ISEIS’2004 FINAL PROGRAM
2nd Floor, Delta Hotel, Regina, Saskatchewan
August 25, 2004 (Wednesday)
08:00 - 22:00 Registration
09:00 Poster setup starts
13:00 Poster session starts
19:00 - 22:00 Reception (Room: CAMPANIA)
August 26, 2004 (Thursday)
08:00 - 22:00 Registration
08:30 - 09:00 Opening Ceremony (Room: TUSCANY)
09:00 – 10:00 Keynote Speech: Statistical Evaluation Needs in Water Supply Exposure Assessments.
Edward A. McBean, Professor and Canada Research
Chair in Water Supply Security.
10:00 - 10:20 Refreshment Break
10:20 - 12:00 Parallel Sessions A1 and B
Session A1: Policy Analysis and Impact Assessment
Room: CAMPANIA-A
Chairs: Mary-Ellen Tyler, Julian Scott Yeomans
10:20-10:40 Applications of Mobile Computing for Fish Species at Risk Management. James D. Carswell, Michela Bertolotto, Nick Mandrak. 04-015.
10:40-11:00 Empirical Studies on the Environmental Management of Japanese Affiliated Manufacturing Companies in Canada, the United States and Australia: The Differences Between Companies that Have and Have Not Acquired ISO14001 Certification. Jiro Usugami. 04-019.
11:00-11:20 Methods of Assessing Drought Impacts on Grassland NPP through MODIS Vegetation Indices. Xulin Guo, Youfei Zheng, Wei Gao, Pierrot Richard. 04-045.
11:20-11:40 Developing Relevant Technology for Small-scale Farming Population. Jennifer Taylor, Thomas Bellarmine, Dennis Timlin, Vangimalla Reddy. 04-161.
11:40-12:00 Factors Determining Social Decisions for Community Development Schemes. Takayuki Kumazawa. 04-168.
Session B: Environmental Data and Information Management
Room: CAMPANIA-B
Chairs: Anthony Duben, Bram Noble
10:20-10:40 Why Environmental Metadata Description Needs Ontologies. Krzysztof Janowicz, Marion Wilde. 04-017.
10:40-11:00 Data Modeling Standards for Developing Interoperable Municipal Asset Management Systems. Mahmoud R. Halfawy, Dana Vanier, David Hubble. 04-193.
11:00-11:20 Curricula and Courses Bridging Information Systems and Environmental Science. Anthony J. Duben. 04-038.
11:20-11:40 Development of An Object-Oriented Framework for Integrating of Environmental Data. Wan-chi Huang, Shu-liang Liaw, Chung-yi Huang. 04-089.
11:40-12:00 Integration of Municipal Information Systems for Sustainable Management of Infrastructure Assets. Mahmoud R. Halfawy, Dana Vanier, David Hubble. 04-194.
12:00 - 13:20 Luncheon (Room: TUSCANY)
13:20 - 15:20 Parallel Sessions A2 and C
Session A2: Policy Analysis and Impact Assessment
Room: CAMPANIA-A
Chairs: Mary-Ellen Tyler, XuLin Guo
13:20-13:40 Integrated Assessments of Landuse and Biodiversity Interactions from Space: An Example from the Eastern Ontario, Canada. S. Adsavakulchai, A. Chan. 04-077.
13:40-14:00 Assessment of Traffic Noise Impact on Residential Areas of Regina. Ji Cao, Liming Dai. 04-163.
14:00-14:20 The Facilitation of Industrial Ecology, Product Take-Back, and Sustainability through the Forecasting of Television Waste Flows. Jonathan Linton, Julian Scott Yeomans, Reena Yoogalingam. 04-006.
14:20-14:40 Improving Air Quality in Large Cities by Substituting Natural Gas for Coal in China — Economic Barriers and Environmental Policy Analysis. Xiurui Guo, Xianqiang Mao, Shuiyuan Cheng. 04-188.
14:40-15:00 Environmental Conservation vs Compensation: Explorations from the Uttaranchal Himalaya. Sunil Nautiyal, K.S. Rajan, R. Shibasaki. 04-165.
15:00-15:20 Community Action and Traffic Noise Regulations. Daryl Caswell. 04-199.
Session C: Environmental Systems Modeling and Planning
Room: CAMPANIA-B
Chairs: Mikiyasu Nakayama, Shoou-Yuh Chang
13:20-13:40 An Immission Based and Integrated Water Management Approach. Holger Hoppe, Matthias Weilandt, Hermann Orth. 03-086.
