International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT)

20-22 May 2026, Thessaloniki, Greece

Special Sessions

SS1:Connected Mobility over Softwarized Networks

Wednesday, May 20 @10:00 – 11:30, Room:  C

Special Session Organizers:

  • Eirini Liotou, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece
  • Konstantinos Tserpes,  National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  • Paris Flegkas, University of Thessaly, Greece

Chair: Eirini Liotou (Harokopio University of Athens, Greece)

Papers

Study of Perception in Vehicle Platoons: Balancing Communication Overhead and Information Accuracy –Spyridon Stratis and Eirini Liotou (Harokopio University of Athens, Greece)
Achieving Coverage, Capacity, and Quality in C2 Data Links for BVLOS UAS Operations –Barry Tee Wei Cong (AnyWi Technologies, The Netherlands); Raj Thilak Rajan (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); Morten Larsen (AnyWi Technologies, The Netherlands)
Adaptive Test Prioritization for Drone Communication Software: A Constrained Bayesian Contextual Bandit Approach– Guillemette Clouzeau (Anywi Technologies, The Netherlands); Morten Larsen (AnyWi Technologies, The Netherlands)
Edge-Optimized Fisheye Sensing for UAV-Assisted Connected Mobility –Artemis Stefanidou (Harokopio University, Greece); Dimitris Georgiadis and Konstantina Karathanasopoulou (Harokopio University of Athens, Greece); Elena Politi (Harokopio University, Greece); Eirini Liotou (Harokopio University of Athens, Greece); George Dimitrakopoulos (Harokopion University of Athens, Greece)

SS3: Trustworthiness in Joint Sensing and Communication: Technical, Human and Legal Dimensions for 6G

Thursday, May 21 @10:00 – 11:30, Room:  D

Special Session Organizers:

  • Roya Khanzadeh, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
  • Katrien De Moor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
  • Iraklis Symeonidis, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden
  • Basak Ozan Ozparlak, Ozyegin University, Turkiye

Chair: Roya Khanzadeh (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)

Papers

Beyond the Physical Layer: Integrating Human-Centric Behavioral Trust Mechanisms in 6G Joint Sensing and Communication Architectures– Wassim Ahmad (Canadian Institute of Technology, Albania)
Unconsented Sensing: A Sociotechnical Governance Framework for 6G ISAC –Anass Sedrati (KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
A Hybrid Lightweight Cryptographic Proof-of-Work Model for Blockchain-Enabled Smart Healthcare Monitoring System –Abdullah Lakhan (Dawood University, Pakistan); Chongsheng Zhang (Teacher, China); Magnus Johnsson and Ali Hassan Sodhro (Kristianstad University, Sweden); Noman Zahid (University of New South Wales, Australia)
QoS Routing Optimization for Trustworthy 6G Networks –Oleksandra Yeremenko, Oleksandr Lemeshko and Maryna Yevdokymenko (Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine); Andriy Luntovskyy (DHSN Dresden Dual University Saxon Academy, Germany & Staatliche Studienakademie BA Dresden, Germany); Valentyn Lemeshko and Mykhailo Persikov (Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine)

SS4: Integrated Sensing and AI-Driven Communication in 6G Perceptive Mobile Networks

Wednesday, May 20 @14:30 – 16:00, Room:  D

Special Session Organizers:

  • Zaharias Zaharis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Pavlos Lazaridis, University of Huddersfield, UK

Chair: Periklis Chatzimisios, International Hellenic University, Greece and University of New Mexico, USA

