IMTC2004 ORGANIZERS General Chair: Emil M. PETRIU, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada General Co-Chair: Peter FILIPSKI, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada Technical Program Co-Chairs: Rafik A. GOUBRAN, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada Voicu Z. GROZA, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada Publication Co-Chair: Wojtek BOCK, Universite du Quebec en Outauouais, Gatineau, Que, Canada Abdulmotaled EL SADDIK, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada Publicity Co-Chair: Boguslaw J. JAROSZ, Carleton University, Canada Alain MICHAUD, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada Educational Activities Co-Chair: Pierre PAYEUR, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada Gerhard ROTH, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada Local Arrangement Co-Chair: Ramiro LISCANO, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada Maike MILLER, NCIT, Ottawa, ON, Canada Registration Chair: Mrs. Lee MYERS, USA Conference Coordinator: Mr. Robert MYERS, IEEE I&M Society, USA Technical Program Committee: Tyseer Aboulnasr, Canada Victor C. Aitken, Canada Cesare Alippi, Italy Andrzej Barwicz, Canada Matteo Bertocco,Italy Bill Boyer, USA David Bonyuet, USA Martin Bouchard, Canada Georg Brasseur, Austria Piet M.T. Broersen, The Netherlands Marcantonio Catelani, Italy Aurel D. Cornell, USA Vladimir Cretu, Romania Sunil R. Das, Canada Dominique Dallet, France Gabriele D'Antona, Italy Pasquale Daponte, Italy Serge Demidenko, Malaysia Vincenzo Di Lecce, Italy Helmut Dispert, Germany Doina Dragulescu, Romania Eric Dubois, Canada Ruth A. Dyer, USA Steve Dyer, USA Hiroshi Echigo, Japan Shadia Elgazzar, Canada Halit Eren, Australia Christian Eugene, Belgium Alessandro Ferrero, Italy Kim Fowler, USA Uwe Fruehauf, Germany Robert X. Gao, USA Michael F. Gard, USA Nicolas D. Georganas, Canada George C. Giakos, USA Frans C.A. Groen, The Netherlands Vladimir Haasz, Czech Republic Gábor Horváth, Hungary Dan Ionescu, Canada Izzet Kale, UK Joseph R. Kinard, USA István Kollár, Hungary Tadeusz Kwasniewski, Canada Vincent Lalli, USA Carmine Landi, Italy Theodore Laopoulos, Greece Kang Lee, USA Consolatina Liguori, Italy Fernando López Peńa, Spain Gilles Mauris, France Derek McNamara, Canada Gerard C.M. Meijer, The Netherlands Mart Min, Estonia Roman Z. Morawski, Poland Hussein T. Mouftah, Canada Dan Necsulescu, Canada Stuart O. Nelson, USA Luis Orozco-Barbosa, Spain Roberto Ottoboni, Italy Marco Parvis, Italy Nick Paulter, USA Witold Pedrycz, Canada Dario Petri, Italy Vincenzo Piuri, Italy Nicolae Robu, Romania Yves Rolain, Belgium Xavier Roset, Spain Imre J. Rudas, Hungary Fabrizio Russo, Italy John L. Schmalzel, USA Henry Schriemer, Canada Howard Schwartz, Canada Johan Schoukens, Belgium Antonio Serra, Portugal Mel Siegel, USA Otis M. Solomon Jr., USA Barna Szabados, Canada Reiner Thomä, Germany Hasan Ural, Canada Leo Van Biesen, Belgium Adriaan van den Bos, The Netherlands Annamária R. Várkonyi-Kóczy, Hungary Thom E. Whalen, Canada Peter Wide, Sweden Wieslaw Winiecki, Poland Jianping Yao, Canada Ahmed F. Zobaa, Egypt

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