ISBN: 0-7695-2728-0

C.V. Ramamoorthy, University of California Berkeley, USA

Raymond Paul, Joint Staff and Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Networks and Information Integration (NII), Department of Defense, USA

Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California Berkeley, USA; Director of BISC (Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing)

Allam Appa Rao, Andhra University, India

Sheng-Ling Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Yi-Bin Hou, Beijing University of Technology, China

Jian-Hui Huang, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Zhang-Qin Huang, Beijing University of Technology, China

Eduardo Oliveira Costa, Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Brazil

Aurora Pozo, Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Brazil

Lhassane Idoumghar, LMIA-MAGE, Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, France

Rene Schott, IECN and LORIA, Universite Henri Poincare, France

Luzia Vidal de Souza, Federal University of Parana, Brazil

Aurora T Ramirez Pozo, Federal University of Parana, Brazil

Anselmo Chaves Neto, Federal University of Parana, Brazil

Dick B. Simmons, Texas A&M University, USA

Norman K. Ma, Texas A&M University, USA

Venkata U.B. Challagulla, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Farokh B. Bastani, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

I-Ling Yen, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Yansheng Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Jicheng Fu, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

I-Ling Yen, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Farokh Bastani, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Ann T. Tai, IA Tech., Inc.

Savio Chau, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

Farrokh Vatan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

Amir Fijany, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

Haleh Vafaie, The MITRE Corporation

Nichols F. Brown, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Lap Truong, Northrop Grumman Corporation

J. Pan, Concordia University, Canada

S. Hashtrudi-Zad, Concordia University, Canada

Oleksandr Grygorash, University of South Alabama, USA

Yan Zhou, University of South Alabama, USA

Zach Jorgensen, University of South Alabama, USA

Leila Nemmiche Alachaher, LIMOS, UBP UMR 6158 CNRS, Complexe des C?zeaux, France

Sylvie Guillaume, LIMOS, UBP UMR 6158 CNRS, Complexe des C?zeaux, France

Tao Li, Florida International Univ, USA

Chengliang Zhang, University of Rochester, USA

Shenghuo Zhu, NEC Laboratories America, USA

Chen Jia, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Wu Yue, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Phillip C.Y. Sheu, University of California, Irvine, USA

Li Ming, Alcatel Communication System Co., Ltd., China

Hui Bei, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Thiago Quirino, University of Miami, USA

Zongxing Xie, University of Miami, USA

Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA

Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA

LiWu Chang, Naval Research Laboratory, USA

Mete Celik, University of Minnesota, USA

Shashi Shekhar, University of Minnesota, USA

James P. Rogers, U.S. Army ERDC, Topographic Engineering Center, USA

James A. Shine, U.S. Army ERDC, Topographic Engineering Center, USA

Larry Shoemaker, University of South Florida, USA

Robert E. Banfield, University of South Florida, USA

Lawrence O. Hall, University of South Florida, USA

Kevin W. Bowyer, University of Notre Dame, USA

W. Philip Kegelmeyer, Sandia National Laboratories, USA

Malek Mouhoub, University of Regina, Canada

Zhijie Wang, University of Regina, Canada

Pablo San Segundo, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Ramon Galan, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Fernando Matia, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Diego Rodriguez-Losada, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Agustin Jimenez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Lionel Paris, LSIS, Universite de Provence, France

Richard Ostrowski, LSIS, Universite de Provence, France

Pierre Siegel, LSIS, Universite de Provence, France

Lakhdar Sais, CRIL, Universite d'Artois, France

Isabelle Devarenne, UTBM, University of Technology Belfort-Montbeliard, France

Hakim Mabed, UTBM, University of Technology Belfort-Montbeliard, France

Alexandre Caminada, UTBM, University of Technology Belfort-Montbeliard, France

Susan L. Epstein, The City University of New York, USA

Richard J. Wallace, University College Cork

Daniel E. Cooke, Texas Tech University, USA

Brad Nemanich, Texas Tech University, USA

J. Nelson Rushton, Texas Tech University, USA

Enhong Chen, University of Science & Technology of China, China

Xujia Chen, University of Science & Technology of China, China

Phillip C-Y Sheu, University of California, Irvine, USA

Tieyun Qian, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Pallabi Parveen, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Bhavani Thuraisingham, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Nikolaos Bourbakis, Wright State University, USA; AIIS Inc., USA

George Bebis, Univ. of Nevada-Reno, USA

Robert G. Reynolds, Wayne State University, USA

Bin Peng, Southwestern College, USA

Sebastian van Delden, University of South Carolina Upstate, USA

Geoffroy Aubry, Domaine universitaire de Saint-Jerome, France

Vincent Risch, Domaine universitaire de Saint-Jerome, France

Eliseo Reategui, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil

Elisa Boff, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil

John A. Campbell, University College London, UK

A.M.M. Neves, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

F.A. Barros, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

C. Hodges, CESAR, Brazil

Keven Ates, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Jacek Kukluk, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Lawrence Holder, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Diane Cook, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Kang Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

