The National Conference on Advancements in Information Technology and Internet Security, AITIS-2008 was organized by the Department of MCA, Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration and Research, Pune, India. This conference provided a forum for the researchers and professionals from Industries, Research & Development sector, Educational Institutions, Government Organizations, Universities and Post Graduate students to share and disseminate their innovative and pioneering views about recent trends and developments in the areas of Information Technology & Internet Security. This conference covered almost all the state-of-the-art technology areas and aims to establish and strengthen relationships in research & development, through networking and collaboration of members and participants.We are delighted to report that 110 papers had been received from 11 different states, out of which 50 papers were finally selected for presentations as full papers. The review process was a double blind system with evaluations by two different reviewers, followed by a final internal review. The papers were accepted based on relevance of the topic, originality, novelty of the work done and overall appeal of the paper. The conference covers areas related to Biometrics, Digital Image and Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), E-Commerce, Digital Signal Processing, Advanced Networking and Security, Data Mining, Knowledge Management, Grid Computing, Parallel Computing, Bioinformatics, Internet Security etc. This volume contains selected research papers presented in this national conference hosted by the Department of Computer Applications of SIBAR.
This collection of papers will become a valuable archive for researchers and practitioners for years to come.
About the Author
Dr. Arpita Gopal obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from Apaji Institute of Mathematics & Applied Computer Technology at Banasthali Vidyapith and is presently the Director of Department of Computer Applications, Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration and Research, Pune, Maharashtra. She is actively engaged in research and development and has contributed in various national and international journals and conferences. She has actively participated in initiation and execution of management programs at SIBAR, and in designing and reviewing various autonomous and university courses. She was instrumental in establishing strategic alliance of Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration and Research with IT giants like IBM, Zensar technologies, Patni Computer Services and Zensoft Services on creating globally employable students. Her areas of interest include Real Time Systems, Data Management, Information Security, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Image Technology etc.
Chandrani Singh obtained her MCA degree from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, formerly known as Regional Engineering College, in 1995 and Masters of Engineering in Computer Science from the same institution in 1998. She is working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Applications of Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration and Research, Pune, Maharashtra. She is currently engaged in research work and paper publications in National and International conferences. Her areas of interest are Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Theoretical Computer Science, Software Project Management. She is also involved in the placement activity for MCA students and has also been a corporate trainer.
Sagar S. Jambhorkar, has obtained his M.Sc. Degree in Computer Science from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharshtra and is currently pursuing Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from Department, of Computer Science, Amravati University, Maharashtra. He has published more than 25 papers in National and International Conferences and Journals and is working as a reviewer for the Journal Computer Vision and Image Understanding of Elsevier Publication. His areas of interest are Image processing, Biometrics and Communication Technology. Presently he is working as a senior lecturer at Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration and Research, Pune - Maharashtra. He is a member of IEEE, Bombay Section and Life Member of International Association of Engineers, Hong Kong.
