Award Ceremony of the 2009 Collocated Conferences Organized
by The International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS)


Initiating the Awards Ceremony



Dr. C. Dale Zinn, WMSCI 2009 Program Committee Co-Chair, initiating the Award Ceremony


Dr. C. Dale Zinn, WMSCI 2009 Program Committee Co-Chair, making a toast for the award recipients


Dr. C. Dale Zinn addressing award recipients and attendees


Dr. Nagib Callaos, WMSCI 2009 General Chair, expressing gratefulness to the Plenary Keynote Speakers and to the recipients of the awards for the quality of their presentations.


Dr. H. John Caulfield (at the left of second row), 'One of America's 10 Top Scientists' (Business Week), and General Plenary Keynote Speaker toasting, with other attendees, for the award recipients


Some attendees and award recipients also toasting for the award recipients


Attendees and award recipients


Attendees and award recipients


Special Awards and Recognitions



Dr. C. Dale Zinn, WMSCI 2009 Program committee Co-Chair, and Dr. Nagib Callaos, WMSCI 2009 General Chair, expressing recognition to the plenary keynote speakers for their keynote address quality and for their leadership in different scientific and professional areas.


Professor Stuart Umpleby receiving, from Dr. Nagib Callaos, a WMSCI 2009 plaque. In Appreciation for his Great Keynote Address at the General Plenary Session of the Collocated Conferences


Professor Louis Kauffman receiving, from Dr. Nagib Callaos, a WMSCI 2009 plaque. In Appreciation for his Great Keynote Address at the General Plenary Session of the Collocated Conferences


Professor H. John Caulfield receiving, from Dr. Nagib Callaos, a WMSCI 2009 plaque. In Appreciation for his Great Keynote Address at the General Plenary Session of the Collocated Conferences


Dr. W. Curtiss Priest receiving, from Dr. Nagib Callaos, a WMSCI 2009 plaque. In Appreciation for his Great Keynote Address at the General Plenary Session of the Collocated Conferences


Professor Ranulph Glanville receiving, from Dr. Nagib Callaos, a WMSCI 2009 plaque. In Appreciation for his Great Keynote Address at the General Plenary Session of the Collocated Conferences


Professor Karl Müller receiving, from Dr. Nagib Callaos, a WMSCI 2009 plaque. In Appreciation for his Great Keynote Address at the General Plenary Session of the Collocated Conferences


Dr. Susan S. Nash receiving an IIIS acknowledgement plaque for her great IMETI 2009 Plenary Keynote Address


Dr. Bill Tait receiving an IIIS acknowledgement plaque for his great EISTA 2009 Plenary Keynote Address


Dr. Nitza Hernández receiving an IIIS acknowledgement plaque for her great CISCI 2009 Plenary Keynote Address


Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Blankenbach receiving an IIIS acknowledgement plaque for his great IMETI 2009 Plenary Keynote Address


Dr. Roberta Mugellesi Dow receiving an IIIS acknowledgement plaque for her great WMSCI 2009 Plenary Keynote Address


Prof. David Fonseca Escudero receiving an IIIS acknowledgement plaque for his great CISCI 2009 Plenary Keynote Address


Prof. Alfred Schaetter receiving an IIIS acknowledgement plaque for his great IMETI2009 Plenary Keynote Address


Dr. Susu Nousala receiving an IIIS acknowledgement plaque for her great WMSCI 2009 Plenary Keynote Address


Dr. Slava Kalyuga receiving an IIIS acknowledgement plaque for his great IMSCI 2009 Plenary Keynote Address


Prof. Jaume Duran receiving an IIIS acknowledgement plaque for his great CISCI 2009 Plenary Keynote Address


Dr. C. Dale Zinn receiving, from Dr. Nagib Callaos, an IIIS recognition for his professional quality and leadership in the area of Safety and Risk Management


Prof. Hsing-Wei Chu receiving, from Dr. Nagib Callaos, an IIIS recognition for his academic quality and leadership in the area of Industrial Engineering