13:40-14:00 Towards New Directions in Water Resources Management – Decision Suppport Systems On The Web. Kazimierz A. Salewicz, Mikiyasu Nakayama. 03-044.
14:00-14:20 Modelling System for Management of Surface Water Functional Regions. Xuezhong Yu. 04-146.
14:20-14:40 Using Assimilation to Reduce Spatial Correlated Uncertainties in Subsurface Transport Models. An Jin, Shoou-Yuh Chang. 04-012.
14:40-15:00 Watershed Modeling: Where Are We Heading? David Chen. 04-183.
15:00-15:20 Long-term Planning for the Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Halifax Reginal Municipality under Uncertainty. L. Liu, R. Ghadiri. 04-197.
15:20 - 15:40 Refreshment Break
15:40 - 17:40 Parallel Sessions D and E1
Session D: Monitoring and Analytical Techniques
Room: CAMPANIA-A
Chairs: Andrew Ernest, Ian MacNeill
15:40-16:00 Representative Soil Water Benchmarking for Environmental Monitoring. Lindsay K. Tallon, Bing Cheng Si. 03-150.
16:00-16:20 Adjustment for Reporting Delay of Infections and Estimation of the Size of the Infected Population. Ian B. MacNeill, Elena Naumova. 04-115.
16:20-16:40 On Maximum Likelihood Inference in the First Order Autoregressive Processes. John Haddad. 04-192.
16:40-17:00 A Surveillance System for Waterborne Infections. Elena N. Naumova, Ian B. MacNeill. 04-116.
17:00-17:20 Atrazne Contamination in a Rural Source Water Supply: Spa Lake, Lewisburg, Kentucky. Kathryn J. Seadler, Christopher G. Groves. 04-101.
17:20-17:40 Laboratory Measurement Uncertainty. Robert Lessard, Chris Swyngedouw, Monique Chapman, Jodi Johnston, Stacey Kubic, Sara Montgomery, Carol Nam, Michelle Seveck. 04-054.
Session E1: Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems
Room: CAMPANIA-B
Chairs: Anthony Duben, Daryl Hepting
15:40-16:00 Case Study of Expert System for Emergency Response of Toxic Gases Release and Chemical Fire. Te-Hui Yeh. 04-034.
16:00-16:20 Decision Support for Personal Life Cycle Impact Analysis. Daryl Hepting, Melissa Buhler. 04-106.
16:20-16:40 Complex Organization and Bifurcation within Environmental Bounds (COBWEB): An Agent-based Approach to Simulating Adaptation. Brad Bass, Emily Chan. 04-178.
16:40-17:00 Benchmark Test of Evolutionary Computation Algorithms. Bongseog Jung, Bryan W. Karney. 04-136.
17:00-17:20 Integrating Domain Knowledge and Machine Learning Theoretic-Methods for Modelling Complex Environmental Systems: Methodology and Rationales. A. A. Guergachi. 03-039.
17:20:17:40 Real-Time Temperature Detecting and Emergency Response System Using Infrared Thermography. Jan-Wei Liu, Kuo-Chao Lin, Fu-Sung Wang. 04-022.
17:40:18:00 An Agent-Based Approach to Infrared Images Management. Avain Yeh. 04-095.
18:00 – 19:00 Cash Bar (Room: UMBRIA)
19:00 – 19:45 Keynote speech: A New Approach for Spatial Multi-Objective Decision Making under Uncertainty.
Slobodan P. Simonovic, Professor and Research Chair in Catastrophic Loss Reduction.
(Room: UMBRIA. Cash bar closed during the speech)
19:45 – 21:45 Banquet & Cash Bar (Room: UMBRIA)
August 27, 2004 (Friday)
08:00 - 12:00 Registration
08:00 - 10:00 Parallel Sessions E2 and F
Session E2: Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems
Room: CAMPANIA-A
Chairs: Daryl Caswell, Liming Dai
08:00-08:20 Establishing An Optimization Model for Sewerage System Layout with Applied Genetic Algorithm. Huahn-Tyng Weng, Shu-Liang Liaw. 04-032.
08:20-08:40 An Analysis of Artificial Neural Networks versus Curve Estimation Techniques in Predicting Petroleum Production. Hanh H. Nguyen, Christine W. Chan, Malcolm Wilson. 03-038.
08:40-09:00 Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Pahs) in Water Samples by Synchronous Fluorescence Using Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFN). G. Zheng, W.H. Huang, X.H. Lu. 04-010.
09:00-09:20 A GA-based Approach for Dealing with Inexact Non-Linear Programming Problems in Water Quality Management. X. S. Qin. 04-200.
