Conveners
Lightning Talks: Strike One: 5A
- Ibrahim Jeries
- Joost Gadellaa (SURF)
Internet2 has accumulated data on eduroam US operations since 2018. What are the most useful and interesting questions to ask of this data, who should see it, and how can it be validated and delivered to this audience for maximum benefit?
Security in the eduroam login has been, and currently still is, a challenge.
Most eduroam providers still rely on passwords to authenticate the users, and need to provide their users with instructions how to set up their devices securely. While the Web makes a move towards passwordless authentication, eduroam still relies mostly on passwords. To address the challenges of current eduroam...
While Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a core component of modern cybersecurity, its deployment in operational network environments remains a significant challenge. A key example is Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) that must process continuous data streams, respond to threats in real time, and adapt to evolving attack techniques, while, at the same time, remaining stable and...
It is hard to imagine a world without new media technologies. In my life, for example, podcasts play an integral part: They entertain me, help me stay informed and teach me about different topics on the go. And I am not alone: A [2025 global study by the international research firm YouGov][1] shows that two out of five people listen to podcast episodes at least one hour per week. So why not...
AI is already inside your network. The question is whether it is on your side. Research and education networks are deploying AI faster than they are securing it — monitoring tools, SOC automation, agentic network management systems — and these are being actively exploited. Not theoretically. Now. AI integrated into network operations is now a primary attack target — and most security teams...
The Europasinfonie project will stage the world’s first real-time pan-European distributed orchestra concert on 18 June 2027 in Dresden. In this performance, 62 string musicians of Dresdner Sinfoniker will perform live on stage, while wind, brass, percussion and choir musicians from 11 additional European cities – Athens, Birmingham, Brussels, Brno, Tallinn, Salzburg, Belgrade, Milan, Madrid,...
When did you last access an atomic clock via a US military system? Probably less than a minute ago - through your phone. Today, I want to show how Europe is building another way.
Every time your phone synchronises time or determines its position, it quietly relies on GNSS, primarily GPS and Galileo, delivering access to atomic clocks in space. These systems are at the basis of everything from...
This lightning talk will draw attention to the work undertaken on deployment of IPv6 the Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid (WLCG) infrastructure that provides connectivity for CERN experiments between some 170 sites in 40 countries. It will highlight that dual-stack is NOT the end game, and work underway to remove IPv4 from WAN links.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the European Union recommend transitioning to quantum-secure cryptography between 2030 and 2035. While Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) does not require specialized quantum hardware, it has to withstand the test of time, and it provides only security against quantum computational attacks. Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) offers an...
Before a network management system can function, it must parse configuration files to build a structural map. While necessary, this creates a massive initialization bottleneck. As modern networks grow, we aren't just parsing a few files; we're parsing hundreds. To make matters worse, multiple processes often rely on the exact same context, meaning this computationally heavy parsing is...
At the South African National Research Network (SANReN), South African researchers can participate in global research efforts. We do this by ensuring that local researchers can share their data efficiently with international researchers and that they can access data generated or processed abroad as efficiently as possible. This has been made possible by the implementation of 100Gbps Data...
European Research Infrastructures (RIs) generate petabyte-scale datasets in domains such as climate science, atmospheric research, biomedicine, and imaging. While Open Science policies have improved data availability and FAIR compliance, practical reuse remains limited. Researchers often face barriers related to compute capacity, software environments, AI tooling, and secure access. Moving...
Supplier security and confidentiality clauses often fail for one simple reason: we use the same words, but we mean different things. My one key point: attach a one-page Supplier Meaning Guide to the contract - a support document that explains, in plain language, what we mean by key terms and expectations.
In five minutes I’ll demo the guide’s structure:
- “When we say…” → “We mean…” (e.g.,...
Digital research infrastructures depend not only on technical performance, but fundamentally on trust. This presentation develops one central idea: law functions as an operational trust infrastructure within digital research and education networks.
