Society for Design and Process ScienceAnnounces

SDPS 2014 MalaysiaJune 15 ­ 19, 2014

Pullman Kuching HotelKuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Call for Papers and Participation

The 19th International Conferenceon

Conference Theme

Smart Innovative Societiesfrom

Applied Science & Technology, Renewable Energy, ICT Entrepreneurship, Software Engineering, Effective Healthcare, and

Sustainable Development

Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline • 18 April 2014Author Notification • 30 April 2014Camera Ready Manuscript Due • 9 May 2014Early Registration Ends • 23 May 2014Conference Begins • 15 June 2014

Invitation to Participate

We welcome proposals for workshops, panels, forums, special sessions, and PhD dissertation sessions. Please submit your ideas to one of these contacts before 15 April 2014:

Dr. Sang C. Suh: sang.suh@tamuc.eduDr. Patrick Then: pthen@swinburne.edu.my

Sponsors● Silverlake group● Sarawak Energy Bhd● Sysmate Inc.● Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB)● Malaysia Convention and Exhibition Bureau

(MyCEB) ● Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak,

Malaysia● Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce,

Texas● Society for Design & Process Science (SDPS)

Co-Sponsors● University of Texas, IC2 Institute, Austin, Texas● University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)● Software Engineering Society (SES)

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If you would like to become a sponsor, please contact:Dr. Sang C. Suh or Dr. Patrick Then

Exotic Malaysia

Beautiful City of Kuching

Please watch our main site for updates: http://sdpsnet.org.

INTRODUCTION TO SDPS

SDPS was formed in 1995 from a single idea: process. The fact that this concept is observed in so many different disciplines and that process philosophy has heralded its importance since antiquity, gave rise to the idea that there may be something very fundamental yet to be discovered by science.

It appears the process concept could establish a broadly applicable abstrac-tion on which to base the future of knowledge integration and dissem-ination at a formal level for a wide array of disciplines. The result could yield new science, new products, business innovation, and new solutions that address the complex problem sets of the future.

Each year, SDPS sponsors an international conference that attracts hundreds of leaders in science and engineering. SDPS membership includes a diverse group of inter-national experts across a broad expanse of scientific and engineering disciplines. SDPS conferences are unique in that they are designed to bring forth leading ideas that are transformative in character—ideas that may radically change our thinking.

SMART INNOVATIVE SOCIETIES 

Smart Innovative Societies represent those special regions around the world that are moving toward the adoption of integrated technology and science. These societies enjoy the benefits of technology to improve the lives of their inhabitants while remaining harmonious with natural environments. They respect the beneficent cultures and traditions that developed from their unique history.

These societies readily join with other such regions around the world to form numerous symbiotic combinatorial relationships that enhance and extend these benefits to others. They realize that future problems and opportunities must address the massive complexity and “inter-connectedness” of what are now termed "unstructured, complex problem sets." Such issues cannot be resolved solely with the divided know-ledge of the disciplines.

Knowledge integration, at a scientific level, becomes paramount in this new age of integration. That is why SDPS was formed; to provide an international professional society for advanced integrative thinkers to participate in the emergence of this new era.

INVITATION

SDPS 2014 Malaysia is the 19th International Conference on Transformative Research in Science and Engineering, Business and Social Innovation. We invite all industries, governments, educational and research institutions, entrepreneurs, engineers, artists, managers, medical professionals, sociologists, educators, scientists and practitioners to parti-cipate in the development of a social, technological, and cultural trans-formation that leads to the complex development of Smart Innovative Societies; societies that enjoy the benefits of integrated science and technology while preserving their beneficent cultural traits and natural environments.

Smart Innovative Societies

SDPS 2014 MALAYSIA

Ancient Temples and Architecture

Exotic Rain Forests and Nature Reserves

SDPS 2014 KEYNOTES

Mr. Goh founded the Silverlake group in 1989. Based on his foresight on the future of technology demands of the Banking industry, Silverlake has been established as a leading provider of state-of-the-art universal banking solutions. Today, the group is a multi-billion dollar organization, represented in over 36 countries spanning from Japan to Australia, with a staff force of approximately 5,000 worldwide. In December 2013, Digital News Asia estimated that Goh is probably the first software billionaire (USD) in Southeast Asia. Through Goh's vision, the group has won important awards including the prestigious Forbes Best Of The Best Award (2013).

