KHAS Academics Became Consortium Members in 3 New COST Actions

We’re pleased to announce that among the 70 new COST actions approved in May 2023, three of our faculty members took part in three different actions as consortium members: Emeritus Prof. Erdal Panayırcı, Prof. H. Murat Güvenç and Asst. Prof. Sibel Karadağ.

“Physical Layer Security for Trustworthy and Resilient 6G Systems”

Emeritus Prof. Erdal Panayırcı from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering is a consortium member of the COST action with the number CA22168 and titled “Physical Layer Security for Trustworthy and Resilient 6G Systems” (PARADIGM).

The premise of PARADIGM is that in 6G, intelligent and adaptive security controls are needed at all layers, with adaptation enabled by the distillation of semantics and context. The focus of this Action is on exploiting the characteristics of physical phenomena to provide security functionalities; PLS can complement upper-layer security schemes to strengthen the overall system security and enhance trust. The Action will study the characteristics of different physical environments and hardware properties to develop efficient methods to authenticate users and devices and to provide key-based or keyless confidentiality schemes. This Action will also investigate the interplay between PLS and advances in artificial intelligence, joint communication and sensing, semantic communications and context awareness.

The member countries in the Action, led by Germany, are Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and Türkiye.

“The Great Leap. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Health Inequalities, 1800-2022”

Prof. H. Murat Güvenç from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration is a consortium member of the COST action with the number CA22116 and titled “The Great Leap. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Health Inequalities, 1800-2022”.

The Great Leap takes a unique, multidisciplinary approach from a historical perspective to gain a greater understanding of the roots and drivers of health inequalities across regions and countries in Europe and beyond. To achieve this mission, the Great Leap creates an international, multidisciplinary network that will bundle expertise, techniques, insights and data to create (1) the first international comparable dataset of individual-level historical cause of death data, (2) innovative analytical tools to analyse it, and (3) insights into how this information can be used in current public health policy and practice.

The member countries in the Action, led by the Netherlands, are Albania, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Türkiye.

“Data Matters: Sociotechnical Challenges of European Migration and Border Control”

Asst. Prof. Sibel Karadağ from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration is a consortium member of the COST action with the number CA22135 and titled “Data Matters: Sociotechnical Challenges of European Migration and Border Control”.

Project Topic: Issues pertaining to the control of migration and borders are of paramount importance for contemporary societies. The way the relevant technology is designed and used is central to these issues. The configuration of migration and border control increasingly relies on artificial intelligence and associated digital technologies, which are based on algorithms that feed on big data. Action is focused on the need for a caring approach to big data and for the socio-technical challenges it entails. Action will foster the formation of an inclusive, self-expanding network that integrates the various disciplines contributing to the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS, with sociology of science and technology at its core) into the study of migration and borders.

The member countries in the Action, led by Greece, are Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Türkiye.