ITCC 2004: Las Vegas, NV, USA
International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing (ITCC'04), Volume 1, April 5-7, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. IEEE Computer Society 2004
Information Assurance and Security I
Rangarajan Vasudevan, Ajith Abraham, Sugata Sanyal, Dharma P. Agrawal: Jigsaw-based Secure Data Transfer over Computer Networks. 2-6
István Zsolt Berta, Levente Buttyán, István Vajda: Mitigating the Untrusted Terminal Problem Using Conditional Signatures. 12-16
Ajmal S. Mian, Ashraf Masood: Arcanum : A Secure and Efficient Key Exchange Protocol for the Internet. 17-21
Aleksandra Nenadic, Ning Zhang, Stephen Barton: A Security Protocol for Certified E-Goods Delivery. 22-
Information Assurance and Security II
Shouhuai Xu, William Robert Nelson Jr., Ravi S. Sandhu: Enhancing Anonymity via Market Competition. 30-34
Supakorn Kungpisdan, Bala Srinivasan, Phu Dung Le: A Secure Account-Based Mobile Payment Protocol. 35-39
Supakorn Kungpisdan, Bala Srinivasan, Phu Dung Le: Accountability Logic for Mobile Payment Protocols. 40-44
Sarbajit Pal, P. K. Biswas, Ajith Abraham: Face Recognition Using Interpolated Bezier Curve Based Representation. 45-49
Changwoo Pyo, Byungchul Bae, Taejin Kim, Gyungho Lee: Run-time Detection of Buffer Overflow Attacks without Explicit Sensor Data Objects. 50-
Information Assurance and Security III

Vandana Gunupudi, Stephen R. Tate: Performance Evaluation of Data Integrity Mechanisms for Mobile Agents. 62-69
Sampada Chavan, Khusbu Shah, Neha Dave, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Ajith Abraham, Sugata Sanyal: Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Intrusion Detection Systems. 70-74
Sachin P. Joglekar, Stephen R. Tate: ProtoMon: Embedded Monitors for Cryptographic Protocol Intrusion Detection and Prevention. 81-
Information Assurance and Security IV
Jeongseok Seo, Han-Sung Kim, Sanghyun Cho, Sung Deok Cha: Web Server Attack Categorization based on Root Causes and Their Locations. 90-96
Rong-Tai Liu, Nen-Fu Huang, Chia-Nan Kao, Chih-Hao Chen, Chi-Chieh Chou: A Fast Pattern-Match Engine for Network Processor-based Network Intrusion Detection System. 97-101
Chaoyang Zhang, Yukong Zhang: A Modified Optical Image Reconstruction Model with Information Feedback. 102-106
Hongmei Deng, Anindo Mukherjee, Dharma P. Agrawal: Threshold and Identity-based Key Management and Authentication for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. 107-111
David Llewellyn-Jones, Madjid Merabti, Qi Shi, Bob Askwith: An Extensible Framework for Practical Secure Component Composition in a Ubiquitous Computing Environment. 112-117
Alfredo Cuzzocrea, Fernando Bellas: Distributed Knowledge Networks: Towards a New Paradigm for Delivering Knowledge. 118-123
Joonsang Baek, Yuliang Zheng: Identity-Based Threshold Signature Scheme from the Bilinear Pairings. 124-128
William D. Neumann: HORSE: An Extension of an r-Time Signature Scheme With Fast Signing and Verification. 129-
IT Education, Curriculum & Assessment I
Renée Turban: Recurrent Exercises for Introductory Human Computer Interaction Courses. 136-140
Antoni Martínez-Ballesté, Francesc Sebé, Josep Domingo-Ferrer: Computer Skills Training to (Middle-aged) Adults: Problems and Program. 146-150
Chih-Ping Chu, Ching-Pao Chang, Chung-Wei Yeh, Yu-Fang Yeh: A Web-Service Oriented Framework for building SCORM Compatible Learning Management Systems. 156-