Papers

Design of a Symmetric Beam-Splitter RIS for FR1 Band with Cross-Polarization Conversion –Oier Huici Itarte, Vasileios Panagiotis Rekkas and Zaharias D. Zaharis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Pavlos Lazaridis (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Panagiotis Sarigiannidis (University of Western Macedonia, Greece); Thomas Lagkas (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece); Christos Christodoulou (The University of New Mexico, USA); Sotirios Goudos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Communication-Sensing Tradeoff Optimization in RIS-Assisted ISAC Systems –Amna Tahir and Sotirios Goudos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Pavlos Lazaridis (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Panagiotis Sarigiannidis (University of Western Macedonia, Greece); Thomas Lagkas (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece); Zaharias D. Zaharis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
A Review of Use Cases for AI-Native O-RAN –Taiwo Adewa and Antoni Ivanov (Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria); Atanas Georgiev Vlahov (Technical University of Sofia & Research and Development and Innovation Consortium, Bulgaria); Vladimir K. Poulkov (Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria)
Beamforming via Null Steering for ISAC Systems–Claire Naiga Serugunda and Angela Doufexi (University of Bristol, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Robert Piechocki (Bristol University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Design of an X-Band Frequency-Diverse Metasurface-Based Antenna for Microwave Imaging –Panithan La-aiddee (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Zaharias D. Zaharis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Qasim Zeeshan Ahmed and Pavlos Lazaridis (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Design Evolution of a Broadband AMC Using Slot-Loaded Circular Patches –Mayibongwe Dube (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Zaharias D. Zaharis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Qasim Zeeshan Ahmed and Pavlos Lazaridis (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

SS6: Mission Critical Services in 6G

Thursday, May 21 @10:00 – 11:30, Room:  B

Special Session Organizers:

  • Demosthenes Vouyioukas, University of Piraeus, Greece
  • Konstantinos Maliatsos, University of the Aegean, Greece

Chair: Demosthenes Vouyioukas (University of Piraeus, Greece)

Papers

Optimizing QoS in Multi-Path Networks: Joint Server and Path Selection via SDN –Sofia Anagnostou, Lefteris Tsipi, Grigorios Papaioannou, Maria-Garyfallio Volakaki and Fotios Katsifas (University of the Aegean, Greece); Vasileios Giannopoulos (University of Piraeus, Greece); Emmanouel T. Michailidis (University of West Attica, Greece); Konstantinos Maliatsos (University of Aegean, Greece & University of Piraeus, Greece); Demosthenes Vouyioukas (University of Piraeus, Greece)
From 5G to 6G Public Safety Networks: Quantifying the Incremental Cost of Advanced Mission Critical Capabilities– Nikos Ioannou, Dimitris Kokkinis and Nikolaos Kanellos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece); Dimitris Katsianis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,, Greece); Dimitris Varoutas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
Performance Analysis of UAV Corridor-Assisted FA-Enabled JCAS Networks –Harris K. Armeniakos (University of Piraeus, Greece); Petros S. Bithas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece); Konstantinos Maliatsos (University of Aegean, Greece & University of Piraeus, Greece); Athanasios G. Kanatas (University of Piraeus, Greece)
Taming the Trust Hydra: Multi-Level Monte Carlo for Dynamic “Required Trust Level” Management–Alexandros Fakis (University of the Aegean, Greece); Nikolaos Fotos and Sofia Anna Menesidou (Ubitech Ltd, Greece); Konstantinos Maliatsos (University of Aegean, Greece & University of Piraeus, Greece); Thanassis Giannetsos (Ubitech Ltd., Greece)
Sensing-Assisted Beam Prediction for mmWave UAV Communications in 6G Networks –Rreze Halili (University of Antwerp – imec, Belgium); Drin Bajraktari (University of Antwerpen, Belgium); Khaled Ferekh (University of Antwerp, Belgium); Andreas Gavrielides (University of Antwerp, Belgium & IMEC, Belgium); Rafael Berkvens (University of Antwerp – imec, Belgium)
From Public Key Infrastructure to Post-Quantum Cryptography: The SECURED Approach –Vasiliki Diamantopoulou (University of the Aegean, Greece); Konstantinos Maliatsos (University of Aegean, Greece & University of Piraeus, Greece); Stefanos Vasileiadis (University of Trento & Digital Security and Trusted Computing Group, Greece); Thanassis Giannetsos (Ubitech Ltd., Greece); Stylianos A. Kazazis and Symeon Tsintzos

SS8: SNS JU Research Projects

Friday, May 22 @12:00 – 13:30, Room:  C

Chairs: Tomaso De Cola (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany, Oriol Sallent (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)

Papers

LITE: Lightweight Channel Gain Estimation with Reduced X-Haul CSI Signaling in O-RAN –David Goez, Sr (Imec vzw, Belgium); Marco Piazzola and Giulia Costa (Spindox Labs S R L, Italy); Achiel Colpaert (IMEC, Belgium & KU Leuven, Belgium); Rodney Martinez Alonso (KU Leuven, Belgium); Esra Aycan Beyazıt (IDLab, Imec- University of Antwerp, Belgium); Johann Marquez-Barja (University of Antwerpen & IMEC, Belgium); Nina Slamnik-Krijestorac (University of Antwerp-IMEC, Belgium); Miguel Camelo Botero (University of Antwerp – imec, Belgium)
A Service-Based Management Architecture for Intelligent Cross-Domain Orchestration in 6G Networks –Jorge Baranda (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Spain); Adrian Kliks (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Javier Velázquez Martínez (Telefonica Innovacion Digital, Spain); Luis Contreras (Telefonica, Spain); Matteo Pagin (Keysight Technologies, Denmark); Engin Zeydan (CTTC, Spain); Gil Kedar (Ceragon, Israel); Tomaso De Cola (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany); Purva Joshi (DLR, Germany); Sotirios Spantideas (Four Dot Infinity, Athens, Greece); Anastasios E. Giannopoulos (Four Dot Infinity, Greece); Jetmir Haxhibeqiri (IMEC, IDLab, Ghent University, Belgium); Vasilis Maglogiannis (Ghent University – imec & IDLab Research Group, Belgium); Dries Naudts (Ghent University & Imec, Belgium); Jeroen Hoebeke (Ghent University – imec, Belgium); Gianluca Fontanesi (Nokia Bell Labs, Germany); Łukasz Kułacz (Poznan University of Technology, Poland)
Evolution of Infrastructure (Ultra Low Latency) and Expanded Mobile System (mmWave) Towards 6G-AI Networks (ELEGANT) for 6G-EWOC Demonstrations –Anna Umbert and José A Lázaro (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain); Joan Lo Anguera (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – UPC, Spain); Angel Redondo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain); Sheila Pereira (Universitat Politècnica de Cayalunya (UPC), Spain); Toni Calvo and Javier Fernandez (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain)
AI-Powered Evolution Towards Open and Secure Edge Architectures: Results and Impact– Oriol Sallent (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Elli Kartsakli (Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain); Jordi Pérez-Romero (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain); Nikolaos Bartzoudis (CTTC, Spain)
Evaluating Cellular IoT Performance Dynamics for Sustainable 6G Evolution –Jameel Ali (Simula Metropolitan Centre for Digital Engineering, Norway & Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway); Karl-Johan Grinnemo and Giuseppe Caso (Karlstad University, Sweden); Foivos Michelinakis (Simula Metropolitan, Norway); Mohammad Rajiullah (Karlstad University, Sweden); Tarik Cicic (Simula Metropolitan Centre for Digital Engineering, Norway); Anna Brunstrom (Karlstad University, Sweden & University of Malaga, Spain)

SS9: Integrated Sensing and Communications for Vehicular Systems

Wednesday, May 20 @10:00 – 11:30, Room:  Β

Chairs: Constantinos B. Papadias (The American College of Greece, Greece)

