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Whither the Grid? Future directions and issues

CASTAIN R., Intern. Space & Response Division, Los Alamos National Lab, USA
20.30- 21.00 5E-6

Introduction to Data Analysis and Parallel Computing with MATLAB

PETSOUNIS K., Mentor-Hellas, Greece

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Session 5F: Minisymposium: Hybrid Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Management –II*

Organizers: Prof. P. Pintelas, University of Patras, Greece,

Dr. S. Kotsiantis, University of Patras, Greece
Chairman: Prof. P. Pintelas, University of Patras, Greece,

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18.00- 18.30 5F-1

Adding adaptive behaviour using information retrieval techniques to Greek e-shop search engines

LAZARINIS F., TEI-Mesolonghi, Greece
18.30- 19.00 5F-2

Using text mining techniques for analysing financial reports

TZELEPIS D. and TAMPAKAS V., Dept. of Accounting, TEI-Patras, Greece
19.00- 19.30 5F-3

Session Discussion

Session 5G: FinancIAL COMPUTING AND METHODOLOGIES - I

Chairman: Prof. J. Demetriou, University of Athens, Greece

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18.00- 18.30 5G-1

Tail Gini’s risk measures and related linear programming models for portfolio optimization

MANSINI R.¹, OGRYCZAK W.² and GRAZIA SPERANZA M.³ , ⁽¹⁾ DEA-Univ. of Brescia, Italy, ⁽²⁾ ICCE- Warsaw Univ. Of Technology, Poland, DQM-Univ. of Brescia, Italy

18.30- 19.00 5G-2

Comparing the distribution of the WIG20 and S&P500 index

BARTKOWIAK A., Institute of Computer Science, Univ. of Wroclaw, Poland
19.00- 19.30 5G-3

Government debt collection metrics in the Estonian Market

PEFFERLY R.J., Sunitia OU, Estonia
19.30- 20.00 5G-4

An applied methodology for the prediction of time series’ local optima

LISGARA E.G. and ANDROULAKIS G.S., University of Patras, Greece

Session 5H: Computational Mathematics

and its Applications- ii

“professor Michael Mytilinaios*” Session

Chairman: Professor P. Katerinis, AUEB, Greece

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18.00- 18.30 5H-1

A Newton’s method without direct evaluation of nonlinear function values

GRAPSA T.N. and MALIHOUTSAKI E.N., Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Patras
18.30- 19.00 5H-2

Numerical solution of a non-local elliptic problem modelling a thermistor with a finite element and a finite volume method

NIKOLOPOULOS C.V.¹ and ZOURARIS G.², ⁽¹⁾ Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Aegean, Greece, ⁽²⁾ Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Crete, Greece
19.00- 19.30 5H-3

A linearly implicit Finite Element method for a Klein-Gordon-Schrodinger type system

ZOURARIS G.E., Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Crete, Greece
19.30- 20.00 5H-4

Left and right inverse eigenpairs problem for the symmetrizable matrices

LI F.-L.¹, HU X.-Y.² and ZHANG L.², ⁽¹⁾ Central South Univ. of Forestry & Technology, Changsha, China, ⁽²⁾ Hunan University, China
20.00- 20.30 5H-5

Second order Volterrra integro-differential equations arising in ultimate ruin theory: an overview combined with numerical treatment

MAKROGLOU ATH.¹ and KONSTANTINIDES D.², ⁽¹⁾ University of Portsmouth, England, ⁽²⁾ University of Aegean, Greece.

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21.00- 22.30 AUEB Rector’s Reception

Welcome Address by the Mayor of Athens
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
Session 6

Chairman: Professor A. Fokas, Academy of Athens, Greeece

Deputy Chairman: Professor J. Demetriou, University of Athens, Greece

09.00- 10.00 6A-1*

Plenary Session:

Monte Carlo evaluation of sensitivities in Computational Finance

M. GILES, Oxford University, Oxford, England

Chairman: Professor G. Stamoulis, AUEB, Greece

10.00- 11.00 6A-2*

Plenary Session:

Computational Complexity in Markov Decision Theory

J.N. TSITSIKLIS, M.I.T., Cambridge, U.S.A.

11.00- 11.30 Refreshment Break

Session 7

Chairman: Professor Elias A. Lipitakis, AUEB, Greece

11.30- 12.30 7A-1*

Plenary Session:

E-business Strategy and Performance: Is this a Curate’s Egg?

P. PHILLIPS, KBS- University of Kent, Canterbury, England

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12.30- 14.00 Lunch

Session 8

Chairman: Professor E. Yannakoudakis, AUEB, Hellas

14.00- 15.00 8A-1*

Plenary Session:

Simulation Science: Revealing the Future

T. SATO, The Earth Simulator Center- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan
16.00 Excursion at Cape Sounion- ‘Temple of Poseidon’

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30. 
    Conference Banquet at the “Yacht Club of Greece”, Piraeus
    

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2007
Session 9

Chairman: Professor A. Hadjidimos, Univ. of Thessalia, Greece

10.00- 11.00 9A-1*

Plenary Session:

Low-rank structures and tensor approximations for huge-size data sets

E.E. TYRTYSHNIKOV, Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

11.00- 11.30 Refreshment Break

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Parallel Sessions

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Session 10B: Minisymposium:Information Systems Engineering –II*

Organizer and Chairman: Prof. G. Haramis, University of Macedonia, Greece

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11.30- 12.00 10B-1

Interview as a tool of Information Systems requirements definition

DIMITRANTZOU A., LIAKOPOULOU G., FOTOPOULOU G., VALTSIS N., DAMASKOS G., KARAKITSIOS I. and ZAXAROPOULOS A., University of Central Greece, Greece
12.00- 12.30 10B-2

Information system disaster recovery procedure and the human factor

TSIALTAS CH.¹ and KYRIMIS G.², ⁽¹⁾ University of Piraeus, ⁽²⁾ University of Patras, Greece
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Session 10C: Minisymposium: Recent Innovations in Business and Industrial Statistics-I*

Organizer and Chairman: Dr. S. Psarakis, AUEB, Greece

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11.30- 12.00 10C-1

Contribution to monitor the standard deviation of a quality characteristic

PSARAKIS S., KIANI M. and PANARETOS J., Dept. of Statistics, AUEB, Greece
12.00- 12.30 10C-2

Bayesian statistical process control: An application to syndromic surveillance

ZAMBA G.¹, TSIAMYRTZIS P.² and HAWKINS D.³, ⁽¹⁾ Dept. of Biostatistics, Univ. of Iowa, USA, ⁽²⁾ Dept. of Statistics, AUEB, Greece, ⁽³⁾ School of Statistics, Univ. of Minnesota, USA

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Session 10D: Computer Mathematics, Programming

and Software Applications -I

Chairman: Prof. G. Papakonstantinou, NTUA, Greece

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11.30- 12.00 10D-1

Variable reordering for reversible wave cascades

VOUDOURIS D., SAMPSON M. and PAPAKONSTANTINOU G., Dept. of Electr. & Computer Engng,, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
12.00- 12.30 10D-2

Hardware solution of a first-order Diophantine equation

PANAGOPOULOS I., PAVLATOS C., DIMOPOULOS A. and PAPAKONSTANTINOU G., Dept. of Electr. & Computer Engng, NTUA, Greece

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Session 10E: Computing & Algorithmic Methodologies

with Applications -Ii

Chairman: Dr. N. Malevris, AUEB, Greece

11.30- 12.00 10E-1

Confidence intervals for nonparametric quantile estimators

VERGINIS D.G., Dept. Business Admin, University of Piraeus, Greece
12.00- 12.30 10E-2

An extended evaluation of a collection of TCP congestion control algorithms

HARHALAKIS S.¹, SAMARAS N.² and FRAGIADAKI E.², ⁽¹⁾ Dept. of Informatics, TEI-Thessaloniki, ⁽²⁾ Dept. of Applied Informatics, Univ. of Macedonia, Greece

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Session 10F: Bio-Informatics, Simulation and

Info-medical applications -I

Chairman: Dr. G. Spyrou, FBR-Academy of Athens, Greece

11.30- 12.00 10F-1

Combining SVM and rule based classifiers for optimal classification in breast cancer diagnosis

ANDREADIS I.¹, SPYROU G.^1,2, ANTARAKI A.¹, GIANNAKOPOULOU G.³, KOULOHERI D.³, ZOGRAFOS G.³, NIKITA K.⁴ and LIGOMENIDES P.A.<sup>2

(1)</sup> Informatics Lab, Academy of Athens, ⁽²⁾ Foundation for Biomedical Research, Academy of Athens, ⁽³⁾ Hippocration Hospital, Athens, ⁽⁴⁾ NTUA, Greece
12.00- 12.30 10F-2

Investigating the structure of protein similarly networks both on sequence and structure level

VALAVANIS I.¹, SPYROU G.² and NIKITA K.¹ , ⁽¹⁾ BSI Lab, NTUA, Greece,

⁽²⁾ Foundation for Biomedical Research, Academy of Athens, Greece

Session 10G: Minisymposium: Computational Advances in

Finance and Management-I*

Organizers: Prof. R.C. Papademetriou, Univ. of Portsmouth, England, and

Prof. N. Tessaromatis, ALBA, Greece

Chairman: Professor N. Tessaromatis, ALBA, Greece ________________________________________________________________________
11.30- 12.00 10G-1

Evaluation of credit risk based on firm performance

Psillaki M.*, Tsolas I.¹and Margaritis D.²

* University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France, ¹ National Technical University of Athens, Greece, ² Department of Finance, AUT, Auckland, New Zealand

12.00- 12.30 10G-2

MagLab – An Intelligent Management Learning Environment

Papademetriou r.c. and Osborn A.j. University of Portsmouth, England

Session 10H: Parallel & Distributed Computing

and Applications –I*

Chairman: Dr. G. Gravvanis, Univ. of Thrace, Greece

11.30- 12.00 10H-1

High performance computation: Numerical music or numerical noise?

DENIS C.¹, JEZEQUEL F.¹ and SCOTT N.S.², ⁽¹⁾ Laboratoire d’ Informatique de Paris 6, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, ⁽²⁾ The Queen’s University of Belfast, U.K.
12.00- 12.30 10H-2

Asymptotic availability of an electrical substation via a semi-Markov process computed by generalized approximate inverse preconditioning

VIOLENTIS J.¹, KOUTRAS V.¹, PLATIS A.¹ and GRAVVANIS G.², ⁽¹⁾ Dept. of Financial & Management Engng, Univ. of Aegean, ⁽²⁾ Dept. of Electr. & Comp. Engng, Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Greece

Session 10J: Computational Mathematics

and its Applications –III

Chairman: Prof. A. Hadjidimos, Univ. of Thessalia, Greece

11.30- 12.00 10J-1

A new paradigm for construction of structured preconditioners

TYRTYSHNIKOV E., Inst. of Numer. Maths, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
12.00- 12.30 10J-2

Using Extrapolation for the solution of the linear complementary problem

HADJIDIMOS A. and TZOUMAS M., University of Thessalia, Greece
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12.30- 14.00 Lunch

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Session 11

Chairman: Professor L. Xanthis, Univ. of Westminster, England

Deputy Chairmen: Professor A. Bacopoulos, NTUA, Greece

Professor E. Flytzanis, AUEB, Greece

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14.00- 15.00 11A-1*

Plenary Session:

Multi-scale Finite Element Discretizations and Their Applications