
Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2016
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The 239 revised full papers and 14 short papers presented at 33 workshops were carefully reviewed and selected from 849 submissions. They are organized in five thematical tracks: computational methods, algorithms and scientific applications; high performance computing and networks; geometric modeling, graphics and visualization; advanced and emerging applications; and information systems and technologies.
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- Intro
- Preface
- Organization
- Contents - Part II
- High Performance Computing and Networks
- Parallel Sparse Matrix-Vector Multiplication Using Accelerators
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sparse Matrix-Vector Multiplication
- 2.1 Parallel SpMV
- 3 Accelerator
- 3.1 Programming Model of Xeon Phi
- 4 Implementation of SpMV
- 5 Evaluation of Parallel SpMV
- 5.1 Experimental Results
- 5.2 Performance of Each SpMV Implementation (single Process)
- 5.3 Performance of Each SpMV Implementation (64 MPI Processes)
- 6 Investigation of SpMV Kernel for MIC
- 6.1 Existing Kernels and Their Problems
- 6.2 Applying Segmented Scan to SpMV
- 7 Conclusion
- References
- On the Cluster-Connectivity of Wireless Sensor Networks
- 1 Wireless Sensor Networks
- 1.1 System Model
- 1.2 Graph-Theoretic Model
- 1.3 Minimum Total Energy Topology Problems: Nondeterministic Polynomial-Time Completeness
- 2 Clustered Wireless Sensor Networks
- 2.1 System Model
- 2.2 Graph-Theoretic Model
- 2.3 Connectivity Problems of Clustered Wireless Sensor Networks
- 3 Clustered-Graph Connectivity Problems: Nondeterministic Polynomial-Time Completeness
- 4 Minimization of Clustered-Graph Connectivity: Nondeterministic Polynomial-Time Hardness, and Approximation Algorithm
- 5 Concluding Remarks
- References
- A PBIL for Load Balancing in Network Coding Based Multicasting
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Problem Formulation
- 3 The Proposed PBIL
- 3.1 New PV Update Scheme
- 3.2 The Overall Procedure of the Proposed PBIL
- 4 Performance Evaluation
- 4.1 Test Instances
- 4.2 Overall Performance Evaluation
- 5 Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- A Proposed Protocol for Periodic Monitoring of Cloud Storage Services Using Trust and Encryption
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Background
- 2.1 Encryption
- 2.2 Trust
- 2.3 Hash
- 3 Related Work
- 4 File Integrity Monitoring Protocol
- 4.1 Protocol Requirements
- 4.2 Protocol Operating Principle
- 4.3 Protocol Architecture
- 4.3.1 File Storage Process
- 4.3.2 Verification Process
- 4.3.3 Trust Level Classification Process
- 5 Protocol Analysis
- 6 Simulations
- 7 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Implementation of Multiple-Precision Floating-Point Arithmetic on Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Multiple-Precision Floating-Point Number Representation
- 3 Vectorization and Parallelization of Multiple-Precision Floating-Point Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication
- 4 Vectorization and Parallelization of Multiple-Precision Floating-Point Division and Square Root
- 4.1 Newton Iteration
- 4.2 Vectorization and Parallelization
- 5 Performance Results
- 6 Conclusion
- References
- Towards a Sustainable Architectural Design by an Adaptation of the Architectural Driven Design Method
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Problem Statement and Solution Approach
- 3 Background
- 3.1 Sustainability and the Karlskrona Manifesto
- 3.2 Architecture Driven Design - ADD
- 3.3 Sustainable Health Services on Cloud
- 4 Proposal Solution
- 5 Architectural Sustainability Analysis of the HCR
- 5.1 Environmental Sustainability
- 5.2 Social Sustainability
- 5.3 Technical Sustainability
- 5.4 Economic Sustainability
- 5.5 Individual Sustainability
- 6 Conclusions
- References
- The Design and Implementation on the Android Application Protection System
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Related Background
- 2.1 Security Threats
- 2.2 Security Reinforcement Measure
- 3 Static Defense Solution
- 3.1 DEX Shell Mechanism
- 3.2 DEX Shell Technology
- 3.3 Class Loading Mechanism of Dalvik
- 3.4 Design of Static Defense Solution
- 4 Dynamic Defense Solution
- 4.1 Dynamic Attack Mechanism
- 4.2 Dynamic Defense Mechanism
- 5 System Design and Implementation
- 5.1 Design
- 5.2 Architecture of System
- 6 Implement of Defense Solution
- 6.1 Static Defense Solution
- 6.2 Dynamic Defensing Solution
- 7 Security Analysis
- 7.1 Static Security Analysis
- 7.2 Dynamic Security Analysis
- 8 Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Extending the ITU-T G.1070 Opinion Model to Support Current Generation H.265/HEVC Video Codec
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Experimental Setup
- 3 Result Analysis
- 3.1 Video Quality Affected by Coding
- 3.2 Video Quality Affected by Packet Loss
- 3.3 Accuracy of the Model
- 4 Conclusion
- References
- New Advantages of Using Chains in Computing Multiple s-t Probabilistic Connectivity
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Factoring Method for Network Reliability Calculation
- 3 One of Pivot Nodes is Inside a Chain
- 4 Both Pivot Nodes are Inside Different Chains
- 5 Obtaining Bounds for (G) and C(G) Through Known Part of Rij
- 6 Example
- 7 Conclusion
- References
- A Delay-Driven Switching-Based Broadcasting Scheme in Low-Duty-Cycled Wireless Sensor Networks
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Related Work
- 3 Preliminaries
- 3.1 System Model and Assumptions
- 3.2 Timeslot Design
- 3.3 Problem Formulation
- 4 Proposed Scheme
- 4.1 Motivation
- 4.2 Switching Criteria
- 4.3 Switching Decision
- 4.4 Sending Schedule Priority
- 4.5 Collision-Free Scheduling
- 5 Performance Evaluation
- 5.1 Simulation Environment
- 5.2 Simulation Results
- 6 Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Memory-Aware Scheduling for Mixed-Criticality Systems
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Related Work
- 3 Models and Problem Formulation
- 3.1 System Models
- 3.2 Problem Formulation
- 4 Theoretical Foundation
- 5 Memory-Processor Priority Co-assignment for Mixed-Criticality Task Set
- 6 Evaluation
- 6.1 Experimental Setting
- 6.2 Experiment Results and Discussions
- 7 Conclusion
- References
- A Generalized Ant Routing Mechanism Framework in Mobile P2P Networks
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 ACO and Routing Protocols
- 2.1 Basic Idea of ACO
- 2.2 Design Challenge of Routing Protocols in MP2P
- 3 Survey of Ant Routing Protocols
- 3.1 Discussion of Representative Ant Routing Protocols
- 3.2 General Ant Routing Principles
- 4 Generalized Ant Routing Mechanism Framework
- 4.1 Ant Module
- 4.2 Node Module
- 4.3 Data Packet Module
- 5 A Generalized Solution
- 5.1 A Generalized Solution from the Framework
- 5.2 Simulation Study
- 6 Conclusions and Future Work
- Acknowledgments
- References
- WACA: WearAble Device Based Home Control Assistant Framework
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Motivation and Considerations
- 3 Proposed System Architecture
- 3.1 Framework Design
- 3.2 Gesture Patterns
- 3.3 Control Protocol Design
- 3.4 Service Scenarios
- 4 Experiment Result and Evaluation
- 5 Conclusion and Future Works
- References
- Media, Screen, Input, and Context Sharing System for D2D Services in Smart TV 2.0
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Related Work
- 3 System Design and Development
- 3.1 System Outline
- 3.2 Media Sharing System
- 3.3 Screen Sharing System
- 3.4 Input Sharing System
- 3.5 Context Sharing System
- 4 System Analysis
- 5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- Indoor Location: An Adaptable Platform
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Platform Architecture
- 2.1 I/O Manager
- 2.2 Request Manager
- 2.3 Data Publication Manager
- 2.4 Map Manager
- 2.5 Location Manager
- 2.6 Event Manager
- 2.7 Things Manager
- 2.8 Data Storage Manager
- 3 Evaluation
- 4 Related Work
- 5 Conclusion and Future Works
- References
- Sequential and Parallel Hybrid Approaches of Augmented Neural Networks and GRASP for the 0-1 Multidimensional Knapsack Problem
- 1 Introduction
- 2 0-1 Multidimensional Knapsack Problem
- 3 Augmented Neural Networks
- 4 GRASP
- 5 Proposed Solution
- 6 Comparative Results
- 7 Conclusions and Future Work
- References
- Computational Verification of Network Programs for Several OpenFlow Switches in Coq
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Preliminary
- 2.1 NetCore
- 2.2 Coq
- 3 Methodology of Verification
- 4 Verification
- 4.1 Overview of Verification
