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Program at a glance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The program leaflet of DCOSS-IoT 2024 can be found here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monday, April 29<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

08:30-09:00: Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

09:00-09:30: Welcome and Introduction<\/strong> (Steering Committee, Local Chairs)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

09:30-10:30: Keynote Talk \u201cMulSemedia Sensor Networks: A New Frontier in Research\u201c <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof.<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>Ian F. Akyildiz, International Telecommunication Union<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:30-11:00:<\/strong> Coffee Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00-13:05: Session 1: AI\/ML for Distributed Systems and IoT <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Chair: <\/em>Dimitrios Zorbas, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan<\/em>)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adversarial Training on Limited-Resource Devices Through Asymmetric Disturbances,
Mohammed Tariq Rajhi (Florida International University, USA)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traffic Data Augmentation Using GANs for ITS, Abdul Hamid Dabboussi and Manar Jammal (York University, Canada)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self-Supervised Contrastive Learning for Camera-To-Radar Knowledge Distillation,
Wenpeng Wang and Brad Campbell (University of Virginia, USA); Sirajum Munir (Robert Bosch LLC, USA)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond Detection: Leveraging Large Language Models for Cyber Attack Prediction in IoT Networks, Alaeddine Diaf (LRS, Badji Mokhtar Annaba University, Algeria); Abdelaziz Amara Korba (L3I, University of La Rochelle, France); Karabadji Nour el islem (Labged, Badji Mokhtar-Annaba University, Algeria); Yacine Ghamri-Doudane (University of la Rochelle, France)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FedMIL: Federated Multiple Instance Learning for Video Analysis With Optimized DPP Scheduling, Ashish Bastola, Hao Wang, Xiwen Chen and Abolfazl Razi (Clemson University, USA)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:05-14:00:<\/strong> Lunch<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:00-15:30: Session 2: Best Paper Candidates <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Chair: Tommaso Melodia, Northeastern University, USA)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local Differential Privacy for Smart Meter Data Sharing With Energy Disaggregation, Shanmugarasa Yashothara (University of New South Wales, Australia); Chamikara Mahawagaarachchige (CSIRO Data61, Australia); Hye-young Paik (University of New South Wales, Australia); Salil S Kanhere (UNSW Sydney, Australia); Liming Zhu (Data61, CSIRO, Australia)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EdgeBoost: Confidence Boosting for Resource Constrained Inference via Selective Offloading, Naina Said (University of Kiel, Germany); Olaf Landsiedel (Kiel University, Germany & Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multi-Behavior Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Informed Search via Offline Training, Songjun Huang; Chuanneng Sun; Ruo-Qian Wang; Dario Pompili (Rutgers University, USA) <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:30-15:45:<\/strong> Coffee Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:45-18:15: Session 3: IoT Applications <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Chair: Naghmeh Moradpoor, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resource-Efficient Text-Based Person Re-Identification on Embedded Devices,
Rockson Agyeman and Bernhard Rinner (Alpen Adria Universitat Klagenfurt, Austria)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obscured Wildfire Flame Detection by Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Smoke Patterns Using Frame-Wise Transformers, Uma Meleti, Abolfazl Razi and Fatemeh Afghah (Clemson University, USA)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revealing Semantic Mappings Across HAR Datasets, Ada Alevizaki (University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Nhat Pham (Cardiff University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Niki Trigoni (University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Great Britain))<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autonomous Bio-Inspired 3D Deployment of Aerial Base Stations for Optimal Wireless Coverage in 5G Networks, Ahmed Alioua (Mohamed Seddik Benyahia University, Algeria); Mohamed Nadjib Zennir and Roumaissa Lallouche (University of Jijel – Mohamed Seddik Benyahia, Algeria); Amine Bouderbala (University of Jijel, Algeria); Mohamed-Lamine Messai (University of Lyon, France)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Modular Plugin for Concept Drift in Federated Learning, Cl\u00e1udio Gustavo Santos Capanema (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Joahannes B. D. da Costa (UNICAMP, Brazil); Fabr\u00edcio Aguiar Silva (Federal University of Vi\u00e7osa, Brazil); Leandro Aparecido Villas (UNICAMP, Brazil); Antonio Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WaveTune: Harnessing Radar Sensors to Compose Music Beats With Body Gestures,
Suchdeep Singh Juneja, Girish Vaidya and Marco Zuniga (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18:15-18:30:<\/strong> Coffee Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18:30-19:00:<\/strong> Oral Poster Presentations <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Chair: Igor Zhilin, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navigating the Unknown: Anomaly Detection in Sensor Nodes Based on Event Traces, Saurabh Band (University of Bremen, Germany); Anna F\u00f6rster (ComNets, University of Bremen, Germany)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wireless Multi-Sensor Hardware Platform to Enhance Smart Lighting Solutions, Jo\u00e3o Gomes, Carlos Resende, Diogo Correia and Waldir Moreira (Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS, Portugal); Jorge Filipe, Carlos Silva and Ant\u00f3nio Sousa (Tridonic Portugal, Portugal)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advancing Non-Terrestrial Networks for Critical Scenarios With the RAIN4C Framework, Angelo Trotta (University of Bologna, Italy); Alexandre Heideker (Federal University of ABC, Brazil); Ivan Zyrianoff (University of Bologna, Italy); Giovanni Interdonato (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy & CNIT, Italy); Sara Pizzi (University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enhancing Structural Health Monitoring With On-Device AI, Junhak Lee, Chunghwan Hwang and Jaehyun Park (Inha University, Korea (South)); Tae Rim Park (Ino-On Inc., Korea (South))<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Network Testbed for Experimenting With Decentralized Federated Learning, Anirban Mandal (Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), USA); Komal Thareja (RENCI – UNC Chapel Hill, USA); Paul Ruth (UNC-CH, USA)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federated Learning Assisted Model for Android Malware Detection Using Gannet Optimization Algorithm, Shikha Arya (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Uttarakhand India, India); Sateesh Kumar Peddoju (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visual Transformer Models on UAV-Captured Images for Person Detection, Ionel Gabriel Zahia (National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania); Dan Popescu and Loretta Ichim (University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IoT and Humanoid Robotics for Next Generation Motor Rehabilitation Systems, Stefano Borgo (Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA), ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy); Marco Di Felice and Alfonso Esposito (University of Bologna, Italy); Valeria Seidita (DIID – Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Palermo, Italy); Giulia Spaletta (University of Bologna, Italy); Roberto Toni (CNR – ISSMC, Faenza, Italy)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Graph Dataset for Security Enforcement in IoT Networks: GRASEC-IoT, Djameleddine Hamouche and Reda Kadri (Ecole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure d’Informatique, Algeria); Mohamed-Lamine Messai (University of Lyon, France); Hamida Seba (Universit\u00e9 Lyon 1 & EZUS Lyon, France)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

