BIONATURE 2018 - The Ninth International Conference on Bioenvironment, Biodiversity and Renewable Energies
	May 20, 2018 - May 24, 2018
 BIONATURE 2018: Program
InfoSys 2018 & BioSciencesWorld 2018 - Preliminary Program
ConferenceVenueLocation:
    ConferenceHotel
    Hotel Novotel Cap 3000 in Nice / St Laurent du Var
  40 avenue du Verdun
  06700 Saint Laurent du Var
  Tel (+33)4/93195555 - Fax (+33)4/93195559
  Email h0414@accor.com 
NOTE: The Monaco F1 Grand Prix is scheduled for May 27, 2018. As such, hotel availability in the area might be affected. Please arrange your stay as early as possible. 
    Location: Circuit de Monaco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_de_Monaco 
Note: Sessions schedule comprises regular and special tracks. The final program  might slightly vary according to the number of successful special tracks and  the final registrations. 
  
    Conference rooms 
      Time slots  | 
    Room A  | 
    Room B  | 
    Room C  | 
    Room D  | 
  
Sunday, May 20
  
    
      12:00  | 
      Registration starts 
        The registration desk is located in front of the conference rooms 
        Operating during the entire conference  | 
    
    
      13:00 - 15:00  | 
      Tutorial I 
          The  Architectures of the Triple-stores 
        Prof. Dr. Iztok Savnik, University of Primorska, Slovenia  | 
    
    
      15:00 - 15:15  | 
      Coffee  | 
    
    
      15:15 - 17:15  | 
      Tutorial II 
           How to build a Search-Engine with Common  Unix-Tools 
        Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmidt, University of Applied  Sciences Karlsruhe, Germany  | 
    
    
      17:15 - 17:30  | 
      Coffee  | 
    
    
      17:30 - 19:30  | 
      Tutorial III 
          Indoor Positioning by the Fusion of Wireless Metrics and  Sensors 
        Prof. Dr. Özgür Tamer, Dokuz  Eylul University  | Nucleo R&D Ltd. Turkey  | 
    
    
      19:30 - 20:30  | 
      Welcome Cocktail 
        You must have your badge to attend the cocktail  | 
    
  
Monday, May 21
  
    
      09:00 - 09:15  | 
      Opening Session  | 
    
    
      09:15 - 10:15  | 
      Keynote Speech 
          High Renewable Energy Penetrations within  Isolated and Remote Area Power Systems 
        Prof. Dr. Michael Negnevitsky, University of Tasmania, Australia  | 
    
    
      10:15 - 10:30  | 
      Coffee Break  | 
    
    
      10:30 - 12:15  | 
      ENERGY 1  | 
      DBKDA 1  | 
      SIGNAL 1  | 
      ICAS 1 / ASANN I  | 
    
    
      12:15 - 13:45  | 
      Lunch on your own  | 
    
    
      13:45 - 15:30  | 
      BIOTECHNO 1 / BIONATURE   | 
      ICAS 2  | 
      SIGNAL2  | 
      WEB 1   | 
    
    
      15:30 - 15:45  | 
      Coffee Break   | 
    
    
      15:45 - 17:30   | 
      Panel ICAS/ICNS 
          Services in Smart Cities: All about Security, Mobility  and Autonomy 
         Moderator 
          Kevin Daimi, University    of Detroit Mercy, USA 
         Panelists 
          Antonio  José Ribeiro Neves, University of Aveiro, Portugal  
          Irina Topalova, Technical University Sofia, Bulgaria 
          Petre Dini,  IARIA, USA  | 
    
  
Tuesday, May 22
  
    
      09:15 - 10:15  | 
      Keynote    Speech 
          Social Networks and Computational Sustainability: Challenges  and Proposals 
         Prof. Dr. Riccardo Amadeo, University of Pavia, Italy  | 
    
