Conference Program

REGISTRATION/ SUPPORT DESK HOURS

OPENING SESSION (Les Etoiles Room)

Professor Nikolaos Bourbakis, Wright State University, USA
Professor George Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Professor George A. Tsihrintzis, University of Piraeus, Greece
Professor Maria Virvou, University of Piraeus, Greece

MM-1 | Advances in Machine Learning and Applications
Session Chair: G.A. Tsihrintzis
(Les Etoiles Room)

• Data Sampling for Semi-Supervised Learning in Vision-Based Concrete Defect Recognition
  Eftychios Protopapadakis, Athanasios Voulodimos and Anastasios Doulamis

• An Investigation on Multi-Objective Optimization of Feedforward Neural Network Topology
  Eftychios Protopapadakis, Athanasios Voulodimos and Nikolaos Doulamis

• Using Tripartite Graphs to Make Long Tail Recommendations
  Joseph Johnson and Yiu-Kai Ng

• Implementing real-life indoor positioning systems using machine learning approaches
  Matthias Becker

• DefinitionText's Syntactic Feature using Stationarity Control
  Marios Poulos

• Multiobjective Evolution of Deep Learning and its Robotic Applications
  Delowar Hossain and Genci Capi

MM-2 | Intelligent Methods in Markets and Industry - 1
Session Chair: M. Alamaniotis
(Venus Room)

• Ampacity Level Monitoring Utilizing Fuzzy Logic Theory in Deregulated Power Markets
  Rafik Fainti, Miltos Alamaniotis, Lefteri Tsoukalas, Maria Karasimou and Ioannis Tsionas

• A Three-stage Scheme for Consumers' Partitioning Using Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm
  Antonia Nasiakou, Miltos Alamaniotis, Lefteri Tsoukalas and Georgios Karagiannis

• Security strategies for managing mobile devices in SMEs - A theoretical evaluation
  Martin Brodin

• Towards Requirements for Event Processing Network Models
  Arne Koschel and Irina Astrova

MM-3 | Creativity in Intell. Technologies & Data Science - 1
Session Chairs: A. Kravets and M. Scherbakov
(Minerva Room)

• Extraction of Physical Effect Practical Applications from Patent Databases
  Dmitriy Korobkin, Sergey Fomenkov and Alla Kravets

• Computer-aided design of the new technical systems based on the physical effects database
  Dmitriy Korobkin, Sergey Fomenkov and Sergey Kolesnikov

• The Use of Automated System for Assessing the Quality of Health Care and its Impact on the Efficiency of Rehabilitation in Myocardial Infarction Patients
  Boris Lempert, Maria Derevyanchenko, Svetlana Fabritskaya, Mikhail Statsenko and Natalia Salnikova

• The Biological Effects of Natural Radionuclides from the Construction Materials on the Population of the Volgograd Region
  Ilya Mikhnev, Natalia Salnikova, Mikhail Lempert and Kirill Dmitrenko

• Web applications for learning CUDA programming
  Akiyoshi Wakatani and Toshiyuki Maeda

• Resource-Oriented Architecture of Mobile Devices QoS-based Management System
  Alla Kravets, Ngoc Duong Bui and Le Thanh Tung Nguyen

COFFEE BREAK

MA-1 | Mobile Computing
Session Chair: E. Alepis
(Les Etoiles Room)

• Reasoning about Users Actions in a Mobile Environment using a Combination of HPR with MAUT
  Efthimios Alepis, Katerina Kabassi and Maria Virvou

• Social interaction through a mobile instant messaging application using geographic location for blended collaborative learning
  Christos Troussas, Akrivi Krouska and Maria Virvou

• A crowd sourced based application for sharing data between mobile devices
  Efthimios Alepis and Aristea Kontogianni

• M-Government in the local level: An exploratory study
  Azi Lev-On and Hananel Rosenberg

• Mobile Application Providing Accessible Routes for People with Mobility Impairments
  Efthimios Alepis and Spyro Nita