19:30-20:30: Welcome Reception<\/strong> (Wet Deck of W Hotel)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday, April 30<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

08:30-09:00: Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

09:00-10:00: Keynote Talk \u201cThe Price of Intelligence in Internet-of-Everything Systems\u201c<\/em> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Carla Fabiana Chiasserini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:00-10:30:<\/strong> Coffee Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:30-13:00: Session 4<\/strong>: Security, Dependability, Privacy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Chair: Michael Baddeley, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adversarial Training to Prevent Wake Word Jamming in Personal Voice Assistants,
Prathyusha Sagi, Arun Sankar and Utz Roedig (University College Cork, Ireland)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adaptive Dynamic Adversarial Training With Real-Time Feedback in 6G, Ahmed Hakami (USA)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISFD: Efficient and Fault-Tolerant In-System-Failure-Detection for LP FPGA-Based Smart-Sensors in Space Expeditions, Kazi Mohammad Abidur Rahman (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany); Timo Dirkes (DSI Aerospace GmbH, Germany); Bjoern Delfs and Vanessa Wyrwoll (Carl Von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany); Ulf Kulau (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany & DSI Aerospace Technology, Germany)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Privacy-Preserving Multi-Party Keyword-Based Classification of Unstructured Text Data,
Ian Pepin, Furkan Alaca and Farhana Zulkernin (Queen’s University, Canada)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ensemble-Based Cyber Intrusion Detection for Robust Smart City Protection, Alaa Z Alhowaide (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada); Izzat Alsmadi (Texas A&M San Antonio, USA); Belal Alsinglawi (Western Sydney University, Australia & Zayed University, United Arab Emirates)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real-Time Threat Detection Strategies for Resource-Constrained Devices, Mounia Hamidouche, Biniam Demissie, Bilel Cherif and Bassem Ouni (Technology Innovation Institute, United Arab Emirates)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:00-14:00:<\/strong> Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:00-15:15: Session 5: Communications and Optimization<\/strong>
(Chair: Evgenii Vinogradov, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE)<\/em>

Passive Screen-To-Camera Communications, Seyed Keyarash Ghiasi (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Marco Kaldenbach (Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands); Marco Zuniga (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autotuning of Resonant Magnetic Induction Communications, Hirsa Kia and Krishna Kant (Temple University, USA)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An O(1)-Rounds Deterministic Distributed Approximation Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem in Congested Clique, Parikshit Saikia (National Institute of Technology Silchar, India)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:15-15:30: Coffee Break<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:30-17:10: Session 6:  Edge&Cloud <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Chair: Debashisha Mishra, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE)<\/em>
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FedLSF: Federated Local Graph Learning via Specformers, Ram Samarth Bb (Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam, India); Annappa B (National Institute of Technology Karnataka); Sachin D N (National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARSFineTune: On-The-Fly Tuning of Vision Models for Unmanned Ground Vehicles,
Masud Ahmed and Zahid Hasan (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA); Abu Zaher Md Faridee (University of Maryland, Baltimore County & Amazon, USA); Kasthuri Jayarajah (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA); Mohammad Saeid Anwar and Sanjay Purushotham (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA); Suya You (Army Research Laboratory, USA); Nirmalya Roy (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Fog and Blockchain-Based Distributed Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Rahma Trabelsi (University of Sfax, Tunisia); Ghofrane Fersi (National School of Engineers of Sfax, Tunisia); Mohamed Jmaiel (ENIS, Tunisia)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balancing Energy Efficiency and Portability: Assessing Domain-Specific Languages in Edge Platforms, Youssef Faqir-Rhazoui, Luis Costero and Carlos Garcia (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18:00-23:00 Visit of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque & Conference Dinner (Bus from W Hotel 18:00, Visit of Grand Mosque 18:45, Banquet at Conrad Etihad Towers 21:00)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wednesday, May 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

08:30-09:00: Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

09:00-10:00: Keynote Talk \u201cCryptographic Frameworks for IoT devices in light of AI and Post Quantum technologies\u201c<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. <\/em><\/strong>Najwa Aaraj<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:00-10:30:<\/strong> Coffee Break<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:30-13:00 Poster Session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:30-13:00:<\/strong> Short Paper Session  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Chair: Lorenzo Bellone, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quality of Experience Aware Task Offloading in Digital Twinning Vehicular Edge Computing, Mostakim Jihad, Mashraba Tasnim Rodshi, Abdullah Al Fahad and Palash Roy (Green University of Bangladesh, Bangladesh); Md. Abdur Razzaque (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh); Mohammad Mehedi Hassan (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game Theoretical Analysis of Strategy Changes and Influence Factors in Crowdsourcing IoT Systems, Runbo Su (University of Lorraine & Loria, France); Arbia Riahi (Cylab – CISS – Royal Military Academy, Belgium); Pascal Moyal (University of Lorraine, France)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Energy-Efficient Ensemble Approach for Mitigating Data Incompleteness in IoT Applications, Yousef Alshehri (University OF Georgia, USA); Lakshmish Ramaswamy (University of Georgia, USA)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ContextBots: Real-Time Context-Aware Inference on Aerial Robots, Khizar Anjum, Vidyasagar Sadhu and Dario Pompili (Rutgers University, USA)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Lightweight Hybrid Analog-Digital Spiking Neural Network for IoT, Yung-Ting Hsieh, Zhile Li and Dario Pompili (Rutgers University, USA)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VKM: A Virtual Keyboard and Mouse Solution Towards a Lightweight Computing System, Divyansh Bisht (IIT Kanpur, India); Amitangshu Pal (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India); Shashwati Banerjea (MNNIT Allahabad, India)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exploring Unsupervised One-Class Classifiers for Lightweight Intrusion Detection in IoT Systems, Shahrzad Golestani and Dwight Makaroff (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAfER: Simplified Auto-Encoder for (Anomalous) Event Recognition, Yuvin Perera and Gustavo Batista (University of New South Wales, Australia); Wen Hu (the University of New South Wales (UNSW) & CSIRO, Australia); Salil S Kanhere (UNSW Sydney, Australia); Sanjay Jha (University of NSW, Australia)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Energy-Efficient Clock-Synchronization in IoT Using Reinforcement Learning, Damir Assylbek, Aizhuldyz Nadirkhanova and Dimitrios Zorbas (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Workflow Management System Approach to Federated Learning: Application to Industry 4.0, Hamza Safri (University of Grenoble, France & Berger-Levrault Company, France); George Papadimitriou (University of Southern California & Information Sciences Institute, USA); Frederic Desprez (INRIA, France); Ewa Deelman (ISI, USC, USA)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:00-14:00:<\/strong> Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15:00: Desert Excursion <\/strong>(Bus leaving from W Hotel 15:00, Desert Safari Experience incl. dinner 16:00-22:00)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monday, April 29<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n