COINS 2025 Archive – IEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems

📁 Archived Record

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International Conference on Omni-layer Intelligent Systems

The 7th IEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems was hosted at the Pyle Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, bringing together experts in Digital Transformation — from AI and IoT to Cloud, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, and Robotics — with a multi-disciplinary program of technical research papers, panels, workshops, and tutorials on the latest developments across the IoT & AI ecosystem.

Venue

Pyle Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison

702 Langdon St, 53706
Madison, United States

Organizing Committee

General Chairs

Prof. Umit Yusuf Ogras

Gene Amdahl Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Prof. Amit Singh

University of Essex

Program Chairs

Prof. Fatemeh Afghah

Clemson University

Prof. Priya Panda

Yale University

Publication Chairs: Prof. Florenc Demrozi (University of Stavanger, Norway) & Prof. Kexin Li (Arizona State University)

Registration Chairs: Prof. Setareh Behroozi (University of Wisconsin-Madison) & Prof. Federica Zonzini (University of Bologna)

Workshop and Special Session Chairs: Ganapati Bhat (Washington State University) & Arman Roohi (University of Illinois Chicago)

Publicity Chairs: Aly Sabri Abdalla (Mississippi State University), Nicola Dall' Ora (University of Verona, Italy), Jaehyun Park (Ulsan University), Jaeha Kung (Korea University), Sumit K Mandal (IISC Bangalore), Oktay Cetinkaya (University of Newcastle) & Aritra Ray (Microsoft)

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

Local Chair: Prof. Tsung-Wei Huang (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Women in Engineering Chairs: Prof. Bahar Farahani (Cyberspace Research Institute) & Prof. Peipei Zhou (Brown University)

International Liaison Chair: Prof. Leila Ismail (United Arab Emirates University)

Track Chairs

Digital Healthcare and Well-being: Luigi Borzì (Politecnico di Torino) & Behnaz Ghoraani (Florida Atlantic University)

Circuit and System Design for AIoT: Kun-Chih Chen (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University) & Amit Trivedi (University of Illinois Chicago)

Sensing Devices and Systems for AIoT: Florenc Demrozi (University of Stavanger) & Eyuphan Bulut (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Internet of Things (IoT): Minxian Xu (Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS) & Maryam Parsa (George Mason University)

Tiny ML and Embedded AI: Sathwika Bavikadi (Rochester Institute of Technology) & Caiwen Ding (University of Minnesota)

Low Power Design and Automation: Peipei Zhou (Brown University) & Jeff Zhang (Arizona State University)

Security & Privacy: Francesco Regazzoni (University of Amsterdam) & Aydin Aysu (North Carolina State University)

Communications and Networking for AIoT: Tolunay Seyfi (Clemson University) & Mehdi Sookhak (Texas A&M University)

Intelligent Robots and Systems: Truong X. Nghiem (University of Central Florida) & Hongmei He (University of Salford)

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: Deliang Fan (Arizona State University) & Souvik Kundu (Intel, USA)

Emerging Technologies on Intelligent Systems: Mian Ahmad Jan (Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan)

Generative AI: Systems, Architectures, and Applications: Bahar Farahani (Cyberspace Institute)

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

Smart Infrastructure: Marcin Plociennik (EOSC) & Ioanna Roussaki (National Technical University of Athens)

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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Diana Marculescu

Department Chair and Cockrell Family Chair for Engineering Leadership, University of Texas at Austin

Energy Efficient Generative AI from Cloud to Edge

Addressed the gap between ML model accuracy and actual energy efficiency, latency, and battery lifetime, discussing platform-specific power models and hardware-aware design for efficient transformer and diffusion models across modalities.

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Mondira (Mandy) Deb Pant

TA-Chief of Staff, Lead Technologist, Intel Design Engineering Group

Moore's Law in the AI era

Explored Moore's Law's impact on technological breakthroughs and its role in today's AI landscape, addressing workforce development challenges and environmental impacts affecting future AI progress.

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Vivek Prasad

Design Ecosystem Enablement, Natcast (operator of the National Semiconductor Technology Center)

Chips Act & Systems of Support for US Semiconductor Ecosystem

Detailed NSTC's implementation of the US CHIPS and Science Act, focusing on design enablement, silicon aggregation, and wraparound support for semiconductor research and startups.

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Randall Berry

Chair and John A. Dever Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University

Meeting the Spectrum Needs of Next Generation Wireless Systems

Analyzed spectrum allocation trade-offs for the 3 GHz and 7-8 GHz bands using game-theoretic models to evaluate the impact on commercial wireless services.

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)

Program

The program included four keynote lectures alongside technical paper sessions, workshops, special sessions, and a PhD Forum.

📄 Proceedings

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

COINS 2025 — 7th Edition