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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Safety Challenges for Automated Vehicles in the Absence of Connectivity
DESCRIPTION:We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar on the first Thursday of each month during term-time.  All are welcome to attend and we look forward to some lively discussions. Members can accept the Outlook invitations\, non-members can email tecosa-admin@kth.se to register.\nOur September seminar is with Dr Akhil Shetty\, postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley Department of Mechanical Systems.  The session will be given via Zoom (https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267). \nABSTRACT:  Automated vehicles (AVs) are expected to create a future with effortless driving and virtually no traffic accidents. AV companies claim that\, when fully developed\, the technology will eliminate all crashes caused due to human error. Indeed\, AVs will likely avoid the large number of crashes caused by impaired\, distracted or reckless drivers. But there remains a significant proportion of crashes for which no driver is directly responsible. In particular\, the absence of connectivity of an AV with its neighboring vehicles (V2V) and the infrastructure (I2V) leads to a lack of information that can induce such crashes. In this talk\, I will present prototypical examples motivated by the NHTSA pre-crash scenario typology to show that fully autonomous vehicles cannot guarantee safety in the absence of connectivity. Since AV designs today do not require such connectivity\, these crashes would persist in the future. Combining theoretical models and empirical data\, I will also argue why such hazardous scenarios would occur with a significantly high probability. Our work suggests that incorporating connectivity is a prerequisite for a safe AV future.  \nBIO: Akhil Shetty is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley. He completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley advised by Prof. Kameshwar Poolla and Prof. Pravin Varaiya. He received his B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay. Akhil is a recipient of the Berkeley Graduate Fellowship for doctoral studies at UC Berkeley. He received the Best Student Paper Award at ITSC 2020\, and was a finalist for Best Student Paper at ECC 2018 and SPCOM 2014. He is interested in applying tools from optimization\, control\, and statistics to tackle problems in the fields of energy and intelligent transportation systems.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-safety-challenges-for-automated-vehicles-in-the-absence-of-connectivity/
CATEGORIES:Talks,webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230901T141500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230901T160000
DTSTAMP:20230821T082052Z
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SUMMARY:Boundary Objects within the Discourse on the Development of Complex CPS
DESCRIPTION:Half-way seminar for PhD student Rusyadi Ramli\nThis seminar will present the role of boundary objects\, explore the contextual factors of boundary objects\, and discuss how to design effective boundary objects within the discourse on the co-engineering practice in the development of complex CPS. All with an interest in this topic are welcome to join (Gladan\, Brinellvägen 85\, plan 3). \nThe opponent for this seminar will be Nicolette Lakemond\, Deputy Dean and Professor in Industrial Development at Linköping University\, who will give an invited talk from 13.15-14.15 AI in the Context of Complex Intelligent Systems. \nAbstract for the half-way seminar by Rusyadi Ramli:\nCyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are evolving to become more intelligent\, connected\, and collaborative due to the advancement of technology. Provided with unprecedented capabilities\, these CPS also represent unprecedented complexity and bring new risks beyond classical dependability. As CPS are becoming more complex to realize\, this requires an increasing breadth of knowledge and skills and a stronger emphasis on collaborative engineering (co-engineering) to deal with the multitude of viewpoints involved. \nTo facilitate co-engineering practice\, engineers commonly used artifacts such as architectural frameworks and standards during the development of complex CPS.  These artifacts can be considered as boundary objects\, i.e.\, objects that hold different meanings to several Community of Practice and serve to translate information between them. This research focuses on boundary objects\, (e.g.\, what is the role of boundary objects\, what are the contextual factors of boundary objects\, and how to design effective boundary objects within the discourse on the development of complex CPS). The current results show that the concept of boundary objects within the discourse on the development of complex CPS is not well-defined. Nonetheless\, the results indicate that the concept of\, and the role of\, boundary objects can be identified based on three contextual factors e.g.\, structure\, identity\, and culture.  The results suggest that the concept of boundary object has narrowed down towards matters of structure and identity within the discourse on the development of complex CPS. \nMoreover\, this research indicate that the boundary objects can be categorized into four categories based on two implicit\, orthogonal dimensions present in the discourse\, i.e.\, \n\nboundary objects can be either transparent or opaque\, and\nboundary objects can be either a support to\, or a limiter on\, human activity.\n\nThese categories suggest that the discourses on automation and organisational learning could be used to elicit a deeper understanding of enablers or barriers to boundary objects. \n\n\n\nBio: My research interests fall at the intersection of systems engineering\, engineering design\, and engineering management. Currently\, my research focuses on investigating the role of engineering artefacts to e.g.\, bridge the knowledge gap and promote compromise among different Community of Practices (e.g.\, safety engineers\, cybersecurity engineers\, software engineers) in the development of trustworthy complex systems (e.g.\, connected and automated vehicle\, intelligent transporation systems\, etc). \nSome theories I use for my PhD research include boundary objects\, organizational learning\, and social-practice theory. As for the research methods\, I mainly use field-based methods such as expert interviews and participant observation to conduct my research.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/boundary-objects-within-the-discourse-on-the-development-of-complex-cps/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230901T131500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230901T141500
DTSTAMP:20230821T081112Z
CREATED:20230821T080900Z
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SUMMARY:AI in the Context of Complex Intelligent System
DESCRIPTION:Guest lecture by Nicolette Lakemond\, Professor in Industrial Development at Linköping University\n\nAs artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into the context of complex products and systems (CoPS)\, making complex systems more intelligent\, this presentation explores the consequences and presents research results on the implications for engineering management in emerging complex intelligent systems (CoIS). \nAll are welcome to attend this talk\, which takes place in Gladan\, Brinellvägen 85 (plan 3). \nThe talk will be followed by the half-way seminar for Rusyadi Ramli\, Boundary Objects within the Discourse on the Development of Complex CPS\, for which Prof Lakemond is the opponent.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/ai-in-the-context-of-complex-intelligent-system/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230901T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230901T170000
DTSTAMP:20230825T061051Z
CREATED:20230504T104329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230825T061051Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA 13th Quarterly Meeting and Testbeds Inauguration
DESCRIPTION:On Friday 1 September\, TECoSA will host it’s 13th Quarterly Meeting\, starting with the official Testbeds Inauguration.  An Outlook invitation has been circulated to TECoSA members and special guests!  The plan for the afternoon is given below. \nFor more information\, please contact Martin Törngren (martint@kth.se) or James Gross (jamesgr@kth.se). \nPart 1: 13.00-15.00 – TECoSA Testbeds Inauguration \nThe indoor testbed in R1.\nVenue: KTH R1 Reactor Hall\, Drottning Kristinas väg 51 \nPreliminary Agenda: \n\n13.00: Welcome and Introductions\n13.25:  Panel Debate with starting position statements from the industrial and academic representatives\n14.15: Testbed visits (indoor and outdoor) and Demos\n15.30: Inauguration closes\n\nPart 2: 15.13-17.00 – TECoSA Workshop on the new projects and the way forward \n\n15.30: TECoSA 2.0 – updates and Intro to the Workshop\n15.45: Work in groups per project: SMEDE\, CART and COLA\n16.30: Plenary brief summaries\, results from work groups
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-13th-quarterly-meeting-and-testbeds-inauguration/
CATEGORIES:Talks,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230619T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230619T163000
DTSTAMP:20230523T121904Z
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SUMMARY:Safe Reinforcement Learning for Real-time Dose-based Adaptive Radiotherapy
DESCRIPTION:TECoSA industrial PhD student Kenneth Lau (Elekta)\, will present his work so far as a “30% seminar”.  All with an interest in the topic are welcome to join\, via Zoom (https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/620751730409) or in real life on KTH Campus (Teknikringen 14\, room 304\, floor 3).  \nABSTRACT: External beam radiotherapy treats tumors using radiation beams from outside the patient’s body. However\, radiation to healthy tissues can cause side effects. Current treatment planning methods use static patient images to modulate radiation beams and do not account for stochastic patient motions\, such as heartbeat and breathing. This can lead to discrepancies between the plan and actual radiation delivery. MR-Linac is a recent breakthrough that allows us to visualize a patient’s anatomy in real-time. However\, traditional dose-based adaptative radiotherapy methods are too slow to compute in real-time. We propose to use reinforcement learning for real-time dose-based adaptive radiotherapy.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/safe-reinforcement-learning-for-real-time-dose-based-adaptive-radiotherapy/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230616T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230616T130000
DTSTAMP:20230614T100341Z
CREATED:20230614T100304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230614T100341Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Research Seminar: An Approach to Multi-Agent Planning from Spatio-Temporal Specifications
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Georg Schupp\, TECoSA PhD\nLocation: KTH Campus (Teknikringen 14\, room 304)\nZoom link and sign-up link circulated to members\nPlease email vickid@kth.se if you have any questions. \nABSTRACT:  When deploying autonomous robots into the real world\, we desire for them to be safe and to work as intended. One increasingly popular way to approach this challenging problem is through a formal methods framework\, which combines two great advantages: \n(i) The ability to rigorously describe various involved tasks and constraints on the robot’s behavior through temporal logics\, such as Linear Temporal Logic (LTL); and \n(ii) Generic algorithms to compute plans that are correct by design\, i.e. provably satisfy the logic formula. \nDirectly applying techniques from formal methods to multi-agent task planning problems poses several challenges and confronts the designer of such problem solving algorithms with several key design decisions. In this talk\, we explore how to model computational and human actors  coexisting in a shared environment\, each with their own capabilities and goals. We present a unified framework that computes minimal assumptions on the behaviour of human actors and robots and communicates them as least-limiting advisers. \n 
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-research-seminar-an-approach-to-multi-agent-planning-from-spatio-temporal-specifications/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230601T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230601T160000
DTSTAMP:20230321T154444Z
CREATED:20230321T154444Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Computation offloading in Edge and cloud environment: Survey\, taxonomy\, applications and open challenges
DESCRIPTION:We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar on the first Thursday of each month during term-time. For Spring 2023\, the talks will be on-line or hybrid. All are welcome to attend and we look forward to some lively discussions. Members can accept the invitations\, non-members can email tecosa-admin@kth.se to register.\nOur June seminar is with Ali Balador\, senior researcher and project manager at Ericsson Research.\nThe Zoom link is https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267. \nABSTRACT:  With the rapid development in the area of Internet of Things (IoT)\, the number of delay-sensitive and computationally intensive IoT applications has drastically increased recently. The resource-constrained nature of the IoT devices\, different characteristics of IoT tasks such as delay sensitivity\, and heterogeneity of the edge cloud servers make the task offloading problem an important challenge in the edge cloud continuum. Offloading can be defined as a mechanism to move the processing or computation from one device to another with more suitable capabilities. The main goal is to move resource-intensive tasks from a device with limited resources to an edge server or cloud server to achieve performance objectives\, such as reducing overall computation time\, minimizing network resources usage\, maximizing battery life. \nOffloading is a flexible mechanism whose implementation depends on use cases or situations. For this reason\, it is very important to study different application domains and use cases to find out which use cases are the most promising and can get benefit of offloading. In this presentation\, I will explore different application domains and use cases and explain why offloading is beneficial. I will also show an offloading taxonomy that helps to understand that flexibility and identify which are the most relevant offloading configurations for different application domains and use cases. \nOne example could be offloading to support time-critical industrial use cases. However\, to ensure deterministic performance and support timing predictability of real-time applications that utilize the edge-cloud continuum\, more enhancements are required in the computation domain and communication domain. In this case\, I will present our initial plans for our new VINNOVA project\, which is called AORTA. We will develop technologies that allow offloading of real-time services and functionality to the edge and cloud. We will build upon recent advances in 5G and cloud and networking technologies\, as well as cutting-edge research results. The AORTA framework will support a fluid compute model where functionality will be dynamically deployed locally\, at the edge\, or in the cloud and support integration and real-time performance irrespective of where they execute. \nBIO:  Dr. Ali Balador graduated in computer science at the Polytechnic University of Valencia\, where he also achieved his Phd on the topic of wireless communication for vehicular environments in 2016. He held the role of Assistant Professor at Mälardalen University for 5 years. He was a visiting researcher at University of Bologna in Italy\, Halmstad University in Sweden\, and the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan. \nAli has a background in a number of industries\, such as automotive\, railway\, healthcare\, and manufacturing but has spent most of his time focusing on the automotive sector\, working in research and development projects where he acted as main technical coordinator or WP leader. He spent 6 years at RISE Research Institute of Sweden where\, he focused on topics such as edge and cloud computing and the combination with artificial intelligence. \nIn April 2022\, he joined Ericsson Research in Sweden in the role of senior researcher and project manager. His own personal research interests include wireless networks\, distributed systems\, cloud and edge computing\, and security & privacy.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-computation-offloading-in-edge-and-cloud-environment-survey-taxonomy-applications-and-open-challenges/
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Talks,webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230526T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230526T130000
DTSTAMP:20230517T104219Z
CREATED:20230517T104219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T104219Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Research Seminar: Efficient Monte Carlo Inference for Probabilistic Programming Languages