IT Education, Curriculum & Assessment II
J. R. Parker: Games and Animation: Collaborations Between the Arts and Computer Science. 164-168
Paul S. Wang, Yi Zhou, Xiao Zou: Web-based Mathematics Education: MeML Design and Implementation. 169-175
Kai Schramm, Christof Paar: IT Security Project: Implementation of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) on a Smart Card. 176-180
Pavel Azalov, Fani Zlatarova: An Instructor's Environment for Automatic Generation of Problem Sequences. 181-185
Jill E. Courte: The Development of a Philosophy for an Applied Web Programming Curriculum. 186-
IT Education, Curriculum & Assessment III
Yi-fang Brook Wu, Xin Chen: Assessing Distance Learning Student's Performance: A Natural Language Processing Approach to Analyzing Class Discussion Messages. 192-196
Dilermando Piva Jr., Ricardo Luís de Freitas, Mauro Sérgio Miskulin, Gilberto Shigueo Nakamiti, Carlos Miguel Tobar: Auxiliar: A Case-Based System to Assist Online Courses. 197-201
Mohammed Abdel Razek, Claude Frasson, Marc Kaltenbach: Building an Effective Groupware System. 202-206
Zongkai Yang, Gang Zhao, Di Wu, Jianhua He: A Standard Visual Courseware Authoring Tool Based on Content Packaging Specification. 207-211
Michael Blumenstein, Steve Green, Ann Nguyen, Vallipuram Muthukkumarasamy: GAME: A Generic Automated Marking Environment for Programming Assessment. 212-
E-Commerce/Education
Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed: A Novel Approach for New E-commerce Product Positioning and to-go/not-to go with Rapid Prototyping Experience. 218-222
Chima Adiele, Sylvanus A. Ehikioya: Dynamic Identification of Correspondence Assertions for Electronic Commerce Data Integration. 223-227
Amey Dharurkar, Shrideep Pallickara, Geoffrey Fox: A Topology Viewer for Distributed Brokering Systems. 228-234
Ann Johansson: The Impacts of Professions in Systems Development. 235-240
Qiong Liu, Xin Lu, Fuji Ren, Shingo Kuroiwa: Automatic Estimation of Stock Market Forecasting and Generating the Corresponding Natural Language Expression. 241-245
Rajiv V. Dharaskar: Special Technique for Optimizing Teaching-Learning Process in CBT Software. 246-250
Nazli Goharian, David A. Grossman, N. Raju: Extending the Undergraduate Computer Science Curriculum to Include Data Mining. 251-254
Web & IR Technologies I
Albert Hoang: Information Retrieval with Principal Components. 262-266
Pik-Shan Cheung, Ruizhang Huang, Wai Lam: Financial Activity Mining from Online Multilingual News. 267-271
Zhenya Zhang, Enhong Chen, Jin Wang, Xufa Wang: Enabling Personalization Recommendation With WeightedFP for Text Information Retrieval Based on User-Focus. 272-276

Daniel Berleant, Jinghao Miao, Zhong Gu, Dongping Xu: Toward Dialogues With Documents: MultiBrowser. 287-294
Web & IR Technologies II

Amanda Spink, Minsoo Park, Bernard J. Jansen, Jan O. Pedersen: Multitasking Web Search on Alta Vista. 309-313
Craig Chariton, Min-Hyung Choi: Enhancing Usability of Flight and Fare Search Functions for Airline and Travel Web Sites. 320-325
Razvan Stefan Bot, Yi-fang Brook Wu, Xin Chen, Quanzhi Li: A Hybrid Classifier Approach for Web Retrieved Documents Classification. 326-
Web & IR Technologies III
Christos Bouras, Vaggelis Kapoulas, Ioannis Misedakis: Web Page Fragmentation for Personalized Portal Construction. 332-336
