CIENA booth 1940


SC2024 Workshop and Technical program presentations & involvement by UvA group members.

  • The INDIS 2024: The 11th Annual International Workshop on Innovating the Network for Data Intensive Science - INDIS, Monday Nov 18, 9:00 - 17:30 MST in room B305
    • Session Chairs
      • Akbar Kara, Ciena Corporation, SCinet
      • Anees Al-Najjar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), SCinet
      • Nik Sultana, Illinois Institute of Technology, SCinet
      • Cees de Laat, University of Amsterdam, SCinet
    • Description
      • The needs of science networks are rapidly evolving. High-volume data distribution in High Energy Physics, Astronomy, and Light-Sources is seeing a new wave of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-dominated research. Not only AI is driving applications on the networks, but AI now also gets applied in harnessing the complexity of the networks. Potential applications of Quantum networks and deployed network testbeds, possibly connected with regional supercomputers, can serve the new science demands. The proposed INDIS workshop encourages high-end research and state-of-the-practice papers that address one or more of these networking needs, and developments that are essential in the cyberinfrastructure for the scientific discovery process. The workshop also serves as a platform for participants in Network Research Exhibitions, Experimental Networks of the Future, and SCinet to submit and present papers on their latest innovations, designs, and solutions, and also to showcase the next generation of networking challenges and solutions for HPC.
    • Program
  • INDIS presentation: "Secure Collaborative Model Training with Dynamic Federated Learning in Multi-Domain Environments", Anestis Dalgkitsis, Alexandros Koufakis, Jorrit Stutterheim, Aleandro Mifsud, Priyanka Atwani, Leon Gommans, Cees de Laat, Chrysa Papagianni, Ana Opresc [slides]
  • SCinet Theater presentation: "Secure Collaborative Model Training with vfl in multi-domain environments", Anestis Dalgkitsis Alexandros Koufakis.[slides]

Demo:

Microservices-based FABRIC implementation of Collaborative Model Training Scenario  with Vertical Federated Learning.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) suggests that AI-driven algorithms, combined with fleet data, can detect engine failures early, enabling proactive maintenance and enhancing flight safety. The Independent Data Consortium for Aviation (IDCA) supports data sharing to improve these algorithms. However, issues like privacy, intellectual property, and regulations hinder this progress. Overcoming these challenges could lead to safer, more reliable air travel, benefiting society by reducing accidents and minimizing flight disruptions.
With this paper we demonstrate how a Federated Learning (FL)-based solution of collaborative model training could be deployed in a multi-tenant and multi-domain network, using microservices. The utilized DYNAMOS middle-ware, allows third-parties to maintain control of their data, privacy concerns are taken into account by design, and contractual agreements are enforced. We are proving our solution in a transatlantic slice (USA-NL) deployed in FABRIC, to simulate how airlines can exchange data and collaboratively train a model detecting engine failures.

DYNAMOS and FABRIC

SCinet contributions, team members: