IEEE International Conference on Communications
20-24 May 2018 // Kansas City, MO, USA
Communications for Connecting Humanity

Program

 

Technical Program

Thursday, May 24

 Time

   Session

 08:30 am - 10:15 am

   W17 - S1: Data Management in IoT

 10:15 am - 11:00 am

   W17 - S2: Interactive Session

 11:00 am - 12:30 pm    

   W17 - S3: Panel on IoT Convergence

 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm    

   W17 - K: Keynote

 03:00 pm - 03:45 pm    

   W17 - S4: IoT Interoperability and Convergence

 04:15 pm - 06:00 pm    

   W17 - S5: IoT Applications


Thursday, May 24

Thursday, May 24, 08:30 - 10:15

W17 - S1: Data Management in IoT

Chair: Sharief M.A. Oteafy (DePaul University, USA)

Selective Versus Non-Selective Acquisition of Crowd-Solicited IoT Data and its Dependability
Venkat Surya Dasari (University of Ottawa, Canada); Maryam Pouryazdan (Clarkson University, USA); Burak Kantarci (University of Ottawa, Canada)

A Quest for Optimizing the Data Processing Decision for Cloud-Fog Hybrid Environments
Mohamed Abusharkh (Ferris State University, USA); Mohamad Kalil (IBM, Canada)
 
Robust Quality Metric for Scarce Mobile Crowd-Sensing Scenarios
Sherif B. Azmy and Nizar Zorba (Qatar University, Qatar); Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)

Augmentation of Services with Semantic Meta-information in the Physical Web
Allen J Marshall, Xinchi He and Rose Gamble (University of Tulsa, USA)
 
Readers Scheduling for RFID Networks in the IoT Era
Fabio Campioni (Queen’s University, Canada); Salimur Choudhury (Lakehead University, Canada); Fadi M. Al-Turjman (Middle East Technical University, NCC, Turkey)


Thursday, May 24, 10:15- 11:00

W17 - S2 - I: Interactive Session

Chair: Mervat Abu-Elkheir (Mansoura University, Egypt)
 
Perforamnce and Security Enhancements to Fast Initial Link Setup in IEEE 802.11ah Wireless Networks
Lyuye Zhang and Maode Ma (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Millimeter Wave Sparse Channel Estimation for Device-to-Device Communications Using Hadamard RF Codebook
Hussein E. Seleem (Tanta University & Faculty of Engineering, Egypt); Ahmed Iyanda Sulyman (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Campus, USA); Abdulhameed Alsanie (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)

5G in a Convergent Internet of Things Era: An Overview
Lemayian Joel Poncha (METU, Turkey); Sherin Abdelhamid (Queen's University & Ain Shams University, Canada); Sinem Alturjman (Akdeniz University, Turkey); Enver Ever (Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus, Turkey); Fadi M. Al-Turjman (Middle East Technical University, NCC, Turkey)
 
Free Spectrum for IoT: How Much Can It Take?
Bassel Al Homssi and Akram Al-Hourani (RMIT University, Australia); Rob Evans (The University of Melbourne, Australia); Karina Mabell Gomez, Sithamparanathan Kandeepan and Wayne Rowe (RMIT University, Australia); Mark Loney (Australian Communications and Media Authority, Australia)

An IoT-based architecture for waste management
Sam Aleyadeh (Queen's University, Canada); Abd-Elhamid M. Taha (Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia)


Thursday, May 24, 11:00 - 12:30

W17 - S3: Panel

Convergence of IoT: Standardization vs. Symbiosis

Chair: Sharief M.A. Oteafy (DePaul University, USA)

Panelists:

Prof. James P.G. Sterbenz - The University of Kansas, KS, USA
Dr. Marcin Paprzycki - IBS PAN & WSM, Poland
Dr. Alfredo Grieco - Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Dr. Maria Ganzha - Polish Academy of Sciences & Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Moderator: Dr. Abd-Elhamid Taha (AlFaisal University, Saudi Arabia)


Thursday, May 24, 14:00 - 15:00

W17 - K: Keynote

Keynote talk by Prof. Azzedine Boukerche, followed by a Q&A session

Chair: Sharief M.A. Oteafy (DePaul University, USA)

Title: Autonomous/Connected Vehicles and Its Implications for IoT based Smart/Connected Cities

Speaker: Prof. Azzedine Boukerche, Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in wireless networking and mobile computing at the University of Ottawa, Canada

Abstract: Recent UN report estimates a continuing population growth and urbanization will add 2.5 billion people to the world’s urban population by 2050 and 2.9 billion vehicles in the world and at most likely two billion of that will be in new emerging developing countries. If you think traffic jam is bad, just wait. As a consequence, in order to be the most livable, sustainable and competitive, Cities around the world are actively experimenting with smart technologies to pave the way for a smart autonomous/connected vehicles and  IoT based smart and sustainable transportation systems. This talk will consist in an overview about the major IoT based research projects related to the design of “cognitive” cars and smart roads applications, which we are currently investigating at the, TRANSIT Research and Training Network, DIVA Strategic Research Network and PARADISE Research Laboratory, University of Ottawa. Next, we shall focus on the main challenges, modeling, simulation and design issues and discuss some results obtained recently. Finally, if time permits, we will talk about LIVE testbed, a convergence of distributed simulation, wireless multimedia and vehicular sensor technologies we are developing at TRANSIT and DIVA Research Laboratories for an urban vehicular grid. This testbed will facilitate and enable us to evaluate and design new protocols and applications for future generations of IoT based connected vehicular and sensor network technologies.

Short Bio: Azzedine Boukerche is a Distinguished University Professor and holds a Canada Research Chair position at the University of Ottawa since 2003. He is the Scientific Director of NSERC-DIVA Strategic Research Network and NSERC-CREATE TRANSIT Research Network, and a Director of PARADISE Research Laboratory at uOttawa. Prior to this, he held a faculty position at the University of North Texas, USA. He worked as a Senior Scientist at the Simulation Sciences Division, Metron Corporation located in San Diego. He spent a year at the JPL/NASA-California Institute of Technology where he contributed to a project centered about the specification and verification of the software used to control interplanetary spacecraft operated by JPL/NASA Laboratory.


Thursday, May 24, 15:00 - 15:45

W17 - S4: IoT Interoperability and Convergence

Chair: Sharief M.A. Oteafy (DePaul University, USA)
 
Solving Interoperability within the Smart Building: a Real Test-Bed
Donatello Costantino, Giovanni Malagnini and Francesco Carrera (Politecnico di Bari, Italy); Alessandra Rizzardi (University of Insubria, Italy); Pietro Boccadoro (Politecnico di Bari, Italy); Sabrina Sicari (University of Insubria, Italy); Luigi Alfredo Grieco (Politecnico di Bari, Italy)

Identifier management in semantic interoperability solutions for IoT
Maria Ganzha (System Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences & Warsaw University of Technology, Poland); Marcin Paprzycki (IBS PAN & WSM, Poland); Wiesław Pawłowski (University of Gdańsk, Poland); Paweł Szmeja and Katarzyna Wasielewska (Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)


Thursday, May 24, 16:15- 18:00

W17 - S5: IoT Applications

Chair: Mervat Abu-Elkheir (Mansoura University, Egypt)
 
UAV Path Planning for Emergency Management in IoT
Sherin Abdelhamid (Queen's University & Ain Shams University, Canada)

A Relay and Mobility Scheme for QoS Improvement in IoT Communications
Anderson Augusto Simiscuka and Gabriel-Miro Muntean (Dublin City University, Ireland)
 
The Internet of Things Service Recommendation Based on Tripartite Graph with Mass Diffusion
Ping-quan Wang (Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication & Huhhot University for Nationalities, P.R. China); Hong Luo (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Mohammad S. Obaidat (University of Jordan, USA); Tin-Yu Wu (National Ilan University, Taiwan)

Energy-efficient QoS-based Congestion Control for Reliable Communications in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks
Bao Trinh and Liam Murphy (University College Dublin, Ireland); Gabriel-Miro Muntean (Dublin City University, Ireland)
 
Cataloging design patterns for Internet of Things artifact integration
Rafal Tkaczyk (Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland); Katarzyna Wasielewska (Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland); Maria Ganzha (System Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences & Warsaw University of Technology, Poland); Marcin Paprzycki (IBS PAN & WSM, Poland); Wiesław Pawłowski (University of Gdańsk, Poland); Paweł Szmeja (Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland); Giancarlo Fortino (University of Calabria, Italy)

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