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authentication scheme having different patterns
on every login session. OP-Grid is implemented on
Android cell phones and resists different attacks,
such as shoulder-surfing attacks, guessing attacks,
and smudge attacks.
Towards a Secure and Resilient All-Renewable
Energy Grid forSmart Cities: This article describes
how the future electric energy system with
100% electricity supply from renewable energy
sources requires the " birth of security and resiliency "
incorporated with its ecosystem. An electric
energy system immune to adverse events,
both cyber and physical risks, and able to support
the integration of renewable sources will
drive a transformational development approach
for future smart cities.
Randomness of Symmetric Encryption for
Consumer Privacy Using Metaheuristic-Based
Framework: This article proposes a novel metaheuristic-based
key generation framework for
symmetric encryption. This provides a faster and
relatively secure encryption method for the consumer
electronics industry, especially in the field
of IoTs, such as smart home and smart city.
SPECIAL SECTIONS
This issue includes two special sections.
One is dedicated to smart cities and the other is
dedicated to electronic systems. Each consists
of three articles.
Special Sections: Security and Sustainability
Technologies for Smart Cities
Adiabatic Logic Based Energy-Efficient Security
for Smart Consumer Electronics: This article introduces
a two-phase clocking scheme implementation,
2-EE-SPFAL, of an adiabatic logic, which can
reduce energy consumption and be correlation
power analysis resistant. 2-EE-SPFAL is expected
as one of the promising solutions for energy-efficient
secure electronics.
Reverse Engineering Controller Area Network
Messages Using Unsupervised Machine Learning:
This article describes an approach to help reduce
the complexity of security analyses by leveraging
unsupervised machine learning to learn clusters
of messages passed between ECUs.
FinderX: A Bluetooth Beacon Based System
for Designing Sustainable Green Smart Cities: This
article presents FinderX, a Bluetooth beaconbased
system to search for the nearest services
and amenities. The system does not require Internet
or other communication infrastructure and
can function where the GPS signal is inaccessible.
Special Section: Secure and High-Speed
Electronic Systems
Task Scheduling Strategy ofHeterogeneous Multicore
Processor Based on Genetic Algorithm: This
article proposes a swarm intelligence task-scheduling
strategy based on the genetic algorithm
(GA) for high-performance heterogeneous multicore
processors. This technique enables us to
execute various types of tasks on heterogeneous
processing cores for optimal performance.
High-Performance PasswordRecoveryHardware
Going From GPU to Hybrid CPU-FPGA Platform:
This article provides a comprehensive survey of
password-recovery systems, including the basic
concepts of password recovery, the popular hardware
platforms, the password-guessing methods,
and the acceleration techniques applicable to
crack various password-encryption algorithms.
Approximate Adiabatic Logic for Low-Power
and Secure Edge Computing: This article introduces
two approximate adders to illustrate the
benefits of approximate computation combined
with adiabatic logic. They leverage the dual-rail
property of adiabatic logic to minimize the overall
size and further decrease energy consumption
while increasing its protection against the
side-channel attacks.
LOOKING FORWARD
MCE will continue the trend of covering more
themes for enthusiastic and dedicated readers
in future issues on the current topics and emerging
topics with the active support from the editorial
board members, reviewers, and authors
around the world.
Shingo Yamaguchi is the Editor-in-Chief of the
IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. He received
B.E., M.E., and D.E. degrees from Yamaguchi University,
Japan. He is currently a professor at the
Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for
Innovation, and the Director of Information and Data
Science Education Center, Yamaguchi University.
He is a senior member of the IEEE. Contact him at
shingo@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp.
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