ICCTA 2007: Kolkata, India
2007 International Conference on Computing: Theory and Applications (ICCTA 2007), 5-7 March 2007, Kolkata, India. IEEE Computer Society 2007 ISBN 978-0-7695-2770-3
Keynote Talk
Michael Brady: Oncological Image Analysis: Medical and Molecular Image Analysis. 2-8
Track I: Algorithms and Architectures
Plenary Talk
Fajie Li, Reinhard Klette: Rubberband Algorithms for Solving Various 2D or 3D Shortest Path Problems. 9-19
Invited Talk
Vijaya Ramachandran: Cache-Oblivious Computation: Algorithms and Experimental Evaluation. 20-26
Session I.A: Parallel and Distributed Computing
Pradip K. Srimani, Zhenyu Xu: Distributed Protocols for Defensive and Offensive Alliances in Network Graphs Using Self-Stabilization. 27-31
Gianlorenzo D'Angelo, Serafino Cicerone, Gabriele Di Stefano, Daniele Frigioni: Partially Dynamic Concurrent Update of Distributed Shortest Paths. 32-38
Partha Sarathi Mandal, Krishnendu Mukhopadhyaya: Checkpointing Using Mobile Agents in Distributed Systems. 39-45
Subhasis Bhattacharjee, Nabanita Das: Distributed Data Gathering Scheduling in Multihop Wireless Sensor Networks for Improved Lifetime. 46-50
Jaydip Sen, Piyali Roy Chowdhury, Indranil Sengupta: A Distributed Trust Establishment Scheme for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. 51-58
Session I.B: Mobile and Wireless Networks
Goutam K. Audhya, Bhabani P. Sinha: Lower Bound on Bandwidth for Channel Assignment in Multimedia Cellular Networks with 2-Band Buffering. 59-65
Samir K. Sadhukhan, Swarup Mandal, Debashis Saha: A Heuristic Technique for Solving Dual-Homing Assignment Problem of 2.5G Cellular Networks. 66-71
Abbas Nayebi, A. Khosravi, Hamid Sarbazi-Azad: On the Link Excess Life in Mobile Wireless Networks. 72-76
Indranil Saha, Suman Roy: A Finite State Analysis of Time-Triggered CAN (TTCAN) Protocol Using Spin. 77-81
A. Tripathy, S. S. Pathak, S. Chakrabarti: SISO Based Turbo Equalization and Decoding for ISI Corrupted Wireless Channels. 82-86
Koushik Sinha, Atish Datta Chowdhury: A Beacon Selection Algorithm for Bounded Error Location Estimation in Ad Hoc Networks. 87-93
Session I.C: VLSI Design-I
B. P. Harish, Navakanta Bhat, Mahesh B. Patil: Process Variability-Aware Statistical Hybrid Modeling of Dynamic Power Dissipation in 65 nm CMOS Designs. 94-98
Prashant Agrawal, Srinivasa R. S. T. G, Ajit N. Oke, Saurabh Vijay: An Approach for Pre-Silicon Power Modeling. 99-103
M. Thenappan, Arasu T. Senthil, K. M. Sreekanth, Ramesh S. Guzar: An Overlap Removal Algorithm for Macrocell Placement in VLSI Layouts. 104-110
Debasri Saha, Parthasarathi Dasgupta, Susmita Sur-Kolay, Samar Sen-Sarma: A Novel Scheme for Encoding and Watermark Embedding in VLSI Physical Design for IP Protection. 111-116
Dipnarayan Guha, Thambipillai Srikanthan: Reconfigurable Frame Parser Design for Multi-Radio Support on Asynchronous Microprocessor Cores. 122-127
Session I.D: VLSI Design-II

Chandan Karfa, Chittaranjan A. Mandal, Dipankar Sarkar, Chris Reade: Register Sharing Verification During Data-Path Synthesis. 135-140
Chandan Giri, Dilip Kumar Reddy Tipparthi, Santanu Chattopadhyay: Genetic Algorithm Based Approach for Hierarchical SOC Test Scheduling. 141-145
Chandan Giri, B. Mallikarjuna Rao, Santanu Chattopadhyay: Test Data Compression by Spilt-VIHC (SVIHC). 146-150
Arijit Mondal, P. P. Chakrabarti, Pallab Dasgupta: Timing Analysis of Sequential Circuits Using Symbolic Event Propagation. 151-157
Swapan Kumar Ray, Sabyasachi Dutta, Abhik Kumar Saha: A Low-Cost Pipelineed Multi-Lingual E-Dictionary Using a Pipelined CTAM. 158-164
Session I.E: High Performance Computing
Li Chunlin, Li Layuan: Utility Based Multiple QoS Guaranteed Resource Scheduling Optimization in Grid Computing. 165-169
Sharath Babu Musunoori, Geir Horn: Unintelligent Guided Ant-Based Solution to the Application Service Mapping Problem in a Grid Environment. 170-175
B. Parvatha Varthini, S. Valli: Generation of Group Key Using Enhanced One Way Function Tree Group Rekey Protocol. 176-181
Session I.F: Architectures
Rajib K. Das: Diameter and Routing in Enhanced OTIS Cube. 188-192
Sina Meraji, Abbas Nayebi, Hamid Sarbazi-Azad: Empirical Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Routing in Necklace Hypercubes: A Comparative Study. 193-197
Arijit Mukhopadhyay: NLPBench: A Tool for Studying the Architectural Characteristics of Natural Langauge and Speech Applications. 198-202
Debasish Jana, Arabinda Mandal, Chinmoy B. Bose, Debasish Ghosh: Handling Parameter Passing in Dynamic Rendering of Enterprise Reports. 203-207
Xingzhi Feng, Yi Ren, Jianqiang Hu, Quanyuan Wu, Yan Jia: A Model for Service Composition with Multiple QoS Constraints. 208-213
Session I.G: Algorithms
Chandan Saha, Sandip Das: Covering a Set of Points in a Plane Using Two Parallel Rectangles. 214-218
Partha Bhowmick, Arindam Biswas, Bhargab B. Bhattacharya: ICE: The Isothetic Convex Envelope of a Digital Object. 219-223
Rajeev Kumar, Pramod Kumar Singh, Bhargab B. Bhattacharya: A Local Search Heuristic for Biobjective Intersecting Geometric Graphs. 224-230
Track II: Pattern Recognition and Soft Computing
Plenary Talk
Witold Pedrycz: Distributed and Collaborative Soft Computing: An Emerging Development Environment. 231-241
Invited Talk
Xuegong Zhang: Pattern Recognition in Mining High-Throughput Genomics/Proteomics Data: The New Challenges in Old Questions. 242-244
Session II.A: Artificial Neural Networks
Zhijun Yu, Shao-Long Dong, Jianming Wei, Tao Xing, Haitao Liu: Neural Network Aided Unscented Kalman Filter for Maneuvering Target Tracking in Distributed Acoustic Sensor Networks. 245-249
Naveen Kumar, Vikas Panwar, N. Sukavanam: Neural Network Control of Coordinated Multiple Manipulator Systems. 250-256
Bipan Tudu, Barun Das, Nabarun Bhattacharyya, Arun Jana, Devdulal Ghosh, Rajib Bandyopadhyay: Smell Peak Prediction During Black Tea Fermentation Process Using Time-Delay Neural Network on Electronic Nose Data. 257-260
S. Kanmani, Jayabalan Kathiravan, S. Senthil Kumar, Mourougane Shanmugam: Neural Network Based Effort Estimation Using Class Points for OO Systems. 261-266
Session II.B: Fuzzy Sets
Arun K. Srivastava, S. P. Tiwari: Intuitionistic Fuzzy Automata and Associated Fuzzy Topologies. 267-271
Selvaraj Gopinath, Indra Narayan Kar, R. K. P. Bhatt: AFDM Approach for Experience Inclusion in Learning Controllers. 272-276
Dwijesh Dutta Majumder, Rupak Bhattacharyya, Supratim Mukherjee: Methods of Evaluation and Extraction of Membership Functions - Review with a New Approach. 277-281
Lotika Singh, Satish Kumar: Parallel Evolutionary Asymmetric Subsethood Product Fuzzy-Neural Inference System: An Island Model Approach. 282-286
Muhammad Abulaish, Lipika Dey: A Fuzzy Ontology Generation Framework for Handling Uncertainties and Nonuniformity in Domain Knowledge Description. 287-293
Session II.C: SVMs and Clustering
K. P. Soman, R. Loganathan, M. S. Vijaya, V. Ajay, K. Shivsubramani: Fast Single-Shot Multiclass Proximal Support Vector Machines and Perceptions. 294-298
Jacob Kogan: Scalable Clustering with smoka. 299-303
S. Asharaf, M. Narasimha Murty, Shirish Krishnaj Shevade: Cluster Based Training for Scaling Non-linear Support Vector Machines. 304-308
Sriparna Saha, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay: A Fuzzy Genetic Clustering Technique Using a New Symmetry Based Distance for Automatic Evolution of Clusters. 309-314
Session II.D: Data Mining and Soft Computing
Praveen Kumar Tripathi, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Sankar K. Pal: A Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm with Relative Distance: Method, Performance Measures and Constraint Handling. 315-319
Bapu B. Kiranagi, D. S. Guru, Manabu Ichino: Exploitation of Multivalued Type Proximity for Symbolic Feature Selection. 320-324
Niladri Chatterjee, Madhav Krishna: Semantic Integration of Heterogeneous Databases on the Web. 325-329
Session II.E: Bio Informatics
Shubhra Sankar Ray, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Sankar K. Pal: New Distance Measure for Microarray Gene Expressions Using Linear Dynamic Range of Photo Multiplier Tube. 337-341
Matthew W. B. Trotter, Bernard F. Buxton: Unsupervised Thresholding of Affymetrix Microarray Data. 342-347
Session II.F: Classification and Prediction
Dipti Deodhare, M. Vidyasagar, M. Narasimha Murty: A Unified Approach to Encoding and Classification Using Bimodal Projection-Based Features. 348-354
Venkataramana B. Kini, C. Chandra Sekhar: Kernel Auto-Regressive Model with eXogenous Inputs for Nonlinear Time Series Prediction. 355-360
Session II.G: Applications in Image Analysis
Sweta Thakur, Jamuna Kanta Sing, Dipak Kumar Basu, Mita Nasipuri, Mahantapas Kundu: Face Recognition by Combination of RBF Neural Networks Using Dempster-Shafer Theory. 367-371
Pradipta Maji, Bhabatosh Chanda, Malay Kumar Kundu, Suman Dasgupta: Deformation Correction in Brain MRI Using Mutual Information and Genetic Algorithm. 372-376
Debasis Mazumdar, Kunal Chanda, M. Bhattacharya, Sonali Mitra: A Pose Recovery Algorithm to Minimize the Effects of Pose Variation on the Matching Performance of Elastic Bunch Graph Based Multiview Face Recognition System. 377-381
K. Bommanna Raja, M. Madheswaran, K. Thyagarajah: Analysis of Ultrasound Kidney Images Using Content Descriptive Multiple Features for Disorder Identification and ANN Based Classification. 382-388
S. Sindhumol, M. Wilscy: Hyperspectral Image Analysis - A Robust Algorithm Using Support Vectors and Principal Components. 389-395
Track III: Document, Language, and Signal Processing
Plenary Talk
Karen Sparck Jones: Statistics and Retrieval: Past and Future. 396-405
Invited Talks
Session III.A: Document Processing - I
M. Kasirajan, V. S. Chakravarthy: PATRAM: A Unified Word Processing System for Handwritten Characters in Indian Languages. 417-421
Partha Bhowmick, Arindam Biswas, Bhargab B. Bhattacharya: Ranking of Optical Character Prototypes in a Large Database Using Isothetic Chord Lengths. 422-426
Subhadip Basu, Ram Sarkar, Nibaran Das, Mahantapas Kundu, Mita Nasipuri, Dipak Kumar Basu: A Fuzzy Technique for Segmentation of Handwritten Bangla Word Images. 427-433
Session III.B: Natural Language Processing - I
Yukiko Sasaki Alam: Algorithm for Identifying the Syntactic and Semantic Categories of Prepositions: Case of Over. 434-440
