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					Monday 24th August 2015
				
					  
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					8:00am - 8:45am 
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					Registration   
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					8:45am - 9:00am 
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					Opening Session 
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					9:00am - 10:00am 
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					Keynote Session I 
					Chair: Georgios Theodoropoulos, Durham University, UK 
				
					Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems (DDDAS) and Large-scale Dynamic Data and Large-scale Big Computing  
				
					Frederica Darema 
					Air Force Office of Scientific Research 
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					10:00am - 10:30am 
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					Coffee Break   
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					10:30am - 12:30pm 
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					Session 1: Simulation Methodology I 
					Chair: Helena Szczerbicka, LUH Leibniz Universität Hannover 
				
					Split and Merge Strategies for Solving Uncertain Equations using Affine Arithmetic 
					Oliver Scharf, Markus Olbrich and Erich Barke 
					Institute of Microelectronic Systems, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany 
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					Modelling and Simulating Systems Security Policy 
					Tristan Caulfield and David Pym 
					University College London, Dept of Computer Science, London, U.K. 
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					Integrating a Neutral Action Language in a DEVS Modelling Environment 
					Bruno Barroca1, Sadaf Mustafiz1, Simon Van Mierlo2, and Hans Vangheluwe12 
					1McGill University, 2University of Antwerp 
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					ProDEVS : an Event-Driven Modeling and Simulation Tool for Hybrid Systems using State Diagrams 
					Le Hung Vu, Damien Foures1, and Vincent Albert 
					University of Toulouse, 1University of Corsica, France 
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					Session 1: Infrastructure simulation and modelling for energy saving 
					Chair: Andrew Stephen McGough - Durham University 
				
					Analytical model of data center infrastructure efficiency for system level simulations 
					Tuomo Malkamäki and Seppo Ovaska 
					Aalto University Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Automation Espoo, Finland 
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					Simulating Power Saver Network Links in MATLAB 
					Huseyin Abaci, Gerard Parr, Sally McClean, Adrian Moore and Louise Krug 
					Adnan Menderes University, Computer Engineering, Aydın/Turkey, University of Ulster,School of Computing & Engineering, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT Group, Adastral Park Martlesham, Ipswich 
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					Packet Coalescing for DualMode Energy Efficient Ethernet: A Simulation Study 
					Mehrgan Mostowfi 
					School of Mathematical Sciences University of Northern Colorado, USA 
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					Work in Progress 
				
					Energy consumption of scheduling policies for HTC jobs in the Cloud 
					Osama Alrajeh and Nigel Thomas 
					School of Computing Science Newcastle University, UK 
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					Session 1: Invited Talk 
				
					Virtual Home Visits for Millennial Learners 
					Danny Stefanic 
					Chairman of the ExitReality group of companies 
				
					  
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					12:30pm - 1:30pm 
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					Lunch   
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					1:30pm - 3:00pm 
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					Session 2: Network Simulation 
					Chair: Sofia Meacham, Bournemouth University 
				
					Introducing a Distance Vector Routing Protocol for ns-3 Simulator 
					Janaka Wijekoon, Rajitha Tennekoon, and Erwin Harahap 
					Hiroaki Nishi Laboratory, Keio University 
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					Video Streaming Analysis in Vienna LTE System Level Simulator 
					Zakaria Ye, Tania Jiménez, and Rachid El-Azouzi 
					University of Avignon, France 
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					Comparative study of LTE simulations with the ns-3 and the Vienna simulators 
					Thiago Abreu, Bruno Baynat, and Marouen GAchaoui1 
					Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France, 1University of Avignon, France 
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					Session 2: Tools and techniques for energy saving 
					Chair: Matthew Forshaw, Newcastle University 
				
					A Flexible Fuzzy Inductive Reasoning Approach for Load Modelling Able to Cope With Missing Data 
					Sergio Jurado, Àngela Nebotand Francisco Mugica 
					Sensing&Control Systems S.L. Aragó, Barcelona, Spain 
					Soft Computing research group, Computer Science Department Technical University of Catalonia Jordi Girona, Barcelona, Spain 
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					Flipping the priority: effects of prioritising HTC jobs on energy consumption in a multiuse cluster 
					Matthew Forshaw and Stephen McGough 
					School of Computing Science Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 
					School of Engineering and Computing Sciences Durham University, Durham, UK 
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					Work in Progress 
				
					A Self-Learning Energy Management System for a Smart-Grid-Ready Residential Building 
					Fabiano Pallonetto, Yerlan Turekeshov, Eleni Mangina and Donal Finn 
					Electricity Research Centre, School of Computer Science, School of Mechanical Engineer University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland 
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					Session 2: Case studies for Virtual Reality in Education 
					Chair: Abraham Campbell, University College Dublin 
				
					Revisiting Virtual Reality Training using Modern Head Mounted Display and Game Engines 
					Chad Jarvis, Daniel Patel and Tyge Løvset 
					Christian Michelsen Research AS, P.O. Box 6031 NO-5892 Bergen, Norway 
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					The Serious Gaming Surgical Cognitive Education and Training Framework and the SKY Scripting Language 
					Brent Cowan, Bill Kapralos, Fuad Moussa and Adam Dubrowski 
					University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. 
					Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 
					Memorial University. St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. 
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					Development of a virtual home visit serious game for physiotherapy students to use when formulating a falls risk management plan for an older adult. 
					Tony Petta, Danny Stefanic, Ginny Mulvey, Tracy Redwood, Liz Bainbridge and Anne Furness 
					University, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science Curtin University Western Australia 
					LearnBrite Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA 
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					3:00pm - 3:30pm 
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					Coffee Break   
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					3:30pm - 5:00pm 
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					Session 3: Short Paper Session 
					Chair: Ibad Kureshi, Durham University, UK 
				
					Commercial Buildings Thermal Loads Predictive Models Based on Simulation Performance 
					Dimitrios-Stavros Kapetanakis, Eleni Mangina and Donal Finn 
					School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering University College Dublin 
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					Improving ns-3 Emulation Support in Real-World Networking Scenarios 
					Helder Fontes, Rui Campos and Manuel Ricardo 
					INESC TEC, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal 
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					CIDRarchy: CIDR-based ns-3 Routing Protocol for Large Scale Network Simulation 
					Pedro Moreira da Silva, Jaime Dias, and Manuel Ricardo 
					INESC TEC, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal 
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					Hybrid Simulation Using SAHISim Framework 
					Muhammad Usman, Wolfgang Gawlik1 and Gregor De-Cillia 
					Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria and 1Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria 
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					Simulating LTE Mobility Managment in presence of coverage holes with ns-3 
					Zoraze Ali, Nicola Baldo, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy, Lorenza Giupponi 
					Mobile Networks Department, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain 
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					SysML based Design for Variability enabling the Reusability of Legacy Systems towards the support of Diverse Standard Compliant Implementations or Standard Updates: The Case of IEEE-802.15.6 Standard for E-Health 
					Sofia Meacham, Fotios Gioulekas1 and Keith Phalp 
					Bournemouth University, UK, 1University General Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece 
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					Session 3: Round Table : The future of simulation and modelling for Energy Efficiency 
				
					Chair: Andrew Stephen McGough, Durham University, UK 
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					Session 3: Round Table : The future of Virtual Reality Tools for Education 
				
					Chair: Eleni Mangina, University College Dublin 
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					5:45pm - 7:45pm 
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					Museum Tour 
				
					  
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					Tuesday 25th August, 2015 
				
					  
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					9:30am - 10:00am 
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					Registration  & Coffee 
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					10:00am - 12:00pm 
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					Session 4: Simulation Methodology II 
					Chair: Andrew Stephen McGough, Durham University, UK 
				
					An Analysis of Increased Vertical Scaling in Three-Dimensional Virtual World Simulation 
					Sean Mondesire, Jonathan Stevens1, Douglas Maxwell 
					U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Orlando, 1University of Central Florida 
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					A V2X Message Evaluation Methodology and Cross-Domain Modelling of Safety Applications in V2X-enabled E/E-Architectures 
					Harald Bucher, Marius-Florin Buciuman, Alexander Klimm, Oliver Sander, Juergen Becker 
					Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Information Processing Technology (ITIV), Germany 
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					Multi Agent System Optimization in Virtual Vehicle Testbeds 
					Patrick Lange, Rene Weller and Gabriel Zachmann 
					University of Bremen, Germany 
				
					  
				
					Using Finite Forkable DEVS for Decision-Making Based on Time Measured with Uncertainty 
					Damián Vicino123, Olivier Dalle12, and Gabriel Wainer3 
					1Université Nice Sophia, 2INRIA - Sophia Antipolis, 3Carleton University 
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					12:00pm - 1:30pm 
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					Lunch   
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					 1:30pm - 3:30pm 
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					Session 5: Parallel Simulation and Performance 
					Chair: James Byrne, Dublin City University 
				
					Simonstrator: Simulation and Prototyping Platform for Distributed Mobile Applications 
					Björn Richerzhagen, Dominik Stingl, Julius Rückert, and Ralf Steinmetz 
					Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany 
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					Parallel Simulation of Queueing Petri Nets 
					Jürgen Walter, Simon Spinner and Samuel Kounev 
					University of Würzburg, Germany 
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					Flexible Performance Prediction of Data Center Networks using Automatically Generated Simulation Models 
					Piotr Rygielski, Samuel Kounev and Phuoc Tran-Ghia 
					University of Würzburg, Germany 
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					HAEC-SIM: A Simulation Framework for Highly Adaptive Energy-Efficient Computing Platforms 
					Mario Bielert, Florina M. Ciorba, Kim Feldhoff, Thomas Ilsche, Wolfgang E. Nagel 
					Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing (ZIH) 
					Technische Universität Dresden, Germany 
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					3:30pm - 4:00pm 
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					Coffee Break   
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					4:00pm - 5:30pm 
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					Session 6: Poster Paper Session 
					Chair: Piotr Rygielski, University of Würzburg, GR 
				
					JBotSim: a Tool for Fast Prototyping of Distributed Algorithms in Dynamic Networks 
					Arnaud Casteigts  
					LaBRI University of Bordeaux 
				
					  
				
					Netml-Click: Modeling of Routers in Netml/NS3 by means of the Click Modular Router 
					Ron Addie, Joshua Natarajan 
					School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Studies, University of South Queensland, Australia 
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					Comparison of Measurements and Simulation Model of Indoor Signal Level Variation in LTE Networks 
					Krzysztof Grochla, Michal Gorawski and Konrad Połys 
					Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of PAS, Poland 
				
					  
				
					Merging OMG Standards in a General Modeling, Simulation, and Testing Framework 
					Vitali Schneider, Anna Yupatova, Winfried Dulz and Reinhard German 
					Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlanger, Germany 
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					A Fast Discrete Event Simulation Model for Queueing Network Systems 
					Jose Luis Vazquez-Avila, Remberto Sandoval-Arechiga and Ramon Parra-Michel 
					CINVESTAV-IPN, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico 
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					Hardware-software co-simulation for medical X-ray control units 
					Bruno Kleinert, Marc Reichenbach, Dietmar Fey and Gholam Reza Rahimi 
					Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany 
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					6:30pm - 9:00pm 
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					Conference Dinner 
				
					  
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					Wednesday 26th August, 2015 
				
					  
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					8:30am - 10:00am 
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					Session 7: Software, Tools and Applications 
					Chair: Olivier Dalle, Universite de Nice 
				
					TiPeNeSS: A Timed Petri Net Simulator Software with Generally Distributed Firing Delays 
					Ádám Horváth and András Molnár 
					University of West Hungary, Institute of Informatics and Economics, Hungary 
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					Sophisticated Route Calculation Approaches for Microscopic Traffic Simulations 
					Karl Hübner, Björn Schünemann and Ilja Radusch1 
					Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, 1Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin, Germany 
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					CASSANDRA - A simulation-based, decision-support tool for energy market stakeholders 
					Konstantinos N. Vavliakis, Anthony C. Chrysopoulos, Kyriakos C., Andreas L. Symeonidis and Pericles A. Mitkas 
					Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
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					10:00am - 10:30am 
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					Coffee Break 
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					10:30am - 12:30pm 
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					Session 8: Wireless Simulation 
					Chair: Adam Horvath, University of West Hungary 
				
					Notos: Efficient Emulation of Wireless Sensor Networks with Binary-to-Source Translation 
					Robert Sauter, Sascha Jungen, Richard Figura, and Pedro José Marrón 
					University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany 
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					Deterministic Models of the Physical Layer through Signal Simulation 
					Daniel Maier, Steffen Moser, and Frank Slomka 
					Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Ulm University, Germany 
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					Emulating Vehicular Ad hoc Networks for Evaluation and 
					Testing of Automotive Embedded Systems 
					Manuel Schiller and Alois Knoll 
					Department of Informatics, Technische Universität München, Germany 
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					Combination of Intra-Flow Network Coding and Opportunistic Routing: Reliable Communications over Wireless Mesh Networks 
					Pablo Garrido, David Gómez, Ramón Agüero, and Joan Serrat1 
					University of Cantabria, Spain, 1 
					Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain 
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					12:30pm - 1:30pm 
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					Lunch   
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					1:30pm - 3:00pm 
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					Session 9: Hardware Simulation 
					Chair: Ibad Kureshi, Durham University, UK 
				
					ITFComp: A Compression Algorithm for ARM Architecture Instruction Trace Files 
					Mohammad Qasem 
					Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE, Germany 
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					FREACSIM - A Framework for Creating and Simulating Real-Time Capable Network on Chip Systems and Applications 
					Dominik Schoenwetter1, Ronald Veldema2 and Dietmar Fey2 
					1FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, 
					2Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany 
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					Simulation-based Evaluation of DMAMAC - A Dual-Mode Adaptive MAC Protocol for Process Control 
					A. Ajith Kumar S.12, Lars M. Kristensen1, Knut Ovsthus1 
					1Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway, 
					2University of Agder, Norway 
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					3:00pm - 3.30pm 
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					Coffee Break 
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					3:30pm - 5.00pm 
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					Session 10: Data Storage Systems 
					Chair: Georgios Theodolopoulos, Durham University 
				
					Targeted on-line data extraction with SystemXtract 
					Johannes Schützel, Sebastian Stieber, Christian Haubelt and Adelinde Uhrmacher 
					University of Rostock, Germany 
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					OGSSim: Open Generic data Storage systems Simulation Tool 
					Sebastien Gougeaud1, Soraya Zertal1, Jacques-Charles Lafoucriere 2, Philippe Deniel2 
					1University of Versailles, France, 
					2CEA-DAM, France 
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					Towards Automated Data Driven Cloud Computing Simulation Model Creation 
					Sergej Svorobej1, James Byrne1, Paul Liston1, PJ Byrne1, Christian Stier2, Henning Groenda2, Zafeirios Papazachos3, Dimitrios Nikolopoulos3 
					1Dublin City University, Ireland, 
					2FZI Research Centre for Information Technology, Germany, 
					3School of Electronics Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen’s University of Belfast, UK 
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					5:00pm - 5.30pm 
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					Closing Session 
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