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ELASTIC Project Holds Plenary Meeting in Helsinki
ELASTIC Project Holds Plenary Meeting in Helsinki The ELASTIC consortium gathered in Helsinki, Finland, from June 10–12, 2025, for a plenary and technical meeting hosted by Aalto University. Over the course of three days, project partners reviewed progress, coordinated technical development, and...

ELASTIC at EuCNC 2025: ELASTIC Highlights Research and Innovation at EuCNC 2025
ELASTIC at EuCNC 2025: ELASTIC Highlights Research and Innovation at EuCNC 2025 The ELASTIC Project participated in the EuCNC & 6G Summit 2025, held in Poznań, Poland from June 3–6. Hosted at Booth #12—shared with CONFIDENTIAL6G and RIGOUROUS—the ELASTIC team spent 3.5 days on-site showcasing...

ELASTIC Project Video: General Overview Now Available
ELASTIC Project Video: General Overview Now Available The ELASTIC project has published its first video, providing a general overview of the project's goals and technical direction. The video outlines how ELASTIC supports efficient and secure service orchestration across the distributed...

ELASTIC at EuCNC 2025 – Showcasing Secure and Efficient Edge Computing
ELASTIC at EuCNC 2025 – Showcasing Secure and Efficient Edge Computing The ELASTIC Project will take part in EuCNC 2025, held in Poznan, Poland from June 3–6. You’ll find us at Booth #12, shared with CONFIDENTIAL6G and RIGOUROUS. About EuCNC EuCNC & 6G Summit is one of the most established...

New Publication: Exploring Crisis-Driven Social Media Patterns: A Twitter Dataset of Usage During the Russo-Ukrainian War
New Publication: Exploring Crisis-Driven Social Media Patterns: A Twitter Dataset of Usage During the Russo-Ukrainian War A new study authored by Ioannis Lamprou, Alexander Shevtsov, Despoina Antonakaki, Polyvios Pratikakis, and Sotiris Ioannidis examines how social media activity evolved during...

ELASTIC Project Celebrates a Successful First Year of Advancing Secure and Efficient Service Delivery for 6G Infrastructures
ELASTIC Project Celebrates a Successful First Year of Advancing Secure and Efficient Service Delivery for 6G Infrastructures The ELASTIC project, funded by the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme...

Join Us for the 5th Annual Practical Cybersecurity Summer School in Chania, Crete
Join Us for the 5th Annual Practical Cybersecurity Summer School in Chania, Crete ELASTIC is sponsoring the 5th CyberHOT Summer School, which will take place from May 26 to 30, 2025, in Chania, Crete (Greece). CyberHOT is an annual initiative that offers practical, hands-on training in...

Join our AI & Security Webinar
Join our AI & SECURITY Webinar Introduction The AI & Security Webinar is a collaborative event co-organized by five EU-funded research projects: ELASTIC, PREDICT-6G, HARPOCRATES, CONFIDENTIAL6G, and RIGOUROUS – with the support of FAITH, CUSTODES and 6G-Cloud. The webinar will focus on the...

Meet the partner: Politecnico di Torino
Meet our Partner: Politecnico di Torino In the ELASTIC project POLITO focuses on the eBPF/XDP technologies, which play a central role in achieving the ELASTIC goals. eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) is a powerful technology for network monitoring and processing in service orchestration,...

ELASTIC External Expert Advisory Board Kick-off Meeting: Key Insights and Discussions
ELASTIC External Expert Advisory Board Kick-off Meeting: Key Insights and Discussions The ELASTIC project recently convened its first External Expert Advisory Board (EEAB) meeting, a key milestone in ensuring that the project receives valuable external feedback and expert guidance. The meeting,...

New Publication: Securing Stack Smashing Protection in WebAssembly Applications
Securing Stack Smashing Protection in WebAssembly Applications: New Research Publication WebAssembly (Wasm) has rapidly gained traction in the world of web development, offering a fast and secure platform for running code across different environments. However, as with any technology,...

Women Driving ELASTIC: Jelena Vasic on Communication, Creativity, and Impact
Women Driving ELASTIC: Jelena Vasic on Communication, Creativity, and Impact Innovation isn’t just about technology—it’s about how we share ideas, engage communities, and create impact. In the ELASTIC project, communication plays a crucial role in making research accessible, connecting experts,...

New Publication: Robust Stack Smashing Protection for WebAssembly
Robust Stack Smashing Protection for WebAssembly: New Research Publication Enhancing WebAssembly Security: Robust Stack Smashing Protection WebAssembly (Wasm) has emerged as a promising technology for secure, lightweight execution across various environments, including cloud computing, edge...

ELASTIC Plenary Meeting in Ghent: Advancing Research and Collaboration
ELASTIC Plenary Meeting in Ghent: Advancing Research and Collaboration The ELASTIC consortium gathered in Ghent, Belgium, on February 6-7, 2025, for its M12 Plenary Meeting, hosted by IMEC. Over two days, partners reviewed progress, aligned on upcoming milestones, and discussed technical...

Women Driving ELASTIC: Dhouha Ayed on Innovation and Security in 6G
Women Driving ELASTIC: Dhouha Ayed on Innovation and Security in 6G Building the future of technology requires diverse perspectives, and cybersecurity is no exception. In the ELASTIC project, experts from different backgrounds come together to address the challenges of next-generation networks....

Women Driving ELASTIC: Despina Kopanaki on Leadership and Diversity
Women Driving ELASTIC: Despina Kopanaki on Leadership and Diversity Women in STEAM bring diverse skills and perspectives that drive innovation and collaboration. In the ELASTIC project, they contribute across research, development, management, marketing, and coordination, playing a key role in...

SURE: Secure Unikernels Make Serverless Computing Rapid and Efficient – New Research Publication
SURE: Secure Unikernels for Faster and Safer Serverless Computing: New Research Publication This research, authored by Federico Parola (Politecnico di Torino), Shixiong Qi, Anvaya B. Narappa, K. K. Ramakrishnan (University of California, Riverside), and Fulvio Risso (Politecnico di Torino), is...

Meet the partner: ZENTRIX LAB
Meet our Partner: ZENTRIX LAB Through its involvement in the ELASTIC Project, Zentrix Lab is advancing the development of custom WebAssembly nodes and distributed intelligence frameworks. By addressing the unique requirements of vertical industries and next-generation 6G infrastructures, the team...

Demystifying Privacy in 5G Stand Alone Networks – New Research Publication
Demystifying Privacy in 5G Standalone Networks: New Research Publication This research, authored by Stavros Eleftherakis, Timothy Otim, Giuseppe Santaromita, Almudena Diaz Zayas, Domenico Giustiniano, and Nicolas Kourtellis, is part of the ELASTIC Project and was presented at the 30th Annual...

Meet our Partner: Lund University
Meet our Partner: Lund University Lund University (Swedish: Lunds universitet) is a public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities.Lund's Role in the ELASTIC Project Lund University contributes to the project by defining a common hardware abstraction layer...

AutoML in the Face of Adversity: Strategies for Mobility Predictions in NWDAF
AutoML in the Face of Adversity: Strategies for Mobility Predictions in NWDAF This research, authored by Syafiq al Atiiq, Christian Gehrmann, and Yachao Yuan from Lund University, and Jakob Sternby from Ericsson Research, is part of the ELASTIC Project and was presented at the 9th International...

Meet our Partner: Aalto University
Meet our Partner: Aalto University Aalto University (Aalto) was established in 2010 through a merger of the Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Art. Aalto's Role in the ELASTIC Project AAL leads ELASTIC's work on WebAssembly-based isolation,...

IMEC Showcases Cyber-Physical WebAssembly Innovations at WasmCon 2024 as Part of the ELASTIC Project
IMEC Showcases Cyber-Physical WebAssembly Innovations at WasmCon 2024 as Part of the ELASTIC Project On November 12, 2024, Merlijn Sebrechts and Michiel Van Kenhove, researchers from IMEC and partners in the ELASTIC project, presented their work on Cyber-Physical WebAssembly at WasmCon 2024 in...

Michiel Van Kenhove Presents Cyber-physical WebAssembly Research at WASI SubGroup Meeting
Michiel Van Kenhove Presents Cyber-physical WebAssembly Research at WASI SubGroup Meeting On October 31, 2024, Michiel Van Kenhove from IMEC, a partner in the ELASTIC Project, shared key updates during the WebAssembly System Interface SubGroup (WASI-SG) meeting. The session highlighted IMEC's...

Meet our partner: Ultraviolet Consult
Meet our Partner: Ultraviolet Consult Ultraviolet is a SME from Belgrade, Serbia, specializing in cutting-edge technologies such as cloud computing, AI/ML, multi-party computation, secure data sharing, and Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs)UVC's Role in the ELASTIC Project UVC will work...

Insights from the ELASTIC Plenary Meeting in Turin, Italy
Insights from the Plenary Meeting in Turin, Italy In early October, the ELASTIC project consortium gathered in Turin, Italy, for a two-day plenary session, hosted by Politecnico di Torino. This meeting, a pivotal gathering for the consortium, allowed partners to review technical progress,...

The First IEEE/IFIP WebAssembly, Cloud, and Edge: Shaping the Future of Computing (WACE) Workshop
The First IEEE/IFIP WebAssembly, Cloud and Edge: Shaping the Future of Computing (WACE) Workshop The First IEEE/IFIP WebAssembly, Cloud, and Edge: Shaping the Future of Computing (WACE) Workshop, colocated with the prestigious IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), will take...

Meet our Partner: IMEC
Meet our Partner: IMEC Imec collaborates with top-tier universities and industry leaders worldwide. Within Imec, the IDLab—in partnership with Ghent University—focuses on solving major challenges related to digital transformation, ubiquitous connectivity, and data-driven innovation. By...

Nicolas Kourtellis, from Telefónica I+D Showcases Responsible AI Practices at SETN 2024
Nicolas Kourtellis, from Telefónica I+D Showcases Responsible AI Practices at SETN 2024 From September 11–13, 2024, Nicolas Kourtellis, a representative from Telefónica I+D and a partner in the ELASTIC project, participated in the SETN 2024 conference held in Athens, Greece. As part of the event,...

Did you know that the ELASTIC project is enhancing 6G with WebAssembly and Confidential Computing for better security and performance?
Did you know that the ELASTIC project is enhancing 6G with WebAssembly and Confidential Computing for better security and performance? Did You Know? ELASTIC is enhancing 6G networks by integrating technologies like WebAssembly and Confidential Computing to improve both performance and...
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