3rd
Annual International Conference on Mathematics & Statistics
15-18 June 2009, Athens,
Greece
Sponsored by
The Mathematics & Statistics Research Unit of the
Athens Institute for Education and Research
(AT.IN.E.R.)
Conference Venue: St George Lycabettus
Boutique Hotel, 2 Kleomenous Street,
Lycabettus, Athens.
Organized by: ATINEP A.E.
(atinerae@atiner.gr)
Administration: Fani Balaska, Eirini Lentzou, Katerina Maraki, Sylia Sakka.
Organizing and Scientific
Committee
- Dr.
Vladimir Akis, Head, Mathematics and Statistics Research
Unit, ATINER & Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science,
California State University, Los Angeles, USA.
- Dr.
Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER.
- Dr.
Nicholas Pappas, Vice-President, ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston
University, USA.
- Dr. Panagiotis Petratos, Head,
Computer Research Unit, ATINER & Assistant Professor of Computer
Information Systems, California State University, Stanislaus,
USA.
- Dr. Theofilos Theophanides,
Academic Member, ATINER & Professor, Department of Chemical
Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
- Dr.
John Roufagalas, Professor, Troy University, USA
& Academic Member, ATINER.
- Dr.
Chris Sakellariou, Secretary, ATINER &
Associate Professor, Nanyang University,
Singapore.
- Dr. Ivan
G. Avramidi, Professor, New Mexico Tech, USA.
- Dr. Margarita Kefalaki, Instructor, Department of Tourism of the
Technological Institute of Piraeus & Department of Commerce and
Advertising of the Technological Institute of Lamia
& Researcher, ATINER.
- Mr. Christos Frantzeskakis,
Researcher, ATINER.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
(The time for each session includes at least 10 minutes coffee break)
Monday, 15th
of June 2009
08:30-09:30 Registration
09:15-09:30 Welcome
and Opening Remarks
- Dr. Gregory
T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER.
- Dr.
Nicholas Pappas, Vice-President, ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston State
University, USA.
- Dr.
Vladimir Akis, Head, Mathematics and Statistics
Research Unit, ATINER & Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science,
California State University, Los Angeles, USA.
Monday, 15th of June 2009
09:30-11:00 Session
I: Mathematics I
Chair: Pappas,
N., Vice-President, ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston State University, USA.
- Naik,
S., Professor, University of Nevada, USA. Concordance of Knots.
- Szechtman,
F., Associate Professor, University of Regina, Canada. Modular Reduction
of the Steinberg Representation of the General Linear Group.
- Georgakis,
C., Associate Professor, DePaul University, USA. Graphing Cubics Without Calculus.
- *Najafzadeh, S.,
Assistant Professor, University of Maragheh,
Iran. Some Aspects of Univalent Meromorphic
Functions with Positive Coefficients
- Nazari,
A., Assistant Professor, Arak University, Iran
& Alibakhshi, M., Ms.c.
Arak University, Iran. The Inverse Eigenvalue Problem for Special Symmetric Kind of
Matrices.
11:00-12:30 Session II: Mathematics IΙ
Chair: Akis, V.,
Head, Mathematics and Statistics Research Unit, ATINER & Professor of
Mathematics and Computer Science, California State University, Los Angeles,
USA.
- Berenguer
Maldonado, M.I., Professor, University of
Granada, Spain, Domingo Gamez, A.I., Professor, University of Granada, Spain, Garralda- Guillem, A.I., Professor, University of Granada, Spain, Ruiz-Galan, M., University of Granada, Spain & Serrano
Perez, M.C., Professor, University of Granada,
Spain. Differential Problems and Biorthogonal
Systems.
- Ezzati,
R., Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad
University-Karaj Branch, Karaj,
Iran & Farzam, M., Islamic Azad University-Karaj
Branch, Karaj, Iran. New Parametric
Approximation of Fuzzy Number.
12:30-13:30 LUNCH
13:30-15:00 Session III: Applied Mathematics I
Chair: Kefalaki, M., Instructor, Department
of Tourism of the Technological Institute of Piraeus & Department of Commerce
and Advertising of the Technological Institute of Lamia
& Researcher, ATINER.
