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Committees
Conference General Chairpersons
Kostas Diamantaras, Department of Informatics, TEI of Thessaloniki

Georgios Evangelidis, Department of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia

Yannis Manolopoulos, Department of Informatics, Aristotle University

Programme Committee Chairpersons

Christos Georgiadis, Department of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia

Petros Kefalas, Computer Science Department, The University of Sheffield International Faculty,
CITY College

Demosthenes Stamatis, Department of Informatics, TEI of Thessaloniki

Workshop Chairpersons
The workshop chairpersons will be announced soon.

Organizing Committee
George Poulakas, Greek Computer Society (Macedonia-Thrace Chapter)

Theodouli (Lia) Terzidou, Greek Computer Society (Macedonia-Thrace Chapter)

Konstantinos Rousis, South-East European Research Centre (SEERC)

Programme Committee Members

Nevena Ackovska, Institute of Informatics, FYR of Macedonia

Ahmet Ademoglou, Sehir University Istanbul, Turkey

Andreas Andreou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Zora Arsovski, University of Kragujevac, Serbia

Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania

Marko Banek, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Maria Bielikova, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia

Dimitar Birov, University of Sofia, Bulgaria

Gnther Blaschek, Johannes Kepler University, Austria

Zoran Bosnic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Panayiotis Bozanis, University of Thessaly, Greece

Zoran Budimac, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Betim Cico, Polytechnic University, Tirana, Albania

Agostino Cortesi, Universita` Ca' Foscari, Italy

Marco D'Ambros, University of Lugano, Switzerland

Alex Delis, University of Athens, Greece

Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece

Horatiu Dragomirescu, Bucharest University of Economics, Romania

Dimitris Dranidis, The University of Sheffield International Faculty, Greece

George Eleftherakis, The University of Sheffield International Faculty, Greece

Georgios Evangelidis, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece

Bekim Fetaji, South East European University, FYR of Macedonia

Vladimir Filipovi, University of Belgrade, Serbia

John Galletly, American University in Bulgaria

Adam George, TEI of Larisa, Greece

Christos K. Georgiadis, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece

Kostas Goulianas, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece

George Gravvanis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Marjan Guev, University of Sts Cyril and Methodius, FYR of Macedonia

Thanos Hatziapostolou, The University of Sheffield International Faculty, Greece

Natasa Hoic-Bozic, University of Rijeka, Croatia

Zoltn Horvth, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest

Ladislav Huraj, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava, Slovakia

Lazaros Iliadis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Galina Ilieva, The University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarsky", Bulgaria

Florentin Ipate, University of Bucharest, Romania

Mirjana Ivanovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Dragan Jankovic, Univesrity of Nis, Serbia

Gordan Jezic, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Dimitris Kalles, Hellenic Open University, Greece

Damir Kalpic, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Volin Karagiozov, American University in Bulgaria

Nikitas Karanikolas, TEI of Athens, Greece

Petros Kefalas, The University of Sheffield International Faculty, Greece

Evaggelos Kehris, TEI Serres, Greece

Fotis Kokoras, TEI of Larisa, Greece

Margita Kon-Popovska, University of Sts Cyril and Methodius, FYR of Macedonia

Eugenia Kovatcheva, University of Sofia, Biulgaria

Bozo Krstajic, University of Crne Gore, Montenegro

Vladimir Kurbalija, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Alp Kut, DOkuz Eylul University, Turkey

Ljubomir Lazi, University of Novi Pazar, Serbia

Ivan Lukovi, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Elio Masciari, ICAR-CNR, Italy

Dragan Masulovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Boris Milainovi, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Anastas Mishev, University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, FYR of Macedonia

Nenad Mitic, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Simona Motogna, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania

Viorel Negru, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Stavros Nikolopoulos, University of Ioannina, Greece

Leonidas Palios, University of Ioannina, Greece

George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Kiriakos Patriarcheas, Hellenic Open University, Greece

Nikolaos Papaspyrou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Iraklis Paraskakis, South East European Reserach Centre, Greece

Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Elvira Popescu, University of Craiova, Romania

Zoltan Porkolab, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary

Boris Rachev, Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria

Milo Rackovi, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Milos Radovanovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Spiros Skiadopoulos, University of Peloponnese, Greece

Srdjan Skrbic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Demosthenes Stamatis, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece

Bratislav Stankovic, St. Paul the Apostle University, FYR of Macedonia

Milena Stankovic, University of Nis, Serbia

Alin Stefanescu, University of Pitesti, Romania

Leonid Stoimenov, University of Nis, Serbia

Stanimir Stoyanov, University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski", Bulgaria

Kemal Taljanovic, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Avgoustos Tsinakos, TEI of Kavala, Greece

Athena Vakali, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Anca Vasilescu, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Michael Vassilakopoulos, University of Central Greece, Greece

Goran Velinov, University of Sts Cyril and Methodius, FYR of Macedonia

Maro Vlachopoulou, University of Macedonia, Greece

George Vouros, University of the Aegean, Greece

Valentino Vranic, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia

Stelios Xinogalos, University of Macedonia, Greece

Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Katerina Zdravkova, University St Cyril and Methodius, FYR of Macedonia

Michalis Xenos, Hellenic Open University, Greece

 Preface
This volume contains papers presented at the 6th Balkan Conference in Informatics
(BCI13), which was held during September 1921, 2013, in Thessaloniki, Greece.

BCI13 continued the tradition of the successful BCI series of conferences previously
held in Thessaloniki (2003), Ohrid (2005), Sofia (2007), Thessaloniki (2009) and Novi
Sad (2012).

The main objective of the BCI series of conferences is to provide a forum for
dissemination of research accomplishments and to promote interaction, discussions and
collaboration among scientists from South-East European countries and the rest of the
world. Special emphasis is given to encourage involvement of young researchers from the
region to present their work, as well as experts in the field to present current
developments in South-East Europe, in the areas of Governance, Education and ICT
Professional Issues & Priorities.

The entire ICT community of Thessaloniki joined efforts and contributed to the
organisation of this years Conference:
Greek Computer Society, Macedonia - Thrace Chapter
Department of Informatics - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Department of Applied Informatics - University of Macedonia
Department of Information Technology - Alexander T.E.I. of Thessaloniki
The University of Sheffield International Faculty - City College
South-East European Research Centre
Traditionally, BCI conferences call for papers dealing with theory and/or applications in
wide areas of ICT. This years accepted papers belong to the following areas:
Algorithms and Theoretical Foundations
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks
Computer Security
Data Management
Informatics Applications
Informatics Education and e-Learning
Mobile Computing/Applications
Software Engineering
Web Systems/Applications
In total, out of 103 papers submitted in conference, 41 were accepted and published in
this volume. All papers were triple reviewed by members of an International Programme
Committee and were selected during a rigorous process.
Three leading scientists have been invited to give keynote talks in the conference:

Prof. Joseph Sifakis (ACM Turing Award 2007), VERIMAG Lab, Grenoble &
EPFL, France

Prof. Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Prof. Pericles Loucopoulos, University of Loughborough, UK

Many people have contributed to the success of BCI13 conference. We would like to
thank our distinguished keynote speakers and the authors of the papers presented. We are
grateful to all members of the BCI Committees for their enthusiasm and time investment
towards the successful organisation of the conference. Special thanks go to the
Programme Committee members and reviewers for accepting the workload in a tight
schedule and for submitting their opinions and careful comments on the papers. Last, but
not least, we thank all the participants for making BCI13 a live, fruitful scientific event.

The Editors of the Proceedings Volume and Programme Committee Chairs:

Christos K. Georgiadis, Department of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia

Petros Kefalas, The University of Sheffield International Faculty, City College
Demosthenes Stamatis, Department of Information Technology, ATEI of Thessaloniki

The Conference General Chairs:

Kostas Diamantaras, Department of Information Technology, ATEI of Thessaloniki
Georgios Evangelidis, Department of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia
Yannis Manolopoulos, Department of Informatics, Aristotle University

Thessaloniki, September 2013

 Table of Contents
Algorithms and Theoretical Foundations

The complexity of text based computer-mediated communication (CMC): It is 1

impossible to create a new view for analysis of asynchronous discussions
Kiriakos Patriarcheas and Michalis Xenos

DEiXTo: A Web Data Extraction Suite 9

Fotios Kokkoras, Konstantinos Ntonas and Nick Bassiliades

AIB2: An Abstraction Data Reduction Technique based on IB2 13

Stefanos Ougiaroglou and Georgios Evangelidis

The Impact of Scaling on Simplex Type Algorithms 17

Nikolaos Ploskas and Nikolaos Samaras

On numerical modeling performance of generalized preconditioned methods 23

George Gravvanis, Christos FilelisPapadopoulos and Elias Lipitakis

Modeling and Simulation in a Formal Design Framework 31

Michael Dossis

Tableaux for Type PDL 39

Agathoklis Kritsimallis and Chrysafis Hartonas

Artificial Intelligence
Parallel and local learning for fast Probabilistic Neural Networks in scalable data 47
mining
Yiannis Kokkinos and Konstantinos Margaritis

A Comparative Study of Tools for Visualisation of State-Based Spatial Multi-Agent 53

Models
Isidora Petreska and Ioanna Stamatopoulou

Fast Mode Assignment for Quality Scalable Extension of the High Efficiency Video 61
Coding (HEVC) Standard: A Bayesian Approach
Hamid Reza Tohidypour, Hossein Bashashati, Mahsa T. Pourazad and Panos
Nasiopoulos

Building A Social Multi-Agent System Simulation Management Toolbox 66

Chairi Kiourt and Dimitris Kalles

Folk Dance Recognition using a Bag of Words Approach and ISA/STIP Features 71
Ioannis Kapsouras, Stylianos Karanikolos, Nikolaos Nikolaidis and Anastasios Tefas
Computer Networks

Client/Server Communication for Library Management Systems in Different Network 75

Environments
Danijela Teendi and Danijela Boberi Krstiev

A novel microclimate forecasting system architecture integrating GPS measurements 82

and meteorological-sensor data
Nicholas Zinas, Sotirios Kontogiannis, George Kokkonis and Christos Pikridas

Computer Security

Keystroke forensics: Are You Typing on a Desktop or a Laptop? 89

Ioannis Tsimperidis and Vasilios Katos

Security Vulnerabilities from Inside and Outside the Eucalyptus Cloud 95

Marjan Gushev, Sasko Ristov and Aleksandar Donevski

Data Management

A Distributed Framework For Scaling Up LSH-Based Computations in Privacy 102

Preserving Record Linkage
Dimitrios Karapiperis and Vassilios S. Verykios

Quality Checking and Mining Nephrology Biopsy Data 110

Milos Radovanovic, Vladimir Kurbalija, Danilo Schmidt, Gabriela Lindemann von
Trzebiatowski, Mirjana Ivanovic, Carl Hinrichs and Hans-Dieter Burkhard

Meta-Modeling of Inclusion Dependency Constraints 114

Sonja Ristic, Slavica Aleksi, Milan elikovi and Ivan Lukovi

Enhanced Segment Trees In Object-Relational Mapping 122

Michal Gawarkiewicz, Piotr Wisniewski and Krzysztof Stencel

Informatics Applications

Improving the Performance of Active Voxel Selection in the Analysis of fMRI Data 129
Using Genetic Algorithms
Ceyhun Can lker and Tevfik Aytekin

Investigating Bookmarking Habits of Blind Users 137

Mexhid Ferati

Facial Expression Recognition Teaching to Preschoolers with Autism: A Natural User 141
Interface approach
Eirini Christinaki, Nikolaos Vidakis and Georgios Triantafyllidis
Informatics Education and e-Learning
A DBTechNet Project for VET Teacher Training on Database SQL Transactions 149
Dimitris A. Dervos, Martti Laiho, Jos F. Aldana-Montes and Pivi Riihel

Towards a new Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game for introductory 156
programming
Christos Malliarakis, Maya Satratzemi and Stelios Xinogalos

Localization in E-learning Semantics (DSi Model Approach) 164

Martin Jovanovi

Gender Influences on Studying Computer Science Non-EU Balkan Case 171

Mirjana Ivanovic, Zoran Putnik, Zoran Budimac, Klaus Bothe and Katerina
Zdravkova

Analysis of Students Behaviour Based on Participation and Results Achieved in a 179

Wiki-based Team Assignments
Zoran Putnik, Zoran Budimac, Mirjana Ivanovic and Klaus Bothe

Virtual communities of inquiry (VCoI) for learning basic algorithmic structures with 187
Open Simulator and Scratch4OS: A case study from the Secondary education in
Greece
Nikolaos Pellas, Efstratios Peroutseas and Ioannis Kazanidis

A Correlation Verb (CorrVerb) Ontology for Object Properties Specification within 195
Knowledge Domain Representations
Christos Pierrakeas, Ioannis Panagiotopoulos and Achilles Kameas

Science and Informal Education as Innovation Drivers in South East Europe: the case 201
of the first SEE Science Festival
Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Adrian Solomon and Constantinos Tanis

Mobile Computing/Applications

Mapping the Tourism Mobile Applications: What, How and Where 206
Theodora Zarmpou, Charoula Drosopoulou and Maro Vlachopoulou

A Comparative Analysis of Cross-platform Development Approaches for Mobile 213

Applications
Spyros Xanthopoulos and Stelios Xinogalos

FIMESS: FIltering Mobile External SMS Spam 221

Iosif Androulidakis, Vasileios Vlachos and Alexandros Papanikolaou

Software Engineering

An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis to Software Quality Assessment 228

Georgia Paschalidou, Emmanouil Stiakakis and Alexander Chatzigeorgiou
Language Independent Framework for Static Code Analysis 236
Gordana Rakic, Zoran Budimac and Milos Savic

Fair Assessment in Software Engineering Capstone Projects 244

Adelina Basholli, Fesal Baxhaku, Dimitris Dranidis and Thanos Hatziapostolou

Web Systems/Applications

Voting Advice Applications: a successful nexus between informatics and political 251
science
Ioannis Andreadis

Enabling Agent Reasoning Over the Web 259

Costin Badica, Nick Bassiliades, Sorin Ilie and Kalliopi Kravari

Web of Things: Understanding the Growing Opportunities for Business Transactions 267
Nikolaos Vesyropoulos and Christos K. Georgiadis

Cloud Application Portability: An Initial View 275

Fotis Gonidis, Iraklis Paraskakis, Anthony Simons and Dimitrios Kourtesis