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Colloquium Coordinator: Demetris Zeinalipour
Colloquium: Internet Computing Evolution: Tools and Applications, Dr. George Pallis (University of Cyprus, Cyprus), Friday, February 7, 2025, 17:00-18:00 EET.
The Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus cordially invites you to the Colloquium entitled:
Internet Computing Evolution: Tools and Applications
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Speaker: Dr. George Pallis |
Abstract:
The rapid evolution of Internet computing has catalyzed transformative advancements across the IoT-Edge-Fog-Cloud continuum and big data analytics, unlocking innovative applications across diverse domains. The first part of the talk will introduce state-of-the-art tools designed for rapid prototyping, benchmarking, and emulation of cloud and edge/fog applications. Specifically, we will present awarded frameworks such as Fogify for fog computing emulation, 5G-Slicer for simulating edge applications over 5G network slices, BenchPilot for reproducible benchmarking in edge micro-data centers, and FedBed for federated learning benchmarking across edge testbeds.The second part of the talk will highlight the role of AI-driven big data analytics in addressing the growing challenges of information dysfunction, including disinformation, hate speech, and societal polarization. We will showcase advanced open-source frameworks like Check-It, DETECT, MANDOLA, POLAR, and PARALLAX, which leverage natural language processing to analyze, detect, and mitigate the impact of information dysfunction. These tools provide actionable insights into the spread and influence of harmful content, enabling more informed strategies to combat information dysfunction and foster digital resilience. Finally, the concluding part of the talk will present two novel applications in the realm of Internet computing and data science. The first utilizes facial analysis and sentiment analysis to gain insights into entrepreneurial success and investor behavior, while the second explores how human mobility data can be leveraged to promote physical activity and improve public health outcomes.
Short Bio:
George Pallis received his BSc (2001) and Ph.D. (2006) degree in Department of Informatics of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). Currently, he is associate professor at the Computer Science Department, University of Cyprus and Associate Director of Laboratory of Internet Computing. His research interests include Distributed and Internet Computing with particular focus on Big Data Analytics, and Cloud/Edge/Fog Computing. Dr. Pallis is one of the founders and programme directors of the Data Science Master programme at University of Cyprus. He is principal institutional investigator in research projects funded by EC, Research Promotion Foundation in Cyprus, and industry (e.g., Google) and has totally attracted more than 5.5M euro. Dr. Pallis has published over 100 papers in international journals (e.g., IEEE TKDE, IEEE TCC, IEEE TSC, ACM TOIT, Scientific Reports etc), magazines (e.g., CACM, IEEE Internet Computing) and conferences (e.g., INFOCOM, IPDPS, ICDCS, SEC, IoTDi, ICWSM, BIG DATA etc) and he is contribut information dysfunction or of two international DIN (German Institute for Standardization) standards. His papers have been cited more than 5600 times with h-index 29 (Source: Google Scholar). Dr. Pallis has served as PC-Co-chair of CloudCom 2018 and CCGrid 2019 and General chair of IEEE/ACM SEC 2024 and General co-chair of IEEE IC2E. Dr. Pallis has also served in numerous Program and Organization Committees for international conferences (WWW, ICDCS, CONEXT, BIG DATA etc.) and he received the best paper awards in IEEE CloudCom 2024, IEEE/ACM UCC 2023, IEEE IoTDi 2022, IEEE ISCC 2022, IEEE BIG DATA 2016, ICSOC 2014 and the best demo award in the ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing. In 2019, Dr. Pallis served as guest editor for the edge computing special issue on the prestigious Proceedings of the IEEE journal. Dr Pallis is appeared in the World’s Top 2% Scientists list published by Stanford University and he is golden core member of IEEE Computer Society. He was Editor in Chief (EIC) in the IEEE Internet Computing magazine (2019-2023) and Associate Editor in the IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. Currently, he is EIC Emeritus in the IEEE Internet Computing magazine, and Associate Editor in the Computing Journal (Springer).
Note:
This colloquium is part of the speaker's procedure for evaluation and promotion from Associate Professor to Professor. Teams URL: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NGI1NzU5NTAtNmJlMi00NDE3LWFhMzUtM2FmNjk4MzI0NzBh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%228dd1e6b4-8dac-408e-8d8d-6753e9800530%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22bf290ded-2838-41ff-8a0f-3491900a4e07%22%7d