Goh still remains actively involved in the academics of Science and Mathematics, subjects that he has always been very keen in. His academic-related accomplishments include: Research on Science of Intelligence and its application on Human Action and Economy; Building the Silverlake group based on the Silverlake Collaborative Intelligence and Innovation Model; Giving talks in various schools of higher learning in the region. Mr. Goh will speak about "Executing Excellence Through Group And Category Theory." It is indeed a privilege to welcome Mr. Goh to SDPS 2014 Malaysia.

Dr. Zadeh invented, pioneered, and lead the deployment of a diverse group of concepts, including his own fuzzy logic, to create new, indelible branches of mathematics, engineering and computing. In 1952, he pioneered, with John R. Ragazzini, the development of the Z-transform method in discrete time signal processing. In 1965 he published, Fuzzy Sets, followed 8 years later with the foundations of Fuzzy Logic, which ultimately became a significant part of engineering design around the world and revolutionized control theory. He continued in 1993 with his pioneering efforts to build the multi-discipline of Soft Computing and Computing with Words. His original paper on Fuzzy Sets remains one of the most cited papers in all of scientific literature. He has won numerous international awards for his work. Dr. Zadeh has prepared a special video presentation for SDPS 2014. We welcome Dr. Zadeh as our headline keynote speaker.

Dr. C.V. Ramamoorthy is a true pioneer of the discipline of software engineering as evidenced by his many distinguished awards including both the IEEE Centennial and IEEE Third Millennium Medals. In 2010, SDPS honored him with its highest award in Software Engineering. the SES Transformative Achievement Award. Dr. Ramamoorthy is a founding Board member and current Chairman of the Board of SDPS. He has been the guiding mentor for generations of SDPS members and contributors.

His major research interest is the field of Software and System Interoperability, Component and Service Oriented Architectures, Medical Informatics, and intelligent programmable spaces. His latest works are in the field of ontological engineering, semantic models of social and learning collaborations, social semantic web and semantic enterprise with social media computing. We welcome Dr. Ramamoorthy, to SDPS 2014 Malaysia.

Dr. C. V. RamamoorthyProfessor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Lotfi A. ZadehProfessor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

In 2009, Datuk Torstein was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sarawak Energy Berhad, Malaysia. He steers this fully integrated utility company, responsible for development, generation, transmission, distribution, and retail delivery of electricity to over 570,000 customers throughout the state of Sarawak.

Under Torstein's leadership, Sarawak Energy has achieved a remarkable transformation to become a modern and agile corporation; to meet the needs of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy; and to deliver a tenfold increase in the State's electrical output in just over a decade. To meet future demand, Sarawak Energy is on track to become a regional powerhouse in ASEAN, developing both hydroelectric projects and gas and coal fired plants.

In 2012, Torstein was presented with the 'Most Influential Clean Energy Advocate' award at the 15th Power and Electricity World Asia Conference held in Singapore. It is a great honor to welcome Datuk Torstein to SDPS 2014 Malaysia.

DatukTorstein Dale Sjotveit Chief Executive Officer Sarawak Energy Berhad Malaysia

Goh Peng OoiExecutive Chairman, Silverlake group

SDPS 2014 KEYNOTES

During his more than four decades of professional experience he has served in many distinguished positions including Chairman: Faculty of Engineering, Principal: College of Engineering, Vice Chancellor: JNTU Kakinada and Director: CRRao AIMSCS. He received the prestigious “Best Academician Award” and “Best Researcher Award” from Andhra University and the Andhra Pradesh Government accorded him “Best Teacher” award. He received the Distinguished Fellow Award from the International Accreditation Council for Quality Education and Research (IACQER) and the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) presented him with the “Srinivas Ramanujan Birth Centenary Award” Gold medal for his significant and life time contribution to the development of Science and Technologyin the area of Computational Biology, Software Engineering, and Network Security. His research if focused on a systematic approach to the acquisition, management, and analysis of information available in human genes and their potential to enhance the quality and efficiency of medicines. We welcome Dr. Allam Appa Rao to SDPS 2014 Malaysia. The topic of his talk will be “Bioinformatics and Computational Biology of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.” We honor and thank Dr. Allam Appa Rao for his partipaton in SDPS 2014 Malaysia.

Dr. Allam Appa RaoDirectorCRRao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Scienc, India

RECEPTION: SDPS 2012 BERLINHeld at the Beautiful Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

Notable Past Events

DEOMONSTRATION Z3 COMPUTER: SDPS 2012 BERLIN

Notable Past Events

Dr. C. V. Ramamoorthy, Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley and Dr. Horst Zuse, Professor, University of Applied Sciences in Senftenberg, stand in front of the Z3 Computer on display at the SDPS 2012 Berlin Conference. The Z3 was created by famed engineer Dr. Konrad Zuse in 1941. It is credited as being the first programmable electronic computer ever made.

