STREEM'25
The 1st International Workshop on Sustainable Technologies for the Next-Generation of Resilient and Energy-Efficient Mobile Networks (STREEM'25) will be held on 11th September 2025, Avignon, France, in conjunction with the IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS)
Scope of the Workshop
The ongoing transition to a digital society, with the seamless interconnection of digital systems essential for next-generation high-performance communication networks, necessitates resilient and scalable network technologies combined with novel services such as cognitive and full context-sensitivity. The transition to cloud-native software, virtualized infrastructures, and the integration of open-source components not only heralds a new era of wireless communication, but also significantly expands the threat landscape and makes networks more vulnerable to sophisticated cyberattacks.
This workshop invites submissions addressing these overarching challenges by focusing on innovative security measures, privacy-preserving technologies, network resilience, energy efficiency, sustainability, and high-performance and resilient end-to-end networks. Specifically, submissions are encouraged exploring the balance between security measures and their impact on usability, agility, and mission objectives of networks.
The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) methods and end-user devices presents both new opportunities and vulnerabilities. The dual role of AI as a tool for network optimization and as a potential attack vector highlights the need for a comprehensive understanding of the mobile network security landscape. We welcome contributions from academia, industry, and regulatory agencies that address the residual risks of current ICT infrastructures and the increased risks posed by B5G/6G networks. This workshop will cover a wide range of topics, including AI-specific threats, digital twins, cloud/fog computing integration, body area wireless networks, IoT security, and the privacy and resilience of critical services that rely on mobile networks.
Suggested topics
- Cyber threats to B5G/6G networks
- Emerging technical enablers for B5G/6G security and privacy
- Physical layer security
- Resilience strategies for next-generation mobile networks
- Trust mechanisms, root-of-trust and zero trust in mobile networks
- AI/ML for network security
- Security and privacy concerns about AI/ML methods in mobile networks
- Trusted AI and trustworthy AI
- Security and privacy aspects of federated learning
- Security and privacy aspects of RIS
- Security and privacy of integrated sensing and communication
- Security and privacy of localization in mobile networks
- Digital twin security implications
- Cloud, fog, and edge computing security challenges
- IoT device and network security
- Security challenges of emerging human-machine interface technologies
- Energy aware security controls for wireless networks
- Economic and operational aspects of network security
Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline: 30. June 2025
- Acceptance Notification: 15. July 2025
- Camera Ready: 05. August 2025
- Workshop Date: 11. September 2025
Submission Instructions
All papers shall be submitted via EDAS. Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been previously published. All submissions must be written in English with a maximum paper length of 6 pages and formatted according to the two-column IEEE conference format. For the templates, please refer to the IEEE page here.
Steering Committee
- Bin Han, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), Germany)
Christoph Lipps, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
Programm Co-Chairs
- Kostas Katsaros, Digital Catapult (United Kingdom)
- Reijo Savola, University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
- Rasheed Hussain, University of Bristol (United Kingdom)
TPC Members
- Pousali Chakraborty, Fraunhofer FOKUS (Germany)
- Muzzamil Aziz, Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Göttingen (Germany)
- Jan Pennekamp, RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
- Stefan Köpsell, University of Dreden (Germany)
- Andreas Weinand, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany
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