ISBN: 0-7695-2997-6

Mohammad S. Sorower, The University of Memphis, USA

Mohammed Yeasin, The University of Memphis, USA

Steven Bethard, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

James H. Martin, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Sara Klingenstein, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Eric N. Forsythand, Naval Postgraduate School

Craig H. Martell, Naval Postgraduate School

Helmut Prendinger, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Paul Piwek, The Open University, UK

Mitsuru Ishizuka, University of Tokyo, Japan

Bin Lu, Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute, China

Fenlin Liu, Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute, China

Xin Ge, Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute, China

Bin Liu, Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute, China

Xiangyang Luo, Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute, China

Dil Muhammad Akbar Hussain, Aalborg University, Denmark

Ole Thomsen Buus, Aalborg University, Denmark

Fsehazion Kiros, Aalborg University, Denmark

Nicholas Wichmann, Aalborg University, Denmark

Balatharan Selvarajah, Aalborg University, Denmark

Zaki Ahmad, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Hongjiang Gao, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China; Ludong University, China

Zheng Qin, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China; Tsinghua University, China

Liping Shao, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Xingchen Heng, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Juntao Gao, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Li Zhang, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Wei Jiang, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Bo Gong, University of California, Irvine, USA

Ramesh Jain, University of California, Irvine, USA

A.G. Hauptmann, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

M.-Y. Chen, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

M. Christel, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

W.-H. Lin, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

J. Yang, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Jong Wook Kim, Arizona State University, USA

K. Selcuk Candan, Arizona State University, USA

Junichi Tatemura, NEC Labs, USA

Xiang-jun Wang, Arizona State University, USA

Swathi Mamadgi, Arizona State University, USA

Atit Thekdi, Arizona State University, USA

Aisling Kelliher, Arizona State University, USA

Hari Sundaram, Arizona State University, USA

Cliff A. Joslyn, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Karin M. Verspoor, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Damian DG Gessler, National Center for Genome Resources, USA

Lu Lu, University of New South Wales, Australia

Nandan Parameswaran, University of New South Wales, Australia

Pradeep Kumar Ray, University of New South Wales, Australia

G. Pilato, ICAR-Italian National Research Council, Italy

A. Augello, University of Palermo, Italy

G. Vassallo, University of Palermo, Italy

S. Gaglio, University of Palermo, Italy

Asuka Terai, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Bin Liu, Nissay Information, Japan

Masanori Nakagawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Dazhou Kang, Southeast University, China

Baowen Xu, Southeast University, China

Yanhui Li, Southeast University, China

Sutjipto Arifin, Member, IEEE; Imperial College London, UK

Peter Y.K. Cheung, Member, IEEE; Imperial College London, UK

Juan Cao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Jintao Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Yongdong Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Sheng Tang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Youngja Park, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

Ying Li, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

Tsvetomira Tsoneva, Philips Research Europe, The Netherlands

Mauro Barbieri, Philips Research Europe, The Netherlands

Hans Weda, Philips Research Europe, The Netherlands

Simone Santini, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

Samir Tartir, University of Georgia, USA

I. Budak Arpinar, University of Georgia, USA

Stefania Galizia, Open University, UK

Alessio Gugliotta, Open University, UK

John Domingue, Open University, UK

Gina Hope, California State University Northridge, USA

Taehyung (George) Wang, California State University Northridge, USA

Shan Barkataki, California State University Northridge, USA

Jiri Dokulil, Charles University, Czech Republic

Jaroslav Tykal, Charles University, Czech Republic

Jakub Yaghob, Charles University, Czech Republic

Filip Zavoral, Charles University, Czech Republic

Eero Hyvonen, University of Helsinki, Finland

Kim Viljanen, University of Helsinki, Finland

Eetu Makela, University of Helsinki, Finland

Tomi Kauppinen, University of Helsinki, Finland

Tuukka Ruotsalo, University of Helsinki, Finland

Onni Valkeapaa, University of Helsinki, Finland

Katri Seppala, University of Helsinki, Finland

Osma Suominen, University of Helsinki, Finland

Olli Alm, University of Helsinki, Finland

Robin Lindroos, University of Helsinki, Finland

Teppo Kansala, University of Helsinki, Finland

Riikka Henriksson, University of Helsinki, Finland

Matias Frosterus, University of Helsinki, Finland

Jouni Tuominen, University of Helsinki, Finland

Reetta Sinkkila, University of Helsinki, Finland

Jussi Kurki, University of Helsinki, Finland

Martin Gruhn, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

Stefan Foll, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

Jens Pontow, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

David Linner, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

Ilja Radusch, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

Nick Pendar, Iowa State University, USA

Samer Hassan, University of North Texas, USA

Rada Mihalcea, University of North Texas, USA

Carmen Banea, University of North Texas, USA

Xiaoying Liu, Beihang University, China

Yiming Zhou, Beihang University, China

Ruoshi Zheng, CIeNET Technologies Co., Ltd., China

Christof Muller, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

Iryna Gurevych, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

Max Muhlhauser, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany

Sebastien Cuendet, International Computer Science Institute, USA

Dilek Hakkani-Tur, International Computer Science Institute, USA

Elizabeth Shriberg, International Computer Science Institute, USA; SRI International, USA

James Fung, International Computer Science Institute, USA

Benoit Favre, International Computer Science Institute, USA

Jae-Woo Chang, Chonbuk National University, South Korea

Hyun-Jo Lee, Chonbuk National University, South Korea

Tom Gelhausen, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Walter F. Tichy, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Volkan Rodoplu, Member, IEEE; University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Snehal S. Vadvalkar, Student Member, IEEE; University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Heiko Pfeffer, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

David Linner, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

Carsten Jacob, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Germany

Ilja Radusch, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany

Stephan Steglich, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Germany

Yu Jin, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Zhimin Gu, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Zhijie Ban, Beijing Institute of Technology, China; Inner Mongolia University

Dong Wang, Tsinghua University, China

Zhikun Wang, Tsinghua University, China

Xirong Li, Tsinghua University, China

Xiaobing Liu, Tsinghua University, China

Jianmin Li, Tsinghua University, China

Bo Zhang, Tsinghua University, China

Meng Wang, University of Science and Technology of China

Xian-Sheng Hua, Microsoft Research Asia, China

Yan Song, University of Science and Technology of China

Jinhui Tang, University of Science and Technology of China

Li-Rong Dai, University of Science and Technology of China

Eric Zavesky, AT&T Labs Research, USA

Zhu Liu, AT&T Labs Research, USA

David Gibbon, AT&T Labs Research, USA

Behzad Shahraray, AT&T Labs Research, USA

Matthew Cooper, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, USA

Michael G. Christel, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Alexander G. Hauptmann, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Marco A. Alvarez, Utah State University, USA

SeungJin Lim, Utah State University, USA

Ravi Sinha, University of North Texas, USA

Rada Mihalcea, University of North Texas, USA

Noriko Tomuro, DePaul University, USA

Steven L. Lytinen, DePaul University, USA

Kyoko Kanzaki, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Hitoshi Isahara, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Jinying Chen, BBN Technologies

Dmitriy Dligach, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Martha Palmer, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Yong Sun, National ICT Australia; The University of Sydney, Australia

Yu Shi, National ICT Australia

Fang Chen, National ICT Australia; The University of Sydney, Australia

Vera Chung, The University of Sydney, Australia

Jae-Hyun Park, Korea University, Korea

Young-In Song, Korea University, Korea

Hae-Chang Rim, Korea University, Korea

Fadi Hanna, University of Windsor, Canada

Richard Frost, University of Windsor, Canada

Stamatia Dasiopoulou, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece

Johannes Heinecke, France Telecom R&D, France

Carsten Saathoff, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Michael G. Strintzis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Boriz Katz, MIT, USA

Gary Borchardt, MIT, USA

Sue Felshin, MIT, USA

Federico Mora, MIT, USA

Dong Yu, Microsoft Research, USA

Li Deng, Microsoft Research, USA

Boris Katz, MIT, USA

Gary Borchardt, MIT, USA

Sue Felshin, MIT, USA

Yuan Shen, MIT, USA

Gabriel Zaccak, MIT, USA

Sameer S. Pradhan, BBN Technologies, USA

Lance Ramshaw, BBN Technologies, USA

Ralph Weischedel, BBN Technologies, USA

Jessica MacBride, BBN Technologies, USA

Linnea Micciulla, BBN Technologies, USA

Stewart Yang, Google, Inc., USA

Hongjun Zhu, Google, Inc., USA

Ariel Apostoli, Google, Inc., USA

Pei Cao, Google, Inc., USA

Peter Z. Yeh, Accenture Technology Labs, USA

Daniel R. Farina, Accenture Technology Labs, USA

Alex Kass, Accenture Technology Labs, USA

Jon Lathem, University of Georgia, USA

Karthik Gomadam, Wright State University, USA

Amit P. Sheth, Wright State University, USA

E. Michael Maximilien, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA

Ajith Ranabahu, Wright State University, USA

Chenda Nou, Waseda University, Japan

Wataru Kameyama, Waseda University, Japan

Daniel M. Bikel, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

Jeffrey Sorensen, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

Derrick Higgins, Educational Testing Service, USA

Roser Saurf, Brandeis University

James Pustejovsky, Brandeis University

Sameer S. Pradhan, BBN Technologies, USA

Eduard Hovy, ISI/USC, USA

Mitch Marcus, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Martha Palmer, University of Colorado, USA

