ICT Innovations 2018 : engineering and life sciences : 10th International Conference, ICT Innovations 2018, Ohrid, Macedonia, September 17-19, 2018, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International ICT Innovations Conference, ICT Innovations 2018, held in Ohrid, Macedonia, in September 2018. The 21 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions. They cover the following topics:sensor applications and deployments, embedded and cyber-physical systems, robotics, network architectures, cloud computing, software infrastructure, software creation and management, models of computation, computational complexity and cryptography, design and analysis of algorithms, mathematical optimization, probability and statistics, data management systems, data mining, human computer interaction (HCI), artificial intelligence, machine learning, life and medical sciences, health care information systems, bioinformatics. Front Matter ....Pages I-XXI Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Reconstructing Gene Networks of Forest Trees from Gene Expression Data: Toward Higher-Resolution Approaches (Matt Zinkgraf, Andrew Groover, Vladimir Filkov)....Pages 3-12 Standardization and Quality Assurance in Life-Science Research - Crucially Needed or Unnecessary and Annoying Regulation? (Susanne Hollmann, Teresa K. Attwood, Erik Bongcam-Rudloff, Deborah Duca, Domenica D’Elia, Christoph Endrullat et al.)....Pages 13-20 Foresight as a Tool for Increasing Creativity in the Age of Technology-Enhanced Learning (Derek Woodgate)....Pages 21-35 Front Matter ....Pages 37-37 Electrophysiological and Psychological Parameters of Learning in Medical Students with High Trait Anxiety (Sanja Mancevska, Adrijan Božinovski, Jasmina Pluncevic-Gligoroska)....Pages 39-50 Group Decision Making for Selection of Supplier Under Public Procurement (Dilian Korsemov, Daniela Borissova, Ivan Mustakerov)....Pages 51-58 Emotion-Aware Teaching Robot: Learning to Adjust to User’s Emotional State (Frosina Stojanovska, Martina Toshevska, Vesna Kirandziska, Nevena Ackovska)....Pages 59-74 The Application of an Air Pollution Measuring System Built for Home Living (Andrej Ilievski, Dimitri Dojchinovski, Nevena Ackovska, Vesna Kirandziska)....Pages 75-89 Framework for Human Activity Recognition on Smartphones and Smartwatches (Blagoj Mitrevski, Viktor Petreski, Martin Gjoreski, Biljana Risteska Stojkoska)....Pages 90-99 Parallel Decoding of Turbo Codes (Dejan Spasov)....Pages 100-106 Optimizing the Impact of Resampling on QRS Detection (Marjan Gusev, Ervin Domazet)....Pages 107-119 Sarcasm and Irony Detection in English Tweets (Jona Dimovska, Marina Angelovska, Dejan Gjorgjevikj, Gjorgji Madjarov)....Pages 120-131 Review of Automated Weed Control Approaches: An Environmental Impact Perspective (Petre Lameski, Eftim Zdravevski, Andrea Kulakov)....Pages 132-147 Stories for Images-in-Sequence by Using Visual and Narrative Components (Marko Smilevski, Ilija Lalkovski, Gjorgji Madjarov)....Pages 148-159 Bioelectrical Impedance Technology in Sports Anthropometry: Segmental Analysis in Karate Athletes (Jasmina Pluncevic Gligoroska, Sanja Mancevska, Beti Dejanova, Dusana Cierna)....Pages 160-171 Initialization of Matrix Factorization Methods for University Course Recommendations Using SimRank Similarities (Alisa Krstova, Bozhidar Stevanoski, Marija Mihova, Vangel V. Ajanovski)....Pages 172-184 Deep Learning the Protein Function in Protein Interaction Networks (Kire Trivodaliev, Martin Josifoski, Slobodan Kalajdziski)....Pages 185-197 Getting Engaged: Assisted Play with a Humanoid Robot Kaspar for Children with Severe Autism (Tatjana Zorcec, Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn)....Pages 198-207 Evaluation of Multiple Approaches for Visual Question Reasoning (Kristijan Jankoski, Sonja Gievska)....Pages 208-216 Explorations into Deep Neural Models for Emotion Recognition (Frosina Stojanovska, Martina Toshevska, Sonja Gievska)....Pages 217-232 Medical Real-Time Data Analytics System Design Aspects, Reference Architecture and Evaluation (Magdalena Kostoska, Monika Simjanoska, Bojana Koteska, Ana Madevska Bogdanova)....Pages 233-246 Character Traits in Online Education: Case Study (Ermira Idrizi, Sonja Filiposka, Vladimir Trajkovik)....Pages 247-258 Amplitude Rescaling Influence on QRS Detection (Ervin Domazet, Marjan Gusev)....Pages 259-272 Novel Data Processing Approach for Deriving Blood Pressure from ECG Only (Monika Simjanoska, Martin Gjoreski, Matjaž Gams, Ana Madevska Bogdanova)....Pages 273-285 Performances of Fast Algorithms for Random Codes Based on Quasigroups for Transmission of Audio Files in Gaussian Channel (Daniela Mechkaroska, Aleksandra Popovska-Mitrovikj, Verica Bakeva Smiljkova)....Pages 286-296 Back Matter ....Pages 297-297