RENSSELAER AT HARTFORD
COMPUTER SCIENCE SEMINAR

April 24, 2004

Table of Contents

Message from the Chair
Message from the Library Staff
History of Seminar
Disclaimer
Conference At A Glance
Author Index

Session A1: Network Routing and Management
Session Leader: Roger Brown

  1. Service Level Agreements for the Commercial Grid
    Deitch, Rachael M.
     
  2. Keeping the Minimum Spanning Tree Minimal: Using Approximation Algorithms for Adding or Removing Members in Multicast Routing
    Jacques, Lorraine A.
     
  3. A Qualitative Analysis of Alternative Exterior Secure Routing Protocols
    Lagel, Diane
     

Session A2: Network Security I
Session Leader: Roger Brown

  1. Improved Intrusive Process Detection Via Text Categorization of System Call Sequences
    Buehner, Kurt
     
  2. Intrusion Detection Design for Novel Attacks
    Munch, Garon
     
  3. Analysis of Four Distributed Denial of Service Counter-measures
    Xiong, Jin
     

Session A3: Network Security II
Session Leader: Roger Brown

  1. RFID Technology: An Analysis of Privacy and Security Issues
    Pisarsky, Gary M.
     
  2. Secure Internet Voting: Realistic Endeavor or Unattainable Fantasy
    Stratton, Joseph Daniel
     
  3. Biometrics in Smart Cards
    Gupta, Monika
     
  4. Using WS-Security and SAML or Internet Single Sign On
    Miller, Darren
     

Session B2: Networking Potpourri
Session Leader: Lynn DeNoia

  1. A Comparison of Direct and Indirect URI Sensing Technologies for use in Context-Aware Mobile Service Applications
    Cavallari, Michael J.
     
  2. Server Load Balancing Using Adaptive Routing on an MPLS Enabled Network
    Grzybowski, Joseph
     
  3. Qualitative Comparison of Active Layered Multicast Adaptation Protocol and Resource Reservation Protocol
    Murgai, Sorabh
     
  4. TCP Performance over Bluetooth 1.1 in the Presence of 802.11b Interference
    Macdonald, George Michael
     

Session B3: Wireless and Ad Hoc Networks
Session Leader: Lynn DeNoia

  1. Comparison of Routing Protocols for Ad-hoc Networks
    Sharma, Megha
     
  2. Selecting a Common Video Compression Algorithm for Use in Error-Resilient Wireless Video
    White, Gregory
     
  3. Combined Numerical Optimization of TCP and Routing Protocol Parameters in Wireless AD Hoc Networks
    Suydam, Adam J.
     
  4. Timing is Everything... to a Wireless Sensor Network: A Comparison of Two Time Synchronization Techniques
    Blinn, Mark J.
     
  5. Trust in QoS Routing Algorithms for Wireless Ad Hoc Multihop Networks
    Robson, Dale
     

Session C1: Potpourri I
Session Leader: James McKim

  1. A Survey of Distance Metrics Approximating L2 in the Construction of Voronoi Diagrams for VLSI Applications
    Tan, Mervyn Y.
     
  2. Specification Set for the World's Greatest Linked List
    Mukherjee, Someshwar
     
  3. Practical Implementation of Security for a Web Services Server Application Written in Java
    Chandrasekaran, Manikandan
     
  4. Effect of Adding Width Constraint on "As Designed Shapes" During Minimum Perturbation Phase of Technology Migration
    Prue, Sarah
     

Session C2: The Semantic Web
Session Leader: Heidi Ellis

  1. Semantic Web Application Architectures
    Rutledge, Amelia L.
     
  2. Multimedia Data Integration on the Semantic Web
    Flores, Mark
     
  3. A Conceptual Trust Framework for Semantic Web Agents
    Kowalczyk, Todd
     
  4. A Comparison of the Security Frameworks in Agent-Based Semantic Web
    Deng, Xinyuan
     

Session C3: Software Development Approaches
Session Leader: Heidi Ellis

  1. Guava vs. Java4P: A Comparison of Two Approaches to Provide a Better Java Thread Synchronization Model
    Dawkins, Roan
     
  2. To JNI or not to JNI
    Davis, Demetrius L.
     
  3. Cookieless HTTP Session Persistence Using the BASE Tag
    Minutillo, Stephen J.
     
  4. Using a Lease to Manage Service Contracts in Service Oriented Architectures
    Stevens, Michael
     
  5. The Effect of Development Team Size on Software Maintainability
    Kloptosky, Jonathan
     

Session D2: Potpourri II
Session Leader: Timothy Hartley

  1. Evaluation of Post-Intrusion Database Recovery Methods
    Klapheke, Jeffrey G.
     
  2. Towards Intelligent Self-Managing and Self-Tuning Grid Database
    Pathak, Urvi
     
  3. Determinism of Real-Time Java vs. C++
    Karousos, Peter G.
     

Session D3: Usability Potpourri
Session Leader: Timothy Hartley

  1. A Comparison of the Performance of Cross Platform GUI Implementations
    Griglak, Brian J.
     
  2. A Comparison of Link Readability Techniques
    Graves, Karyn
     
  3. An Affective Model for the Construction of a Computer Chat Agent
    Henry, Charles S.
     
  4. A New Approach to Instant Messaging Using Content-Planned Dialog and Context Free Grammar
    Conroy, Michael J.
     

Session E2: Models and the Software Process
Session Leader: Houman Younessi

  1. The State of the Art: What Have We Accomplished in the Last 10 years of Cost Estimation Research
    Robbins, Eloise G.
     
  2. A Case Study on the Efficacy of Agent UML in Modeling Intelligent Agents
    Sedighi, Art
     
  3. Dissolving Ambiguities in UML Whole-Part Relationships
    Robbins, Larry C.
     

Session E3: Empirical Software Engineering
Session Leader: Houman Younessi

  1. Statistical Analysis in the Software Industry
    Taddey, Debra
     
  2. The Effects of Object-Oriented Programming on Hours Spent in Software Maintenance
    Turner, Kelly M.
     
  3. Software Reliability Modeling - An Empirical Study of Time-Between-Failure-Models
    Wong, Avy
     
  4. A Comparison of Function Point Analysis versus Engineer Experience in Predicting Semiconductor FAB Integration Software Project Durations
    Maddix, Jonathan L.
     
  5. Reliability of Genetic Algorithms Applied to Dynamic Systems Control Tuning
    Hesla, James P.
     

Session F1: Potpourri III
Session Leader: Timothy Martyn

  1. Memory Protection Scheme: Nooks Achitecture vs. Mondrian Protection Scheme
    Chopra, Tarun
     
  2. Comparing RAID-0 Performances on Linux and Windows XP
    Mitchell, Ricardo
     
  3. Novel Means for Control of Continuous Fermentations
    Geiger, Edwin
     
  4. Experimental Comparison of Usability of Hybrid Mobile Devices
    Udyaver, Shanker B.
     

Session F2: Database and Miscellaneous
Session Leader: Timothy Martyn

  1. Keyword Search in Relational Databases
    Sokol, Daniel P.
     
  2. Website Personalization using Data Mining and Active Database Techniques
    Saxe, Richard S.
     
  3. Fine-Grained Security Using Tokens and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
    Simon, Thomas
     
  4. An In-depth Inspection of Online Fantasy Games
    Chapman, William
     

Addendum
Papers Previously Presented

  1. Copyright Protection of Digital Still Images Using Invisible Watermarking Techniques
    Sweig, Robert B.
     
  2. Network Response Time for Efficient Interactive Use
    Flemming, David A.
     
  3. Data Compression for Bitmap Indexes
    Chen, Yeuqing
     



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