Events and Activities
Conferences/Symposium/Workshop Roles
Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling (MAPSP) 2026
Workshop Co-chairs: Thomas Erlebach and Prudence WongVenue: Redworth Hall Hotel, County Durham, UK
Dates: 21 – 26 July, 2026
Website: https://people.cs.pitt.edu/~kirk/MAPSP/index.html
33rd International Colloquium On Structural Information and Communication Complexity (SIROCCO 2026)
Venue: Durham University, Durham, UK
Conference Dates: 9 – 11 June 2026
Conference Organising Committee: Amitabh Trehan (General Chair), Peter Davies-Peck, William Kr Moses Jr., and Karl Southern
Website: https://sirocco2026.webspace.durham.ac.uk/
International Conference on Emerging Practices in Technology & Management (ICEPTM 2026)
Venue: ATMZ, New Zealand
Conference Dates: 29 May 2026
Conference Organising Committee: Gagangeet Aujla (Organising Chair and Keynote Address)
Website: https://atmc.ac.nz/iceptm2026/
26th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN 2025)
Venue: IIT Hyderabad, India
Symposium Dates: 4-7 January, 2025
Workshop Chair: Amitabh trehan
Website: https://cse.iith.ac.in/icdcn-2025/committee.html
25th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN 2024)
Venue: IIT Madras, India
Symposium Dates: 4-7 January, 2024
Workshop Chair: Amitabh trehan
Website: https://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/~icdcn2024/call-for-submissions/call-for-workshops.html
Workshop on Queueing Theory for Emerging Classical and Quantum Systems
Workshop Co-Chair: Thirupathaiah Vasantam
Associated Conference: IFIP Performance 2023 conference
Venue: Chicago, USA
Dates: 17 November 2023
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/qtecqs2023/home
Data Science for Cyber Security (DS4CS) 2023 Workshop
Workshop co-chair: Anish Jindal
Associated Conference: IEEE CSR Workshop on Data Science for Cyber Security (DS4CS)
Venue: Venice, Italy
Dates: 31 July, 2023
Website: https://www.ieee-csr.org/archive/2023/ds4cs/index.html
18th International Symposium on Algorithmics of Wireless Networks (ALGOSENSOR 2022)
Venue: Potsdam, Germany
Symposium Dates: September 8-9, 2022
Program Committee Chairs: Thomas Erlebach and Michael Segal
Website: https://algo-conference.org/2022/algosensors/
Young Researchers Forum 2025
Venue: Online
Symposium Dates: 13 June, 2025
Program Committee Chairs: William K. Moses Jr.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/youngresearchersforum2025/
Workshop Series
International Workshop on EDGE-AI: Scale and Security (WESS)
1st International Workshop on EDGE-AI: Scale and Security (WESS 2025)
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla
Associated Conference: 18th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2025)
Venue: Nantes, France
Dates: 1-4 December 2025.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/wess2025/
Old Versions: Workshop of “EDGEAI-DSN: EdgeAI for distributed systems and networks”
Associated Conference: 25th International Conference on Distributed Computing & Networking (ICDCN 2024)
Venue: IIT Madras, India
Dates: 4-7 January 2024.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/edgeai-dsn2024/home
BlockSecSDN Workshop Series
1st International Workshop on Blockchain for Secure Software-defined Networking in Smart Communities
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla
Associated Conference: IEEE Infocom 2020
Venue: Toronto, Canada
Dates: 6 July 2020.
Website: https://infocom2020.ieee-infocom.org/workshop-blockchain-secure-software-defined-networking-smart-communities
2nd International Workshop on Blockchain for Secure Software-defined Networking in Smart Communities
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla and Anish Jindal
Associated Conference: IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2022)
Venue: Seoul, South Korea
Dates: 16 May 2022.
Website: https://icc2022.ieee-icc.org/program/workshops#ws-2
3rd International Workshop on Blockchain for Secure Software-defined Networking in Smart Communities
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla and Anish Jindal
Associated Conference: IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2023)
Venue: Rome, Italy
Dates: 28 May 2023.
Website: https://icc2023.ieee-icc.org/workshop/ws-11-workshop-blocksecsdn-blockchain-secure-software-defined-networking-smart-communities
4th International Workshop on Blockchain for Secure Software-defined Networking in Smart Communities
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla and Anish Jindal
Associated Conference: IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2024)
Venue: Denver, CO, USA
Dates: 13 June 2024.
Website: https://icc2024.ieee-icc.org/workshop/ws-20-blocksecsdn-blockchain-secure-software-defined-networking-smart-communities
5th International Workshop on Blockchain for Secure Software-defined Networking in Smart Communities
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla and Anish Jindal
Associated Conference: IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE Globecom 2024)
Venue: Cape Town, South Africa
Dates: 12 December 2024.
Website: https://globecom2024.ieee-globecom.org/workshop/ws-21-workshop-blocksecsdn-blockchain-secure-software-defined-networking-smart-communities
SecSDN Workshop Series
1st International Workshop on SDN5GSC: Software-defined Networking for 5G Architecture in Smart Communities
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla
Associated Conference: IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE Globecom 2018)
Venue: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dates: 13 December 2018.
Website: https://globecom2018.ieee-globecom.org/workshop/ws-21-sdn5gsc-software-defined-networking-5g-architecture-smart-communities
2nd International Workshop on SecSDN: Secure and Dependable Software Defined Networking for Sustainable Smart Communities
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla
Associated Conference: IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2019)
Venue: Shanghai, China
Dates: 24 May 2019.
Website: https://icc2019.ieee-icc.org/workshop/w27-secsdn-secure-and-dependable-software-defined-networking-sustainable-smart-communities
3rd International Workshop on SecSDN: Secure and Dependable Software Defined Networking for Sustainable Smart Communities
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla
Associated Conference: IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2019)
Venue: Dublin, Ireland
Dates: 07 June 2020.
Website: https://icc2020.ieee-icc.org/workshop/ws-06-secsdn-secure-and-dependable-software-defined-networking-sustainable-smart.html
4th International Workshop on SecSDN: Secure and Dependable Software Defined Networking for Sustainable Smart Communities
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla
Associated Conference: IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2019)
Venue: Taipei, Taiwan (Virtual)
Dates: 11 December 2020.
Website: https://globecom2020.ieee-globecom.org/workshop/ws-18-workshop-secure-and-dependable-software-defined-networking-sustainable-smart.html
BlockCPS Workshop Series
1st International Workshop on Blockchain for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (Adhering to Security, Trust and Integrity)
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla and Anish Jindal
Associated Conference: 14th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (IEEE/ACM UCC 2021)
Venue: Leicester, UK
Dates: 9 December 2021.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/blockcps2021
2nd International Workshop on Blockchain for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (Adhering to Security, Trust and Integrity)
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla and Anish Jindal
Associated Conference: 15th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (IEEE/ACM UCC 2022)
Venue: Portland, Oregon, USA
Dates: 6 December 2022.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/blockcps2022
3rd International Workshop on Blockchain for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (Adhering to Security, Trust and Integrity)
Workshop co-chair: Gagangeet Aujla
Associated Conference: 17th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (IEEE/ACM UCC 2024)
Venue: University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
Dates: 16 December 2024.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/blockcps2024/
International Workshop on Smart Computing for Smart Cities (SC2) Series
3rd IEEE International Workshop on Smart Computing for Smart Cities (SC2)
Workshop Chair: Anish Jindal
Associated Conference: 23rd IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WoWMoM 2022)
Venue: Belfast, United Kingdom
Dates: 14 June, 2022
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sc2-wowmom2022/home
4th IEEE International Workshop on Smart Computing for Smart Cities (SC2)
Workshop Chair: Anish Jindal
Associated Conference: 24th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WoWMoM 2023)
Venue: Boston, USA
Dates: 12 June, 2023
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sc2-wowmom2023/home
5th IEEE International Workshop on Smart Computing for Smart Cities (SC2)
Workshop Chair: Anish Jindal
Associated Conference: 25th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WoWMoM 2024)
Venue: Perth, Australia
Dates: 4 June, 2024
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sc2-wowmom2024/home
6th IEEE International Workshop on Smart Computing for Smart Cities (SC2)
Workshop Chair: Anish Jindal
Associated Conference: 27th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WoWMoM 2026)
Venue: Bologna, Italy
Dates: 16 June, 2026
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sc2-wowmom2026/home
Algorithmic Aspects of Temporal Graphs Workshop Series
I-2018
Workshop Chair: George Mertzioz
Associated Conference: 45th EATCS International Colloquium on Automata,
Languages and Programming, ICALP 2018
Venue: Prague, Czech Republic
Dates: 09 July, 2018
Website: https://mertzios.net/Workshops/ICALP-18-Satellite/Temporal-Graphs-ICALP-2018.html
II-2019
Workshop Chair: George Mertzioz
Associated Conference: 46th EATCS International Colloquium on Automata,
Languages and Programming, ICALP 2019
Venue: Patras, Greece
Dates: 08 July, 2019
Website: https://mertzios.net/Workshops/ICALP-19-Satellite/Temporal-Graphs-ICALP-2019.html
III-2020
Workshop Chair: George Mertzioz
Associated Conference: 47th EATCS International Colloquium on Automata,
Languages and Programming, ICALP 2020
Venue: Saarbrücken, Germany
Dates: 07 July, 2020
Website: https://mertzios.net/Workshops/ICALP-20-Satellite/Temporal-Graphs-ICALP-2020.html
IV-2021
Workshop Chair: George Mertzioz
Associated Conference: 48th EATCS International Colloquium on Automata,
Languages and Programming, ICALP 2021
Venue: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Dates: 12 July, 2021
Website: https://mertzios.net/Workshops/ICALP-21-Satellite/Temporal-Graphs-ICALP-2021.html
V-2022
Workshop Chair: George Mertzioz
Associated Conference: 49th EATCS International Colloquium on Automata,
Languages and Programming, ICALP 2022
Venue: Paris, France
Dates: 04 July, 2022
Website: https://mertzios.net/Workshops/ICALP-22-Satellite/Temporal-Graphs-ICALP-2022.html
VI-2023
Workshop Chair: George Mertzioz
Associated Conference: 50th EATCS International Colloquium on Automata,
Languages and Programming, ICALP 2023
Venue: Paderborn, Germany
Dates: 10 July, 2023
Website: https://mertzios.net/Workshops/ICALP-23-Satellite/Temporal-Graphs-ICALP-2023.html
VII-2024
Workshop Chair: George Mertzioz
Associated Conference: 51th EATCS International Colloquium on Automata,
Languages and Programming, ICALP 2024
Venue: Tallinn, Estonia
Dates: 07 July, 2024
Website: https://mertzios.net/Workshops/ICALP-24-Satellite/Temporal-Graphs-ICALP-2024.html
VIII-2025
Workshop Chair: George Mertzioz
Associated Conference: 52th EATCS International Colloquium on Automata,
Languages and Programming, ICALP 2025
Venue: Aarhus, Denmark
Dates: 07 July, 2025
Website: https://mertzios.net/Workshops/ICALP-25-Satellite/Temporal-Graphs-ICALP-2025.html
Summer/Winter /Seasonal School
IEEE IoT Theory and Practice Seasonal School
This seasonal school was sponsored by the IEEE Internet of Things Technical Community (IoT TC). It is designed to provide education on various theory and practical aspects relating to IoT. It offered lectures, hands-on laboratories, and demonstrations to provide resources, information, and guidance to boost your learning in IoT.
IEEE IoT Theory and Practice Seasonal School 2024
Organiser: Wanqing Tu
Venue: Durham University, UK
Dates: 7-9 July 2024
Website: https://iot.ieee.org/education/seasonal-school.html
IEEE IoT Theory and Practice Seasonal School 2026
Organiser: Wanqing Tu
Venue: Durham University, UK
Dates: 8-10 July 2026
Website: https://iot.ieee.org/education/seasonal-school.html
NESTID GROUP LAUNCH MINI SEMINAR 2021
NESTiD Mini Seminar (Virtual)
Date/Time: Thursday 25 February 2021 between 10-12 am.
Participants: Tom Friedetzky, Ioannis Ivrissimtzis, Wanqing Tu, Gagangeet Aujla, Ehsan Toreini, Amitabh Trehan, George Mertzios, Iain Stewart, Daniel Paulusma, Konrad Dabrowski, Barnaby Martim, Matthew Johnson, and Stamos Katsigiannis.
Invited Talks and Guest Lectures
The Members of NESTiD presented invited talks and guest lectures outside Durham.
| Activity | Name | Details | Date |
| Keynote Talk | Thomas Erlebach | Delivered a keynote talk on “Temporal Graphs: Exploration and Realization” at ALGOWIN | September 2025 |
| Invited Talk | Gagangeet Aujla | Delivered a talk on “Application of AI in Smart Communities” at Khalsa College, Kapurthala, India | August 25, 2025 |
| Invited Talk | Anish Jindal | Delivered an invited talk on “Data Analytics in Smart Grid” at Auckland University of Technology, NZ | August 2025 |
| Invited Talk | Gagangeet Aujla | Delivered a talk on “Blocks, Coins, and Chains: A Journey Through the World of Cryptocurrency” at LPU, India | August 22, 2025 |
| Invited Paper Talk | Gagangeet Aujla | Delivered a talk on “Secure Ledger for Internet of Things (A preference – based committee member auction consensus framework” at Nanyang Blockchain Conference 2025, at NTU Singapore | August 17, 2025 |
| Invited Talk | Gagangeet Aujla | Delivered a talk on “Shaping the Digital Landscape through Twins: Background and Applications” at IIT Ropar | August 13, 2025 |
| Keynote Talk | Gagangeet Aujla | Delivered a keynote talk on “Digital Twins: A new dimension in computing” at 4th International Conference on Innovations in Computing 2025, CGC Landran, India | April 24, 2025 |
| Keynote Talk | Anish Jindal | Keynote speaker at IEEE International Conference on Computing and Intelligent Reality Technologies (ICCIRT 2024) on December 5-6, 2024, Coimbatore, India | December 2024 |
| Panel Talk | Anish Jindal | Hosted a roundtable discussion on “Role of computing in achieving Net Zero” in 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Germany | September 2024 |
| Invited Talk | Anish Jindal | Invited talk on “Engineering Solutions for Smart Cities” in Short Term Training Program at SFIT, Mumbai, India | June 2024 |
| Invited Talk | Thirupathaiah Vasantam | Performance Analysis of a Quantum Switch: An Erlang Loss Model (https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~bbuke/INI_Network_Stochastics/participants/) | June 17-19, 2024 |
| Invited Talk | Anish Jindal | Invited talk on “The role of electric vehicles in green cities” at The Knowledge Hub Universities (TKH), Cairo, Egypt | June 2024 |
| Seminar | Gagangeet Aujla | Seminar on Electric Vehicle as a Service at Durham Energy Institute, Durham University, UK | May 16, 2024 |
| Keynote Talk | Anish Jindal | Keynote talk in “UK-India Workshop on Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, Security, and Data Analytics” at Cardiff University, UK | April 2024 |
| School Seminar | Gagangeet Aujla | Seminar on Energy Trading in SDN-enabled Smart Transportation System at University of Hull, UK | February 10, 2024 |
| Panel talk | Anish Jindal | Led an expert panel discussion on ‘Future of the AI’ at St. Chad’s College Durham | Nov 2023 |
| Keynote Talk | Gagangeet Aujla | Delivered a keynote talk on Electric Vehicle as a Service at ICAIoT 2023 at NITTTR, Chandigarh, India | March 31, 2023 |
| Abstract Talk | Thirupathaiah Vasantam | Delivered a talk on “Bounds on Bipartite Entanglement Distribution Rates for Discrete and Continuous Variable Quantum Switches*” at APS March Meeting 2023 | March 8, 2023 |
| Invited Talk | Anish Jindal | Delivered a talk on “Low Carbon and Sustainable Computing Seminar” series at the University of Glasgow. | September 2022 |
| Keynote Talk | Thomas Erlebach | Delivered a talk on “Explorable Uncertainty and Untrusted Predictions” at the MAPSP 2022 (15th Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling). | June 2022 |
| Keynote Talk | Amitabh Trehan | Delivered a talk on Self-healing Networks at the 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Smart Computing for Smart Cities (SC2) in conjunction with 23rd IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WoWMoM 2022), Belfast, United Kingdom | 14th June 2022 |
| Tutorial | Anish Jindal | Presented a tutorial on “Data Analytics in Smart Grid” in the Durham Energy Institute seminar series. | November 2022 |
| Invited Talk | Anish Jindal | Delivered an invited talk in Short term training program on “Tomorrow’s Electrical Power Grid” for SFIT Mumbai, India. | 03-07 January 2022 |
| Invited Talk | Thirupathaiah Vasantam | Delivered a talk on “A throughput optimal scheduling policy for a quantum switch” at University of York, UK | 4th April 2022 |
| Tutorial | Amitabh Trehan | Presented a tutorial on Self-healing Distributed Algorithms at the 10th The Latin-American Symposium on Dependable Computing (LADC) 2021 (https://ladc.lisha.ufsc.br/ladc2021/Tutorial). | 23rd November 2021 |
| Keynote Talk | Gagangeet Aujla | Keynote talk on Edge-Cloud Interplay using Software-defined Networking for Smart City Applications at 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Smart Computing for Smart Cities (SC2) in conjunction with IEEE WoWMoM 2021. | 7th June 2021 |
| Keynote Talk | Gagangeet Aujla | Keynote talk on EVaaS: Energy Trading in SDN-enabled Smart Transportation System at SOFA 2020 – 9th International Workshop on Soft Computing Applications, Arad, Romania | 29th November 2020 |