Final Technical Program

Sunday, July 27^th 2003

8.15 AM – 12.00 PM - Registration

9.00AM - 9.30AM - Opening Remarks

M.Baggiolini, President of the University of Lugano, Switzerland

R. Bowen Loftin, Old Dominion University, Suffolk, VA, USA

E.M. Petriu, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

M. Siegel, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

P. Wide, Örebro University, Sweden

9.30AM - 11.00AM Session 1: Interactive Virtual Environments (I)

Chairperson: Thomas E. Whalen, CRC, Ottawa, Canada

VE-3001 _knowscape - A Collective Knowledge Architecture.

Christian Babski, Stéphane Carion

VE-3033 Measuring the Human Side of Virtual Reality.

Thomas E. Whalen, Sylvie Noël, John Stewart

VE-3034 Modelling E-Commerce Systems? Quality with Belief Networks.

Antonia Stefani, Michalis Xenos, Dimitris Stavrinoudis

11.00AM - 11.15AM - Coffee Break

11.15PM - 12.45PM Session 2: Virtual Environments- Models

Chairperson: Bernardo Ferroni, iCIMSI, Manno, Switzerland 

VE-3008 User Type Identification by Mixing Weight Estimation of Mixture

Models Based on State Space Modeling.

Norikazu Ikoma, Witold Pedrycz, Keiko Baba, Takahiro Hyakudome,

Yosuke Matsumoto, Nagatomo Nakamura, Hiroshi Maeda

VE-3011 Design of Automated Test and Evaluation System Architecture

for a Smart Proving Ground.

Kyu-Chang Kang, Dong-Eun Heo

VE-3014 Mapping Framework in Heterogeneous Computing Environment.

Goran Martinovic, Leo Budin, Željko Hocenski

12.45PM – 2.00PM - Lunch

2.00PM - 3.30PM Session 3: Virtual Environments – Applications (I)

Chairperson: Eric Benoit, Universite de Savoie, France

VE-3005 Evolution of Automatic Semiconductor Test Equipment: Automatic

Test Pattern Learning, Classification, Optimization and Generation

for Power Supply Noise.

Eric Liau, Doris Schmitt-Landsiedel

VE-3012 Real -Time Thermal Expansion Measurement System and the Data

Acquisition and Control Application Software - User Interface.

Hayriye Korkmaz, Burhanettin Can

VE-3026 State-Machine Based Approach for Improving Robustness in

Multimodal Control.

Helman Stern, Eilon Blanc-Baron

3.30PM - 3.45PM - Coffee Break

3.45PM - 5.45PM Session 4: Human-Computer Interaction

Chairperson: Vincenzo Di Lecce, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

VE-3020 A Fuzzy Feature Clustering with Relevance Feedback Approach

to Content-Based Image Retrieval.

Yo-Ping Huang, Tsun-Wei Chang, Chi-Zhan Huang

VE-3021 Fuzzy Sensor for Gesture Recognition based on Motion and Shape

Recognition of Hand.

Eric Benoit, Thomas Allevard, Takumi Ukegawa, Hideyuki Sawada

VE-3023 Human Interface Based on Finger Gesture Recognition Using

Omni-Directional Image Sensor.

Motonori Doi, Shinji Ueda, Kouhei Akiyama

VE-3024 Intelligent Technique for Scene Cut Detection from MPEG Video.

Arif S. Al-Hammadi, Ali M. Dawood

7.00PM - Banquet

Monday, July 28^th 2003

8.30AM - 9.00AM - Registration

9.00AM - 10.30AM Session 5: Virtual Environments – Interfaces (I)

Chairperson: Christian Babski, fabric|ch, Switzerland

VE-3006 3D Viewing of Model Sensitivity Properties in MIMO Controllers.

Christine Törngren, George A. Fodor

VE-3022 Symbolic Interface for Pollutant Forecast. An Evaluation.

Alberto Amato, Gregorio Andria, Tony Delvecchio, Vincenzo Di Lecce,

Andrea Guerriero, Anna M.L. Lanzolla, Ciriaco Pasquale, Vincenzo Piuri

VE-3029 Hybrid System Approach to Medical Diagnosis.

Donna L. Hudson, Maurice E. Cohen

10.30AM - 10.45AM - Coffee Break

10.45PM - 12.15PM Session 6: Interactive Virtual Environments (II)

Chairperson: George Fodor, ABB Automation Technology Products, Sweden

VE-3013 Social Agent: Expressions Driven by an Electronic Nose.

Amy Loutfi, Jorgen Widmark, Elisabeth Wikstrom, Peter Wide.

VE-3028 Script Language for Avatar Animation in 3D Virtual Environments.

Xiaoli Yang, Dorina C. Petriu, Thom E. Whalen, Emil M. Petriu

VE-3036 Exploring Simple Visual Languages for Real Time Human-

Computer Interaction.

P. Ayala, I. Barandiaran, D. Vicente, M. Graña

12.15PM – 2.00PM - Lunch

2.00PM - 3.30PM Session 7: Virtual Environments- Applications (II)

Chairperson: Peter Wide, Örebro University, Sweden

VE-3038 Modeling of Arterial Pulse Waveforms for Virtual Reconstruction

and Measurements.

Anna Cysewska-Sobusiak, Michal Boltrukiewicz

VE-3041 Design of an Access Control Module.

