Computational Science — ICCS 2004

Workshop on Advanced Methods of Digital Image Processing.- The New Graphic Description of the Haar Wavelet Transform.- On New Radon-Based Translation, Rotation, and Scaling Invariant Transform for Face Recognition.- On Bit-Level Systolic Arrays for Least-Squares Digital Contour Smoothing.- Bayer Pattern Demosaicking Using Local-Correlation Approach.- Edge Preserving Filters on Color Images.- Segmentation of Fundus Eye Images Using Methods of Mathematical Morphology for Glaucoma Diagnosis.- Automatic Detection of Glaucomatous Changes Using Adaptive Thresholding and Neural Networks.- Analytical Design of 2-D Narrow Bandstop FIR Filters.- Analytical Design of Arbitrary Oriented Asteroidal 2-D FIR Filters.- A {k, n}-Secret Sharing Scheme for Color Images.- Workshop on Computer Graphics and Geometric Modelling (CGGM 2004).- Declarative Modelling in Computer Graphics: Current Results and Future Issues.- Geometric Snapping for 3D Meshes.- Multiresolution Approximations of Generalized Voronoi Diagrams.- LodStrips: Level of Detail Strips.- Declarative Specification of Ambiance in VRML Landscapes.- Using Constraints in Delaunay and Greedy Triangulation for Contour Lines Improvement.- An Effective Modeling of Single Cores Prostheses Using Geometric Techniques.- GA and CHC. Two Evolutionary Algorithms to Solve the Root Identification Problem in Geometric Constraint Solving.- Manifold Extraction in Surface Reconstruction.- Expression of a Set of Points’ Structure within a Specific Geometrical Model.- Effective Use of Procedural Shaders in Animated Scenes.- Real-Time Tree Rendering.- A Brush Stroke Generation Using Magnetic Field Model for Painterly Rendering.- Reuse of Paths in Final Gathering Step with Moving Light Sources.- Real Time Tree Sketching.- Facial Expression Recognition Based on Dimension Model Using Sparse Coding.- An Application to the Treatment of Geophysical Images through Orthogonal Projections.- A Derivative-Free Tracking Algorithm for Implicit Curves with Singularities.- Framework for Simulating the Human Behavior for Intelligent Virtual Agents. Part I: Framework Architecture.- Framework for Simulating the Human Behavior for Intelligent Virtual Agents. Part II: Behavioral System.- Point-Based Modeling from a Single Image.- Introducing Physical Boundaries in Virtual Environments.- Thin Client Access to a Visualization Environment.- Interactive Visualization of Relativistic Effects with the Hardware Acceleration.- Workshop on Computer Algebra Systems and Applications (CASA 2004).- Design of Interactive Environment for Numerically Intensive Parallel Linear Algebra Calculations.- Computer Algebra for Real-Time Dynamics of Robots with Large Numbers of Joints.- Development of SyNRAC—Formula Description and New Functions.- DisCAS: A Distributed-Parallel Computer Algebra System.- A Mathematica Package for Solving and Displaying Inequalities.- Choleski-Banachiewicz Approach to Systems with Non-positive Definite Matrices with Mathematica ®.- A Closed Form Solution of the Run-Time of a Sliding Bead along a Freely Hanging Slinky.- Analytical Theory of Motion of a Mars Orbiter.- Computing Theta-Stable Parabolic Subalgebras Using LiE.- Graphical and Computational Representation of Groups.- First Order ODEs: Mathematica and Symbolic-Numerical Methods.- Evaluation of the Fundamental Physical Constants in Mathematica.- Symbolic Polynomial Interpolation Using Mathematica.- Constant Weight Codes with Package CodingTheory.m in Mathematica.- Graph Coloring with webMathematica.- Construction of Solutions for Nonintegrable Systems with the Help of the Painlevé Test.- Computer Algebra Manipulations in Astronomy.- Workshop on New Numerical Methods for DEs: Applications to Linear Algebra, Control and Engineering.- Higher Order Quadrature on Sparse Grids.- Application of Extrapolation Methods to Numerical Solution of Fredholm Integral Equations Related to Boundary Value Problems.- Extrapolation Techniques for Computing Accurate Solutions of Elliptic Problems with Singular Solutions.- Vandermonde–Type Matrices in Two Step Collocation Methods for Special Second Order Ordinary Differential Equations.- Direct Optimization Using Gaussian Quadrature and Continuous Runge-Kutta Methods: Application to an Innovation Diffusion Model.- The ReLPM Exponential Integrator for FE Discretizations of Advection-Diffusion Equations.- Function Fitting Two–Step BDF Algorithms for ODEs.- Pseudospectral Iterated Method for Differential Equations with Delay Terms.- A Hybrid Numerical Technique for the Solution of a Class of Implicit Matrix Differential Equation.- A Continuous Approach for the Computation of the Hyperbolic Singular Value Decomposition.- Workshop on Parallel Monte Carlo Algorithms for Diverse Applications in a Distributed Setting.- Using P-GRADE for Monte Carlo Computations in a Distributed Environment.- Calculating Activation Energies in Diffusion Processes Using a Monte Carlo Approach in a Grid Environment.- Using Parallel Monte Carlo Methods in Large-Scale Air Pollution Modelling.- Parallel Importance Separation for Multiple Integrals and Integral Equations.- Investigation of the Sensitivity of the Monte Carlo Solution for the Barker-Ferry Equation with Sequential and Parallel Pseudo-Random Number Generators.- Design and Distributed Computer Simulation of Thin p?+?–i–n?+? Avalanche Photodiodes Using Monte Carlo Model.- Convergence Proof for a Monte Carlo Method for Combinatorial Optimization Problems.- Monte Carlo Algorithm for Maneuvering Target Tracking and Classification.- Workshop on Modelling and Simulation of Multi-physics Multi-scale Systems.- Coupling a Lattice Boltzmann and a Finite Difference Scheme.- Accuracy versus Performance in Lattice Boltzmann BGK Simulations of Systolic Flows.- Mesoscopic Modelling of Droplets on Topologically Patterned Substrates.- Soot Particle Deposition within Porous Structures Using a Method of Moments – Lattice Boltzmann Approach.- Numerical Bifurcation Analysis of Lattice Boltzmann Models: A Reaction-Diffusion Example.- Particle Models of Discharge Plasmas in Molecular Gases.- Fully Kinetic Particle-in-Cell Simulation of a Hall Thruster.- Standard of Molecular Dynamics Modeling and Simulation of Relaxation in Dense Media.- Implicit and Explicit Higher Order Time Integration Schemes for Fluid-Structure Interaction Computations.- Accounting for Nonlinear Aspects in Multiphysics Problems: Application to Poroelasticity.- Computational Modelling of Multi-field Ionic Continuum Systems.- Formation of Dwarf Galaxies in Reionized Universe with Heterogeneous Multi-computer System.- A Multi-scale Numerical Study of the Flow, Heat, and Mass Transfer in Protective Clothing.- Thermomechanical Waves in SMA Patches under Small Mechanical Loadings.- Direct and Homogeneous Numerical Approaches to Multiphase Flows and Applications.- Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations for Heat Transfer in Micro and Nano-channels.- Improved Semi-Lagrangian Stabilizing Correction Scheme for Shallow Water Equations.- Bose-Einstein Condensation Studied by the Real-Time Monte Carlo Simulation in the Frame of Java Applet.- Workshop on Gene, Genome, and Population Evolution.- Life History Traits and Genome Structure: Aerobiosis and G+C Content in Bacteria.- Differential Gene Survival under Asymmetric Directional Mutational Pressure.- How Gene Survival Depends on Their Length.- Super-tree Approach for Studying the Phylogeny of Prokaryotes: New Results on Completely Sequenced Genomes.- Genetic Paralog Analysis and Simulations.- Evolutionary Perspectives on Protein Thermodynamics.- The Partition Function Variant of Sankoff’s Algorithm.- Simulation of Molecular Evolution Using Population Dynamics Modelling.- Lotka-Volterra Model of Macro-Evolution on Dynamical Networks.- Simulation of a Horizontal and Vertical Disease Spread in Population.- Evolution of Population with Interaction between Neighbours.- The Role of Dominant Mutations in the Population Expansion.- Workshop on Computational Methods in Finance and Insurance.- On the Efficiency of Simplified Weak Taylor Schemes for Monte Carlo Simulation in Finance.- Time-Scale Transformations: Effects on VaR Models.- Environment and Financial Markets.- Pricing of Some Exotic Options with NIG-Lévy Input.- Construction of Quasi Optimal Portfolio for Stochastic Models of Financial Market.- Euler Scheme for One-Dimensional SDEs with Time Dependent Reflecting Barriers.- On Approximation of Average Expectation Prices for Path Dependent Options in Fractional Models.- Confidence Intervals for the Autocorrelations of the Squares of GARCH Sequences.- Performance Measures in an Evolutionary Stock Trading Expert System.- Stocks’ Trading System Based on the Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm.- Parisian Options – The Implied Barrier Concept.- Modeling Electricity Prices with Regime Switching Models.- Modeling the Risk Process in the XploRe Computing Environment.- Workshop on Computational Economics and Finance.- A Dynamic Stochastic Programming Model for Bond Portfolio Management.- Communication Leading to Nash Equilibrium without Acyclic Condition.- Support Vector Machines Approach to Credit Assessment.- Measuring Scorecard Performance.- Parallelism of Association Rules Mining and Its Application in Insurance Operations.- No Speculation under Expectations in Awareness.- A Method on Solving Multiobjective Conditional Value-at-Risk.- Cross-Validation and Ensemble Analyses on Multiple-Criteria Linear Programming Classification for Credit Cardholder Behavior.- Workshop on GeoComputation.- A Cache Mechanism for Component-Based WebGIS.- A Data Structure for Efficient Transmission of Generalised Vector Maps.- Feasibility Study of Geo-spatial Analysis Using Grid Computing.- An Optimum Vehicular Path Solution with Multi-heuristics.- An Extended Locking Method for Geographical Database with Spatial Rules.- Preliminary Study on Unsupervised Classification of Remotely Sensed Images on the Grid.- Experience of Remote Sensing Information Modelling with Grid Computing.- Load Analysis and Load Control in Geo-agents.- Workshop on Simulation and Modeling of 3D Integrated Circuits.- Challenges in Transmission Line Modeling at Multi-gigabit Data Rates.- MPI-Based Parallelized Model Order Reduction Algorithm.- 3D-VLSI Design Tool.- Analytical Solutions of the Diffusive Heat Equation as the Application for Multi-cellular Device Modeling – A Numerical Aspect.- Layout Based 3D Thermal Simulations of Integrated Circuits Components.- Simulation of Electrical and Optical Interconnections for Future VLSI ICs.- Balanced Binary Search Trees Based Approach for Sparse Matrix Representation.- Principles of Rectangular Mesh Generation in Computational Physics.- Workshop on Computational Modeling and Simulation on Biomechanical Engineering.- Inter-finger Connection Matrices.- Biomechanics of Bone Cement Augmentation with Compression Hip Screw System for the Treatment of Intertrochanteric Fractures.- Comparison of Knee Cruciate Ligaments Models Using Kinematics from a Living Subject during Chair Rising-Sitting.- Computer and Robotic Model of External Fixation System for Fracture Treatment.- Robust Path Design of Biomechanical Systems Using the Concept of Allowable Load Set.- A New Modeling Method for Objects with Branching Problem Using Non-uniform B-Spline.- Motion Design of Two-Legged Locomotion Process of a Man.- Adaptive Microcalcification Detection in Computer Aided Diagnosis.- Workshop on Information Technologies Enhancing Health Care Delivery.- The Impact of Information Technology on Quality of Healthcare Services.- Computer Generated Patient Plans Based on Patterns of Care.- On Direct Comparing of Medical Guidelines with Electronic Health Record.- Managing Information Models for E-health via Planned Evolutionary Pathways.- An Attributable Role-Based Access Control for Healthcare.- Aspects of a Massively Distributed Stable Component Space.- Demonstrating Wireless IPv6 Access to a Federated Health Record Server.- Collaborative Teleradiology.- Workshop on Computing in Science and Engineering Academic Programs.- Some Remarks on CSE Education in Germany.- The Computational Science and Engineering (CS&E) Program at Purdue University.- Adapting the CSE Program at ETH Zurich to the Bologna Process.- Computational Engineering and Science Program at the University of Utah.- A Comparison of C, MATLAB, and Python as Teaching Languages in Engineering.- Teaching Computational Science Using VPython and Virtual Reality.- Student Exercises on Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, and Gaia.- Teaching Scientific Computing.- Creating a Sustainable High-Performance Scientific Computing Course.- CSE without Math? A First Course in Modeling and Simulation.