- 5 Discussion
- 6 Conclusion
- A Appendix (Program that Does Not Generate Looping Packets)
- B Appendix (Program that Generates Looping Packets)
- References
- Parallelizing Simulated Annealing Algorithm in Many Integrated Core Architecture
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Simulated Annealing Algorithm
- 2.1 The Basic Idea
- 2.2 Generation of New Solutions
- 2.3 To Solve TSP Using Simulated Annealing Algorithm
- 2.4 To Improve Simulated Annealing Algorithm for TSP
- 3 Parallel SAA in MIC
- 3.1 MIC Architecture
- 3.2 A Parallel Simulated Annealing Algorithm
- 4 Experimental Results
- 4.1 Parallel SAA in CPU Architecture
- 4.2 Parallel SAA in MIC Architecture
- 5 Conclusions and Future Work
- References
- On Efficient SC-Based Soft Handoff Scheme in Proxy Mobile IPv6 Networks
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Related Work
- 3 Proposed Scheme
- 4 Performance Evaluation
- 4.1 Markov Chain Model for Soft Handoff and the Handoff Queue
- 4.2 Numerical Results and Discussion
- 5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Distributed Computing Infrastructure Based on Dynamic Container Clusters
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Related Work
- 3 Deploying and Running Applications in DCIs: Containers vs Virtual Machines
- 4 Simulating Container-Based Distributed Computing Infrastructure
- 5 Building and Evaluating Container-Based Distributed Computing Environment
- 6 Discussion
- 7 Conclusions and Future Work
- References
- Building a Virtual Cluster for 3D Graphics Applications
- 1 Introduction
- 2 GPU Delivery to the Virtual Environment
- 3 Hardware Configuration and Infrastructure Organization
- 4 Preparation of Computing Environment
- 5 Applications and Development Tools
- 6 Evaluating Results
- 7 Conclusion
- References
- Great Deluge and Extended Great Deluge Based Job Scheduling in Grid Computing Using GridSim
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Grid Scheduling
- 3 Great Deluge
- 4 Extended Great Deluge
- 5 Implementation
- 6 Evaluation
- 6.1 Configuration
- 6.2 Performance Metric
- 7 Results
- 8 Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- Employing Docker Swarm on OpenStack for Biomedical Analysis
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Use Case Requirements
- 3 Methods
- 3.1 Sample Use Case
- 3.2 OpenStack
- 3.3 Docker
- 3.4 Related Work
- 4 Implementation
- 4.1 Application Management Service
- 4.2 Container Images
- 4.3 Security Considerations
- 4.4 Environment
- 5 Experimental Results
- 5.1 Performance
- 5.2 Use Case Evaluation
- 5.3 Infrastructure Networking Issues
- 6 Conclusion and Outlook
- References
- Untangling the Edits: User Attribution in Collaborative Report Writing for Emergency Management
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Preliminaries
- 2.1 User Attribution in Collaborative Editing
- 3 Incorporating User Attribution into Diffsync
- 3.1 Differential Synchronisation
- 3.2 Overview of Our Technique (Attributed Diffsync)
- 4 Web-Based Collaborative Editor with User Attribution
- 4.1 Tools
- 4.2 User Attribution Features
- 5 Evaluation
- 5.1 Efficiency
- 5.2 Scalability
- 5.3 Correctness
- 5.4 Benefits for Collaborative Report Writing in Emergency Management
- 6 Discussion
- 7 Conclusion
- References
- An Improved Reconfiguration Algorithm for VLSI Arrays with A-Star
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Preliminaries
- 2.1 Architecture and Rerouting Schemes
- 2.2 A-Star Algorithm
- 3 The Proposed Algorithms
- 3.1 Motivations
- 3.2 Constructing Local Optimal Column Using A-Star Algorithm
- 4 Experimental Results
- 5 Conclusions
- References
- Performance Evaluation of MAC Protocols in Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Preliminaries
- 3 System Models
- 3.1 Assumptions and Designations
- 3.2 Transmission Availability
- 3.3 Advanced Model
- 4 Performance Analysis
- 5 Conclusion
- References
- Fog Networking: An Enabler for Next Generation Internet of Things
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Organization of Paper
- 2 Next Generation Networks: A Connected World Ahead
- 2.1 Industrial and Vehicular Automation (Latency-Sensitive and Reliable)
- 2.2 HD Videos and Live Streaming (High Throughput)
- 2.3 Better Agriculture System (Data Analysis and Large Number of Nodes)
- 2.4 Why We Need Fog Networking for IoT?
