Envisioning Secure and Intelligent Urban Environments: Integrating Smart Infrastructure, Edge Computing, Generative AI, and IoT for Next-Generation Smart Cities
Ragib Hasan, Ph.D.
Professor, Computer Science
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Abstract: Smart city, as a concept, has enormous benefits for humanity. By leveraging sensor technologies and translating collected data into meaningful actions, we can significantly enhance the safety and security of urban life. However, our approaches towards building smart cities have mostly been limited to retrofitting legacy infrastructures with add-on sensors and building limited applications on top of that infrastructure. In this talk, I will present my vision for the development of truly intelligent urban environments—where the physical and digital realms are seamlessly integrated. In such environments, infrastructure is not only capable of sensing but also of reasoning and acting autonomously to promote safety and security.
I will then present my recent research initiatives that explore: (1) smart sensing and computationally capable buildings; (2) Generative-AI-supported mechanisms for ensuring the trustworthiness of information to enhance cybersecurity; and (3) the foundational infrastructure necessary for deploying robust smart city applications. Furthermore, I will discuss my work on enabling digital forensic capabilities within smart cities, as well as in connected autonomous vehicles and drones operating in these environments. Overall, these research components can combine together to achieve the vision for smart cities – safe, secure, and efficient urban areas that help humans to thrive and prosper.
Bio: Dr. Ragib Hasan is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he also serves as the Director of the UAB Center for Cyber Security and leads the SECuRE and Trustworthy Computing Lab (SECRETLab). His research spans data security and privacy, trustworthy cloud computing, cloud forensics, Internet of Things, smart cities, and connected autonomous systems. Dr. Hasan holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has previously held research appointments at Johns Hopkins University.
He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, Google Faculty Research Award, several conference best paper awards, and multiple teaching and mentorship honors at UAB. His work has been supported by over $10 million in external funding from agencies such as NSF, NIH, DHS, and Google. Dr. Hasan also won multiple International Awards for Shikkhok.com, a MOOC platform for rural South Asian students, and BanglaBraille, a crowdsourced initiative for visually impaired learners. He is the director of the UAB Cybercorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) program and the director of the NSA Center for Academic Excellence in Research (CAE-R) at UAB. His scholarly contributions include over 180 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters in the fields of cybersecurity, cloud computing, digital forensics, and smart infrastructure.
Via ZOOM
Sep 30th Tuesday 12:15-1:15 pm
Join Link https://clarkson.zoom.us/j/98225948932?pwd=wmshei1qvuvcuSx1yo6aBPjl6If3S6.1
*Co-Sponsored by IEEE student branch and HKN
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