On the Role of Hash-Based Signatures in Quantum-Safe Internet of Things:Current Solutions and Future Directions

The Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining ground as a pervasive presence around us by enabling miniaturized things with computation and communication capabilities to collect, process, analyze, and interpret information. Consequently, trustworthy data act as fuel for applications that rely on the data generated by these things, for critical decision-making processes, data debugging, risk assessment, forensic analysis, and performance tuning. Currently, secure and reliable data communication in IoT is based on public-key cryptosystems such as Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem (ECC). Nevertheless, reliance on the security of de-facto cryptographic primitives is at risk of being broken by the impending quantum computers. Therefore, the transition from classical primitives to quantum-safe primitives is indispensable to ensure the overall security of data en route. In this paper, we investigate applications of one of the post-quantum signatures called Hash-Based Signature (HBS) schemes for the security of IoT devices in the quantum era. We give a succinct overview of the evolution of HBS schemes with emphasis on their construction parameters and associated strengths and weaknesses. Then, we outline the striking features of HBS schemes and their significance for the IoT security in the quantum era. We investigate the optimal selection of HBS in the IoT networks with respect to their performance-constrained requirements, resource-constrained nature, and design optimization objectives. In addition to ongoing standardization efforts, we also highlight current and future research and deployment challenges along with possible solutions. Finally, we outline the essential measures and recommendations that must be adopted by the IoT ecosystem while preparing for the quantum world.Comment: 18 pages, 7 tables, 7 figure

The 2019 surface acoustic waves roadmap

Today, surface acoustic waves (SAWs) and bulk acoustic waves are already two of the very few phononic technologies of industrial relevance and can been found in a myriad of devices employing these nanoscale earthquakes on a chip. Acoustic radio frequency filters, for instance, are integral parts of wireless devices. SAWs in particular find applications in life sciences and microfluidics for sensing and mixing of tiny amounts of liquids. In addition to this continuously growing number of applications, SAWs are ideally suited to probe and control elementary excitations in condensed matter at the limit of single quantum excitations. Even collective excitations, classical or quantum are nowadays coherently interfaced by SAWs. This wide, highly diverse, interdisciplinary and continuously expanding spectrum literally unites advanced sensing and manipulation applications. Remarkably, SAW technology is inherently multiscale and spans from single atomic or nanoscopic units up even to the millimeter scale. The aim of this Roadmap is to present a snapshot of the present state of surface acoustic wave science and technology in 2019 and provide an opinion on the challenges and opportunities that the future holds from a group of renown experts, covering the interdisciplinary key areas, ranging from fundamental quantum effects to practical applications of acoustic devices in life science

Quantum Dots

Quantum dots (QDs) are luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals with unique chemical and physical properties due to their size and highly compact structure. QDs were first proposed for use in luminescent concentrators to replace organic dye molecules. In this book, the interest is in taking advantage of the emission properties of QDS, which can be tuned by their size, resulting from quantum confinement. In addition, the book discusses the potential of QDs as contrast and therapeutic agents in the field of medicine

Recent Advances and Future Trends in Nanophotonics

Nanophotonics has emerged as a multidisciplinary frontier of science and engineering. Due to its high potential to contribute to breakthroughs in many areas of technology, nanophotonics is capturing the interest of many researchers from different fields. This Special Issue of Applied Sciences on “Recent advances and future trends in nanophotonics” aims to give an overview on the latest developments in nanophotonics and its roles in different application domains. Topics of discussion include, but are not limited to, the exploration of new directions of nanophotonic science and technology that enable technological breakthroughs in high-impact areas mainly regarding diffraction elements, detection, imaging, spectroscopy, optical communications, and computing

Survey on 6G Frontiers: Trends, Applications, Requirements, Technologies and Future Research

Emerging applications such as Internet of Everything, Holographic Telepresence, collaborative robots, and space and deep-sea tourism are already highlighting the limitations of existing fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks. These limitations are in terms of data-rate, latency, reliability, availability, processing, connection density and global coverage, spanning over ground, underwater and space. The sixth-generation (6G) of mobile networks are expected to burgeon in the coming decade to address these limitations. The development of 6G vision, applications, technologies and standards has already become a popular research theme in academia and the industry. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive survey of the current developments towards 6G. We highlight the societal and technological trends that initiate the drive towards 6G. Emerging applications to realize the demands raised by 6G driving trends are discussed subsequently. We also elaborate the requirements that are necessary to realize the 6G applications. Then we present the key enabling technologies in detail. We also outline current research projects and activities including standardization efforts towards the development of 6G. Finally, we summarize lessons learned from state-of-the-art research and discuss technical challenges that would shed a new light on future research directions towards 6G

Rethinking sociomateriality: Information technologies and the possibility for imagination

This article explores how humans come into being with a technological world, that is, a world where information technologies are present in every aspect of human activities becoming internal to what it means to be human. Its empirical focus is on technological scenarios since they uniquely assemble both humans and non-humans into a coherent narrative prescribing what can be legitimately said and done within everyday practices. Their normative character allows a critical reworking of sociomateriality which brings to the fore how both norms and technological objects enable and constrain meaning within everyday practices. The idea of constitutive entanglement, central to sociomateriality, is articulated in more detail while its political repercussions are brought to the fore and examined in detail. As such, sociomaterial accounts acquire more depth as they can challenge the inherited languages of description of technological phenomena, show their historical character and experiment with the possibility of transcending them

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School of Energy and Chemical Engineering (Chemical Engineering)Nowadays, there has been demand for advanced composite materials due to their outstanding characteristics in wide ranges of academic and industrial fields. Composite materials usually possess improved properties not being observed in pure material itself. Particularly, polymer composite materials composed of constituents based on polymer matrix have been widely researched due to their highly enhanced capabilities (e.g., elasticity, flexibility, conductivity, hardness, stretchable, scalable, and so on) in various fields. Polymers, which are composed of structural repeat units with covalent bonds, have been gradually becoming essential and indispensable materials in the recent world owing to their high flexibility, elasticity, ease of processing, low cost, light weight, and other unique properties. Therefore, to utilize polymers more effectively for advanced composite materials, many fundamental studies have been researched to discover fundamental reasons (i.e., molecular origins) for their intrinsic characteristics corresponding to the polymer physics and rheology. Recent experimental techniques offer some microscopic information. Nevertheless, it is still challenging issue to conduct a full atomic level analysis through only experimental approach. As such, depending on the rapid increase in computing power, multi-scale computer simulation methods have been developed to reveal the fundamental origin for some unique phenomena observed at the macroscopic level. Therefore, we conducted a detailed numerical analysis on rheological and mechanical properties of polymeric materials via mainly nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations and finite-element-method (FEM) simulations (Abaqus CAE and COMSOL Multiphysics). In this dissertation, we first present comprehensive analysis on the shear rheology of polymers for various molecular architectures (linear, ring, and short-chain branched) in the bulk and confined systems using atomistic NEMD simulations. In comparison to bulk polymeric system, the interfacial chain dynamics near the boundary solid walls in the confined system are interesting. Detailed molecular-level analysis of the individual chain motions for various molecular architectures are carried out to characterize the intrinsic molecular mechanisms for interfacial chains in three characteristic flow regimes (weak, intermediate, and strong) regarding to the interfacial slip behavior (i.e., degree of slip). Based on fundamental studies for polymers, we additionally modeled and analyzed polymer nanocomposites to fabricate versatile sensor devices using FEM simulations collaborated with experimental approach. Through a precise modeling in consideration to (particularly) mechanical properties, we found the most optimized construction of the nanostructured polymeric materials with highly improved sensing performances (ultrahigh sensitivity, linear sensing capability, and broad sensing range). Finally, we demonstrated highly sensitive triboelectric, ferroelectric, mechanochromic, and piezoresistive sensors with a proper physical (fundamental) mechanism to improve sensing ability.ope

Five Facets of 6G: Research Challenges and Opportunities

Whilst the fifth-generation (5G) systems are being rolled out across the globe, researchers have turned their attention to the exploration of radical next-generation solutions. At this early evolutionary stage we survey five main research facets of this field, namely {\em Facet~1: next-generation architectures, spectrum and services, Facet~2: next-generation networking, Facet~3: Internet of Things (IoT), Facet~4: wireless positioning and sensing, as well as Facet~5: applications of deep learning in 6G networks.} In this paper, we have provided a critical appraisal of the literature of promising techniques ranging from the associated architectures, networking, applications as well as designs. We have portrayed a plethora of heterogeneous architectures relying on cooperative hybrid networks supported by diverse access and transmission mechanisms. The vulnerabilities of these techniques are also addressed and carefully considered for highlighting the most of promising future research directions. Additionally, we have listed a rich suite of learning-driven optimization techniques. We conclude by observing the evolutionary paradigm-shift that has taken place from pure single-component bandwidth-efficiency, power-efficiency or delay-optimization towards multi-component designs, as exemplified by the twin-component ultra-reliable low-latency mode of the 5G system. We advocate a further evolutionary step towards multi-component Pareto optimization, which requires the exploration of the entire Pareto front of all optiomal solutions, where none of the components of the objective function may be improved without degrading at least one of the other components

The 2019 surface acoustic waves roadmap

Abstract Today, surface acoustic waves (SAWs) and bulk acoustic waves are already two of the very few phononic technologies of industrial relevance and can been found in a myriad of devices employing these nanoscale earthquakes on a chip. Acoustic radio frequency filters, for instance, are integral parts of wireless devices. SAWs in particular find applications in life sciences and microfluidics for sensing and mixing of tiny amounts of liquids. In addition to this continuously growing number of applications, SAWs are ideally suited to probe and control elementary excitations in condensed matter at the limit of single quantum excitations. Even collective excitations, classical or quantum are nowadays coherently interfaced by SAWs. This wide, highly diverse, interdisciplinary and continuously expanding spectrum literally unites advanced sensing and manipulation applications. Remarkably, SAW technology is inherently multiscale and spans from single atomic or nanoscopic units up even to the millimeter scale. The aim of this Roadmap is to present a snapshot of the present state of surface acoustic wave science and technology in 2019 and provide an opinion on the challenges and opportunities that the future holds from a group of renown experts, covering the interdisciplinary key areas, ranging from fundamental quantum effects to practical applications of acoustic devices in life science.EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 642688 (SAWtrain)