NiSIS 2005
Albufeira, Portugal
04.10.2005 - 05.10.2005


Sessions

04.10.2005, 10:00-12:00 Session A1
Opening Session
Chair: Derek Linkens, United Kingdom
Room 1

Welcome and Introduction
Derek Linkens, United Kingdom

Biological Cells and Organism as Intelligent Information- handling Systems
Joseph Lengeler, Germany

Processing of mechano sensory information in biological systems
Andreas Offenhäusser, Germany

Nature-inspired ICT in the EU Framework Programmes now and in the future
Pekka Karp, Belgium

 

04.10.2005, 13:30-15:30 Session A21
Workshop on Nature-inspired Systems, Modelling, Optimisation and Control I
Chair: Reinhard Guthke, Germany
Room 1

Discovering Knowledge and Modelling Systems using Granular Computing and Neurofuzzy Structures
Mahdi Mahfouf, United Kingdom; George Panoutsos

Robust Identification of Piecewise Linear Gene-Protein Interaction Networks
Ronald Westra, Netherlands; Ralf L. Peeters

ACSAMO: An Adaptive Multiobjective Optimization Algorithm using the Clonal Selection Principle
Mahdi Mahfouf, United Kingdom; Xiaolan Wang

Reduced Space Searching (RSS) Algorithm: A New Optimization Algorithm for Single-Objective and Multi-Objective Problems Mahdi Mahfouf, United Kingdom; Qian Zhang

Multiple strategies for on-line parameter estimation via a hybrid method: a Comparative Study
Teresa Feio Mendonca, Portugal; Hugo Alonso, Hugo Magalhaes, Paula Rocha

 

04.10.2005, 13:30-17:00 Session A22
Workshop on Nature-inspired Data Base Technology
Chair: Davide Anguita, Italy
Room 2

Nature-inspired Learning Models
Dymitr Ruta, Great Britain; Bogdan Gabrys

Evolving Multilevel Forecast Combination Models - An Experimental Study
Silvia Riedel, Germany; Bogdan Gabrys

Nature-inspired components of the Scatter Search
José Andrés Moreno Pérez, Spain; J.M. Moreno Vega, C. Campos Rodriguez, B.M. Batista, J.B. Santana, M.G. Torres, I.J.G. del Amo, F.J. Martinez Garcia, R Rivero Martin, .D. Beltran Cano

Nature-Inspired methods for Combinatorial Machine Learning
Davide Anguita, Italy

Bio-inspired methods for analysis and classification of reading eye movements of dyslexic children
Martin Macas, Czech Republic; Lenka Lhotská, Daniel Novák

Data Mining: Heuristics in Fuzzy Pattern Matching
Jose Manuel Cadenas, Spain; María C. Garrido, Juan J. Hernández

 

04.10.2005, 16:00-18:00 Session A212
Workshop on Nature-inspired Systems, Modelling, Optimisation and Control II
Chair: Ronald Westra, Netherlands
Room 1

Experimental modeling of mitotic oscillator with reversibly binding inhibitor using a nonlinear state-space based approach
José Borges, Portugal; Vincent Verdult, Michel Verhaegen, Miguel Ayala Botto

Data-based Extraction of Hypotheses about Gene Regulatory Networks in Liver Cells
Reinhard Guthke, Germany; Wolfgang Schmidt-Heck, Sebastian Zellmer, Frank Gaunitz, Rolf Gebhardt

Reverse Engineering of Network Models of Bioartificial Liver Cell Systems
Michael Pfaff, Germany; Wolfgang Schmidt-Heck, Susanne Toepfer, Dirk Woetzel, Dominik Driesch, Katrin Zeilinger, Gesine Pless, Joerg C. Gerlach, Reinhard Guthke

Modeling propofol and remifentanil pharmacodynamic interaction using two different pharmacokinetic models comparative study
Catarina S. Nunes, Portugal; Teresa Mendonca

Analysis of Metabolic Control Strategies
Karl Bayer, Austria

Evaluation of Cooperative Strategies in Optimization Problems
David A. Pelta, Spain; Alejandro Sancho-Royo, José L. Verdegay, Juan R. Gonzalez

 

04.10.2005, 17:00-18:00 Session A23
Nature-inspired Data Technology Round Table "Nature meets Smart Information Systems"
Chair: Cecilio Angulo, Spain
Room 2

 

 

05.10.2005, 09:00-10:30 Session B1
Workshop on Nature-inspired Networks I 
Chair: Trevor P. Martin, United Kingdom 
Room 1

On the Use of Scale-Free Networks for Information Network Modeling
Andreas Nürnberger, Germany; Claudia Hauff

Nature-inspired Networks - The Telecommunications Industry Point of View
Martin Detyniecki, France; Richard Tateson

Financial & Managerial Benchmark Problems for Nature-inspired Intelligence
Uzay Kaymak, Netherlands; Georgios Dounias, Nikolaos Thomaidis

A Feature Selection Agent-based IDs
Emilio Corchado, Spain; Alvaro Herrero, José Manuel Sáiz

 

05.10.2005, 11:00-12:30 Session B21
Workshop on Nature-inspired Networks II
Chair: Trevor P. Martin, United Kingdom
Room 1

The cross dynamics between international financial markets: a suitable domain for applying nature inspired intelligent techniques
Nikolaos Thomaidis, Greece; Georgios Dounias, N. Kondakis

Completely Neural Architecture for the General Control of Autonomous Robots
Ricardo Tèllez, Spain; Cecilio Angulo, Diego E. Pardo

Financial statistical modelling with a new nature-inspired technique
Nikolaos Thomaidis, Greece; Georgios Dounias

 

05.10.2005, 11:00-12:30 Session B22
Benchmarking Session
Chair: Jens Strackeljan, Germany
Room 2

Applied Nature Inspired System: A Survey
Lenka Lhotska, Czech Republic; Martin Macas, Jens Strackeljan, Jan Jantzen

Pap-smear Benchmark Data for Pattern Classification
Jan Jantzen, Denmark; Jonas Norup, Georgios Dounias, Beth Bjerregaard

The Magic Square as a Benchmark: Comparing MIP to Improved GA and to a High Performance Minimax AI Algorithm
José Fonseca, Portugal

 

05.10.2005, 14:00-15:00 Session B3
Comparative Workshop: NiSIS and EU Industry
Chair: Aleksandar Jovanovic, Germany
Room 1

Challenges in Reengineering of Hierarchical Biological Networks for Drug Discovery and Development
Andreas Schuppert, Germany

Systems Biology of the Liver Cell
Siegfried Neumann, Germany

 

05.10.2005, 15:30-16:30 Session B4
Closing Session
Chair: Derek Linkens, United Kingdom
Room 1


Patterns in Biological Networks
Thomas Wilhelm, Germany

Amorphous Computation, Random Graphs and Complex Biological Networks
Chris Cannings, United Kingdom