Vol. 1, No. 1, March 2006

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PREFACE

Welcome to the maiden issue of the Philippine Computing Journal.

This issue marks a milestone in the history of the Computing Society of the Philippines (CSP). Founded in 1999 and incorporated in 2000, the CSP has the following objectives:

1. Promote research and development in Computing Science;

2.Contribute in the improvement of Computing Science education, specially at the tertiary and graduate levels;

3. Promote the exchange of knowledge in Computing Science;

4. Advocate for progressive policies and program that affect the computing sector; and

5. Establish linkages with other organizations in the pursuit of common goals.

In line with these objectives, the CSP has endeavored to come up with the first computing journal of its kind in the Philippines.

This first issue of the PCJ features the following articles:

1. “A Feature Clustering and Multi-Object Alignment Framework for Detailed Vehicle Recognition” Vladimir Y. Mariano, University of the Philippines Los Baños and Rangachar Katsuri Pennsylvania State University.

2. “A Linear Algorithm for Bipartite Drawing with Minimum Edge Crossings of Complete Binary Trees” Eliezer A. Albacea University of the Philippines Los Baños.

3. “CluMSy: A Middleware for Cluster Management” Elaine Jane E. Chua, Reynaldo Jose C. Camarillo, Frances Ellen O. Pe-Aguirre, Jessamine Y. So and Mara Ailiez C. Sy, De La Salle University; Philip Chan, Monash University.

4. “Computer Simulations of Traffic on Road Intersections” Eden Delight B. Provido, Mark Adrian Ramires, Winfer C. Tabares and Rafael P. Saldaña, Ateneo De Manila University.

5. “Recognizing Faces using Kernel Eigenfaces and Support Vector Machines” Prospero C. Naval Jr. University of the Philippines-Diliman.

6. “Compendium of Abstracts of the 6^th Philippine Computing Science Congress (PCSC 2006)” Rafael P. Saldaña, Ateneo De Manila University.

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Eliezer Albacea (Editor-in-Chief)

Eduardo Mendoza (Associate Editor)

Raymund Sison (Associate Editor)

Gerardo Trinidad (Associate Editor)

Felix Muga II (Managing Editor)

Rafael Saldaña (Managing Editor)

March 2006

CONTENTS

Articles Pages

A Linear Algorithm for Bipartite Drawing with Minimum Edge Crossings of Complete Binary Trees

Eliezer ALBACEA ……………………………………………………….……………..

1 - 5

A Feature Clustering and Multi-Object Alignment Framework for Detailed Vehicle Recognition

Vladimir MARIANO and Rangachar KATSURI……………………………

6 - 12

CluMSy: A Middleware for Cluster Management

Elaine CHUA, Reynaldo CAMARILLO, Frances AGUIRRE Jessamine SO, Mara SY and Philip CHAN ……………………………….

27 - 30

Compendium of Abstracts of the 6^th Philippine Computing Science Congress (PCSC 2006)

Rafael SALDAÑA ……….……………………………………………………………..

31 - 46

NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS AND SUBSCRIBERS

The Philippine Computing Journal, founded in 2005, is published by the Computing Society of the Philippines (CSP), Inc.

It appears twice yearly and publishes original peer-reviewed papers on computing (including computer science, computational science and engineering, information and communications technology, computer education, and allied disciplines).

All correspondence should be addressed to: The Editors, Philippine Computing Journal, c/o Computing Society of the Philippines, Rm. 317, SEC Bldg. A, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1108, Philippines.

The annual subscription price for institutional subscription for 2007 is PhP 3,000 (including mailing charges) for institutions outside the Philippines and USD $ 100 (excluding postage and freight charges) for institutions outside the Philippines.

Website: http://www.csp.org.ph

Philippine Computing Journal

Vol. 1, No. 1, March 2006

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