Paul G. Greeff, Gerhard P. Hancke, Derrick L. van der Merwe, Laszlo Horvath

VE-3045 Intelligent, Low-Power and Low-Cost Measurement System for

Energy Consumption.

Antonio Minosi, Aris Martinola, Srinivas Mankan, Mauro Prevostini

3.30PM - 3.45PM - Coffee Break

3.45PM – 5:45PM Session 8 (Poster): Virtual Environment Interfaces (II)

Chairperson: Pierre Payeur, University of Ottawa, Canada

VE-3004 LaserPen: A New Pointing Device for a Beam Projector.

Kyuwan Choi, Geehyuk Lee

VE-3016 The Optimal Arrangement of Four Laser Tracking Interferometers in

3D Coordinate Measuring System Based on Multilateration.

Yongbing Lin, Guoxiong Zhang

VE-3018 Design and Experiments of a 6-dimensional Spatial Tracker for

Cheap Hand Motion Measurements.

Il Hong Suh, Myung Kwan Park, Sanghoon Lee

3.45PM – 5.45PM Session 9 (Poster): Virtual Environment- Applications (III)

Chairperson: Giovanni Moschioni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

VE-3037 Realtime Detection and Identification of Plural Speakers Using

a Microphone Array.

Minoru Ohkado, Hideyuki Sawada

VE-3039 Secure Internet Access To Gatyeway Using Secure Socket Layer.

Deep Vardhan Bhatt, Stefan Schulze, Gerhard P. Hancke, Laszlo Horvath

VE-3042 A High Resolution Virtual AD Converter.

Giovanni Moschioni, Bortolino Saggin

3.45PM – 5.45PM Session 10 (Poster): Audio Virtual Environments

Chairperson: Francesco Amigoni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

VE-3019 Investigations on Control and Perception of Virtual Distance

Using Loudspeakers.

Alois Sontacchi, Robert Höldrich

VE-3031 3D Binaural Sound Reproduction using a Virtual Ambisonic Approach.

Markus Noisternig, Thomas Musil, Alois Sontacchi, Robert Höldrich

VE-3040 Audio Interface for Immersive 3D-Audio Desktop Applications.

Alois Sontacchi, Michael Strauß, Robert Höldrich

Tuesday, July 29^th 2003

9.00AM - 10.30AM Session 11: Virtual Environments- Enabling Technologies (I)

Chairperson: Jean Bernard Michel, Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA,

Neuchâtel, Switzerland

VE-3027 An Information-Based Criterion for Efficient Robot Map Building.

Francesco Amigoni, Vincenzo Caglioti,

VE-3030 Haptic Interface Development Using a Hardware-in-the Loop
Experimental Set-up.

Dan Necsulescu, Goran Basic

VE-3032 Toward an Occupancy Model Rendering Framework for Robotic

Systems Operating under Human Supervision

Pierre Payeur

10.30AM - 10.45AM - Coffee Break

10.45PM - 12.15PM Session 12: Virtual Environments- Enabling Technologies (II)

Chairperson: Mauro Prevostini, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland

VE-3017 An Integrated System based on WEB and/or WAP Framework for Remote

Monitoring and Control of Industrial Processes.

George Nikolakopoulos, Michael Koundourakis, Anthony Tzes

VE-3043 An XML Model for Use across Heterogeneous Client-Server Applications.

S. Chinnappen-Rimer, Gerhard. P. Hancke

VE-3044 Performance Comparison of Different Techniques for Available

Bandwidth Measurement In Packet Switched Networks

Leopoldo Angrisani, Salvatore D’Antonio, Michele Vadursi, Giorgio Ventre

12.15PM - Closing Remarks

Message from the Chairpersons

The organizing committee welcomes you to the 2003 IEEE International Symposium on
Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems, held in Lugano, Switzerland, from July the 27^th to July the 29^th, 2003 immediately preceding the CIMSA symposium with which its program is coordinated. The three-day program’s goal is to extend and advance the use of virtual environments and human-computer interaction in the instrumentation and measurement field in an informal setting arranged to encourage broad discussion about methodologies and results.

By inheriting part of the legacy of a previous series of annual workshops going back to 1996, VECIMS addresses recent developments, results, and practical experiences in computational intelligence in support of measurement systems and applications.

All these activities are run under the sponsorship of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society and with the technical cooperation of the IEEE Computer Society and the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society.

Participants will identify opportunities and problems in applying computational intelligence breakthroughs to the advancement of instrument performance and measurement capability. Authors are encouraged to restrict their formal presentations to brief summaries, and to use the bulk of their allotted time to engage in extended dialogs with the participants. Appropriate subjects of discussion include, but are not restricted to, examinations of approaches and results, the rationale underlying particular methodologies, experimental and theoretical examinations, practical difficulties, insights, and extensions to other application areas.

We think you will find VECIMS’2003 a challenging – and profitable – experience. And although this is your "welcome" at the symposium's beginning we wish to encourage you to give us constructive feedback that we can pass on to next year's committee so they can make VECIMS'2004 even better.

General Co-Chairs:

Prof. Mel Siegel Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Prof. Hans J.W. Spoelder Division of Physics and Astronomy Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Technical Program Co-Chairs:

Prof. R. Bowen Loftin Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center Old Dominion University Suffolk, VA, USA

Prof. Emil M. Petriu SITE - School of Information Technology and Engineering University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON, Canada

Prof. Peter Wide Department of Technology Örebro University Örebro, Sweden