Registration and Coffee

Opening Remarks from Steering Committee

Keynote 1
European Union and the Future Internet
Dr. Paulo T. de Sousa
Head of SectorInternet of the Future, Directorate-General Information Society
European Commission

Session 1: Emerging Infrastructure and Technologies I

Invited Talk: Why the Internet is so ‘small’?
Shi Zhou (University College London)

Reactive Management of Quality of Service in Multimedia OBS Networks Based on GMPLS
Antonio Jorge Abelem (Federal University of Para - UFPA), Fernando Farias (Federal University of Para - UFPA), Esteves Rafael (Federal University of Para - UFPA), Waldir Moreira (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto), Michael Stanton (Fluminense Federal University - UFF)

Coffee Break (20 minutes)

Session 1: Emerging Infrastructure and Technologies I (Contd.)

Enhancing Java RMI with Asynchrony through Reflection
Nadia Erdogan (Turkey), Orhan Akın (Istanbul Technical University)

SNR Based Digital Estimation of Security in Wireless Sensor Networks
Adnan Ashraf (Mehran UET), Abdul Rauf Rajput (Mehran UET)

Invited Talk: Quantifying the TV White Spaces Spectrum for Cognitive Radio Access
Maziar Nekovee (UCL and BT Research, UK)

Panel: Conclusions from the session I

Lunch

Keynote 2
Building Digital Economy - The Research Councils Programme and the Vision
John Hand
Head of Research Councils UK Digital Economy Programme

Session 2: Emerging Infrastructure and Technologies II

Invited Talk: MIMO Free-Space Optical Communication Employing Subcarrier Intensity Modulation in Atmospheric Turbulence Channels
Prof. Zabih Ghassemlooy (Associate Dean for Research, School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Northumbria, UK)

RSVP-TE based impairments collection mechanism in DWDM networks
Valerio Bellandi (Università degli Studi di Miilano), Marco Anisetti (Università degli Studi di Miilano), Ernesto Damiani (Università degli studi di Milano), Roberto Cassata (Cisco System), Zafar Alì (Cisco System)

Coffee Break (40 minutes)
Poster Session (Work-in-Progress and Short Papers)

Session 2: Emerging Infrastructure and Technologies II (Contd.)

MIMO-OFDM System‘s Performance Using LDPC Codes for a Mobile Robot
Omar Daoud (Jordan), Omar Alani (University of Leeds)

Hybrid M-QAM with Adaptive Modulation and Selection Combining In MIMO systems
Sang-do Lee (Samsung Electronics), Young-chai Ko (Korea University)

Performance Analysis of a Joint Space-Time Block Codes and Channel Estimation Scheme in DL-PUSC Mode of Mobile WiMAX
Phuong Pham (University of the Ryukyus, Japan), Tomohisa Wada (University of the Ryukyus, Japan)

Panel: Conclusions from the session II

Closing

Keynote (ITS): The Changing Transport Datascape - Opportunities and Challenges
Prof. John Polak
Professor of Transport Demand; Director, Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London; Research Director, UK Transport Research Centre

Session 3: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Invited Talk: Intelligent Control of Urban Road Networks: Algorithms, Systems and Communications
Prof. Mike Smith (University of York)

Congestion Reduction Using Ad-Hoc Message Dissemination in Vehicular Networks
Thomas Hewer (University College London) and Maziar Nekovee (University College London and BT)

Invited Talk: Intelligent Mobility Systems: Some Socio-Technical Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Monika Buscher (Lancaster University)

iRide: A Cooperative Sensor and IP Multimedia Subsystem Based Architecture and Application for ITS Road Safety
Muslim Elkotob (Lulea University of Technology), Evgeny Osipov (Lulea University of Technology)

DVB-T/H Portable and Mobile TV Performance in the New Channel Profiles Modes
Tomas Kratochvil (Brno University of Technology)

Localization to Enhance Security and Services in Wi-Fi Networks under Privacy Constraints
Gareth Ayres (Swansea University), Rashid Mehmood (Swansea University), Keith Mitchell (Lancaster University), Nicholas Race (Lancaster University)

A Proportional Fairness with Bandwidth-Borrowing Scheme for a Two-Tier NEMO System
Bing-Chi Kuo (National Sun Yat-Sen University), Tsang-Ling Sheu (National Sun Yat-Sen University)

Panel discussion: ITS – Issues, trends and future

Lunch

Keynote (IHS): Healthcare Information Systems - Requirements and Vision
Prof. John G. Williams
Professor of Health Services Research, Swansea University, UK;
Director of Health Informatics Unit, Royal College of Physicians, UK

Session 4: Intelligent Healthcare Systems (IHS)

Invited Talk: The impact of information technology on the quality and safety of health care
Prof. Azeem Majeed (Professor of Primary Care, Head of the Department of Primary Care & Social Medicine, Imperial College London; Associate Director (Primary Care) for the UK National Diabetes Research Network; Co-Director, NW London Comprehensive Local Research Network)

Invited Talk: e-Labs and Work Objects: Towards Digital Health Economies
Prof. Iain Buchan (Professor of Public Health Informatics; Director of the Northwest Institute for Bio-Health Informatics, University of Manchester)

Mandatory and Location-Aware Access Control for Relational Databases
Michael Decker (Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Institut AIFB)

Coffee Break (20 minutes)

Invited Talk: The Interaction of Production and Consumption in the News Media Social Space
Gary Graham (University of Manchester)

Optimization of TCP/IP over 802.11 Wireless Networks in Home Environment
Toni Janevski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje), Ivan Petrov (Macedonian Telecom)

Analysis of the Contextual Behaviour of Mobile Subscribers
Borja Salmeron (Helsinki University of Technology), Hannu Verkasalo (Helsinki University of Technology)

Panel discussion: Intelligent Healthcare Systems – Issues, trends and future

Bus from Conference Venue for the Gala Dinner