ENgineering Responsible Smart Systems (EN-RSS)
Workshop exploratoriu ȋn cadrul conferinţei ”Smart diaspora – diaspora în învățământ superior, știință, inovare și antreprenoriat. Diaspora și prietenii ei” – Smart Diaspora 2023, 10-13 aprilie 2023, Timişoara.
Description
Artificial Intelligence is becoming a key enabler for new systems in a variety of domains, including smart health, manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, to name a few. It provides the technological enablement for solving pressing issues such as automation of routine tasks, improvement of systems performance and efficiency, and accelerates the digitization of many sectors. At the same time, AI can have negative impact on society when used without sound engineering principles or input from a variety of stakeholders. There are many challenges in engineering responsible smart systems, such as fairness, transparency, safety, privacy and security combined with the demand for ensuring equal access, inspiring participation and engagement, and protecting civic rights and liberties. Meeting these challenges is only possible through advances in fundamental AI and learning technologies, software and system engineering for AI smart systems, assurances for AI intensive systems and through a multidisciplinary effort.
This workshop brings together researchers, practitioners and policy makers from academic, research and government institutions, from Romania and abroad, to present and debate the state of the art and practice in engineering smart systems. The presentations will be on topics including but not limited to:
- Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
- Software and system engineering for large scale socio-technical systems
- Process automation including IT cloud automation and AIOos, autonomic and self-adaptive systems
- Socio-technical factors for smart systems: human and social factors; trust, ethics, privacy, security, safety; social and environmental implications, sustainability, law and public policies.
- Applications of Smart Systems, e.g. cyber-phyysical systems, internet of things, smart health, smart transportation, etc.
The workshop will also include several panels and round-tables with the goal to develop new research and collaboration programs among the participants.
The workshop participation is gender diverse and multi-disciplinary, including Master, PhD and postdoctoral students, early career, and established researchers from Romania and abroad.
Invited Speakers from Diaspora
| Gheorghe CĂPĂȚÂNĂ | Professor, Dr. | Universitatea de Stat din Moldova, Chişinău, Republica Moldova |
| Silvia CȊRSTEA | Associate Professor, Dr. | Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK |
| Sergiu DASCĂLU | Professor, Dr. | University of Nevada, Reno, USA |
| Ada DIACONESCU | Associate Professor, Dr. | Telecom Paris, France |
| Mark FRȊNCU | Senior Lecturer, Dr. | Nottingham Trent University, UK |
| Dan IONESCU | Professor, Dr. | University of Ottawa, Canada |
| Alexandru IOSUP | Professor, Dr. | Vrije University Amsterdam, Netherland |
| Marin LIŢOIU | Professor, Dr. | York University, Toronto, Canada |
| Cristina LUCA | Associate Professor, Dr. | Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK |
| Irina NEDELCU | Software development engineer | Amazon EU, Luxemburg |
| Vio ONUŢ | Adjunct Professor / Senior Manager Research, Dr. | University of Ottawa / IBM, Canada |
| Ana-Lucia VȂRBĂNESCU | Professor, Dr. | University of Twente, Netherlands |
Invited Speakers from Romania
| Liliana DOBRICĂ | Professor, Dr. | Universitatea POLITEHNICA din Bucureşti |
| Miruna Elena ILIUŢĂ | Teaching Assistant, PhD Student | Universitatea POLITEHNICA din Bucureşti |
| Anca Daniela IONIŢĂ | Professor, Dr. | Universitatea POLITEHNICA din Bucureşti |
| Mihnea Alexandru MOISESCU | Professor, Dr. | Universitatea POLITEHNICA din Bucureşti |
| Dana PETCU | Professor, Dr. | Universitatea de Vest Timişoara |
| Mălina STANCIU | Master’s Student | Universitatea POLITEHNICA din Bucureşti |
| Lăcrămioara STOICU-TIVADAR | Professor, Dr. | Universitatea Politehnica Timişoara |
Organizers
| Sergiu DASCĂLU | Professor, Dr. | University of Nevada, Reno, USA |
| Anca Daniela IONIŢĂ | Professor, Dr. | Universitatea POLITEHNICA din Bucureşti |
| Marin LIŢOIU | Professor, Dr. | York University, Toronto, Canada |
| Mihnea Alexandru MOISESCU | Professor, Dr. | Universitatea POLITEHNICA din Bucureşti |
| Dana PETCU | Professor, Dr. | Universitatea de Vest Timisoara |
Program
April 11:
- 8:30 – 9:00 Registration (UVT – B-dul Vasile Parvan 4, 059)
- 9:00 – 10:30 Session 1: Sustainable Computing (UVT, 059)
Online access link
Chair: Marin Litoiu- Massivizing Computer Systems: the Science, Design, and Engineering of Distributed Ecosystems,
Alexandru Iosup, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Towards Zero-Waste Computing.
Ana-Lucia Vȃrbănescu, University of Twente - Roundtable Q&A
- Massivizing Computer Systems: the Science, Design, and Engineering of Distributed Ecosystems,
- 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:00 – 12:30 Session 2: Smart Systems and their Engineering (UVT, 059)
Online access link
Chair: Anca Daniela Ionita- AI and System Self-adaptation: Results, Challenges and Risks
Marin Liţoiu, York University - Multi-scale Architectures for Sustainable and Scalable Socio-Technical Systems
Ada Diaconescu, Telecom Paris - Risk Assessment for Digital Twins in Systems Medicine
Miruna Elena Iliuță, Mihnea Alexandru Moisescu, University Politehnica of Bucharest - Roundtable Q&A
- AI and System Self-adaptation: Results, Challenges and Risks
- 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 – 15:30 Session 3: Software Engineering for Smart Systems (UVT, 059)
Online access link
Chair: Dana Petcu- Blending Algorithmic and Artificial Intelligence Platforms for Higher Precision and Shorter Data Sets
Dan Ionescu, University of Ottawa, Canada - A VR Simulation for Mining Engineering Education
Sergiu Dascălu, Pengbo Chu, Levi Scully, Charlotte Moreland, Nathan Bertram, Dustin Hurtz, University of Nevada - Artificial Intelligence Meets Modeling
Irina Nedelcu, Amazon EU Sarl, Anca Daniela Ioniţă, University Politehnica of Bucharest - Ontology-based Analysis Tools at Early-stage Development of Cyber-physical Systems
Liliana, Dobrică, Mălina Stanciu, University Politehnica of Bucharest - Roundtable Q&A
- Blending Algorithmic and Artificial Intelligence Platforms for Higher Precision and Shorter Data Sets
- 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
- 16:00 – 17:30 Session 4: Smart Applications (UVT, 059)
Online access link
Chair: Mihnea Moisescu- Empowering Healthcare Business Management Systems by AI to facilitate decision making
Cristina Luca, Amirali Shirazibeheshti, George Wilson, Anglia Ruskin University - HosmartAI – Frame for a Common Open Integration Platform Supporting the Benefits of Incorporating Digital Technologies in the Healthcare System
Lăcrămioara Stoicu-Tivadar, University Politehnica Timișoara - The Rise of Responsible AI to Balance the Potential Bias in Truly Smart Grids
Marc Frîncu, Nottingham Trent University - Roundtable Q&A
- Empowering Healthcare Business Management Systems by AI to facilitate decision making
- 17:30 – 19:30 Exhibition
April 12:
- 09:00 – 10:30: Session 5: Responsible AI (UVT, 059)
Chair: Marin Litoiu- Deepfake – Security and Societal Challenges
Vio Onut, IBM Canada - Intelligent Software for the Research Domain: Mental and Behavioural Disorders in Epilepsy
Gheorghe Căpățână, Moldova State University - Contributions to the Development of Assistive Technologies
Silvia Cirstea, Anglia Ruskin University - Roundtable Q&A
- Deepfake – Security and Societal Challenges
- 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
- 11:00 – 12:30 Session 6: New Research Directions and Collaboration Opportunities (UVT, 059)
Chair: Organizers- Private Networks for Manufacturing 4.0
Florin Ciocan, Nokia Romania - Panel: All participants
- Private Networks for Manufacturing 4.0
- 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 – 15:30 Conclusions (UVT, 059)
Workshop chairs - 19:30 Gala Dinner
April 13:
- 09:00 – 11:00 Session 7: Conclusions
- 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
- 11:30 – 13:00 Sesiune transversală. Prezentarea concluziilor referitoare la viziunea și obiectivele de țară privind cercetarea, dezvoltarea și inovarea în România: concluzii, aspirații și direcții de acțiune (Aula Magna, UVT)
- 13:00 – 19:00 Romanian lunch (Cramele Recas)
The Smart Diaspora 2023 conference program is available here.
More details about each session, as well as the abstracts and bio are available here.
Contact
Dana Petcu, Universitatea de Vest Timișoara
Email: dana.petcu@e-uvt.ro
Anca Daniela Ionita, Universitatea POLITEHNICA din Bucuresti
Email: anca.ionita@upb.ro
Web Chair
Iulia Iacob, Universitatea POLITEHNICA Din Bucuresti
Location
Universitatea de Vest Timișoara
Blvd. Vasile Pârvan, nr. 4
300223 Timișoara
Romania