09:20-09:40 Comparison of Neural Networks and Classical Curve Fitting for Fuel Cells. Megan Lyster. 04-180.
09:40-10:00 A Diagnostic Expert System for Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Plants. X.D. Zhang, C.W. Chan. 04-201.
Session F: Process Simulation, Optimization and Control
Room: CAMPANIA-B
Chairs: Andrew Ernest, Brad Bass
08:00-08:20 Estimation of Censored Data Water Quality Values Using Decomposable Markov Networks. Zoe Zhu, E. A. McBean. 04-189.
08:20-08:40 Biostimulation Method in Shoreline Clean-Up – An Approach of Coastal Environment Management in Response to Oil-Spill Hazard – Case Study Ganh Rai Gulf- Viet Nam. Huynh thi Minh Hang, Do Hong Lan Chi, Bui Trong Vinh. 04-072
08:40-09:00 Short Term Prediction in Nitrogen Removal Processes Using Least Squares Support Vector Machine with NARX Model. Yinghui Yang, Aziz Guergachi, Gul Khan. 04-138
09:00-09:20 Comparison of Dissolved and Acid-Extractable Metal Concentrations in Ground Water, Eastern Arkansas, USA. Burmshik Kim, Kenneth F. Steele, Todd Fugitt. 04-098
09:20-09:40 The Evaluation of the Feasibility of Utilizing Incineration Bottom Ash as Sub Base Course Material. Hui-Lan Chang, Wen-Chen Jau, Cheng-Fang Lin, Kung-Cheh Li. 04-044
09:40-10:00 Experimental and Analytical Simulation of Heavy Metal Migration in Saturated Soil Media. L. Liu, A. K. Kammari. 04-198.
10:00
- 10:20 Refreshment Break
10:20 - 12:00 Parallel Sessions: G1 and H1
Session G1: Applications of Geomatic Technologies
Room: CAMPANIA-A
Chairs: Xinhao Wang, David Chen
10:20-10:40 Spatial Wastewater Biosolids Information Management System: A GIS Approach. Jianpeng (Jim) Zhou, Shunfu Hu, Amit Bhusal, Fred Jones. 04-004.
10:40-11:00 Web-GIS Based Information Promulgation System of Water Resources Social Renewability Evaluation for Main Cities in the Yellow River Basin. Weihua Zeng, Yongjun Zhang, Jie Zhu, Zhifeng Yang. 04-133.
11:00-11:20 Assessment for Role of GIS Based Natural Disaster Database, in Environmental Management and Planning of Bangladesh. Motaleb Hossain Sarker, Sara Ferdousi. 04-030.
11:20-11:40 Geoinformatics in Environment Monitoring and Land-Use Planning for the Wetland - Case Study of Cangio - Hochiminh City - South Vietnam. Huynh thi Minh Hang, Nguyen Hoang Anh. 04-073.
11:40-12:00 Using GIS to Link Ecological Databases with Blackfoot Environmental Knowledge. Paulette M. Fox. 04-153.
Session H1: Mathematical Methods for Systems Modeling and Optimization
Room: CAMPANIA-B
Chairs: Christine Chan, John Haddad
10:20-10:40 A Fuzzy Inference System Approach for Greenhouse Climate Control. Anantharaman Siriaman, Rene V. Mayorga. 04-191.
10:40-11:00 Applying Regression and Cost Analyses to Optimize Semiconductor Processing Water Management Strategy. Li-Ling Lee, Cheng-Nan Chang, and Allen C. Chao. 04-042.
11:00-11:20 Characteristics and Calculating Methods for Ecological Flows in Estuaries. Tao Sun, Zhi-Feng Yang. 04-140.
11:20-11:40 On the Use of the HYSPLIT Model to Study Air Quality in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Angelos Anastassopoulos, Son T Nguyen, Xiaohong Xu. 04-039.
11:40-12:00 A Three-dimension Multi-box Model for Air Quality Prediction. S. Y. Cheng, R. X. Hao, L. Liu, Z. H. Ren. 04-185.
12:00 - 13:20 Luncheon (Room: TUSCANY)
13:20 - 15:20 Parallel Sessions G2 and H2
Session G2: Applications of Geomatic Technologies
Room: CAMPANIA-A
Chairs: Jonathan Li, Shunfu Hu
13:20-13:40 Digital Terrain Analysis for Spatial Variability of Forest Soil and Litter Properties in a Deciduous Forest Stand in Southern Ontario. W. K. E. Martin, R. Timmer. 04-150.
