Embedded and Cyber Connected Systems (ECCS) Workshop

Abstract

The workshop aims to bring together experts to present their latest research efforts related to Embedded and Cyber Connected Systems architectures and platforms that can scale efficiently, as well as operate securely and resiliently to provide the necessary resources demanded by current and future network applications.

Speakers

Agenda

Sunday, Nov 27, 2022

• 09:00 - 09:10 Coffee Networking
• 09:10 - 09:20 Welcome words by CEMSE Dean Gianluca Setti and KAUST Faculty
• 09:20 - 09:40 Keynote Speech by Mansoor Hanif, Executive Director for Emerging Technology, NEOM
• 09:40 - 10:25 Professor Fadi Kurdahi, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA, “Trust, But Verify: Toward Self-Aware, Safe Autonomous Self-Driving System”
• 10:25 - 11:10 Professor Haralampos Stratigopoulos, Sorbonne Université, France “Hardware security and trust for wireless integrated circuits”
• 11:10 - 11:25 Introduction to KAUST Research: Professor Charalambos Konstantinou: PI Secure Next Generation Resilient Systems Lab
• 11:30 - 13:00 Lunch Break "Diner"
• 13:00 - 13:15 Introduction to KAUST Research: Professor Paulo Esteves-Veríssimo: Director, Resilient Computing and Cybersecurity Center
• 13:15 - 13:30 Introduction to KAUST Research: Professor Ahmed Eltawil: PI Communications and Computing Systems Laboratory (CCSL)
• 13:30 - 14:15 Professor Mohammad AlFaruque, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA “Cross-Layer Security of Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems”
• 14:15 - 15:00 Professor Panagiotis Katsaros, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece “Model-based Design of Cyber-physical Systems with Learning Components”
• 15:00 - 17:00 Tour of KAUST facilities
• 19:00 - 21:00 Dinner at Al-Marsa Restaurant

Monday, Nov 28, 2022

• 09:00 - 09:15 Coffee Networking
• 09:15 - 09:30 Introduction to KAUST Research: Professor Eric Feron: PI Robotics, Intelligent Systems, and Control, RISC Lab
• 09:30 - 09:45 Introduction to KAUST Research: Professor Suhaib Fahmy: PI ACCL, Accelerated Connected Computing
• 09:45 - 10:00 Introduction to KAUST Research: Professor Basem Shihada: PI Networking Research Lab
• 10:00 - 10:45 Professor Yasser Shoukry, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA, “Formal Verification of Neural Network Controlled Cyber-Physical Systems”
• 10:45 - 11:30 Professor Galymzhan Nauryzbayez, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan “Towards Enhancing Security in Intelligent Surface-enabled Wireless Networks”
• 11:30 - 13:00 Lunch Break

Kickoff of applications session

• 13:00 - 13:15 Introduction to KAUST Research: Professor, Associate Dean, Khaled Salama: PI Sensors Lab
• 13:15 - 14:00 Professor Christian Claudel, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA, “Data assimilation for flood real time estimation: challenges and methods”
• 14:00 - 14:15 Coffee Break
• 14:30 - 15:15 Professor Ozdal Boyraz, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA,  ”Opportunities and Challenges in Free Space Optics: Inter-Satellite Communications, Lidars, and PNT (Positioning, Navigation, and Timing)”
• 15:00 - 17:00 Wrap Up and Thank you
• 18:00 - 19:00 Evening Cruise Dinner