- 3 An Overview of Fog Networking: A Potential Platform for IoT
- 3.1 Characteristics of Fog Networking Paradigm
- 4 Architecture of Fog Networking
- 5 Integrating SDN into the System
- 5.1 Different SDN Controllers Available
- 5.1.1 OpenDaylight ODL [11]
- 5.1.2 Floodlight [12]
- 5.1.3 Ryu [10]
- 5.1.4 Open Network Operating System (ONOS) [9]
- 6 Conclusion
- 6.1 Literature Survey
- 6.2 Final Word
- References
- Application of Optimization of Parallel Algorithms to Queries in Relational Databases
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Query Parallelization in Client-Server Databases
- 3 Query Decomposition and Visualization with Graphs
- 4 Conclusion
- References
- Factory: Master Node High-Availability for Big Data Applications and Beyond
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Related Work
- 3 Methods
- 3.1 Model of Computation
- 3.2 Fail over Model
- 3.3 Programming Model
- 3.4 Handling Master Node Failures
- 4 Results
- 5 Discussion
- 6 Conclusion
- References
- Petri Nets for Modelling of Message Passing Middleware in Cloud Computing Environments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Related Work
- 3 The Interaction Model for Components of Distributed Application Architecture in a Cloud Environment
- 3.1 The Model of the Architecture Component `The Choice of a Message Receiver'
- 3.2 Models of the Architecture Component `Controlling Message Passing When Nodes are Tuned Off or Overloaded'
- 3.3 The Model of External Controller in Message Passing
- 3.4 The Load Balancing Model for Data Streaming
- 3.5 Bidirectional Communication Model
- 3.6 Publish-Subscribe
- 3.7 Remarks
- 4 Conclusions
- References
- Geometric Modeling, Graphics and Visualization
- A Comparative Study of LOWESS and RBF Approximations for Visualization
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Lowess
- 2.1 LOWESS with Linear Regression
- 2.2 LOWESS with Constant Regression
- 3 Radial Basis Functions
- 3.1 Simplified RBF with a Constant Polynomial
- 3.2 Simplified RBF Without a Polynomial
- 4 Comparison of Time Complexity
- 4.1 LOWESS
- 4.2 Simplified RBF
- 5 Comparison of Measured Errors
- 6 Global RBF Approximation
- 7 Approximation in Higher Dimensions
- 7.1 LOWESS
- 7.2 Simplified RBF
- 8 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Improving the ANN Classification Accuracy of Landsat Data Through Spectral Indices and Linear Transformations (PCA and TCT) Aimed at LU/LC Monitoring of a River Basin
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Data and Method
- 2.1 Pre-processing of LANDSAT-TM Data
- 2.2 Output Classes
- 2.3 Neural Net Classification
- 3 Conclusion
- References
- Automatic Temporal Segmentation of Articulated Hand Motion
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Related Work
- 3 Database
- 4 Segmentation Approach
- 4.1 Pre-processing
- 4.2 Segmentation
- 4.3 Merge Step
- 5 Clustering Approach
- 5.1 Clustering of Primitives
- 5.2 Clustering of Motion Sequences
- 6 Results
- 6.1 Parameter Evaluation
- 6.2 Segmentation
- 6.3 Clustering
- 7 Limitations
- 8 Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- A Method for Predicting Words by Interpreting Labial Movements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Lip Tracking Techniques
- 2.1 Active Shape Model
- 2.2 Active Contour - Snake
- 2.3 Space Color Based
- 2.4 Template Matching
- 2.5 Template Acquisition
- 2.6 Tracing Lips Movements
- 3 Lips Movements Reading
- 4 Classification of Visemes
- 5 Algorithm for Words Prediction
- 6 Results
- 7 Conclusions
- References
- A New 3D Augmented Reality Application for Educational Games to Help Children in Communication Inter ...