• A survey for the evolution of adaptive learning in mobile and electronic devices
  Vasiliki Matzavela and Efthimios Alepis

MA-2 | Intelligent Methods in Markets and Industry - 2
Session Chair: J. Sidorova
(Venus Room)

• A Cyber-Physical System Approach for Photovoltaic Array Monitoring and Control
  Andreas Spanias, Sunil Rao, Pavan Turaga, Cihan Tepedelenlioglu, Uday Shanthamallu, Raja Ayyanar, Sameeksha Katoch, Henry Braun, Jongmiin Lee, Mahesh Banavar and Devarajan Srinivasan
  

• Recommendations for Marketing Campaigns in Telecommunication Business based on the footprint analysis
  Julia Sidorova

• A Scalable and Efficient Solution to R Deployment in Industry with Application to Machine Learning
  Mohamed Dermouche, Cyril Ferey, Etienne De Rocquigny and Mohamed Belazar

• Generic Hybridization of MOEA/D with Learning for Permutation Flow Shop Scheduling Problem
  Savvas Pericleous, Andreas Konstantinidis, Achilleas Achilleos and George Papadopoulos

MA-3 | Creativity in Intell. Technologies & Data Science - 2
Session Chairs: A. Kravets and M. Scherbakov
(Minerva Room)

• Supervisory model predictive on/o control of HVAC systems
  Anton Tyukov, Maxim Scherbakov and Adriaan Brebels

• Control indoor climate
  Andrey Karpenko and Irina Petrova

• Generation of pictograph sequences from the Russian text in the assistive mobile application for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
  Marina Kultsova, Dmitry Matyushechkin, Andrey Usov, Svetlana Karpova and Roman Romanenko

• Assistive technology for complex support of children rehabilitation with autism spectrum disorder
  Marina Kultsova and Dmitry Matyushechkin

• Analyzing Facts and Opinions in Nepali Subjective Texts
  Santosh Regmi, Bal Krishna Bal and Marina Kultsova

• A Survey of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Forecasting Methods
  Mohammed Al-Gunaid, Maxim Shcherbakov, Konstantin Zadiran and Aleksej Melikov

LUNCH

TUTORIAL-1 | A Brief Survey of Machine Learning Methods and their Sensor and IoT Applications

Presenters:
Prof.-Dr. Andreas Spanias, IEEE Fellow, Director of SenSIP Center, Arizona State University, USA
Uday Shankar Shanthamallu, Arizona State University, USA, and Mike Stanley, NXP Semiconductors, USA.

Abstract: This tutorial provides an introduction to the principles and applications of machine learning algorithms with the emphasis on sensor related applications. The tutorial begins with an introduction to the basics of pattern matching, feature extraction, and supervised and unsupervised learning. The instructors then cover basic methods such as the k-means, support vector machines, neural nets and deep learning. The coverage of topics is at a high level and features qualitative descriptions and software examples. The session connects algorithms with sensor applications including health monitoring, IoT, and security applications.

WELCOME COCKTAIL
Patio (Venue)

REGISTRATION/ SUPPORT DESK HOURS

KEYNOTE SPEECH | Solar Energy Management as an Internet of Things (IoT) Application
Andreas Spanias, IEEE Fellow, Professor in Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Director SenSIP Center, Arizona State University, USA

COFFEE BREAK

TM-1 | e-Learning and Educational Systems - 1
Session Chairs: M. Virvou and E. Alepis
(Les Etoiles Room)

• Comparing LMS and CMS Platforms Supporting Social e-Learning in Higher Education
  Akrivi Krouska, Christos Troussas and Maria Virvou

• A Virtual Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory for Patient Education: The Angiogram Procedure
  Kyle Wilcocks, Nour Halabi, Priya Kartick, Alvaro Joffre Uribe Quevedo, Bill Kapralos and Chi-Ming Chow