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Daniel Lundén\, TECoSA postdoc\nLocation: Gustaf Dahlander (floor 3\, Teknikringen 31\, KTH Campus)\nZoom link and sign-up link circulated to members\nPlease email vickid@kth.se if you have any questions. \nABSTRACT: Probabilistic programming languages (PPLs) allow users to express statistical inference problems that the PPL implementation then\, ideally\, solves automatically. In particular\, PPL users can focus on encoding their inference problems\, and need not concern themselves with the intricacies of inference. In the last decade\, PPL-related research have seen a dramatic increase\, with applications in research fields such as evolutionary biology\, epidemiology\, cognitive science\, motion forecasting\, computer vision\, database cleaning\, and inverse graphics. \nIn this seminar\, Daniel will give an introduction to PPLs\, their applications\, and my research. His research focuses on efficient implementations of Monte Carlo inference algorithms as part of PPL compilers\, with a particular interest in programming language theory\, compilers\, and static program analysis. \nYou can read more about Daniel’s research at: https://dlunde.github.io/
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-research-seminar-efficient-monte-carlo-inference-for-probabilistic-programming-languages/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230525
DTSTAMP:20230224T105523Z
CREATED:20230224T105335Z
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SUMMARY:Nordic Systems Engineering Tour\, Spring 2023
DESCRIPTION:Organised by the 5 Nordic Chapters of INCOSE – Norway\, Denmark\, Sweden\, Finland and Germany.\nThe  programme is being developed and will be published at \nhttps://www.nordic-systems-engineering-tour.com/
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/nordic-systems-engineering-tour-spring-2023/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230428T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230428T150000
DTSTAMP:20230330T111735Z
CREATED:20230330T110714Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Research Seminar: Collaborative Collision Avoidance of Connected Vehicles Using ADMM with PI-Regulated Lagrangian Multipliers
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Kaige Tan\, TECoSA PhD student\nLocation:  Gladan\, Brinellvägen 85 (KTH Campus)\nZoom link: circulated to members (contact Vicki for more info)\nRegister for IRL participation: email vickid@kth.se  by kl.15 on Monday 24 April \n\nABSTRACT: The decentralized approach is popular for the collaborative collision avoidance of connected vehicles in many scenarios. By modeling the task as a collaborative optimal control problem\, Lagrangian methods are widely used to decouple the constraints and enable the decentralized solution. However\, potential constraint-violating behavior will lead to oscillations during the Lagrangian update\, resulting in more iterations and lower real-time efficiency. \nExisting methods generally neither address this shortcoming\, nor explore the Lagrangian update mechanism. This study takes a control perspective\, and solves this collaborative optimal control problem based on an extension of the Alternating Directions Method of Multipliers (ADMM) algorithm by performing the iteration update with a Proportional-Integral- (PI-) regulated controller. The link between the Lagrangian optimization and the PI controller improves the convergence performance during iterations. Simulation results in traffic intersection scenarios demonstrate the advantage of the proposed approach. The preliminary results and future work on its real-time implementation on the 5G testbed will also be discussed.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-research-seminar-collaborative-collision-avoidance-of-connected-vehicles-using-admm-with-pi-regulated-lagrangian-multipliers/
CATEGORIES:Talks,webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230419T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230419T110000
DTSTAMP:20230413T115013Z
CREATED:20230413T115013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230413T115013Z
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SUMMARY:MedTechLabs Seminar: Strategies and tactics for protecting digital IP such as AI Applications
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to this seminar focusing on life science technologies.  The speakers will analyze and present strategies for scientists to accelerate their ability to find and protect digital inventions. It will include tactics and practical tips on patenting or other ways to extract business opportunities from science related to digital technologies. \nThe seminar will have a focus on digital life sciences but can be beneficial for digital applications in any technical field. \nSpeakers: Måns Marklund (Cascelotte) and Michael Kitzler (Rouse)\nModerator: Niclas Roxhed\, Director MedTechLabs and associate professor at KTH\nHybrid event: participants can choose to join in real life at the Karolinksa Institute (KI\, Nobels väg 12B\, 171 65 Solna)\, or via video-link (details will be circulated to those who register). \nClick here to register. \n 
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/medtechlabs-seminar-strategies-and-tactics-for-protecting-digital-ip-such-as-ai-applications/
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230406T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230406T160000
DTSTAMP:20230403T112243Z
CREATED:20230127T123343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T112243Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Addressing Uncertainty in the Safety Assurance of Machine-Learning
DESCRIPTION:We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar on the first Thursday of each month during term-time. For Spring 2023\, the talks will be on-line or hybrid. All are welcome to attend and we look forward to some lively discussions. Members can accept the invitations\, non-members can email tecosa-admin@kth.se to register.\nOur April seminar is with Prof Simon Burton\, Scientifc Director at Fraunhofer IKS.  This will be a Zoom-only event\, and is jointly organized by TECoSA and Digital Futures.  The Zoom link is https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267.\nABSTRACT:  There is increasing interest in the application of machine learning (ML) technologies to safety-critical cyber-physical systems\, with the promise of increased levels of autonomy due to their potential for solving complex perception and planning tasks. However\, demonstrating the safety of ML is seen as one of the most challenging hurdles to their widespread deployment for such applications. In this presentation I explore the factors which make the safety assurance of ML such a challenging task. In particular we address the impact of uncertainty on the confidence in ML safety assurance arguments. I show how this uncertainty is related to complexity in the ML models as well as the inherent complexity of the tasks that they are designed to implement. Based on definitions of categories and severity of uncertainty as well as an exemplary assurance argument structure\, we examine possible defeaters to the assurance claims and consequently how the assurance argument can be made more convincing. The analysis combines an understanding of insufficiencies in machine learning models\, their causes and mitigating measures with a systematic analysis of the types of asserted context\, asserted evidence and asserted inference within the assurance argument. \nThis leads to a systematic identification of requirements on the assurance argument structure as well as supporting evidence. A combination of qualitative arguments combined with quantitative evidence are required to build a robust argument for safety-related properties of ML functions that is continuously refined to reduce residual and emerging uncertainties in the arguments after the function has been deployed. \nThe presentation ends with an outlook on both developments in the standardisation of the safety of AI/ML\, in particular ISO PAS 8800 Road Vehicles – Safety and AI\,  as well as open research topics. \nBIO:  Prof. Dr. Simon Burton graduated in computer science at the University of York\, where he also achieved his Phd on the topic of the verification of safety-critical software in 2001. Simon has a background in a number of industries but has spent the last two decades mainly focusing on the automotive sector\, working in research and development projects as well as leading consulting\, engineering service and product organisations. Most recently\, he held the role of Director of Vehicle Systems Safety at Robert Bosch GmbH where\, amongst other things\, his efforts were focused on developing strategies for ensuring the safety of automated driving systems. \nIn September 2020\, he joined Fraunhofer IKS in the role of scientific director where he steers research strategy into “safe intelligence”. His own personal research interests include the safety assurance of complex\, autonomous systems\, and the safety of machine learning. In addition to his role within Fraunhofer IKS\, he has the role of honorary visiting professor at the University of York where he supports a number of research activities and interdisciplinary collaborations. He is also an active member in various standardization committees\, and is the convenor of the ISO working group ISO/TC 22/SC 32/WG14 with the responsibility for developing an international standard on Safety and AI for road vehicles.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-addressing-uncertainty-in-the-safety-assurance-of-machine-learning/
