CLOUDCOM2024: 15TH IEEE INTENATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
PROGRAM

Days: Monday, December 9th Tuesday, December 10th Wednesday, December 11th

Monday, December 9th

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07:30-08:30 Session 1: Coffee, Registration, and Badging
Location: Building B: Reception
08:30-10:00 Session 2: Architectures, Storage, and Virtualization
Chairs:
Kenichi Kourai (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Leila Ismail (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
08:30
Simon Lambert (LIP - ENS Lyon, Ciril GROUP, France)
Eddy Caron (ENS-Lyon / INRIA / LIP, France)
Rémi Grivel (Ciril GROUP, France)
Laurent Lefevre (INRIA, France)
SORCA: a social-based consolidation approach to reduce Cloud infrastructures energy consumption (abstract)
PRESENTER: Simon Lambert
09:00
Prakhar Gupta (Indian Institute of Science, India)
Lakshmi J (SERC, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12, India, India)
Ataru: A Lightweight VMM+Runtime for Low Latency Serverless Functions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Prakhar Gupta
09:30
Francesco Lumpp (University of Verona, Italy)
Diego Braga (Krateo Platformops, Italy)
Franco Fummi (University of Verona, Italy)
Nicola Bombieri (University of Verona, Italy)
Automating FinOps in Cloud Computing: An Integrated Solution for Efficient Data Collection with Dynamic Scraper Generation (abstract)
10:00-10:30Morning Coffee Break

Service Area of Lecture Hall 1

10:30-11:00 Session 3: Opening Ceremony
Chair:
Ibrahim Elfadel (Khalifa University, UAE)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
10:30
Ahmed Al Durra (Khalifa University, UAE)
Welcome Note
10:40
Baker Mohammad (Khalifa University, UAE)
Message from the General Chairs
10:50
Ibrahim Elfadel (Khalifa University, UAE)
Message from the Program Chair
11:00-12:00 Session 4: Keynote Address: Building Quantum Centric Supercomputing

Heike Riel, IBM Zurich, Switzerland

Chair:
Baker Mohammad (Khalifa University, UAE)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
12:00-13:30Lunch Break

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13:30-15:00 Session 5: Machine Learning Cloud Services
Chairs:
Thanos Strouraitis (Khalifa University, UAE)
Charles Miers (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
13:30
Viraj Bhat (LigaData, United States)
Transforming Telcos into Technos through Hyper-Personalized Experiences
14:00
Khubaib Amjad Alam (College of Engineering, Al Ain University Abu Dhabi, UAE, Pakistan)
Muhammad Haroon (National University of Computer & emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES), Islamabad, Pakistan, Pakistan)
Evaluating Fine-tuned BERT-based Language Models for Web API Recommendation (abstract)
14:30
Alain Henneblle (Independent Consultant in Information Technology Systems and Artificial Intelligence Applications, UAE)
Qifan Deng (CLOUDS Lab, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Leila Ismail (Intelligent Dist Comp & Systems Lab, Department of CS & Software Engineering, College of IT, UAE University, UAE)
Rajkumar Buyya (CLOUDS Lab, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Australia)
SmartEdge: Smart Healthcare End-to-End Integrated Edge and Cloud Computing System for Diabetes Prediction Enabled by Voting Ensemble Machine Learning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alain Henneblle
15:00-15:30Afternoon Coffee Break

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15:30-17:30 Session 6: Mini Workshop on Web3
Chair:
Davor Svetinovic (Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
15:30
Volodymyr Khilenko (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia)
A new direction for the application of blockchain: the technology of reverse blockchain
15:50
Marcela Tuler de Oliveira (TU Delft, Netherlands)
Distributed Access Control: Bridging Trustworthiness and Transparency in Cross-Organizational Data Sharing
16:10
Alexander Neulinger (Austrian Blockchain Center, Austria)
Using blockchain and oracles to reduce human traders' financial losses in fire sale scenarios in decentralized finance
16:30
Huned Yusufbhai Materwala (Khalifa University, UAE)
Optimizing Maximal Extractable Value: A Transparent and Fair Path to Democratization
16:45
Shraddha Mukund Naik (Khalifa University, UAE)
The MEV Menace: Advanced Detection through Neural Networks
17:00
Mohamed Sharshar (Khalifa University, UAE)
Proactive Crypto Laundering Detection in NFT Marketplaces
17:15
Faisal Binmahfoudh (Khalifa University, UAE)
Adversarial Multi-Agent LLM for Simulating Malicious Information Extraction
18:30-21:00 Networking Reception
Location: Khalifa Innovation Center
Tuesday, December 10th

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08:00-09:00 Coffee, Registration, and Badging

Service Area of Lecture Hall 1

Location: Building B: Reception
09:00-10:30 Session 7: Cloud Computing Applications
Chairs:
Zeyar Aung (Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Masdar Institute, UAE)
Lianying Zhao (Carleton University, Canada)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
09:00
Huiyao Dong (ITMO University, Russia)
Igor Kotenko (St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS), Russia)
Enhancing Security in EV Charging Systems: A Hybrid Detection and Mitigation Approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Huiyao Dong
09:30
Ayesha Ubaid (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
Xiaojie Lin (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
Farookh Khadeer Hussain (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
SW Forecaster:An Intelligent Data-Driven Approach for Water Usage Demand Forecasting (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ayesha Ubaid
10:00
Muhammad Sharshar (Khalifa University, UAE)
Kareem Elzeky (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, UAE)
Menna Othman (Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology, Egypt)
Seifaldin Khaled (Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology, Egypt)
Hosam Moubarak (Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology, Egypt)
Walid Gomaa (Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology, Egypt)
Blockchain-Based Framework for Stock Market Operations: IPOs, Trading, and Dividend Distribution (abstract)
10:30-11:00Morning Coffee Break

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11:00-12:00 Session 8: Keynote Address: Exponential Technologies: The Role of High-Performance Computing in Shaping the Future of AI

Horst Simon, ADIA Lab, UAE

Chair:
Emilio Porcu (Khalifa University, UAE)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
12:00-13:30Lunch Break

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13:30-15:00 Session 9: Microservices and Containerization
Chairs:
Andreas Henschel (Khalifa University, UAE)
Cheng-Hsin Hsu (National Tsing Hua University, China)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
13:30
Carmine Colarusso (University of Sannio, Italy)
Ida Falco (University of Sannio, Italy)
Eugenio Zimeo (University of Sannio, Italy)
A greedy data-anchored placement of microservices in federated clouds (abstract)
PRESENTER: Carmine Colarusso
14:00
Dasith Edirisinghe (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka)
Kavinda Rajapakse (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka)
Pasindu Abeysinghe (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka)
Sunimal Rathnayake (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka)
SpotKube: Cost-Optimal Microservices Deployment with Cluster Autoscaling and Spot Pricing (abstract)
PRESENTER: Dasith Edirisinghe
14:30
Yuki Asakura (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Kenichi Kourai (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
An Efficient State-Saving Mechanism for Out-of-band Container Migration (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kenichi Kourai
15:00-16:00Afternoon Coffee Break

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15:00-16:00 Session 10: Poster Session
Chair:
Kamal Taha (Khalifa University, UAE)
Location: The Spine
Truong Thanh Le (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway)
Amir Taherkordi (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway)
Frank Eliassen (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway)
Peiyuan Guan (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway)
Optimal Distribution of ML Models over Edge for Applications with High Input Frequency (abstract)
PRESENTER: Truong Thanh Le
Antonio Maciá-Lillo (Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Alicante, Spain)
Higinio Mora (Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Alicante, Spain)
Antonio Jimeno-Morenilla (Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Alicante, Spain)
Tamai Ramírez (Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Alicante, Spain)
Towards Abstraction of Heterogeneous Accelerators for HPC/AI Tasks in the Cloud (abstract)
Saman Akbari (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
Manfred Hauswirth (Technische Universität Berlin & Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Germany)
Sampling in Cloud Benchmarking: A Critical Review and Methodological Guidelines (abstract)
PRESENTER: Saman Akbari
Alexis Brodeur (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)
Guillaume Tassotti (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)
Amine Boukthouta (Ericsson, Canada)
Abdeljouad Necir Medakene (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)
Abdelouahed Gherbi (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)
tBPF: Testing Berkeley Packet Filter Programs Using User Mode Linux (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alexis Brodeur
Saira Musa (McMaster University, Canada)
Douglas G. Down (McMaster University, Canada)
Cost-Effective Cloud Resource Provisioning Using Linear Regression (abstract)
PRESENTER: Saira Musa
Chanh Nguyen (Umeå University, Sweden)
Monowar Bhuyan (Umeå University, Sweden)
Erik Elmroth (Umeå University and Elastisys, Sweden)
Enhancing Machine Learning Performance in Dynamic Cloud Environments with Auto-Adaptive Models (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chanh Nguyen
16:00-18:00 Session 11: Special Session: Digital Health: What Do the Doctors Say?
Chair:
Leila Ismail (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
16:00
Leila Ismail (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)
Opening Remarks: Reimagining Healthcare with Unprecedented Technological Advancements
16:10
Shahrukh Hashmi (Medical Research & Development Division, Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Regulatory Approvals for Software as a Medical Device
16:30
Moein A B Khan (College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, UAE University, UAE)
Critical Health Care Challenges in Primary Health Care
16:50
Andreas Henschel (Khalifa University, UAE)
Feature Engineering Meets Immunology: Harnessing Clinical and Genetic Data with Machine Learning to Unravel Disease Mechanisms
17:10
Sreejith Balasubramanian (Middlesex University, UAE)
Assessing Readiness for Blockchain Adoption: Insights from a Healthcare Case Study
17:30
Leila Ismail (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)
Discussion and Closing Remarks
18:30-21:00 Gala Dinner
Location: TBD
Wednesday, December 11th