    
      10:15 - 10:30  | 
      Coffee Break  | 
    
    
      10:30 - 12:15  | 
      DBKDA 2   | 
      SIGNAL 3  | 
      ICAS 3 / IASFR  | 
         | 
    
    
      12:15 - 13:45  | 
      Lunch on your own  | 
    
    
      13:45 - 15:30  | 
      ICNS 1   | 
      SIGNAL 4 / EDSA  | 
      ICAS 4 / ASANN II  | 
      ENERGY 2   | 
    
    
      15:30 - 15:45  | 
      Coffee Break   | 
    
    
      15:45 - 17:30  | 
      ICNS 2   | 
      SIGNAL 5 / BLECV  | 
      ENERGY 3 / AGR  | 
         | 
    
    
      17:30 - 17:45  | 
      Coffee  | 
    
    
      17:45 - 19:30   | 
      Panel ENERGY and BIO 
          Challenges on Green Energy and Sustainability 
         Moderator 
          Anandha Gopalan,  Imperial College London, UK 
        Panelists 
          Michael Negnevitsky, University of Tasmania, Australia 
Valentinas Klevas, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Lithuania 
Liana Maria Jacob, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany 
Jad Nassar,   HEI - Yncréa HdF, France  | 
    
  
Wednesday, May 23
  
    
      09:15 - 10:15  | 
      Keynote    Speech 
          DBMS Support for Big Live Data 
        Prof. Dr. Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of  Scotland, Scotland  | 
    
    
      10:15 - 10:30  | 
      Coffee Break  | 
    
    
      10:30 - 12:15  | 
      ICNS 3   | 
      ENERGY 4   | 
      DBKDA 4 / GraphSM  | 
      WEB 2   | 
    
    
      12:15 - 13:45  | 
      Lunch on your own  | 
    
    
      13:45 - 15:30  | 
      Industrial/Research Keynote Speeches 
          Recommender systems: The Magic Hidden behind the Interface  of Online Services or a Clever Interplay between Smart Algorithms and  Innovative human-computer Interaction 
            Dr. Toon De Pessemier, Ghent  University - imec, Belgium 
        Visual Analytics for Leveraging insight into  Multi-dimensional Data Networks 
          Dr. Jean-Marie Le Goff, CERN- European Organisation  for Nuclear Research, Switzerland  | 
    
    
      15:30 - 15:45  | 
      Coffee Break   | 
    
    
      15:45 - 17:30   | 
      Panel SIGNAL 
          Advances on Sensing Techniques and Signal Processing 
         Moderator 
          Wilfried Uhring, ICube, University of Strasbourg and CNRS,  France 
         Panelists 
          Laurent Fesquet, Grenoble INP/TIMA Laboratory, France  
          Özgür Tamer, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi,  Turkey     
          Mohammadmehdi Saberioon, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech  Republic  | 
    
    
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      20:30 : 23:30  | 
      CONFERENCE DINNER  | 
    
  
Thursday, May 24
  
    
      09:15 - 10:15  | 
      Keynote    Speech 
          Sensing and Sampling  for Low-power Applications 
        Prof. Dr. Laurent Fesquet, Grenoble INP/TIMA Laboratory, France  | 
    
    
      10:15 - 10:30  | 
      Coffee Break  | 
    
    
      10:30 - 12:15  | 
      DBKDA 3   | 
      WEB 3  | 
      ENERGY 5 / HPC4E  | 
         | 
    
    
      12:15 - 12:30  | 
      Coffee Break   | 
    
    
      12:30 - 14:15   | 
      Panel DBKDA/WEB/GraphSM 
          Getting More from Linked Data 
         Moderator 
          Friedrich Laux,  Reutlingen University, Germany 
        Panelists 
          Jean-Marie Le Goff, CERN- European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Switzerland 
          Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland, Scotland  
          Elio Toppano, Università di Udine,   Italy  | 
    
    
      14:15 - 14:30   | 
      Coffee and Closing Session  | 
    
  
Friday, May 25 
Recommended tourist objectives to be visited on your own: 
  Nice (direct bus, ~25 minutes/one way, every 15 minutes)
  Monaco/Monte Carlo (trains, every 30 minutes)
  Cannes (trains, every 30 minutes)
  Saint-Tropez (see agency offers at Novotel Hotel)
Sunday, May 27
    2018 Monaco  Grand Prix 
    Date: May  27, 2018, 5:00 AM PDT
    Location: Circuit de Monaco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_de_Monaco 
Detailed Program
BIOTECHNO 2018, The Tenth International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems and Biotechnologies
BIOTECHNO 1: Biomedical Technologies
  Session chair: Mohammad Pourhomayoun
Predictive   Analytics to Determine the Potential Occurrence of Genetic Disease and   their Correlation: Osteoporosis and Cardiovascular Disease
    Kae Sawada, Michael W. Clark, Zilong Ye, Nabil Alshurafa, Mohammad Pourhomayoun
Automated Quantification of the Resistance of Epithelial Cell Layers from an Impedance Spectrum
    Thomas Schmid, Dorothee Günzel, Martin Bogdan
The Sustainable Growth Use of Renewable Energy Based nn Spatial Energy Planning
    Valentinas Klevas, Audrone Kleviene
 
DBKDA 2018, The Tenth International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications
DBKDA 1: Data Query, Access, Mining, and Correlation
  Session chair: Andreas Schmidt
Comparative Analysis of Supervised Machine Learning Techniques on K-12 Educational Data
    Ravi Mattani, Manjeet Rege, Brandan Keaveny
An Analysis of Correlation Between Seat Positions and Achievements of Students
    Toshiro Minami, Yoko Ohura
DBKDA 2: Databases Technologies
  Session chair: Dimitar Hristovski
Partial Order Multi Version Concurrency Control
    Yuya Isoda, Atsushi Tomoda, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Kazuhiko Mogi
QuaIIe: A Data Quality Assessment Tool for Integrated Information Systems
    Lisa Ehrlinger, Bernhard Werth, Wolfram Woess
Real-Time Scheduler for Consistent Query Execution of Big Data Analytics
    Shenoda Guirguis, Sabina Petride
DBKDA 3: Knowledge and Decision Bases
  Session chair: Iztok Savnik
A Business Intelligence Solution for Supporting Making Decision in Fulfillment Process
    Thi Kim Hien Le, Thi Thuong Pham, Sheng-Tun Li
A Knowledge Discovery Framework for XML-Literature-Data [POSTER]
    Lixue Zou, Li Wang, Xiaoli Chen, Xiwen Liu
A Distributed Collaborative Filtering Algorithm Using Multiple Data Sources
    Mohamed Reda Bouadjenek, Esther Pacitti, Maximilien Servajean, Florent Masseglia, Amr El Abbadi
DBKDA 4 / GraphSM: Graph Analysis, Management and Applications
  Session chair: Friedrich Laux
Interactive Graph Query Language for Multidimensional Data in Collaboration Spotting Visual Analytics Framework
    Adam Agocs, Dimitrios Dardanis, Jean-Marie Le Goff, Dimitrios Proios
Interactive Search and Exploration of Entity-entity Relationships in a Huge Document Corpus
    Andreas Schmidt, Steffen Scholz
Towards Using a Graph Database and Literature-based Discovery for Interpretation of Next Generation Sequencing Results
    Dimitar Hristovski, Gaber Bergant, Andrej Kastrin, Borut Peterlin
 
