Topic: Edge Intelligence for the Next-generation IoT Systems

Lecturer: Giancarlo FORTINO, Ph.D. & Dist. Professor (Fellow of IEEE, Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science 2020-2023 Department of Computer, Modelling, Electronics and Systems Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy)

Time: 9:00am, April 1st, 2024, UTC+8

Venue: Room 308, School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Yujiatou Campus

Abstract: The Edge Intelligence (EI) paradigm has recently emerged as a promising solution to overcome the inherent limitations of cloud computing in the development and provision of next-generation Internet of Things (IoT) services. In such a context, the aim of this seminar is first to analyze the wide landscape on EI by providing a systematic analysis of the state-of-the-art manuscripts and according to the guidelines of the PRISMA methodology. A comparison framework is, hence, provided and sound research questions outlined, aimed at exploring the past, present, and future directions of the EI paradigm and its relationships with the IoT and the cloud computing worlds. Second, we discuss our EI research in the context of the device-edge-cloud continuum paradigm developed in the Horizon Europe project “MLSysOps” along with our vision of Digital Twin enabled by EI and applied to Smart City as a new enabler. Finally, we will focus on our recently introduced methodology, named EdgeMiningSim, a simulation-driven methodology inspired by principles for Machine Learning. Such a methodology drives the domain experts in disclosing actionable knowledge, namely descriptive or predictive models for taking effective actions in the constrained and dynamic IoT scenario.

Biography: Giancarlo Fortino (IEEE Fellow 2022) is Full Professor of Computer Engineering at the Dept of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics, and Systems of the University of Calabria (Unical), Italy. He is also distinguished professor at Wuhan University of Technology and Huazhong Agricultural University. At Unical, he is the Rector’s delegate to Int’l relations, the chair of the PhD School in ICT, the director of the SPEME lab as well as co-chair of Joint labs on IoT established between Unical and WUT, SMU and HZAU Chinese universities, respectively. He had 25+ highly cited papers in WoS, and h-index81 with 23000+ citations in Google Scholar. His research interests include wearable computing systems, e-Health, Internet of Things, and agent-based computing. He is the author of 650+ papers in international journals, conferences and books. He is (founding) series editor of IEEE Press Book Series He chaired many international workshops and conferences (130+), was involved in a huge number of international conferences/workshops (700+) as IPC member, is/was guest-editor of many special issues (80+). Fortino is currently AVP of the Cybernetics area of the IEEE SMCS and former member of the IEEE SMCS BoG and former chair of the IEEE SMCS Italian Chapter.

Edited by: Li Tiantian

Source: School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering