Table Of ContentHalimah Badioze Zaman
Peter Robinson
Patrick Olivier
Timothy K. Shih
Sergio Velastin (Eds.)
Advances in
Visual Informatics
Third International Visual Informatics Conference, IVIC 2013
Selangor, Malaysia, November 2013
Proceedings
123
LNCS 8237
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8237
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David Hutchison
Lancaster University, UK
Takeo Kanade
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Josef Kittler
University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Jon M. Kleinberg
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Alfred Kobsa
University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Friedemann Mattern
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
John C. Mitchell
Stanford University, CA, USA
Moni Naor
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Oscar Nierstrasz
University of Bern, Switzerland
C. Pandu Rangan
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Bernhard Steffen
TU Dortmund University, Germany
Madhu Sudan
Microsoft Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
Demetri Terzopoulos
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Doug Tygar
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Gerhard Weikum
Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbruecken, Germany
Halimah Badioze Zaman Peter Robinson
Patrick Olivier Timothy K. Shih
Sergio Velastin (Eds.)
Advances in
Visual Informatics
Third International Visual Informatics Conference,
IVIC 2013
Selangor, Malaysia, November 13-15, 2013
Proceedings
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Volume Editors
Halimah Badioze Zaman
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
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Preface
Visual informatics, currently a multidisciplinary field, is already well accepted
among researchers and industry in computer science, information technology and
engineering. The basic areas of research such as computer vision, image process-
ing and pattern recognition, computer graphics and simulation, virtual reality,
visualization and social computing have been applied in various domains such as
education, medical and health, finance, agriculture, and security. Centers of Ex-
cellence (CoE) in the field of visual informatics are being established in various
institutions of higher learning (IHLs) around the world (Europe, USA, and UK).
The Institute of Visual Informatics (IVI), established at Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia (UKM) or The National University of Malaysia, is the outcome of the
first Visual Informatics Conference (IVIC) held in 2009. The institute, which
conducts research in the basic areas mentioned earlier, runs both masters and
doctoral (PhD) degree research programs. The end of 2013 saw the birth of our
first batch of masters and PhD graduate students. We are indeed indebted to
the international fraternity from the last two IVIC conferences (2009 and 2011),
who have given so much support that has resulted in the establishment of the
institute. It is our hope that the institute will one day become an international
center of excellence in the field of visual informatics through partnerships and
networking established at this conference.
The Visual Informatics Research Group and the Institute of Visual Informat-
ics (IVI) at UKM decided to host the Third International Visual Informatics
Conference (IVIC 2013) to bring together experts in this important and exciting
research area so that more concerted efforts can be undertaken globally. Like
the first and second IVIC conferences, this conference was conducted collab-
oratively by the visual informatics fraternity from several public and private
universities and industry from various parts of the world. This third conference
was co-sponsored by the Malaysian Information Technology Society (MITS),
Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), Malaysian Research Education
Network (MyREN), Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems (MIMOS),
and ICT Cluster of the National Professor’s Council of Malaysia (MPN). The
conference was co-chaired by five professors from the UK, Chile, Taiwan, and
Malaysia.
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The theme of the conference, “Visual Informatics: Sustaining 21 Century
Creativity and Innovation” reflects the importance of creativity and innovation
in the twenty-first century. It also portrayed the shared belief of the organiz-
ers (both locally and globally) on the importance of forming a creative and
innovative product through cutting-edge and frontier research. It is particularly
appropriate in this slow economic trend around the world that creativity and
innovation has never been more important in order to accelerate global economic
growth. Thus, the theme of the conference was relevant, apt, and timely. Since
VI Preface
IVIC is intended to be a long-standing conference, we decided that from this
conference onward, the title of the proceedings would be Advances in Visual
Informatics.
The conference focused on four tracks: Computer Vision and Engineering,
Computer Graphics and Simulation, Virtual and Augmented Reality, and Visu-
alization and Social Computing related to the basic areas of visual informatics. It
commenced for two days (November 13 and 14, 2013) and ended with a one-day
workshop (November 15, 2013). There were four keynote speakers and 69 paper
presentations based on topics covered by the four main tracks. The reviewing of
the papers was conducted by experts who represented more than 150 Program
Committee members from Asia, Europe, Oceania, and USA. Each paper was re-
viewed by three reviewers and the rejection rate was 50%. The reviewing process
was managed using an electronic conference management system created by the
Computer&Information Technology Center of UKM.
On behalf of the Organizing and Program Committee of IVIC 2013, we thank
all authors for their submissions and camera-ready copies of papers, and all
participants for their thought-provoking ideas and active participation in the
conference. We also thank the vice-chancellor of UKM (host university), and
vice-chancellors and deans of all IT faculties of the IHLs for their support in
organizing this conference. We also acknowledge the sponsors, members of the
Organizing Committees, ProgramCommittee members, support committees and
individuals who gave their continuous help and support in making the conference
a success. We fervently believe that IVIC will grow from strength to strength
and we also hope that one day, it will be held in different host countries in Asia,
Europe, Oceania, the UK, or USA. Finally, we hope that IVIC will continue to
provide a stimulating and enriching platform for research and innovations that
will contribute to peace and better human well-being.
We would like to make a special mention of appreciation in memory of a
dear friend, Professor Maria Petrou of Imperial College, London, UK, who was
a strong supporter of the last two IVIC conferences. She was a member of the
Advisory Board of the Institute of Visual Informatics and co-chair of the last
two IVIC conferences. Her death is a great loss to the field of visual informatics,
specifically in visual pattern recognition and image processing.
