CICIS 2013 - 1st Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Critical Infrastructure Systems

According to the European Commission (2008/114/EC), Critical Infrastructures are those assets and systems in a country that are essential for certain vital societal functions, such as health, safety, security, economic or social well-being of the people, and the disruption or destruction of which could have significant impact on the country due to the failure to maintain those functions. In some cases, a disruption of some critical infrastructure could affect more than one country. In general, the following sectors are usually considered as part of the Critical Infrastructures: 1) energy and networks, 2) communications and information technology, 3) finance, 4) healthcare, 5) food, 6) water, 7) transport, 8) production, storage and transport of dangerous goods, 9) government.
The key challenges in Critical Infrastructures is a) the efficient operation, which relates to improving the system performance, and b) their security, which relates to monitoring the system for early event (or attack) detection and taking the appropriate actions to mitigate the issue. Critical Infrastructures are usually extremely complex large-scale systems with interoperabilities with other critical infrastructures, with large quantities of data for some states and no information for some other states. For both challenges, efficient operation and security, new technologies and algorithms need to be developed, for analyzing large quantities of data, which are available within the Critical Infrastructure, estimating what is not known, and make sense out of the uncertainties, noise and sensor faults.
In recent years, Computational and Artificial Intelligence tools are frequently used to address the most challenging problems in the Critical Infrastructure field, such as in forecasting, optimization, control, fault event diagnosis and accommodation. Various methodologies have been utilized for solving these problems, such as Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, Evolutionary Computation, Swarm Optimization, Expert Systems, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Semantics, and Artificial Immune Systems.
The Workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers in Critical Infrastructures operation and security to review current trends and to discuss how Computational and Artificial Intelligence can be applied to solve the most challenging problems in the field.
Topics of interest
The workshop topics include but are not limited to Computational and Artificial intelligence applications in critical infrastructures and relevant systems:
Environmental monitoring systems
Wireless/Mobile System optimization and location-based services
Telecommunications security and reliability
Data protection and management of wearable networks and social networks
Data Management Systems Security and Management
Optimization, management and security of water and irrigation systems
Power Systems generation, state estimation and forecasting
Safety and security of oil and gas facilities and pipelines
Intelligent transportation systems
SCADA systems and cybersecurity threats
Building management systems for energy efficiency and safety
Workshop Chairs
Prof. Christos Panayiotou, KIOS/University of Cyprus, Cyprus christosp-AT-ucy.ac.cy
Andreas Constantinides, University of Cyprus and Frederick University, Cyprus com.ca-AT-frederick.ac.cy
Antonis Hadjiantonis , KIOS/University of Cyprus, Cyprus antonish-AT-ucy.ac.cy
Demetrios Eliades, KIOS/University of Cyprus, Cyprus eldemet-AT-ucy.ac.cy
Academic Program Committee
Vassilis Vassiliades, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Frederick University, Cyprus
George Ellinas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Elias Kyriakides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Vasso Reppa, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Michalis Michaelides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Irina Ciornei, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Achilleas Koutsou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Christoforos Charalambous, Frederick University, Cyprus
Christos Markides, Frederick University, Cyprus
Savvas Pericleous, Frederick University, Cyprus
Demetris Zeinalipour, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Marios Polycarpou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus