Abstract

Elasticity, referring to the on-demand availability of storage and computing resources, is a key characteristic of cloud. On the other hand, the demands for the cloud resources are greatly related to various of human factors, either individual or crowd behavior. In this talk, I would give an overview on human-cloud systems research, from the perspectives of human-cloud interaction, cloud crowd behaviors and human-centered cloud architecture. I will also briefly talk about the human-cloud applications, including cloud gaming, blockchain systems, crowdsourcing, federated learning, edge computing, etc.

Bio:

Dr. Wei Cai is currently an assistant professor of Computer Engineering, Director of Human-Cloud Systems Laboratory, School of Science and Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China. He received Ph.D., M.Sc. and B.Eng. from The University of British Columbia, Seoul National University and Xiamen University in 2016, 2011 and 2008, respectively. His recent interests include human-cloud systems, edge computing, interactive multimedia and blockchain systems. He is serving as an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. He received the best student paper award from ACM BSCI2019 and the best paper awards from CCF CBC2018, IEEE CloudCom2014, SmartComp2014, and CloudComp2013.

All faculties and students are welcome to join.