ENERGY 2018, The Eighth International Conference on Smart Grids, Green Communications and IT Energy-aware Technologies
ENERGY 1: Fundamentals in Smart Grids
  Session chair: Kevin Daimi
The Future Development of Smart Grid - The Case of Morocco
    Nada Belkebir, Ahmed Khallaayoun, Rachid Lghoul, Mohammed Maaroufi
Energy Management Policy with Demand Response Method for a Smart Home
    Win Thandar Soe, Cécile Belleudy
Energy Planning Support with Geomapping Tool and Energy Demand Estimation: The Energis Platform
    Gema Hernández, Víctor Serna, Giulia Massa, César Valmaseda
ENERGY 2: Advanced IT Energy-aware Technologies
  Session chair: Liana Maria Jacob
Situation   Analysis of Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy and Smart Grids for   Sustainable Urban Mobility in Five European Regions
    Kamilė Petrauskienė, Jolanta Dvarionienė, Daina Kliaugaitė, Giedrius Kaveckis, Julie Chenadec, Leonie Hehn
PLECO: New Energy-Aware Programming Languages and Eco-Systems for the Internet of Things
    Jon Robinson, Kevin Lee, Kofi Appiah
A Software-based Approach for Source-line Level Energy Estimates and Hardware Usage Accounting on Android
    Alexandre Cornet, Anandha Gopalan
ENERGY 3 / AGR: Analytics for Smart Grids Reliability and Resiliency
  Session chair: Vivian Sultan
Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
    Vivian Sultan, Au Vo, Brian Hilton
An Inclusion of Electric Grid Reliability Research Through the Enhanced Energy Informatics Research Framework
    Vivian Sultan, Au Vo, Brian Hilton
Electric Substation Emergency Disaster Response Planning Through the Use of Geographic Information Systems
    Vivian Sultan, Au Vo, Brian Hilton
Battery Storage Integration Into the Electric Grid
    Vivian Sultan, Ahmed Alzahrani, Hind Bitar, Brian Hilton
Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
    Vivian Sultan, Au Vo, Brian Hilton
ENERGY 4: Smart Grids Management and Control
  Session chair: Jolanta Dvarioniene
A Qualitative Risk Analysis of Smart Grid Security Protocols
    Mustafa Saed, Kevin Daimi, Nizar Al Holou
Investigation of Technical Potentials for Load Shifting and Their Suitability to Compensate Forecast Errors of Wind Parks
    Liana Maria Jacob, Sebastian Reinöhl, Wolfgang Schufft
QoS-compliant Data Aggregation for Smart Grids
    Jad Nassar, Nicolas Gouvy, Nathalie Mitton
ENERGY 5 / HPC4E: High Performance Computing for Energy
  Session chair: Rafael Mayo-García
Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
    Rafael Mayo-García, José Mª Cela, Alvaro LGA Coutinho
Performance Prediction of Geophysics Numerical Kernels on Accelerator Architectures
    Vı́ctor Martı́nez, Matheus da Silva Serpa, Philippe Olivier Alexandre Navaux, Edson Luiz Padoin, Jairo Panetta
Energy Determination of Superconducting Vortex Lattices With Stochastic Methods Calculated on GPUs
    Manuel Rodriguez-Pascual, Jose A Moriñigo, Rafael Mayo-Garcia
Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
    Rafael Mayo-García, José Mª Cela, Alvaro LGA Coutinho
 