• Representation of Learning Objects in Cloud e-Learning
  Krenare Pireva, Petros Kefalas and Ioanna Stamatopoulou

• Evaluation of a 3D Physics Classroom with Myo Gesture Control Armband and Unity
  Neil Patrick Brillantes, Haram Kim, Rommel Feria, Ma. Rowena Solamo and Ligaya Leah Figueroa

• Business Programming with REXX: Bringing Programming to Business Students
  Eva Katharina Gerger

• CrsRecs: A Personalized Course Recommendation System for College Students
  Yiu-Kai Ng and Jane Linn

TM-2 | Mobile Hypermedia Applications for Culture
Session Chairs: G. Styliaras and D. Tsolis
(Venus Room)

• Toward Interactive Timelapses
  Filio Leventaki and Georgios Styliaras

• Using Open Educational Resources on culture for the creation of MOOCs: A proposal of training for Secondary Education teachers
  Spyridon Kappas, Dimitris Tsolis and Christos Alexakos

• A 3D serious game for cultural education
  Athanasia Alexandri, V Drosos, Christos Alexakos and Dimitrios Tsolis

• An Innovative Distance Learning System for Russian Language: The Case of Greek Audience
  Kalita Oxana Nikolaevna and George Pavlidis

• Towards A Framework For Tensor Ontologies Over Neo4j: Representations And Operations
  Georgios Drakopoulos, Andreas Kanavos, Dimitrios Tsolis, Phivos Mylonas and Spyros Sioutas

• EnDiCE: Enhanced Digital Cultural Experience
  Charalampos Goulas, Georgios Pavlidis, Dimitrios Chondrogiannis and Athena Tzoumanika

TM-3 | Self-Organized Adaptive Communications
Session Chair: M. Louta
(Minerva Room)

• ParkCar: A smart roadside parking application exploiting the mobile crowdsensing paradigm
  Konstantina Mpanti, Malamati Louta and George Karetsos

• Social CLWPR: A Socially enhanced Position based Routing Protocol for handling misbehaviour inVANETs
  Nikolaos Mantas, Malamati Louta, Konstantinos Katsaros and Stylianos Kraounakis

• Adopting Formal Approaches for Monitoring and Adaptation for Large-Scale Distributed Systems
  Tania Nemes and Andreea Buga

• Revisiting Directed Diffusion In The Era Of IoT-WSNs : Power Control For Adaptation to High Density
  Lyes Khelladi and Nadjib Badache

• Comparison of Objective Quality Models for Adaptive Bit-streaming Services
  Chulhee Lee, S. Woo, S. Baek, J. Han, J. Chae and J. Lim

• Potential Feedback Control for Data Scheduling in LTE Cellular Networks
  Hamed Samie, Emmanuel Moulay, Patrick Coirault, Rodolphe Vauzelle and Frédéric Launay

LUNCH

TA-1 | e-Learning and Educational Systems - 2
Session Chairs: M. Virvou and E. Alepis
(Les Etoiles Room)

• Reinforcement theory combined with a badge system to foster student's performance in e-learning environments
  Christos Troussas, Akrivi Krouska and Maria Virvou

• How Much Support Do Students Need When Formulating Hypotheses in a Computer-Supported Inquiry Learning Environment: The Case of a Hypothesis Formulation Software Scaffold
  Nikoletta Xenofontos, Tasos Hovardas and Zacharias Zacharia

• Adaptivity in Scenarios in an Educational Adventure Game
  Spyros Papadimitriou and Maria Virvou

• Based on GDPR privacy in UML: case of e-learning program
  Maria Virvou and Eirini Mougiakou

• Enhancing high school students' performance based on semi-supervised methods
  Georgios Kostopoulos, Sotiris Kotsiantis, Ioannis Livieris and Vassilis Tampakas

• Early Dropout Prediction in Distance Higher Education Using Active Learning
  Georgios Kostopoulos, Sotiris Kotsiantis, Omiros Ragos and Theodoula Grapsa

TA-2 | Image and Audio Processing - 1
Session Chairs: K. Karpouzis
(Venus Room)

• Identifying unintentional falls in action videos using the 3D Cylindrical Trace Transform
  Georgios Goudelis, Georgios Tsatiris, Kostas Karpouzis and Stefanos Kollias

• A Brain-Computer Interface to Examine the Effects of Sound on a Haptic-Based Virtual Drilling Task
  Diana Moreno, Mohammed Melaisi, Alvaro Uribe-Quevedo, Bill Kapralos and Miguel Vargas Martin

• Non-Negative Matrix Factorization Based Stereoscopic Image Quality Assessment For 3D Visual System
  Haiyong Xu, Mei Yu, Zongju Peng, Hao Jiang and Gangyi Jiang

• A Robust Watermarking Technique in Spatial Domain using Closeness Coefficients of Texture
  Musab Ghadi, Lamri Laouamer, Laurent Nana and Anca Pascu

• Segmentation of overlapping cytoplasm and overlapping areas in Pap smear images
  Dwiza Riana, Achmad Nizar Hidayanto, Dwi H Widyantoro, Tati Latifah R Mengko and Oemie Kalsoem

• Minutiae and Corner Detection in Fingerprints without Image Enhancement for Real Time Recognition
  Rabih Nachar

TA-3 | Knowledge Management and Decision Support Systems - 1
Session Chair: D. Apostolou
(Minerva Room)

• An Information System for Deciding and Acting ahead of Time in Sensing Enterprises
  Alexandros Bousdekis, Nikos Papageorgiou, Babis Magoutas, Dimitris Apostolou and Gregoris Mentzas

• The Comparative Analysis of Crisis Management Information Systems in the Czech Republic
  Katerina Vichova and Martin Hromada

• Question-Answer Analysis in Design Thinking at the Conceptual Stage of Developing a System with a Software
  Petr Sosnin

• The proposal of security and safety solution to the soft targets
  Lucia Duricova and Martin Hromada

• Energy Service Contract as a key factor of Innovative Development of Budgetary Organizations
  Mikhail Bednarchuk, Anton Tyukov, Alexander Sokolov, Maxim Shcherbakov and Timur Janovsky

COFFEE BREAK

TE-1 | Social Networks Analytics
Session Chairs: C. Pizzuti and A. Socievole
(Les Etoiles Room)

• Social Networks as a Learning Environment: Applications Development and Comparative Analysis
  Akrivi Krouska, Christos Troussas and Maria Virvou

• 'Semantic Classification of Tweets': A Contextual Knowledge based Approach for Tweet Classification
  Nazura Javed Kutty and Muralidhara B.L

• An evolutionary motifs-based algorithm for community detection
  Clara Pizzuti and Annalisa Socievole

TE-2 | Image and Audio Processing - 2
Session Chair: Genci Capi
(Venus Room)

• Object Recognition for Use in Point-and-Link Communication
  Jiheon Ok, Sanghun Lee, Kwon Lee, Soochang Kim, Young-Hoon Kim and Chulhee Lee

• Performance Engineering of Image Processing Systems Through Benchmarking Techniques
  Daniel Garcia and Francisco de La Calle

• Wide Area Video Surveillane Based on Edge and Fog Computing Concept
  Georgios Kioumourtzis, Michalis Skitsas, Nikolaos Zotos and Anargyros Sideris

• Robot painting recognition based on Deep Belief Learning
  Genci Capi

TE-3 | Knowledge Management and Decision Support Systems - 2
Session Chair: D. Apostolou

• Challenges with BI adoption in SMEs
  Kristens Gudfinnsson

• The Proposal of Software for Transport Infrastructure Management
  Jan Mrazek, Lucia Duricova and Martin Hromada

• Digital Gamified Effort Feedback Mechanism to Enhance Information Coverage in Multi-Attribute Decision-Making
  Josef Frysak and Edward W.N. Bernroider

CONFERENCE DINNER

Local Tavern
Meet at the Lobby of Golden Bay Hotel - Venue

REGISTRATION/ SUPPORT DESK HOURS

WM-1 | Data Analytics, Big Data and Data Privacy
Session Chair: I. Stamelos
(Les Etoiles Room)

• Towards hierarchical cooperative analytics architecture in Law Enforcement Agencies
  Luay Alawneh, Mahmoud Said and Ziad Al-Sharif

• Feature Models for Big Data Applications
  Ioannis Zozas, Stamatia Bibi, Dimitrios Katsaros, Panagiotis Bozanis and Ioannis Stamelos

• A Data Compression Scheme Using Adaptive Word-Based Pattern Matching
  Moad Mowafi, Dima Kasasbeh and Faruq Al-Omari

• Mobile apps and data privacy: when the service is free, the product is your data
  Spyros Polykalas, George Prezerakos, Froso Chrysidou and Eleni Pylarinou

• Defacement Response via Keyed Learning
  Francesco Bergadano, Fabio Carretto, Fabio Cogno and Dario Ragno

WM-2 | Smart Cities and Smart Devices
Session Chair: G. Papadopoulos
(Venus Room)

• Health Monitoring Web Platform for Real-Time Expert-User Interaction
  Achilleas Achilleos, Alexandros Yeratziotis, Christos Mettouris, Kyriakos Evripidou, Paraskevi Hadjinikolaou and George Papadopoulos

• Internet of Things Services for Healthcare Systems
  Angeliki Krania, Margarita Statiri, Andreas Kanavos and Athanasios Tsakalidis

• An Adaptive Integrated Environment for Assisted Living
  Christos Mettouris, Achilleas Achilleos, Alexandros Yeratziotis, George Papadopoulos, Daniel Ziegler, Lukas Smirek and Gottfried Zimmermann

• A Triggering Mechanism for End-to-end IoT eHealth System with Connected Ambulance Vehicles
  Amr Elsaadany

• Implement the Intelligent Carpet System and Application Design Based on Sensor Technique
  Mack J. Du

• Development Framework for DRONEs as Smart Autonomous Systems
  Loris Penserini, Emanuele Tonucci, Gianluca Ippoliti and Jessica Di Labbio

WM-3 | Intelligent Systems and Services for Cloud Accessible, Data-Intensive Computing
Session Chairs: D. Apostolou and D. Vergados
(Minerva Room)

• Fraud Threats Disclosure through Cloud Information Security Framework
  Theodoros Mavroeidakos and Dimitrios Vergados

• Seamless task offloading on multi-clouds and edge resources: An experiment
  Andreas Tsagkaropoulos, Yiannis Verginadis, Dimitris Apostolou and Gregoris Mentzas

• A Network Selection Scheme for Healthcare Vehicular Cloud Computing Systems
  Emmanouil Skondras, Angelos Michalas, Nikolaos Tsolis, Aggeliki Sgora and Dimitrios D. Vergados

• Genomic Analysis by Pipelined Bioinformatics Softwares in Cloud
  Jitao Yang

• Evaluation of Cloud Platforms for Managing IoT Devices
  M.Carmen Ruiz, Teresa Olivares and Jaime Lopez

COFFEE BREAK

WA-1 | Information Technology Systems and Services
Session Chairs: A.Pentel and G. Solano
(Les Etoiles Room)

• Emotions and User Interactions with Keyboard and Mouse
  Avar Pentel

• High Precision Handedness Detection Based on Short Input Keystroke Dynamics
  Avar Pentel

• Pathway-based Human Disease Clustering Tool using Self-Organizing Maps
  James-Andrew Sarmiento, Angelyn Lao and Geoffrey Solano

• Ecological Niche Modelling Tool for Aquatic Life Population Distribution using Maximum Entropy Model
  Riana Joy King, Riza Batista-Navarro and Geoffrey Solano

• An Analysis of EDSA Traffic Using Advanced Tools and Techniques
  Kristine Gayle Nebrija, Paolo Ejercito, Rommel Feria and Ligaya Lea Lara-Figueroa

• Traffic Simulation Software Review
  Kristine Gayle Nebrija, Paolo Ejercito, Rommel Feria and Ligaya Lea Lara-Figueroa

WA-2 | Software Engineering and Object-Oriented Approaches
Session Chair: K. Mannock
(Venus Room)

• An Architecture and Implementation of the Actor Model of Concurrency
  Kwabena Aning and Keith Mannock

• IMO Forensics in Android and Windows Systems
  Ahmad Ababneh, Mohammad Abu Awwad and Mohammed Al-Saleh

• Generalizing and Composing Goals and Objects in a Scenario Together for Requirements Analysis
  Yoshihide Chubachi and Haruhiko Kaiya

• Towards the Memory Forensics of OOP Execution Behavior
  Ziad Al-Sharif, Mohammad Al-Saleh and Luay Alawneh

• Towards the Mapping of UML Class Diagrams to Association-Oriented Database Metamodel Schemata
  Marcin Jodłowiec and Marek Krótkiewicz

• Towards a Formal Approach for the Verification of SCA/BPEL Software Architectures
  Taoufik Sakka Rouis, Layth Sliman, Mohamed Tahar Bhiri and Mourad Kmimech

LUNCH

TUTORIAL-2 | Augmented Visualization in Medicine and Surgery
(Venus Room)

Presenter: Assist. Prof.-Dr. Lucio Tommaso De Paolis. Director of the Augmented and Virtual Reality Laboratory, Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Italy
Abstract:

Augmented Reality (AR) technology refers to a perception of a physical real environment whose elements are merged with virtual computer-generated objects in order to create a mixed reality; the user is under the impression that the virtual and real objects coexist in the same space.

The merging of virtual and real objects in an AR application has to run in real time. Virtual objects have to be aligned (registered) with real world structures. Both of these requirements guarantee that the dynamics of real world environments remain unchanged after virtual data have been added.

AR concepts are applicable to a wide range of applications moving from pure academic research into industrial and potential consumer areas. In particular, these technological innovations have provided medicine and surgery with new tools by translating the information contained in medical images into a 3D virtual model of the patient who is a realistic replica of living patient with actual pathologies.

New applications of AR technology provide systems that help surgeons in the intra-operative phase by means of the overlapping of virtual organs on the real patient; this allows the surgeon to have a sort of "X-ray vision" of the patient's internal anatomy.

The use of augmented visualization in surgery has the potential to bring the advantages of the open-surgery visualization also in minimally invasive surgery, produces a better spatial perception and a reduction in the duration of the surgical procedure permitting to perform the tasks in ways that are both faster and safer.

The aim of this tutorial is to present the new applications of Augmented Reality technology in medicine and surgery and discuss on its clinical benefits and limitations.

TUTORIAL-3 | Smart Cities: Integrating Power and Information Systems
(Minerva Room)

Presenter: Dr. Miltos Alamaniotis, Purdue University, USA.
Abstract:

In the megacities of the future, information and computing technologies are expected to play a crucial role to transform current cities into smart cyber-physical systems where information is accessible by everyone. The term Smart Cities refers to integration of city assets with information technologies to improve quality of residents' lives and public services. Among a city's assets, power grid is the most preeminent one. Given that residents' activities and cities assets on way or another include the utilization of electrical power, the power grid will be the cornerstone for making cities green, safe and secure while improving utilization and availability of public services. In addition, computational intelligence and machine learning are expected to be at the forefront of innovation for implementing smart cities.

The goal of this tutorial, is to provide an overview of existing tools regarding advanced smart power systems pertained to smart cities. Furthermore, implications for future research ctivities and challenges will be discussed including, but not limited to, smart homes, intelligent energy management and cyber security systems.

CLOSING SESSION