Opportunities

Call for Papers- May 2022

We are chairing a track on Federated Learning for Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing in the International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing that will be held in Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences - Hagenberg Campus - Linz, Austria on 2-4 November 2022.  Is it possible to submit a possible? The deadline for full paper submission is 30th June 2022. 

Federated Learning for Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing 

Co-Chairs: (a)Ihsan Ullah, (b)Michael Madden, (c)Ali Intizar, (d)Umair Ul Hassan

Affiliation: (a)(b)National University of Ireland Galway (Ireland), (c)Dublin City University (Ireland), (d)National University of Ireland Maynooth (Ireland)

Track Description: Machine learning sub-branch called deep learning (DL) brought a revolution in various sectors and is one of the key contributors in Industry 4.0. Majority of the industries are enthusiastic to use and adopt DL for Internet of things (DL on the edge). However, there are several concerns around this including privacy, cost, speed, reliability, security, networking, and trust in the systems that uses such models or approaches. One of the limitations in DL is its data hungry nature i.e. it needs more data for training to give good results. However, after GDPR and other laws, data sharing became a big concern. Therefore, Google in 2016 presented its Federated Learning (FL) approach that does not need data to be stored on a central location for training rather the data remains at its own premises, but the model parameters are shared to be trained remotely over the data and then the trained model is sent back to be globally aggregated on the server. It helps in securely and efficiently training a model without violating any privacy concerns. Several researchers and practitioners have expressed their interest in this area with the expectation of profound effect in the context of Industry 4.0. However, the topic is still in early stages and needs to be investigated. There is a still more to do in literature from both a theoretical and an empirical point of view. Therefore, this special track is dedicated to present the effectiveness and advantages of FL for advancing industrial IoT, smart manufacturing, and related fields. 

Please be sure to select “Federated Learning for Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing” as main topic during the submission. 


The track is information is available online at the conference website http://www.msc-les.org/ism2022/about/. Please find attached a Flyer of our track. Submission guidelines are available at http://www.msc-les.org/ism2022/call-for-papers/. The submission system (Easychair - https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ism-2022) is online. 

Vacancies:

***** Open Research Assistant ***********: 



***** Closed ***********: 

Postdoctoral Researcher  – Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Bias Detection from Data to Model predictions (Link)


08 March 2022 ***** Closed ***********: Currently D-Real is open and its deadline of 19 April is approaching fast (Second round will close at 16.00 (Irish time) on Wednesday 18th May 2022) . If you want to work with me then apply to d-real.ie or https://d-real.ie/2022-d-real-phd-topics/#2022NUIG03 and prepare the documents according to the project description given on the link. Remember read the eligibility requirements before applying e.g. IELTS 6.5. Also, when you are asked for the project code and supervisor, enter 2022NUIG03 and Dr Ihsan Ullah. 

02 February 2022 - PhD Applicants: We are looking for highly talented and motivated students for September 2022. Currently, you can apply for scholarship in CRT-AI & D-Real Program 2022 program. The selection is centralized and competitive. Please directly apply to the program with research statement/proposal aligned with my research interests i.e. Mainly deep learning and computer vision. This year I am expecting students for pedestrian detection, Driver analysis, Report generation from medical images, small/concealed/adversarial object detections in aerial images, and activity recognition of elderly.  The admission system/application allows you to identify the professors you're interested in. You should suggest me as the main supervisor (Note: Currently my name does not exist on the websites but don't worry). If you believe you have experience in the above topics or closely related, please send an email with your CV and prepared application.

Research Collaboration: If you are interested in doing research collaboration on a project or a research paper or want to visit our group as a visiting PhD, do email me with your CV and topic details. 

Potential  Postdoc/Research Fellows: If you are at the end of your PhD or currently working as a postdoc around the world (other than Ireland), and want to apply for postdoc or research fellow grants, send me an email with your CV. We can work discuss and work for potential grants.  

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