Research week Conference Message from RW Convenor Sponsors Programme at a Glance Opening Ceremony Oral Presentations - 1 Sep 2008 - 2 Sep 2008 - 3 Sep 2008 - 5 Sep 2008 Poster Sessions - Poster Paper Presentations - Poster Presentations Doctoral Programme - 2 Sep 2008 - 3 Sep 2008 Workshops RCI Innovation Series Downloads - Showcase - Brochure - Map of Campus - Poster For Media   RESEARCH WEEK 2008 - UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1 Sep 2008 ELT1 Session 1  MATHEMATICS Dr Z Dauhoo MORNING SESSION   09:00-09:20 A Refined Algorithm for the Generalized Non-Symmetric Eigenvalue Problem and Some Theoretical Residual Bounds Kumar Dookhitram 09:20-09:40 Analysis of a Two-Grid Iteration For a Nine-Point Convection-Diffusion Discretisation Matrix Dr Mohammad S Sunhaloo 09:40-10:00 Exponential Time Differencing With Runge--Kutta Time Stepping for Convectively Dominated Financial Problems Yannick Tangman 10:00-10:20 Hybrid ENO-Flux Limiter Schemes for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws Arshad A I Peer 10:20:10:40 Tea Break Dr A Gopaul 10:40-11:00 New Residual Bounds for Implicitly Restarted Arnoldi and Refined Arnoldi Arnoldi Methods Kumar Dookhitram 11:00-11:20 Option Pricing for Jump Diffusion Models under Exponential Lévy Models using Mathematica  Aslam Saib 11:20-11:40 Quantifying errors in numerical results in terms of dissipation and dispersion Appadu Appanah-Rao 11:40-12:00 Semi-Implicit Schemes For Pricing American Options N Ramberitch ELT2 Session 2  INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS  TECHNOLOGY 1 Prof K Soobramanian   09:00-09:20 Adaptive Ant Agents for Waste Collection Route Optimisation.   Oomesh Gukhool 09:20-09:40 An automated course time-tabling system for University of Mauritius  Dr Sunilduth Baichoo 09:40-10:00 A Drowsy Driver Alert Interface using Facial Expression Recognition Dr Sunilduth Baichoo 10:00-10:20 A Framework for Context Modeling in Adaptive Ubiquitous Systems Dassen Sathan 10:20:10:40 Tea Break Dr O Moonian 10:40-11:00 A Novel Event Driven Communication Model for Cluster Based Wireless Sensor Networks (Powerpoint Presentation) Kavi K Khedo 11:00-11:20 AES CCMP Algorithm with N-Way Interleaved Cipher Block Chaining Z Codabux-Rossan   11:20-11:40 C-Arc: A Novel Architecture for Next Generation Context-Aware Systems Anuja Meetoo   11:40-12:00 Design of a non intrusive investigation system Dr Sunilduth Baichoo 12:00-12:20 Learning within an online learning environment : attitudes and perception of undergraduate students at the UoM Dorothy C Naik AFTERNOON SESSION MES 12:00-13:00 LUNCH   ELT1 Session 3 ENVIRONMENT Assoc Prof R T Ramessur   13:00-13:20 Appropriateness of anaerobic digestion of biowaste in a pilot scale sequential batch anaerobic composting process (Powerpoint Presentation) Kajol Gunputh 13:20-13:40 Assessing environmental risks associated with PTS in Mauritius (Powerpoint Presentation) Vimi Dookhun 13:40-14:00 Chemical treatment of poultry abattoir wastewater (Powerpoint Presentation) Fabrice Pellegrin 14:00-14:20 E-waste disposal in Mauritius – An assessment of its environmental impacts and an evaluation of the risk potential  Nushreen Jeenally 14:20-14:40 Tea Break Assoc Prof M D Nowbuth 14:40-15:00 Sick building syndrome in Mauritius: A need for concern? (Powerpoint Presentation) Prof H Subratty 15:00-15:20 Treatment of a dairy farm wastewater using an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket process (Powerpoint Presentation) Ashween Deerpaul 15:20-15:40 Treatment options for organic waste Dinesh Surroop 15:40-16:00 Symbiont-dependent thermal bleaching susceptiblity in two reef-building corals (Powerpoint Presentation) Dr Ranjeet Bhagooli 16:00-16:20 Water quality indexing for predicting variation of water quality over time Assoc Prof Manta D Nowbuth ELT2 Session 4 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS  TECHNOLOGY 2  /  PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Prof K M S Soyjaudah   13:00-13:20 Ontologies for building template knowledge models  Baby A Gobin 13:20-13:40 Performance Analysis of Biometric Techniques Bibi N Boodoo 13:40-14:00 Preventing child abuse on digital computer based system through keystroke dynamics. Pavaday Narainsamy 14:00-14:20 Security mechanism for the protection of mobile agents in open multi-agent environments Jeetendranath Seetohul 14:20-14:40 Tea Break K K Khedo 14:40-15:00 Streamlining Communication Processes in Organizations using Web 2.0 Pascal Grosset 15:00-15:20 Reflections on courseware engineering using open education resources M I Santally 15:20-15:40 A comparative study of three iterative methods for solution of incompressible fluid flow equations Kumar Dookhitram/Roddy Lollchund 15:40-16:00 A review of some dynamical processes on scale-free networks Khemanand Moheeputh 16:00-16:20 Numerical study of laminar natural convection in a square enclosure: Influence of the angle of inclination Kumar Dookhitram/Roddy Lollchund 16:20-16:40 Small angle near-zero dispersion and polarization-independent omnidirectional narrow bandpass filters based on one-dimensional photonic crystals Mahendra Makhan

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