Bienvenido Vélez, Amaury Cabarcas, Lizvette Malavé: TIN: An Interactive Image Navigator Providing Ubiquitous Access To Distributed Geo-Spatial Data. 337-343
Shou-Hsuan Stephen Huang, Carlos Humberto Molina-Rodríguez, Jesús Ubaldo Quevedo-Torrero, Mario Francisco Fonseca-Lozada: Exploring Similarity among Web Pages Using the Hyperlink Structure. 344-348
Wendy T. Lucas, Heikki Topi: Anxiously Seeking Answers: How Attitude Affects Search Performance. 349-353
Hongzhi Wang, Jianzhong Li, Jizhou Luo, Zhenying He: XCpaqs: Compression of XML Document with XPath Query Support. 354-
Modern Web and Grid Systems
Silvana Castano, Alfio Ferrara, Stefano Montanelli, Gianpaolo Racca: Matching Techniques for Resource Discovery in Distributed Systems Using Heterogeneous Ontology Descriptions. 360-366
Bill Vassiliadis, Kostas Giotopoulos, Konstantinos Votis, Spyros Sioutas, Nikos Bogonikolos, Spiros Likothanassis: Application Service Provision through the Grid: Business models and Architectures. 367-371
Giovanni Aloisio, Massimo Cafaro, Sandro Fiore, Maria Mirto: The GRelC Library: A Basic Pillar in the Grid Relational Catalog Architecture. 372-376
Rebecca L. Collins, James S. Plank: Content-Addressable IBP - Rationale, Design and Performance. 377-281
Flavius Frasincar, Peter Barna, Geert-Jan Houben, Zoltán Fiala: Adaptation and Reuse in Designing Web Information Systems. 387-291
Fabrizio Silvestri, Ranieri Baraglia, Paolo Palmerini, Massimo Serranó: On-line Generation of Suggestions for Web Users. 392-397
Information Assurance and Security V
Tarek Abbes, Adel Bouhoula, Michaël Rusinowitch: Protocol Analysis in Intrusion Detection Using Decision Tree. 404-408
Zili Shao, Chun Xue, Qingfeng Zhuge, Edwin Hsing-Mean Sha, Bin Xiao: Security Protection and Checking in Embedded System Integration Against Buffer Overflow Attacks. 409-413
Sriranjani Sitaraman, Subbarayan Venkatesan: Low-Intrusive Consistent Disk Checkpointing: A Tool for Digital Forensics. 414-418
Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Alex Pezewski, Al Pezewski: Towards Framework Selection Criteria and Suitability for an Application Framework. 424-
Information Assurance and Security VI
K. Suzanne Barber, Jisun Park: Robust Partner Selection Scheme for Information Quality Assurance despite Uncertainty in Open Multi-Agent Systems. 430-434
Austin Gilbert, Ajith Abraham, Marcin Paprzycki: A System for Ensuring Data Integrity in Grid Environments. 435-439
Andrew H. Sung, Gopalakrishna Reddy Tadiparthi, Srinivas Mukkamala: Defeating the Current Steganalysis Techniques (Robust Steganography). 440-444

Data Mining I


Soon Myoung Chung, Murali Mangamuri: Mining Association Rules from Relations on a Parallel NCR Teradata Database System. 465-470
Matteo Magnani, Danilo Montesi: A New Reparation Method for Incomplete Data in the Context of Supervised Learning. 471-475
Yang Sok Kim, Sung Sik Park, Edward Deards, Byeong Ho Kang: Adaptive Web Document Classification with MCRDR. 476-
Special Session
Frank Adelstein, Prasanth Alla, Rob Joyce, Golden G. Richard III: Physically Locating Wireless Intruders. 482-
Database Technology I

D. S. Yadav, Rajeev Agrawal, D. S. Chauhan, R. C. Saraswat, Arun K. Majumdar: Modeling Long Duration Transactions with Time Constraints in Active Database. 497-501
Arthur C. S. Wong, Victor C. S. Lee, Kwok-Wa Lam: Accessing Temporal Data Objects in Mobile Computing Environments. 502-506
Awadhesh Kumar Sharma, A. Goswami, D. K. Gupta: Fuzzy Inclusion Dependencies in Fuzzy Relational Databases. 507-510
Bryan Hin Cheung Poon, Kwok-Wa Lam, Victor C. S. Lee: Server-side Broadcast Transaction in Mobile Computing Environment. 511-
Database Technology II
Luiz Camolesi Jr.: Survivability and Applicability in Database Constraints: Temporal Boundary to Data Integrity Scenarios. 518-522
Steve Barker, Paul Douglas: Protecting Federated Databases Using A Practical Implementation of a Formal RBAC Policy. 523-527
Jamal R. Alsabbagh, Vijay V. Raghavan: A Model for Multiple-Query Processing Based upon Strong Factoring. 528-533
Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Sanjay Vallecha: Component-based Embedded Database for Mobile Embedded Systems. 534-538
Eric Pardede, J. Wenny Rahayu, David Taniar: Mapping Methods and Query for Aggregation and Association in Object-Relational Database using Collection. 539-
Database Technology III
John Rothfork: Community, Context, and Distance Education. 546-550
Moses Garuba, Ronald Langrin, Legand L. Burge III: A Constraint-Based Query Modification Engine for Retrofitting COTS DBMS's. 551-556
Joseph Gill, Legand L. Burge III, Moses Garuba: The Design and Implementation of the MESSENGER Trajectory Database. 557-561
Moses Garuba, Edward Appiah, Legand L. Burge III: Performance Study of a MLS/DBMS Implemented as a Kernelized Architecture. 566-
Architecture
Kentaro Sano, Chiaki Takagi, Ryusuke Egawa, Ken-ichi Suzuki, Tadao Nakamura: A Systolic Memory Architecture for Fast Codebook Design based on MMPDCL Algorithm. 572-578
Marjan Karkooti, Joseph R. Cavallaro: Semi-Parallel Reconfigurable Architectures for Real-Time LDPC Decoding. 579-585
Robert Steele, Yuri Ventsov, Tharam S. Dillon: An Object-Oriented Database-based Architecture for Mobile Enterprise Applications. 586-590
Hassan Reza, Emanuel S. Grant: A Formal Approach to Software Architecture of Agent-Base Systems. 591-
Image Processing I
Weiting Cai, Malek Adjouadi: Minimization of Boundary Artifacts on Scalable Image Compression Using Symmetric-Extended Wavelet Transform. 598-602
Mukesh A. Zaveri, Shabbir N. Merchant, Uday B. Desai: Arbitrary Trajectories Tracking using Multiple Model Based Particle Filtering in Infrared Image Sequence. 603-607
Nianjun Liu, Richard I. A. Davis, Brian C. Lovell, Peter J. Kootsookos: Effect of Initial HMM Choices in Multiple Sequence Training for Gesture Recognition. 608-613
Chunliang Gu, Baocai Yin, Yongli Hu, Shiquan Cheng: Resampling Based Method for Pixel-wise Correspondence between 3D Faces. 614-619
Xin Lu, Qiong Liu, Shunichiro Oe: Recognizing Non-rigid Human Actions Using Joints Tracking in Space-time. 620-
Image Processing II
EunSang Bak, Kayvan Najarian: Robust Segmentation Using Parametric and Nonparametric Local Spatial Posteriors. 626-630
Ming-Jung Seow, Rajkiran Gottumukkal, Deepthi Valaparla, Vijayan K. Asari: A Robust Face Recognition System for Real Time Surveillance. 631-635
Madasu Hanmandlu, Vamsi Krishna Madasu, Shantaram Vasikarla: A Fuzzy Approach to Texture Segmentation. 636-642
Li Shen, Fillia Makedon: Spherical Parameterization for 3D Surface Analysis in Volumetric Images. 643-649
Mohammad Eyadat: Factors that Affect the Performance of the DCT-Block Based Image Watermarking Algorithms. 650-
