Data is expressed in a modern computer by encoding it digitally. There are many ways to encode such data and one of the main issues in present day telematics (in view of the need for efficient transmission in computer networks) is how to best achieve it. To determine what "best" encoding means it is necessary to measure the information contents in the data.

In the recent past there have been two approaches to quantifying information: the statistical approach and the algorithmic approach. In the statistical approach championed by Claude Shannon, information is determined assuming that the two extremes of a communication channel have agreed as to the possible interpretation of the basic symbols of the "message" from the start. In spite of the successful application of such an approach, it has been noted that the tacit aprioristic assumptions somewhat curtail its usefulness. Therefore, the algorithmic approach championed by Andrei Kolmogorov has been developed as a viable alternative. Kolmogorov's complexity (or algorithmic information) is subject independent and relies on the fact that any message may be reproduced by a precisely defined algorithm. Algorithmic information is defined, thereafter, as the length of the shortest program achieving this goal. Unfortunately, it has been shown that this program's length is, in general, not computable.

We shall discuss an approximate way to calculate the algorithmic information resorting to evolutionary computation techniques. We will establish the way to approximate Kolmogorov's complexity from Risanen's minimum description length principle by applying a genetic algorithm. We describe the genetic algorithm involved and how its application leads to the purported calculation. We will illustrate by giving an example of lossy compression arising directly from such approximation.

Plenary Lecture II

Prof. Vincenzo Niola

Department of Mechanical Engineering for Energetics

University of Naples "Federico II"

Via Claudio 21, 80125, Napoli

ITALY

vniola@unina.it

http://niola.dime.unina.it

SESSION: Wireless, Communication Networks 1

Chair: J. Antonio Portilla-Figueras, Konstantinos Voudouris

A Genetic Algorithm for Solving the First Price Sealed Bid Auction in Communication Networks	A. Portilla-Figueras, S. Salcedo-Sanz, P. Garcia-Diaz, K. Hackbarth	512-259
HIPERLAN/2 and 802.11a: A Comparative Study	Padma Bonde,Jayesh Bonde	512-218
Wireless medical sensor network with ZigBee™	Christian Hofmann, Christian Weigand, Josef Bernhard	512-286
Radiocoverage Measurements of a Wireless Local Area Network	Evangelos Sapountzis, John Sapountzis, Konstantinos Voudouris	512-409
Multicarrier Interleave-Division Multiple Access Communication in Multipath Channels	Habib ur Rehman,Muhammad Naeem, Imran Zaka, Syed Ismail Shah	512-421
Analysis of a Physical Layer Wireless Communication System Implementation on an SDR Baseband Processor	Babak D. Beheshti	512-351

SESSION: Wireless, Communication Networks 2

Chair: Konstantinos Voudouris, Pilar García

Seamless Access in Asia Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges	Chin Chin Wong, Andy L.Y. Low, Pang Leang Hiew	512-422
Sense And Cache – A Novel Caching Scheme For Mobile Users In a Cellular Network	C. Mala, S. Selvakumar	512-436
Multimedia Task Scheduling on OLSR enabled Ad hoc Networks	Adeel Akram, Shahbaz Pervez, Shoab. A. Khan	512-189
Unitary matrix frequency modulated OFDM for power line communications over impulsive noise channels	Chang-Jun Ahn, Hiroshi Harada, Satoshi Takahashi	512-219
An Empirical Based Path Loss model with Tree Density Effects for 1.8 GHz Mobile Communications Using Fuzzy Regression	Supachai Phaiboon and Pisit Phokharatkul	512-469

