6th International Workshop on Cloud, IoT and Fog Systems (and Security) — CIFS 2024 (previous editions: CIFS 2019, CIFS 2020, CIFS 2021, CIFS 2022, CIFS 2023)
Co-located with the 17th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing — UCC 2024
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, December 16-19, 2024

Programme

on December 16
Room Time Paper Speaker
W3/005 (UCC 2024) 14.00 - 14.10 Opening Talk Workshop chairs
14.10 - 14.35 Optimizing TLS/SSL for IoT Devices: Performance Enhancements and Security Considerations Mohammed Ibrahim El-hajj (Twente University, The Netherlands)
14.35 - 15.00 SDN Traffic Flows in a Serverless Environment: a Categorization Abdulaziz Alhindi (University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
15.00 - 15.30 Vision-Based Consumer Behavior Analysis System on Utility Computing Platforms for Retail Optimization Thittaporn Ganokratanaa (King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand)
15.30 - 16.00 Occupancy Detection for HVAC Systems Using IoT Edge Computing and Vision-Based Image Processing Tariq Ahmed Akhtar (University of East London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
16.00 - 16.30 Analyzing Ridership Trends in Dubai Metro: A Statistical Approach Sara Abdulla Alblooshi (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
16.30 - 17.00 BREAK
17.00 - 17.30 Invited Talk To be announced
17.30 - 18.00 A Performance and Cost Evaluation of Homomorphic Encryption in the Cloud Malvika Sriram (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
18.00 - 18.30 Multi-Drone Path Reconstruction and Mapping: Enhancing Accuracy and Efficiency Sumedha Arora (Kerala University of Digital Science Innovation and Technology, India)

Accepted Papers

Paper Title Authors
A Performance and Cost Evaluation of Homomorphic Encryption in the Cloud Joel Coffman (United States Air Force Academy, USA & Johns Hopkins University, USA); Greg Guillot, Andy Nguyen and Malvika Sriram (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
SDN Traffic Flows in a Serverless Environment: a Categorization of Energy Consumption Karim Djemame and Abdulaziz Alhindi (University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Analyzing Ridership Trends in Dubai Metro: a Statistical Approach Sara Abdulla Alblooshi (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates); Malek Masmoudi (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates & College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates); Ali Cheaitou and Khaled Hamad (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
Optimizing TLS/SSL for IoT Devices: Performance Enhancements and Security Considerations Mohammed Ibrahim El-hajj (Twente University, The Netherlands); Lalande Lucas Lev Michel (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Multi-Drone Path Reconstruction and Mapping: Enhancing Accuracy and Efficiency Shahana Shareen and Krishnapriya Priya (Digital University of Kerala, India); Sumedha Arora (Kerala University of Digital Science Innovation and Technology, India)
Vision-Based Consumer Behavior Analysis System on Utility Computing Platforms for Retail Optimization Thittaporn Ganokratanaa (King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand); Mahasak Ketcham (King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand); Patiyuth Pramkeaw (KMUTT, Thailand); Narumol Chumuang (Muban Chombueng Rajabhat University, Thailand); Worawut Yimyam (Phetchaburi Rajabhat University, Thailand)
Occupancy Detection for HVAC Systems Using IoT Edge Computing and Vision-Based Image Processing Tariq Ahmed Akhtar and Azhar Mahmood (University of East London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Shaheen Khatoon (UEL, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Description

In today's world, sensors and IoT devices are becoming more and more common, appearing in different parts of our lives such as agriculture, cities, and homes. This growth is fueled by improvements in energy-efficient communication technologies and computing power, giving rise to new computing concepts like Fog and Serverless computing. But with these opportunities also come challenges, such as concerns over security, deployment methods, communication standards, data gathering, and software creation. The CIFS workshop is focusing on addressing challenges in security, communication, data processing, and application development in sensor-based computing systems. Researchers and innovators are coming together to discuss recent advancements in these areas. Contributions are welcomed at all levels, from algorithms to practical experiences in deployment, to improve our understanding and capabilities in dealing with the complexities of IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems.

Topics of Interest

We solicit research papers (up to 6p) and technical industry reports (typically 3-6p) on the following topics:
  • IoT-fog-cloud pipelines, architectures and continuums in various domains, from industrial deployments to smart cities
  • Smartness, adaptivity, fluidity and dynamicity for processing sensed data
  • Computing paradigms: multi-cloud, fog, serverless, osmotic, continuum computing
  • Applied cloud technology for IoT/Cyber-Physical systems, AI/ML domains, e-Health, smart cities, and digital twins
  • Applications in digitalised health care, ecology, agriculture, urban planning and other fields
  • Cross-border, cross-provider, and cross-stack security issues in complex computing environments.
  • Artificial Intelligence Integration in the cloud-edge continuum, edge intelligence, and cognitive computing continuum
  • End-to-end reliability and security concepts across IoT-fog-cloud continuums
  • Privacy, scalability and economics considerations as well as trade-offs
  • Security in fog/edge computing, IoT, Cyber-Physical systems, and cloud continuums

Submission Information

Submitted manuscripts must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Manuscripts are submitted in PDF format and may not exceed six (6) IEEE-formatted *double-column* pages, including figures, tables, and references. All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer-review process and will be reviewed and judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, rigor in analysis, quality of results, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Your submission is subject to a determination that you are not under any sanctions by IEEE.

Please note: Starting in 2023, submissions and reviews follow a double-blind model. Please submit without author names/affiliations and without hyperlinks that could reveal your origin or identity.

At least one author of each paper must be registered for the conference in order for the paper to be published in the proceedings. The conference proceedings will be published by the ACM and made available online via the IEEE Xplore Digital Library and ACM Digital Library.

Submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cifs2024

Important Dates

  • Paper Submissions Due: September 9 September 25, 2024 (Extended)
  • Acceptance Notification: October 7, 2024
  • Camera Ready Papers Due: October 20, 2024
All deadlines are indicated as AOE - Anywhere On Earth.

Technical Programme Committee

  • András Márkus, University of Szeged, Hungary
  • Daniel Batista, IME - USP, Brazil
  • Edvard Martins de Oliveira, Federal University of Itajubá, Brazil
  • Hadi Otrok, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE
  • Jens Jensen, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK
  • Joel Coffman, United States Air Force Academy, USA
  • Martin Andreoni, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE
  • Nitin Auluck, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India
  • Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK
  • Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Rabeb Mizouni, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE

Workshop Organisers

  • Mehmet Cihan Sakman, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
  • Manar Abu Talib, University of Sharjah, UAE
  • Urs Seiler, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise International, Switzerland