Dato Teo Tien Hiong is the founder and CEO of Sarawak Information Systems Sdn Bhd (SAINS). SAINS employs over 600 people and is one of the most well respected ICT firms in Malaysia. SAINS is a major ICT player in Malaysia with 19 offices and subsidiaries in Malaysia and Brunei as well as partners across South East Asia, Oceania and North America. Working together with local business partners, SAINS has succeeded in delivering solutions in countries such as New Zealand, Brunei, Canada, the United States, Cambodia and the Philippines. Dato Teo also played a central role in the formation of the first IT Council in Malaysia in early 1993. The Sarawak State IT Council (SITC) was tasked with providing policy leadership as well as a coordinated approach to focus and drive cohesive ICT strategies in the State public sector. Dato Teo Tien Hiong will present "Community Healthcare Advancement Nurturing for Growth Ecosystem (CHANGE) through Rural Youth ICT Intervention." It is a wonderful previlage to welcome Dato Teo Tien Hiong to SDPS 2014 Malaysia.

Dato Teo Tien HiongCEOSarawak Information SystemsSdn BhdSAINS

SDPS 2014 SCHEDULE EVENTS

PAPERS & TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Papers and sessions for the Conference are organized around these major themes, however, you are free to suggest others for consideration.

Applied Science & Technology:Materials science and engineering, micro-nanotechnology, medical sciences, security engineering, computing techno-logy, applied physics/math, and more.

Renewable energy: Translation from theory and concepts to practice in renewable energy technology in, but not limited to: solar, hydro, and sea current.

Software Engineering: Innovation through software engineering in industries such as, but not limited to: banking, education, logistics, energy, public service, laws, and manufacturing.

ICT Entrepreneurship: Incubation and real life application of ICT theory and concepts into the marketplace in various industries such as, but not limited to: retail, social network, supply chain, education, biotechnology, banking and marketing.

Effective Healthcare: Solutions provided to the healthcare industry via, but not limited to: innovative software engineering and hardware integration.

Sustainable Development: Infrastructure construction and design using software such as, but not limited to: 3D modeling, automated cost-design computation, soil profiling, supplier management and enterprise resource planning.

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Dr. Murat Tanik & Dr. Steven Weinberg

SDPS conferences include our internationally recognized awards presented during the Gala Awards Banquet. As part of the SDPS 2010 Conference in Dallas, Dr. Weinberg was granted the SDPS Transform-ative Achievement Award presented by Dr. Murat Tanik, SDPS Senior Board Member. Dr. Weinberg is the recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics.

AWARDS: SDPS 2010 DALLAS

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WELCOME: Ph.D STUDENTS

SDPS welcomes PhD research students and invites them to submit short papers or extended abstracts for the SDPS PhD Symposium.

Our goal is to ensure that PhD students publicly debate their research goals and results and have them commented on, and evaluated by, an international audience.

We welcome interdisciplinary Ph.D research and look forward to receiving symposium submissions from a broad range of disciplines, which span science, business and management, engineering, art and humanities.

Ph.D students at all stages of their research are welcome, but students who already have a clear vision of their own research contribution will be given priority in this selection.

All submissions to the symposium will be peer reviewed and included in the Proceedings of SDPS 2014.

Notable Past AwardsSDPS 2014 Ph.D Symposium

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

Since 1997, SDPS has published the prestigious Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science (JIDPS) and, more recently, our initial book publications. The first book was on Biomedical Engineering followed by a second book on Cyber Physical Systems—both released through Springer Publishing.

The Journal serves to promote transformational thinking and research of transdisciplinary design and process science across many disciplines. The journal is an archival peer-reviewed technical journal published quarterly.

JIDPS is covered by the following abstracting and indexing services: Academic Source Complete, ACM Digital Library, Compendex, CPX, EBSCO database, Science & Technology Collection, Scopus, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory.