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230313T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230316T170000
DTSTAMP:20230123T134255Z
CREATED:20230123T134255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230123T134255Z
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SUMMARY:ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
DESCRIPTION:The 18th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI) takes place in Stockholm from 13-16 March. \nThe conference theme for HRI 2023 is “HRI for all” and will focus on key HRI theories\, methods\, designs\, studies\, and technical advances that aim to understand and promote inclusion and diversity in HRI. We encourage the community to consider ways to both make the field a more inclusive place for those who may not feel included\, as well as to encourage inclusion within our research methods and practices. \nPlease see the HR I2023 homepage for the programme and how to register:\nhttps://humanrobotinteraction.org/2023/
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/acm-ieee-international-conference-on-human-robot-interaction/
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Talks,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230202T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230202T160000
DTSTAMP:20230125T082633Z
CREATED:20230120T151752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T082633Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Robots Gone Wrong: The role of failure in human-robot interactions
DESCRIPTION:We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar on the first Thursday of each month during term-time. For Spring 2023\, the talks will be on-line or hybrid. All are welcome to attend and we look forward to some lively discussions. Members can accept the invitations\, non-members can email tecosa-admin@kth.se to register.\nOur February seminar is with Dr Rebecca Stower\, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Social Robotics Lab (SORO) at the Division of Robotics\, Perception and Learning here at KTH.  This will be a hybrid event\, and is jointly organized by TECoSA and Digital Futures.  The Zoom link is https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267\, and the real-life location will be shared with those who sign-up. \nABSTRACT: As robotics research continues to advance\, there are increased opportunities for humans and robots to coexist in workplaces\, homes\, and public spaces. Yet\, alongside this increased presence comes also more opportunities for failures to occur. Such failures can be physical\, technical\, or social and can lead to sometimes severe communication and task breakdowns. In this seminar\, I will cover the role of such failures in shaping (different kinds of) human-robot interactions. I will also discuss different psychological concepts that are especially relevant to assessing and understanding robot failures\, including trust\, robot agency\, and likeability. This research can also be considered in light of the replication crisis\, where different challenges might be encountered by researchers when designing and implementing user studies involving both humans and robots. Consequently\, the seminar will also consider the role of interdisciplinary robotics research in addressing such challenges. \nBIO: Rebecca Stower  is a postdoctoral researcher in the social robotics lab (SORO) at the Division of Robotics\, Perception and Learning at KTH Royal Institution of Technology in Stockholm\, Sweden. Previously\, she worked as a researcher at the Paris8 CHArt Laboratory in collaboration with the Laboratory of Intuitive and Natural Interactions with Teleoperated Robots (INIT) in Montreal. She graduated with her PhD in Psychology in 2021 as part of the ANIMATAS H2020 Marie Sklodowska Curie European Training Network (2018-2022). She is interested in the role of failures during human robot interactions\, and how this affects people’s attitudes and behaviours towards robots. She is also highly involved with interdisciplinary research and the open science movement.  You can read more on her homepage! \n 
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-robots-gone-wrong-the-role-of-failure-in-human-robot-interactions/
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Dynamic Games for Cyber Deception
DESCRIPTION:We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar on the first Thursday of each month during term-time. For Autumn 2022\, the talks will be on-line or hybrid. All are welcome to attend and we look forward to some lively discussions. Members can accept the invitations\, non-members can email vickid@kth.se to register.\nOur December seminar is with Quanyan Zhu\, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYU\, and Director of LARX\, the Laboratory for Agile and Resilient Complex Systems.  This event is jointly organized by TECoSA and Digital Futures\, where Prof Zhu is currently a scholar  in residence. \nVenue:  This session takes place via Zoom (https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267)\, and on KTH Campus (The Cafeteria\, Digital Futures Hub\, Osquars Backe 5\, floor 2).  If you plan to join in real life\, please email vickid @  kth.se by 28 November (so we can organise fika).   \nABSTRACT:  Deception and anti-deception technologies are new paradigms of active cyber defense. They provide defenders a proactive and autonomous security mechanism by engaging the adversaries and influencing their moves to the defender’s advantage. Game theory captures the strategic and self-interested nature of attackers and defenders in cybersecurity. It provides an ideal set of quantitative tools to develop such a framework to analyze and design deception. In this talk\, we first present a taxonomy of deception and counter-deception and understand how they can be conceptualized\, quantified\, and designed or mitigated. Then\, we present a class of dynamic games of incomplete information to capture the fundamental characteristics of deception and demonstrate the applications of game theory and learning in problems such as attack engagement\, lateral movement\, and information manipulation. The talk will also discuss open problems and research challenges that the game theory community can address and contribute with an objective to build a multidisciplinary bridge between game theory and cybersecurity. \nBIO:  Quanyan Zhu received B. Eng. in Honors Electrical Engineering from McGill University in 2006\, M. A. Sc. from the University of Toronto in 2008\, and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 2013. After stints at Princeton University\, he is currently an associate professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, New York University (NYU). He is an affiliated faculty member of the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) and Center for Cyber Security (CCS) at NYU. He is a recipient of many awards\, including NSF CAREER Award\, NYU Goddard Junior Faculty Fellowship\, NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF)\, NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS)\, and Mavis Future Faculty Fellowships. He spearheaded and chaired INFOCOM Workshop on Communications and Control on Smart Energy Systems (CCSES)\, Midwest Workshop on Control and Game Theory (WCGT)\, and ICRA workshop on Security and Privacy of Robotics. His current research interests include game theory\, machine learning\, cyber deception\, network optimization and control\, smart cities\, Internet of Things\, and cyber-physical systems. He has served as the general chair or the TPC chair of the 7th and the 11th Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec) in 2016 and 2020\, the 9th International Conference on NETwork Games\, COntrol and OPtimisation (NETGCOOP) in 2018\, the 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Security (ICAIS 2019) in 2019\, and 2020 IEEE Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS). He is a co-author of three recent books published by Springer: Cyber-Security in Critical Infrastructures: A Game-Theoretic Approach (with S. Rass\, S. Schauer\, and S. König)\, A Game- and Decision-Theoretic Approach to Resilient Interdependent Network Analysis and Design (with J. Chen)\, and Cross-Layer Design for Secure and Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems: A Decision and Game Theoretic Approach (with Z. Xu).
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-with-quanyan-zhu-director-of-larx/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221114T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221114T110000
DTSTAMP:20221101T123721Z
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SUMMARY:How does edge AI change the principles of communications and computing?
DESCRIPTION:A Digital Futures Distinguished lecture with Kaibin Huang from The University of Hong Kong\nAbstract: Data has replaced oil as the world’s most valuable resource. An enormous amount of data is being generated 24/7 by tens of billions of edge devices at the network edge. Their distillation into AI using machine learning algorithms promises to automate practically unlimited IoT applications ranging from autonomous driving to virtual reality. This gives rise to a hot area known as edge intelligence\, a distinctive feature of 6G mobile networks. \nThree questions will be asked to understand the induced paradigm shift in communications:\n1) Is reliable communication always needed?\n2) Is interference always a foe?\n3) Is analogue computing outdated? \nProf Huang will introduce some 6G edge-intelligence technologies that feature communication-computing fusion to find negative answers to these questions. They include channel-noise protected/accelerated edge AI\, over-the-air federated learning\, and neuromorphic computing-empowered ultra-fast baseband processing. \nYou can find Prof Huang’s bio and the Zoom link at: https://www.digitalfutures.kth.se/event/distinguished-lecture-kaibin-huang-the-university-of-hong-kong/ 
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/how-does-edge-ai-change-the-principles-of-communications-and-computing/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221103T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221103T160000
DTSTAMP:20221025T112450Z
CREATED:20220803T124516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221025T112450Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Efficient Inference at the Edge
DESCRIPTION:We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar on the first Thursday of each month during term-time. For Autumn 2022\, the talks will be on-line or hybrid. All are welcome to attend and we look forward to some lively discussions. Members can accept the invitations\, non-members can email vickid @ kth.se to register.\nOur November seminar is with Professor Axel Jantsch\, Professor of systems on chips at TU Wien.  The session is co-hosted with Digital Futures\, and will be given via Zoom (https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267)\, with a number of seats available in real life on KTH Campus (Digital Futures Conference Room\, Osquars backe 5\, SE-114 28 Stockholm).  Please email vickid @ kth.se by 31 October if you plan to join in real life. \nABSTRACT:  The presentation will review the design space\, the trade-offs and the available options for implementing Deep Neural Networks in resource constrained embedded devices.  Going into depth\, the talk will present:\n~ a detailed\, layer-wise power and delay profiling of neural network inference\, and\n~ pruning based network compression techniques. \nBIO: Axel Jantsch received the Ph.D. degree from TU Wien\, Vienna\, Austria\, in 1992. From 2002 to 2014\, he was a full professor in      electronic systems design at KTH. Since 2014\, he has been a Professor of systems on chips at TU Wien\, Vienna\, Austria.  His current research interests include systems on chips\, self-aware cyber-physical systems\, and embedded machine learning.  You can read more on his homepage: https://jantsch.se/AxelJantsch/HomePage/research.html \nThis event is co-sponsored by Digital Futures (www.digitalfutures.kth.se)
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-efficient-inference-at-the-edge/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220831T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220901T170000
DTSTAMP:20220616T162600Z
CREATED:20220616T162244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220616T162600Z
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SUMMARY:Castor Software Days
DESCRIPTION:Open to the software industry\, software researchers and software students\,  the 2022 CASTOR Software Days take place (free of charge) on KTH Campus on\n  *  Wednesday 31 August (software-defined networking day) and\n  *  Thursday 1 September (software systems design day) \nYou can find more information (including how to register) on their homepage:  https://www.kth.se/castorsoftwaredays
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/castor-software-days/
CATEGORIES:Talks,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220615T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220615T150000
DTSTAMP:20220518T110315Z
CREATED:20220517T131920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220518T110315Z
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SUMMARY:Efficient Strategies for Safety Assurance of Automated Driving - half-time PhD seminar and discussion (Magnus Gyllenhammar with Prof Mario Trapp)
DESCRIPTION:This session takes place in conjunction with a Guest Seminar (10-11 Engineering Resilience for Cognitive Systems) and an Interactive Workshop (15.30-17.00 Holistic Technological Perspectives on Safety of Automated Driving Systems -Methods for Provision of evidence).  If you are interested in joining for some or all of this Resilience Meets Assurance day\, please email tecosa-admin@kth.se to register\, stating which session(s) and whether you would like to join in real life (KTH Campus) or via Zoom.  (Members can accept the Outlook invitations.) \n  \n \nMagnus Gyllenhammar\nABSTRACT: Automated Driving Systems (ADSs) promise enormous benefits to society in terms of increased comfort\, safety and efficiency of the transportation system\, effectively by relieving the vehicle operator from the responsibility of driving the vehicle. Contrary to previous generations of automotive systems\, common development and safety assurance practises no longer suffice to accommodate the increased system complexity and operational uncertainty inherent to an ADS. This is why we have yet to see a large scale deployment of ADSs on public roads\, despite recent technological progress and the promises made by several high-profile auto-makers. For that purpose\, I have in my research explored the research question: What are efficient strategies for safety assurance of ADSs? In this seminar\, I present my contributions to-date\, wherein some insights I have gained when tackling this research question are collected. In particular\, I divide my contributions into three themes: understanding the completeness of the development and verification task of the ADS; deriving a driving policy for the ADS with respect to quantitative safety requirements while incorporating knowledge from operational data\, and surveying the state-of-the art\, both general methods providing evidence for safety of the ADS as well as assurance methods. Leaning on these insights\, I present my intended next steps of my thesis: my intended research direction and the proposed research questions to guide me through to the dissertation. More specifically\, I intend to merge the existing approach of dynamic risk assessment\, wherein the decisions of the ADS are conditioned on the current operating conditions; and the precautionary safety approach\, where quantitative safety requirements are fulfilled through a probabilistic view of risk. Thereby\, I hope to provide an assurance approach that is both effective and efficient by considering risk\, from a statistical standpoint\, while\, in run-time\, conditionally deriving appropriate actions based on the experienced operating conditions of the ADS. \nThe presentation will be followed by a discussion led by Professor Mario Trapp\, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems at IKS (Munich\, Germany).    \nBIO:  Magnus Gyllenhammar pursues a PhD at KTH Royal Institute of Technology as part of his employment at Zenseact in Gothenburg. His research focuses on finding efficient strategies for safety argumentation of ADSs\, especially focusing on dynamic risk assessment in relation to the fulfilment of a quantitative risk norm. He received a MSc. in Engineering Physics\, major in Complex Adaptive System\, from Chalmers University of Technology\, in 2016. In 2018 he joined Zenseact (then Zenuity) and has since worked on creating and realising data-driven strategies for verification and safety argumentation of ADSs.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/efficient-strategies-for-safety-assurance-of-automated-driving-half-time-phd-seminar-and-discussion-magnus-gyllenhammar-with-prof-mario-trapp/
CATEGORIES:PhD defense,Talks,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220615T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220615T110000
DTSTAMP:20220601T115517Z
CREATED:20220429T145636Z
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SUMMARY:Guest Seminar: Engineering Resilience for Cognitive Systems