ICAS 2018, The Fourteenth International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems
ICAS 1 / ASANN I: Autonomous Systems with Application of Neural Networks I
  Session chair: Irina Topalova
Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
    Irina Topalova
Neural Networks for Scattering Signal Based Object Recognition
    Hristomir Yordanov, Irina Topalova
Neural Network Based Multimodal Emotion Estimation
    Strahil Sokolov
Control of Traffic Congestion with Weighted Random Early Detection and Neural Network Implementation
    Irina Topalova, Pavlinka Radoyska
ICAS 2: Algorithms and Theory for Control and Computation
  Session chair: Du-Ming Tsai
Defect Inspection of Liquid-Crystal-Display (LCD) Panels in Repetitive  Pattern Images Using 2D Fourier Image Reconstruction
    Du-Ming Tsai, Yan-Hsin Tseng, S. K. Morris Fan
Key Parameter Identification for Faulty Wafer Detection Using Image Processing
    Shu-Kai S. Fan, Du-Ming Tsai, Chih-Hung Jen, Rui-Yu Huang, Kuan-Lung Chen
Minimizing LR(1) State Machines is NP-Hard
    Wuu Yang
Non-Linear Characterization Measurement as an Advance Control Method [PRESENTATION]
    ThanhNga Thai
ICAS 3 / IASFR: Intelligent Autonomous Systems for the Future of Retail
  Session chair: Antonio José Ribeiro Neves
Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
  Antonio José Ribeiro Neves, Alina Trifan 
Unmanned Aerial System Operations for Retail
    Guido Manfredi, Elgiz Baskaya, Jim Sharples, Yannick Jestin
Digital Management of Multiple Advertising Displays
    Arménio Baptista, Alina Trifan, António Neves
Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
Antonio José Ribeiro Neves, Alina Trifan 
ICAS 4 / ASANN II: Autonomous Systems with Application of Neural Networks II
  Session chair: Irina Topalova
Application of Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Techniques in Sequential Games
    Vanya Markova, Ventseslav Shopov
A Study of the of Evolutionary Strategies Impact on Performance of Reinforcement Learning Autonomous Agents
    Ventseslav Shopov, Vanya Markova
Using Neural Networks to Evaluate the Intelligibility of the Speech in Voice over Internet Protocol
    Angel Garabitov, Aleksandar Tsenov
Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
    Irina Topalova
 
ICNS 2018, The Fourteenth International Conference on Networking and Services
ICNS 1: Emerging Network Communications and Technologies
  Session chair: Jan Kasimir
Performance Analysis of a Full Duplex MAC Protocol with Binary Exponential Backoff
    Sammy Chan
DDoS Attacks as an Important Network Phenomenon
    Ilija Basicevic, Stanislav Ocovaj, Miroslav Popovic
Social-Aware Peer Discovery for Small Cell Based Device-to-Device Communication
    Aamir Nadeem, Ho-Shin Cho
ICNS 2: Multi Provider QoS/SLA Internetworking
  Session chair: Ilija Basicevic
Telco-Carrier Grade Evaluation of 5G SDN/NFV-enabled Policy Control Concepts
    Michael Maruschke, Jan Kasimir, Manuel Keipert
Towards a Composition of Region-Adherent Systems
    Dilshod Rahmatov, Oliver Theel, Manuel Gieseking
ICNS 3: Scalability and Optimization
  Session chair: Kevin Daimi
POMDP Based Throughput Maximization Scheme For Wireless Powered Cognitive Radio Network
    Van Hiep Vu, Insoo Koo
Scalable Messaging for Java-based Cloud Applications
    Kevin Beineke, Stefan Nothaas, Michael Schoettner
Bandwidth Scheduling for Maximizing Resource Utilization in Software-Defined Networks
    Poonam Dharam
 
