Day 2 :
Keynote Forum
Bo Ai
Beijing Jiaotong Unviersity, China
Keynote: Dependable Wireless Communications for High-speed Railway
Time : 10.00-10.45
Biography:
Bo Ai received his Master’s degree and PhD degree from Xidian University in China. He graduated from Tsinghua University with the honor of Excellent Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Tsinghua University in 2007. He works in State Key Lab of Rail Traffic Control and Safety at Beijing Jiaotong University as a full Professor and PhD candidate advisor. He is the Deputy Director of State Key Lab of Rail Traffic Control and Safety and the Deputy Director of Modern Telecommunication Institute. He is now working at Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University as a Visiting Faculty.
Abstract:
High-Speed Railway (HSR) has brought much convenience for peoples’ travelling. To ensure safe and reliable operation of HSR, maintaining a reliable bidirectional communication link between the train and the ground, dedicated mobile communication systems such as GSM for railway (GSM-R) and LTE for railway (LTE-R) play key roles. Moreover, rapid growth of future railway services and applications such as real-time high-definition (HD) video surveillance has aroused 1 GBps data transmission rate with 100 MHz bandwidth at least. Thus, higher frequency band such as mm-wave technique, the fifth generation (5G) technique and corresponding mobile communication network should be designed accordingly to provide high capacity and high data transmission rate for newly developed railway services and applications. This presentation talks about some key features and technical challenges on dependable wireless communications for high-speed railways.
Keynote Forum
Ali Kashif Bashir
Osaka University, Japan
Keynote: Challenges for Cloud Computing to Enable Internet of Things
Time : 10.45-11.30
Biography:
Ali Kashif Bashir is working for Osaka University. In the past, he has held positions at Nara National College of Technology Japan, National Fusion Research Institute Korea, and Korea Electric Power Co. Ltd. He received his PhD in Computer Science from Korea University. He also is a research consultant on some international projects, a mentor for few bodies, an Editor of Journal of Computer Networks, Science and Education Publishing. He has given many invited talks and has chaired conference sessions. He is a member of IEEE, IEEE Communication Society, and International Association of Engineers.
Abstract:
Internet of Things (IoT) provides connectivity to the devices participating in the edge technologies. In order to provide seamless connectivity for the future services of IoT, an infrastructure is required that will provide storage, decision making, and intelligence. Cloud computing can be the technology to fill this wide. However, for this, cloud computing has to address the dynamic, growingdemands for the real-time, reliable data processing of IoT. In this talk, I will discuss the orchestration of IoT services over cloud. I will also discuss the future IoT services, their requirements and challenges they set for the cloud computing to enable future IoT.
Keynote Forum
Ezendu Ariwa
University of Bedfordshire, UK
Keynote: Green computing and wireless communications engineering sustainability
Time : 11:50-12:35
Biography:
Ezendu Ariwa holds the position of Professor in Computer Science at University of Bedfordshire, UK, Department of Computer Science & Technology, with speciality in Practice in Computing. He is also a Visiting Professor at Gulf University, Bahrain, Visiting Professor in Engineering Sustainability and ICT, Anadolu University, Turkey, Visiting Professor, University of Lagos, Nigeria, Visiting Professor and Co-Director of the Centre of Excellence in Cloud Computing, IAMTECH University, Sierra Leone. He also holds the position of Director - Technical and Non-Executive Director and Research Professor for Enterprise Projects at Sun Bio IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd, India. He is also the Chair for the IEEE Consumer Electronics Chapter, UK & Republic of Ireland (UKRI). He is a Senior Member of Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (SMIEE); Chartered FELLOW of the British Computer Society (CITP, FBCS). He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Green Computing (IJGC), Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems (IJCDS), Journal of E-Technology. He is author of a number of books and more than 200 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. He recently published a book on Green Technology Applications for Enterprise and Academic Innovation, 2014; Publisher: IGI Global, USA.
Abstract:
Green Computing and Wireless Communications Engineering Sustainability remains an essential aspect of providing improved transmission portfolio for delivering effective communication services that will enable the achievement of energy saving and environmental sustainable applications in both the business and industrial sectors. The issue of virtual usability and awareness management strategy may result in achieving excellence in energy efficiency and usage, environmental considerations and energy re-use strategic models. The return on investment (ROI) as strategic outcome of the model may restore organisations with huge energy wastage without thinking of cost, environmental impact and carbon emissions.
- Day 2
Session Introduction
Mehdi Shadaram
The University of Texas, USA
Title: Photonic generation of millimeter wave signals for wireless applications
Time : 12.35-13.10
Biography:
Mehdi Shadaram is the Briscoe Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of the Center for Excellence in Engineering Education at The University of Texas at San Antonio. His main area of research activity is in the broadband analog and digital fiber optic and wireless communications. He has published more than 120 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He has been the General Chair, Session Chair, TPC Chair, and Panelist in several conferences. He is Senior Member of IEEE. He received his PhD in electrical engineering in 1984 from The University of Oklahoma.
Abstract:
Wireless transmission in the lower microwave band is congested by applications such as Wi-Fi, GSM, etc. Some other new wireless technologies (e.g., WiMAX) are still handled within the lower microwave regions (2–5 GHz). Therefore, unlicensed 60 GHz frequency band (57–64 GHz) and 70-94 GHz band have been considered in the last few years. In the United States, the 60 GHz band can be used for unlicensed short range data links. Propagation characteristics of the 60 GHz band like oxygen absorption and rain attenuation limit the range of communications systems which use this band. Also, geographical consideration is crucial for antenna Base Stations (BSs) installments. Because of large number of required BSs and the high throughput of each BS, deployment of an optical fiber backbone is necessary. Therefore, hybrid systems are considered to support the intense demand of high quality telecommunications services. Fiber backbone network is widely considered to support usage of unlicensed 60 GHz band. This network provides a broadband link between central office (CO) and BSs. This hybrid network can decrease the complexity and cost of the BSs by moving the routing, switching and processing functionalities to the CO. This way, the equipment cost can be shared among antenna BSs. Optical modulators such as Mach–Zehnder modulators (MZMs) can be utilized to generate optical millimeter wave signals. The lecture presents an overview of the photonic generation of millimeter wave signals for wireless applications. Different modulation methods are discussed and the performance analysis of transmission links is presented.
Mario Marques da Silva
Autonomous University of Lisbon, Portugal
Title: MIMO systems and applications
Time : 13.55-14.30
Biography:
Mário Marques da Silva is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Department of Sciences and Technologies at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Portugal. He is also a Researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações, in Lisbon, Portugal. He received his BSc in Electrical Engineering in 1992, and MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computers Engineering (Telecommunications), respectively in 1999 and 2005, both from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. Between 2005 and 2008, he was with NATO Air Command Control & Management Agency (NACMA) in Brussels (Belgium), where he managed the deployable communications of the new Air Command and Control System Program. He has been involved in multiple networking and telecommunications projects. He is the Author of four CRC Press books and of several dozens of journal and conference papers, a Member of IEEE and AFCEA, and Reviewer for a number of international scientific IEEE journals and conferences. He has also chaired many conference sessions and has been serving in the organizing committee of relevant EURASIP and IEEE conferences.
Abstract:
The use of multiple antennas at both the transmitter and receiver aims to improve performance or to increase symbol rate of systems, but it usually requires higher implementation complexity. The antenna spacing must be larger than the coherence distance to ensure independent fading across different antennas. Alternatively, uncorrelated signals in different antennas can be assured through the use of orthogonal polarizations. Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) architectures can be used for combined transmit and receive diversity, for the parallel transmission of data or spatial multiplexing. When used for spatial multiplexing, MIMO technology promises high bit rates in a narrow bandwidth. Therefore, it is of high significance to the spectrum users. In this case, MIMO system considers the transmission of different signals from each transmit element so that the receiving antenna array receives a superposition of all transmitted signals. All new ideas about how to improve performance, capacity and/or spectrum efficiency while keeping computational cost at an acceptable level have been described. Multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) has also been introduced, where multiple streams of data are simultaneously allocated to different users, using the same frequency bands. This concept is similar to Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA). Nevertheless, while SDMA is typically employed in the uplink, MU-MIMO is widely used in the downlink. MU-MIMO presents several constraints, as downlink channel state information is required at the base station side (transmitter), and the processing is implemented using pre-coding (instead of the conventional post-processing approach). Ideas and concepts on MIMO applications, such as base station cooperation, coordinated multi-point transmission or multi-hop relay are also described. These are effective mechanisms that improve the performance at the cell edge, while mitigating the negative effects of near-far problem and adjacent cell interference, resulting in a more homogenous service quality, regardless the users\\\' positions. These concepts can be viewed as special types of MIMO systems, but where the different transmit or receive antennas are not collocated, but positioned in different locations. It is known that around 50% of the operational costs associated to cellular communications rely on the energy consumption, which also has an implication in the carbon emission footprint. MIMO Systems and Applications can contribute to the concept of Green Radio Communications, while supporting a reduction in the energy consumption. This presentation will provide a technical assessment of each of the technologies associated to MIMO systems and applications, while indicating the constraints associated to each one.