13:40-14:00 Assessing the Environmental Impact of Lead Contamination on Agricultural Crop in Upper Maeklong Watershed, Thailand Using Geographic Information System. S. Adsavakulchai, W. Simachaya. 04-063.
14:00-14:20 Traffic-related Air Quality Analysis and Visualization. Xinhao Wang, J. Shi, Hexiang Huang. 04-009.
14:20-14:40 Modern Airborn Imaging and Scanning Technologies for Topographic Data Acquisition. Jonathan Li. 0.
14:40-15:00 The Effect of Spatial Autocorrelation on the Sampling Design in Accuracy Assessment: A Case Study by Using Simulated Data. Hui Wei, Dongmei Chen. 04-162.
15:00-15:20 Water Quality Assessment Using Web Based GIS and Distributed Database Management Systems: Concept Development and Application to Lower Rio Grande. Chockalingam Ganapathy, Andrew Ernest. 04-164.
Session H2: Mathematical Methods for Systems Modeling and Optimization
Room: CAMPANIA-B
Chairs: Cheng-Nan Chang, Iris Xu
13:20-13:40 MILP Model for Compressor Selection in Natural Gas Pipeline Operations. V. Uraikul, C. W. Chan, P. Tontiwachwuthikul. 03-082.
13:40-14:00 The Enumeration Algorithm for the Optimal Planning and Design of Pipe Network Systems. Bi-Liang Lin, Hong-Min Shau, Wen-Chi Huang, Ray-Shyan Wu, Shu-Liang Liaw. 04-094.
14:00-14:20 Uncertainty-based Health Risk Assessment for the Management of Petroleum-Contaminated Sites. J. B. Li,G. M. Zeng, Y. F. Huang. 04-125.
14:20-14:40 On the Application of Statistics Parameter Estimation to Find Oil Pipeline Leakage Using a Distributed Fiber Sensor. Ningyu Liu, Raman Paranjape, Elmer Hara, Koorosh Asghari. 04-156.
14:40-15:00 An IMILSIP Model for Dynamic Optimal Allocation of Municipal Solid Wastes. L. He, G. M. Zeng. 04-205.
15:00-15:20 Integrated Fuzzy-Stochastic Risk Assessment for Contaminated Groundwater Systems. I. Maqsood. 04-210.
15:20 - 15:40 Refreshment Break
15:40 - 18:00 Parallel Sessions I and J
Session I: Energy and Environmental Systems Studies
Room: CAMPANIA-A
Chairs: Xinhao Wang, Lei Liu
15:40-16:00 Drought and Ecosystem Vulnerability under Climate Change in the Great Prairies of Canada. B. Luo, Y.Y. Yin, and H. L. Li. 04-204.
16:00-16:20 Technologies for Content Representation in Flood Risk Management. Charlotte Kaempf, Siegfried Handschuh, Juergen Ihringer. 04-107.
16:20-16:40 Ecological Environment Change & Flood and Sedimentation Disaster in Yangtze River Basin. Yitian Li. 04-110.
16:40-17:00 Pesticide Losses and Risk Assessment in Watershed Systems under Changing Climate Conditions. B. Chen, B.Y. Zhang. 04-211.
17:00-17:20 An Optimization Model for Energy Planning and Environmental Management in Waterloo-Kitchener Region, Canada. Q.G. Lin, B. Bass, Y.P. Cai. 04-208.
17:20-17:40 A Fuzzy Logic Controller for Oil Battery. R.F. Liao, C. W. Chan. 04-206.
Session J: Environmental Process Modeling and Optimization
Room: CAMPANIA-B
Chairs: S.Y. Cheng, Jason Li
15:40-16:00 A Hybrid Accelerated Genetic Algorithm for Systems Optimization. Xiaohua Yang, Zhifeng Yang, Zhenyao Shen. 04-111.
16:00-16:20 Integrated Fuzzy-stochastic Modeling for the Risk Assessment of Groundwater Contamination. J. B. Li. 04-196.
16:20-16:40 Monitoring Network Design for a Petroleum-Contaminated Site in Southern Saskatchewan. I. Maqsood. 04-209.
16:40-17:00 Enhanced Bioremediation of Petroleum Contaminated Soil – A Study in Cantuar Site, Canada. B. Y. Zhang. 04-207.
17:00-17:20 Influence of Humic Substance in Solids on the Monitoring of Oxygen-Consuming Organics of the Yellow River. Xinghui Xia, Zhifeng Yang, Lihong Meng. 04-129.
17:20-17:40 A Hybrid Simulation-optimization Approach for Management of Surfactant Enhanced Remediation Process. Y. F. Huang. 04-215.
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