BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.7.4.2//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10@edgeaihub.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250212T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250212T170000 DTSTAMP:20250210T195256Z URL:https://edgeaihub.co.uk/events/national-edge-ai-hub-transforming-innov ation-in-edge-intelligence/ SUMMARY:National Edge AI Hub: Transforming Innovation in Edge Intelligence DESCRIPTION:The EPSRC National Edge Artificial Intelligence Hub is committe d to advancing world-class fundamental research that addresses critical ch allenges in the rapidly evolving field of Artificial Intelligence. By fost ering collaboration and engaging with stakeholders from diverse discipline s and regions\, the Hub aims to pioneer innovative solutions for safeguard ing the integrity of data and the robustness of learning processes within AI systems. Central to its mission is the protection of AI algorithms oper ating in Edge Computing (EC) environments\, particularly when subjected to sophisticated cyber-attacks. As edge computing becomes increasingly integ ral to modern technology and our daily lives\, the Hub’s research will p lay a vital role in ensuring secure\, reliable\, and high-quality data flo ws that underpin effective AI performance.\n\nJoin us at our London event to find out more about the Hub\, our work and how  you can collaborate wi th us!\n\nAgenda:\n\n12.00-13.00 Registration and lunch\n13.00-13.10 Prof Chris Day\, Vice-Chancellor and President of Newcastle University\, will o pen the event [online]\n13.10-13.45 Prof Raj Ranjan: "National EdgeAI Hub and the Future of UK's AI sustainability and cyber resilience ecosystem"\n 13.45-14.05 Prof Julie McCann\, Imperial College: “Importance of EdgeAI for the UK Economy and beyond”\n14.05-14.15 Q&\;A / Break\n14.15-14.3 5 Naomi South: "UKRI and the UK AI ecosystem"\n14.35-14.55 Dr Sadaf Alam:  "Sustainability Credentials of Isambard-AI Supercomputing Digital Resear ch Infrastructure"\n14.55-15.15 Prof Erol Gelenbe: “Auto-Associative Ran dom Neural Networks Detect and Mitigate Cyber-Attacks at the Edge”\n15.1 5-15.30 Q&\;A / Break\n15.30-16.15 AIOT Industry Panel\n\n Charlie Gre enwood\, CEO\, Sports Loft\n Per Overgaard\, CTO and Executive Director I SG Lenovo\n Roy Peled\, Business Partnerships\, WSC Sports\n\n16.15-17.00 Networking\n\n \;\n\nSpeakers\n\nProf Raj Ranjan\, Director of the Na tional Edge AI Hub: Professor Rajiv Ranjan is an Australian-British compu ter scientist\, of Indian origin\, known for his research in Distributed S ystems (Cloud Computing\, Big Data\, and the Internet of Things). He is Un iversity Chair Professor for the Internet of Things research in the School of Computing of Newcastle University\, United Kingdom. He is an internati onally established scientist in the area of Distributed Systems (having pu blished about 350 scientific papers). He is a fellow of IEEE (2024)\, Acad emia Europaea (2022) and the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Associat ion (2023). He is also the Founding Director of the International Centre ( UK-Australia) on the EV Security and National Edge Artificial Intelligence Hub\, both funded by EPSRC. He has secured more than $64 Million AUD (£3 2 Million+ GBP) in the form of competitive research grants from both publi c and private agencies. He is an innovator with strong and sustained acade mic and industrial impact and a globally recognized R&\;D leader with a proven track record. He serves on the editorial boards of top quality int ernational journals including IEEE Transactions on Computers (2014-2016)\, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing\, ACM Transactions on the Internet o f Things\, The Computer (Oxford University)\, and The Computing (Springer) and Future Generation Computer Systems. He led the Blue Skies section (de partment\, 2014-2019) of IEEE Cloud Computing\, where his principal role w as to identify and write about the most important\, cutting-edge research issues at the intersection of multiple\, inter-dependent research discipli nes within distributed systems research area including Internet of Things\ , Big Data Analytics\, Cloud Computing\, and Edge Computing. He is one of the highly cited authors in computer science and software engineering worl dwide (h-index=80+\, g-index=250+\, and 31000+ Google Scholar citations\, h-index=60+ and 16000+ Scopus citations\, and h-index=50+ and 10000+ Web o f Science Citations).\n\nProfessor McCann\, Imperial College London: Prof essor McCann is Head of the Adaptive Emergent Systmes Engineering (AESE) g roup within the Department of Computing\, Imperial College London. Her wor k centres on highly decentralised algorithms\, protocols and cross-layered solutions to wireless sensor networks – with a particular focus on low- powered sensing devices. Space\, Agricultural and Infrastructure Engineeri ng challenges lead to her work on the Internet of Things as well as Cyber- physical systems\, where her interests lie in harnessing the various inter actions between the cyber and physical to improve performance\, resilience and security.\n\nNaomi South\, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council: Naomi is a Senior Portfolio Manager in EPSRC’s AI &\; Robot ics team. She works closely with key EPSRC investments including the Alan Turing Institute and the AI hubs\, and is keen to explore how the UK AI ec osystem can continue connecting researchers\, innovators and practitioners . Naomi co-led the delivery of the hubs funding opportunity in 2023 and he r role now includes oversight of the AI hub portfolio\, which the National EdgeAI Hub is part of.\n\nDr Sadaf Alam\, Director of Advanced Computing Strategy\, University of Bristol: Dr. Sadaf Alam is chief technology offic er (CTO) for Isambard supercomputing digital research infrastructures (DRI s)\, including Isambard-AI National AI Research Resource (AIRR)\, and dire ctor of strategy and academia in the Advanced Computing Research Centre at the University of Bristol\, UK. She is responsible for digital transforma tion of research computing and data services. Prior to joining Bristol\, A lam was the CTO at CSCS\, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre. She wa s chief architect for two generations of the Piz Daint innovative flagship supercomputing facilities and the MeteoSwiss operational weather forecast ing platforms. From 2004 to 2009\, Alam was a computer scientist at Oak Ri dge National Laboratory (ORNL) and a staff scientist at the ORNL Leadershi p Computing Facility (OLCF). She studied computer science at the Universit y of Edinburgh\, UK\, where she received her PhD. She was a founding membe r of the Swiss Chapter of Women in HPC.\n\nProf Erol Gelenbe\, Institute o f Theoretical and Applied Informatics\, Polish Academy of Sciences: Erol G elenbe FIEEE FACM FIFIP is a Professor at the Institute of Theoretical &am p\; Applied Informatics\, Polish Academy of Sciences. Associated with CNRS I3S Laboratory\, University Côte d’Azur\, Nice\, France\, and Visiting Professor at King’s College London\, his research focuses on QoS\, Secu rity and Energy\, and is funded by the EU\, UKRI and Industry. He was supp orted by DoD and NSF in the USA\, EPSRC and MoD in the UK\, and numerous E U FP5\, FP6\, FP7\, and Horizon projects since 2003. His current work is f unded by EU Horizon and UKRI. Ranked among the top 25 PhD advisors by the American Mathematical Society Math. Genealogy Project\, he won the Grand P rix France Telecom 1996 (French Academy of Sciences)\, the ACM SIGMETRICS 2008 Life-Time Award\, the 2008 Imperial College Rector's Research Award\, the 2010 IET Oliver Lodge Medal (IET Innovation Award for Information Tec hnology)\, and the Mustafa Prize 2017. Holder of several honoris causa doc torates\, he is a Member of Academia Europaea\, Foreign Fellow of the Roya l Academy of Belgium and of several other European Science Academies\, Fel low of the French National Academy of Technologies and of the Turkish Scie nce Academy. 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