Ashish Francis Almeida, Rajat Kumar Mohanty, Pushpak Bhattacharyya: Semantic Analysis of 'to'. 441-445
Niladri Chatterjee, Shailly Goyal: An Example Based Approach for Parsing Natural Language Sentences. 451-457
Session III.C: Speech and Signal Processing - I
R. Pravin Kumar: High Computational Performance in Code Exited Linear Prediction Speech Model Using Faster Codebook Search Techniques. 458-462
Sandipan Chakroborty, Anindya Roy, Sourav Majumdar, Goutam Saha: Capturing Complementary Information via Reversed Filter Bank and Parallel Implementation with MFCC for Improved Text-Independent Speaker Identification. 463-467
Yumnam Kirani Singh: ISPIHT-Improved SPIHT: A Simplified and Efficient Subband Coding Scheme. 468-474
Session III.D: Natural Language Processing - II
L. Sobha: Resolution of Pronominals in Tamil. 475-479
Mrityunjay Gautam, R. M. K. Sinha: A Hybrid Approach to Sentence Alignment Using Genetic Algorithm. 480-484
Niladri Chatterjee, Anish Johnson, Madhav Krishna: Some Improvements over the BLEU Metric for Measuring Translation Quality for Hindi. 485-490
U. Rohini, Vasudeva Varma: A Novel Approach for Re-Ranking of Search Results Using Collaborative Filtering. 491-496
Session III.E: Document Processing - II
Gaurav Gupta, Sanjoy Kumar Saha, Shayok Chakraborty, Chandan Mazumdar: Document Frauds: Identification and Linking Fake Document to Scanners and Printers. 497-501
Gaurav Harit, Ritu Garg, Santanu Chaudhury: An Integrated Scheme for Compression and Interactive Access to Document Images. 506-511
Session III.F: Speech and Signal Processing - II

Subrata Bhowmik, Chandrani Roy: Comparison of Estimation Techniques Using Kalman Filter and Grid-Based Filter for Linear and Non-linear System. 516-520
Ataollah Ebrahimzadeh, Seyed Alireza Seyedin: Digital Signal Types Identification Using a Hierarchical SVM-Based Classifier and Efficient Features. 521-525
S. K. Pal: Fast, Reliable & Secure Digital Communication Using Hadamard Matrices. 526-532
Session III.G: Document Processing - III
P. Punitha, Naveen Onkarappa, D. S. Guru: Indexing of Document Images Based on Triangular Spatial Relationships. 533-537
Manish Kumar Jindal, Rajendra Kumar Sharma, Gurpreet Singh Lehal: A Study of Different Kinds of Degradation in Printed Gurmukhi Script. 538-544
Track IV: Image Processing, Computer Vision and Graphics
Plenary Talk
Bernard F. Buxton, Houari Abdallahi, Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes, William Jarra: Development of an Extension of the Otsu Algorithm for Multidimensional Image Segmentation of Thin-Film Blood Slides. 552-562
Invited Talk
D. Dutta Majumder, Christian Ulrichs, Debosmita Majumder, Inga Mewis, Ashoke Ranjan Thakur, R. L. Brahmachary, Rajat Banerjee, Ayesha Rahman, Nitai Debnath, Dipankar Seth, Sumistha Das, Indrani Roy, Amrita Ghosh, Prity Sagar, Carsten Schulz, Nguyen Quang Linh, Arunava Goswami: Current Status and Future Trends of Nanoscale Technology and Its Impact on Modern Computing, Biology, Medicine and Agricultural Biotechnology. 563-573
Session IV.A: Graphics
Kedarnath Thangudu, Lakshmi Gade, Jag Mohan Singh, P. J. Narayanan: Point Based Representations for Hierarchical Environments. 574-578
R. Dinesh, D. S. Guru: Finite Automata Inspired Model for Dominant Point Detection: A Non-Parametric Approach. 579-583
Session IV.B: Content Based Image Retrieval
