Session SIP1: Applications: Image analysis
Automatic text regions location in video frames Bassem Bouaziz, Walid Mahdi, Abdelmajid Ben Hamadou	2
Optical flow field estimation with mrfs using genetic algorithms Sophie Voisin, Albert Dipanda, Claire Bourgeois République	9
Automated detection and classification of clusters of microcalcifications in mammograms Alain Tiedeu, Aude D. Kentsop, Christian Daul, Pierre Graebling, Martin Kom	15

Session SIP2: Stereoscopic and 3d processing
Panoramic face mosaicing and recognition using multi-cameras Fan Yang, Michel Paindavoine, Hervé Abdi, Dominique Arnoult	22
Facial identification problem: A tracking based approach Marco Anisetti, Valerio Bellandi, Ernesto Damiani, Fabrizio Beverina	28
Efficient and low-cost 2.5D and 3D face photography for recognition Boulbaba Ben Amor, Mohsen Ardabilian, Liming Chen	36

Session SIP3: Pattern analysis and recognition
Comparison of textural parameters for colour textures analysis Ambroise Marin, Audrey Roman, Irčne Foucherot, Pierre Gouton	44
Characterization of the anisotropy in color textures B. Jacquin, A. Smolarz	50
Textures in images classification using a multifractal approach Alaoui Mustapha Tahiri, Sidi Mohamed Farssi, Abderrahmane Touzani	56

Session SIP4: Image manipulation and compression
Reduction of the number of spectral bands in LANDSAT images with projection methods: pertinence of the resulting information Ludovic Journaux, Irčne Foucherot, Pierre Gouton	64
A new wavelet based multi-resolution texture segmentation scheme of remotely sensed images for vegetation extraction Amin Kallel, Dorra Sellami Masmoudi, Mounir Salhi, Med Amine Ben Aďcha, Imene Khanfir Kallel, Nabil Derbel	70
Distant horizontal ground observation: atmospheric perturbation simulation and image restoration Magali Lemaitre, Fabrice Mériaudeau, Olivier Laligant, Jacques Blanc-Talon	77

Session SIP5: Learning and classification
Neural network nonlinear factor analysis of high dimensional binary signals Dusan Husek, Hana Rezankova, Václav Snásel, Alexander Frolov, Pavel Polyakov	86
Wavelet-Based feature extraction for musical genre classification using support vector machines Liming Chen, Eugene Bovbel, Maxim Dashouk	90
Optimized segmentation techniques for arabic hanwritten numeral character recognition M. Mansour, M. Benkhadda, A. Benyettou	96
Probabilities on homographies Evgeni Begelfor, Michael Werman	102

Session ICS1: XML Applications
A persistent labelling scheme for XML and tree databases Alban Gabillon, Majirus Fansi	110
ISYWEB: an XML-based architecture for web information systems Moussa Lo, Amrane Hocine	116
Contribution to graphical querying language for XML semi-structured data Sameh Ammar, Ikram Amous, Faiez Gargouri	122

Session ICS2: Distributed information systems I
Grid scheduling algorithms for heterogeneous environment G. Sumathi, N. P. Gopalan	130
Modeling agents with the CSP formalism: an approach for optimization of distributed problems Sana Moujahed, Olivier Simonin, Abder Koukam, Khaled Ghédira	136
Predicting vertebrate promoters with heterogeneous cluster computing Fang-Yie Leu, Neng-Wen Lo, Lun-Ni Yang	143

Session ICS3: Distributed information systems II
Xtractor: A light wrapper for XML paragraph-centric documents Youakim Badr	150
Ad hoc location service for mobile agents Ibrahim Lokpo, Tra Goore Bi, Gérard Padiou	156
Challenges for semantic grid based mobile learning Arouna Woukeu, David E. Millard, Feng Tao, Hugh C. Davis	162

Session ICS4: Distributed information systems III
Garanteed non dropping mechanism deploying IEEE802.11e standard Fang-Yie Leu, Ching-Chien Kuan, Der-Jiunn Deng, Yu-Hsin Chen	170
Human resource constraints driven virtual workflow specification Roger Atsa Etoundi, Marcel Fouda Ndjodo	176
Expressing and interpreting user intention in pervasive service environments Pascal Bihler, Vasile-Marian Scuturici, Lionel Brunie	183

Session ICS5: Data mining and knowledge systems
Mining web hyperlink data for business information: the case of telecommunication companies Liwen Vaughan, Justin You	190
A description logic based approach for product knowledge reasoning Nizamuddin Channa, Shanping Li, Xiangjun Fu	196
ION: a pertinent new measure for mining information from many types of data André Totohasina, Henri Ralambondrainy	202

Session ICS6: Multimedia data and access management
Consistency checking for interactive multimedia presentations Susan Elias, K. S. Easwarakumar, Lisa Mathew, Richard Chbeir	210
Modeling and flexible exploitation of audio documents Mohamed Mbarki, Chantal Soulé-Dupuy, Nathalie Valles-Parlangeau	216
Profiles semantics and matching flexibility for resources access Max Chevalier, Chantal Soulé-Dupuy, Pascaline Laure Tchienehom	224

Session ICS7: Ontologies I
Ontology-Based user requirement analysis for banking application Ruey-Shun Chen, Chan-Chine Chang, Chia-Chen Chen, Isabel Chi	234
Ontology mapping specification in description logics for cooperative systems Thibault Poulain, Nadine Cullot, Kokou Yétongnon	240
Building domain-specific ontology from data-intensive web site: an HTML forms-based reverse engineering approach Sidi Mohamed Benslimane, Mimoun Malki, Mustapha Kamal, Djamal Benslimane	246

Session ICS8: Ontologies II
Using BFA with wordnet ontology based model for web retrieval Václav Snásel, Pavel Moravec, Jaroslav Pokorný	254
OFAUMP: ontology-based framework for adaptable user and multimedia presentations W. Song, Y. Amghar, N. Benharkat	260
A language to specify mappings between ontologies François Scharffe, Jos de Bruijn	267