BEiNG WISE

Dublin meeting (15-16 January).   We held our third General Meeting (CORE Group, MC, and WG meeting) at the University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. 43 face-to-face participants and another 20 online participants came together to collaborate and innovate again in cross-domain topics ranging from cyber-security, wireless communication technology, data science, artificial intelligence, sociology, psychology, and law. This meeting includes an invited keynote on “Gender Bias in Cybersecurity Solutions” by Asreen Rostami from the RISE Research Institute, and updates on the ongoing activities in all WGs.

Fig. 1 Dublin meeting

Fig. 2 Group photo of participants in the Dublin meeting

The second training school (4-6 June) (https://beingwise.eu/training-schools/second-training-school/). The second school was held in the Faculty of Information Technology, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania, with 38 face-to-face participants. The theme for this training school was “the Double Nature of Machine Learning (ML)/ Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Cybersecurity”.  This School has the main objective to present some advanced aspects related to cybersecurity and Machine Learning (ML)/Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches. Specific theme related to explainability and reliability concerning cybersecurity and ML/AI methods. 

Fig. 3 The second training school in the University of Tirana, Albania

Fig. 4 The second training school in the University of Tirana, Albania

International Women’s Day (8 March) – Being-Wise COST Action has celebrated the amazing women of BEiNG-WISE COST Action who are transforming cybersecurity with passion, innovation, and inclusivity. Being-Wise dedicated this day to featuring inspiring women in our Action who are making an impact in cybersecurity and interdisciplinary research.

Calabria meeting (23-24 June). We held a Technical Joint WG Meeting at the Faculty for Computer Science and Engineering, University of Calabria in Cosenza, Italy. 51 face-to-face participants and others joined online came together to collaborate and innovate again in cross-domain topics concerning data breaches and risk analysis, the use of deepfakes in wireless networks, Human-Centric Cyber Education, Ethical issues related to AI and Robotics, Human Factors in Cybercrime, and Legal and technical sides of inclusive cybersecurity and privacy, to mention a few. Additionally, there were dedicated sessions concerning the ongoing activities in each WG.

Fig. 5 Group photo of participants in the Cosenza meeting

This meeting includes an invited keynote titled “Good and Bad Tech – Fighting for Children’s Safety” by Zoe Colpart, the Regional Program Manager – Europe at the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC).

Fig. 6 “Good and Bad Tech – Fighting for Children’s Safety” keynote by Zoe Colpart

Grants. We have awarded one Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) grant during our third cycle to support research and collaboration within our Action. This grant aims to enable our members to undertake research collaborations with colleagues in different countries. We are excited to see the results of these STSMs and the valuable contributions they will make to our field. In what follows, we provide examples of such grants:

STSM Grant 1

Participant name:  Sonay Caner Yildirim 

• Dates from 21/04/2025 to 25/04/2025
• From: Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University (Erzincan, Türkiye)
• Host Institution (STSM): University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland 
• STSM Title:  Enhancing Transparency in Secure 6G Online Education: XAI for Gender-Sensitive Cybersecurity

What have we just accomplished?

Joint publications

• Evangelia Konstantopoulou, Nicolas Sklavos, “Integrating Cybersecurity in STEM Education: Hands-On Learning for the 5G/6G Era”, Proceedings of the 15th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC’25), Princeton, New Jersey, USA, March, 2025 – Won the Best Work-in-Progress. 
• Andersen, A., Rostami, A., Glöss, M., McMillan, D. (2025). Understanding Security and Privacy Practices Around Internet of Things Devices. In: Moallem, A. (eds) HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust. HCII 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15814. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-92833-8_1
• Erdol, Eda Sena, Hakan Erdol, Beste Ustubioglu, Guzin Ulutas, and Iraklis Symeonidis. “Reducing Defense Vulnerabilities in Federated Learning: A Neuron-Centric Approach.” Applied Sciences 15, no. 11 (2025): 6007.
• Sodhro, Ali Hassan, Muhammad Irfan Younas Mughal, and Muhammad Javed Iqbal. “5G Beyond for Healthcare: Leveraging AI/ML and Diverse Datasets for Cybersecurity.” In International Workshop on Secure and Resilient Digital Transformation of Healthcare, pp. 45-66. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.
• İyiparlakoğlu, Raif, Maaz Ali Awan, Yaser Dalveren, and Ali Kara. “Optimizing Radio Frequency Fingerprinting for Device Classification: A Study Towards Lightweight DL Models.” In 2024 6th International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2024.
• Demiroğlu, Harun Şenol, Maaz Ali Awan, and Ali Kara. “An Overview of Challenges to Long-Term Sustainability and Scalability of Radio Frequency Fingerprinting.” In 2024 6th International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2024.
• Weerasinghe, Nisita, Pawani Porambage, An Braeken, Madhusanka Liyanage, and Mika Ylianttila. “Blockchain-Based NFT Resource Marketplace for Efficient 6G Network Slicing.” In 2025 IEEE 22nd Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), pp. 1-2. IEEE, 2025.
• Mauro Biagi, Valeria Loscri. A Robust Fingerprinting Mechanism based on Amplifier non Linearities. European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC) – 6G SUMMIT 2025, Jun 2025, Poznan, Poland. ⟨hal-05045767⟩
• S. R. Teli, C. Guerra-Yanez, Z. Ghassemlooy and S. Zvanovec, “Performance Analysis of an SDR-Based Testbed for All-Optical Wireless Hybrid IoT Networks,” 2025 IEEE 22nd Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2025, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/CCNC54725.2025.10975919.

Awards and Recognition

The research results, as an outcome of BEiNG-WISE activities, of the work: Evangelia Konstantopoulou, Nicolas Sklavos, “Integrating Cybersecurity in STEM Education: Hands-On Learning for the 5G/6G Era”, presented during the 15th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC ’25), Princeton, New Jersey, USA, March, 2025, received the Best Papers Awards, in the category of the “Best Work-in-Progress”.

Fig. 7 Best Paper Award, IEEE ISEC 2025, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA

What are we doing?

All WGs have started working on our fifth Deliverable, “D5. Report with the conceptual framework – cross-layer approach defined for all the WGs. The WG5 on legal aspects will be leading this deliverable”.

What will we do next?

Dublin meeting (15-16 January). We planned our third meeting (CORE and WG meeting) to be held in Dublin, Ireland, in January.

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