November 2013 Halimah Badioze Zaman
Peter Robinson
Patrick Olivier
Timothy K. Shih
Sergio Velastin
Organization
The Third International Visual Informatics Conference (IVIC 2013) was orga-
nized by the Visual Informatics Research Group and Institute of Visual Infor-
matics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), in collaboration with 15 local
public and private universities in Malaysia, Malaysian Information Technology
Society (MITS), Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), Malaysian In-
stitute of Microelectronic Systems (MIMOS), Malaysian Research Educational
Network (MYREN) and ICT Cluster of the National Professors’ Council (MPN).
Local Executive Committee
General Chair
Halimah Badioze Zaman (UKM)
Deputy Chair
Zainab Abu Bakar (UiTM)
Secretary
Azizah Jaafar (UKM)
Assistant Secretary
Nazlena Mohamad Ali (UKM)
Treasurer
Azlina Ahmad (UKM)
Assistant Treasurer I
Azreen Azman (UPM)
Assistant Treasurer II
Syaimak Abdul Shukor (UKM)
Program Committee
Program Co-chairs
Halimah Badioze Zaman Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Peter Robinson University of Cambridge, UK
Patrick Olivier University of Newcastle Upon-Tyne, UK
VIII Organization
Timothy Shih National Central University, Taiwan
Sergio Velastin Universidad de Santiago de Chile/Kingston
University, UK
Program Committee and Additional Reviewers
Europe and USA
Alan F. Smeaton Erich Neuhold
Emanuele Trucco Jose Borbinha
Qingde Li Khurshid Ahmad
Tony Pridmore Marta Fair´en
Jianguo Zhang Jing Hua
Nick Holliman
Neil A. Gordon
Asia and Oceania
Abdul Razak Hamdan Dayang Rohaya Awang Rambli
Abdul Wahab Abdul Rahman Edmund Ng Giap Weng
Abid Yahya Edwin Mit
Abu Osman Md Tap Effirul Ikhwan Ramlan
Adzhar Kamaludin Elankovan A. Sundararajan
Ahmad Shukri Muhammad Noor Evi Mansor
Aida Mustapha Faaizah Shahbodin
Ali Alshock Faieza Abdul Aziz
Alvin W. Yeo Fatimah Khalid
Andi Putra Fauzi Saman
Ariffin Abdul Mutalib Haliyana Khalid
Asadullah Shah Hamid Abdulla Jallb Al-Tulea
Ashok Sivaji Hamidah Ibrahim
Awang Ibrahim Harold Thwaites
Azizah Jaafar Hasiah Mohamad @Omar
Azizi Ab Aziz Haslina Arshad
Azlina Ahmad Hazmi Zaki
Azlinah Mohamed Hazmilah Hasan
Aznan Zuhid Saidin Hector Chimeremeze Okere
Azreen Azman Husnayati Hussin
Azrina Kamarudin Hyowon Lee
Azrul Jantan Idyawati Hussein
Bahari Belaton Izwan Ismail
Chan Chee Seng Jamaluddin Ibrahim
Chen Chwen Jen Jasni Ahmad
Daud Mohamad Jasni Mohamad Zain
Dayang Nurfatimah Awang Iskandar Juliana Abu Bakar
Organization IX
Kimberly Chu Nor Aniza Abdullah
Kiran Kaur Ap Gurmit Singh Noraidah
X Organization
Sobihatun Nur Abdul Salam Wan Adilah Wan Adnan
Sofianiza Abd Malik Wan Fatimah Wan Ahmad
Suhaily Hafizha Suparafto Wan Zuha Wan Hasan
Suman K. Mitra Wee Mee Chin
Sushil Kulkarni Wenyu Liu
Suzaimah Ramli Wong Hock Tze
Suziah Sulaiman Wong Kok Sheik
Syahrul Junaini Wong Yin
Syaimak Abdul Shukor Wou Onn Choo
Syed Abdul Rahman Al-Haddad Syed Zainab Abu Bakar
Mohamed Zainab Awang Ngah
Syed Nasir Alsagoff Syed Zakaria Zanariah Abdul Majid
Tengku Siti Meriam Tengku Wook Zanariah Jano
Theng Yin Leng Zulikha Ali Othman
Theng Yin Leng Zulikha Jamaludin
Local Arrangements Committee
Technical Committee
Chair Members
Halimah Badioze Zaman (UKM) Muriati Mukhtar (UKM)
Zainab Abu Bakar (UiTM) Wan Fatimah Wan Ahmad (UTP)
Azizah Jaafar (UKM) Suziah Sulaiman (UTP)
Nazlena Mohamad Ali (UKM) Dayang Rohaya Awang Rambli (UTP)
Azlina Ahmad (UKM) Riaza Rias (UiTM)
Riza Sulaiman (UKM) M. Iqbal Saripan (UPM)
Norasiken Bakar (UTEM) Roslina Ibrahim (UTM)
Murni Mahmud (UIA) Choo Wou Onn (Taylor)
Fatimah Ahmad (UPNM) Elankovan Sundarajan (UKM)
Syed Nasir Alsagoff Syed Zakaria Mohd Hanif Md Saad (UKM)
(UPNM) Tengku Siti Meriam Tengku Wook
Azreen Azman (UPM) (UKM)
Ang Mei Choo (UKM) Shahnorbanun Sahran (UKM)
Zainal Arif Abdul Rahman (UM) Nursuriati Jamil (UiTM)
Syaimak Abdul Shukor (UKM) Shahnorbanun Sahran (UKM)
Shahrul Azman Mohd Noah (UKM) Haslina Arshad (UKM)
Noraidah Sahari @ Ashaari (UKM) Norshuhada Shiratuddin (UUM)