Prof. Jorge Baralt receiving, from Dr. Nagib Callaos, an IIIS recognition for his academic quality and leadership in the area of Computer Engineering


Prof. Friedrich Welsh receiving, from Dr. Nagib Callaos, an IIIS recognition for his academic quality and leadership in the area of Social Sciences


Prof. Angel Oropeza receiving, from Dr. Nagib Callaos, an IIIS recognition for his academic quality and leadership in the area of Social Sciences


Professor Andrés Tremante receiving, from Dr. Nagib Callaos, an IIIS recognition for his academic quality and leadership in the area of Mechanical Engineering


WMSCI 2009 Sessions’ Best Papers Awards
(13th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and In formatics: WMSCI 2009)



Shigehiro Hashimoto receiving the best paper award of the session “Biomedical Engineering”, which was part BMIC/WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Application of Inductively Coupled Wireless Radio Frequency Probe to Knee Joint in Magnetic Resonance Image”


Heiko Meyer receiving the best paper award of the session “Computing Techniques II”, which was part WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Software Architecture of Manufacturing Execution Systems”


Amanda M. Whitbrook receiving the best paper award of the session “Control Systems, Technologies and Applications I”, which was part WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Mimicking the Behaviour of Idiotypic AIS Robot Controllers Using Probabilistic Systems”


Richard S. Segall receiving the best paper award of the session “Concepts, Principles, Methodologies and Applications of Cybernetics”, which was part WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Advanced Data Mining of Leukemia Cells Micro-Arrays”


Vasco Quintyne receiving the best paper award of the session “Computer Science and Engineering”, which was part WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Effect of Priority Class Ratios on the Novel Delay Weighted Priority Scheduling Algorithm”


Sergey M. Sokolov receiving the best paper award of the session “Control Systems, Technologies and Applications II ”, which was part WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Vision System for Relative Motion Estimation from Optical Flow”


Wim Zeiler receiving the best paper award of the session “Engineering Management”, which was part MEI/WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Integral Design Workshops: Organization, Structure and Design”


K. Krishna Mohan receiving the best paper award of the session “Engineering, Informatics and Management”, which was part MEI/WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “A Practical Perspective on the Design and Implementation of Enterprise Integration Solution to Improve QoS Using SAP NetWeaver Platform”


Jianfeng Ren receiving the best paper award of the session “Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing”, which was part WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Real-Time Head Pose Estimation on Mobile Platforms”


Leon Kukielka receiving the best paper award of the session “Informatics, Management and Engineering I”, which was part MEI/WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Numerical Modeling and Simulation of the Movable Contact Tool-Worpiece and Application in Technological Processes”


Billy Cripe receiving the best paper award of the session “Information Systems, Technologies and Applications”, which was part WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Folksonomy, Keywords, & Tags: Social & Democratic User Interaction in Information Management, Knowledge Representation & Relevancy Disciplines”


Karla Cedano receiving the best paper award of the session “Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management III”, which was part KGCM/WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Achieving Knowledge-Creating Companies in Mexico: The Advantage of University-Industry Alliances”


Jang-Ruey Tzeng receiving the best paper award of the session “Knowledge Service and System Application”, which was part WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “The Strategic Study of National Quality Award through Business Excellence Model – The IBM, Panasonic and Yusan (?) Bank Cases in Taiwan”


Dana Lewis-Ambrose receiving the best paper award of the session “Academic Globalization IV”, which was part AG/WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “The Globalization of Small Businesses: The Virgin Islands' Perspective”


Jürgen Rossmann receiving the best paper award of the session “Virtual Engineering”, which was part WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “The Simulation and Animation of Virtual Humans to Better Under-Stand Ergonomic Conditions at Manual Workplaces”


Julio Cano receiving the best paper award of the session “Computing Techniques IV ”, which was part WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Analyzing Data Flows of State Machines”


J. Rossmann receiving the best paper award of the session “Applications of Informatics and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering (MEI 2009) II ”, which was part WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “The Virtual Forest: Robotics and Simulation Technology as the Basis for New Approaches to the Biological and the Technical Production in the Forest”


Roberta Mugellesi Dow receiving the best paper award of the session “Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management IV”, which was part KGCM/WMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “ESOC Knowledge Management Roadmap”


IMETI 2009 Sessions’ Best Papers Awards
(The 2nd International Multi-Conference on Engineering and
Technological Innovation: IMETI 2009)



Carlos A. Pérez receiving the best paper award of the session “Applied Sciences, including Applications of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Bio-sciences II”, which was part IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Identifying Reflectors in Seismic Images via Statistic and Syntactic Methods”


Mohammad Siddique receiving the best paper award of the session “Applied Sciences, including Applications of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Bio-sciences I”, which was part IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Positivity-Preserving Padé Schemes for Parabolic Partial Differential Equations with Nonlocal Boundary Condition”


Charles V. Smith III receiving the best paper award of the session “Control Systems, Technologies and Applications / Hybrid Applications (CCCT)”, which was part CCCT/IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “A Voice Operated Tour Planning System for Autonomous Mobile Robots”


Mario Hirz receiving the best paper award of the session “Design Engineering and Engineering Design”, which was part IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Advanced 3D-CAD Design Methods in Education and Research”


Luis Toussaint receiving the best paper award of the session “Disciplinary Research and Development II”, which was part IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Process Knowledge-Based CAD Verification for a more Robust First Concept Reponse”


Masahiro Aruga receiving the best paper award of the session “Electronics Engineering, including Communications Systems Engineering and Control”, which was part IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “On the Expanded Information Contents for the YUBITSUKIYI System and the Dementia Situation Taking Account of Fuzzy Concept of Markov’s Information Source”


Richard Pennington receiving the best paper award of the session “Engineering Concepts, Relations and Methodologies I”, which was part IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Adapting to Student Learning Styles: Using Cell Phone Technology in Undergraduate Science Instruction”


Richard Chiou receiving the best paper award of the session “Engineering Education and Educational Technologies I”, which was part EEET/IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Enhancement of Online Robotics Learning Using Real-Time 3D Visualization Technology”


Seugnet Blignaut receiving the best paper award of the session “Engineering Education and Educational Technologies II”, which was part EEET/IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Towards a Research Framework for ICT Use in Developing Contexts”


Abeer Hamdy receiving the best paper award of the session “Information and Computing Technologies I”, which was part CITSA/IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Scheduling Real-Time Indivisible Loads with Special Resource Allocation Requirements on Cluster Computing”


Artëm E. Masunov receiving the best paper award of the session “Innovation through Simulations and Modeling in Materials Science II ”, which was part IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Simulation of Ultrafast Photoswitching Materials and Theoretical Principles of their Design”


Daniel Wallner receiving the best paper award of the session “Mechanical Engineering including Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Aerospace, Marine and Agricultural Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics”, which was part IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “A Novel Control Algorithm for Integration of Active and Passive Vehicle Safety Systems in Frontal Collisions”


Rod Dilnutt receiving the best paper award of the session “Disciplinary Research and Development III”, which was part IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Strategic Leverage of Engineering Knowledge through Taxonomy Governance”


Janaina Macke receiving the best paper award of the session “Engineering Concepts, Relations and Methodologies II”, which was part IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Collective Competence and Social Capital: A Proposal of a Model for Collaborative Network Analysis”


Jens Schumacher receiving the best paper award of the session “Technological Development and Innovation II”, which was part IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “EURIDICE – An Enabler for Intelligent Cargo for the Logistics Sector”


Stephan Stürwald receiving the best paper award of the session “Optical Engineering and Photonic Technology II”, which was part OEPT/IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Modified Phase Retrieval Algorithm for Interferometric Form Testing in Production Machines”


Jürgen Rossmann receiving the best paper award of the session “Applications of Other Areas in CCCT / Applications of CCCT in Other Areas”, which was part CCCT/IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Navigation of Mobile Robots in Natural Environments: Using Sensor Fusion in Forestry”


Nelson A. Kelly receiving the best paper award of the session “Engineering Concepts, Relations and Methodologies III”, which was part IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Development of a Renewable Hydrogen Economy – Optimization of Existing Technologies”


Ana Luísa Ramos receiving the best paper award of the session “Applications of Cybernetics and Informatics in other Scientific and Engineering Disciplines”, which was part CITSA/IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Telegeoprocessing for Intelligent Urban Traffic Operations: Integrated GPS/PDA/GIS System”


Elisardo González-Agulla receiving the best paper award of the session “Engineering Education and Educational Technologies III”, which was part EEET/IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Realistic Measurement of Student Attendance in LMS Using Biometrics”


Fang-Yie Leu receiving the best paper award of the session “Information and Computing Technologies III”, which was part CITSA/IMETI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “An Inner DoS/DDoS Attack Detection System”


IMSCI 2009 Sessions’ Best Papers Awards
(The 3rd International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics
and Informatics: IMSCI 2009)



Michael Henninger receiving the best paper award of the session “Application of Education Technologies ”, which was part EISTA/IMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Integration of Education and Technology – A Long-Term Study about Possibilities and Adequacy of a Learning Management System for Education”


Vilma Butkute receiving the best paper award of the session “Politics and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications II”, which was part PISTA/IMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Prototype of Emapps.com Environment as Agent for Building the Learning Communities”


Jason Jixuan Hu receiving the best paper award of the session “Society, Cybernetics and Informatics II”, which was part SOIC/IMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Organizational Institutions and their Responsible Behavioral-Cultural Gene Codes and a Measurement for Organizational Efficiency”


John Woodthorpe receiving the best paper award of the session “Creating Online Communities to Support Distance Learning”, which was part EISTA/IMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “What’s in it for Me? The Stick and the Carrot as Tools for Developing Academic Communities”


Mark Marino receiving the best paper award of the session “Education and Training Systems and Technologies II”, which was part EISTA/IMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Engaging Cooperative Learning in Online Classes”


Frédéric Petit receiving the best paper award of the session “Society, Cybernetics and Informatics III ”, which was part IMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Concepts to Analyze the Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructures - Taking into Account Cybernetics”


Selcuk Artut receiving the best paper award of the session “Social and Organizational Informatics and Cybernetics”, which was part SOIC/IMSCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “NewsPaperBox – Online News Space: A Visual Model for Representing the Social Space of a Website”


CISCI 2009 Sessions’ Best Papers Awards
(8th Ibero-American Conference on Systems, Cybernetics and Informatics)
(Octava Conferencia Ibero-Americana en Sistemas , Cibernética e
Informtática: CISCI 2009)



Carlos Arturo Castro Castro receiving the best paper award of the session “Aplicación de las Tecnologías Educativas I ”, which was part SIECI/CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Método y Entorno Integrado de Desarrollo para el Aprendizaje en Lógica de Programación Orientada por Objetos”


José Danilo Rairán Antolines receiving the best paper award of the session “Aplicaciones de Informática y Cibernética en Ciencia e Ingeniería I ”, which was part CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Uso del Método de Elementos Finitos en el Diseño de Rodamientos Magnéticos ”


Álvaro R. Altamirano receiving the best paper award of the session “Desarrollo de Sistemas de Información ”, which was part CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Interactuando con Redes Sociales en la Era de la Web Semántica ”


María D. Torres receiving the best paper award of the session “Educación / Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación ”, which was part CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Mecanismo de Aceleración en Selección de Características Basada en el Peso Informacional de las Variables para Aprendizaje no Supervisado ”


Mª Sierra Flores receiving the best paper award of the session “Educación / Ética, Informática y Cibernética (Info-CibernÉtica 2009) ”, which was part CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “El Glosario e-Derecho: Un Modelo Empírico de Información Jurídica para la Transmisión y Comprensión del Derecho de Propiedad Intelectual en los Campus Virtuales Universitarios”


Laybet Colmenares receiving the best paper award of the session “Ingeniería e Innovación Tecnológica II (CIIIT)”, which was part CIIIT/CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Análisis de los Resultados de la Implementación de Segmentación con ITK. Enfoque Cualitativo”


Diego Mauricio Murillo receiving the best paper award of the session “Ingeniería e Innovación Tecnológica I”, which was part CIIIT/CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Aplicativo de Software para Audiómetro de Tamizaje”


Janina Puig receiving the best paper award of the session “La Experiencia Visual [Industria y Tecnología, Human-Computer Interaction, Usabilidad y Discapacidad, Diseño y Visualización, Animación por Ordenador, y Non-Photorealistic Rendering] II”, which wCISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Diagramas Informáticos Aplicados a Diseño y Arquitectura”


Jaume Duran Castells receiving the best paper award of the session “La Experiencia Visual [Industria y Tecnología, Human-Computer Interaction, Usabilidad y Discapacidad, Diseño y Visualización, Animación por Ordenador, y Non-Photorealistic Rendering] I”,CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Imágenes en la Mente: Los Referentes Cinematográficos en la Animación por Ordenador”


Liliana Cardoza receiving the best paper award of the session “Sistemas/Tecnologías de Comunicaciones y Redes y sus Aplicaciones II”, which was part CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Diseño de Amplificadores de Mediana Potencia para Aplicaciones WiMAX”


Fernando Rubio receiving the best paper award of the session “Sistemas/Tecnologías de Información y sus Aplicaciones I”, which was part CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “AgNet Una Nueva Herramienta para Compartir Datos de Interés Agronómico o Medioambiental”


Enrique Vílchez Quesada receiving the best paper award of the session “Sistemas/Tecnologías de Información y sus Aplicaciones II”, which was part CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Tutor Virtual para el Estudio de las Funciones”


Solange D. Barros receiving the best paper award of the session “Utilização de Ferramentas Computacionais Aplicadas a Problemas e Ensino de Engenharia”, which was part CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “O Papel Dos Pais e Educadores na Formação Dos Jovens Quanto ao Uso Ético e Construtivo da Internet”


Francisco Javier Díaz receiving the best paper award of the session “Aplicaciones de Informática y Cibernética en Ciencia e Ingeniería II”, which was part CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Modelo no Lineal para la Óptima Generación Hidroeléctrica a Máxima Eficiencia. Un Enfoque a Corto Plazo”


Fredy H. Martínez receiving the best paper award of the session “Sistemas/Tecnologías de Control y sus Aplicaciones II”, which was part CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Proyección de Diseño de Hardware Electrónico Robusto Basado en Quorum Sensing”


Sanders Pacheco receiving the best paper award of the session “Sistemas/Tecnologías de Información y sus Aplicaciones III”, which was part CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Una Metodología Efectiva para la Priorización de Proyectos en TIC”


Diana L. Reyes receiving the best paper award of the session “Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación”, which was part CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “REDAG3D: Renderizado Distribuido de un Ambiente Gráfico 3D ”


Miguel A. Rivas receiving the best paper award of the session “Generación, Comunicación y Gerencia del Conocimiento II”, which was part GCGC/CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “La Factoría del Conocimiento”


Lucila Pesce receiving the best paper award of the session “Aplicación de las Tecnologías Educativas II”, which was part SIECI/CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Mapas Conceituais, Wiki, Blogs e Aprendizagem Colaborativa: Fundamentos e Aplicações”


José Julio Real García receiving the best paper award of the session “Aplicaciones de las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicaciones en Educación y Entrenamiento III”, which was part SIECI/CISCI 2009 conference program. The title of the awarded paper is “Hacia un Nuevo Modelo de Aula: Web 2.0 y NetBook”


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