Conference Programme at a Glance
SUNDAY, |
MONDAY, |
TUESDAY, |
WEDNESDAY, |
| Registration 18:00 - 19:00 |
Registration 08:00 - 10:00 15:00 - 16:30 |
Registration 08:00 - 10:00 |
SAICSIT Conference 08:30 - 13:00 |
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Postgraduate Symposium 08:30 - 16:00 |
SAICSIT Conference 08:30 - 16:35 |
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Sunset Cruise 17:00 (Leave Hotel) 18:00 (Start cruise in Knysna) |
AGM 17:00 |
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| Gala Dinner 19:00 - late |
Detailed SAICSIT Conference Programme
TUESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2008 | |||||
SESSION A: Main |
SESSION B: Tent |
SESSION C: Pub | |||
| 08:30 | Welcome | ||||
| 08:45 | A Framework for Gaze Selection Techniques [Martin van Tonder, Charmain Cilliers and Jeán Greyling] |
08:45 |
An investigation into the implementation of open source software within the SA government:
An emerging expansion model [Jabu Saul Mtsweni and Elmarie Biermann] |
08:45 |
E-Government: living up to the challenge of culture context [Darelle van Greunen and Alexis Yeratziotis] |
| 09:15 | |||||
| 09:20 |
A model of an intelligent video-based security surveillance system for general indoor/outdoor
environments
[Wayne Chelliah Naidoo and Jules Raymond Tapamo] |
09:20 |
Comparison of the effects of Professional and Pedagogical Program Development Environments
on Novice Programmers [Dieter Vogts, André Calitz and Jeán Greyling] |
09:20 |
Do Online Buying Behaviour and Attitudes to Web Personalization Vary By Age Group? [Mike Hart] |
| 09:50 | |||||
| 09:55 |
An Application of Genetic Algorithms to the School Timetabling Problem [Rushil Raghavjee and Nelishia Pillay] |
09:55 |
Automatic Marking with Sakai [Hussein Suleman] |
09:55 |
Maintaining Customer Profiles in an E-commerce Environment [Felix Ntawanga, André Calitz and Lynette Barnard ] |
| 10:25 | TEA | ||||
| 10:40 |
Incorporating Layout Managers into an Evolutionary Programming algorithm to design
Graphical User Interfaces [Mathys Cornelius du Plessis and Lynette Barnard] |
10:40 | A Model For User Requirements Elicitation Specific to South African Rural Areas [Naomi Isabirye and Stephen Flowerday] |
10:40 |
Investigating the Viability of Scroll-Wheel Interfaced Mobile Phones for Text Entry
[Hannah Slay, Greg Foster and Edison Mukadah] |
| 11:10 | |||||
| 11:15 |
Planning as Model Checking: The performance of ProB vs NuSMV [Tertia Horne and John A van der Poll] |
11:15 |
Contemplating Systematic Software Reuse in a Project-centric Company [Mark Chapman and Alta Van der Merwe] |
11:15 |
Java Micro Edition and Flash Lite for Mobile Phone Game Development: A Comparative
Study [Alex Koller, Greg Foster and Madeleine Wright ] |
| 11:45 | |||||
| 11:50 |
Scientific computing using virtual high-performance computing: a case study using
the Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud [Scott Hazelhurst] |
11:50 |
Criteria for Secure Software Development [Lynn Futcher and Rossouw von Solms] |
11:50 |
Using Adaptive Interfaces to Improve Mobile Map-based Visualisation [Bradley van Tonder and Janet Wesson] |
| 12:20 | |||||
| 12:25 |
The Relationship between Emergence of the Shortest Path and Information Value using
Ant-like Agents
[Colin Chibaya and Shaun Bangay] |
12:25 |
Development and Implementation of an Institutional Repository within a Science,
Engineering and Technology Environment [Adele van der Merwe and Jan Kroeze] |
12:25 |
Using Mobile Preference-Based Searching to Improve Tourism Decision Support [Ryan Hill and Janet Wesson] |
| 12:55 | LUNCH | ||||
| 13:45 |
Workshop on Professionalism in IT [Coordinated by Basie von Solms] |
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| 15:15 | TEA | ||||
| 15:30 |
An Analysis of Representations for Hyper-Heuristics for the Uncapacitated Examination
Timetabling Problem in a Genetic Programming System
[Nelishia Pillay ] |
15:30 | Venue not available | 15:30 | Venue not available |
| 16:00 | |||||
| 16:05 |
Agile Systems Development and Stakeholder Satisfaction: A South African Empirical
Study
[Carlos Ferreira and Jason Cohen] |
16:05 | Venue not available | 16:05 | Venue not available |
| 16:35 | Wrap-up for the day | ||||
| 17:00 | AGM | ||||
WEDNESDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2008 | ||||
SESSION A: Main |
SESSION B: Tent |
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| 08:30 | Housekeeping | |||
| 08:45 | Keynote Address Microsoft | |||
| 09:50 | ||||
| 09:55 |
A lightweight Web interface to Grid scheduling systems [Christopher Paul Parker and Hussein Suleman] |
09:55 |
A Hybrid Approach to a Conversational Agent for Contact Centers [Gopal Ravi Sankar, Jeán Greyling and Dieter Vogts ] |
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| 10:25 | TEA | |||
| 10:40 |
Exploring the Impact of the External Environment on Strategic Information Systems
Planning: A Qualitative Inquiry [ Irwin Brown] |
10:40 |
Designing technology for young children: what we can learn from theories of cognitive
development [Helene Gelderblom and Paula Kotzé ] |
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| 11:10 | ||||
| 11:15 |
Investigating the Use of "Grounded Theory" in Information Systems Research [Irwin Brown and Rangarirai Matavire ] |
11:15 |
Usability Evaluation of the South African National Accessibility Portal Interactive
Voice Response System [Marde Greeff, Louis Coetzee and Martin Pistorius ] |
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| 11:45 | ||||
| 11:50 | Utilising the Living Labs Approach in the Design of a Digital Platform for Singa [Nomusa Dlodlo, Merryl Ford and Lara Marques] |
11:50 |
Usability Context Analysis for Virtual Reality Training in South African Mines
[Etienne van Wyk and Ruth de Villiers] |
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| 12:20 | ||||
| 12:25 |
Towards a Taxonomy of Network Scanning Techniques
[Richard John Barnett and Barry Irwin] |
12:25 |
Predicting Technology Acceptance by the Elderly: A Qualitative study [Karen Renaud and Judy van Biljon] |
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| 12:55 | LUNCH | |||
Important Dates
Final date for Registration
Postgraduate Symposium
Grand Challenges Workshop
SAICSIT Conference