IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E): April 17-20, 2018, Orlandoo, USA,
Collocated Conference
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Internet-of-Things Design and Implementation, 2018

IC2E 2018 Tutorials

The schedule of tutorials is shown below.

Tutorial 1
Title
Deconstructing Blockchains: Concepts, Applications, and Systems
Speaker
Kaiwen Zhang, École de technologie supérieure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Duration
Half day (preferably not conflicting with the blockchain workshop)
Abstract Popularly known for powering cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, blockchains is seen as a disruptive technology capable of impacting a wide variety of domains, ranging from finance to governance, by offering superior security, reliability, and transparency in a decentralized manner. In this tutorial presentation, we first study the original Bitcoin design, as well as Ethereum and Hyperledger from an academic perspective. We then take a comprehensive look at all aspects related to blockchains by deconstructing the system into 6 layers: Application, Modeling, Contract, System, Data, and Network. We will review potential applications which can benefit from blockchains, and describe the associated research challenges. Finally, we will conclude with a report on ongoing research, providing a decentralized messaging service using blockchains.
Tutorial 2
Title
FECBench: An Extensible Framework for Pinpointing Sources of Performance Interference in Cloud-to-Edge hosted Applications
Speaker
Aniruddha Gokhale, Shweta Khare and Anirban Bhattacharjee, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Authors of the FECBench Framework: Shashank Shekhar, Yogesh Barve, Shweta Khare and Aniruddha Gokhale
Duration
Half day (preferably not conflicting with the blockchain workshop)
Abstract As fog and edge computing platforms continue to emerge to complement traditional cloud platforms, cloud providers must exploit these resources by dynamically migrating applications closer to the users in order to improve service performance. Herein, performance interference becomes a key determinant in the deployment and collocation of applications within the fog/edge resources because of the key role it plays in deciding the performance of the applications. Many benchmarking and application profiling frameworks exist to help in service deployment decisions, yet there remains a general lack of capabilities to accurately pinpoint the sources of performance interference while also supporting configurable and programmable micro-benchmarking framework capabilities that account for the increasing heterogeneity in resource types and advances in hardware. This tutorial will first describe the design of an open source, extensible, lightweight and scalable microbenchmarking framework called FECBench. It will then comprise hands-on activity involving the use of FECBench on some representative use cases that will highlight several of its features.
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