Papers presented at SDPS 2014 will be assembled into an official SDPS Proceedings document which will be submitted for indexation by:

** Custom sponsorship options are available. Contact Dr. Patrick Then: pthen@swinburne.edu.my

Sponsorship Levels **

Platinum Sponsor(RM50K or $16,600 US)

GoldSponsor(RM25K or

$8,300 USD)

SilverSponsor(RM15K or

$5,000 USD)

CopperSponsor(RM 5K or

$1,600 USD)

Logo placement and link on Conference Web site

Logo placement on marketing materials

Inclusion of collateral (sponsor brochures) in conference attendee kit

Number of complimentary registrations and Gala Dinner tickets 3 2 1

Sponsor named in conference announcements and press release

Complimentary display table at conference

Identification as sponsor on name badge

Full page profile of organization in Conference Program

Banner ad with sponsor logo on conference Web site

Remarks by Sponsor at conference opening and closing sessions

Custom opportunities available

SDPS 2014 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Registration Types

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(On or Before May 23)

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SDPS MEMBER $550 $595

NON-MEMBER REQUESTING MEMBERSHIP $595 $650

NON-MEMBER $650 $695

NON-MEMBER BOOK CHAPTER AUTHOR $750 $750

SDPS MEMBER BOOK CHAPTER AUTHOR (DISC CODE IS MEM50) $695 $695

STUDENT** $350 $350

SDPS 2014 REGISTRATION

** Requires Approved Code. Please ask your advisor to request at registration@sdpsnet.org

Conference REGISTRATION SPONSORSHIP&

SDPS has ongoing relationships with other noted journals including the Journal of Research Practice. Some papers will be selected for publication in these journals.

SDPS 2014 VENUE TRAVEL

KUCHING SARAWAK MALAYSIA:

The SDPS 2014 Conference will be held in Kuching City. The city lies on the banks of the beautiful Sarawak River, located in the northwestern part of the island of Borneo. It is the capital of the Provence of Sarawak in Malaysia. This will be the first time an SDPS sponsored event has been held in Southeast Asia and we wish to thank everyone who is helping to make it possible. More information is available here: http://sarawakcb.com/sarawak-destination/about-sarawak/.

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Pullman Kuching Sarawak

PULLMAN HOTEL:

Pullman Kuching offers astonishing panoramic views of the city and the Sarawak River. The hotel is adjacent to a two story city life-style shopping center “Hills Shopping Mall” and within walking distance to commercial center and city attractions.

TRAVEL DOCUMENTATION & VISAS:

Visitors to Malaysia must be in possession of a valid passport or travel document with a minimum validity of six months beyond the period of stay. Most nationalities do not require visas for social or business visits within certain period. More information can be found here:http://sarawakcb.com/sarawak-destination/visas-and-customs/

IMPORTANT: Please check with your travel agent or heath officials for any required inoculations.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS:

Pullman Kuching requires a form to be completed and either faxed, or scanned and emailed according to the instructions on the form. A signature is required on the form. A link to the PDF form can be found on the home page of the SDPS website: http://sdpsnet.org.

AIRPORTS and CONNECTIONS::

Kuching (KCH) is directly connected to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA and KLIA 2) and LCCT, which in turn connect to over 100 other destinations.

http://sarawakcb.com/sarawak-destination/accessibility/

Pullman Conference Facilities

Pullman Kuching Accommodations

Lunch at the Pullman

The Conference Organizing Committees

Honorary ChairpersonsDr. C. V. Ramamoorthy, Professor EmeritusUniversity of California at BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

Dr. Raymond T. YehLifetime Fellow, SDPSCalifornia, CA

Steering Committee ChairpersonsDr. Bernd Krämer, ProfessorFernUniversitätHagen, Germany

Dr. Murat Tanik, W. R. Bunn Chair of Telecommunications University of Alabama, BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama

Conference ChairpersonsDr. Sang Suh, Professor and HeadComputer Science DepartmentTexas A&M University-CommerceCommerce, TX, USA.

Dr. Patrick Then, Professor and Associate Dean (Computing)Faculty of Engineering, Computing and ScienceSwinburne University of Technology Sarawak CampusKuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Program ChairpersonsDr. Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Associate DeanGraduate School Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, TX, USA

Dr. Byung H. Moon, ProfessorSchool of Computer & Communication EngineeringDaegu University, Korea

Program Co-chairpersonsDr. Radmila JuricDept. of Information SystemsThe University of WestminsterLondon, UK

