COINS 2024 Archive – IEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems

📁 Archived Record

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Digital Transformation — from AI and IoT to Cloud, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, and Robotics

The 6th IEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems was hosted at King's College London, bringing together researchers, engineers, and industry leaders across IoT, Big Data, AI, Cloud Computing, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, and Robotics with a multi-disciplinary program of technical papers, panels, workshops, and tutorials.

Venue

King's College London — Strand Campus

Strand, WC2R 2LS
London, United Kingdom

→ Official Venue Page

Organizing Committee

General Chairs

Prof. Amit Singh

University of Essex

Prof. Payam Barnaghi

Imperial College London

Program Chairs

Prof. Eiman Kanjo

Imperial College London

Prof. Rishad Shafik

Newcastle University

Prof. Geoff Merrett

University of Southampton

Local Chairs: Prof. Bipin Rajendran & Prof. Osvaldo Simeone (King's College London)

Treasurer: Prof. Kun-Chih Chen (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

Publication Chairs: Prof. Aurora Gil de Castro (University of Córdoba) & Prof. Florenc Demrozi (University of Stavanger)

Diversity & Inclusion Chairs: Prof. Bahar Farahani & Prof. Nagham Saeed

Registration Chairs: Prof. Federica Zonzini (University of Bologna) & Dr. Amna Anwar (Nottingham Trent University)

Tutorial Chairs: Prof. Naghmeh Karimi & Prof. Dilip K Prasad

Workshop Chairs: Prof. Xiaojun Zhai & Prof. Dhaval Thakker

Special Session Chairs: Prof. Toktam Mahmoodi, Prof. Sharad Sinha & Prof. Shreejith Shanker

Track Chairs

Internet of Things (IoT): From Edge to Cloud: Sukhpal Singh Gill (Queen Mary University of London) & Minxian Xu (Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS)

Circuits and Systems (CAS) Designs for AIoT: Jimmy Chen (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University) & Elisa Donati (Universität Zürich)

Digital Healthcare and Well-being: Amir Aminifar (Lund University), Rodrigo Aviles (University of Sussex), Elisabetta Farella (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) & Behnaz Ghoraani (Florida Atlantic University)

Intelligent Robots and Systems: Mary He (IEEE UK and Ireland Robotics & Autonomous Systems Chapter) & Elizabeth Rendon-Morales (University of Sussex)

Communications and Networking for AIoT: Syed Ali Raza Zaidi (University of Leeds) & Mohammed El-Hajjar (University of Southampton)

Emerging Technologies on Intelligent Systems: Mian Ahmad Jan (University of Sharjah), Fazl Ullah (University of Nottingham Ningbo) & Sohail Abbas (University of Sharjah)

Sensing Devices and Systems for AIoT: Domenico Balsamo (Newcastle University) & Michele Magno (ETH Zurich)

Security and Privacy: Francesco Regazzoni (University of Amsterdam) & Alexandra Dmitrienko (University of Würzburg)

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Computing: Tatiana Kalganova (Brunel University) & Elhadj Benkhelifa (Staffordshire University)

Embedded AI: Alex Serb (University of Edinburgh) & Tinoosh Mohsenin (Johns Hopkins University)

Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing: Gerhard Hancke (City University of Hong Kong) & Gabor Sziebig (SINTEF Manufacturing)

Steering Committee

Krishnendu Chakrabarty

Arizona State University
Co-Founder & Steering Committee Co-Chair

Farshad Firouzi

Duke University | Arizona State University
Co-Founder & Steering Committee Co-Chair

Jan M. Rabaey

UC Berkeley

David Z. Pan

University of Texas at Austin

Majid Sarrafzadeh

UCLA

Mahmoud Daneshmand

Stevens Institute of Technology

Honggang Wang

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Bahar Farahani

Cyberspace Institute

Keynote Speakers

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Nikil Dutt

University of California, Irvine, USA

Omni-Layer Intelligence Requires Cross-Layer Self-Awareness

Argued that future systems need computational self-awareness through introspection, combined with adaptive mechanisms operating across multiple layers of the compute stack.

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Julie A. McCann

Imperial College London, UK

Finding Rubies in the Dust

Addressed reliability challenges in wireless sensor networks and IoT, and how to improve robustness in real-world networked deployments.

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Partha Maji

Tenstorrent Inc., Cambridge, UK

Speeding Up Generative AI

Examined hardware accelerator architectures and optimization strategies for deploying large language models on emerging spatial computing platforms.

Topics

Internet of Things (IoT): From Edge to Cloud Circuit and System Design for AIoT Communications and Networking for AIoT Data-centric Engineering Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Distributed Ledger Technologies & Blockchain Security & Privacy Low Power Design and Automation Intelligent Robots and Systems Sensing Devices and Systems for AIoT Smart City Smart Mobility, Transportation, and Logistics Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing Energy and Smart Grids Digital Healthcare and Well-being Smart Agriculture Cyber-physical Systems Emerging Technologies on Intelligent Systems European Projects on Intelligent Systems Unleashing the Intelligent Edge TinyML, IoT, and Monitoring Environment (TIME) Use of Microelectronics in IoT and AI Ecosystem Sustainability

Program

The program included technical paper sessions, special sessions, workshops, a PhD Forum, and a Diversity & Inclusion track alongside the three keynote lectures.

📄 Proceedings

Accepted papers (max. 6 pages, double-column, 10pt, with page charges beyond 6 up to an 8-page limit) were published in IEEE Xplore, copyright held by IEEE.

COINS 2024 — 6th Edition