SESSION: Design, Circuits and Reconfigurable Systems

Chair: Stan Skafidas, José Barahona da Fonseca

Nonuniform sampling delta converters – design methodology	Ryszard Golanski , Jacek Kolodziej	512-509
From a New Way to Show the Universality of a Two-Layer Perceptron to a New Approach to Digital Design	José Barahona da Fonseca	512-261
Microconverter AduC 842 and LabVIEW bench – a best suitable approach for real time plotting of Pressure Area Isotherm of monolayer	Neelima Iyer, Rupali Khatavkar, Bhagyashree Joshi	512-368
The 5-Phase Block-Encoded Frame Partitioning Circuit	Serafim Poriazis	512-462
Multithreading Extension for Thumb ISA and Decoder Support	Lan Dong, Zhenzhou Ji, Guangzuo Cui, Mingzeng Hu	512-460
RF SoS MOSFET Small Signal Model Extraction	Zongru Liu, Efstratios Skafidas, Rob Evans	512-154
An Incremental Temporal Partitioning Method for Real-Time Reconfigurable Systems	Hamid R. Ahmadifar, Farhad Mehdipour, Morteza S. Zamani, Mehdi Sedighi and Kazuaki Murakami	512-362
A New Selection Policy for Adaptive Routing in Network on Chip	Giuseppe Ascia, Vincenzo Catania, Maurizio Palesi, Davide Patti	512-441

Thursday, February 16, 2006

SESSION: Wireless, Communication Networks 3

Chair: Alberto Eloy García, Konstantinos Voudouris

Simplified methods for Next Generation IP Access Networks planning	Alberto E. García, Klaus D. Hackbarth	512-366
Adaptive Rate Control (ARC) with Erlangian Traffics over Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) Network	Surasee Prahmkaew and Chanintorn Jittawiriyanukoon	512-317
An Enhanced Rate Allocation Scheme for Ephemeral Traffics in High Speed Networks	Amir Askarian, M. Kazem Moussavi	512-158
Simulation of the behavior of bidders in first-price sealed-bid auctions on communication networks	P. García-Díaz, K Hackbarth, A. Portilla-Figueras, S. Salcedo-Sanz	512-504
A fully integrated concurrent dual band low noise amplifier using InGaP/GaAs HBT technology	Yu Tso Lin, Shey Shi Lu	512-193

SESSION: Electronics, Hardware and Applications

Chair: Mahmoud Awad, Ibrahim Al-Bahadly

Generalized Eigenfunction Method For Dielectric Antennas	J. Khawalde, M.Awad, B..Lvov	512-320
Optoelectronic control of a MMIC VCO at ku band	J.M. Zamanillo, J. Portilla, C. Navarro and C .Perez-Vega	512-187
A WFMT Transmitter for Cable TV Applications	Roman M. Vitenberg	512-234
Digital Television Broadcasting from HAPs	Bazil Ahmed, Miguel Ramon, Leandro Ariet	512-316
Camera-Based Colour Sensing System	Ibrahim Al-Bahadly, Hassane Darhmaoui	512-289
Rotor Position Detection in Switched Reluctance Drives	Ibrahim Al-Bahadly	512-290
A shipping fleet control system	J. C. Granja-Anton, J. Alpuente-Hermosilla, R. Sanchez-Montero, P. L. Lopez-Espi	512-270 pp162-165

SESSION: Security, Access Control and Applied Mathematics

Chair: Xiamu Niu, Ildefonso Ruano, Osnat Keren

Implementation of authentication techniques across closed ports	Ildefonso Ruano, Sergio Galan, Sebastian Garcia, Raquel Viciana	512-267
The design of fingerprint vault based IC card access control system	Yigang Zhang, Qiong Li, Xinguang Zou, Kecheng Hao, Kecheng Hao,Xiamu Niu	512-169
Low complexity linear decomposition at the disjoint cubes domain	Osnat Keren	512-235
General N-state Markov Model Applicable for Attenuation Time Series Generation Parametrised from Gaussian Fade Slope Model	Balázs Héder, János Bitó	512-481
Special Polynomial Families for Generating More Suitable Pairing-Friendly Elliptic Curves	Pu Duan, Shi Cui, Choong Wah Chan	512-463

SESSION: Engineering Education, E-Learning

Chair: Rafael Cambralla Diana, Pablo-Luis Lopez-Espi

Team Learning and Multiple Assessments in Engineering Courses	Ibrahim Al-Bahadly	512-291
Educational tool for the MF broadcasting reticular network design	C. Prados-Boda, J. Alpuente-Hermosilla, P. L. López-Espí, J. Piñeiro-Ave	512-272 pp199-202
Vectorial Analysis of the Tapered Dielectric Waveguides	H. Keivani, O. Mahdiyar, A. Rafiee, A. Kazarouni, R. Ghayour, H. Abiri	512-501
Linearized Cmos High Effeciency Class-E RF Power Amplifier	Saad M. Al-Shaharani	501-359