Digital Information and Communication Technology and Its Applications : International Conference, DICTAP 2011, Dijon, France, June 21-23, 2011. Proceedings, Part I

This two-volume set CCIS 166 and CCIS 167 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology and its Applications, DICTAP 2011, held in Dijon, France, in June 2010. The 128 revised full papers presented in both volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 330 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Web applications; image processing; visual interfaces and user experience; network security; ad hoc network; cloud computing; Data Compression; Software Engineering; Networking and Mobiles; Distributed and Parallel processing; social networks; ontology; algorithms; multimedia; e-learning; interactive environments and emergent technologies for e-learning; signal processing; information and data management. Front Matter....Pages - An Internet-Based Scientific Programming Environment....Pages 1-12 Testing of Transmission Channels Quality for Different Types of Communication Technologies....Pages 13-23 Haptic Feedback for Passengers Using Public Transport....Pages 24-32 Toward a Web Search Personalization Approach Based on Temporal Context....Pages 33-44 On Flexible Web Services Composition Networks....Pages 45-59 Influence of Different Session Timeouts Thresholds on Results of Sequence Rule Analysis in Educational Data Mining....Pages 60-74 Analysis and Design of an Effective E-Accounting Information System (EEAIS)....Pages 75-82 DocFlow: A Document Workflow Management System for Small Office....Pages 83-92 Computing Resources and Multimedia QoS Controls for Mobile Appliances....Pages 93-105 Factors Influencing the EM Interaction between Mobile Phone Antennas and Human Head....Pages 106-120 Measure a Subjective Video Quality Via a Neural Network....Pages 121-130 Image Quality Assessment Based on Intrinsic Mode Function Coefficients Modeling....Pages 131-145 Vascular Structures Registration in 2D MRA Images....Pages 146-160 Design and Implementation of Lifting Based Integer Wavelet Transform for Image Compression Applications....Pages 161-172 Detection of Defects in Weld Radiographic Images by Using Chan-Vese Model and Level Set Formulation....Pages 173-183 Adaptive and Statistical Polygonal Curve for Multiple Weld Defects Detection in Radiographic Images....Pages 184-198 A Method for Plant Classification Based on Artificial Immune System and Wavelet Transform....Pages 199-208 Adaptive Local Contrast Enhancement Combined with 2D Discrete Wavelet Transform for Mammographic Mass Detection and Classification....Pages 209-218 Texture Image Retrieval Using Local Binary Edge Patterns....Pages 219-230 Detection of Active Regions in Solar Images Using Visual Attention....Pages 231-241 A Comparison between Different Fingerprint Matching Techniques....Pages 242-253 Classification of Multispectral Images Using an Artificial Ant-Based Algorithm....Pages 254-266 PSO-Based Multiple People Tracking....Pages 267-276 A Neuro-fuzzy Approach of Bubble Recognition in Cardiac Video Processing....Pages 277-286 Three–Dimensional Segmentation of Ventricular Heart Chambers from Multi–Slice Computerized Tomography: An Hybrid Approach....Pages 287-301 Fingerprint Matching Using an Onion Layer Algorithm of Computational Geometry Based on Level 3 Features....Pages 302-314 Multiple Collaborative Cameras for Multi-Target Tracking Using Color-Based Particle Filter and Contour Information....Pages 315-326 Automatic Adaptive Facial Feature Extraction Using CDF Analysis....Pages 327-338 Digital Characters Machine....Pages 339-344 CREA: Defining Future Multiplatform Interaction on TV Shows through a User Experience Study....Pages 345-354 Visual Interfaces and User Experience: Augmented Reality for Architectural Education: One Study Case and Work in Progress....Pages 355-367 Communications in Computer and Information Science: Using Marker Augmented Reality Technology for Spatial Space Understanding in Computer Graphics....Pages 368-379 User Interface Plasticity for Groupware....Pages 380-394 Mobile Phones in a Retirement Home: Strategic Tools for Mediated Communication....Pages 395-406 Mobile Visualization of Architectural Projects: Quality and Emotional Evaluation Based on User Experience....Pages 407-416 Semi-Automatic Hand/Finger Tracker Initialization for Gesture-Based Human Computer Interaction....Pages 417-430 Security Evaluation for Graphical Password....Pages 431-444 A Wide Survey on Botnet....Pages 445-454 Alternative DNA Security Using BioJava....Pages 455-469 An Intelligent System for Decision Making in Firewall Forensics....Pages 470-484 Static Parsing Steganography....Pages 485-492 Dealing with Stateful Firewall Checking....Pages 493-507 A Novel Proof of Work Model Based on Pattern Matching to Prevent DoS Attack....Pages 508-520 A New Approach of the Cryptographic Attacks....Pages 521-534 A Designated Verifier Proxy Signature Scheme with Fast Revocation without Random Oracles....Pages 535-550 Presentation of an Efficient and Secure Architecture for e-Health Services....Pages 551-562 Risk Assessment of Information Technology Projects Using Fuzzy Expert System....Pages 563-576 Automatic Transmission Period Setting for Intermittent Periodic Transmission in Wireless Backhaul....Pages 577-592 Towards Fast and Reliable Communication in MANETs....Pages 593-602 Proactive Defense-Based Secure Localization Scheme in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 603-618 Decision Directed Channel Tracking for MIMO-Constant Envelope Modulation....Pages 619-633 A New Backoff Algorithm of MAC Protocol to Improve TCP Protocol Performance in MANET....Pages 634-648 A Link-Disjoint Interference-Aware Multi-Path Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Network....Pages 649-661 Strategies to Carry and Forward Packets in VANET....Pages 662-674 Three Phase Technique for Intrusion Detection in Mobile Ad Hoc Network....Pages 675-684 DFDM: Decentralized Fault Detection Mechanism to Improving Fault Management in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 685-692 RLMP: Reliable and Location Based Multi-Path Routing Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 693-703 Contention Window Optimization for Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) to Improve Quality of Service at MAC Layer....Pages 704-713 A Novel “Credit Union" Model of Cloud Computing....Pages 714-727 A Trial Design of e-Healthcare Management Scheme with IC-Based Student ID Card, Automatic Health Examination System and Campus Information Network....Pages 728-740 Survey of Security Challenges in Grid Environment....Pages 741-752 Hybrid Wavelet-Fractal Image Coder Applied to Radiographic Images of Weld Defects....Pages 753-761 New Prediction Structure for Stereoscopic Video Coding Based on the H.264/AVC Standard....Pages 762-769 Histogram Shifting as a Data Hiding Technique: An Overview of Recent Developments....Pages 770-786 New Data Hiding Method Based on Neighboring Correlation of Blocked Image....Pages 787-801 Back Matter....Pages -