Jian Ren

Abstract: The shared cloud is evolving into an integral part of IT infrastructure. Thecomputing svstem is transforming from hardware-centric to service-centric solutionswhere both data storage and computing are provided as services, which alleviates theneed for end-users to purchase expensive hardware equipment. Curently, the majorityof user data is stored with iust a few centralized cloud data providers, which makes ivulnerable to unauthorized data access, censorship, and security breaches, as well aspoints of failure. While data encryption may be efective in addressing some securityissues, it is unable to subdue the latter issue. As such, an innovative solution is requirecto ensure secure data storage. This talk will present our research on the design ofdistributed storage systems. Specifically, we propose a multi-layer parallel dataprocessing infrastructure that can double node repair capability in hostile networksAlternatively, it can increase the feasible data storage region by 50% in hostile networks

Biography:

Jian Ren is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineeringat Michigan State University, He received his PhD.degree in Communication andElectronic Systems from Xidian University, China. His curent research interestsinclude AI security,cybersecurity, distributed data sharing and storage, decentralizecdata management, blockchain-based e-voting, cloud computing security, and theInternet of Things. He is a recipient of the US National Science Foundation (NSF)CAREER award in 2009. Dr. Ren served as the TPC Chair of IEEE ICNC'17 andGeneral Chair of ICNC'18. He has been the Executive Chair of ICNC since 2019. DrRen has served as an Associate Editor for lEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing andACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), and as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of lECommunications.Currently, he serves as the Editor-in-Chief oflET CommunicationsAssociate Editor of lEEE Internet of Things Journal, and an IEEE VTS DistinguishedLecturer.