4th IEEE CNS - Cyber Resilience Workshop (CRW'26)
11 September, Avignon, France
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Following the previous 3 successful editions of the workshop, the 4th IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security - Cyber Resilience Workshop (CRW'25) will be held in Avignon, France, on Sept. 11 2025. The workshop will focus on recent advances in areas such as machine learning and AI for cyber resilience, zero-trust architecture, and moving target defense. It will give the audience an overview of cyber resilience and provide a platform to discuss new research directions. We seek submissions from cyber security experts in academia, industry and government labs presenting novel research results in the architecture, design principles, and metrics for cyber-resilient systems.
Scope of the Workshop
In recent years, we have witnessed not only a significant surge in the number of cyber-attacks but also a marked increase in their sophistication. These attacks possess the ability to bypass traditional security measures such as intrusion detection systems, firewalls, and encryptions, allowing them to remain undetected and execute targeted strategies. As a result, safeguarding against these evolving threats has become an increasingly daunting task. To address this pressing challenge, cyber resilience has emerged as a transformative security paradigm. Unlike conventional approaches, cyber resilience focuses on adapting to both known and unknown threats and adversities in real-time, strategically responding to them to maintain critical functions and performance even in the face of attacks. However, achieving effective cyber resilience necessitates a comprehensive understanding of the underlying architecture, design principles, and metrics for resilient systems.
In response to this critical need, this workshop that aims to bring together leading experts in the field of cyber resilience. The workshop will provide a valuable platform for academia and industry to collaborate, offering a perspective on the relevant challenges and opportunities in this emerging area of research. By focusing on recent advances in crucial domains like machine learning and AI for cyber resilience, zero-trust architecture, and moving target defense, the workshop will explore the latest innovations and developments. Participants of the workshop will gain an insightful overview of the concept of cyber resilience and its paramount importance in contemporary security strategies. Additionally, the event will serve as an engaging forum for discussion, encouraging participants to explore and deliberate on new research directions. By facilitating the exchange of ideas and experiences among professionals in the field, the workshop aims to advance the knowledge and practical applications of cyber resilience.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline: 30 June 2025 10 July 2025 (Firm)
Notification of Acceptance: 15 July 2025 21 July 2025
Final Paper Submission: 5 August 2025
Workshop Date: 11 September 2025
SUBMIT A PAPER
Submissions are expected to be up to six (6) camera-ready pages, 10 pt font in two-column IEEE format.
Suggested Topics
Theoretical foundations of cyber resilience
Formal methods for cyber resilience
Autonomous cyber defense and intelligence
Self-adaptive cyber resilience
Attack-resilient architectures
Moving target defense
Cyber Deception
Resilient multi-agent collaboration and human interactions
Zero-trust security and resilience
Cyber-physical system resilience
Human factors in resilience
Trust management
Economics of cyber resilience
Dynamic risk management
Resilient 5G communication systems
Critical infrastructure cyber resilience
Organizing Committee
Junaid Faooq, Ph.D. (University of Michigan-Dearborn)
Juntao Chen, Ph.D. (Fordham University)
Quanyan Zhu, Ph.D. (New York University)
Steering Committee
Charles A. Kamhoua, Ph.D. (Army Research Lab)
Alexander Kott, Ph.D. (Ex Army Research Lab)
Nandi O. Leslie, Ph.D. (Raytheon Technologies)
TPC Members
Ahmed Arafa, UNC-Charlotte
Tao Li, City University of Hong Kong
Stefan Rass, Universitaet Klagenfurt
Henrik Sandberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, Washington University in St. Louis
Bowei Xi, Purdue University
Igor Linkov, US Army Research Laboratory
Tao Zhang, Washington University St. Louis
Yunfei Ge, Ridge Security
Shutian Liu, City University of Hong Kong
Akshay Kulkarni, Prairie View A&M University
Hakim Ghazzai, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Ahmed Alsharoa, University of Michigan-Flint
WORKSHOP PROGRAM
WORKSHOP PROGRAM
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM OPENING REMARKS
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM OPENING REMARKS
Workshop Co-Chairs
8:35 AM - 10:25 AM – WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
8:35 AM - 10:25 AM – WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
Session Chair: Junaid Farooq
8:35 – 8:55 AM
Dynamic Trust Scoring for Zero Trust at the Edge: a Multi-Factor, Context-Aware Approach
Shengjie Xu (University of Arizona, USA); Yi Qian (University of Tulsa, USA)
8:55 – 9:15 AM
Enabling Hybrid Edge-Level Threat Detection in O-RAN Private Networks for Resilience Enhancement
Tsung-Yen Hsieh, Po-Hung Chen and Cheng-Feng Hung (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan); Shin-Ming Cheng (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology & Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
9:15 – 9:35 AM
iThelma: an Autonomous LLM Agent for Cyber Threat Hunting via Playbook-Driven Intelligence
Nick Chen (NTUST, Taiwan); Raymund Lin (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan); Dean Xie, Hank Lin and Sally Chen (NTUST, Taiwan)
9:35 – 9:55 AM
Real-Time Risk Scoring of Ongoing Cyber Attacks
Heeyun Kim, Fabian Zuluaga Zuluaga, Collins Evans, Siddhartha R Dalal, Vishal Misra and Dan Rubenstein (Columbia University, USA)
9:55 – 10:15 AM
Applicability of LLM in Assessing the Reliability of Members to Mitigate Internal Threats
Masahito Kumazaki, Hirokazu Hasegawa and Hiroki Takakura (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
10:15 – 10:25 AM
eXplainable AI for Enhanced Trojan Detection in Autonomous Vehicle Steering Networks
Isaac Adom (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA); Mohammed Mynuddin (Research Assistant, USA); Ashraful Milton (Autonomous University Barcelona, Spain); Mahmoud Mahmoud and Abdollah Homaifar (North Carolina A&T State University, USA)
10:25 – 10:30 AM – CLOSING REMARKS
Workshop Co-Chairs
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