SERA 2009 Invited Speakers

Keynote Address #1 (December 2, 2009)

Some aspects of OS security

Sihan Qing
Department of Information Security
Peking University, China
qsihan@ss.pku.edu.cn

Abstract:

In this presentation, several issues regarding operating system security will be investigated. First of all, the general problem of software security is to be addressed. Then we discuss why we should consider the security aspect of the OS, and when a secure OS is needed. Finally we delve into the topic of secure OS design.

Sihan Qing is the chief scientist in the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chair of the Department of Information Security of Peking University, Chief scientist of the Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He also serves as doctoral thesis advisor. Professor Qing’s life long effort in the areas of security standard development and computer science research in China has won him the top award of the Science and Technology Advancement 5 times. He is currently the director of the Chinese Association for Cryptographic Research; a member of the Board of directors for the Chinese Institute of Electronics; deputy director of the Information Security Committee of China Computer Federation; deputy director of Information Security Committee of China Information Industry Association; a member of the expert committee of the Golden Cards Project Coordination, P.R.C; a member of the expert committee of the monetary and financial project; a member of the expert committee of the National Standardization Committee of Information Security; Chair of the workgroup of Trusted Computing in China, and a member of the expert working group on the network banking development and supervision of Peoples Bank of China. Internationally, he is also very active in both regional and international security technology standard development. Professor Qing is a member of the executive and steering committee of ASIACRYPT and the Chinese representative of the IFIP TC11. Professor Qing is the chairman of the program committee for the first and third through ninth International Conference on Information and Communications Security; chairman of the program committee for the China Conference on Information and Communications Security (CCICS’99); chairman of program committee for the 16th Annual World Computer Congress (WCC2000); chairman of the program committee for the 16th Annual World Computer Convention Information Secrecy Moot(IFIP/SEC 2000) and Chairman of the program Committee for the IFIP/SEC 2005. He presided over more than eighty important scientific research projects at both the national level and within the Chinese Academy of Sciences, including key national research projects, and key projects funded by the Information Committee of State Council, Project No. 973, Project No. 863, projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation, major innovation projects funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His current research direction includes: secure operating systems, trusted computing, cryptographic algorithms, security protocol, evaluation and security standardization of information systems. He trained more than 100 students with master, doctor programs and during postdoctoral studies. He is the author of eight books and more than 100 scientific papers.

Keynote Address #2 (December 2, 2009)

Software Development for u-Healthcare

Haeng Kon Kim
Department of Computer Information & Communication Engineering
Catholic University of Daegu, Korea
hangkon@cu.ac.kr

Abstract:

U-health, the short form of “ubiquitous health,” refers to a health care system making use of ICT to provide preventive care, consultation, treatment, and follow-up care to patients from anywhere and at any time. U-health is a derivative of e-Health, offering a health care service model that is more consumer-oriented. While e-Health is an electronic information sharing system between patients, the general public, health care institutions and solution providers, u-Health goes one step further to integrate the physical spaces of health care users and providers with electronic spaces, operating cutting-edge medical technologies. The advent of ubiquitous networking promises to bring about dramatic changes at all levels of our life. This term, derived from the Latin word “ubiquitous” - being everywhere at once - refers to the new technological paradigm whereby all parts of a society are interconnected through information networks, propelling progress at a social, cultural as well as economic level. Ubiquitous networking, by interlinking computers, consumer electronics, automobiles, home appliances, medical equipment, transportation systems, animals and plants through an overlapping of electronic spaces and physical spaces, is expected to provide an environment that enhances our lives through improved convenience, efficiency and safety in all areas. u-Health, the most exciting of ubiquitous networking applications, has attributed a strong potential to meaningfully contribute to the improvement of the quality of our lives. In Korea and elsewhere in the world, active efforts are underway to develop software solutions and equipment enabling integration of IT with health care technologies. This Keynote is concerned with strategies to accelerate the diffusion of u-health services and software development in Korea. We will discuss and the examine the concept and characteristics of u-health, forecast demand for both services and equipment, and identify factors influencing the adoption and diffusion of these services, using the results of a consumer survey, and finally, based on this analysis, propose development strategies for the u-health market. We also present the architecture and process to develop the u-Health care software and services.

Dr. Haeng-Kon Kim is currently a professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Dean of the office of research and information, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea. He received his M.S and PhD in Computer Engineering from Chung Ang University in 1987 and 1991, respectively. He has been a research staff in Bell Lab and NASA center in the U.S.A. He also has been a researcher at SEITI, Central Michigan University in the U.S.A. He is a member of IEEE, KISS and KIPS. Dr. Kim is the Editor of the international Journal of Computer and Information published quarterly by Korea Information Science Society. His research interests are Embedded Software and Mobile Component Based Development, Component Architecture, & Frameworks Design. Dr. Kim has received his research grants from KOSEF, MIC Foundation, ETRI and industries.