Sensor Networks as the new Attack Target

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Nancy Cam-Winget is a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco Systems where she works in the Security CTO Office. She currently focuses on IoT security, Cyber and identity-based security solutions.  Nancy was the product strategist and lead architect for Cisco’s Wi-Fi product group and lead security architect for Cisco’s Identity Services Engine and Platform Exchange Grid (pxGrid).  She has authored and acted as editor for multiple published standards such as IEEE 802.11i, 802.11w, 802.11r, 802.1X and IETF RFC 7170 and RFC 7171. Nancy continues to be engaged in standards activities, where she’s now very active in other IoT standards forums and the IETF where she co-chairs the Managed Incident Lightweight Eschange.  She is also an editor for the Secure Automation and Continuous Monitoring group, is the security advisor for the Autonomic Network group, and a member of the IoT directorate.

 

 

Mobile Edge Computing Empowers Internet of Things

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Nirwan Ansari, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), received his Ph.D. from Purdue University, MSEE from the University of Michigan, and BSEE (summa cum laude with a perfect GPA) from NJIT. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors. He authored Green Mobile Networks: A Networking Perspective (Wiley-IEEE, 2017) with T. Han, and co-authored two other books. He has also (co-)authored more than 600 technical publications. He has guest-edited a number of special issues covering various emerging topics in communications and networking. He has served on the editorial/advisory board of over ten journals including as Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine. His current research focuses on green communications and networking, cloud computing, drone-assisted networking, and various aspects of broadband networks. He was elected to serve in the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Board of Governors as a member-at-large, has chaired some ComSoc technical and steering committees, is current Director of ComSoc Educational Services Board, has been serving in many committees such as the IEEE Fellow Committee, and has been actively organizing numerous IEEE International Conferences/Symposia/Workshops. He is frequently invited to deliver keynote addresses, distinguished lectures, tutorials, and invited talks. Some of his recognitions include several excellence in teaching awards, a few best paper awards, the NCE Excellence in Research Award, several ComSoc TC technical recognition awards, the NJ Inventors Hall of Fame Inventor of the Year Award, the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award, Purdue University Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Award, the NCE 100 Medal, and designation as a COMSOC Distinguished Lecturer. He has also been granted more than 40 U.S. patents.

 

 

Tracking our Lives - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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Thomas Gilbert is a Senior Software/ICT Engineer in the Data Science and Engineering Lab at the Alexandra Institute, working with IoT, Big Data and Machine Learning. Thomas is a board member of the Danish IoT Forum and the co-chairs the IT council of the Danish Society of Engineers in Jutland. Thomas has a strong background working with IT in the industry but has for the past three years at the Alexandra Institute focused on IoT research and bringing research results and innovation to business. Thomas has worked on several FP7 projects, and has through them worked actively in the European Research Cluster on the Internet of Things. Currently Thomas is leading the Alexandra Institutes efforts on a H2020 for Internet of Things Large Scale Pilots and at the same time working to bring IoT technology into the hands of SME’s throughout Denmark.