Dr. Ali Dogru, Assistant ChairComputer EngineeringMETU, Turkey

Program Committee MembersDr. Jörn Altmann, Seoul National University, KoreaMr. Kursat Arslan, Middle East Technical University, TurkeyDr. Aurelie Aurilla Bechina Arntzen, Buskerud College University, NorwayDr. Scott Brande, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USADr. Wang Yin Chai, University of Malaysia, Sarawak, MalaysiaDr. John Carbone, Raytheon, Garland, TX, USADr. Mahmoud Chizari, Brunel University, UKDr. Hauke Coltzau, FernUniversität in Hagen, GermanyMr. Erdal Cosgun, Hacettepe University, TurkeyDr. Luis A. Cueva-Parra, Auburn University at Montgomery, AL, USADr. Sunil R. Das, Troy Univ. Montgomery, Mont., AL, USADr. Debiprasad Dash, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia Dr. Ali H. Dogru, METU, Ankara, TurkeyDr. Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USADr. Tan Chong Eng, University of Malaysia, Sarawak, Malaysia Mr. Stan Gatchel, 14UCC, Dallas, TX, USADr. Cristiane Gattaz,, FAPESP, São Paulo, BrazilDr. Ted Gonsalves, Sophia University, JapanDr. Peng Han, Chongqing Academy of Science & Technology, ChinaDr. Won K. Hong, Daegu University, KoreaDr. Kiyoshi Itoh, Sophia University, JapanDr. Radmila Juric, University of Westminster, UKDr. Ryo Kawabata, Sophia University, Tokyo, JapanDr. Kyoung-yun Kim, Wayne State University, USAMr. Deniz Kocak, TurkeyDr. Bernd Krämer, FernUniversität in Hagen, GermanyDr. Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer, University of Malaysia, Sarawak, MalaysiaDr. Jane Labadin, University of Malaysia, Sarawak, Malaysia Dr. Daniela Marghitu, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USADr. Byung H. Moon, Daegu University, KoreaDr. Ng Sing Muk, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, MalaysiaDr. Dayang Nurfatimah, University of Malaysia, Sarawak, Malaysia Dr. Dominic Ong, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, MalaysiaDr. V. Raskin, Purdue University, IN, USADr. David E. Robbins, UAB, Birmingham, AL, USADr. Jung T. Ryu, Daegu University, KoreaDr. Mehmet Sahinoglu, Auburn University at Montgomery, AL, USADr. Ramzi U. Seker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL ,Dr. Fuad. G. Sobrinho, III SIS, BrazilDr. Sang C. Suh, Texas A&M University-Commerce, TX, USADr. Murat M. Tanik, UAB, Birmingham, AL, USADr. U. John Tanik, IPFW, Fort Wayne, IN, USADr. Julia Taylor, Purdue University, IN, USADr. Patrick Then, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, MalaysiaDr. Lau Bee Theng, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, MalaysiaDr. Cengiz Togay, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, TurkeyDr. Farouq Twaiq, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, MalaysiaDr. Herwig Unger, FernUniversität in Hagen, GermanyDr. S.Watanabe, Sojo University, Kumamoto, JAPANDr. Hiroshi R. Yamaguchi, NEC Soft, Ltd., JapanDr. Alvin Yeo, University of Malaysia, Sarawak, MalaysiaDr. Yong Zeng, Concordia University, CanadaDr. Cliff Zintgraff, DaVinci Minds, San Antonio, TX, USA

SDPS 2014 SPONSORSThanks to all our sponsors!SDPS 2014 Malaysia would not be possible without your support.

The Visionaries Who Inspired the Formation of SDPS:

George Kozmetsky

National Medal of Technology & Innovation, 1993.

Founder, IC2, AustinCo-Founder, Teledyne.

Herbert Simon

Nobel LaureateEconomics, 1978.

Artificial Intelligence & Complex Systems Pioneer.

Ilya Prigogine

Nobel LaureateChemistry, 1977.

Pioneering work in Dissipative Structures.

Raymond Yeh

IEEE Centennial Medal Laureate, 1984.Software Engineering

Pioneer.

C. V. Ramamoorthy

IEEE CentennialMedal Laureate, 1984.Software Engineering

Pioneer.

Lotfi Zadeh

IEEE MillenniumMedal Laureate

Creator of Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Logic, Soft Computing

Carl Petri

Konrad Zuse Medal Laureate, 1993.

Invented “Petri Nets” Concurrent

and Distributed Systems.

Claude Shannon

National Medal ofScience, 1977.

Pioneering work in Communication Theory.

The Visionaries Who Inspired Formation:

Dr. George KozmetskyFirst SDPS Board Chairman

Keynote Address at the First SDPS ConferenceDecember 1995, Austin, Texas

“ Many of you have recognized the feasibility that now is the time to start a new professional society to foster, to identify and to extend a core of science that deals with design and processes across a broad spectrum of human, technological and economic endeavors. ”

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