INCOGNITO & SECONDO Summer School

Innovation in Attribute-based Authentication & Negotiation Skills for Research Projects and Project Management in Cybersecurity

6th & 7th of July 2023

The Social Computing Research Center (http://socialcomputing.eu) invites you to the summer school of the EU-funded Research Projects:

  • INCOGNITO: IdeNtity verifiCatiOn with privacy-preservinG credeNtIals for anonymous access To Online services
  • SECONDO: a Security ECOnomics service platform for smart security investments and cyber insurance pricing in the beyond 2020 networking era.

Your presence throughout the summer school is very important. You will be given opportunities to exchange research ideas with other students, participate in discussions and focus group sessions on Ph.D. studies and experiences, and discussions around research into usable Security and Privacy for online social networking.

The summer school will take place at the Cyprus University of Technology premises in Limassol, Cyprus.

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All summer school attendees are expected to attend both schools/days (06/07/2023 – 07/07/2023).

Summer School Programme:

> Day 1        06/07/2023

INCOGNITO: Innovation in Attribute-based Authentication and Identification summer school  
TIME SESSION
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome & Incognito Project Introduction
09:00 – 10:00 “From Lab to Market: Entrepreneurial Tips for people in (white) labcoats and others” by Stylianos Yiatros Ph.D Associate Professor at Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 – 10:40 “OASEES: SSI ledger for swarm organization” by Ioannis Chouchoulis, M.Sc.
Researcher at the University of Piraeus
10:40 – 11:00 “FAME: security access in marketplace” by Ioannis Makropodis, M.Sc.
Researcher at the University of Piraeus, Greece
11:00 – 11:20 “CHRISS: blockchain security in GNSS” by Apostolis Zarras, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher at the University of Piraeus, Greece
11:20 – 12:00 “Characterizing Abhorrent, Misinformative, and Mistargeted Content on YouTube” by Kostantinos Papadamou, Ph.D
Research Associate at Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
12:00 – 13:00 Snacks Break
13:00 – 13:30 “Privacy and qualified anonymity” by Aristeidis Farao, Ph.D. Candidate and Associate Researcher at the University of Piraeus, Greece and Ph.D. Fellow at the European Security and Defence College, External Action Service of the European Union
13:30 – 14:00 “Credentials encryption” by Anastasis Voudouris, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Piraeus, Greece
14:00 – 14:20 “ENTRUST: Building trust with our medical devices” by Georgios Petichakis, M.Sc. Researcher at the University of Piraeus, Greece
14:20 – 14:40 Coffee Break
14:40 – 15:00 PHYSICS: Creating paths towards trusted and secure communication by Theodoros Ioannidis, M.Sc. Researcher at the University of Piraeus, Greece
15:00 – 15:20 EVOLDED-5G: IAM in mobile networks by Ioannis Styliannou, M.Sc.Researcher at the University of Piraeus, Greece
15:20 – 15:45 Quantum-Safe Protocols and Algorithms by George Gugulea Research and Development Department Manager at certSIGN, Romania
15:45 – 16:00 Closing Workshop’s Day 1

> Day 2        07/07/2023

SECONDO: Negotiation Skills for Research Projects and Project Management in Cybersecurity
TIME SESSION
08:30 – 9:00 Welcome & Secondo Project Introduction
09:00 – 09:40 The landscape of illicit arms trafficking on the DarkNet” by Nikos Salamanos, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Researcher at Cyprus University of Technology
09:40 – 10:00 aerOS: secured Operating System for the IoT edge-cloud continuum” by Panagiotis Bountakas, Ph.D. Candidate and Associate Researcher at the University of Piraeus, Greece
InQbit Innovations SRL
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 – 11:00 “Blockchain technology and the effects in global economy” by Vaios Bolgouras, M.Sc., Ph.D. Candidate and Researcher at the University of Piraeus
11:00- 11:40 “Building the human firewall” by Aggelos-Marios Sideris M.Sc.Researcher at the University of Piraeus and Christos Seferiadis, M.Sc. Researcher at the University of Piraeus, Greece
11:40 – 12:00  TRUSTEE: multi-stakeholder data exchange and data sovereignty” by Athanasios Grammatopoulos, M.Sc., Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Piraeus, Greece
InQbit Innovations SRL
12:00 – 13:00 Snacks Break
13:00 – 13:20 “CVE, Zero day detection and risk impact” by Michalis Takaronis, M.Sc.
Research assistant at the University of Piraeus
13:20 – 13:50 Spot and stop disinformation. How to navigate today’s polluted information ecosystems” by Thanos Sitistas Core member of the Ellinika Hoaxes team Founded  “Greece Fact Check”, a non-profit organization.
13:50 – 14:40 ERATOSTHENES: Trust Score” by Michail Bampatsikos, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Piraeus, Greece
14:40 – 15:00 Closing Workshop’s Day 2