IEEE NESEA 2010 Conference Sessions

The Inaugural IEEE conference on Networked Embedded Systems for Enterprise Applications (NESEA 2010) just closed at XJTLU in Suzhou. It was a small, but tightly focused and high quality event with great discussion in all of the paper sessions. 

The XJTLU Conference Center did a great job of hosting the event and made sure that everything was taken care of during the conference.

XJTLU's final-year Computer Science students were indispensible, manning the registration desk and helping the attendees. NESEA would not have been the same without them.



As local chair, I was honored to open the proceedings, and I even wore a suit for the occasion, which as you know, is very rare.

NESEA was a single-track event with ten academic papers and one keynote speech delivered over one and a half days. Papers were divided into four key themes: (i) application composition, (ii.) the tangible cloud, (iii.) secure routing and (iv.) hardware design. In the photo above, Dean Kramer from Thames Valley University, UK presents his work on MobDSL, a domain-specific language for developing mobile applications. This work won the best paper award in the DATICS-NESEA workshop.

It was extremely gratifying to see that the audience remained engaged throughout the event and that all of the authors got a good grilling on their work. I think that in-depth discussion is the hallmark of a good conference.

The main conference best paper award was given to Rabindra Bista from Chonbuk University, Korea for his paper "Assuring Integrity in Data Aggregation for Wireless Sensor Networks".

Of course, the conference banquet and social event were also a lot of fun. I will upload some photos of this next week when I return from Middleware'10 in Bangalore, India.

IWISA 2010 Conference in Qinhuangdao

In late October my colleague Kaiyu and I flew to Qinhuangdao in the north-eastern Hebei province to attend the IWISA 2010 conference. The conference organizers were very hospitable and we had a great time at Yanshan University.

Kaiyu's Presentation on Context Aware SOA

After the conference, we had time to explore some of the Qinhuangdao sights and I was really excited to see the great wall for the first time.

Steps up to the Great Wall

The section of the great wall at Shanhai Guan near Qinhuangdao is the most easterly in China. At 'First Pass Under Heaven', the wall provides intimidating fortifications for the old city of Shanhai Guan.

Market Stalls Along the Top of the Wall

There are a series of towers along the top of the wall, inside of which are some historic artifacts. Below you can see a photo of me in front of Lin Lu tower, which dates from 1584 and an ancient tablet showing the progression of the animals in the Chinese calendar.

Lin Lu Tower

Chinese Animal Calendar: this is the Year of the Tiger.

A short taxi ride form First Pass Under Heaven is 'The Old Dragon Head' where the great wall meets the sea. This fortification was most recently to defend against Japanese pirates and it contains a number of Chinese naval relics.

Inside the Old Dragon Head Fort

The Old Dragon Head: where the Great Wall meets the Ocean

The Old Dragon Head is an impressive symbol of ancient China's achievemets. Standing on the wall and looking out into the Bohai Sea, it was possible to see dozens of huge ships waiting to dock. An impressive display of modern China's growing economic power.

The View Down the Coast to the Sea God Temple

Just down the coast from the wall, there is a small but pleasent shrine to the god of the sea, which was used by fishermen. Below you can see a statue of the sea god himself:

The God of the Sea