Trusted Edge/Fog Computing for Smart Cities

Prof. John Kar-kin ZAO
SMIEEE Co-Chair, Security Working Group, OpenFog Consortium Chair, IEEE 1934 Standard Working Group on Fog Computing and Networking Architecture Framework

Abstract

Edge and Fog Computing aim at dispersing Cloud Computing services along the IoT-to-Cloud Continuum. To achieving this goal, Edge/Fog Computing architecture must ensure Trustworthiness of the Edge/Fog Nodes and offer ambient end-to-end Information Security services throughout their communication fabric. In this talk, we expound how OpenFog Architecture ingrains these essential capabilities into the component Fog Nodes and how these Trusted Embedded Fog Nodes can be built using ARM TrustZone™ technologies and Global Platform compliant Trusted Execution Environments. As an example application, we also show how the Trusted Embedded Fog Nodes can work together to provide practical countermeasures against Pollution Attacks on Network Codes.

Biography

Prof. Zao is the founding chairman of the IEEE 1934 Standard Working Group on Fog Computing and Networking Architecture Framework and the founding vice-chairman of the new IEEE Standard Committee on Edge/Fog/Cloud Communications with IoT and Big Data. He is also the co-chairman of the Security Working Group of OpenFog Consortium and its Greater China Regional Committee. Currently, Prof. Zao is the Director of Intelligent Fog Computing Research Center at the Taiwan Hsinchu Chiao-Tung University. He is also a founder of NGoggle Inc. in San Diego, USA and CerebraTek Co. Ltd. in the Taiwan Hsinchu Science Park. Together, the two companies work developed Augmented Brain-Computer Interaction Systems for neural monitoring and rehabilitation based on visual stimulation. Dr. Zao received his PhD in Computer Science at Harvard University in 1995 and was elected a Senior Member of IEEE in 2001.