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Cyber Ireland Dublin Chapter: Cybersecurity & AI in Software Development

On March 12, 2025, the Cyber Ireland Dublin Chapter, in collaboration with the UCD School of Computer Science and the Advance Centre – Professional Education for Digital Transformation, hosted an insightful Industry & Academia Meeting at University College Dublin. The event brought together leading experts to explore how AI can enhance security across the software […]

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CONFIDENTIAL6G Project Meeting in Dublin

The CONFIDENTIAL6G consortium held a highly successful project meeting on May 22–23, 2024, hosted by NetsLab at University College Dublin (UCD). This gathering marked a significant milestone in the journey towards advancing 6G technology, with participants engaging in insightful discussions and collaborative planning focused on security, efficiency, and innovation. Day 1: Strategic Insights and Collaborative […]

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Demo: Enabling Trustworthy Cold Chain Logistics through Blockchain and Machine Learning

Internet of Things (IoT) sensors monitor temperature-sensitive goods throughout the supply chain. Nowadays, blockchain is being widely used for traceability, transparency, and immutable storage of this data. However, this approach lacks a mechanism to assess the trustworthiness of the data, and as a result, the reliability of the system is constrained by the quality of […]

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Evaluating Data Trust in Blockchain-Based IoT Systems Using Machine Learning Techniques

The convergence of blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) has become increasingly prevalent recently, as it addresses challenges such as single point of failure and security concerns associated with IoT.Blockchain offers immutable data storage, availability, and transparency, but a significant drawback lies in its inability to verify the truthfulness of the data stored on it. […]

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Machine Learning for Data Trust Evaluations in Blockchain-Enabled IoT Systems

Recently, there has been a surge of interest surrounding the integration of blockchain with the Internet of Things (IoT), aiming to address IoT’s inherent issues like single points of failure and concerns related to data integrity. However, although blockchain provides decentralization and transparency, it does not guarantee the accuracy and reliability of IoT-generated data. Therefore, […]

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Survey on Network Slicing for Internet of Things Realization in 5G Networks

  • November 17, 2023
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Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology that makes people’s lives smart by conquering a plethora of diverse application and service areas. In near future, the fifthgeneration (5G) wireless networks provide the connectivity for this IoT ecosystem. It has been carefully designed to facilitatethe exponential growth in the IoT field. Network slicing is one […]

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A Comprehensive Analysis on Network Slicing for Smart Hospital Applications

  • November 17, 2023
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Network slicing (NS) is a utilitarian technology that enables heterogeneous smart use cases in Fifth Generation (5G) and beyond networks. Smart hospitals require NS to realize its applications with diverse network requirements, which can not facilitate via traditional networks in hospital environments. NS can be performed under different strategies based on dynamicity, ownership, and application. […]

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Realizing Internet of Things with Network Slicing: Opportunities and Challenges

  • November 17, 2023
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Internet of Things (IoT) is a lucrative technology within the modern community that realizes the concept of the smart world, by expanding within a myriad of applications. Existing wireless networks require a radical change to fulfill the network requirements and cater the rapid expansion of the IoT ecosystem. 5G architecture is specifically designed to facilitate […]

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A survey on the convergence of edge computing and AI for UAVs: Opportunities and challenges

  • September 1, 2022
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The latest 5G mobile networks have enabled many exciting Internet of Things (IoT) applications that employ unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs/drones). The success of most UAV-based IoT applications is heavily dependent on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, for instance, computer vision and path planning. These AI methods must process data and provide decisions while ensuring low latency […]

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LEMAP: A Lightweight EAP based Mutual Authentication Protocol for IEEE 802.11 WLAN

  • May 16, 2022
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The growing usage of wireless devices has significantly increased the need for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) during the past two decades. However, security (most notably authentication) remains a major roadblock to WLAN adoption. Several authentication protocols exist for verifying a supplicant’s identity who attempts to connect his wireless device to an access point (AP) […]

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