Wireless Networks Information Processing and Systems: First International Multi Topic Conference, IMTIC 2008 Jamshoro, Pakistan, April 11-12, 2008 ... in Computer and Information Science, 20)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Multi Topic Conference, IMTIC 2008, held in Jamshoro, Pakistan, in April 2008. The 46 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 135 submissions. The topics include but are not limited to wireless sensor networks, satellite communication, grid computing, tracking, remote sensing, data mining, bioinformatics as well as legal and ethical issues in IT. Table of Contents......Page 8 Keynote Speech: Role of PCSIR in Industrial Development of Pakistan......Page 13 Keynote Speech: Computer Vision: Object Recognition and Scene Interpretation......Page 14 Electronic Automatic Gear Shifting System for a Motorcycle......Page 15 Segmentation of Arabic Text into Characters for Recognition......Page 23 Improved Texture Description with Features Based on Fourier Transform......Page 31 Optimization of Projections for Parallel-Ray Transmission Tomography Using Genetic Algorithm......Page 41 Seasonal to Inter-annual Climate Prediction Using Data Mining KNN Technique......Page 52 Application of a Proposed Efficient Smoothing Algorithm on Directional Vectors for Isolated Handwritten Characters......Page 64 Architecture Based Reliability and Testing Estimation for Mobile Applications......Page 76 A Framework to Achieve Reverse Channel Multicast in IEEE 802.16 Based Wireless Broadband Networks for Interoperability with IP Networks......Page 88 A Dynamical System and Neural Network Perspective of Karachi Stock Exchange......Page 100 A Novel Approach to Non Coherent UWB Reception......Page 112 Load Balancing in EAMC to Integrate Heterogeneous Wireless Systems......Page 122 A Speech Recognition System for Urdu Language......Page 130 The Future of Satellite Communications in Pakistan......Page 139 The Small World of Web Network Graphs......Page 145 Application of Color Segmentation Using Online Learning for Target Tracking......Page 158 Iterative Learning Fuzzy Gain Scheduler......Page 168 Comparative Analysis of Mobile IP and HAWAII......Page 181 Video Transport over Heterogeneous Networks Using SCTP and DCCP......Page 192 Implementing Constructivist Pedagogical Model in Dynamic Distance Learning Framework......Page 203 Effect of Schedule Compression on Project Effort in COCOMO II Model for Highly Compressed Schedule Ratings......Page 214 The Concept of Bio-fitness in Bio-inspired Computational Metaphor Abstraction......Page 227 Analysis of MANET Routing Protocols under TCP Vegas with Mobility Consideration......Page 239 CMMI and OPM3: Are They Compatible?......Page 247 Impact of Cluster Size on Efficient LUT-FPGA Architecture for Best Area and Delay Trade-Off......Page 255 Effects of Social Status on Foetal Growth Using Obstetric Ultrasonography – A Biometric Approach......Page 265 Bioinformatics Awareness System for Skin Diseases Using Stem Cells Therapy in the Perspective of eHealth......Page 273 How to Build an Open Source Render Farm Based on Desktop Grid Computing......Page 280 Implementation Challenges for Nastaliq Character Recognition......Page 291 Enhancing Business Decisions with Neurofuzzy Technology......Page 298 A System Design for a Telemedicine Health Care System......Page 307 Performance Analysis of PDC-OCDMA System with APD Mismatch......Page 318 Blocking Probabilities in WDM Switching Networks Using Overflow Analysis Method......Page 326 Design and Implementation of a Selective Harmonic Elimination SPWM Strategy-Based Inverter......Page 331 Case Study: Investigating the Performance of Interactive Multiple Motion Model Algorithm for a Crossing Target Scenario......Page 344 A Novel Approach for the Control of Dual-Active Bridge DC-DC Converter......Page 355 Importance of Data Center Philosophy, Architecture and Its Technologies......Page 362 Keynote Address: Is It Right and Is It Legal?......Page 369 Practical Optimal Caching Using Multiple Virtual Caches in Multiple Query Optimization......Page 378 A Design and Chronological Survey of Decision Feedback Equalizer for Single Carrier Transmission Compared with OFDM......Page 390 Speaker Verification Based on Information Theoretic Vector Quantization......Page 403 Detecting Trojans Using Data Mining Techniques......Page 412 Enabling MPSoC Design Space Exploration on FPGAs......Page 424 Range Based Real Time Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks......Page 434 PrISM: Automatic Detection and Prevention from Cyber Attacks......Page 445 A Pretty Safe Strategy for Analyzing Discrete Security Assessment Framework in Wireless Sensor Networks......Page 457 Renewable Energy for Managing Energy Crisis in Pakistan......Page 461 M......Page 468 Z......Page 469 The international multi-topic conference IMTIC 2008 was held in Pakistan during April 11–12, 2008. It was a joint venture between Mehran University, Jamshoro, Sindh and Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark. Apart from the two-day main event, two workshops were also held: the Workshop on Creating Social Semantic Web 2.0 Information Spaces and the Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks. Two hundred participants registered for the main conference from 24 countries and 43 papers were presented; the two workshops had overwhelming support and over 400 delegates registered. IMTIC 2008 served as a platform for international scientists and the engineering community in general, and in particular for local scientists and the engineering c- munity to share and cooperate in various fields of interest. The topics presented had a reasonable balance between theory and practice in multidisciplinary topics. The c- ference also had excellent topics covered by the keynote speeches keeping in view the local requirements, which served as a stimulus for students as well as experienced participants. The Program Committee and various other committees were experts in their areas and each paper went through a double-blind peer review process. The c- ference received 135 submissions of which only 46 papers were selected for presen- tion: an acceptance rate of 34%.