2nd International Workshop on
ET-Edge 2024 - Energy Efficient Trustworthy Sustainable Edge-Cloud Computing
in conjunction with
The 24th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGRID) 2024
DoubleTree by Hilton, Philadelphia, USA, May 6, 2024
Nowadays, due to the advancement of the Internet, several emerging areas (e.g., cyber-physical systems, sensors, healthcare, and the Internet of Things) have become much more popular. These geographically dispersed devices are connected to a network. Exchanging data through these networks faces several issues such as network breakdown with high latency rate, security, and privacy of data, etc. Due to the increased complexity of such networks, edge computing, and advanced cryptographic technologies can play an important role and provide an optimized solution to build a secure and privacy-preserving network. Because most standard encryption algorithms are well suited for the desktop environment, many are not suited to constrained devices such as IoT. Therefore, we also need a lightweight advanced cryptographic solution to secure the data.
The key objective of the workshop theme is to encompass the following issues:
To understand the importance of green hardware and software solutions in the next generation of consumer electronics, and their role in energy management and e-waste reduction.
To explore the potential of Distributed and Resilient Machine Learning (DRML) approaches in providing trustworthy, scalable, and energy-efficient solutions for Edge-Cloud computing
To discuss the challenges and opportunities in developing distributed green applications and software solutions that meet organizations' requirements while promoting energy efficiency.
To investigate methods for ensuring data integrity, security, and resilience in green consumer electronics systems, including protection against malicious attacks and breaches.
This workshop aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss and explore innovative solutions that leverage Distributed and Resilient Machine Learning (DRML) approaches to achieve data integrity, security, and reliability, without compromising the consumer experience.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
Green hardware and software solutions for energy management in Edge Cloud Computing
Distributed and Resilient Machine Learning (DRML) for trustworthy and energy-efficient applications
Data integrity and security in green Edge Cloud Computing
Resilience, availability, confidentiality, scalability, and robustness in DRML solutions
Privacy-preserving techniques in energy-efficient Edge Cloud Computing
Digital Twin for Edge Cloud Computing
Edge Cloud Computing for 5G&B
Edge Cloud Computing for Healthcare Applications
Edge Cloud Computing for Smart Grid Applications
Edge Cloud Computing for Smart Transportations
Edge Cloud Computing for Industrial IoT
AI/ML for Edge Cloud Computing
Edge-Intelligence (EI): AI/ML driven Edge for Smart Infrastructures
Emerging Architecture/Framework for Intelligent Edge Cloud Computing
QoS modeling, measurement, and optimization of Edge Cloud Computing
Edge Cloud Computing and SDN for Smart Infrastructures
Important Dates
Papers Due: January 31, 2024
Workshop Paper Acceptance: February 25, 2024
Workshop Camera Ready: March 4, 2024
Authors are invited to submit papers electronically. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and may not exceed 8 letter size (8.5 x 11) pages including figures, tables, and references using the IEEE format for conference proceedings. All manuscripts will be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and relevance to the conference attendees.
Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers determined to be under active review elsewhere will be rejected without review. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding the length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the conference chairs for more information. The proceedings will be published through the IEEE Press, USA, and will be made available online through the IEEE and ACM Digital Libraries.
Please use the following Easychair link to submit your paper(s):
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=etedge2024
Previous Edition
1st Edition of the Workshop was successfully held with IEEE CloudNet 2023, New York, USA.
Prof. Saraju Mohanty
Department of
Computer Science and Engineering
University of North Texas,
Denton, TX 76207, USA.