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to share this open seminar from guest speaker Professor Mario Trapp\, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS (Munich\, Germany).  It takes place in conjunction with a Half-time PhD Seminar & Discussion (13.00-15.00 Efficient Strategies for Safety Assurance of Automated Driving) and an Interactive Workshop (15.30-17.00 Holistic Technological Perspectives on Safety of Automated Driving Systems -Methods for Provision of evidence).  If you are interested in joining for some or all of this Resilience Meets Assurance day\, please email tecosa-admin@kth.se to register\, stating which session(s) and whether you would like to join in real life (KTH Campus) or via Zoom.  (Members can accept the Outlook invitations.) \n \nABSTRACT:  Resilience is currently one of the most popular terms as soon as it comes to the quality of software-intensive systems. Mostly\, however\, it is just used as a modern label for existing dependability concepts. But resilience is much more than that. It stands for the property of a system to optimize utility whilst preserving safety in uncertain contexts. This means  a tremendous change of principles. Resilience is about building flexible structures that are capable to adapt to even unforeseen contexts by changing their structure and their behavior – it is the goal to optimize utility whilst preserving safety\, it is not the goal to preserve a fixed structure and behavior that were specified a-priori without knowing the contexts the system would have to face. To this end\, systems must become aware of their own state and context and adapt themselves\, i.e. yielding real resilience requires self-adaptivity\, which comes along with a long list of challenges if it comes to safety-critical systems. \nThis talk will therefore provide a deeper insight into the concept of resilience\, how it differs from classical dependability\, and how to engineer resilient systems in safety-critical applications. To this end\, it will approach a definition of resilience based on existing work in the dependability field but also by revisiting the history of resilience in other disciplines. It will elaborate what we can learn from the physical\, psychological\, and ecological mechanisms of resilience and it will derive a conceptual framework for Cognitive Resilience that helps us to engineer resilient cognitive systems. \nBIO:  apl. Prof. Dr. habil. Mario Trapp is Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS.  In 2005\, he obtained his PhD with distinction from the University of Kaiserslautern\, where he also did his habilitation in 2016. In 2005\, he joined Fraunhofer IESE\, where he was initially responsible as a department head for the topic area of safety-critical software before being head of the “Embedded Systems” division from 2009 to 2017. After being appointed Acting Director of Fraunhofer ESK (today Fraunhofer IKS) effective January 1\, 2018\, he assumed this role on a permanent basis on May 1\, 2019. \nFor many years\, Prof Trapp has been contributing his expertise in the development of innovative embedded systems in the context of successful partner projects\, in cooperation with both leading international corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises. His current personal research focus is on safety assurance for autonomous and distributed systems\, which form the technological basis of many future scenarios such as Industrie 4.0 or automated driving. \nHe is the author of numerous international scientific publications and teaches as an apl. Professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Kaiserslautern.  You can read more at: https://www.iks.fraunhofer.de/en/institute/director/mario-trapp.html
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/guest-seminar-engineering-resilience-for-cognitive-systems/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220607T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220607T170000
DTSTAMP:20220411T144047Z
CREATED:20220411T085413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T144047Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Course Module "Fundamentals of Bayesian Inference using Probabilistic Programming" (2/2)
DESCRIPTION:Attendance is free to all TECoSA members.  This module will run in collaboration with Digital Futures\, and participants can join in person or via Zoom.  To register\, please see: https://www.kth.se/form/6254058494395f32cdb8aaed \nFormat: Two 3-hour seminars plus preparation and homework\nLocation: KTH Campus (Digital Futures Hub) or Zoom\nTiming: Weds 1 June kl.14-17 and Weds 7 June kl.14-17 (all CET)\nModule led by: KTH: David Broman (dbro@kth.se)\nContent: *Basics of Bayesian inference (SMC\, MCMC); *Bayes rule\, probabilistic modeling; *Using probabilistic programming to solve Bayesian probabilistic problems. Given through interactive lectures\, hands-on exercises and take home exercises.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-course-module-fundamentals-of-bayesian-inference-using-probabilistic-programming-2-2/
CATEGORIES:Talks,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220602T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220602T140000
DTSTAMP:20220601T143436Z
CREATED:20220422T131832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T143436Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Wearable Cognitive Assistance:  Vision\, Reality and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar on the first Thursday of each month during term-time. For Spring 2022\, the talks will be on-line or hybrid. All are welcome to attend and we look forward to some lively discussions. Members can accept the invitations\, non-members can email tecosa-admin@kth.se to register.\nThe final seminar this Spring is given in conjunction with the 8th Quarterly Meeting for members\, held in real life here in Stockholm.  However\, if you wish to join the seminar on-line\, you can do so via: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267. \nOur guest speaker is Mahadev Satyanarayanan\, Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (also a member of TECoSA’s International Scientific Advisory Board)\, who will be addressing\nWearable Cognitive Assistance:  Vision\, Reality and Challenges \n \nABSTRACT:  Viewed as mobile computing systems with built-in sensing\, processing\, and persistent storage\, humans are the result of more than 1 billion years of evolution. Our chances of improving upon nature in a short time (say\, 10 years) are negligible if we are bound by the same rules as biological evolution. However\, we have a unique opportunity that is not available to nature\, namely\, to amplify human cognition in real time through low-latency\, wireless access to infrastructure resources. These resources can be larger\, heavier\, more energy hungry\, and more heat dissipative than could ever be carried or worn by a human user.   Edge Computing and 5G are key enablers of this vision.  We have been exploring wearable cognitive assistance since 2014\, and built close to 20 applications of this genre.   In this talk\, I will share what we have learned through this experience.   The potential for this emerging technology to improve human productivity in many domains is indisputable.  At the same time\, important challenges must be overcome to realize this potential. \nBIO:  Satya’s multi-decade research career has focused on the challenges of performance\, scalability\, availability and trust in information systems that reach from the cloud to the mobile edge of the Internet.  In the course of this work\, he has pioneered many advances in distributed systems\, mobile computing\, pervasive computing\, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Most recently\, his seminal 2009 publication “The Case for VM-based Cloudlets in Mobile Computing” and the ensuing research has  led to the emergence of Edge Computing.  Satya is the Carnegie Group University Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.  He received the PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon\, after Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology\, Madras. He is a Fellow of the ACM and the IEEE.  You can read more about his research at: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~satya
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-wearable-cognitive-assistance-vision-reality-and-challenges/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220506T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220506T170000
DTSTAMP:20220425T113552Z
CREATED:20220422T084454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220425T113552Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Members Workshop - The Project Reorganization
DESCRIPTION:All TECosa Members are welcome to participate in this workshop to follow up on the planning and formation of new TECoSA projects\, with use case and testbed orientation.    This is the next step to the work initiated at the 7th Quarterly meeting\, and will be important for continuing the definition of the new projects. \nTakes place at the KTH Department of Machine Design\, Brinellvägen 85.  Note: we are aiming for  a physical meeting\, but can offer a Zoom option upon request ( please contact us if that suits you better)!
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-members-workshop-the-project-reorganization/
CATEGORIES:Talks,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220505T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220505T160000
DTSTAMP:20220207T150601Z
CREATED:20220128T113631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T150601Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Fog Computing for Cooperative and Autonomous Driving
DESCRIPTION:We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar on the first Thursday of each month during term-time. For Spring 2022\, the talks will be on-line or hybrid. All are welcome to attend and we look forward to some lively discussions. Members can accept the invitations\, non-members can email tecosa-admin@kth.se to register.\nOur May seminar is with Assistant Professor Yu Xiao\, head of Aalto University’s mc² Mobile Cloud Computing Group.  The session will be chaired by James Gross\, and given in Zoom. \nABSTRACT:  The emerging vehicular applications demand for a lot more computing and communication capacity to excel in their compute-intensive and latency-sensitive tasks. Vehicular fog computing is an emerging computing paradigm where computing resources are moved to vehicles or network infrastructure close to vehicles for shortening network latency and reducing ingress traffic to the cloud.  In this talk\, we will introduce the ongoing work at the mobile cloud computing group of Aalto University (mobilecloud.aalto.fi)\, covering fog-powered vehicular applications like vision-based mapping and localization\, deployment of fog nodes in 5G networks\, and data-driven resource and capacity planning for vehicular fog computing.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-fog-computing-for-cooperative-and-autonomous-driving/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220503T091500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220503T150000
DTSTAMP:20220411T083612Z
CREATED:20220411T081152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T083612Z
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SUMMARY:Research Forum - Recap and Revival
DESCRIPTION:The TECoSA Research Forum was developed and carried out building on best practices for creating a culture for innovation that provides psychological safety\, collective intelligence\, open inclusive dialogue\, and creativity.   Initially the Research Forum was dedicated to PhD students\, and later opened up for the entire consortium.   The sessions from last year were positively received\, and there have been several requests for another event. \nThis Recap and Revival provides an overview of activities so far\, but also has new ingredients – thus a great opportunity if you were not able to join some of the original sessions.  For PhD students that want to apply for credits but missed (some of) the previous sessions\, it’s a chance to catch up. \nAll TECoSA members are welcome to join this one-day event\, which takes place on KTH Campus.  To sign-up\, please respond to the Outlook invitation (sent to the tecosa mailing list 11 April)\, or contact tecosa-admin@kth.se to register.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/research-forum-recap-and-revival/
CATEGORIES:Talks,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220407T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220407T160000
DTSTAMP:20220228T124705Z
CREATED:20220228T124514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220228T124705Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Next generation IoT: Europe‘s opportunity of Open Edge Computing Platforms
DESCRIPTION:We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar on the first Thursday of each month during term-time. For Spring 2022\, the talks will be on-line or hybrid. All are welcome to attend and we look forward to some lively discussions. Members can accept the invitations\, non-members can email tecosa-admin@kth.se to register.\nOur April seminar is with Rolf Riemenschneider\, Head of Sector “Internet of Things”\, DG CONNECT\, European Commission. The session will be chaired by Martin Törngren\, and given in Zoom. \nABSTRACT:  Next generation IoT and Edge Computing are driven by a paradigm shift towards decentralised intelligence\, local and swarm computing. Edge computing offers new ways of using computational rexources\, enabling to move computation\, processing and analytics to the edge of the network and close to the place where data is generated. The new paradigm is characterised by advances in embedded and AI processors\, local decision making and reasoning on distributed data and across the computing continuum\, from IoT to edge to cloud.  The new paradigm requires a different research and innovation perspective in terms of management across the computing continuum\, programming environments for distributed IoT systems and an open platform model to deliver the integration of different edge technologies but also a business execution model that can offer the potential to accelerate market adoption and scale. \nThe presentation will focus on the strategic approach taken to support research and innovation technologies ‘From Cloud to Edge to IoT’ under the European Horizon Europe programme.  For more details\, see https://www.ngiot.eu/from-cloud-to-edge-to-iot-for-european-data/ \nBIO: Rolf Riemenschneider is involved in the research and innovation programme Horizon 2020 where he gained experience in research and innovation project management and European policies in the following areas: Advanced Computing\, Cyber Physical Systems\, Factories of the Future and Internet of Things. From 2009-2015\, he managed the ICT activities of the Public-Private Partnership Factories of the Future (PPP FOF). Since 2015\, he coordinates the cross-cutting activities  related to Internet of Things in Horizon 2020  across different policy streams with DG AGRI\, DG ENER\, DG MOVE and DG GROW. \nInside DG Connect\, he leads the research\, innovation and deployment of the next generation of the IoT with strong computing capacity at the edge exploring features like device virtualisation\, interoperability\, real-time\, energy efficiency and distributed intelligence. As an emerging innovation domain\, his key objective is to establish European supply and value chains in cloud to edge to IoT applications and the tactile internet by integrating relevant elements of computing\, connectivity\, IoT and AI. \nOne of the key horizontal activities related to achieving the targets of the Green Deal\, encompasses the Digitisation of the Energy System\, which includes IoT-driven interoperable solutions and products\, available especially in the home and buildings\, to enable an increased flexibility in energy consumption\, foster the integration of renewable energy\, and flexible charging of electric vehicles as well as  innovative application and services across sectors like home\, building\, energy and mobility.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-next-generation-iot-europes-opportunity-of-open-edge-computing-platforms/
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - A Data\, Information and Time model for Distributed real-time computer systems
DESCRIPTION:We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar on the first Thursday* of each month during term-time. For Spring 2022\, the talks will be on-line or hybrid. All are welcome to attend and we look forward to some lively discussions. Members can accept the invitations\, non-members can email tecosa-admin@kth.se to register.\nThe March talk (*moved slightly to accommodate sportlov) is given by Prof Hermann Kopetz\, Vienna University of Technology.  The session will be chaired by Martin Törngren\, and given as a hybrid option (you can join in Zoom or at KTH Campus).  This seminar will be held in collaboration with Digital Futures: Distinguished lecture: Prof Hermann Kopetz\, Vienna University of Technology — Digital Futures (kth.se) \nThe Data\, Information\, and Time (DIT) Model \nABSTRACT:  This seminar aims to present a model that clarifies the semantics behind the terms data\, information and their relations to the passage of real time. According to the DIT model a data item is a symbol the signifier of which  appears as a pattern (e.g. visual\, sound\, gesture\, or any bit pattern) in physical space.  The signifier of the symbol is generated by a human or a machine in the current contextual situation and is linked to a concept in the human mind or a set of operations of a machine as its signified.  An information item delivers the sense or the idea that a human mind extracts out of a given natural language proposition that is composed of meaningful data items. Since the given tangible\, intangible and temporal context are part of the explanation of a data item\, a change of context can have an effect on the meaning of data and the sense of a proposition. The DIT model provides a framework to show how the flow of time can change the truth-value of a proposition. Prof Kopetz compares the notions of data\, information\, and time in differing contexts: in human communication\, in the operation of a computer system and in a biological system.  In the final section\, he will present a simple example to demonstrate how the lessons learned from the DIT-model can help to reduce the complexity and improve the design of a real-time computer system. \nBIO:Hermann Kopetz is a professor emeritus at Vienna University of Technology. He was named an IEEE Fellow in 1994 for contributions to fault-tolerant\, real-time systems. He is a cofounder of the company TTTech https://www.tttech.com/innovation/research-projects/. \npublication date 16 April 2022
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-a-data-information-and-time-model-for-distributed-real-time-computer-systems/
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Autonomous self-organized edge IoT intelligent systems – research directions
DESCRIPTION:We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar on the first Thursday of each month during term-time. For Spring 2022\, the talks will be on-line or hybrid. All are welcome to attend and we look forward to some lively discussions. Members can accept the invitations\, non-members can email tecosa-admin@kth.se to register.\nWe kick-off 2022 with a talk by Dr Ovidiu Vermesan\, Chief Scientist at SINTEF Digital.  The session will be chaired by Martin Törngren\, and given in Zoom. \nAutonomous self-organized edge IoT intelligent systems – research directions \nABSTRACT: IoT and edge computing offer new ways of using computational resources\, enabling the push of computation\, processing\, and analytics to the edge of the network and close to data sources. Edge processing embedded in IoT devices is enhanced by artificial intelligence and cognitive technologies\, involving sensing/actuation\, learning and reasoning on distributed data and across the edge continuum. This new paradigm for addressing the collective behavior of decentralized\, self-organized IoT systems requires a different innovation perspective and research directions. The presentation will give an overview of the future trends of edge intelligence technologies focusing on IoT roadmaps. \nBIO: Dr Ovidiu Vermesan holds a PhD degree in microelectronics and a Master of International Business (MIB) degree. He is Chief Scientist at SINTEF DIGITAL\, Oslo\, Norway. His research interests are in the area of embedded electronics\, smart sensor systems\, cognitive-communication systems\, intelligent edge processing and IoT technology. Dr Vermesan received SINTEF’s award for research excellence for his work on implementing a biometric sensor system. He is currently working with projects addressing integrated autonomous systems\, intelligent connectivity\, cognition systems\, security\, artificial intelligence for digitizing industry\, edge computing\, and IoT. He has authored or co-authored over 85 technical articles and conference papers. He is actively involved in different European partnerships activities. Dr Vermesan has coordinated and managed various national\, EU and other international large-scale projects covering applications in green mobility\, manufacturing\, energy\, and smart environments. He coordinates the IoT European Research Cluster (IERC) and is the Chair of the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation – AIOTI IoT Research and Partnerships working group. Dr Vermesan has recently co-edited a new book on “Artificial Intelligence for Digitising Industry – Applications” that provides in-depth insights into use cases implementing artificial intelligence (AI) applications at the edge and the transition to Industry 5.0.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-autonomous-self-organized-edge-iot-intelligent-systems-research-directions/
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SUMMARY:EFECS 2021 - European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems
DESCRIPTION:EFECS 2021 takes place on-line from 23-25 November 2021.  The focus is our digital future\, and a green and competitive Europe.  For information about the programme\, speakers and how to register\, please see their homepage: https://efecs.eu/
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/efecs-2021-european-forum-for-electronic-components-and-systems/
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Privacy-preserving Dynamic Controllers
DESCRIPTION:We aim to bring you a TECoSA Seminar at kl.15 on the first Thursday of each month. This Autumn they will once again be on-line\, and all are welcome to join (members accept the Outlook invite\, non-members please email “tecosa-admin@kth.se”). Each invited speaker will talk for about 40 minutes\, followed by a panel discussion coordinated by TECoSA members. \nMing Cao\nOur third speaker this autumn is Prof Ming Cao from the Engineering and Technology Institute at the University of Groningen.  Please see the abstract and short biography below.  To read more about his research\, please see:  https://www.rug.nl/staff/m.cao/research \nPanel: Lei Feng (Chair)\,  Haydn Thompson (THHINK)\, Sonja Buchegger (KTH) \nPrivacy-preserving Dynamic Controllers  \nABSTRACT: With the fast development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing\, privacy concerns of the gathering\, processing and using of data have become a central research topic. As a quantitative criterion for privacy of “mechanisms” in the form of data-generating processes\, the concept of differential privacy was first proposed in computer science and has later been applied to linear control systems. In fact\, differential privacy can be further studied taking into account properties of dynamical systems\, and then be utilized for controller design. In this talk\, I first clarify that a classical concept in systems and control\, input observability (sometimes referred to as left invertibility)\, has a strong connection with differential privacy. In particular\, I show that the Gaussian mechanism can be made highly differentially private by adding small noise if the corresponding system is less input observable. Then I discuss a method to design dynamic controllers for the classic tracking control problem while addressing privacy concerns. We call the obtained controller through our design method the privacy-preserving controller. The usage of such controllers is further explained by the new insight into the trade-off between control performance and privacy level. \nBIO:  Since 2016\, Ming Cao has been a professor of networks and robotics at the Engineering and Technology Institute (ENTEG) at the University of Groningen\, the Netherlands\, where he started as an assistant professor in 2008.  He received the Bachelor degree in 1999 and the Master degree in 2002 from Tsinghua University\, Beijing\, China\, and the Ph.D. degree in 2007 from Yale University\, New Haven\, CT\, USA\, all in Electrical Engineering.   From September 2007 to August 2008\, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University\, USA. He worked as a research intern during the summer of 2006 with the Mathematical Sciences Department at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center\, NY\, USA. \nHe is the 2017 and inaugural recipient of the Manfred Thoma medal from the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) and the 2016 recipient of the European Control Award sponsored by the European Control Association (EUCA). He is a Senior Editor for Systems and Control Letters\, an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control\, and was an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems and IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine. He is a member of the IFAC Conference Board and a vice chair of the IFAC Technical Committee on Large-Scale Complex Systems. His research interests include autonomous agents and multi-agent systems\, complex networks and decision-making processes.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-privacy-preserving-dynamic-controllers/
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