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction and Related Works
- 2 System Configuration and Proposed System
- 3 Representative Results
- 4 Conclusions and Future Works
- Acknowledgments
- References
- An Improved, Feature-Centric LoG Approach for Edge Detection
- 1 Introduction
- 2 LoG Edge Detector
- 2.1 Gaussian Filter
- 2.2 Laplacian Operator
- 2.3 Zero-Crossing Processing
- 3 Improved, Feature-Centric LoG Edge Detection
- 3.1 Non-local Means Filter Based on Structural Similarity Measure (SSIM)
- 3.2 Implementation Steps of Improved LoG Edge Detection
- 4 Experimental Results and Comparisons
- 4.1 Improved LoG Method Based on Bilateral Filter
- 4.2 Improved LoG Method Based on L0 Gradient Minimization Filter
- 5 Conclusions
- References
- The Use of Geoinformation Technology, Augmented Reality and Gamification in the Urban Modeling Process
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Gamification, Playable City and Their Role in Spatial Planning and Social Participation
- 2.1 Geoinformation Society
- 2.2 Spatial Planning and Social Participation
- 2.3 Gamification and Playable City
- 3 Technologies of Gamification: Geoinformation, 3D Modeling, VR and AR
- 3.1 Geoinformation Technologies
- 3.2 Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
- 4 Possible Usage of the Gamification
- 5 Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- A Study of Virtual Reality Headsets and Physiological Extension Possibilities
- 1 Virtual Reality Headsets
- 2 Virtual Reality Content Creation
- 3 Virtual Reality's User Experience Problems
- 4 Virtual Reality Headset with Physiological Extension
- 5 Conclusion
- References
- A Novel Integrated System of Visual Communication and Touch Technology for People with Disabilities
- Abstract
- 1 Background
- 2 The Proposed Integrated System Between Vision and Touch
- 3 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- A Multi-classifier Combination Method Using SFFS Algorithm for Recognition of 19 Human Activities
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Human Activity Dataset
- 3 The Human Activity Recognition Method
- 3.1 The Overall Process of the Method
- 3.2 Data Preprocessing Using Slide Time Window Technology
- 3.3 Feature Extraction in Temporal and Frequency Domains
- 3.4 Feature Reduction Using SFFS Algorithm
- 3.5 Classification by the Multi-classifier Combination Model
- 4 Results and Discussions
- 4.1 Experimental Setup
- 4.2 Comparison on Different Classifier Models
- 4.3 Comparison on Different Feature Reduction Technologies
- 5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Embedded Implementation of Template Matching Using Correlation and Particle Swarm Optimization
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Related Works
- 3 Correlation
- 4 Hardware Platform
- 5 Implementation Methodology
- 6 Results
- 7 Conclusion
- References
- Visualizing High Dimensional Feature Space for Feature-Based Information Classification
- 1 Introduction
- 2 3D Grand Tour
- 3 Volume Rendering of High Dimensional Feature Space
- 4 Experimental Results
- 5 Conclusion
- References
- Online Appearance Manifold Learning for Video Classification and Clustering
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Online Video Classification and Clustering
- 3 Implementation and Experiments
- 4 Conclusion and Discussion
- References
- Patch Based Face Recognition via Fast Collaborative Representation Based Classification and Expression Insensitive Two-Stage Voting
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Fast Collaborative Representation Based Classification
- 3 Expression Insensitive Two-Stage Voting
- 4 Experiment Analysis
- 4.1 Multi-PIE Database
- 4.2 AR Database
- 4.3 LFW Database
- 4.4 Efficiency
- 5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References
- A Video Self-descriptor Based on Sparse Trajectory Clustering
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Related Works
- 3 Proposed Method
- 3.1 Computing Sparse Trajectories
- 3.2 Generating Histograms Using Cross Product Vectors
- 3.3 Clustering the Trajectories of a Frame
- 3.4 Generating the Frame Descriptor
- 3.5 Generating the Final Video Descriptor
- 3.6 Variations of the Method
- 4 Experimental Results
- 4.1 Results for the First Variation
- 4.2 Results for the Second Variation
- 4.3 Comparison with State-of-the-art
- 5 Conclusion
- References
- Facial Expression Recognition Using String Grammar Fuzzy K-Nearest Neighbor
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 System Description
- 3 Experimental Results
- 4 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Living in the Golden Age of Digital Archaeology
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Aerial Digital Archaeology
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 UAVs System
- 2.3 Lidar System
- 3 Satellite Digital Archaeology
- 3.1 Passive Data
- 3.2 Active Data
- 4 Ground Digital Archaeology
- 4.1 Magnetometry
- 4.2 Resistivity
- 4.3 Ground Penetrating Radar
- 5 Data Integration
- 6 Final Remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Low Cost Space Technologies for Operational Change Detection Monitoring Around the Archaeological Area of Esna-Egypt
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Methodology
- 2.1 Data Characteristics
- 3 Results
- 4 Final Remarks
- References
- Satellite Based Monitoring of Natural Heritage Sites: The Case Study of the Iguazu Park
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Methods
- 3 Study Area and Data Set
- 3.1 Study Area
- 3.2 Data Set
- 4 Results
- 5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Author Index
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