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Index

Overview
Committees
Keynote Speakers
Industry Session
Final Manuscript Submission
Student Poster Competition
Registration
Travel and Accommodation

Overview

ICMSAO17

Overview

The ICMSAO final program is available in this link.

Over the past decade, ICMSAO conferences have been held in
the UAE, Malaysia, Tunisia and Turkey. ICMSAO'17 will be held in the UAE to
provide a venue for engineers and scientists from all over the world to share
their latest research results in the areas of modeling, simulation and
optimization. The conference will be held in conjunction with the 11th
International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST/11).

Prospective authors are invited to submit original work related to, but not limited to, the following
topics. A student poster competition is also
included as part of the conference. IEEE and the IEEE UAE
Section are technical sponsors of the conference.

Artificial Intelligence

Indusrial Enginnering/Engineering Systems
Management

Biomedical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Applied Mathematics

Computer Engineering

Statistics and
Probability

Civil Engineering

Mathematical Modeling
and Simulations

Electrical Engineering

Combinatorics and
Discrete Mathematics

    Submission Procedure

    Prospective authors should submit either a two-page
    extended abstract or a full paper (five
    pages maximum)
    using the two-column IEEE conference template to an appropriate track using the EDAS online submission system
    available through this  link. Accepted papers
    will be published in the conference proceedings.
    Full papers presented at the conference will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for
    indexing.

    Notification of acceptance of
    extended abstract

    January 15, 2017

    Submission of camera ready
    manuscripts

    February 15, 2017

    If you have any question then please send an email to [email protected]

    Sponsors 

    Technical Sponsor, IEEE and IEEE-UAE Section

    Sponsor-IEEE-ICMSAO-2017-Conference

    In Cooperation with

    Sponsor-SIAM-ICMSAO-2017-Conference

    Previous ICMSAO Conferences: www.icmsao.org

    Committees

    Conference Chairs

    Mohamed El-Tarhuni, American
    University of Sharjah, UAE
    Hana Sulieman, American
    University of Sharjah, UAE

    Technical Program
    Committee

    TPC Chairs

    Assim Sagahyroon, American
    University of Sharjah, UAE
    Taher Abualrub, American
    University of Sharjah, UAE

    Track Chairs

    Artificial
    Intelligence
    Mohammad Jaradat, American University
    of Sharjah, UAE
    Ashraf Saleem, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

    Biomedical
    Engineering
    Hasan Al-Nashash, American University
    of Sharjah, UAE
    Awad Al-Zaben, Yarmouk University,
    Jordan

    Chemical Engineering
    Paul Nancarrow, American University of
    Sharjah, UAE
    Denis Ring, University College Cork, Ireland

    Computer Engineering
    Raafat Aburukba, American University of
    Sharjah, UAE 
    Weiming Shen, National Research Council Canada, Canada

    Civil Engineering
    Rami Haweeleh, American University of
    Sharjah, UAE 
    Murat Tanarslan, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey

    Electrical
    Engineering
    Hasan Mir, American University of
    Sharjah, UAE
    Kainam Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic
    University, Hong Kong

    Indusrial Enginnering/Engineering Systems
    Management
    Malik Ndiaye, American University of
    Sharjah, UAE 
    Said Salhi, University of Kent, United Kingdom

    Mechanical
    Engineering
    Maen Alkhader, American University of
    Sharjah, UAE
    T. Venkatesh, Stony Brook University,
    USA

    Applied
    Mathematics
    Marwan Abukhaled, American University
    of Sharjah, UAE

    Statistics
    and Probability
    Shou-Hsing Shih, American University of
    Sharjah, UAE
    Alberto Gandolfi, New York University
    Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Mathematical Modeling and Simulations
    Youssef Belhamadia, American University
    of Sharjah, UAE
    Peter Minev, University of Alberta,
    Canada

    Combinatorics and Discrete Mathematics
    Taher Abualrub, American University of Sharjah, UAE
    Irfan Siap, Yildiz Technical
    University, Turkey

    Publicity Chairs
    Jamal Abdalla, American University of
    Sharjah, UAE
    Hussain Al-Ahmad, Khalifa University,
    UAE
    Kutsi Erduran, Nigde University, Turkey

    Publication Chair
    Mahmoud Ibrahim, American University of
    Sharjah, UAE

    Web and IT
    Aniss Zakaria, American
    University of Sharjah, UAE

    Steering Committee
    Jamal Abdalla (UAE)
    Mahmoud Anabtawi (UAE)
    Mohamed El-Tarhuni (UAE)
    Ismail Kucuk (Turkey)
    Hana Sulieman (UAE)

    Keynote Speakers

    Towards Social Computers

    Prof Eric Postma

    Professor
    Eric Postma

    Cognitive Science & AI
    Tilburg University, the Netherlands
    Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS)'s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands

    Fuelled by the sheer volumes of data and
    computing power, the rapidly progressing developments in artificial
    intelligence and machine learning led to recognition algorithms with
    unprecedented performances. Current image recognition performances are nearing
    a level approaching that of human performance. On some specialised domains,
    computers even outperform humans in image recognition abilities. The impressive
    developments enable a next step in the integration of computers and computing
    devices in our everyday world. In order to achieve a seamless integration of
    computers in our daily life, computers should be able to communicate in a
    human-like manner. The long-standing challenge to achieve human-level verbal
    communication, i.e., speech recognition and speech production, obscured the
    importance of its non-verbal counterpart. Non-verbal communication is crucial
    to the social interactions between humans. Examples of nonverbal expressions
    are vocal expression, such as vocal pitch or intensity, and facial expressions
    such as smiling or frowning. Nonverbal expressions provide indispensable
    contextual cues to social interactions. Our research focusses on the
    understanding, modelling and simulation of the interactive nonverbal dynamics
    of communicating humans, with the aim to develop computers, robots or
    intelligent agents with social capabilities. We formalise the nonverbal
    interactions between human-human or human-computer dyads in terms of dynamical
    systems theory. In this formalisation, dyadic nonverbal communication gives
    rise to an attractor manifold representing the complex expression dynamics of
    both interlocutors. This allows us to study and simulate the causal
    interactions between communicating faces and voices by means of the powerful
    tools offert by dynamical systems theory. The result is a characterisation of
    the dynamical building blocks of nonverbal communication. In the presentation
    the results obtained will be demonstrated and their contribution to the
    development of social computers will be explained by means of illustrative
    examples. 

    Biography

    Eric Postma is a professor in Artificial Intelligence at Tilburg University, The Netherlands and at the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS) in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. His main research interest is in computational models of vision and in the analysis of vocal and facial social signals. In addition, he works on a wide variety of data science problems involving signal and image processing. His seminal work on the automatic recognition of paintings ("artist attribution") initiated in collaboration with the Van Gogh museum in The Netherlands gave rise to an international joint effort to develop digital methods to the analysis of art works. His work has been often covered in the international media. Professor Postma has published papers in international scientific journals ranging from cognitive science to artificial intelligence. He was Editor-in-Chief of special issues of the journals Pattern Recognition Letters and Signal Processing. In most of his work, the combination of (mainly visual) sensing and machine learning plays an important role. He supervised over 20 PhD students on topics such as intelligent agents, image recognition, painting analysis, social signal processing, manifold learning, and deep learning. Professor Postma is a member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities, leads the Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence group at Tilburg University, and is a member of the scientific core group of the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

    Industry Session

    Rapid Simulation capabilities for Aerospace and Defense

    Diogo Rodrigues

    Diogo Rodrigues

    Analytical Graphics Inc.

    Complex, autonomous and interdependent systems have become ubiquitous in our daily lives. As levels of complexity, autonomy and interdependency increase so does the need to augment the traditional Research, Design, Testing and Evaluation (RDTE) process with state-of-the-art collaborative engineering processes and technologies. By no means is this a straightforward process, but it can be done effectively and systematically through the use of rapid simulation tools aimed to validate architectures, subsystems working together and likely operational scenarios. Rapid Simulation will allow for insightful understanding of each potential solution, adequate mapping of the failure modes and potential courses of action. These technologies can also help find optimum solutions in complex trade spaces in a short amount of time since they can be put to work uninterruptedly. This presentation aims to cover the benefits such capabilities applied to aerospace and defense systems and highlight how they can be used across the entire program lifecycle.

    Biography

    Diogo Rodrigues is General Manager, LASS TECH Consulting. After working eight
    years for AGI managing the European, South American and Middle Eastern Markets,
    Rodrigues founded LASS TECH
    Consulting, which aims to provide technical and commercial consultancy services
    for innovative companies seeking to establish a solid presence in the Middle
    East. LASS TECH Consulting is also the Master Representative for AGI in the
    Middle East. Besides bringing diverse experience in the aerospace and defense market,
    Rodrigues has also introduced
    COTS technology to several new customers, explored new use cases and helped
    organizations fully leverage from the benefits of using COTS technology. Prior
    to AGI, Rodrigues conducted space
    mission analysis work for the European Space Operations Center (ESOC), NASA's
    Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and Dassault Aviation. Rodrigues holds a Master of Science in Space Studies from the
    International Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg and an aerospace engineering
    degree from Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon.

    Platform-based Approach to Engineering and Science Applications

    Leen Adnan

    Leen Adnan


    National Instruments, UAE

    In this presentation, we will introduce a development environment designed specifically to accelerate the productivity of engineers and scientists using LabVIEW. The development environment allows engineers and scientists to provide solutions to the most challenging problems, taking them from simulation to implementation. Applications in various industries will be presented, highlighting some technical case studies in fields such as robotics, power, structural health, oil and gas, etc.

