ISBN: 0-7695-2577-6

George Mihaila, IBM T. J. Watson

Ioana Stanoi, IBM T. J. Watson

Claus A. Christensen, KMD A/S

Steen Gundersborg, Spar Nord Bank A/S

Kristian de Linde, KMD A/S

Kristian Torp, Aalborg University

Anirban Mondal, University of Tokyo, JAPAN

Sanjay Kumar Madria, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA

Masaru Kitsuregawa, University of Tokyo, JAPAN

Panagiotis Symeonidis, Aristotle University, Department of Informatics, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece

Alexandros Nanopoulos, Aristotle University, Department of Informatics, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece

Apostolos Papadopoulos, Aristotle University, Department of Informatics, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece

Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University, Department of Informatics, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece

Katja Hose, TU Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany

Daniel Klan, TU Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany

Kai-Uwe Sattler, TU Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany

Francesco Folino, ICAR-CNR, Via Bucci 41c, Italy

Giuseppe Manco, ICAR-CNR, Via Bucci 41c, Italy

Luigi Pontieri, ICAR-CNR Via Bucci 41c, Italy

Maria Kontaki, Aristotle University

Apostolos N. Papadopoulos, Aristotle University

Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University

Carson Kai-Sang Leung, University of Manitoba, Canada

Quamrul I. Khan, University of Manitoba, Canada

Michal Kratky, VSBTechnical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Vaclav Snasel, VSBTechnical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Jaroslav Pokorny, Charles University Prague

Pavel Zezula, Masaryk University Brno

Wolf-Tilo Balke, University of Hannover, Germany

Ulrich Guntzer, University of Tubingen, Germany

Wolf Siberski, University of Hannover, Germany

Dimitrios Katsaros, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

Nikos Dimokas, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Shibashis Guha, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore 560100, India

Srinath Srinivasa, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore 560100, India

Saikat Mukherjee, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore 560100, India

Ranajoy Malakar, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore 560100, India

Linas Baltrunas, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Arturas Mazeika, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Michael Bohlen, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Zhenglu Yang, University of Tokyo

Masaru Kitsuregawa, University of Tokyo

Yitong Wang, Fudan university

Alex Gurevich, Ben-Gurion University

Ehud Gudes, Ben-Gurion University

Ravi Chandra Jammalamadaka, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA

Sharad Mehrotra, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA

Wolfgang Lindner, MIT

Jorg Meier, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Maik Thiele, Dresden University of Technology

Wolfgang Lehner, Dresden University of Technology

Xingbo Yu, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA

Sharad Mehrotra, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA

Nalini Venkatasubramanian, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA

Yehia Taher, LIRIS Laboratory, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France

Djamal Benslimane, LIRIS Laboratory, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France

Marie-Christine Fauvet, CLIPS-IMAG Laboratory, Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France

Zakaria Maamar, College of Information Technology, Zayed University, Dubai, U.A.E

Rakesh Agrawal, Microsoft Search Labs, Mountain View, CA

Alvin Cheung, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA

Karin Kailing, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA

Stefan Schonauer, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA

Eleftherios Tiakas, Aristotle University, Greece

Apostolos N. Papadopoulos, Aristotle University, Greece

Alexandros Nanopoulos, Aristotle University, Greece

Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University, Greece

Dragan Stojanovic, University of Nis, SERBIA and MONTENEGRO

Slobodanka Djordjevic-Kajan, University of Nis, SERBIA and MONTENEGRO

Christoph Mangold, Universitat Stuttgart, IPVS, Universit?atsstr. 38, D - 70569 Stuttgart

Holger Schwarz, Universitat Stuttgart, IPVS, Universit?atsstr. 38, D - 70569 Stuttgart

Bernhard Mitschang, Universitat Stuttgart, IPVS, Universit?atsstr. 38, D - 70569 Stuttgart

Md. Mahmudur Rahman, Concordia University

Bipin C. Desai, Concordia University

Prabir Bhattacharya, Concordia University

Rajugan, R., University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Elizabeth Chang, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Ling Feng, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Tharam S. Dillon, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Srinidhi Kannappady, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sudhir P. Mudur, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Nematollaah Shiri, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Beatrice Bouchou, Universite Franc?ois Rabelais Tours LI/Campus de Blois 3 place Jean Jaures 41000 Blois, France

Ahmed Cheriat, Universite Franc?ois Rabelais Tours LI/Campus de Blois 3 place Jean Jaures 41000 Blois, France

Myrian Halfeld Ferrari, Universite Franc?ois Rabelais Tours LI/Campus de Blois 3 place Jean Jaures 41000 Blois, France

Agata Savary, Universite Franc?ois Rabelais Tours LI/Campus de Blois 3 place Jean Jaures 41000 Blois, France

Konstantinos Stamos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

George Pallis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Charilaos Thomos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Athena Vakali, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Jorge Loureiro, Campus Polit?cnico de Repeses, 3505-510 Viseu, PORTUGAL

Orlando Belo, CampusdeGualtar, 4710-057Braga, PORTUGAL

Victor Muntes-Mulero, DAMA-UPC, Computer Arch. Dept. Campus Nord. UPC

Calisto Zuzarte, IBM Canada Ltd DB2 IBM Toronto Lab., Markham, Ontario

Volker Markl, IBM Almaden Research Center San Jose, CA

Chun Jin, Carnegie Mellon University

Jaime Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University

L. Vibha, Bangalore University, Bangalore, INDIA

G M Harshavardhan, Bangalore University, Bangalore, INDIA

K Pranaw, Bangalore University, Bangalore, INDIA

P Deepa Shenoy, Bangalore University, Bangalore, INDIA

K R Venugopal, Bangalore University, Bangalore, INDIA

L M Patnaik, Microprocessor Applications Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA

Sonia Guehis, LAMSADE UMR CNRS 7024 Universite Paris-Dauphine

Philippe Rigaux, LAMSADE UMR CNRS 7024 Universite Paris-Dauphine

Emmanuel Waller, LRI UMR CNRS 8623 Universit?e Paris-Sud Orsay

Udai Shanker, M.M M E College Gorakhpur, India

Manoj Misra, I.I.T. Roorkee Roorkee, India

Anil K. Sarje, I.I.T. Roorkee Roorkee, India

Rahul Shisondia, M.M M E College Gorakhpur, India

U.P. Kulkarni, SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, India.

K.K. Tangod, Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum, India.

S. R. Mangalwede, Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum, India.

A.R. Yardi, Principal, Walchand College of Engineering and Technology, Sangli, India.

Ricardo Jorge Santos, University of Coimbra

Jorge Bernardino, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra

Luciano Caroprese, Universita della Calabria

Cristian Molinaro, Universita della Calabria

Ester Zumpano, Universita della Calabria

Xiaogang Li, Ohio State University, Columbus OH

Gagan Agrawal, Ohio State University, Columbus OH

Iryna Kozlova, University of Hamburg, Germany

Norbert Ritter, University of Hamburg, Germany

Olga Reimer, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany

ZHU Qin, Nantong University, Nantong

YANG Ying, Donghua University, Shanghai

LE Jia-jin, Donghua University, Shanghai

LUO Yi-shu, Donghua University, Shanghai

Jyoti Pawar, DCST, Goa University, India

P.R. Rao, DCST, Goa University, India

Vikram Goyal, I.I.T. Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India

Shyam K. Gupta, I.I.T. Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India

Anand Gupta, N.S.I.T. Delhi

A. Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

M.K. Garg, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

A.K. Majumdar, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

S. Sural, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Ashwani Garg, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

Ashish Mangla, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

Neelima Gupta, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

Vasudha Bhatnagar, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

Xiangdong An, Saint Mary?s University

Dawn Jutla, Saint Mary?s University

Nick Cercone, Dalhousie University

Alberto Portilla, LSR-IMAG Laboratory, BP 72, France

Christine Collet, LSR-IMAG Laboratory, BP 72, France

Genoveva Vargas-Solar, LSR-IMAG Laboratory, BP 72, France

Angela Bonifati, ICAR Inst. - National Research Council, Italy

Alfredo Cuzzocrea, DEIS Dept. - University of Calabria, Italy