C.V. Ramamoorthy, University of California Berkeley, USA

Jorge Nagel, GrayMatter, Inc., USA

Paul G. Trepagnier, GrayMatter, Inc., USA

Cris Koutsougeras, Southeastern LA University, USA

Powell M. Kinney, GrayMatter, Inc., USA

Matthew Dooner, GrayMatter, Inc., USA

Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Chuo University, Japan

Darius Mahdjoubi, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Chittoor V. Ramamoorthy, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Sumit Ghosh, The University of Texas, USA

Benjamin W. Wah, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Yixin Chen, Washington University, USA

Andrew Wan, Washington University, USA

Verroust Florent, LSIS, ILOG, France

Nicolas Prcovic, LSIS, France

Abid M. Malik, University of Waterloo, Canada

Jim McInnes, IBM Canada Toronto Lab

Peter van Beek, University of Waterloo, Canada

Hoong Chuin Lau, Singapore Management University, Singapore

Jia Li, Singapore Management University, Singapore

Roland H.C. Yap, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Karim Boutaleb, Universite Paul Cezanne, France

Philippe Jegou, Universite Paul Cezanne, France

Cyril Terrioux, Universite Paul Cezanne, France

Richard J. Wallace, University College Cork, Ireland

Jin Feng Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Kin Hong Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Kwong Sak Leung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Christopher T. Symons, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Nagiza F. Samatova, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Ramya Krishnamurthy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Byung H. Park, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Tarik Umar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

David Buttler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA

Terence Critchlow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA

David Hysom, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA

Ryszard S. Michalski, George Mason University

Janusz Wojtusiak, George Mason University

Kenneth A. Kaufman, George Mason University

Sharath R. Cholleti, Washington University in St. Louis, USA

Sally A. Goldman, Washington University in St. Louis, USA

Rouhollah Rahmani, Washington University in St. Louis, USA

Stephanie Jacquemont, Universite Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne, France

Francois Jacquenet, Universite Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne, France

Marc Sebban, Universite Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne, France

Wei Peng, Florida International University, USA

Tao Li, Florida International University, USA

Fabrizio Angiulli, ICAR-CNR, Italy

Eugenio Cesario, ICAR-CNR, Italy

Clara Pizzuti, ICAR-CNR, Italy

Dajun Dai, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA

Tonny J. Oyana, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA

Fabiano S.R. Alves, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil

Kairon F. Guimaraes, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil

Marcia A. Fernandes, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil

Lien-Fu Lai, Department of CSIE NCUE, Taiwan

Nien-Lin Hsueh, Department of IECS FCU, Taiwan

Liang-Tsung Huang, Department of CSIE MDU, Taiwan

Tien-Chun Chen, Department of CSIE NCUE, Taiwan

Hafedh Mili, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada

Mohand Frendi, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada

Guitta Bou Jaoude, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada

Louis Martin, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada

Guy Tremblay, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada

Hoong Chuin Lau, Singapore Management University, Singapore

Ramesh Thangarajoo, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Kien Ming Ng, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Roman Bartak, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Ondrej Cepek, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Han Liang, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Yuhong Yan, National Research Council of Canada, Canada

Atul Kanaujia, Rutgers University, USA

Dimitris Metaxas, Rutgers University, USA

Rong Pan, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

Yun Peng, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

Zhongli Ding, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

Jyotishman Pathak, Iowa State University, USA

Samik Basu, Iowa State University, USA

Robyn Lutz, Iowa State University, USA; Jet Propulsion Lab/California Institute of Technology, USA

Vasant Honavar, Iowa State University, USA

Maurizio Borsotto, GCAS Incorporated, USA

Weihong Zhang, GCAS Incorporated, USA

Emir Kapanci, Harvard University, USA

Avi Pfeffer, Harvard University, USA

Christopher Crick, Yale University, USA

Ian Garcia, Brigham Young University, USA

Yiu-Kai Ng, Brigham Young University, USA

Daniel Stronger, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Peter Stone, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Satoshi Kataoka, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Fuyuki Ishikawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Shinichi Honiden, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Tianming Hu, DongGuan U. of Technology

Chao Qu, DongGuan U. of Technology

Chew Lim Tan, National U. of Singapore, Singapore

Sam Yuan Sung, South Texas College, USA

Wenjun Zhou, Rutgers University, USA

Xiaoyuan Su, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Tianming Hu, DongGuan Univ. of Technology

Qian Fu, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Xiaonan Wang, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Sam Yuan Sung, South Texas College, USA

Yan Huang, University of North Texas, USA

Pusheng Zhang, Microsoft Corporation

J. Wojtusiak, George Mason University

R.S. Michalski, George Mason University; Polish Academy of Sciences

K.A. Kaufman, George Mason University

J. Pietrzykowski, George Mason University

Mohit Kumar, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Nikesh Garera, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Alexander I. Rudnicky, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

