Keynote Speakers
Distinguished experts sharing insights on cybersecurity, network infrastructure, and emerging technologies
Prof. Antonio Skarmeta
University of Murcia, Spain
Title and Abstract
Challenges on Security for future 6G networks
Next generation networks and the strength of the distributed computing paradigm (edge/cloud) are transforming how services are provisioned, mainly when solutions focus on collaboration and aggregation of resources provided by different entities or organisations, that becomes essential to satisfy the most demanding computation and storage service requirements. However, it also entails challenges such as infrastructure and technologies heterogeneity, which directly impacts infrastructure management and especially security, that usually tends to be relegated to a second place. This huge interconnectivity of such scenarios, accentuated by the deployment of B5G technologies create several new challenges for the architecture of security management. In this talk we will analyse some initial discussion in the context of EU project related to the security for future 6G networks.
About Prof. Antonio Skarmeta
Dr. Antonio Skarmeta received his M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Granada and both his B.S. (Hons.) and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Murcia, Spain. Since 2009, he has been a Full Professor at the same department and University. Antonio F. Skarmeta has worked on different research projects in national and international areas in networking, security, IoT, and 5G. His main interest is in the integration of 5G, security services, identity, IoT, and Smart Cities. He has been the head of the research group ANTS since its creation in 1995.
Currently, he coordinates an EU project RIGOUROUS and the Spanish 6G project CERBERUS, both focusing on Security for B5G/6G. He has published over 200 international papers and is a member of several program committees. He has also participated in several standardization forums like IETF, ISO, and ETSI and has been nominated as an IPv6 Forum Fellow. He is also CTO of the spinoff company Odin Solution S.L. (OdinS) in the area of IoT and Smart Infrastructure.
Prof. Koji Nakao
NICT and Yokohama National University, Japan
Title and Abstract
NICT's Cyber Security Research: Japan's ICT Research Institute's Global Cyber Security Initiatives and Research Introduction on Monitoring, Analysis and Mitigation of DoS/DDoS Attacks
This talk introduces the research activities related to cyber security at NICT, a Japanese ICT research organization, and the current state of collaboration with research institutions in South Korea. It also focuses on DoS/DDoS events/incidents, which have been occurring frequently in recent years, and discusses future countermeasures and responses to DoS/DDoS incidents through observation and analysis.
About Prof. Koji Nakao
Koji Nakao received his B.E. in Mathematics from Waseda University in 1979. He has been with KDDI since 1979, focusing on communication protocols and information security at KDDI R&D Laboratories. Currently, he is a Distinguished Researcher at NICT, overseeing cybersecurity research, and a Visiting Professor at Yokohama National University, specializing in IoT security. He also serves as a cybersecurity advisor to the Cabinet Secretariat until March 2024.
Koji has received numerous awards, including the IPSJ Research Award (1992), METI Ministry Award and KPMG Security Award (2006), Best Paper Award (JWIS, 2007), and the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2009). He was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at ASIA-JCIS (2012) and the Ministry Award for contributions to cybersecurity from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2015). In 2022, he received the Information and Communication Technology Award from the same ministry.
He is a member of IPSJ and a fellow of IEICE.