Mathematics and Computer Science

 

 

Publication Record

 

Abi-Khuzam, F. 2001. Growth value-distribution and zero-free regions of entire functions and sections. Mathematics and the 21st Century, 199–209. River Edge, NJ: World Sci. Publishing.

 

Abi-Khuzam, F., and R. Barbara*. 2001. A sharp inequality and the inradius conjecture. Mathematical Inequalities and Applications 4 (2): 323–326.

 

Abu-Khuzam, H., H. Bell*, and A.Yaqub*. 2001. Structure of rings with a condition on zero divisors. Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae 54 (2): 219–224.

 

Abi-Khuzam, F., and B. Shayya. 2002. A sharp norm inequality for non-isotropic distance functions on R^n. Mathematical Inequalities and Applications 5 (3): 361–368.

 

Beydoun, G., and L. Al-Jadir. 2003. Application of hierarchical incremental knowledge acquisition (HIKA) using an object-oriented database management system (OODBMS). Engineering Intelligent Systems Journal 11 (2): 85-93. CRL Publishing.

 

Beydoun, G., and A. Hoffmann. 2001. Theoretical framework of incremental hierarchical knowledge acquisition. International Journal of Human Computer Interactions 54 (3): 407–452.

 

Daniel*, D., J. Nikiel, L. B. Treybig*, H. M. Tuncali*, and E. D. Tymchatyn*. 2001. On rim properties of continua. Questions and Answers in General Topology 19:187–193.

 

Haddad, J. N., and M. N. Nimah. 2001. Water quality monitoring of the Litani river. Lebanese Science Journal 2:121–131.

 

. 2003. Water quality monitoring of a watershed. In River Basin Management, ed. C. A. Brebbia, 231–237. South Hampton and Boston: WIT press.

 

Lyzzaik, A. 2001. The modulus of the image annuli under univalent harmonic mappings and a conjecture of Nitsche. J. Lond. Math. Soc. 2 (64): 369–384.

 

. Quasihomeomorphisms and univalent harmonic mappings onto punctured bounded convex domains. Pacific J. Math. 200 (1): 159–190.

 

Lyzzaik, A., D. Bshouty*, W. Hengartner*, and A. Weitsman*. 2001. Valency of harmonic mappings onto bounded convex domains. Computational Methods and Function Theory J. (CMFT) 1 (2): 479–499.

 

Magid*, R., and N. Nahlus. 2002. Pro-varieties and observable subgroups of pro-affine algebraic groups. Journal of Group Theory 5 (1): 59–74.

 

Nahlus, N. 2002. Lie algebras of pro-affine algebraic groups. Canadian Journal of Mathematics 54 (3): 595–607.

 

. 2002. Note on observable subgroups of linear algebraic groups and a theorem of Chevalley. Journal of Lie Theory 12 (1): 301–304.

 

. 2002. On observable subgroups of complex analytic groups and algebraic structures on analytic homogenous spaces. Journal of Lie Theory 12 (2): 495–502.

 

. 2003. Lie algebras and separable morphisms in pro-affine algebraic groups. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 131 (5): 1321–1327.

 

Nasri, A. 2001. Constructing polygonal complexes with shape handles for curve interpolation by subdivision surfaces. Computer Aided Design Journal (Elsevier) 33:735–765.

 

. Interpolating an unlimited number of curves meeting at extraordinary points on subdivision surfaces. Computer Graphics Forum Journal 22 (1): 87–97.

 

Nasri, A. and A. Abbas*. 2001. Designing Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces with curve interpolation constraints. Journal of Computer and Graphics (Elsevier) 26 (3): 393–402.

 

Nasri, A., and G. Farin*. 2001. A subdivision algorithm for generating rational curves. Journal of Graphical Tools (AK Peters, USA) 3 (1): 00–12.

 

Nasri, A., and M. Sabin*. 2002. Taxonomy of interpolation constraints on recursive subdivision surfaces. The Visual Computer Journal 18 (6): 382–403.

 

. 2002. Taxonomy of interpolation constraints on recursive subdivision curves. The Visual Computer Journal 18 (4): 259–272.

 

Nasri, A., Tae-wan Kim*, and Kunwoo Lee*. 2003. Polygonal mesh regularization for subdivision surfaces interpolating meshes of curves. The Visual Computer Journal (Springer) 19:80–93.

 

Provost*, S. B., J. N. Haddad, and Y. H. Cheong*. 2001. Order selection in moving average processes using the coefficient of determination. Statistical Methods 2:81–87

 

Shayya, B. 2001. Singular integrals with non-homogeneous oscillatory kernels. Indiana University Math Journal 50 (2): 1015–1025.

 

. 2002. Nonisotropic strongly singular integral operators. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 354 (12): 4893–4907.

 

 

 

Abstracts, Conferences, and Proceedings

 

Abu-Khuzam, H. 2001. A commutativity theorem for rings with conditions involving nilpotents and the Jacobson radical. Proceedings of the International Conference on Algebra and its Applications, 1–8. Aligarh.

 

Al-Jadir, L., and F. El-Moukaddem. 2002. F2/XML: Storing XML documents in object databases. Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Object-Oriented Information Systems, OOIS’02, Montpellier, France. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer) 2425.

 

Al-Jadir, L., and G. Beydoun. 2002. Using F2 OODBMS to support incremental knowledge acquisition. In the proceedings of the 2002 International Database Engineering and Applications Symposium (IDEAS02), 266–275. IEEE, Canada.

 

Beydoun, G. 2002. An OO model for incremental KA. Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Knowledge Acquisition, Modeling and Management (EKAW2002), Springer. Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer) 2473:14–22.

 

Beydoun, G., and L. Al-Jadir. 2002. Implementing NRDR using an object-oriented database management system. In proceedings of the 7th Pacific Rim Artificial Intelligence Conference (PRICAI), Springer, Japan. Trends in Artificial Intelligence, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer) 2417:602–603.

 

. 2002. Incremental development of a hierarchical classification system using an object-oriented database management system (OODBMS). Proc. 6th Int. Conf. on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information Engineering Systems and Allied Technologies (KES’02) (IOS Press) 1, 458–464. Podere d’Ombriano, Italy.

 

Beydoun, G., J. T. Fernαndez Breis, R. Bιjar, and A. Hoffmann. 2002. Statistical monitoring of ontology integration for corporate memory. In Proceedings of Pacific Rim Knowledge Acquisition Conference (PKAW20002), 60–72. Japan.

 

Khuri-Makdisi, K. 2002. Asymptotically fast algorithms for Jacobians of general curves. Talk presented at American Mathematical Society (AMS) Sectional meeting, Special Session on Cryptography and Computational and Algorithmic Number Theory, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

 

Nasri, A. 2001. Paper presented at CAD & Graphics 2001, August 22–24, 2001, Kunming, China.

 

. 2002. Paper presented at the conference on Taxonomy of Interpolation Constraints on Subdivision Surfaces, Mesh Processing Techniques, Dagsuthl, Germany, February 11–15, 2002.

 

Nasri, A., and A. Abbas*. 2001. Polygonal complexes for interpolating curves by Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces. Proceedings of the 7th CAD and Graphics International conference on Computer Aided Design and Computer Graphics, 33–39. Kunming, China, August 22–24, 2001.

 

. 2002. Lofted Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces. Proceedings of Geometric Modeling and Processing International 2002, 83–93. Japan, July 2002.

 

Saba, W. 2002. On the relationship between word meaning and world knowledge. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

 

Saba, W. S. 2002. Mental states of autonomous agents in cooperative and competitive environments. In Developments in Applied Artificial Intelligence, ed. Hendtlass, T., and Ali, M  (Proc. of the 15th Int. Conference on Industrial & Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems, IEA/AIE-2002). Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 2358:373–382.

 

 

 

other activities

 

Abi-Khuzam, F. 2001. The angular distribution of zeros of entire functions and sections of their power series. Lecture presented at CAMS, AUB, November 14, 2001.

 

Al-Jadir, L. 2001. Encapsulating classification in an OODBMS for data mining applications. Seminar presented at the AUB Centre for Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS).

 

. 2002. F2/XML: Storing XML documents in object databases. Seminar presented at the Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS), AUB.

 

Khuri-Makdisi, K. 2002. Linear algebra algorithms for divisors on an algebraic curve. McGill University, May 2002, and AMS Northeastern Sectional meeting in Montreal, May 2002.

 

. 2002. Nonnegativity of central values of automorphic L-functions on PGL(2) (survey talk), AMS Northeastern Sectional meeting in Montreal, May 2002.

 

. 2003. Computations in modular curves. Presentation at the workshop on mathematical modelling and numerical computing, CAMS, AUB.

 

Lyzzaik, A. Harmonic mappings between annuli. Invited talk, Laval Universite, Quebec, Canada.

 

Monsour, M. 2001. Recurrence relation for Schur functions and the computation of Kostka numbers. Talk presented at CAMS, AUB, December 2001.

 

Nasri, A. 2001. Interpolation constraints in subdivision surfaces for computer graphics and geometric modeling. Invited talk delivered at the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), France, Sept. 3, 2001.

 

. 2002. Invited speaker. The Geometric Modelling Workshop, Dagstuhl, Germany, May 13–17, 2002.

 

. 2002. Invited speaker. The Second Workshop on Subdivision and Mesh Processing Techniques, Dagsuthl, Germany, February 11–15, 2002.

 

. 2002. Paper presented at T-splines, Geometric Modelling Workshop, Dagstuhl, Germany, May 13–17, 2002.

 

. 2003. Curve interpolation in subdivision surfaces for computer aided geometric design and computer graphics. Talk presented at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, January 2003.

 

. 2003. Modeling by Constraint Subdivision Surfaces. Talk presented at the King Fahd University, Dhamam.

 

. 2003. Talk presented at the workshop on Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Computing, CAMS, AUB, May 17 and 24, 2003.

 

Nikiel, J. 2001. On sigma-directed inverse limits. Talk delivered at the 9th Prague Topological Symposium, August 2001.

 

. 2002. Perfectly normal compact. Talk given at a topology seminar at the University of Wroclaw, Poland, September 2002.

 

Saba, W. Knowledge engineering in telecom. Intelligent agents in e-commerce applications. Two lectures presented as part of the Knowledge Circles meetings of Cellis/FTML.

 

 

 

Graduate Theses and Projects

 

El-Moukaddem, F. October 2002. Managing XML document schema evolution. L. Al-Jadir.