1) The document discusses the future plans and activities of the Technical Committee on Homeland Security (TCHS) of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society.
2) It outlines some of the TCHS's past accomplishments and current goals, which include organizing conferences, growing its membership, and publishing a special journal issue on emerging topics in homeland security.
3) It also discusses some of the technical challenges in homeland security like balancing surveillance technologies with social issues, and how fields like computer science and engineering will continue to play a central role through technologies like artificial intelligence, big data analysis, and information fusion.
An earthquake in 1958 triggered a megatsunami in Lituya Bay, Alaska, generating the largest wave ever recorded at 516 meters. The tsunami destroyed much of the uninhabited bay but only claimed two lives as there were no buildings, though it showed the incredible destructive potential of such an extreme natural event.
The monitoring system installed sensors on a freight car to measure temperature, acceleration, humidity, and GPS coordinates from three separate networks. A control room collected and analyzed the data from the heterogeneous networks. The system addressed security issues like availability, integrity, and privacy through encryption protocols and detecting intrusions. It was tested on a real freight car to continuously monitor parameters and identify faulty measurements.
This summary describes a study that uses fluorescence microscopy to visualize the actin cytoskeleton during sperm individualization in Drosophila melanogaster. The researchers develop a simple assay using rhodamine-phalloidin to label F-actin in the individualization complex (IC), which packages each sperm cell during development. Using this assay, they analyze male-sterile mutants and identify four classes based on defects in IC assembly and movement. Class 1 mutants block IC assembly, class 2 mutants allow assembly but not movement, class 3 mutants allow initial movement but the IC then breaks down, and class 4 mutants allow movement but with an altered morphology. This assay provides insights into the cellular mechanisms of sperm individualization and how different mutations can disrupt this
The agricultural sector in India is facing a crisis. Productivity growth has been declining and agriculture's contribution to GDP is decreasing over time. Several factors are contributing to the crisis, including exploitation by middlemen, climate change impacts, falling prices, rising production costs, crop losses, lack of available land, and environmental degradation from overuse of chemicals. To address the crisis, the document recommends increasing government investment and subsidies in agriculture, restricting imports, improving credit access for farmers, and revising procurement prices to ensure remunerative incomes for farmers.
1) The document discusses the future plans and activities of the Technical Committee on Homeland Security (TCHS) of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society.
2) It outlines some of the TCHS's past accomplishments and current goals, which include organizing conferences, growing its membership, and publishing a special journal issue on emerging topics in homeland security.
3) It also discusses some of the technical challenges in homeland security like balancing surveillance technologies with social issues, and how fields like computer science and engineering will continue to play a central role through technologies like artificial intelligence, big data analysis, and information fusion.
An earthquake in 1958 triggered a megatsunami in Lituya Bay, Alaska, generating the largest wave ever recorded at 516 meters. The tsunami destroyed much of the uninhabited bay but only claimed two lives as there were no buildings, though it showed the incredible destructive potential of such an extreme natural event.
The monitoring system installed sensors on a freight car to measure temperature, acceleration, humidity, and GPS coordinates from three separate networks. A control room collected and analyzed the data from the heterogeneous networks. The system addressed security issues like availability, integrity, and privacy through encryption protocols and detecting intrusions. It was tested on a real freight car to continuously monitor parameters and identify faulty measurements.
This summary describes a study that uses fluorescence microscopy to visualize the actin cytoskeleton during sperm individualization in Drosophila melanogaster. The researchers develop a simple assay using rhodamine-phalloidin to label F-actin in the individualization complex (IC), which packages each sperm cell during development. Using this assay, they analyze male-sterile mutants and identify four classes based on defects in IC assembly and movement. Class 1 mutants block IC assembly, class 2 mutants allow assembly but not movement, class 3 mutants allow initial movement but the IC then breaks down, and class 4 mutants allow movement but with an altered morphology. This assay provides insights into the cellular mechanisms of sperm individualization and how different mutations can disrupt this
The agricultural sector in India is facing a crisis. Productivity growth has been declining and agriculture's contribution to GDP is decreasing over time. Several factors are contributing to the crisis, including exploitation by middlemen, climate change impacts, falling prices, rising production costs, crop losses, lack of available land, and environmental degradation from overuse of chemicals. To address the crisis, the document recommends increasing government investment and subsidies in agriculture, restricting imports, improving credit access for farmers, and revising procurement prices to ensure remunerative incomes for farmers.
Interview of Prof. Francesco Flammini published on Railway Gazette about the Europe's Rail project "Roadmaps for A.I. Integration in the Rail Sector" (RAILS) that he led as the Technical Manager.
2023 Professor Zdzislaw Pawlak Award - International Cooperation, "Balancing Privacy and Accuracy in Federated Learning for Speech Emotion Recognition" (S. Mohammadi, M. Mohammadi, S. Sinaei, A. Balador, E. Nowroozi, F. Flammini, M. Conti), 18th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems (FedCSIS’23)
Internationalization of the Curriculum Conference CertificateFrancesco Flammini
This certificate confirms that Francesco Flammini participated in a two-day symposium on internationalizing university curriculums held November 17-18, 2022 at the Polo Universitario Lugano - Campus EST in Lugano-Viganello, Switzerland. The event was organized by the Department of Innovative Technologies and the Swiss Global Competence Lab at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland.
IEEE SMC TCHS Award Ceremony at IEEE CSR conference 2021Francesco Flammini
The IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Homeland Security (TCHS) held its annual award ceremony. Five awards were given to recognize outstanding leadership, research, service, early career contributions, and contributions by women in the field of homeland security. Award winners included Professor Isaac Ben-Israel for leadership, Professors Ernesto Damiani, Steven Furnell, and Igor Linkov for research and innovation, Stavros Shiaeles, Nicholas Kolokotronis, and Emanuele Bellini for service, Luca Faramondi for his early career contributions, and Cristina Alcaraz for her contributions and role modeling as a woman in the field.
Second International Colloquium on Recent Trends in Computer Science – 2021 (Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, July 6th, 2021)
http://icrtcs.vvce.ac.in/
http://wing.vvce.ac.in/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd3p7Pl72Bw
Science of Computer Programming, Certificate of ReviewingFrancesco Flammini
Francesco Flammini received an award from the journal Science of Computer Programming in recognition for contributing a review to the journal. The award has been presented since September 2020 and is given out based on reviews submitted to the journal. The Editors of Science of Computer Programming presented the award to Francesco Flammini.
Francesco Flammini has been appointed as a Distinguished Speaker for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for a three year term. The ACM's Distinguished Speaker Program engages emerging professionals, students, and the public through leading researchers on topics in computing. Gabriele Kotsis, the ACM President, thanked Flammini for joining this prestigious program and lending his time to benefit the computing community.
“AI techniques in cyber-security applications”. Flammini lnu susec19Francesco Flammini
The document discusses using artificial intelligence techniques like Bayesian networks and event trees for cybersecurity applications. It describes how these techniques can help address issues with security operations centers being overwhelmed by too much information from various sensors and systems. Bayesian networks and event trees can help fuse data from different sources to detect threats more effectively. The document provides examples of how Bayesian networks can be built using historical threat data and customized for specific organizations. It also discusses how these models can be updated dynamically based on real-time data from systems.
Embedded systems control devices and have dedicated functions, while cyber-physical systems intensively connect computational entities to the physical world. The research group at Linnaeus University studies cyber-physical systems and IoT security, developing techniques for smart troubleshooting of connected devices and applying IoT solutions to smart environments. They also provide IoT education to help students learn about these important topics.
- The document discusses virtual coupling, which aims to allow trains to operate closer together while maintaining safety. It explores extending ERTMS Level 3 to enable this through cooperative driving and dynamic train compositions.
- Preliminary simulations show a train joining a fleet in virtual coupling mode and coordinated emergency braking of the coupled trains. Further work is needed to fully implement and test virtual coupling.
This document discusses using virtual coupling to increase railway line capacity. Virtual coupling would allow trains to virtually join together by reducing headways. This could transfer achievements from vehicle platooning to railways. The document proposes a vision of virtual coupling integrated with ERTMS Level 3 moving block signaling. Trains would communicate position/speed and follow a desired spacing profile determined by the radio block center. A stochastic Petri net model is presented and simulated, showing virtual coupling could increase train frequency on a high-speed line from 20 to 100 trains per hour by reducing headways from 3 to 0.36 minutes. Compatibility with ERTMS standards is discussed.
Smart-Troubleshooting Symbiotic Autonomous Systems in the Connected SocietyFrancesco Flammini
This document summarizes a presentation on smart troubleshooting of interconnected devices. It discusses how as devices become more connected and complex, troubleshooting failures is challenging. Research aims to gather error logs from different devices, analyze them to match fixes and instructions. This could help with troubleshooting in smart cities and transportation. The proposed approach would reuse a framework to model dependability and security. It is connected to research on symbiotic autonomous systems and addresses areas like big data, machine learning, and cybersecurity.
Francesco Flammini has received a Certificate of Completion for successfully completing a course on "Successful grant applications: getting it right" on Monday January 23, 2017. The certificate confirms Francesco Flammini's participation in and completion of the course on that specified date.
Interview of Prof. Francesco Flammini published on Railway Gazette about the Europe's Rail project "Roadmaps for A.I. Integration in the Rail Sector" (RAILS) that he led as the Technical Manager.
2023 Professor Zdzislaw Pawlak Award - International Cooperation, "Balancing Privacy and Accuracy in Federated Learning for Speech Emotion Recognition" (S. Mohammadi, M. Mohammadi, S. Sinaei, A. Balador, E. Nowroozi, F. Flammini, M. Conti), 18th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems (FedCSIS’23)
Internationalization of the Curriculum Conference CertificateFrancesco Flammini
This certificate confirms that Francesco Flammini participated in a two-day symposium on internationalizing university curriculums held November 17-18, 2022 at the Polo Universitario Lugano - Campus EST in Lugano-Viganello, Switzerland. The event was organized by the Department of Innovative Technologies and the Swiss Global Competence Lab at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland.
IEEE SMC TCHS Award Ceremony at IEEE CSR conference 2021Francesco Flammini
The IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Homeland Security (TCHS) held its annual award ceremony. Five awards were given to recognize outstanding leadership, research, service, early career contributions, and contributions by women in the field of homeland security. Award winners included Professor Isaac Ben-Israel for leadership, Professors Ernesto Damiani, Steven Furnell, and Igor Linkov for research and innovation, Stavros Shiaeles, Nicholas Kolokotronis, and Emanuele Bellini for service, Luca Faramondi for his early career contributions, and Cristina Alcaraz for her contributions and role modeling as a woman in the field.
Second International Colloquium on Recent Trends in Computer Science – 2021 (Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, July 6th, 2021)
http://icrtcs.vvce.ac.in/
http://wing.vvce.ac.in/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd3p7Pl72Bw
Science of Computer Programming, Certificate of ReviewingFrancesco Flammini
Francesco Flammini received an award from the journal Science of Computer Programming in recognition for contributing a review to the journal. The award has been presented since September 2020 and is given out based on reviews submitted to the journal. The Editors of Science of Computer Programming presented the award to Francesco Flammini.
Francesco Flammini has been appointed as a Distinguished Speaker for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for a three year term. The ACM's Distinguished Speaker Program engages emerging professionals, students, and the public through leading researchers on topics in computing. Gabriele Kotsis, the ACM President, thanked Flammini for joining this prestigious program and lending his time to benefit the computing community.
“AI techniques in cyber-security applications”. Flammini lnu susec19Francesco Flammini
The document discusses using artificial intelligence techniques like Bayesian networks and event trees for cybersecurity applications. It describes how these techniques can help address issues with security operations centers being overwhelmed by too much information from various sensors and systems. Bayesian networks and event trees can help fuse data from different sources to detect threats more effectively. The document provides examples of how Bayesian networks can be built using historical threat data and customized for specific organizations. It also discusses how these models can be updated dynamically based on real-time data from systems.
Embedded systems control devices and have dedicated functions, while cyber-physical systems intensively connect computational entities to the physical world. The research group at Linnaeus University studies cyber-physical systems and IoT security, developing techniques for smart troubleshooting of connected devices and applying IoT solutions to smart environments. They also provide IoT education to help students learn about these important topics.
- The document discusses virtual coupling, which aims to allow trains to operate closer together while maintaining safety. It explores extending ERTMS Level 3 to enable this through cooperative driving and dynamic train compositions.
- Preliminary simulations show a train joining a fleet in virtual coupling mode and coordinated emergency braking of the coupled trains. Further work is needed to fully implement and test virtual coupling.
This document discusses using virtual coupling to increase railway line capacity. Virtual coupling would allow trains to virtually join together by reducing headways. This could transfer achievements from vehicle platooning to railways. The document proposes a vision of virtual coupling integrated with ERTMS Level 3 moving block signaling. Trains would communicate position/speed and follow a desired spacing profile determined by the radio block center. A stochastic Petri net model is presented and simulated, showing virtual coupling could increase train frequency on a high-speed line from 20 to 100 trains per hour by reducing headways from 3 to 0.36 minutes. Compatibility with ERTMS standards is discussed.
Smart-Troubleshooting Symbiotic Autonomous Systems in the Connected SocietyFrancesco Flammini
This document summarizes a presentation on smart troubleshooting of interconnected devices. It discusses how as devices become more connected and complex, troubleshooting failures is challenging. Research aims to gather error logs from different devices, analyze them to match fixes and instructions. This could help with troubleshooting in smart cities and transportation. The proposed approach would reuse a framework to model dependability and security. It is connected to research on symbiotic autonomous systems and addresses areas like big data, machine learning, and cybersecurity.
Francesco Flammini has received a Certificate of Completion for successfully completing a course on "Successful grant applications: getting it right" on Monday January 23, 2017. The certificate confirms Francesco Flammini's participation in and completion of the course on that specified date.