Image Processing III
Hau T. Ngo, Li Tao, Vijayan K. Asari: Design of an Efficient Architecture for Real-time Image Enhancement Based on a Luma-Dependent Nonlinear Approach. 656-660
B. Yegnanarayana, Anil Kumar Sao, B. V. K. Vijaya Kumar, Marios Savvides: Determination of Pose Angle of Face using Dynamic Space Warping (DSW). 661-664
Madasu Hanmandlu, John See, Shantaram Vasikarla: Fuzzy Edge Detector Using Entropy Optimization. 665-670
Reza Safabakhsh, Shiva Zaboli, Arash Tabibiazar: Digital Watermarking on Still Images Using Wavelet Transform. 671-675
Ashfaqur Rahman, Manzur M. Murshed, Laurence Dooley: Feature Weighting Methods for Abstract Features Applicable to Motion based Video Indexing. 676-
Multimedia Applications
Vladimir Uskov, Alexander Uskov: National Science Foundation Project on Advanced Online Education in Information Technology. 682-686

Xiang Zheng, Bing-Feng Zhou, Xi-Feng Fang, Jin-Wen Sun, Duan-Feng Si: Combining the Product of Interactive Multimedia Creator with MPEG4 Technology. 698-
IT Education, Curriculum & Assessment IV
Michael Blumenstein: Experience in Teaching Object-Oriented Concepts to First Year Students with Diverse Backgrounds. 704-708
David Chiu: Web-Based Mathematics Education with MathChat. 709-717
Alexandra I. Cristea: Adaptive Course Creation for All. 718-722
Legand L. Burge III, Moses Garuba, Charita Brent: Improving Retention of Minority Freshmen in Engineering by Applying the Six Sigma Methodology. 723-728
Bruce I. Mills, Martha W. Evens, Reva Freedman: Implementing Directed Lines of Reasoning in an Intelligent Tutoring System Using the Atlas Planning Environment. 729-
Coding Applications
Hiroyuki Takizawa, Hiroaki Kobayashi: A Fast Computation Scheme of Partial Distortion Entropy Updating. 736-741
M. Nithish, C. Ramakrishna, J. Ramkumar, Priya Lakshmi: Design and Evaluation of Intermediate Retransmission and Packet Loss Detection Schemes for MPEG4 Transmission. 742-746
Somphop Chokchaitam, Prasit Teekaput: Embedded Error Detection in Arithmetic Coding Using Markers. 747-750
Shaohui Liu, Hongxun Yao, Wen Gao: Steganalysis of Data Hiding Techniques in Wavelet Domain. 751-754
Coding /Fault Tolerance
Chang N. Zhang, Honglan Zhong: An Integrated Approach for Database Security and Fault Tolerance. 762-766
Dragos Trinca: Towards New Algorithms for Data Compression Using Adaptive Codes. 767-771
Ravi Sankar Veerubhotla, Ashutosh Saxena, Ved Prakash Gulati, Arun K. Pujari: On Gossip Codes and Traceability Schemes. 772-777
Yan Chen, Zhiwei Qu, Zhenhua Zhang, Boon-Lock Yeo: Data Redundancy and Compression Methods for a Disk-Based Network Backup System. 778-785
Shen Li, Peizhong Lu, Xiangyang Luo, Yan Zou: Equivalence of Punctured Convolutional Codes from Shift Equivalent Puncturing Patterns. 786-
Internet and Applications
K. Venkatesh, S. Aravind, R. Ganapath, T. Srinivasan: A High Performance Parallel IP Lookup Technique Using Distibuted Memory Organization. 792-797
Jeffrey E. Boyd, Maxwell Sayles, Luke Olsen, Paul Tarjan: Content Description Servers for Networked Video Surveillance. 798-803
Yuqing Mai, Radhika Upadrashta, Xiao Su: J-Honeypot: A Java-Based Network Deception Tool with Monitoring and Intrusion Detection. 804-808
Eugin Hyun, Kwang-Su Seong: The Effective Buffer Architecture for Data Link Layer of PCI Express. 809-



