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    Private Bag 4800,
    Christchurch 8140,
    New Zealand.

Other conference years: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005

2005 Departmental Post-graduate Conference

Thursday 1 September and Friday 2 September 2005

Maths and Computer Science building, room 031

This conference is sponsored by

Thursday 1 September

Session 1

Chairperson: Tim Bell
8.45 9.00 Welcome by Richard Green, Conference Organiser
Opening address by Neville Churcher, HOD
9 .00 9.20 Jason Alexander: Improving Document Navigation using Space-Filling Thumbnails
9:20 9.40 Carey Bishop: Usability Issues of Multiple-Layer Display Technology
9.40 10.00 Nicholas Brettell: Advanced terrain rendering using geometry clipmaps
10.00 10.20 Philip Brock: Target acquisition with visually expanding targets in constant motor-space
10.20 10.40 James Carpinter: Evaluation classification ensembles for spam filtering
10.40 11.00 MORNING REFRESHMENTS

Session 2

Chairperson: Andy Cockburn
11.00 11.20 Blair Neate: An object-oriented semantic model for .NET
11.20 11.40 Alexander Wong: Investigating noise tolerance in generalised nearest neighbour learning
11.40 12.00 Taher Amer: Evaluation of SWIFT point for target acquisition
12.00 12.20 Oliver Batchelor: Volumetric reconstruction using voxel colouring
12.20 12.40 Charles Begg: Multimedia communications protocol
12.40 1.20 LUNCH

Session 3

Chairperson: Tad Takaoka
1.20 1.40 Anthony Dale: A hybrid approach to workflow resource allocation using the PM/PMM framework
1.40 2.00 Jay Holland: A constrained based ITS for the JAVA programming language
2.00 2.20 Oliver Hunt: Haskell.NET: The Art of Avoiding Work
2.20 2.40 Yi Liu: A Bayesian inference system for smart badges
2.40 3.00 Ryan Mallon: History Variables: Implementation in a Procedural Programming Language
3.00 3.20 AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS

Session 4

Chairperson: Brent Martin
3.20 3.40 Nancy Milik: Enhancing ITS by providing A Question-Asking Module with Styled Answers
3.40 4.00 Trond Nilsen: Game design guidelines for Augmented Reality table top games
4.0 0 4.20 Andrew Gin: The Performance of the IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Security Specifications in Wireless LANs
4 .2 0 4.40 Edward Okoko: Authentication architectures in mobile wireless local and wide area networks
4 .40 5.00 Vincent Pau: Development of Secure IPSec Tunneling in a Mobile IP Architecture
5:00   CLOSE OF DAY ONE

Friday 2nd September

Session 5

Chairperson: Wolfgang Kreutzer
9.00 9.20 Jung Shin: Skeleton based toon shading of 3D human characters
9.2 0 9.40 Zhiqi Tu: Enhancements of a Public-Key Cryptosystem Based on the Non-Linear Knapsack Problem
9.40 10.00 Steve Violich: Monster Garage: Combinatorial Generation by Fusing Loopless Algorithms
10.00 10.20 Konstantin Zakharov: Recognition and support of affective states in ITS
10.2 0 10.40 Sung Bae: Improved algorithms for maximum subarray problem and related problems
10.4 0 11.00 MORNING REFRESHMENTS

Session 6

Chairperson: Antonija Mitrovic
11.00 11.20 Nilufar Baghaei: COLLECT-UML: A Collaborative Constraint-based Intelligent System for Learning Object-Oriented Analysis and Design using UML
11.20 11.40 Adrian Clark: Scene analysis and adaptive algorithm switching for Image-Based Object Registration
11.40 12.00 Mirko Eickhoff: Sequential simulation in MRIP: beyond mean value analysis
12.00 12.20 Robert Gran t: Constricting a 3D persistent local terrain map of an unconstrained environment for navigation
12.20 12.40 Hongzhi Gao: PEDDA: Pixel Exclusion Double Difference Algorithm to track fast objects in noisy images
12.4 0 1 .20 LUNCH

Session 7

Chairperson: Ray Hunt
1.2 0 1.40 Christiaan Gough: Better Realising Direct Manipulation
1 .40 2 .00 Jörg Hauber: Supporting social presence in collaborative virtual environments
2 .0 0 2.20 Warwick Irwin: Understanding and improving object-oriented software through static software analysis
2 .20 2.40 Michael JasonSmith: Temporal document retrieval
2.4 0 3.00 Carl Cook: Computer supported collaborative software engineering
3 .00 3.20 AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS

Session 8

Chairperson: R Mukundan
3.2 0 3.40 Mayank Keshariya: A New Interoperability Architecture for a Real Time Policy Driven Wireless Mobile IP Environment
3.4 0 4.00 Julian Looser: Augmented Reality Magic Lenses
4.0 0 4.20 Pramuditha Suraweera: Automatic acquisition of knowledge for Intelligent Tutor Systems
4.2 0 4.40 Amali Weerasinghe: Use of an affective model to enhance learning
4 .40 5.0 0 Neville Churcher: Closing Address
5:00   CONFERENCE CLOSES

Retire to the Staff Club

for end-of-conference function

and presentation of conference prizes

 

Full list of abstracts


Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided both days on the tables in the lower-ground level atrium.

Drink vouchers and nibbles will be provided at the end-of-conference gathering and prize-giving - in the North Lounge of the Staff Club between 5 - 6 p.m. on Friday evening, 2nd September .


NOTES FOR SPEAKERS

  1. Please keep your presentation to the allocated time of 15 minutes.
  2. Five minutes is allowed for discussion after your talk.
  3. Speakers with PowerPoint slides - It is your responsibility to load them into the computer before your session begins.
  4. A computer and data projector will be available. Please load your presentations onto it before the start of your session.

RESEARCH STUDENT TALKS

Prizes will be awarded for the

  • best PhD student talk
  • best Masters student talk
  • best Honours student talk

The organisers are grateful for the support of the following sponsors:

Orion Systems International is a leading provider of clinical workflow and integration technology for the healthcare sector. Orion's clinical information software meets the information needs of clinical staff and healthcare managers, delivering secure, universal access to healthcare information and helping healthcare providers proactively manage and coordinate patient care across the community. Orion's integration and messaging products streamline the exchange of healthcare data within organizations and between business partners. Building on eleven years experience integrating healthcare systems throughout the world, Orion contributes to integration and clinical workflow projects across the globe for clients including Johns Hopkins Hospital, Abbott Laboratories, New York State Department of Health, Capital Health, New South Wales Health, and the New Zealand Ministry of Health. See www.orionhealth.com for more details.

Microsoft New Zealand is working with industry, communities, and governments to conduct our business in a way that helps advance social and economic well-being. Our efforts include: Digital Inclusion & Education : Helping people and communities gain access to the tools, skills, and innovations they need to reach their full potential. Economic Opportunity: Partnering with governments, businesses, and communities to help create opportunity and support local economic growth. Internet Safety & Policy Leadership: Partnering with government and industry leaders to address key societal challenges associated with technology and innovation. Responsible Business Practices: Ensuring high standards in our business ethics, and maintaining integrity and transparency in all of our operations. See www.microsoft.com for more details.

HP New Zealand is a company that serves everyone from consumers to small and mid-sized businesses to enterprises to public sector customers with an extensive portfolio of market-leading solutions specifically designed to meet the needs of each customer segment. HP Labs provides a central research function for the company which is focused on inventing new technologies to improve our customers' lives, change markets and create business opportunities. HP has a significant presence in all markets we serve: Consumer - leadership in handhelds, notebooks, printers and digital cameras for rewarding experiences. Small and medium business - market-leading products, solutions and services for simplified ownership. Enterprise - a full portfolio of leading products and services for building an Adaptive Enterprise. Public sector, health & education - experience and alliances for lower costs and increased efficiencies. See www.hp.com for more details.

The vision for Next Generation Internet New Zealand was summed up in "Collaborating at Speed": "An innovative and globally-connected economy, with state of the art national internet infrastructure delivering bandwidth at capacities and prices that encourage collaboration, and stimulate researchers and entrepreneurs to seek new challenges and business opportunities”. This vision reaches out to all New Zealanders, beyond the tertiary education and research sectors, to schools, businesses and the community, creating a widespread "innovation culture". In line with this, the NGI-NZ Society's Mission is to guide the establishment of an NGI network for New Zealand and work to promote and stimulate the development and use of advanced networking applications. NGI-NZ looks forward to participating in a research, education and innovation environment that increases New Zealand’s global connectedness and enables our researchers, educators, scientists and innovators to take a prominent place on the world stage. See www.ngi-nz.co.nz for more details.

Navman is a leading manufacturer of world-class marine electronics and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. Established in 1988, the New Zealand based company provides a diverse range of navigation technologies across wide ranging industries and currently employees in the region of 600 staff, 77 being based in its Christchurch Development Centre located in the central city. Navman holds a unique position as an electronics company being involved in the design, development and manufacture of products which include satellite GPS receivers, in car navigation devices, chart plotters, fuel flow measurement devices, boat speed gauges, depth and wind instruments, autopilots and fishfinders. Satellite navigation technology has been a core technology for Navman's products from inception. The company recognises the need for applications in transportation, recreation, survey and personal information. The Navman range offers a complete line of GPS products in cost effective and flexible configurations with applications as diverse as commercial fleet tracking to low cost consumer 'in car' and mobile computing GPS products. See www.navman.com for more details.
 
 
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