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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231027T120000
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
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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
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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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UID:6531-1686916800-1686920400@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230615T160000
DTSTAMP:20230524T080447Z
CREATED:20230523T141549Z
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UID:6478-1686834000-1686844800@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230613T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230613T160000
DTSTAMP:20230224T112436Z
CREATED:20230224T112312Z
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UID:5712-1686646800-1686672000@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230608T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230608T170000
DTSTAMP:20230406T075403Z
CREATED:20230406T075403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230406T075403Z
UID:6377-1686229200-1686243600@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230601T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230601T160000
DTSTAMP:20230321T154444Z
CREATED:20230321T154444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T154444Z
UID:6242-1685631600-1685635200@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
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
UID:6471-1685102400-1685106000@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
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
LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T105523Z
UID:5704-1684713600-1684972799@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
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:20230504T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230504T160000
DTSTAMP:20230428T094253Z
CREATED:20230221T091640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T094253Z
UID:5692-1683212400-1683216000@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
SUMMARY:TECoSA Seminar - Cloud Robotics for Data-Driven Robotic Manipulation Research at Scale
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 May seminar is with Florian Pokorny\, Associate Professor of Machine Learning at the Division of Robotics\, Perception and Learning here at KTH. \n23.04.28 update: Please note that this event will take place in Zoom only: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267 (not in Digital Futures Cafeteria as previously announced).\nABSTRACT: In this talk\, Dr Pokorny will discuss the challenges and opportunities surrounding large scale experimentation for machine learning driven robotic manipulation research. While it is accepted wisdom that the performance of state of the art machine learning algorithms in fields like language modelling and computer vision scales directly with available input data\, compute and model size\, many open questions regarding these scaling laws remain when it comes to physical interactions of robotic systems with the world\, where the complexity of data-driven learning may depend heavily on the physical characteristics of a given robotic manipulation task.  He will discuss some of his group’s research in this direction\, as well as the development of a new open source robotic system which will allow large scale execution of robotic experiments in a massively parallelized manner using a Cloud Robotics approach. \nBIO: Dr Pokorny’s current research focuses on two main directions: 1) machine learning algorithms with a geometric or topological flavour or which utilize insights about geometry in the context of other methods such as deep learning and 2) machine learning methods that are tailored for robotic manipulation or motion planning and which incorporate available domain knowledge and information about physics and configuration space geometry in order to be data efficient.  You can read more on his homepage: https://www.csc.kth.se/~fpokorny/
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tecosa-seminar-cloud-robotics-for-data-driven-robotic-manipulation-research-at-scale/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230503T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230503T120000
DTSTAMP:20230403T132914Z
CREATED:20230403T130112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T132914Z
UID:6321-1683104400-1683115200@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
SUMMARY:Digitalized Industry workshop: Exploring the Possibilities of Industry 5.0
DESCRIPTION:For full details\, and to register\, please see the Digital Futures event page.\nhttps://www.digitalfutures.kth.se/event/digitalized-industry-workshop-exploring-the-possibilities-of-industry-5-0/
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/digitalized-industry-workshop-exploring-the-possibilities-of-industry-5-0/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230428T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230428T150000
DTSTAMP:20230330T111735Z
CREATED:20230330T110714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T111735Z
UID:6303-1682690400-1682694000@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
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
UID:6401-1681896600-1681902000@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
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:20230412T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230412T150000
DTSTAMP:20230411T121520Z
CREATED:20230328T112214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T121520Z
UID:6162-1681308000-1681311600@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
SUMMARY:Cancelled (TinyDSF: Bootstrapping Skills for Milirobots from First Principles)
DESCRIPTION:23.04.11: This event is postponed  – new date to follow.\n****************************************************************************** \nInvited talk by Markus Kobelrausch\, TU Vienna\nWith a volume of less than 10 cm³ Milirobots are highly resource constrained agents. It is thus challenging to strike the right balance between efficiency of operation and flexibility to adapt to a new environment and tackle new tasks. \nTiny Developmental Skill Framework (TinyDSF) aims to provide a generic set of techniques for Milirobots\, that minimizes the set of hardwired\, innate skills and maximizes the space of environments and tasks that the Milirobot can eventually and autonomously adapt to. \nThis talk will present the bootstrapping of skills in TinyDSF. At the starting point\, the Milirobot comes with built-in knowledge of basic physical laws and geometric relations of the 3-D space. Also\, it can read signals from its sensors and write commands to its actuators. However\, it does not know the meaning of sensory information and actuator commands\, nor does it know the specifics of its own body or anything about the environment. The bootstrapping process follows three steps: (1) During Skill Search\, the Milirobot explores the effects of motor command on its sensory input and learns\, by exploration\, elementary operations like linear and elementary motion. (2) During Skill learning\, it explores and learns compound operations like moving along a rectangle or circle. (3) Higher Order Skills comprise operations like path following\, wall following\, swarm following\, etc. Higher order skills can be described in abstract notation and downloaded from a knowledge database. The Milirobot learns to execute and optimize higher order skills based on its previously acquired skills. \nMarkus D. Kobelrausch\, MSc received his Master’s degree in Embedded System Engineering from the University of Applied Science Technikum Vienna. He has an 8-year career in the automotive industry\, where he focused on safety-related real-time systems for autonomous driving. As part of his Ph.D. at the Vienna University of Technology (since 2019)\, he has been researching resource-constrained systems that exhibit cognitive properties and build knowledge and awareness over time using various resource-constrained learning methods. He is also involved in several renewable energy system optimization research projects that merge various deep learning techniques that can improve the overall energy efficiency of buildings. \nAll welcome via Zoom (https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66857695267)\, although a few seats are available to join this talk in real life – please email vickid@kth.se for details.
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/tinydsf-bootstrapping-skills-for-milirobots-from-first-principles/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230406T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230406T160000
DTSTAMP:20230403T112243Z
CREATED:20230127T123343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T112243Z
UID:5683-1680793200-1680796800@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
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:20230314T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230314T120000
DTSTAMP:20230123T153245Z
CREATED:20230123T150302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230123T153245Z
UID:5650-1678784400-1678795200@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
SUMMARY:11th Quarterly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 11th Quarterly Meeting takes place on Tuesday 14 March!  Agenda and details sent by email to all members.  RSVP by 1 March!
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/11th-quarterly-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230313T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230316T170000
DTSTAMP:20230123T134255Z
CREATED:20230123T134255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230123T134255Z
UID:5647-1678694400-1678986000@www.tecosa.center.kth.se
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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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/
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Trustworthy Edge Computing Workshop at SEC 2022
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday 8 December (local time 9.00-12.30 / Stockholm kl.18.00-20.30) when TECoSA holds a half-day workshop as part of the  7th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing taking place in Seattle\, WA from 5-8 December 2022. \nThis will be the second TEC Workshop! Click here for the Programme and Description \n\nTo register\, please go to: https://acm-ieee-sec.org/2022/attend.php\n(Early registration deadline: 15 Nov 2022)
URL:https://www.tecosa.center.kth.se/event/trustworthy-edge-computing-workshop-at-sec-2022/
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