SSIC 2019

Jan 20, 2019

SSIC 2019

About SSIC-2019

Manipal has successfully organized many events in the past and proudly hosted the 2nd edition of on Smart IoT Systems: Innovation in Computing (SSIC). SSIC focuses on two main areas i.e. Smart Systems and IoT Innovations which applications for smart cities, smart grid, smart , social computing and privacy challenges with their theory, specification, design, performance, and system building. It is an international forum for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to share and publicize their research work and development activities in the field of Smart Systems, Innovations and Commuting. 

DAY 1: INAGURAL CERMONY

On the morning of 18th January 2019, the entire auditorium of Manipal was filled with exuberant excitement. The Smart IoT Systems: Innovations in Computing (SSIC) conference commenced at 10am in the dazzling Sharda Pai Auditorium with the presence of Shri M.M. Tiwari ( Election Commission of India), Prof. G.K. Prabhu (President of MUJ, Chief Patron SSIC), Prof. Jagannath Korody (Dean, Faculty Engineering, MUJ), Prof. Rajveer Singh Shekhawat (Director SCIT, Gen. Chair SSIC) and Prof. Sumit Srivastava (CoE MUJ, Convener SSIC).

The ceremony was mastered by Thapar and Vagish Mishra. The participants were foremost addressed by Prof. Rajveer Singh Shekhawat. He also presented the welcome note to the honorable Chief Guest, Shri M.M. Tiwari. This was followed a dialogue by Prof. Sumit Srivastava where he shared valuable insights about the conference and presented the program summary the three-day event. Page 5 of 25 The lamp was lightened thereafter by all the dignitaries present. After this auspicious tradition, the Hon'ble Chief Guest, Shri M.M. Tiwari, was requested to grace the audience with his thoughts of asset and declare the conference open. Prof. G.K. Prabhu, President of MUJ and Chief Patron SSIC, addressed the gathering about MUJ with his treasured words. 

DAY 2: INFORMATIVE talks

The second day of the prestigious conference started with an informative talk by Robin Ram Mohan Doss, the Deputy Head of the School Information Technology at Deakin University, Australia who had been summoned for a talk on "The Security and Privacy in IoT- an Auto ID perspective". He discussed on various topics such as the applications of and the challenges faced by deployments like security, trust, privacy and lack of standards. The list of top 10 security risks as per OWASP was also included threats such as insecure web interface, lack of transport authorization, insecure web interface and insufficient security. Mr. Doss also gave a brief description RFID systems; data leakage and eavesdropping which can lead to tag cloning, location tracking, tag cloning; necessary RFID security need such as mutual authentication between all parties, tag/reader anonymity and location privacy and resistance to attacks.