- Kagaris,
D., Professor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA. Multi-Index
ROC-Based Methodology for DNA Microarray Data
Analysis.
- Bagheri Salec, A., Assistant Professor, Qom
Univeristy, Iran, Safaee,
S., Ms.c. Arak
University, Iran, Dolati, A., Assistant Professor, Shahed
University, Iran & Sohrabi Haghighat, M., Assistant Professor, Arak University, Iran. Solving a Constraint Shortest
Path Problem via DNA Computation.
- Shoucri,
R., Professor, Royal Military College, Canada. Stress-Strain Relations in
the Myocardium.
- Khodabin, M., Member of
Board, Islamic Azad University-Karaj Branch, Karaj, Iran
& Ezzati, R., Member of Board in Islamic Azad University, Iran. Entropy Rate for Ehrenfest's Urn Models.
15:00-16:30 Session IV: Applied Mathematics II
Chair: Kagaris, D., Professor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA.
- Rabta,
B., Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Neuchatel,
Switzerland & Reiner, G., Professor,
University of Neuchatel, Switzerland. Multiclass Queueing Networks
Analysis by Aggregation
- Sepehrian,
B., Assistant Professor, Arak University, Iran
& Razzaghi, M., Assistant Professor,
Mississippi State University, USA. Single-Term Walsh Series with a
Collocation Method for Solving Nonlinear Volterra-Hammerstein
Integral Equations.
- Weit,
Y., Professor, University of Haifa, Israel. The Mean Value Property and
the Heat Equation.
16:30-18:00 Session V:
Statistics I
Chair: Weit, Y., Professor, University of Haifa, Israel.
- Sohrabi Haghighat M., Assist. Professor, Arak
University, Iran. Solving Maximum K-facility Location Problemvia
DNA Computation
- Godard,
R., Professor, Royal Military College, Canada. Robust Regression and Robust
Analysis of Variance: Applications in Statistics Courses.
- Hashemi,
R., Assistant Professor, Razi University,
France. Progressive Censoring in the Weibull
Model for Competing Risks with Binomial Removals
- Jeong,
C., Student, Seoul National University, Korea, Kim, J., Student, Seoul
National University, Korea, & Kang, J.M.,
Professor, Seoul National University, Korea. Factor Analysis Incorporated
with Fuzzy Clustering for Estimating Sequential Properties.
18:00-19:30 Session VI: Math Education I
Chair: Bierman, S., Professor, Stellenbosch
University, South Africa.
· Berezovski, T., Assistant Professor, Saint Joseph’s University,
USA. Innovative Methodologies: The Study of Pre-Service Secondary Mathematics
Teachers’ Knowledge.
· Caniglia, J., Associate Professor, Kent State University, USA
& Tratas Contis, E.,
Professor, Eastern Michigan University, USA. The Traveling
Salesman Solves a
Meals on Wheels Problem: Utilizing Academic Service Learning in
an Integrated Algebra and Computer Science Course.
·
Chabi, M., Lecturer, Qatar University, Qatar & Malhotra,
J., Lecturer, Qatar University,
Qatar. Helping Students at Risk: A Department Project.
20:30 - 22:00 GREEK NIGHT AND DINNER
Tuesday, 16th of June 2009
08:30-10:00 Session VII: Mathematics III
Chair: *Najafzadeh,
S., Assistant Professor, University of Maragheh,
Iran.
- Farajzadeh,
A., Professor, Razi University, Iran. Mixes
Quasi Complementarity Problems in Topological
Vector Spaces.
- Stoica, C., Assistant
Professor, Aurel Vlaicu
University of Arad, Romania & Megan, M.,
Professor, West University of Timisoara,
Romania. Asymptotic Properties for Differential Equations in Banach Spaces.
- Jafari, S.S.,
Lecturer, Payame Noor
University, Iran. A Simple Proof for Equivalency of Approximate Amenability and Approximate
Contractibility of Banach Algebras
10:00-11:30 Session VIII: Mathematics IV
Chair: Selim, M.,
Associate Professor, King Saud University, Saudi
Arabia.
- Jadda, Z., Professor, IRMAR-INSA-Rennes, France & Parraud,
P., MACCLIA-CREC, ´Ecoles de Saint Cyr-Co¨etquidan, France. On
Quaternary Cryptographic Functions.
- Mariano,
R., Assistant Professor, Ateneo de Zamboanga University, Philippines & Canoy, S., Professor VI, Mindanao State University,
Philippines. Edge Geodetic Covers and Edge Geodetic Numbers of a Graph.
- Mohd, I.,
Professor, Malaysia University, Malaysia. New Class of Nonparametric
Filled Function.
11:30-13:00 Session IX: Applied Mathematics IΙΙ
Chair: Akis, V.,
Head, Mathematics and Statistics Research Unit, ATINER & Professor of
Mathematics and Computer Science, California State University, Los Angeles,
USA.
- Wiszniewski, W., Senior
Scientist, Silverbrook Research, Australia.
Imaginary Numbers as a Quantum –Like Superposition. (Tuesday, 16th of June
2009)
- Chen,
H., Lecturer, Kingston University, U.K. & Dyke, P., Professor,
University of Plymouth, U.K. Flood Modelling for Parrett
Catchment Area by Using a Non-Linear Time Series
- Selim, M., Associate
Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Torsional Vibration of Carbon Nanotubes
Under Initial Compression Stress
13:00-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-15:30 Session X: Statistics IΙ
Chair: Chen, H., Lecturer, Kingston
University, U.K
- Zohrevand,
Y., Lecturer, Islamic Azad University, Iran. A
Note on the Dynamic Cumulative Past Entropy.
- Kaarik,
M., Researcher, University of Tartu, Estonia
& Kaarik, E., Researcher, University of Tartu, Estonia. Copula-Based Approach to Modeling Incomplete Correlated Data. (Tuesday, June of
16th, 2009)
- Kumar, P., Professor, University of Northern
British Columbia, Canada & Shoukri, M.,
Principal Scientist & Chair, KFSHRC, Riyadh,
KSA, Canada. Statistical Inference using Copulas
and an Application to Analyze Effect of Storage of the Red Blood Cells on
Erythrocyte Adenosine Triphosphate Levels.
- Gitsoulis,
C., Adjunct Lecturer, City College/City University of New York, USA. Are
the Real Numbers Enumerable?
15:30-17:00 Session XΙ: Statistics IΙI
Chair: Kumar,
P., Professor, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
- Nanthakumar,
A., Professor, SUNY-Oswego, USA & Kanbur, S., Associate Professor, SUNY-Oswego,
USA. On the Equivalence of Testimation and
Schwarz Information Criterion (SIC) for Detecting Change Points in Simple
Regression.
- Ozel,
G., Research Assistant, Hacettepe University,
Turkey & Ata, N., Research Assistant, Hacettepe
University, Turkey. The Use of Survival Models to Explain Bankruptcy in
Turkey.
- Pieczynski,
W., Professor, Telecom Sudparis and CNRS, France. Exact Calculation of Optimal Filter in
Hidden Markov Switching Long-Memory Chain.
17:00-18:30 Session XIΙ: Math Education II
Chair: Petratos, P., Head, Computer Research Unit, ATINER &
Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems, California State
University, Stanislaus, USA
·
Hijazi, S., Lecturer,
Qatar University, Qatar & Chabi,
M., Lecturer, Qatar University,
Qatar. Errors Students Make in Math Courses.
·
Papaieronymou, I., Ph.D. Student,
Michigan State University, USA. Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Knowledge of Probability:
Recommendations versus Research.
·
Rodríguez Avi,
J., Professor, University of Jaén, Spain, Olmo Jiménez, M.J., Professor, University of Jaén,
Spain & Martínez Rodríguez,
A.M., Professor, University of Jaén, Spain. Modelization of Count Data Variables Related to the Quality
in Education.
·
Salim, S., Math Instructor, Qatar
University, Qatar. The Reasons Behind Students’
Disinterest in Math as a Major at Qatar University, A Comparative Case Study.
20:00 -
21:00 DINNER
Wednesday, 17th
of June 2009
Tour: Departure at 8:00 a.m. Return at 12:30.
Thursday, 18th
June 2009
CRUISE: Departure at 7:00 a.m. Return at 8:30
p.m.