H.D.K. Moonesignhe, Michigan State University, USA

Pang-Ning Tan, Michigan State University, USA

Jicheng Fu, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Farokh B. Bastani, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

I-Ling Yen, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Jaechan Lim, Stony Brook University-SUNY, USA

Jinseok Lee, Stony Brook University-SUNY, USA

Sangjin Hong, Stony Brook University-SUNY, USA

Peom Park, Ajou University/Humintec Co. Ltd, Korea

Abdellah Idrissi, Universite de Picardie, France

Chu Min Li, Universite de Picardie, France

Jean Frederic Myoupo, Universite de Picardie, France

Iman Shames, Shiraz University, Iran

Nima Najmaei, Shiraz University, Iran

Mohammad Zamani, Shiraz University, Iran

A.A. Safavi, Shiraz University, Iran

Vincent Tam, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

King-Yip Cheng, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

King-Shan Lui, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Amal Zouaq, University of Montreal, Canada

Roger Nkambou, UQAM, Centre-Ville, Montreal, Canada

Claude Frasson, University of Montreal, Canada

M. Thomas, University of Delaware, USA

C. Kambhamettu, University of Delaware, USA

Amit Goyal, DERI, National University of Ireland, Ireland

Laurentiu Vasiliu, DERI, National University of Ireland, Ireland

Brahmananda Sapkota, DERI, National University of Ireland, Ireland

Desislava Petkova, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

W. Bruce Croft, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Julien Thomas, Cardiabase, France; INRIA-LORIA, France

Cedric Rose, INRIA-LORIA, France

Francois Charpillet, INRIA-LORIA, France

Ming Zhang, University of Calgary, Canada

Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada; Global University, Lebanon

P. Kakumanu, Wright State University, USA

N. Bourbakis, Wright State University, USA

J. Black, Arizona State University, USA

S. Panchanathan, Arizona State University, USA

Xinyu Guo, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Wynne Hsu, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Mong Li Lee, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Tien Yin Wong, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Eduardo Oliveira, Federal University of Paran, Brazil

Aurora Pozo, Federal University of Paran, Brazil

Silvia Regina Vergilio, Federal University of Paran, Brazil

Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Kehan Gao, Eastern Connecticut State University, USA

Meng Hai Ning, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Qi Yong, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Hou Di, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Chen Ying, IBM China Research Lab, China

Zhao Ji Zhong, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

L. Portinale, Universita del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Italy

S. Montani, Universita del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Italy

A. Bottrighi, Universita del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Italy

G. Leonardi, Universita di Pavia, Italy

J.M. Juarez, Universidad de Murcia, Spain

Qi Li, Western Kentucky University, USA

Jieping Ye, Arizona State University, USA

Min Li, Lincoln University, USA

Chandra Kambhamettu, University of Delaware, USA

P. Kakumanu, Wright State University, USA

N. Bourbakis, Wright State University, USA

Alex Cronin, University College Dublin, Ireland

John A. Fitzgerald, University College Dublin, Ireland

Tahar Kechadi, University College Dublin, Ireland

Farhad Dadgostar, Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, New Zealand

Abdolhossein Sarrafzadeh, Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, New Zealand

Chao Fan, Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, New Zealand

Liyanage De Silva, Massey University, New Zealand

Chris Messom, Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, New Zealand

V. Spinko, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

D. Shi, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

W.S. Ng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Jason Van Hulse

Chris Seiffert

Marek Reformat, University of Alberta, Canada

Aashima Kapoor, University of Alberta, Canada

Nicolino J. Pizzi, Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council, Canada

Du Zhang, California State University, USA

Junling Huang, University of Calgary, Canada

Behrouz H. Far, University of Calgary, Canada

Zongxing Xie, University of Miami, USA

Thiago Quirino, University of Miami, USA

Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA

Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA

LiWu Chang, Naval Research Laboratory, USA

Mohammad Reza Rajati, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran

Mohammad Bagher Menhaj, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Mohammad Mehdi Korjani, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Alireza Dehestani, Iran Telecom Research Center, Iran

Han Liang, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Harry Zhang, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Yuhong Yan, National Research Council of Canada, Canada

Eric Ochlak, Saint Joseph's University, USA

Babak Forouraghi, Saint Joseph's University, USA

Raghav Aras, LORIA, France

Alain Dutech, LORIA, France

Francois Charpillet, LORIA, France

Ji Zhang, Dalhousie University, Canada

Qigang Gao, Dalhousie University, Canada

Hai Wang, Saint Mary's University, Canada

Vipin Narang, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Wing-Kin Sung, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Ankush Mittal, Indian Institute of Technology, India

Tie-Fei Liu, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Wing-Kin Sung, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Ya Zhang, University of Kansas, USA

Yixin Chen, The University of Mississippi, USA

Xiang Ji, Yahoo! Inc.

Allam Appa Rao, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam

Bhremeramba, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences, Visakhapatnam

GR Sridhar, Endocrine and Diabetes Centre, Visakhapatnam