About
Senior Research Scientist specializing in cybersecurity, cryptography, and privacy. Experience includes projects on secure architectures, privacy-preserving systems, and decentrilized systems Extensive publication record and teaching expertise in advanced cybersecurity topics.
Current Interests
- Cybersecurity & Cryptography
- Secure & Resilient Architectures
- Decentralized Systems & Smart Contracts
- Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
- Digital Trust, Compliance & Governance
Current Projects
2023-Current - COST Action (CA22104) Behavioral Next Generation in Wireless Networks for Cyber Security (BEiNG-WISE)
Role: Working Group Leader - Cybersecurity in Emerging Wireless Communications
Description: Coordinating research activities in next-generation wireless cybersecurity (5G/6G), including workshops, training, dissemination, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
2025-Current - NexusForum Research and innovation roadmap, Cognitive Computing Continuum
Role: Working Group co-Leader - Cybersecurity for the Cognitive Computing Continuum Roadmap
Description: Participating in cross-sectoral research and collaboration focusing on secure digital ecosystems and next-generation network resilience.
2025-Current - Horizon Europe: TWINLOOP
Role: Project Contributor
Description: Contributing to research on secure and trustworthy AI-driven digital twins for critical infrastructures under the Horizon Europe programme.
2023-2025 - FORMAS
Role: Researcher
Description: Engaging in research on sustainable digital transformation and cybersecurity in industrial systems funded by FORMAS.
Education
- PhD, Applied Cryptography - KU Leuven, Belgium
- MSc, Digital Systems Security - University of Piraeus, Greece
- Diploma, Information & Communication Systems Engineering - University of the Aegean, Greece
Certifications & Training (selection)
- ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Lead Auditor - TUV NORD, Athens, Greece
- Advanced Cybersecurity Course - ENCS, The Hague, Netherlands
- Secure Application Development - SecAppDev, Leuven, Belgium
- Modern pedagogical and teaching methods in primary education - Institute der KPH Graz, Austria
Invited Talks (selection)
- 2023-2025 WG Co-Leader "Cybersecurity in emerging wireless communications" - Behavioral Next Generation in Wireless Networks for Cyber Security (BEiNG-WISE)
- 2021: "Engineering Privacy for Vehicle 2 Cloud Infrastructure" - Privacy Engineering Group
- 2019: "Privacy-enhancing Sharing Platforms" - University of Manchester
- 2018: "Privacy in Car Sharing Systems" - IPEN Workshop, EDPS
- 2018: "Privacy-Preserving Information Sharing" - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Media Attention
Research featured in major international outlets related to privacy, security, and the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- Wired: The Facebook privacy settings that doesn’t do anything at all - March 2018
- NBC News: Researchers say it was easy to take people’s data from Facebook - March 2018
- France24: Cambridge Analytica : le scandale qui fait trembler l’empire Facebook - March 2018
- The Atlantic: What Took Facebook So Long? - March 2018
- Blog post (summary): Collateral Damage Research Summary - March 2018
Publications
Academic and Other Services
Event organizer:
- 2024: Open Industry Day on 5G/6G: Dive into use-cases, cyber-resilience and sustainability aspects of 5G/6G
- 2019: CPDP Event organizer: "Private messaging: why should you care?"
Program Committee Memberships:
- 2025: CPDP, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
- 2024: PoPETS, PhD Review - Oulu University
- 2023: PoPETS
- 2022: PoPETS
- 2021: PoPETS, Computers & Security, IEEE IoT, Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy
- 2020: PoPETS, Computers & Security, ACM Transactions on the Web
- 2019: PoPETS, Computers & Security, DPM@ESORICS, CPDP
- 2018: ICISSP
- 2017: ICISSP
- 2016: ICISSP
External Reviews:
- 2021: IEEE Security & Privacy
Teaching & Supervision
- 2022-present: PhD Supervision — S. Mohammadi at RISE (industrial PhD student)
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2020-2022: Teaching Assistant at NSS@KTH
- Networked Systems Security (NSS): Fundamental concepts and technologies for modern networked systems
- Building Networked Systems Security (BNSS): Implementing secure network systems (follow-up of NSS)
- Advanced Networked Systems Security (ANSS): Advanced engineering of secure emerging networked systems
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2015-2022: MSc Supervision (theses and student projects)
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NSS@KTH:
- 2021-2022: A. Kotsias — “Layer 2 Smart Contracts for Secure Vehicular-Sharing Systems”
- 2020-2021: S. Rabat — “Encrypted Documents Retrieval from the Cloud with Searchable Encryption”
- 2021: J. Shan — “Secure Vehicular Sharing Systems Implementation” (student project)
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COSIC@KU Leuven:
- 2019-2020: D. De Troch — “dPACE: A Decentralized Privacy-Preserving, yet Accountable Car Sharing Environment”
- 2017-2018: A. Madhusudan — “Applying Smart Contracts to Secure Car Sharing Systems”
- 2017-2018: D. Reardon — “Prevalence of Device Fingerprinting in Browser Extensions”
- 2016-2017: S. Dhooghe — “Applying Multiparty Computation to Car Access Provision”
- 2015-2016: T. Bertels — “Design of a Pairing Protocol for the AR.Drone 2.0”
- 2015-2016: K. Domin — “Security Analysis of the Drone Communication Protocol: Fuzzing the MAVLink Protocol”
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NSS@KTH:
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2005-2011: Teaching — Ministry of Education
(elementary, high school, lifelong learning), police academy, and private sector
- Web Programming: Training in PHP, SQL, and web technologies
- Application Development: Algorithmic logic and university entrance exam prep
- ICT Technologies: Computer science, math, and programming through ICT
- Microsoft Office Suite: Skills training and certification prep
Personal Interests
- Board Member - Orfeas Choir, Sweden
- Drone Photography & Editing
- First Aid & Lifeguard Certification
- Former Water Polo & Volleyball Athlete
Contact
- Email: iraklis.symeonidis@ri.se
- Phone: +46 73-077 43 52
- Location: Isafjordsgatan 22, 16440 Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
- LinkedIn: Iraklis Symeonidis
- RISE Profile: RISE Webpage