Symposium Program


October 21st, 2012
9:30 AM to 10:30 PM: DIVANet Poster Session 1
Crowdsourcing for On-street Smart Parking
Xiao Chen (University of British Columbia, CA); Elizeu Santos-Neto (University of British Columbia, CA); Matei Ripeanu (University of British Columbia, CA)
Adaptive Communication Gateway for Vehicular Networking Applications
Ayman Jundi (University of Waterloo, CA); Slim Boumaiza (University of Waterloo, CA); Fakhri Karray (University of Waterloo, CA); Farook Sattar (University of Waterloo, CA) 
A Content Centric Approach to Dissemination of Information in Vehicular Networks
Peyman TalebiFard (The University of British Columbia, CA); Victor Leung (The University of British Columbia, CA) 
VSSA: A Service-oriented Vehicular Social-Networking Platform for Transportation Efficiency
Xiping Hu (University of British Colombia, CA); Victor Leung (The University of British Columbia, CA); Weihong Wang (Hebei University of Economics and Business, CN) 
Optimal sensing using query arrival distributions
Debojit Dhar (The University of British Columbia, CA); Sathish Gopalakrishnan (University of British Columbia, CA) 
Congestion Control in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks Using Meta-Heuristic Techniques
Nasrin Taherkhani (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, CA); Samuel Pierre (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, CA) 
A Cognitive WSN Framework for Highway Safety Based on Weighted Cognitive Maps and Q-Learning
Amr El Mougy (Queen's University, CA); Mohamed Ibnkahla (Queen's University, CA) 
Grid-based Hierarchy Structure for Mining and Querying Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks
Samer Samarah (University of Ottawa, CA) 
Time-Distance Path Recommendation Mechanisms for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
Maram Bani Younes (University of Ottawa, CA); Graciela Roman Alonso (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Izt, MX); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, CA) 
A Multihop Supplying Partner Protocol for 3D Streaming Systems over Thin Mobile
Haifa Maamar (SITE, University of Ottawa, CA); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, CA); Emil Petriu (University of Ottawa, CA) 
Distributed Scheduling for UAV Ad-Hoc Networks with Full-Duplex Radios and Multi-Packet
Yegui Cai (Carleton University, CA); F. Richard Yu (Carleton University, CA); Jun Li (Communications Research Centre of Canada, CA); Yifeng Zhou (Communications Research Centre, CA); Louise Lamont (Communications Research Centre Canada, CA)
10:30 to 11:00 AM:Coffee break
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM: DIVANet Poster Session 2
VANET IR-CAS:Utilizing IR Techniques in Developing Context Aware System for VANET
Lobna Nassar (University of Waterloo, CA); Fakhri Karray (University of Waterloo, CA); Mohamed Kamel (Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, University of Waterloo, CA); Farook Sattar (University of Waterloo, CA) 
Examining Privacy in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks
Khalil El-Khatib (UOIT, CA)
Proof of concept of a security based on lifetime of communication's pseudonyms for VANETs
Adigun Adetundji (University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, CA); Amar Ben Saber Boucif (University of Quebec, Trois Rivieres, CA); Ismail Biskri (Quebec University at Trois-Rivieres, CA) 
HyDi: A Hybrid Data Dissemination Protocol for Highway Scenarios in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks
Guilherme Maia (Federal University of Minas Gerais, BR); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, CA); Antonio A.F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais, BR) 
Vehicle Localization in VANets Using Data Fusion and V2V Communication
Keyvan Golestan (University of Waterloo, CA); Sepideh Seifzadeh (University of Waterloo, CA); Mohamed Kamel (Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, University of Waterloo, CA); Fakhri Karray (University of Waterloo, CA); Farook Sattar (University of Waterloo, CA)
A Distributed Infrastructure-Based Congestion Avoidance Protocol for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
Maram Bani Younes, Graciella Roma Alonso, A. Boukerche
Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging Control via IEEE 802.11s-based Wireless Mesh Networks
Melike Erol-Kantarci and Hussein T. Mouftah, University of Ottawa
Security and Quality of Service (QoS) Co-Design Using Game Theory in Cooperative Wireless AdHoc Networks
Du Zheng , F. Richard Yu (Carleton University) , Helen Tang (Defence Research and Development Canada, Ottawa), and Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa)
Preventing a DoS threat in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks using Adaptive Group Beaconing
Osama Abumansoor and Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, CA) 
Secure Gateway Localization and Communication System for Vehicular Ad hoc Networks
K. Abrougui, Yang Wang, A. Boukerche (University of Ottawa)
Mobility Based Dynamic TXOP for Vehicular Communication
Hikmat El-Ajaltouni, R. W. Pazzi, A. Boukerche (University of Ottawa)
12:30 to 14:00 PM: Lunch Break
14:00 to 15:30 PM: Session 1
Fuel Validation of the Smart Microhybrid System for Used Cars
Myunghee Son (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea)
Generation of Realistic Traces for Vehicular Mobility Simulations
Agata Grzybek (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
A Reactive Solution with a Redundancy-based Error Correction Mechanism for Video Dissemination over Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
Cristiano Gato Rezende, R. W. Pazzi, A. Boukerche
15:30 to 16:00 PM: Coffee Break
16:00 to 17:30 PM: Session 2
An Efficient and Robust Clustered Data Gathering Protocol (CDGP) for Vehicular Networks
Abderrahmane Lakas (UAE University, UAE)
Performance Evaluation of Video Dissemination Protocols Over Vehicular
Farahnaz Naeimipoor, Cristiano Gato Resende, Azzedine Boukerche (Univ. of Ottawa, CA) 
A Small World Approach for Scalable and Resilient Position Estimation Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks
Daniel L. Guidoni (uOttawa), A. Boukerche (uOttawa), Lendro. A. Villas (Uottawa), Fernanda S. H. Souza (UFMG), Horacio F. Oliviera, A. Loureiro (UFMG)
Services in VANETS: Challenges and Opportunities
Antonio Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)