Homepage: http://www.smohanty.org
Email: saraju.mohanty@unt.edu
Keynote Speaker
Title: Security-by-Design for Fortifying Cybersecurity of IoT/CPS
Abstract: Smart cities use one or multiple smart systems (or components) including smart healthcare, smart agriculture, and smart energy, and hence is a system of systems. The systems of the smart cities (as well as smart villages) are essentially cyber-physical systems (CPS) made of 3Cs (Computation, Communications, and Control). While connectivity is the key for IoT-enabled CPS, it brings in various forms of cyber-attacks on its devices, systems, and data. The existing cybersecurity solutions have serious resources, energy and latency overheads making them impossible for use in CPS components like medical devices, smart cars, and UAVs. Blockchain based solutions is being explored in almost every application in smart cities. However, blockchains have significant energy, latency, and scalability issues and not suitable for resource constrained frameworks. This talk will present broad perspective of the vast multifaceted forms of cybersecurity attacks and secure/security by design (SbD) solutions in CPS. SbD advocate making cybersecurity as a requirement right in the design phase so that retrofitting would not be needed. The talk will present SbD driven cybersecurity solutions for CPS or IoT using the hardware security primitive Physical Unclonable Function (PUF). The talk will address many questions about SbD including, (1) What are the challenges of cybersecurity? (2) What is SbD? (3) What are the 7 principles of SbD? (4) How SbD can be used for IoT/CPS?
Biography:
Dr. Saraju Mohanty is a Professor at the University of North Texas. Prof. Mohanty’s research is in “Smart Electronic Systems” which has been funded by NSF, SRC, US Air Force, IUSSTF, and Mission Innovation. He has over 20 years of research experience on security and protection of media, hardware, and systems. He introduced the Secure Digital Camera (SDC) in 2004 with built-in security features designed using Security by Design (SbD) principle. He is widely credited as the designer for the first digital watermarking chip in 2004 and first the low-power digital watermarking chip in 2006. He has authored 500 research articles, 5 books, and 10 granted and pending patents. His Google Scholar h-index is 57 and i10-index is 243 with 14,000 citations. He is a recipient of 19 best paper awards, Fulbright Specialist Award in 2021, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Outstanding Service Award in 2020, the IEEE-CS-TCVLSI Distinguished Leadership Award in 2018, and the PROSE Award for Best Textbook in Physical Sciences and Mathematics category in 2016. He has delivered 25 keynotes and served on 14 panels at various International Conferences. He has been serving on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals, including IEEE Transactions on Bigdata, IEEE Transactions on CAD as well as EiC of IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. He served as the Chair of the IEEE-CS Technical Committee on VLSI during 2014-2018 and served on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society during 2019-2021. He is the steering committee chair/vice-chair for the IEEE International Sympo. Smart Electronic Systems (iSES), the IEEE-CS Sympo. VLSI (ISVLSI), and the OITS International Conf. Information Technology (OCIT). He has supervised 3 post-doctoral researchers, 15 Ph.D. dissertations, 27 M.S. theses, and 27 undergraduate projects.
The Author/Attendee Registration information is available at IEEE CCGRID 2024 Webpage
Registration Policy
The author registration deadline is March 4, 2024. The non-author early registration deadline is April 1, 2024.
At least one author of an accepted conference/workshop paper must register at the conference at a non-student/non-life member rate by March 4, 2024. An author with multiple accepted conference papers can receive a discount of $250 for each additional paper.
Member registration rates are available for professional members of IEEE/ACM.
The conference paper page limit is 10. The workshop paper page limit is 8. Up to 2 additional pages can be purchased for a fee.
Registration can be canceled on or before April 15, 2023. There will be an administrative fee of $100 deducted from each refund.
For registration questions, please email shuhuiyang@pnw.edu.
Workshop Chairs
Uttam Ghosh, Meharry Medical Colleges, Nashville, TN, USA, ughosh@mmc.edu
Sachin Shetty, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA, sshetty@odu.edu
Publicity Chair
Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, United International University (UIU), Bangladesh, spathan@ieee.org
Technical Program Committee
Sourav Banerjee, Kalyani Government Engineering College, India
Pushpita Chatterjee, Howard University, USA
Debashis Das, Kalyani University, India
Deepak Tosh, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Suman Bhunia, Miami University, USA
Sidheswar Routray, Indrashil University, Mehsana, India.
Amrit Mukherjee, University of Bohemia, Czech Republic.