to ECATNets: a Graph Transformation based Approach for modelling and analysis, Allaoua Chaoui, Raida ElMansouri, Wafa Saadi, Elhillali Kerkouche, Algeria.

 

4- Evaluating Agent-Oriented Software Engineering Methodologies, Abdulsalam Alarabeyyat, Al-Balqa Applied University – Jordan.

 

5- A Model for System Reliability Optimization Problems Based on Ant colony Using Index of Criticality Constrain, Belal Ayyoub, Asim  El-Sheikh, Al-Balqa’a Applied and University AABFS, Jordan.

 

June 4th , 2009

13:00 – 14:00

Aula B

Faculty Of IT

Building 5

Software Engineering Part 3

Chair: Emad Abu-Shanab, Yarmouk University, Jordan

 

1- Web Applications Development and Software Process Improvement in Small Software Firms:   a Review, Haroon Tarawneh, Sattam Allahawiah, Al-balqa Applied University, Jordan.

 

2- Supply Chain Performance Measurement System Based On Scorecards and Web Portals, Nenad Stefanovic, Dusan Stefanovic, Serbia.

 

3- Software Process Improvement (SPI) In Small Software Firms, Mejhem Yousef Al Tarawneh, Mohd Syazwan Abdullah, Abdul Bashah Mat Ali, Malaysia

 

4- Barriers for Implementation of Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Bilal Ali Yaseen AL-nassar , Mohd Syazwan Abdullah, Wan Rozaini Sheik Osman, Malaysia.

June 4th , 2009

10:00 – 11:00

Aula C

Faculty Of IT

Building 5

 

Advances in Ubiquitous Computing Systems (AUCS 2009)

Chair: Fredrick Mtenzi, Ireland

 

1- Smart Spaces in Ubiquitous Computing, Dennis Lupiana, Zanifa Omary, Fredrick Mtenzi, Ciaran O’Driscoll, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland.

 

2- Evolution versus Revolution as a Strategy for Thin Client Acceptance: Case Study, Paul Doyle, Mark Deegan, David Markey, Ciaran O’Driscoll, Ireland

 

3- Tight Lower Bound for the Sparse Travelling Salesman Problem, Fredrick Mtenzi

 

4- A Service-based Approach to Supporting Portable, Persistent, Private Computing Environments, Dan MacCormac, Mark Deegan, Fred Mtenzi, Brendan O’Shea, Ireland

 

June 4th , 2009

11:00 – 12:00

Aula C

Faculty Of IT

Building 5

Image and Signal Processing Part 2

Chair: Jyoti Singhai, India.

 

1- Modified Cubic Threshold Denoising Technique using Curvelet Transform, Dr Jyoti Singhai, Preety D Swami, India.

 

2- A modified technique for low RMSE multifocus image fusion, Dheeraj Agrawal, Dr.J.Singhai, INDIA.

 

3- Adapted Non-Local Means Filter using Variable Window Size, Ammar M. Alhosainy and Ehab F. Badran, Egypt.

 

4- Distribution of the PAPR for Real-Valued OFDM Signals, Sulaiman A. Aburakhia, Ehab F. Badran, and Darwish A. Mohamed, Egypt.

 

5- A comparison of different focus measures for use in fusion of multi-focus noisy images, V. Aslantas, R. Kurban, Turkey.

June 4th, 2009

12:00 – 13:00

Building 5

Aula C

Faculty Of IT

 

 

 

 

 

Algorithms, Hardware and Computer Design

Chair: Ellips Masehian, Iran

 

1- Analysis of Motion Feasibility of Multiple Mobile Agents on Graphs, Ellips Masehian, Hiva Samadian, Farzaneh Daneshzand, Iran

 

2- Improving Average Time Complexity of Tiling Arrays Using A* Algorithm, Mohamed Abd Elhamid Abbas, EGYPT

 

3- Low Power Bus Architectures in Nano-Technology, Study and Analysis, Ghashmi Bin Talib, Abdoul Rjoub, Odysseas Koufopavlou, Jordan, Greece.

 

4- Design of the Feedback Controller (PID Controller) for the Buck Boost Converter, Sattar Jaber Al-Isawi, Ehsan A. Abd Al-Nabi, Libya.

June 4th , 2009

13:00 – 14:15

Aula C

Faculty Of IT

Building 5

Special session 4: Speech recognition

Speech Recognition, Virtual Reality Systems, Multimedia and Visual Programming

Chair: Mohamed FEZARI, ALGERIA.

 

1- Spotted Words Recognition System Based on Kalman Filter and HMM Models to control Manipulator Arm, Attoui Hamza, Mohamed FEZARI, Mouldi BEDDA, ALGERIA.

 

2- New speech processor and Ultrasonic Sensors Based Embedded system to Improve the Control of a Motorised Wheelchair, Mohamed Fezari, Abd-Errahmene Khati, karim Hamza, ALGERIA.

 

3- HMM/GMM based Voice command system, A Way to improve a wireless control for a Didactic Manipulator Arm TR45, Mohamed FEZARI, Hamza Attoui, ALGERIA.

 

4- Virtual Reality Systems; An Educational Game from 17th Century Revived in Today’s Web Virtual Reality Edutainment project, Tomaž Amon, Stane Okoliš, Slovenia.

 

5- Multimedia and Visual Programming; Extending AVF for Effective Road-surveying in the Web Environment, Srdjan Mihic, Dragan Ivetic, Republic of Serbia.

 

14:20-15:00

Lunch: At The Restaurant Of The University, Closing Session

 

Free After Noon

20:30

Dinner: Jerash Old City

Friday June 5th, 2009

Free Time