DESTION 2024 Workshop Program

Monday, May 13, 2024

All times are Hong Kong local

HKTCDTTitle 
8:00am – 8:30am7:00pm – 7:30pm (5/12)Breakfast 
8:30am – 8:45am7:30pm – 7:45pm (5/12)Welcome Remarks
Dr. Himanshu Neema [Vanderbilt University, USA, Chair, DESTION 2024]
8:45am – 9:45am7:45pm – 8:45pm (5/12)Invited Talk: Human+AI Collaboration in Design: A Tool, A Teammate, A Coach 
Dr. Christopher McComb [Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, USA]
9:45am –10:15am8:45pm – 9:15pm (5/12)Coffee Break
10:15am – 10:45am9:15pm – 9:45pm (5/12)Invited Talk: Towards Trustworthy Cyber-Physical System using Automation and Neuro-Symbolic AI 
Dr. Rickard Ewetz [Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, USA]
10:45am – 11:05am9:45pm – 10:05pm (5/12)

Fusion of ML with Numerical Simulation for Optimized Propeller Design 
Authors: Harsh Vardhan, Neha Kumari, Peter Volgyesi, and Janos Sztipanovits

Presenter: Dr. Harsh Vardhan [Vanderbilt University, USA]

11:05am – 11:25am10:05pm – 10:25pm (5/12)

RAMPART: Reinforcement Against Malicious Penetration by Adversaries in Realistic Topologies 
Authors: Himanshu Neema, Daniel Balasubramanian, Harsh Vardhan, Harmon Nine, and Sandeep Neema

Presenter: Dr. Daniel A. Balasubramanian [Vanderbilt University, USA]

11:25am – 11:45am10:25pm – 10:45pm (5/12)

Libpanda Apps: Managing the Deployment and Reuse of a Cyber-Physical System 
Authors: Matt Bunting, Matt Nice, Alex Richardson, Jonathan Sprinkle, and Dan Work

Presenter: Dr. Matt Bunting [Vanderbilt University, USA]

11:45pm – 1:30pm10:45pm (5/12) – 12:30am (5/13)Lunch
1:30pm – 2:00pm12:30am – 1:00amInvited Talk: (Executable) Digital Twins: The Innovation Backbone of the Future 
Dr. Dirk Hartmann [Siemens Technical Fellow, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Munich, Germany]
2:00pm – 2:20pm1:00am – 1:20am

Scalable HLA Co-Simulations of Connected and Automated Vehicles using Aggregation of Virtual Federates 
Authors: Himanshu Neema, Harmon Nine, Thomas Roth, and Wenqi Guo

Presenter: Dr. Thomas Roth [National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA]

2:20pm – 2:40pm1:20am – 1:40am

Anvil: An integration of artificial intelligence and sampling techniques with combined CAD-CFD tool 
Authors: Harsh Vardhan, Umesh Timalsina, Michael Sandborn, David Hyde, Peter Volgyesi, and Janos Sztipanovits

Presenter: Dr. Umesh Timalsina [Vanderbilt University, USA]

2:40pm – 3:00pm1:40am – 2:00am

Demo: Realistic and Lightweight Cyber Agent Training Environment using Network Emulation in Mininet 
Authors: Chih-Ting Yeh, Himanshu Neema, and Daniel Balasubramanian

Presenter: Chih-Ting Yeh [Vanderbilt University, USA]

3:00pm – 3:30pm2:00am – 2:30amCoffee Break
3:30pm – 4:00pm2:30am – 3:00amInvited Talk: Injecting Traffic Rules in AI-Powered Autonomous Vehicles 
Dr. Sushant Veer [Research Scientist, NVIDIA, USA]
4:00pm – 4:30pm3:00am – 3:30amInvited Talk: Fine-Tuning Language Models Using Formal Methods Feedback 
Dr. Ufuk Topcu [Professor, University of Texas at Austin, USA]
4:30pm – 4:50pm3:30am – 3:50am

Model-based Design Tool for Cyber-physical Power Systems using SystemC-AMS
Authors: Rahul Bhadani, Satyaki Banik, Hao Tu, Srdjan Lukic and Gabor Karsai

Presenter: Dr. Rahul Bhadani [University of Alabama, Huntsville, USA]

4:50pm – 5:00pm3:50am – 4:00amShort Break
5:00pm – 5:20pm4:00am – 4:20am

A Signal Injection Attack Against Zero Involvement Pairing and Authentication for the Internet of Things 
Authors: Isaac Ahlgren, Jack West, Kyuin Lee, George Thiruvathukal, and Neil Klingensmith

Presenter: Isaac Ahlgren [Loyola University, Chicago, USA]

5:20pm – 5:40pm4:20am – 4:40am

Towards Fairness-aware Crowd Management System and Surge Prevention in Smart Cities 
Authors: Yixin Zhang, Tianyu Zhao and Salma Elmalaki

Presenter: Tianyu Zhao [University of California, Irvine, USA]

5:40pm – 5:55pm4:40am – 4:55am

Short Paper: A Position Paper on Transforming Embedded Real-Time Systems to the Cloud: Challenges and New Research Directions 
Authors: Mitra Nasri and Jeroen Voeten

Presenter: Dr. Mitra Nasri [Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands]

5:55pm – 6:00pm4:55am – 5:00amClosing Remarks
6:00pm – 8:00pm5:00am – 7:00amReception