Theme: "CyberSecurity and AI"

Timing

Topic & Presenter

Monday 7 April 

11:00 - 12:00

Open Brainstorming about future AI projects in conjunction with GÉANT and planning of the TNC25 SIG-AI Side-Meeting. 

12:00 - 13:00 

Welcome Lunch and Arrival

13:00 - 13:15

Welcome & Intro -  Leonie Schäfer (DFN) and Daniela Brauner (GÉANT), Tryfon Chiotis (GÉANT) 

Welcome from CESNET  - Jakub Papírník (Director of CESNET)

13:15  - 13:55

Overview of selected AI projects at CESNET -  Martin Žádník , Karel Hynek  (CESNET)

13:55 - 14:00

Questions and discussion

14:00 - 15:30

Session I - CyberSecurity and AI -  Major Highlights
Chair: Leonie Schäfer (DFN)

14:00 - 14:20

Jan Kohlrausch, Eugene A. Brin (DFN-CERT) - Latest developments in AI and Security at DFN-CERT

14:20 - 14:40

Magdalena Rzaca (GÉANT) - The European AI Act and its relevance for NRENs 

14:40 - 15:00

Mary Grammatikou, National Technical University of Athens (ICCS / NTUA) - FedXAI4DNS: Explainable AI for DNS Security in Privacy-aware NREN Federations

15:00 - 15:20

Albert Hankel and Nicole van der Meulen (SURF) - AI and Security at SURF

15:20 -

15:30

Lightning Talks
Maarten Meijer (GÉANT) - Using Graph Neural Networks to classify traffic types in GÉANT's backbone network (5 min)

Jakub Kwiatkowski, Maksymilian Marcinowski (PSNC)- Red Teaming LLM Vulnerabilities (5 min)

15:30 - 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 - 16:15

Session II - Breakout Groups focusing on How can NRENs support AI in Cybersecurity?
Chair: Nicole van der Meulen, Albert Hankel (SURF)

  • Sub-theme: Are Universities Prepared for the AI Era? (Considering Attacks, Compliance, and Risks).
  • Expected Outcomes for each group: a discussion and a list of suggested actions

16:15 -
17:00

Session III - Open Panel

Chairs: Nicole van der Meulen , Albert Hankel (SURF)

17:15 - 17:30

Final Comments & Closing - Daniela Brauner (GÉANT)

19:00 - 22:00

Joint Dinner at Kolkovna Celnice (self-paying)

Date

The meeting will take place on 7 April 2025, hosted by CESNET at Prague, Czech Republic.

Venue/Location 

CESNET Office

Generála Píky 430/26
160 00 Prague 6
Czech Republic

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Accommodation/recommended hotels

The list of recommendations: 

Vienna House Diplomat

Hotel DAP

Clarion Congress Hotel Prague

Grandior Hotel Prague

Remote participation

Will be possible. Details will follow after registration.

Registration

Please register via events.geant.org 

For any questions, please email schaefer@dfn.de