Lance Ramshaw, BBN Technologies, USA

Ralph Weischedel, BBN Technologies, USA

Zongxing Xie, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA

Thiago Quirino, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA

Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA

Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA

Konstantinos Raftopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Nikolaos Papadakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Klimis Ntalianis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Stefanos Kollias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Bernhard Schueler, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Sergej Sizov, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Florian Metze, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany

Christian Bauckhage, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany

Tansu Alpcan, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany

Xiaonan Lu, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

James Z. Wang, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

C. Lee Giles, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Wamiq Manzoor Ahmed, Purdue University, USA

Jia Liu, Purdue University, USA

Dominik Lenz, Purdue University, USA

Arif Ghafoor, Purdue University, USA

J. Paul Robinson, Purdue University, USA

Min Chen, University of Montana, USA

Chengcui Zhang, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA

Chengcui Zhang, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Wei-Bang Chen, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Kate Byrne, University of Edinburgh, UK

Nicholas Rizzolo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Dan Roth, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Masayuki Okamoto, Toshiba Corporation, Japan

Hideo Umeki, Toshiba Corporation, Japan

Fei Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Jishang Wei, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Nanning Zheng, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China; Fellow, IEEE

Shaoyi Du, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Bin Gao, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Xiaofen Zheng, Dalhousie University, Canada

Scott A. Sherrill-Mix, Dalhousie University, Canada

Qigang Gao, Dalhousie University, Canada

Shuihua Han, Xiamen University, China; Pennsylvania State University, USA

Chao-Hsien Chu, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Shuangyuan Yang, Xiamen University, China

Alexander Wong, University of Waterloo, Canada

William Bishop, University of Waterloo, Canada

Junio Cesar de Lima, Universidade Federal de Goias, Brazil

Cedric Luiz de Carvalho, Universidade Federal de Goias, Brazil

Stefano Ferretti, University of Bologna, Italy

Silvia Mirri, University of Bologna, Italy

Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna, Italy

Paola Salomoni, University of Bologna, Italy

Yi Liu, RenMin University of China

JiePing Xu, RenMin University of China

Lei Wei, RenMin University of China

Yun Tian, RenMin University of China

Aizaz Hakro, San Francisco State University, USA

Marguerite C. Murphy, San Francisco State University, USA

Philipp Cimiano, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Michael Erdmann, ontoprise GmbH, Germany

Gunter Ladwig, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Abolfazl Keighobadi Lamjiri, Concordia University, Canada

Leila Kosseim, Concordia University, Canada

Thiruvengadam Radhakrishnan, Concordia University, Canada

Anastasia Karanastasi, Technical University of Crete, Greece

Stavros Christodoulakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece

Sergei Nirenburg, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

Tim Oates, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

Jesse English, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

Cui Zifeng, Southeast University, China

Xu Baowen, Southeast University, China

Zhang Weifeng, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Jiang Dawei, Southeast University, China

Xu Junling, Southeast University, China

Andrew D. Bagdanov, Universita di Firenze, Italy

Marco Bertini, Universita di Firenze, Italy

Alberto Del Bimbo, Universita di Firenze, Italy

Giuseppe Serra, Universita di Firenze, Italy

Carlo Torniai, Universita di Firenze, Italy

Jie Ma, Fudan University, China

Jing Zhang, East China University of Science & Technology, China

Hong Lu, Member, IEEE; Fudan University, China

Xiangyang Xue, Fudan University, China

Yujian Wang, MMPD, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd., China; Southeast University, China

Zhenyang Wu, Southeast University, China

Alexia Briassouli, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece

Stamatia Dasiopoulou, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece

Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece

Gerald Friedland, International Computer Science Institute, USA

Unai Aguilera, Tecnologico-Fundacion Deusto, Spain

Joseba Abaitua, Universidad de Deusto, Spain

Josuka Diaz, Universidad de Deusto, Spain

David Bujan, Universidad de Deusto, Spain

Diego Lopez de Ipina, Universidad de Deusto, Spain

Daniel Correa Lobato, Faculdades COC/UniCOC, Brazil

Renato de Freitas Bulcao Neto, Innolution Sistemas de Informatica, Brazil

Matheus Qualio Barbosa, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maria da Graca Pimentel, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cesar Augusto Teixeira, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil

Anderson Bertoldi, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil

Rove Chishman, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil

Dawit Seid, University of California, Irvine, USA

Sharad Mehrotra, University of California, Irvine, USA

Nicola Fanizzi, Universita degli studi di Bari, Italy

Claudia d'Amato, Universita degli studi di Bari, Italy

Floriana Esposito, Universita degli studi di Bari, Italy

Cassio V.S. Prazeres, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maria da Graca C. Pimentel, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cesar A.C. Teixeira, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil