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SUMMARY:SCSSS 2024 - Call for Presentations! Deadline: 12 May
DESCRIPTION:The 12th Scandinavian Conference on Systems and Software Safety takes place 19-20 November 2024 in Göteborg. \nSystem and software safety in electronic systems is important in many industries and for societal infrastructure. The systems become more complex\, connected and autonomous and the software continues to grow. This poses many challenges for organizations\, requiring approaches that go beyond established best practices. Many organizations face similar challenges and sharing experiences becomes essential \nThe Scandinavian conference on safety critical systems and software has become a central meeting place for Scandinavian safety experts from industry\, public and academic organizations. The conference is an opportunity to share experiences and make new contacts. There will be a plenary overview day\, and a second day with parallel sessions. The parallel sessions will be in depth workshops and tutorials about different challenges\, techniques\, standards and methods. As usual we anticipate a healthy mixture of participants from different industries and academia. \nThis year we collaborate with Swedish Electromobility Centre at Chalmers\, and special focus will be on safety in electrification of transport. We will have keynotes on safety from Etteplan and Heart Aerospace\, two companies involved in the electromobility transformation. \nIn addition to the usual SCSSS topics (such as safety related to artificial intelligence\, agile development\, architecture\, autonomy\, and quality assurance) we invite proposals for presentations and workshops on safety-related topics for electromobility\, including electric machines\, battery technologies and charging infrastructure. \nCall for presentations ends May 12 2024 \nYou are invited to propose presentations https://forms.gle/jmUmebb6HUPBRnKB8 \nProgram committee \n\nFredrik Asplund\, KTH (Chair)\nGunnar Andersson\, SER\nJonas Fredriksson\, Chalmers\nBarbara Gallina\, MDU\nPer Johannessen\, Volvo Group\nEven-André Karlsson\, Addalot\nJesper Lindell\, Combitech\nLinda Olofsson\, Chalmers\nHåkan Sivencrona\, Volvo Cars\nStaffan Skogby\, Pictor Consulting AB\nMartin Törngren\, KTH\nFredrik Warg\, RISE
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/scsss-2024-call-for-presentations/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240502T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240502T160000
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Radio Positioning in 6G Communication Systems
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 guest speaker for May is Marina Petrova\, Professor of Wireless Communications with RWTH Aachen\, and a Visiting Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, KTH.  The session will be given via Zoom (https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267). \nABSTACT: Enabling sensing functionality with cellular network infrastructure is envisioned as one of the disruptive features of the sixth-generation (6G) networks. By doing so\, future networks will be able to “see” the physical world through radio imaging and measuring the surrounding environment\, and offer advanced location-aware services and applications. Joint design of communication and sensing in a so called Integrated Communication and Sensing  (ICaS) system requires careful optimization of the available system resources between the two functions to meet their respective target requirements. In this talk\, I will first motivate and present the background of ICaS systems. Thereafter I will highlight our latest research results on a 5G New Radio (NR)-based cooperative multi-monostatic sensing framework for passive target localization. Our fusion-based estimation process can mitigate the effect of multipath and increase the localization accuracy in a bandwidth limited scenario. Finally\, I will conclude the talk by identifying and discussing major open challenges and future directions in designing ICaS systems. \nBIO: Marina Petrova received the Diploma degree in electronics engineering and telecommunications from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University\, Skopje\, North Macedonia and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from RWTH Aachen University\, Aachen\, Germany. She is currently a Professor of Wireless Communications with RWTH Aachen\, and a Visiting Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Stockholm\, Sweden. Her research interests are in system-level modeling\, optimization\, and design of future intelligent wireless systems including\, millimeter-wave and ICAS technologies\, joint radio access and mobile computing\, and spectrum sharing. She has published about 150 articles in journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Petrova is a recipient of the Future Research Leader Award from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research and was named a Wallenberg Academy Fellow in 2019. She has served as an Editor for IEEE Wireless Communication Letters and IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-radio-positioning-in-6g-communication-systems/
CATEGORIES:Seminar,webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240404T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240404T163000
DTSTAMP:20240229T080343Z
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SUMMARY:Trustworthy AI regulations and their industrial/societal implications - a TECoSA Workshop with Digital Futures
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to this hybrid workshop to promote stakeholders & community dialogues on AI in industrial and societal applications\, emphasizing ongoing regulatory work\, gaps (regulators/research/industry) and innovation ecosystem creation.\nFor onsite participation and free lunch\, please register here by 28 March.  Please note places are limited to 40\, so first come first served.\nVenue: Digital Futures hub\, Osquars Backe 5\, floor 2\, KTH Campus\, Stockholm  (Directions: https://www.digitalfutures.kth.se/contact/how-to-get-here/)\nOr join us by Zoom:  https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/63920431339    (Meeting ID: 639 2043 1339) \n\nWORKSHOP CHAIRS AND INITIATORS\n \nABSTRACT\nCurrent rapid technological developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) pose plenty of innovation opportunities and trustworthiness challenges – affecting all industrial domains and society! \nThe AI developments are taking place simultaneously with many technological innovations (e.g. sensors\, communications\, computing\, additive manufacturing and augmented reality\, to name a few) – leading to a socio-technical paradigm shift. This shift is reflected in changing regulations\, standards\, business models\, insurance schemes\, and new companies and collaborations. Specifically\, in the digital decade of the EU\, new regulations on AI\, data\, cyber-security\, and digital services are being pursued\, with related efforts in other parts of the world! At the same time\, the legislation and standards are also evolving in virtually all industrial domains concerning AI and trustworthiness\, some domains of which are already heavily regulated and some less so. \nWith all these developments\, it is easy to get lost\, and it is essential to understand that there will inherently be many (different) perspectives or viewpoints on what even the concepts of trustworthiness and AI mean\, especially because of their broad applicability across industrial and societal domains. However\, this challenge makes promoting dialogues and interactions between different stakeholders and communities even more important–representing this workshop’s important goal! \nThe following questions are of specific interest for this workshop: \n\nWhat is the state of the current AI regulation\, and what are the next steps (regulations\, guidelines\, standards\, etc.)\nWhat kind of regulations do we need? What are socio-technical considerations in balancing innovation and trustworthiness (cmp. for example\, “AI alignment\, An open letter to pause AI experiments”)?\nHow do we reconcile the plethora of regulations and standards that will be overlapping and partly conflicting\, reflecting different standpoints and inherent dependencies and tradeoffs (e.g. open data/learning/Explainable AI vs. privacy/confidentiality and IP; safety vs. performance/availability\, etc.)?\nHow does the AI act relate to and potentially conflict with other regulations\, including domain-specific ones?\nWhat are the potential synergies? When/how can we reach convergence?\nHow can we better bridge the gaps between regulators\, industrial practitioners and researchers?\nHow do we create innovative ecosystems promoting trustworthy AI and other sophisticated autonomous systems?\n\n  \nPROGRAMME:\n[click here for bios\, titles and abstracts of presenters and panelists] \n12:00 – Informal icebreaker lunch \n13:00 – Session 1: Keynote and Invited short talks (1h+30 mins) \n\nKeynote talk by Tatjana Evas (EC) (30 mins\, 20+10)\nShort talks to set the context for the industrial panel (10+5)!\n\nFredrik Heintz\, Professor LIU (AI)\nEduardo Gill-Pedro\, Associate professor\, Lund University (law)\nAnna Felländer\, Anch AI\nHans Hedin\, Swedish Post & Telecom Authority (PTS)\n\n\n\n14:30 – Leg stretch\, coffee\, and change to break out groups (15 mins) \n14:45 – Session 2: Break out groups and brief reporting \n\n20 min. work session in groups\, with one person providing a summary with 2 highlights: Main problems to be resolved? Most important action ahead? Note-taking in a shared doc. (verbose is absolutely fine as long as 2 highlights are generated!)\n20 min: Brief summaries per group (1 slide per group)\n\n15:25 – Session 3: Panel debate – industrial responses (40 mins) \n\n\n\nShiva Sander-Tavallaey (ABB)\nMaria Ramstedt (Ericsson)\nLuis Martinez (Volvo cars)\nAnna Sööder (Schibsted)\nPotential further industrial representative\n\n\n\n16:05 – Next steps and Wrap up (10 mins) \n16:15 – End of Day
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/trustworthy-ai-regulations-and-their-industrial-societal-implications-a-tecosa-workshop-with-digital-futures/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240307T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240307T160000
DTSTAMP:20240208T082736Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar – Software-Enabled Solutions for Human-on-the-Loop Autonomous Systems
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 guest speaker for March is Rebekka Wohlrab\, Assistant Professor in Software Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology\, and adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University.  The session will be given via Zoom (https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267). \nABSTRACT: Software is a key driver of innovation in complex autonomous systems\, such as IoT systems\, smart cloud systems\, or robots. To ensure that such systems are useful and trusted by members of our society\, they need to act in an understandable way and meet their users’ requirements. Requirements in this context are often related to qualities\, such as performance\, security\, reliability\, or safety. Humans tend to have preferences regarding what requirements are important in different contexts. To help systems understand these requirements and how they change\, software-based approaches are needed that enable humans to give input\, monitor systems\, and intervene when necessary. In this talk\, Rebekka will present recent work on how such solutions can be designed to develop better human-on-the-loop autonomous systems. \nBIO: Rebekka Wohlrab is an assistant professor at Chalmers University of Technology\, and an adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research interests include requirements engineering and software architecture\, especially in connection with human-on-the-loop autonomous systems. She received her Ph.D. in computer science from Chalmers University of Technology. You can find more information about her work on her website: https://rebekkaa.github.io/
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-software-enabled-solutions-for-human-on-the-loop-autonomous-systems/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240305T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240305T160000
DTSTAMP:20240305T063836Z
CREATED:20240305T063836Z
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SUMMARY:15th Quarterly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 15th Quarterly Meeting takes place on Tuesday 5 March!\nAgenda and details sent by email to all members. \nRSVP by 16 Feb!
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/15th-quarterly-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Management meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240223T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240223T130000
DTSTAMP:20240126T114516Z
CREATED:20240126T113851Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Research Seminar: Toward Explainable Robots: Integrating Modeling Humans and Adaptive Learning
DESCRIPTION:[For TECoSA members only.] \nSpeaker: Elmira Yadollahi\, TECoSA postdoc\n(Venue\, Zoom link and sign-up link circulated to members)\nPlease email vickid@kth.se if you have any questions. \nABSTRACT: Explainability in human‑robot collaboration refers to the robot’s ability to provide clear\, transparent\, and interpretable explanations for its actions and decisions. It bridges the communication gap between complex machine functionalities and humans. An active area of investigation in robotics and AI is understanding and generating explanations that can enhance collaboration and mutual understanding between humans and machines. A key to achieving such seamless collaborations is understanding end-users\, whether naive or expert\, and tailoring explanation features that are intuitive\, user-centered\, and contextually relevant. Advancing on the topic includes modelling humans’ expectations for generating explanations and developing metrics to evaluate them and assess how effectively autonomous systems communicate their intentions\, actions\, and decision-making rationale. This seminar will present multiple user studies\, focusing on understanding how humans perceive robots’ or autonomous vehicles’ explanations in different scenarios\, e.g.\, failures or accidents. Subsequently\, we transition to a phase of basic modelling of human expectations and machine understanding\, leading us to develop adaptive learning approaches that leverage reinforcement learning strategies to refine and enhance these machines’ explanatory capabilities. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-research-seminar-toward-explainable-robots-integrating-modeling-humans-and-adaptive-learning/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240201T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240201T160000
DTSTAMP:20240125T153451Z
CREATED:20240125T150217Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Evolving Wireless Technology Towards 6G: The vision behind the SweWIN Center
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 first speaker of 2024 is Emil Björnsson\, Professor of Wireless Communication at KTH.  The seminar will take place in Gladan (Brinellvägen 85\, KTH Campus) and via Zoom (https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267). \nABSTRACT:  The world is becoming increasingly digitalized and connected\, and mobile broadband connectivity is the backbone of this development. The demand for capacity and service quality expectations are constantly increasing\, which calls for continuous technological evolution. The wireless technology is developed in cycles; a new generation is developed during each decade and then deployed during the next decade. The first phase of the 5G roll-out has now finished\, and the research community has shifted focus towards 6G\, the sixth generation of mobile network technology. \nWhy do we need to further evolve the wireless technology towards 6G? In this seminar\, I will describe the wireless evolution with a focus on mobile broadband applications\, where the service quality is characterized by the data speed and traffic capacity. I will discuss how much faster wireless technology must become and what the real bottlenecks and technological challenges are. This leads us to the vision behind the new Vinnova Competence Center\, Swedish Wireless Innovation Network (SweWIN)\, which focuses on making future technology more sustainable\, resilient\, and fair. \nBIO:  Emil Björnson is a Professor of Wireless Communication at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Stockholm\, Sweden. He is an IEEE Fellow\, Digital Futures Fellow\, and Wallenberg Academy Fellow. He has a podcast and YouTube channel called Wireless Future. His research focuses on multi-antenna communications and radio resource management\, using methods from communication theory\, signal processing\, and machine learning. He has authored four textbooks and has published a large amount of simulation code. \nHe has received the 2018 and 2022 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Awards in Wireless Communications\, the 2019 EURASIP Early Career Award\, the 2019 IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize\, the 2019 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Best Column Award\, the 2020 Pierre-Simon Laplace Early Career Technical Achievement Award\, the 2020 CTTC Early Achievement Award\, the 2021 IEEE ComSoc RCC Early Achievement Award\, and the 2023 IEEE Communications Society Outstanding Paper Award. His work has also received six Best Paper Awards at conferences.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-evolving-wireless-technology-towards-6g-the-vision-behind-the-swewin-center/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240126T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240126T130000
DTSTAMP:20240122T133732Z
CREATED:20240119T093247Z
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SUMMARY:Invited talk on Safe & Reliable Automated Driving Decision Making
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Safety is a core concern for AD. We propose a framework to introduce safety constraints to decision making for AD. The formal STPA modeling is conducted on the operational scenarios of AD\, namely\, combining STPA models and ontology method to realize the structured formalized expression of the scenario\, then based on that identifying the scenario hazards\, and generating scenario safety constraints. The safety constraints obtained will be introduced to the perceptual neural network and quantifying the uncertainty of perceptual neural network output. Combining the safety perceptual output and human driving characteristic constraints (such as driving style and response time) to realize much safer decision making for AD. \nBio: Ci LIANG is currently the Associate Professor in tenure track and Ph.D. Supervisor with the School of Transportation Science and Engineering\, Harbin Institute of Technology. She worked as a Senior Engineer at the Swedish headquarters of Volvo Cars from 2018 to 2022\, working on the project of system safety design for L4 Autonomous Driving System\, and the project of functional safety design on Power & Energy control system of Electric Vehicles. Ci Liang was the nominee for the European ” Women in Rail Research and Innovation Award”\, and the “8th Abertis Traffic Safety International Award” in France. She serves as the IFAC TC 7.4 “Transportation Systems” Technical Committee\, the Chairman and IPC of the workshop SRToITS of international conference “SafeComp”\, Guest Editor of SAE International Journal of Connected and Automated Vehicles\, reviewers of IEEE T-ITS\, Reliability Engineering and System Safety\, IEEE T-IV\, etc.\, IEEE member and IEEE ITSS member. \nAssociate Professor Ci Liang (Harbin Institute of Technology School of Transportation Science and Engineering) will be visiting the Mechatronics division at KTH on 25 and 26 January 2024. \nPlease contact tecosa-admin@kth.se if you are interested in attending this talk in real life at the KTH Department of Engineering Design\, Brinellvägen 85.  Alternatively\, you can join by Zoom: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/invited-talk-on-safe-reliable-automated-driving-decision-making/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231214T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231214T120000
DTSTAMP:20240305T064054Z
CREATED:20240305T064054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T064054Z
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SUMMARY:14th Quarterly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 14th Quarterly Meeting takes place on Thursday 14 December!\nAgenda and details sent by email to all members. \nRSVP by 30 Nov!
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/14th-quarterly-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Management meetings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231209
DTSTAMP:20230911T090152Z
CREATED:20230911T090152Z
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SUMMARY:Trustworthy Edge Computing Workshop at SEC 2023
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday 8 December (Stockholm kl.18.00-20.30/local time 9.00-12.30) when TECoSA holds a half-day workshop as part of the  8th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing taking place in Wilmington\, DE\, USA from 6-9 December 2023. \nThis will be the third TEC Workshop! Click here for the Programme and Description \n\nTo register\, please go to: https://acm-ieee-sec.org/2023/attend.php\n(Early registration deadline: 15 Nov 2023)
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/trustworthy-edge-computing-workshop-at-sec-2023/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231124T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231124T130000
DTSTAMP:20231109T131229Z
CREATED:20231109T131229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T131229Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Research Seminar: Learn and Align RL Policies from Human Feedback
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Daniel Simões Marta\, TECoSA PhD student\n(Venue\, Zoom link and sign-up link circulated to members)\nPlease email vickid@kth.se if you have any questions. \nABSTRACT: Reinforcement learning from informed by human feedback (RLHF) has emerged as a novel domain in machine learning\, where human insights are crucial in shaping the behavior of an AI agent. Within this domain\, a significant strategy is preference-based reinforcement learning\, in which a human-informed reward system is developed through the evaluation and selection among different sets of action sequences. In this talk\, I will present several works conducted by our group on aligning RL policies with human feedback. I will primarily focus on aligning relevant features such as safety and perceived safety—even though the work can be extended to any desired feature—and will discuss the application of these principles in the context of RL policies. Additionally\, I will provide concrete examples of leveraging human intrinsic knowledge through methods such as ranking\, stating preferences\, and analyzing text.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-research-seminar-learn-and-align-rl-policies-from-human-feedback/
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Talks,webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231121T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231122T170000
DTSTAMP:20230919T080748Z
CREATED:20230509T063529Z
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SUMMARY:SCSSS 2023 – Scandinavian Conference on System & Software Safety
DESCRIPTION:System and software safety in electronic systems is becoming increasingly important in many industries and in critical societal infrastructure. The systems become ever more complex\, connected and autonomous and the software continues to grow. This poses many challenges even for mature organizations\, requiring approaches that go beyond established best practices. Many organizations face the same kind of challenges and thus sharing of experiences becomes essential. \nThis year’s event takes place in Stockholm from 21-22 November. Acknowledged as a central meeting place for Scandinavian safety experts from different industries\, the SCSSS is an opportunity to share experiences and make new contacts. There will be an overview day followed by a day of parallel sessions with in depth presentations and discussions about different challenges\, techniques\, standards and methods. This year’s keynotes are Nancy Leveson (MIT)\, Ibrahim Habli (University of York) and Lena Kecklund (MTO Säkerhet AB). \n\n\nSee the conference homepage for more details: http://safety.addalot.se/20223
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/scsss-2023-scandinavian-conference-on-system-software-safety/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231116T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231116T150000
DTSTAMP:20231027T081117Z
CREATED:20231027T080926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231027T081117Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Testbeds Demo Session
DESCRIPTION:Due to popular demand\, we will hold a Testbed Demo session for TECoSA members and the IIoT Nordic Network!\nWe open with a welcome to R1\, the historic (and atmospheric) former experimental reactor hall beneath KTH\, followed by a brief overview of the Testbeds and the Demos\, including:\n~ the soft robot\,\n~ the Kvaser car\,\n~ inverted pendulum control\,\n~ and the OpenRtist demos. \nInvitations have been circulated to TECoSA members and special guests.  If you’re interested but not on that list\, please contact Martin Törngren (martint@kth.se).\nTECoSA PhD student Samie Mostafavi\nThe TECoSA Testbeds were inaugurated on 1 September 2023.  You can read more about that here: https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/2023/09/15/tecosas-new-testbed-environments-show-tomorrows-digital-infrastructures/ \n  \n 
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-testbeds-demo-session/
CATEGORIES:Demo Session
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231102T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231102T160000
DTSTAMP:20231023T084022Z
CREATED:20230822T092154Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Learning Optimal Edge Processing with Offloading and Energy Harvesting
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 guest speaker for November is Francesco De Pellegrini\, Professor of networking and AI at the University of Avignon\, France.  The seminar will take place via Zoom (https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267). \nABSTRACT:  Modern portable devices can execute increasingly sophisticated AI models on sensed data. The complexity of such processing tasks is data-dependent and has relevant energy cost. This work develops an Age of Information markovian model for a system where multiple battery-operated devices perform data processing and energy harvesting in parallel. Part of their computational burden is offloaded to an edge server which polls devices at given rate. The structural properties of an optimal policy for a single device-server system are derived. They permit to define a new model-free reinforcement learning method specialized for monotone policies\, namely Ordered Q-Learning\, providing a fast procedure to learn the optimal policy. The method is oblivious to the devices’ battery capacities\, the cost and the value of data batch processing and to the dynamics of the energy harvesting process. Finally\, the polling strategy of the server is optimized by combining this policy improvement technique with stochastic approximation methods. Extensive numerical results provide insight into the system properties and demonstrate that the proposed learning algorithms outperform existing baselines. \nBIO: Francesco De Pellegrini received the MSc 2000\, and the Ph.D. 2004\, in Information Engineering at the University of Padova\, Italy. He is currently full professor at the University of Avignon\, where he teaches networking and artificial intelligence  He has published 100+ papers in major conferences and journals of computer science\, networking and control theory. He applies algorithms on graphs\, stochastic and control\, and game theory for the design and perfomance evaluation of wireless and wired networked systems. He has co-authored two best papers\, published in WiOPT 2014 and at NetGCoop 2016. His current H-index (Google) is 30 with 7000+ citations. He is anassociated editor for TNSE. He has been general co-chair of IEEE NETGCOOP 2012 and IEEE WIOPT2022\, and TPC Co-Chair of IEEE NETGCOOP 2014\, IEEE WIOPT 2018 and ITC 2021.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-learning-optimal-edge-processing-with-offloading-and-energy-harvesting/
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Talks,webinar
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231027T130000
DTSTAMP:20231109T131300Z
CREATED:20231017T070710Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Research Seminar: Getting the Best Out of Both Worlds: Algorithms for Hierarchical Inference at the Edge
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Vishnu Narayanan Moothedath\, TECoSA PhD student\nVenue\, Zoom link and sign-up link circulated to members\nPlease email vickid@kth.se if you have any questions. \nABSTRACT: We consider a resource-constrained Edge Device (ED)\, such as an IoT sensor or a microcontroller unit\, embedded with a small-size ML model (S-ML) for a generic classification application\, and an Edge Server (ES) that hosts a large-size ML model (L-ML). Since the inference accuracy of S-ML is lower than that of the L-ML\, offloading all the data samples to the ES results in high inference accuracy\, but it defeats the purpose of embedding S-ML on the ED and deprives the benefits of reduced latency\, bandwidth savings\, and energy efficiency of doing local inference. In order to get the best out of both worlds\, i.e.\, the benefits of doing inference on the ED and the benefits of doing inference on ES\, we explore the idea of Hierarchical Inference (HI)\, wherein S-ML inference is only accepted when it is correct\, otherwise the data sample is offloaded for L-ML inference. However\, the ideal implementation of HI is infeasible as the correctness of the S-ML inference is not known to the ED. We thus propose an online meta-learning framework that the ED can use to predict the correctness of the S-ML inference. In particular\, we propose to use the probability corresponding to the maximum probability class output by S-ML for a data sample and decide whether to offload it or not. The resulting online learning problem turns out to be a Prediction with Expert Advice (PEA) problem with continuous expert space. We consider two scenarios\, a full feedback scenario\, where the ED receives feedback on the correctness of the S-ML once it accepts the inference\, and a no-local feedback scenario. We propose the HIL-F and HIL-N algorithms and prove that both of them has sublinear regret bounds without any assumption on the smoothness of the loss function. We evaluate and benchmark the performance of the proposed algorithms for image classification application using different datasets.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-research-seminar-getting-the-best-out-of-both-worlds-algorithms-for-hierarchical-inference-at-the-edge/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231005T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231005T160000
DTSTAMP:20230817T102238Z
CREATED:20230817T102203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230817T102238Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Configuration of Dependable Edge Computing Platforms for Virtualized Critical Control Applications
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 October seminar is with Prof Paul Pop\, Head of the Embedded Systems Engineering section at DTU Compute\, DTU Technical University of Denmark.  The session will be given via Zoom (https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267). \nABSTRACT: Edge Computing offers a unified platform where applications of varying criticality coexist. Critical control applications\, characterized by their periodic hard real-time tasks and stringent timing and safety requisites\, share the same platform with Edge applications which are aperiodic and non-critical. As we advance towards Industry 4.0 and embrace Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)\, the integration of traditional systems like Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) with cyber-physical systems via virtualization is paramount. The talk presents the problem of configuring of dependable Edge Computing Platforms (ECPs) for virtualized critical control applications. The configuration poses an optimization challenge aiming to harmonize critical control and Edge applications. We discuss solutions to the placement of virtual PLCs in ECPs and the routing of TSN traffic in industry-based networks\, as well as solutions to facilitate an ECP’s extensibility for adding future control applications without exhaustive re-certification\, also supporting the hosting of multiple dynamic Edge applications. \nBIO:  Paul Pop is a Professor of Cyber-Physical Systems at DTU Compute\, Technical University of Denmark (DTU). He has received his Ph.D. degree in computer systems from Linköping University in 2003. His research is focused on developing methods and tools for the analysis and optimization of networked dependable cyber-physical systems. In this area\, he has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers\, three books\, and seven book chapters. He has served as a technical program committee member on several conferences\, such as DATE and ESWEEK. He has received the Best Paper Award at DATE 2005\, RTIS 2007\, CASES 2009\, MECO 2013\, DSD 2016\, ETFA 2020\, and an outstanding paper award at RTNS 2022. He is the coordinator of the Nordic University Hub on Industrial IoT has coordinated the European Training Network on Fog Computing for Robotics and Industrial Automation.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-connfiguration-of-dependable-edge-computing-platforms-for-virtualized-critical-control-applications/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230929T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230929T130000
DTSTAMP:20230821T114938Z
CREATED:20230821T114938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230821T114938Z
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SUMMARY:TECoSA Research Seminar: Explainable Reinforcement Learning for Telecom
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:  Industrial PhD students Ahmad Terra (TECoSA\, Ericsson) and Franco Ruggeri (Ericsson)\nLocation: C435\, Brinellvägen 85 (plan 4)\nZoom link and sign-up link circulated to members\nPlease email vickid@kth.se if you have any questions. \nABSTRACT: Explainable Reinforcement Learning (XRL) primarily to provide explainability for black-box models to enable trust. XRL includes multiple methods applied to different elements of RL agent (state\, rewards\, policy explanations\, etc.). This seminar will present multiple existing state-of-the-art XRL methods\, their application to different elements especially to the remote electrical antenna tilt (RET) use case. Additionally\, the seminar includes a new method “Both Ends Explanations for RL (BEERL)” that goes one-step further to connect and compare input and output explanations\, identify and mitigate bias\, and generates two different levels of explanation which in turn allows RL agent re-configurations when unwanted behaviours are observed.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-research-seminar-explainable-reinforcement-learning-for-telecom/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230923
DTSTAMP:20230224T105618Z
CREATED:20230224T105618Z
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SUMMARY:Nordic Systems Engineering Tour\, Autumn 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-autumn-2023/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230923
DTSTAMP:20221213T144819Z
CREATED:20221213T144819Z
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SUMMARY:SAFECOMP 2023 - CFP Computer Safety\, Reliability and Security
DESCRIPTION:The 42nd International Conference on Computer Safety\, Reliability and Security takes place 19-22 September 2023\, in Toulouse\, France.\nThe SAFECOMP Conference Series offers a platform for knowledge and technology transfer between academia\, industry\, research institutions and standardization bodies in the areas of safety\, reliability and security regarding critical computer applications. It provides ample opportunity to exchange insights and experience on emerging methods and practical applications across the borders of different disciplines. \nFor submission information and all further details\, please see https://safecomp2023.cnrs.fr\nImportant Dates:\nWorkshop proposal submission: 5 February 2023 \nAbstract submission: 6 February 2023\nFull paper submission: 13 February 2023\nNotification of acceptance: 22 April 2023\nCamera-ready submission: 1 June 2023 \nTopics and Application Domains:\nThe conference covers all aspects related to the development\, assessment\, operation and maintenance of safety-related and safety-critical computer systems.   Topics include\, but are not limited to:\n* Fault-tolerant and resilient hardware and software architectures\n* Fault detection and recovery mechanisms\n* Distributed and real-time monitoring and control\n* Security and privacy protection mechanisms for safety applications\n* Safety/security risk assessment\n* Model-based analysis\, design\, and assessment\n* Formal methods for verification\, validation\, and fault tolerance\n* Probabilistic verification and validation\n* In-the-loop and model-based testing\n* Validation and verification methodologies and tools\n* Methods for qualification\, assurance and certification\n* Compositional verification and certification\n* Architecture-driven assurance of safety and security\n* Dependability analysis using simulation and experimental measurement\n* Cyber-physical threats and vulnerability analysis\n* Safety guidelines\, standards and certification\n* Safety and security interactions and tradeoffs\n* Safety and security cases\n* Multi-concern dependability assurance and standardization\n* Safety-related application of technology trends (e.g. AI\, Edge and cloud computing\, Digital twin\, 5G and 6G\, Big data analytics\, IoT and IIoT) \nDomains of application include (but are not limited to):\n* Railways\, automotive\, space\, avionics\, nuclear and process industries\n* Autonomous systems\, advanced robotics\, construction engines and off-road vehicles\n* Telecommunication and networks\n* Critical infrastructures\, smart grids\, SCADA\n* Medical devices and healthcare\n* Defense\, emergency & rescue\n* Logistics\, industrial automation\, off-shore technology \nMore about SAFECOMP\nSAFECOMP was established in 1979 by the European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems\, Technical Committee 7 on Reliability\, Safety and Security (EWICS TC7). Since then\, it has contributed to the progress of the state-of-the-art in dependable application of computers in safety-related and safety-critical systems. \nSAFECOMP is an annual event covering the state-of-the-art\, experience and new trends in the areas of safety\, security and reliability of critical computer applications. \nSAFECOMP provides ample opportunity to exchange insights and experience on emerging methods\, approaches and practical solutions. It is a single track conference without parallel sessions\, allowing easy networking. \nFor submission information and all further details\, please see https://safecomp2023.cnrs.fr
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/safecomp-2023-cfp-computer-safety-reliability-and-security/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230907T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230907T170000
DTSTAMP:20230905T113637Z
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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
CREATED:20230821T080954Z
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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:20230901T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230901T150000
DTSTAMP:20230908T135835Z
CREATED:20230817T064036Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of TECoSA’s Edge computing testbeds at KTH
DESCRIPTION:Paving the way for the smart digital infrastructures of tomorrow\nTECoSA is long term research center on Trustworthy Edge Computing Systems and Applications\, funded by Vinnova and partners. Since the start in 2020\, TECoSA involves a growing number of industrial partners (currently 16) and 9 research groups at KTH. \nTECoSA addresses industrial digitalization with specific emphasis on edge-computing based systems for critical applications\, where different aspects of trustworthiness are of key concern\,including but not limited to safety\, cybersecurity and predictability. \nAs a main effort\, TECoSA is driving the development of two edge-computing testbeds to promote research in the area and to stimulate collaboration. The testbeds will serve both research on core aspects of digital infrastructures as well as industrial applications. The development of the testbeds has been funded by VINNOVA as well as SSF. \nOn Friday 1 September 2023\, TECoSA will inaugurate its testbeds at KTH\, encompassing two set-ups: \n\nIndoor: Inside R1 (the former experimental reactor hall at KTH)\, TECoSA has deployed a two radio networks comprising of software-defined radios as well as commercial 5G equipment\, (provided through Telenor\, based on Ericsson equipment). Major efforts went into the backend software and hardware infrastructure\, allowing flexible\, repeatable and automated experimentation.\n\n\nOutdoor: Established with KTH on-premise edge compute facilities on the KTH Valhallavägen campus\, the testbed is coupled with the 5G outdoor network of Telenor and Ericsson. Telenor provides network access\, and preferred routing of data to the edge compute facilities on KTH premises.\n\nThe event will feature visits and initial demos related to the testbed and research in TECoSA\, as well as a panel discussion with KTH and partners including Ericsson\, Saab\, Telenor\, Avassa and Einride. \nFor more information\, and to request your invite\, please contact Martin Törngren (martint@kth.se) or James Gross (jamesgr@kth.se) \n\nAgenda\n13.00: Welcome and introductions!\n* TECoSA introduction and overview (TECoSA director\, Martin Törngren\, KTH)\n* Strategic collaboration and testbeds (Mikael Lindström\, prorector\, KTH)\n* The role of future smart infrastructures (Jonas Eden\, CMO Telenor) \n13.25: Panel debate\, chaired by Jana Tumova\, TECoSA project lead\, KTH\n* Magnus Frodigh\, Head of Research\, Ericsson\n* Petter Bedoire\, CTO SAAB\n* Jonas Eden\, CMO Telenor\n* Calle Moberg\, CTO Avassa\n* Andreas Ahlström\, Director of public funding and research collaborations Einride\n* Mikael Lindström\, Pro-rektor KTH \n14.15: TECoSA testbeds\, demos and mingle with refreshments\n* TECoSA testbeds and intro to demos (TECoSA co-director\, James Gross\, KTH)\n* Testbed demos and mingle with refreshments \n15.30: Inauguration closes \nThe indoor testbed in R1
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/6755/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230619T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230619T163000
DTSTAMP:20230523T121904Z
CREATED:20230523T114955Z
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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:20230615T130000
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DTSTAMP:20230524T080447Z
CREATED:20230523T141549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T080447Z
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense: “An Emulation-Based Performance Evaluation Methodology for Edge Computing and Latency Sensitive Applications”
DESCRIPTION:TECoSA PhD student Manuel Olguin will defend his thesis at KTH Campus (U61).  All with an interest in this topic are welcome to attend. \nABSTRACT:  Cloud Computing has greatly impacted our daily lives by providing global accessibility and virtually unlimited scalability. However\, its centralized architecture prioritizing availability and scale has limitations for real-time processing and low-latency applications like Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) and mobile eXtended Reality (XR). Edge Computing is emerging as a solution to these limitations by bringing computation closer to the network edge\, enabling real-time decision making. A key challenge to mass deployment of Edge Computing infrastructure relates to the complexity of evaluation the performance of these systems\, which stems from the tight interaction of network and compute. This dissertation addresses this challenge by introducing a methodological approach for studying trade-offs in latency-sensitive applications deployed on Edge Computing which involves emulating the client-side workload while retaining the rest of the system. This maintains the realism of network and compute effects\, offering advantages in efficiency with respect to fully experimental approaches and capturing complex factors that are challenging to model analytically or in simulations. \nFurthermore\, this dissertation explores the implications of this methodology on the potential for optimization in Edge Computing deployments\, in particular with respect to improved accuracy in the emulation. In that context\, the dissertation provides a realistic model of human timings for a specific class of Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) applications which is combined with a mathematical framework for the optimization of sampling systems. The results show that the introduced methodology improves efficiency\, repeatability\, and replicability compared to existing methods. By integrating workload components into the emulated software domain\, it reduces complexity while considering the complex effects of network and compute factors. The dissertation emphasizes the importance of incorporating enhanced realism in client-side emulation\, which enables the implementation of optimization approaches that would otherwise be infeasible\, and further highlights the significance of human behavior in addition to system-related metrics in the context of MAR\, a killer use-case for Edge Computing. \nDetails of the panel are shown below: \nPrincipal Supervisor: Professor James Gross\nDefense Chair: Professor Mats Bengtsson\nOpponent: Associate Professor Yu Xiao\, Aalto University\, Esbo\, Finland \nMembers of the Grading Committee:\nProfessor Ana Aguiar\, Universidade do Porto\, Portugal\nProfessor Per Gunningberg\, Uppsala University\, Sweden\nProfessor Klaus Wehrle\, RWTH Aachen University\, Germany
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/phd-defense-an-emulation-based-performance-evaluation-methodology-for-edge-computing-and-latency-sensitive-applications/
CATEGORIES:PhD defense
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SUMMARY:Archimedes Stockholm workshop: Integrating systems engineering into university education and establishing it in academia
DESCRIPTION:Launched in 2022\, the Archimedes Initiative is a new collaboration between international Systems Engineering Research Centres\, involving SERC\, ESI/TNO\, DLR (represented by its Institute for SE and future mobility) and KTH (represented by TECoSA and ICES). \nYou can read more about the Archimedes Initiative in the INCOSE INSIGHT Magazine Dec. 2022 issue. \nIn June 2023\, KTH (TECoSA in collaboration with Digital Futures) is hosting a hybrid workshop “Integrating systems engineering into university education and establishing it in academia”.  All with an interest in this topic are welcome to join.  An overview of the agenda is given below\, and you can read more (and register) via the Digital Futures event page: https://www.digitalfutures.kth.se/event/archimedes-stockholm-workshop-13-june/ \n  \nPRELIMINARY AGENDA \n9:00 – 10:15\nWelcome and workshop introduction by Martin Törngren\, KTH\nArchimedes introduction by Martin Törngren KTH\, Wouter Leibbrandt ESI\, and Dinesh Verma SERC\nThe Future of Systems Engineering/Incose by Tom Strandberg\, CAG Syntell\nHuman Systems Integration by Pernilla Ulfvengren\, KTH \n10:15-10:40  Coffee break & mingle \n10:40-12:00\nIndustrial needs with representative talks from Swedish Industry incl sustainability concerns by Tor Ericsson\, AFRY and Anna Pernestål\, Skogforsk (prev. Scania and KTH)\nEducational (best) practices to integrate SE into engineering education by Bill Shepherd\, Stevens Institue of Technology\nUniversity management view on education and systems engineering by Joakim Lilliesköld\, KTH \n12:00-13:00  LUNCH \n13:00-14:30  Group work sessions: How to introduce SE at Universities and in engineering education – incl. coffee break \n14:30-15:30  Plenary summaries from groups and concluding discussion \n15:30-16:00 Next steps
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/archimedes-stockholm-workshop-integrating-systems-engineering-into-university-education-and-establishing-it-in-academia/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:12th Quarterly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 12th Quarterly Meeting takes place on Thursday 8 June at KTH! \nThe focus will be the inaugaration of the testbeds\, plus more news of the new projects and posters from the TECoSA PhDs. \nAgenda and details will be sent by email to all members.  RSVP by 1 June!
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/12th-quarterly-meeting/
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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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