Conference Program

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Program Overview

DAY 1

Tuesday, 16th December 2008

 

07:30-08:30

Registration/Light Breakfast

09.00-10.30

Opening Ceremony (Auditorium)
VIP Opening Address
Provost Address - Prof. Wyatt R. Hume
Keynote Address Prof. Dharma P. Agrawal

10.30-11.00

Coffee Break (Ground floor)

 

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Room 4

Room 5

Exh. Hall

11.00-13.00

BIO1 (Bioinformatics)

NET1 (Wireless Communication I)

COMP1 (Evolutionary, Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems

IS1 (Web Services I

Tutorial 1 (The U-City Shaped: The Experience of Samsung in Developing Ubiquitous City Projects)

 

 

SP: Student Poster Session

13.00-14.00

Lunch ((Ground floor)

14.00-16.00

HC1 (Healthcare Informatics)

NET2 (Communication Networks)

COMP2 (Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition

IS2 (Web Services II

Tutorial 2 (Technology as a driver of innovation and catalyst for growth )

16.00-18.00

NET3 (Wireless Sensor Networks I)

COMP3(Artificial Intelligence Systems)

IS3 (Web Services III

19.30

Gala Dinner
Welcome Reception
Gala Address
Best Student Poster Award

 

DAY 2

Wednesday, 17th December 2008

 

08:00-08:30

Keynote Address - Mike S. Zafirovski, Nortel (Auditorium)

 

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Room 4

Room 5

Room 6

08:30-10:30

NET4 (Wireless Communications II)

COMP4 (High Performance Computing and Communication Systems)

IS4 (Data Mining I) 

 

Workshop 1 (Robotics & Interactive Media) 

Tutorial 3 (Security Challenges in Wireless Mesh Networks ) 

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break (Ground floor)

11:00-13:00

NET5 (Wireless Communication III)

COMP5 (Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Design)

IS5 (Data Mining II)

 

Workshop 2 (Cognitive Science)

 

13:00-14:00

Lunch (Ground floor)

14:00-16:00

NET6 (Wireless Sensor Networks II )

IS6 (Research Methods)

SS1 (Real-time Visual Analysis and Visual Communication of In-Vivo and In-Silico Biology)  

SS2(Innovations in Arabic Language Technologies)  

Tutorial 4 (Introduction to WAN Planning and Design) 

Tutorial 5

(E-learning on the Semantic Web ) 

16:00:16:30

Coffee Break (1st floor)

16:30-18:30

NET7 (Mobile Networks)

IS7 (Artificial Intelligence)

SEC1 (Information and Network Security I)

Tutorial 6

(Comparative genomics of many closely related species ) 

 

 

 

 

DAY 3

Thursday, 18th December 2008

 

08:00-08:30

Keynote Address - Manolis Kellis (Auditorium)

 

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Room 4

Room 5

Room 6

08:30-10:30

SEC2  (Information and Network Security II ) 

IS8 (Semiotics) 

IS9 (E-Learning I) 

 

Tutorial 7 (Information Technology in the Financial Services Sector) 

 

 

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break (Ground floor)

11:00-13:00

SEC3 ( Information and Network Security III ) 

IS10 (E-Learning II)

IS11 (E-Government) 

 

 

 

13:00-14:00

Lunch and Closing Ceremony

14:00

Social Programs (Dubai City Tour and Dhow Cruise/ Desert Safari)