SIGNAL 2018, The Third International Conference on Advances in Signal, Image and Video Processing
SIGNAL 1: Special Signal, Image and Video Processing Applications/Domains
  Session chair: Özgür Tamer
GPU-accelerated Signal Processing for Search of Pulsars
    Stanislav Klimenko, Kira Konich, Igor Nikitin, Lialia Nikitina, Sergey Tyul’bashev
An   End-to-End Traffic Vision and Counting System Using Computer Vision and   Machine Learning: The Challenges in Real-Time Processing
    Haiyan Wang, Hunter Owens, Janna Smith, William Chernicoff, Mehran Mazari, Mohammad Pourhomayoun
FPGA Based Disparity Value Estimation
    Celal Güvendik, Özgür Tamer
SIGNAL 2: Signal Processing Theory and Methods
  Session chair: Mario Mustra
HELD1: Home Equipment Laboratory Dataset for Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring
    Pirmin Held, Steffen Mauch, Alaa Saleh, Djaffar Ould Abdeslam, Dirk Benyoucef
Comparing Different Pre-processing Methods for Differentiate Live Fish Based on Hyperspectral Imagery
    Mohammadmehdi Saberioon, Petr Císař, Pavel Souček, Laurent Labbé, Pablo Pelissier
Mass Segmentation in Mammograms Using Texture Features and Fuzzy C-means Algorithm
    Moustapha Mohamed Saleck, Abdelmajide El Moutaouakkil
A   Novel Procedure for Virtual Measurements Generation Suitable for   Training and Testing in the Context of Non Intrusive Load Monitoring
    Alaa Saleh, Pirmin Held, Dirk Benyoucef, Djaffar Ould Abdeslam
SIGNAL 3: Image/Signal Computation and Services
  Session chair: Andreja Samčović
A Survey on Blind Digital Photographs Forensics Based on Image Analysis
    Andreja Samčović
Simultaneous Velocity Estimation and Range Compression for High Speed Targets ISAR Imaging Based on the Chirp Fourier Transform
    Zibo Zhou, Libing Jiang, Zhuang Wang, Ruibin Tu, Yang Wang, Zhenhai Xu
Automatic Traffic Light Recognition for Mobile Robot Applications
    Chi-Hsun Chiang, Cheng-Kang Wen, Chun Mu Wu, Jung-Hua Chou
Real Time Hyperspectral Imaging Using High Frame Rate Video Camera and GPGPU Processing
    Enagnon Aguénounon, Manon Schmidt, Foudil Dadouche, Wilfried Uhring, Sylvain Gioux
Detecting UAVs Using Acoustic Camera
    Jurica Ivošević, Tomislav Radišić, Mario Muštra, Ivan Bublić, Ivan Tudor, Darije Varžić
SIGNAL 4 / EDSA: Event-Driven Signal Applications
  Session chair: Laurent Fesquet
Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
    Laurent Fesquet
Shaping Electromagnetic Emissions of Event-Driven Circuits Thanks to Genetic Algorithms
    Sophie Germain, Sylvain Engels, Laurent Fesquet
Infinite Impulse Response Filters for Nonuniform Data
    Brigitte Bidegaray-Fesquet, Laurent Fesquet
Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
    Laurent Fesquet
SIGNAL 5 / BLECV: Body Language Estimation through Computer Vision
  Session chair: Antonio José Ribeiro Neves
Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION]
    Antonio José Ribeiro Neves, Alina Trifan
Analysis of Emotions From Body Postures Based on Digital Imaging
    Bruno Barbosa, António Neves, Sandra Soares, Isabel Dimas
Human Body Posture Detection in Context: The Case of Teaching and Learning Environments
    Rui Sacchetti, Tiago Teixeira, Bruno Barbosa, António Neves, Sandra Soares, Isabel Dimas
Face Verification in Uncontrolled Environments for Access Control
    Ricardo Ribeiro, Daniel Lopes, António Neves
Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION]
    Antonio José Ribeiro Neves, Alina Trifan
 
WEB 2018, The Sixth International Conference on Building and Exploring Web Based Environments
WEB 1: Human-Web Interaction
  Session chair: Kevin Daimi
Radical Transparency on the Web
    Terrance Goan
Cultural Based Adaptive Web Design for Wellington Institute of Technology
    Lakshmi Sivadas, Abdolreza Hajmoosaei
Heart Rate Monitoring and Activity Recognition Using Wearables
    Toon De Pessemier, Enias Cailliau, Luc Martens
WEB 2: Trends on WEB-based Data Processing/Analytics
  Session chair: Lisa Ehrlinger
Potential Big Data Future Challenges for the GoodTurn System
    Katherine Snyder, Kevin Daimi, Jacob Vanassche
A Web-based Collaborative Tool for Land Use Computation on Satellite Images
    Maria Grazia Albanesi, Riccardo Amadeo
Assessing the Accuracy of Crowdsourced POI Names
    Abdulelah Abuabat, Mohammed Aldosari, Hassan Karimi
WEB 3: Semantic Web Designing and Programming
  Session chair: Riccardo Amadeo
Value Annotation of Web Resources: the ValueML Language
    Elio Toppano, Massimo Romanin
An Open Data Approach to Publish Relational Data
    Miguel Alves, João Nunes