Arindam Biswas, Partha Bhowmick, Bhargab B. Bhattacharya: Characterization of Isothetic Polygons for Image Indexing and Retrieval. 590-594
Aradhana Katare, Suman K. Mitra, Asim Banerjee: Content Based Image Retrieval System for Multi Object Images Using Combined Features. 595-599
R. Pradeep Kumar, P. Nagabhushan: An Approach Based on Regression Line Features for Low Complexity Content Based Image Retrieval. 600-604
Sudhakara P. Reddy, Raju S. Bapi, Chakravarthy Bhagvati, Bulusu Lakshmana Deekshatulu: Concept Pre-digestion Method for Image Relevance Reinforcement Learning. 605-610
Session IV.C: Image Processing
P. Shivakumara, S. Noushath, G. Hemantha Kumar: New Filter Based Unsupervised Rules for Boolean Blur Metric. 611-617
Arijit K. Das, Prasenjit K. Mitra, Swaroop K. Ghosh, Asok K. Ray: Edge Filtering Using Orientation Entropy. 623-626
S. Indu, Chaveli Ramesh: Session IV.C: Image Processing A Noise Fading Technique for Images Highly Corrupted with Impulse Noise. 627-632
Anima Mishra, Bishwajit Sharma, Subrata Rakshit: Session IV.C: Image Processing High Fidelity Inpainting for Critical Applications Using Image Fusion. 633-638
Session IV.D: Motion and 3D Vision
Vasileios Zografos, Bernard F. Buxton: Pose-Invariant 3D Object Recognition Using Linear Combination of 2D Views and Evolutionary Optimisation. 645-649
Gaurav Harit, Rajesh Bharatia, Santanu Chaudhury: Using Object Models as Domain Knowledge in Perceptual Organization: An Approach for Object Category Identification in Video Sequences. 650-654
Vasant Patil, Rajeev Kumar: An Effective Motion Re-estimation in Frame-Skipping Video Transcoding. 655-659
Viswanathan Srikrishnan, Subhasis Chaudhuri, Sumantra Dutta Roy: Stabilisation of Active Contours Using Tangential Evolution: An Application to Tracking. 660-664
Anand Santhanam, M. Masudur Rahman: Kernel PCA in Detecting Moving Vehicle from Its Viewpoint. 665-670
Session IV.E: Watermarking
Santi P. Maity, Malay Kumar Kundu, Seba Maity: An Efficient Digital Watermarking Scheme for Dynamic Estimation of Wireless Channel Condition. 671-675
D. Venkata Rao, N. Sudhakar, I. Ramesh Babu, L. Pratap Reddy: Image Quality Assessment Complemented with Visual Regions of Interest. 681-687
Session IV.F: Biometrics


Amol V. Patil, Soumyo Mukherji, Uday B. Desai: Optimal Objective Functional Selection for Image Reconstruction in Diffuse Optical Tomography. 698-704
Session IV.G: Remote Sensing and Image Analysis
Anantha Vidya Sagar, S. Balasubramaniam, V. Chandrasekaran: A Novel Integrated Approach Using Dynamic Thresholding and Edge Detection (IDTED) for Automatic Detection of Exudates in Digital Fundus Retinal Images. 705-710
B. Uma Shankar, Saroj K. Meher, Ashish Ghosh: Neuro-Wavelet Classifier for Remote Sensing Image Classification. 711-715
Swarnajyoti Patra, Susmita Ghosh, Ashish Ghosh: Unsupervised Change Detection in Remote-Sensing Images Using Modified Self-Organizing Feature Map Neural Network. 716-720
Pinaki Roy Chowdhury, Benidhar Deshmukh, Anil Goswami: Machine Extraction of Landforms from Multispectral Images Using Texture and Neural Methods. 721-725
Variganti Saritha, Mary Joseph Minu, Sukhendu Das, Deepak Khemani: Chromatogram Image Pre-Processing and Feature Extraction for Automatic Soil Analysis. 726-730
Abdul Muhamin Naeem, Irshad Ahmad, Muhammad Islam, Shahid Nawaz: Weed Classification Using Angular Cross Sectional Intensities for Real-Time Selective Herbicide Applications. 731-736



