GEM'09: July 13, 2009 Schedule

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6:30am - 5:00pm:  REGISTRATION (Second Floor, Conference Lobby: 1-5)


08:30 - 08:45am:  WORLDCOMP'09 Opening Remarks - July 13, Monday:
                  Prof. Hamid R. Arabnia (General Chair & Coordinator)
                  University of Georgia, Georgia, USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

08:45 - 09:40am:  Keynote Lecture 1 - July 13, Monday:
                  Grid Computing
                  Prof. Ian Foster
                  Father of Grid Computing
                  Distinguished Professor of CS & Director, Computation
                  Institute, University of Chicago & Argonne National Lab.,
                  Illinois, USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

09:45 - 10:40am:  Keynote Lecture 2 - July 13, Monday:
                  Advanced Nanotechnology: Advanced Computing on the Critical Path
                  Dr. K. Eric Drexler
                  Father of Nanotechnology
                  Chief Technical Advisor, Nanorex
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

10:45 - 11:35am:  Keynote Lecture 3 - July 13, Monday:
                  Algorithm Design for Reconfigurable Computing Systems
                  Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna
                  Charles Lee Powell Chair in Engineering; Professor of ECE & CS;
                  Executive Director of USC-Infosys Center for Advanced Software
                  Technologies (CAST), University of Southern California, USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

11:40a - 12:30p:  Keynote Lecture 4 - July 13, Monday:
                  It's Like Deja-Vu All over Again ... Again
                  Dr. Jose L. Munoz
                  Deputy Director, National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of
                  Cyberinfrastructure (OCI) and NSF/ICI senior advisor.  Former
                  Director of Simulation & CS Office at the National Nuclear
                  Security Adm.'s Advanced Simulation & Computing (ASCI) program.
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

12:30 - 01:20pm   LUNCH (On Your Own)


SESSION 1-GEM:    GENETIC + EVOLUTIONAY + IMMUNE BASED ALG. + MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION
                  Co-Chairs: Pranab Banerjee* and Dr. Michael Scherger**
                  *Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, Utah, USA
                  **Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
                  July 13, 2009 (Monday); 01:20pm - 03:20pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 6)

01:20 - 01:40pm:  Degenerate Neutrality Creates Evolvable Fitness Landscapes
                  James Whitacre and Axel Bender
                  University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force
                  Academy, Australia & Defence Science and Technology Organisation,
                  Edinburgh, Australia

01:40 - 02:00pm:  An Immune-Based Algorithm for Voltage Stability Constrained Load Shedding
                  T. Amraee, A. M. Ranjbar, and R. Feuillet
                  Grenoble-INP, ENSIE3, France & Sharif U. of Technology, Tehran, Iran

02:00 - 02:20pm:  Exploration and Exploitation in Function Optimisation Using
                  Stochastic Generate-and-Test Algorithms
                  Oliver Chikumbo
                  Scion, Rotorua, New Zealand

02:20 - 02:40pm:  Darwin-Less Evolutionary Algorithm - Less Randomness,
                  More Intelligence
                  Felipe Houat de Brito, Artur Noura Teixeira, Otavio Noura Teixeira,
                  Roberto Celio Limao de Oliveira
                  Universidade Federal do Para UFPA, Brazil

02:40 - 03:00pm:  Evidence of Coevolution in Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms
                  James M. Whitacre
                  U. of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia

03:00 - 03:20pm:  Multistage Genetic Algorithm for Robotic Arms Obstacles
                  Avoidance Motion Planning
                  Mohamed M. Atia
                  Ain Shams University, Egypt

03:20 - 03:40pm:  BREAK


03:40 - 06:00pm:  During this period, GEM'09 attendees are encouraged to participate
                  in sessions belonging to ICAI'09, DMIN'09, IKE'09, FECS'09, or
                  IPCV'09.  These sessions discuss topics that significantly overlap
                  the scope of GEM'09.


06:00 - 09:00pm:  KEYNOTE & INVITED PRESENTATIONS + TUTORIALS
                  (Please see the lists at the begining of this booklet)

09:10 - 11:30pm:  CONFERENCE RECEPTION DINNER & PLANNED BANQUET KEYNOTE
                  July 13 - Monday
                  (LOCATION: Ballrooms 1-5)

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