Program

9.00 to 10.00 - Keynote
Bridging Blockchain with the Outside World: Challenges and Opportunities
Prof. Cong Wang (City University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China)

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10.00 to 10.10 - Short Break

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10.10 to 10.30 - First talk
Coded Merkle Tree: Solving Data Availability Attacks in Blockchains
Dr. Songze Li (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, China)

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10.30 to 10.50 - Second talk
Reducing Block Propagation Delay in Blockchain Networks via Guarantee Verification
Jiali Chen and Yang Qin (Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China)

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10.50 to 11.10 - Third talk
A Blockchain-based Trusted Testing System of Electric Power Materials
Bing Tian, Xiaofeng Chen, Jiawen Wang, Dong Li, Dong Wang, Liangliang Zhi, Keting Yin (Zhejiang University, China)

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11.10 to 11.30 - Fourth talk
ISRaft Consensus Algorithm for Autonomous Units
Linir Zamir, Aman Shaan, Mehrdad Nojoumian (Florida Atlantic University, USA)

12.00 to 13.00 - Keynote
Trustworthy Critical Infrastructures via Physics-Aware and AI-Powered Software Security
Prof. Saman Zonouz (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)

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13.00 to 13.10 - Short Break

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13.10 to 13.30 - First talk
Generative Ensemble Learning for Mitigating Adversarial Malware Detection in IoTs
Usman Ahmed (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway), Jerry Chun-Wei Lin (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway), Gautam Srivastava (Brandon University, Brandon, Canada), and Jimmy Ming-Tai Wu (Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qiandao, China)

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13.30 to 13.50 - Second talk
HIRank: An Indicators of Compromise Ranking System based on Heterogenous Information Networks
Carsten Maple, Mahender Kumar, Gregory Epiphaniou (Secure Cyber Systems Research Group, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK)

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13.50 to 14.10 - Third talk
RIOT-AKA: cellular-like authentication over IoT devices
Giuseppe Bianchi, Alberto La Rosa, Gabriele Restuccia (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata / CNIT, Italy)

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14.10 to 14.30 - Fourth talk
Detecting Network Attacks using Federated Learning for IoT Devices
Osama Shahid,Viraaji Mothukuri, Seyedamin Pouriyeh, Reza M. Parizi, Hossain Shahriar (Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA, USA)