Dr. Norman Shaw
IEEE-Standards Association, USA
Title: Location Technologies in Wireless Networks
Time : 14.30-15.05
Biography:
Norman Shaw is a Director in the IEEE-Standards Association. He has worked in product development and standards at three (3) different wireless location technology companies and has over 20 years experience in the wireless industry. Norman has also served on advisory groups to the FCC on E-911 technologies and practices.
Abstract:
There are a number of different technologies currently employed for wireless location. These technologies can be broadly grouped into categories of: “satellite” or “terrestrial”, “handset based” or “network based”, and “trilateration/triangulation” or “pattern matching”. Each technology group comes with benefits and challenges and each has performance that is largely dictated by the local environment and morphologies (e.g. urban/rural, in-building/open-sky). This presentation will provide a technical assessment of each of the technology groups and specific technologies and will relate their capabilities. The evaluation will include operation of the technologies independently, as well as in combination “hybrid” operation.
Sameer Bataineh
Jordan Univesity of Science and Technology, Jordan
Title: Probabilistic approach to scheduling divisible load on wireless network of processors
Time : 15.05-15.40
Biography:
Sameer Bataineh received the BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Syracuse University in 1985, and the MS and Doctorate degrees in Computer and Network Engineering from SUNY at Stony Brook in 1990 and 1992 respectively. He joind the EE Department at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in 1992. In 2002 he was Chairman of the Computer Engineering Department at JUST, and from 2004 to 2008 he was Dean of the IT College at JUST. Since 2008-2012 he worked as a Founder of Khalifa University at UAE and Dean of CIT College at UAEU. Currently he is the Dean of Graduate Studies at JUST.
Abstract:
Divisible Load Theory (DLT) merged as a very efficient tool to schedule arbitrarily divisible load on a set of network processors. Most of previous work using DLT assumes that the processors\\\' speed and links\\\' speed are time invariant. Closed time solution was derived for the system based on that the speed of processors and links stay the same during the task execution time. This assumption is not practical as most of the wireless connected processing elements used today have an autonomous control. In this paper we consider distributed wireless systemswhere the availability of the processors varies and it is following a certain distribution function. A closed form solution for the finish time is derived. The solution considers all system parameters such as the links\\\' speed, number of processors, number of resource, and availability of the processors and how much of their power they can contribute. The result of is shown and it measures the variation of execution time against the availability of processors.
Jing Wang
University of South Florida, USA
Title: Nanomaterials and additive manufacturing for RF, MW and THz devices
Time : 16.00-16.35
Biography:
Jing Wang is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He got two MS degrees, one in Electrical Engineering (2000), the other in Mechanical Engineering (2002), and a PhD degree (2006) all from the University of Michigan. His research interests include RF/microwave/THz devices and microsystems, micro machined transducers, and functional nanomaterials. He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, while serving as reviewer for more than a dozen journals. His work has been funded by research grants from federal agencies (NSF, DTRA, US Army, US Air force) and contracts from more than a dozen companies. He is the chairperson for IEEE MTT/AP/ED Florida West Coast Section and he is also the faculty advisor for Florida IMAPS, AVS and IMS student chapters. He was elected as a member the prestigious IEEE MTT Technical Committee on RF MEMS topics. He currently acts as the general co-chair for the IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON 2015).
Abstract:
This talk will present our recent research in the area of synthesis, RF characterization, strategic design, and employment of functional nanomaterials for a wide variety of RF/MW/THz devices. Magneto-dielectric and high-k dielectric nanocomposites have been developed as a new class of materials well-suited for electromagnetic wave devices. In particular, magnetic/dielectric nanoparticles have been synthesized and evenly dispersed in a host polymer matrix to tailor its effective microwave properties, thus improving antenna performance (i.e., size, gain, bandwidth, efficiency). The RF properties, including permittivity, permeability, dielectric and magnetic loss tangents, were extracted over a wide frequency range (0.1-20 GHz), while monitoring the effects of the nanofillers reinforcement and externally applied magnetic field.The magneto-dielectric Fe3O4-PDMS composites have been incorporated into miniaturized multilayer patch antennas with center frequency of 4 GHz that exhibited 58% of bandwidth enhancement and 57% of size reduction. Meanwhile, the effects of the sintering and other processes were rigorously studied that has led to improved dielectric and loss properties. Specifically, PDMS nanocomposites with sintered NdTiO3 fillers have exhibited a high permittivity (ï¥r~12) and loss tangent (tanδd<0.01) at frequencies up to 17 GHz on par with the loss of the typical PCBs. This new class low-loss nanocomposite is an enabler for the next generation of RF/MW/THz devices. A 3D multi-material additive manufacturing process is going to be employed to produce miniaturized 3D conformal microwave components. The talk will be concluded with a brief discussion of other ongoing activities, which focus on development of transmission-line based microwave devices and millimeter wave dielectric waveguides, etc.
Juan A Paco Fernandez
Catholic University of Peru, Peru
Title: Sustainability models for private or community wireless networks in remote rural areas of developing countries
Time : 16.35-17.10
Biography:
Juan A Paco Fernandez is Executive Director in the Rural Telecommunications Group of Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (GTR PUCP). He has worked in some of the most important telecommunications companies in Peru and has directed several ICT4D projects financed by international cooperation and research projects about WSN implementations and wireless networks in rural areas. Electronic Engineer by PUCP with postgraduate courses in telecommunications, he has over 17 years of experience and additionally is a Cisco CCNA Instructor in the Local Academy of PUCP.
Abstract:
In many rural areas of developing countries, there are no telecommunications services or are very limited. This is particularly severe in remote areas of very low density or high population dispersion. This condition has more serious implications in areas such as health or education and obviously, without access to telecommunications infrastructure, it is impossible to use the ICT tools currently available or perform other administrative activities or professional development. These rural areas, where the digital divide is wider, are not attractive to carriers or service providers, so it is expected that a significant number of them do not enjoy data transmission services in the medium term. In this perspective, the possibility of deploying community networks or private networks is at least interesting and perhaps achievable, especially for rural public institutions. Nevertheless, the sustainability of these networks and services represent the main problem to be faced, with many seemingly successful experiences which then, have shown that were not sustainable. This presentation, based on the experience gained by the Rural Telecommunications Group of PUCP in the implementation of various ICT projects in some of the most difficult and remote rural regions of Peru, will describe the different solutions implemented to ensure the sustainability of wireless telecommunications networks have been installed in the framework of these projects, then, will make a critical analysis of them, in light of its current status and results and finally will propose a generic scheme under which focus sustainability assurance, in the context of ICT development initiatives.
Mohamed M Hamdi
School of Communication Engineering, Tunisia
Title: Applications of homomorphic cryptography to the internet of things
Time : 17.10-17.45
Biography:
Mohamed M Hamdi is an Associate Professor at the School of Communication Engineering (Sup\\\'Com, Tunisia) and Development Manager at Elgazala Technopark. His publications covered cyber security, wireless communications, optical communications and multimedia communications. He gave invited and keynote speeches at prestigious conferences including ITU World, IEEE CTS, and European Identity and Cloud. He has also co-chaired the elections committee of the IEEE CIS Technical Committee (2009 and 2011). Mohamed holds Eng, Master and Doctorate degrees in Telecommunications.
Abstract:
Emerging applications based on the IoT are introducing new security challenges. They operate in a dynamic environment dominated by the evolution of the security threats and the variation of network features (e.g., network topology, energy level). One of the major challenges that should be tackled is the trade-off between robustness and energy-efficiency. This strengthens the need for in-network processing such as aggregation and compression to limit the computational, memory, and storage overhead. Existing cryptographic algorithms and protocols are not compliant with such processing and turn out to affect the lifetime the mobile nodes being part of the IoT. To cope with this problem, homomorphic encryption is introduced in this talk as an alternative to improve the applicability cryptographic solutions to IoT-based applications. Concrete examples are described and analyzed in order to illustrate the potential brought by homomorphic encryption in providing energy-effective protection of the IoT.
Dr. Magdy A. Bayoumi
The Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS) –University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Title: Cyber - Physical Systems: Reality, Dreams, and Fantasy
Biography:
Dr. Magdy A. Bayoumi is the Z.L. Loflin Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair Professor at The Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS), University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette). He was the Director of CACS, 1997 – 2013 and Department Head of the Computer Science Department, 2000-11. Dr. Bayoumi has graduated about 65 Ph.D. and 175 Master’s students. He has published over 500 papers in related journals and conferences. He edited, co-edited and co-authored 10 books in his research interests. He has been Guest Editor (or Co-Guest Editor) of 10 Special Issues in VLSI Signal Processing, Learning on Silicon, Multimedia Architecture, Digital and Computational Video, and Perception-on-a-Chip. He is an IEEE fellow. Dr. Bayoumi is the recipient of the 2009 IEEE Circuits and Systems Meritorious Service Award. He is also the recipient of the 2003 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Education Award. Dr. Bayoumi has served in many editorial, administrative, and leadership capacities in IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE Computer Society, and IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS) Society. He was the Vice President for Conferences, Vice President for Technical Activities, and a member of the Board of Governors and Executive Committee of CAS Society. He has been involved in many conferences, serving in different capacities. Some examples are: He is the General Chair, ICASSP 2017, New Orleans, General Chair, ICECS 2013, Dec. 2013, Abu Dhabi. General Chair, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2009), Cairo, Egypt, General Chair, IEEE International SymposiSymposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2007), New Orleans, LA; General Chair, SiPS 2000, Lafayette, LA. He was and has been Associate Editor of several IEEE/other journals, e.g. the Transaction on Image Processing and Transaction on VLSI Systems, Dr. Bayoumi served on the Distinguished Visitors Program for IEEE Computer Society, 1991-1994. He, also, served on Circuits and Systems Distinguished Speakers Program, 2011-2013 and 1999-2001. He is on the IEEE Fellow Committee and he was on the IEEE CS Fellow Committee. He was the chair of an international delegation to China, sponsored by People-to-People Ambassador, 2000. He received the French Government Fellowship, University of Paris Orsay, 2003-2005 and 2009. He received the United Nation Fellowship, Egypt, 2002-2003. He was a Visiting Professor at King Saud University. He was on the advisory board, Lafayette Economic Development Authority (LEDA); He is a member of Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. He was on the Governor’s commission for developing a comprehensive energy policy for the State of Louisiana. Dr. Bayoumi was a technology columnist and writer for Lafayette newspaper, "The Daily Advertiser."
Abstract:
The integration of physical systems with networked sensing, computation networks, and embedded control with actuation has led to the emergence of a new generation of engineered systems, the Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). Such systems emphasize the link between cyber space and physical environment (i.e., time, space, and energy). CPS represents the next generation of complex engineering systems. They are large scale dynamic systems that offer significant processing power while interacting across communication networks. CPS will help to solve the grand challenges of our society, such as, aging population, limited resources, sustainability, environment, mobility, security, health care, etc. Applications of CPS cover a wide band of economic, medical, and entertainment sectors. It includes; Transportation: automobiles, avionics, unmanned vehicles and smart roads; Large Scale Critical Infrastructure: bridges, mega buildings, power grid, defense systems; Health Care: medical devices, health management networks, telemedicine; Consumer Electronics: video games, audio/video processing, and mobile communication. Building Cyber-Physical Systems is not a trivial task. The difficulty arises from the existing gap in modeling and computing of the physical and cyber environments. The design process require new theories, models, and algorithms that unify both environments in one framework. None of the current state-of-the art methods are able to overcome the challenges of developing the unified CPS design paradigm. Several of these issues will be discussed in this talk. Case studies of real world CPSs will be illustrated.
Professor Ezendu Ariwa
University of Bedfordshire, UK
Title: Green Computing and Wireless Communications Engineering Sustainability
Biography:
Professor Ezendu Ariwa holds the position of Professor in Computer Science at University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, Department of Computer Science & Technology, with speciality in Practice in Computing. He is also a Visiting Professor at Gulf University, Bahrain, Visiting Professor in Engineering Sustainability and ICT, Anadolu University, Turkey, Visiting Professor, University of Lagos, Nigeria, Visiting Professor and Co-Director of the Centre of Excellence in Cloud Computing, IAMTECH University, Sierra Leone and Visiting Professor, Kano State Polytechnics, Nigeria as well as Visiting Affiliate of the Green IT Observatory, RIMT University, Australia and Visiting Affiliate of ICT University, USA. He also holds the position of Director - Technical and Non-Executive Director and Research Professor for Enterprise Projects at Sun Bio IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd, India. He is also the Chair for the IEEE Consumer Electronics Chapter, United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland (UKRI), Chair for the IEEE Broadcast Technology Chapter, UKRI and Chair for the IEEE Technology Management Council Chapter, UKRI. He is a Senior Member of Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (SMIEE); Chartered FELLOW of the British Computer Society (CITP, FBCS), Fellow of the Institute of Information Technology Training (FIITT), Fellow of Institute of Leadership and Management (FInstLM), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
Abstract:
Green Computing and Wireless Communications Engineering Sustainability remains an essential aspect of providing improved transmission portfolio for delivering effective communication services that will enable the achievement of energy saving and environmental sustainable applications in both the business and industrial sectors. The issue of virtual usability and awareness management strategy may result in achieving excellence in energy efficiency and usage, environmental considerations and energy re-use strategic models. The return on investment (ROI) as strategic outcome of the model may restore organisations with huge energy wastage without thinking of cost, environmental impact and carbon emissions.
Biography:
Dr. Stewart is Visiting Professor Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department, University College London and consultant US DARPA, NSF, and others. 2007-2013 he was Technical Director US Office of Naval Research Global. Prior he served as Corporate Vice President/Manager Reconnaissance and Surveillance Operation, SAIC; Associate Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate Director Centre of Excellence in Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence, George Mason University; Program Manager Artificial Ionospheric Mirror radar system; Principal Investigator Signal Processing, Sperry Corporate Technology Centre; Deputy Director Tactical Systems Division, Air Force Studies and Analyses, US Pentagon; and Associate Professor Electrical Engineering, US Air Force Academy.
Abstract:
This Tactical Communications workshop will cover the general area of military tactical communications, including voice and data. The electromagnetic spectrum will be discussed, and the communications bands will be defined. Various propagation modes will be considered including radio frequency line-of-sight, troposcatter, satcom, and ionospheric skywave, as well as optical. We will also consider anti-jam techniques such as frequency hopping and direct sequence spread spectrum as well as adaptive nulling of the antenna. The software defined radio and cognitive radio approaches will be discussed. In addition various modulation and multiplexing schemes will be described. The treatment will also include data links for ISR platforms. Specific systems employed by the US and NATO forces will be discussed such as Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS), Link 11, Link 16, Link 22, Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T), Common Data Link (CDL), Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL), Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC), Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system. The principles of network centric warfare will be considered.
Dr. Adnan Al-Anbuky
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Title: Federated Sensor Clouds and Spatial Ambient Intelligence
Biography:
Adnan Al-Anbuky http://www.sense.aut.ac.nz/adnan.cfm is a full professor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering and director of the Senor Networks and Smart Environment research laboratory at Auckland University of Technology. He has numerous publications and have delivered good number of keynote or public talks at specialized conferences as well as academic and research institutions.
Abstract:
Modern enabling technologies like the Internet of Things IoT and Cloud Computing have opened up more doors for emphasising the importance of the field of wireless Sensor Network. Research and development of concepts related to sensor networks are emphasising the various modes of communication including Cognitive networking, Opportunistic connectivity and Machine-to-Machine communication. Areas like data and reality mining, cyber-physical systems and others, with emphasis on spatio-temporal coverage, have started formulating highly complex dynamic systems. With the need for integrating the multiple subspaces and multiple phenomena, these systems are centred round federation of sensor clouds over the Internet.These systems are driving towards the smart cities and what has been referred to as the planet nervous system. While elements of the concept have started taking shape, there are significant operational and optimization challenges that need to be addressed. The talk will provide key highlights to the large scale systems organization and the role of key acting elements in facilitating efficient services. The roles of sensor clouds and related big data, the Internet and related IoT architecture and the virtual Cloud and related services will be discussed. Examples taken from the experience of AUT SeNSe research laboratory will be used for demonstrating the various aspects of the system architecture. Furthermore the talk will shed the light on the future directions of these technologies as it contributes to the fabrics of Smart Cities.