    Biography

    Leen Adnan graduated from the American
    University of Beirut with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
    and a minor in Biomedical Engineering. Leen started with National Instrument
    (NI) as an applications engineer, gained technical experience in NI platforms
    and various industries, and now she is working as a field engineer based in the
    UAE.

    Final Manuscript Submission

    To submit the
    final manuscript paper, please click here

    Student Poster Competition

    ICMSAO'17 will include a student poster competition. Certificates
    will be awarded for the best three posters. Students are invited to submit
    their research or project work related to the following topics.

    Artificial Intelligence

    Engineering Systems
    Management

    Biomedical Engineering

    Mechanical Engineering

    Chemical Engineering

    Applied Mathematics

    Computer Engineering

    Statistics and
    Probability

    Civil Engineering

    Mathematical Modeling
    and Simulations

    Electrical Engineering

    Combinatorics and
    Discrete Mathematics

    Please submit a two-page paper in two-column format to one of
    the organizers, according to the track of your poster.

    Engineering Track: Dr. Maher Bakri Kassem ([email protected])

    Math Track: Dr. Amjad Toufaha ([email protected])

    Deadline for submission of full paper (extended): December 3, 2016 

    Note that papers submitted to the conference do not qualify for
    the poster competition.

    Registration

    1. At least one author must register with the conference by March 1, 2017. 
    2. For authors presenting multiple papers, one FULL registration is valid for up to two papers. Authors with more than two papers need to register for each extra paper separately on EDAS at a fee of $200 per extra paper. 
    3. To register for the conference, please go to EDAS, click on the My Papers button. Click on the link labeled Registration and follow the instructions. Note that to get the IEEE or SIAM membership discount you need to updated your profile on EDAS and provide your membership number. 
    4. Payments are accepted using credit cards, PayPal or wire transfer (through EDAS). Note that wire transfer charges need to be covered by the author. 

    Registration fees covers access to all
    conference activities (excluding tutorials), coffee breaks and banquet dinner.

    Author Registration Fees

    Registration
    Type

    Early Registration
    (by February 8, 2017)

    Late Registration

    (after February 8, 2017)

    IEEE or SIAM Member

    $400

    $500

    Non-Member

    $500

    $600

    Authors are
    encouraged to take advantage of the early registration rates and complete their
    paper registrations by February 8, 2017. However, registration will be open for
    authors until March 1, 2017. At
    least one author must register at the regular rate even if the paper is
    presented by a student
    . Registration fees cover up two papers;
    authors with three or more accepted papers will be required to pay $200 for
    registering each additional paper. The registration fees cover access to both
    ICMSAO and ICCST sessions, the gala dinner, a conference
    bag and the proceedings.

    Non-Author Registration Fees

    Non-author registration will be open until and
    throughout the conference duration.

    IEEE or SIAM Member

    $400

    Non-Member

    $500

    Student Registration Fees:

    Students are offered a reduced registration
    rate but they need to show a proof of enrollment as a student.

    Student - IEEE Member

    $200

    Student - Non-IEEE Member

    $250

    Travel and Accommodation

    Travel and Visa Information

    Sharjah
    International Airport is a short drive from
    the conference venue at American University of Sharjah (AUS), taking approximately seven minutes by taxi. AUS
    is about about 20 minutes from downtown
    Sharjah. If you are traveling through Dubai International Airport,  it will take about 25 minutes to get to the AUS campus and also to downtown
    Sharjah, assuming normal traffic conditions. Abu Dhabi International Airport is
    a two-hour drive from Sharjah.

    More
    information about Sharjah is available at http://sharjahtourism.ae.

    Visa Arrangements

    Before you travel to the UAE,
    please check your visa requirements and make sure you have a valid visa if
    needed. Different airlines and travel agencies can arrange for a UAE visa, so
    please check online for different offers. AUS has an agreement with the
    following travel agency if you wish to make a visa arrangement through them.
    You must submit the required information
    below as early as possible to avoid any delays. Please coordinate with the
    agency directly and mention that you are coming to the ICMSAO conference
    organized by AUS. Please note we are not
    involved in the visa process, so please
    contact the agency directly.

    Name of Agency:    Sina Star Tourist
    Agency

    Contact Person:   Mr.
    Ali Al Hoti, Manager

    Mobile:   +971 50 422 4 113

    Email: [email protected]

    The requirements are:

    • a clear passport copy
      with six-month validity on the date of
      travel
    • a passport photograph
      on white backgroundan invitation letter
      from the conference (We can provide this
      letter for presenters and their accompanying family members but you need to
      inform us no later than February 20, 2017.)
    • AED 350 visa fee (AUS special rate to be paid directly to the agency)

    Accommodation

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