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08:00-09:00 Coffee, Registration, and Badging
Location: Building B: Reception
09:00-10:30 Session 12: Cloud Security and Privacy
Chairs:
Chan Yeob Yeun (Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE)
Nicola Bombieri (University of Verona, Italy)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
09:00
Henrique Cochak (Santa Catarina State University (UDESC), Brazil)
Marco Marques (Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil)
Marcos Simplicio (Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil)
Charles Miers (UDESC, Brazil)
Pedro Correia (USP, Brazil)
Lightweight SPIFFE Verifiable Identity Documents (LSVIDs): A Nested Token Approach for Enhanced Security and Flexibility in SPIFFE (abstract)
PRESENTER: Charles Miers
09:30
Lamees M. Alqassem (Department of Computer Science, Khalifa University, UAE)
Maurizio Colombo (Ebtic, Khalifa University, UAE)
Ernesto Damiani (Center for Cyber Physical Systems (C2PS), Khalifa University, UAE)
Rasool Asal (College of Engineering and IT, University of Dubai, UAE)
Al Anoud Almemari (Center for Cyber Physical Systems (C2PS), Khalifa University, UAE)
Yousof Alhammadi (Department of Computer Science, Khalifa University, UAE)
Quantization in Distributed Learning for Privacy Preserving: A Systematic Literature Review (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lamees M. Alqassem
10:00
A S M Asadujjaman (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)
Eduardo Falcão (Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil)
Andrey Brito (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)
Davi Pontes (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)
Securing Confidential VMs in Public Clouds (abstract)
PRESENTER: A S M Asadujjaman
10:30-11:00Morning Coffee Break

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11:00-12:00 Session 13: Keynote Address: Flexible Computing for Energy Sustainability in Data Centers

Ayse Coskun, Boston University, USA

Chair:
Mohamed El Moursi (Khalifa University, UAE)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
12:00-13:30Lunch Break

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13:30-15:00 Session 14: Internet of Things and Edge Computing
Chairs:
Rabeb Mizouni (Khalifa University, UAE)
Kenichi Kourai (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
13:30
Chih-Chun Wu (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
Cheng-Chia Lai (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
Nalini Venkatasubramanian (UCI/ICS, United States)
Cheng-Hsin Hsu (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
A Software-Defined Approach to Enabling Network Controllers for Smart Environment Digital Twins (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cheng-Hsin Hsu
14:00
Ming Lei (Carleton University, Canada)
Taous A. Madi (Ericsson Research Canada, Canada)
Matthew Nitschke (Carleton University, Canada)
Lianying Zhao (Carleton University, Canada)
Makan Pourzandi (Ericsson Research Canada, Canada)
Multi-target Risk Score Aggregation for Security Evaluation of Network Environments (abstract)
PRESENTER: Matthew Nitschke
14:30
Nida Fatima (BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India)
Paresh Saxena (BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India)
Giovanni Giambene (University of Siena, Italy)
Policy Gradient-based MADDRL Approach for Computation Offloading in NTN-empowered MEC (abstract)
15:00-15:30Afternoon Coffee Break

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15:30-16:30 Session 15: Panel: Blockchain as a Service
Chairs:
Khaled Salah (Khalifa University, UAE)
Nawaf Almoosa (EBTIC, UAE)
Davor Svetinovic (Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
Leila Ismail (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
16:30-17:00 Session 16: Closing Ceremony: See You at CloudCom2025
Chair:
Ibrahim Elfadel (Khalifa University, UAE)
Location: Lecture Hall 1 - B-00107
18:00-21:00 Free Time