Keynote Talks
Shifting our social responsibilities to ICT
Gabriele Kotsis
Institut für Telekooperation
Johannes Kepler University Linz
Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
gabriele.kotsis@jku.ac.at
Abstract
Technological advances have opened up new interaction and communication possibilities from humans to computers but also from humans to humans and have brought significant improvements for people with special needs. However, sometimes expectations in ICT appear to be unrealistic, ICT is not the answer to all of our problems and it is still our responsibility as human beings to consider and care about our environment and the people living in it.
In this talk, I am going to discuss a selection of technological advances that had significant impact and the potential to improve the world we live in. But I will also critically reflect on the social responsibilities that we all have and how to align this with technological advances.
Gabriele Kotsis
Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr. Gabriele Kotsis - Prof. Kotsis received her master degree in 1991 (honoured with the Award of the Austrian Computer Society), her PhD in 1995 (honoured with the Heinz-Zemanek Preis) and?the venia docendi in 2000 (computer science, from the University of Vienna). She was working as a researcher and teacher at the University of Vienna (1991-2001), at the Vienna University for Economics and Business Administration (2001) and at the Copenhagen Business School (2002). Since December 2002 she is holding a full professor position at the Telecooperation Department at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. Her research interests include performance management of computer systems and networks, workgroup computing, mobile and Internet computing, telemedia and telecooperation. She has experience in national and international research project in those areas, including for example the EU-funded international BISANTE project on network traffic modelling and simulation, where she was technical leader, or the EMMUS project on Multimedia Usability where she was project coordinator. Gabriele is author of numerous publications in international conferences and journals and is co-editor of several books. She is member of IEEE and ACM and acting president of the AustrianComputer Society. She is actively participating in the organization of international conferences.
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SENSOR NETWORKS: HYPE OR REALITY?
Professor Stephan Olariu
Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
Old Dominion University, USA
Abstract
This keynote address presents in a unified and thought-provoking way a large
body of research literature in wireless sensor networks, as well as best industry practices currently used.
It is intended for a broad audience consisting of undergraduate and graduate students, engineers working in networks, researchers in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, as well as administrators and developers in telecommunication industry.
Stephan Olariu
Professor Olariu received the B.Sc, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from McGill University, Montreal, Canada in 1980, 1982 and 1985, respectively. In 1986 he joined the Computer Science Department at Old Dominion University where he is now a full professor.
Professor Olariu is a world-renowned technologist in the areas of wireless networks, mobile multimedia systems, parallel and distributedsystems, parallel and distributed architectures and networks. He was invited and visited more than 150 universities and research institutesaround the world lecturing on topics ranging from wireless networks and mobile computing, to biology-inspired algorithms and applications, totelemedicine, to wireless location systems, and security. He has published 200+ articles in archival journals and 200+ papers in conferenceproceedings. He is the Director of the Sensor Networks Research Group and VANET Research Group at Old Dominion University.
Professor Olariu is an Associate Editor of "Networks" and "IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems" and serves on the editorial board of numerous journals including "Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing", "Journal of Ad hoc and Sensor Networks", "International Journal of Sensor networks", and "Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems".
Professor Olariu has held many different roles and responsibilities as a member of numerous organizations and teams. Much of his experience has been with the design and implementation of robust protocols for wireless networks and in particular sensor networks and their applications. He is applying mathematical modeling and analytical frameworks to the resolution of problems ranging from securing communications, to predicting the behavior of complex systems, to evaluating performance of wireless networks. His research interests are in the area of complex systems enabled by large-scale deployments of sensors and more specifically in securing systems of systems.
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Abnormal Behaviour Detection within Mobile Networks
Bala Srinivasan
Professor of Information Technology
Clayton School of Information Technology
Monash University, Australia
Asad I. Khan
Clayton School of Information Technology
Monash University, Australia
 
Abstract
Differentiating abnormal from normal behaviour within ad hoc networks remains a challenging problem when designing suitable intrusion detection systems (IDS). Mobility adds to the problem by introducing dynamic considerations. Approaches for detecting abnormal behaviour within decentralised networks may vary from novel ideas such as modelling after biological immune system to the decentralised security and identity management models investigated for peer-to-peer system. The current research is to look at localised form of intelligence where the IDS can be embodied within the network itself. The localised intelligence approaches require one-shot learning neural networks. The state-of-the-art developments in one-shot learning techniques will be discussed in relation to threat detection within Mobile Ad Hoc Network. A case study involving using such an approach will be presented.
Bala Srinivasan
Bala Srinivasan is a Professor of Information Technology in the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
He has authored and jointly edited 6 technical books and authored and co-authored more than 200 international refereed publications in journals and conferences in the areas of Databases, Multimedia Retrieval Systems, Distributed and Mobile Computing and Data Mining. He has successfully supervised 28 research students of which 15 of them are PhDs and, his contribution to research supervision has been recognised by Monash University by awarding him the Vice-Chancellors medal for excellence.
He is a founding chairman of the Australiasian database conference which is now being held annually. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering Honours degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from University of Madras, a Masters and a Ph.D, both in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
Currently he is in the editorial board of two international journals and program committee member of nearly dozen international conferences.
Asad Khan
Asad I. Khan received the B.Sc. from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan in 1980. He received the M.Sc. with distinction from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK in 1990. He was awarded a Ph.D. in 1994 by Faculty of Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. His work on parallel domain decomposition using natural programming techniques has led to several large research grants from British Science & Research Council and leading industrial bodies. He is a recipient of large research grants from Australian Research Council and Department of Education Science & Training. His applied research is in high performance parallel systems, intelligent sensor networks, and network security. His theoretical research areas include natural computation, neural networks, and pattern recognition.
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