Papers

Reliable Non-Line-of-Sight Intrusion Detection with Integrated Sensing and Communications Hardware- Paolo Tosi (Nokia Bell Labs & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany); Maximilian Bauhofer (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Marcus Henninger (Nokia Bell Labs, Germany); Laurent Schmalen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany); Silvio Mandelli (Nokia Bell Labs, Germany)
A Comparison Between Co-Located and Distributed MIMO Deployments in OFDM-ISAC Networks– Maryam Darabi (Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale/CNIT, Italy); Sergi Liesegang (Università Degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Italy); Emanuele Grossi (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio & Consorzio Nazionale Inter-Universitario per Le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT), Italy); Stefano Buzzi (University of Cassino and Lazio Meridionale/CNIT, Italy)
Interference Management for V2V ISAC-FMCW Coexistence via CAF Awareness– Nima Imani (American College of Greece, Greece); Mubashar Sarfraz, Spyros Lavdas and Constantinos B. Papadias (The American College of Greece, Greece)
Safety-Centric Resource Scheduling for Energy Efficiency Optimization in ISAC-Assisted V2X– Mubashar Sarfraz (The American College of Greece, Greece); Nima Imani (American College of Greece, Greece); Spyros Lavdas and Constantinos B. Papadias (The American College of Greece, Greece)
Waveform Index Modulation for Backscatter Communications in RIS-Based MIMO Radars- Mehri Nikzad (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy); Luca Venturino (Universita’ degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Merdionale & Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT), Italy); Emanuele Grossi (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio & Consorzio Nazionale Inter-Universitario per Le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT), Italy); Xiaodong Wang (Columbia University, USA)
Bistatic V2V Sensing via 5G NR Sidelink DM-RS Phase Reconfiguration: Range-Domain Null Steering with Low Communication Cost-Nima Imani (American College of Greece, Greece); Mubashar Sarfraz, Spyros Lavdas and Constantinos B. Papadias (The American College of Greece, Greece)

SS10: AI-Native 6G Networks: Self-Evolving Network Management and Orchestration

Friday, May 22@14:30 – 16:00, Room:  C

Special Session Organizers:

  • Mehmet Basaran, TURKCELL, Türkiye
  • Burak Gorkemli, OdineLabs, Türkiye

Chair: Burak Gorkemli (Odine Solutions, Turkey)

Papers

ML-Driven NDT for Real-Time SLA Assurance –Elcin Can (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey & Ericsson TR, Turkey); Mohammadreza Babaei (Ericsson Research, Turkey)
RAG-Driven Multi-Agent LLM Framework with Task Decomposition for Beyond 5G Auto-Configuration–İrşat Emin Sarıdaş (TUBITAK BILGEM, Turkey); Onur Salan (Communications and Signal Processing Research (HİSAR) Laboratory, TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, Turkey & Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Ali Gorcin (Istanbul Techical University, Turkey); Ibrahim Hokelek (Tubitak Bilgem, Turkey); Hakan A. Çırpan (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)
MACOL-X: Multi-Agent Conflict Learning for xApp Coordination in Open RAN –Abdulkadir Kose (Abdullah Gül University, Turkey)
ML-Based Proactive Conflict Detection and Resolution for 6G Open Radio Access Networks– Can Kurtulan (Odine, Turkey); Onur Kalinagac (Odine Solutions, Turkey); Erdinc Ozdemir (ODINE, Turkey); Burak Gorkemli (Odine Solutions, Turkey); Semih Aktaş (Middle East Technical University & Turkcell, Turkey); Mehmet Basaran (Turkcell, Turkey & Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)
5G OAI-Enabled MQTT-Based Real-Time Data Monitoring for Industrial Digital Twin Applications –Aykut Çubukçu, Necip Gozuacik and Selim Genctoy (Siemens A.S, Turkey); Omer Faruk Iscanli (Siemens, Turkey); Doga Celme and Erman Eksi (Siemens A.S, Turkey); Yagmur Sabucu Sandal (Siemens A.Ş., Turkey); Sibel Malkos (Siemens A.S, Turkey)