ENFIELD Summer School 2026

Welcome to the ENFIELD AI Summer School 2026 in Mitilini, Greece, where students, researchers, and professionals will explore the latest advancements in Trustworthy AI with a focus on the interplay between AI and Cybersecurity.

This three-day program offers a comprehensive learning experience, combining expert-led lectures, hands-on workshops, and interactive challenges designed to enhance both theoretical understanding and practical skills. Participants will learn about recent challenges in Trustworthy AI, exploring how AI and Cybersecurity influence each other with concrete examples from different domains such as cyber-physical systems and smart energy. Topics will include Adversarial Attacks, LLM Vulnerabilities, trust and Machine Unlearning and be addressed by hands-on interactive experiences.

Whether you’re a student or IT professional, the ENFIELD AI Summer School 2026 provides a unique opportunity to expand your knowledge, develop new skills, and connect with a global Trustworthy AI and Cybersecurity community.

The ENFIELD Summer School 2026 will be co-located with the Intensive Programme on Information and Communications Security (IPICS 2026). If you are interested in an even more comprehensive coverage of Cybersecurity, consider participating in the full 2-weeks program of IPICS 2026: https://summer-schools.aegean.gr/en/IPICS2026

Date: July 15 – July 17
Location: Heliotrope Hotel in Mytilene, Lesbos Island, Greece
To register for the ENFIELD Summer School 2026, follow the link below and fill the AICYBERSEC2026 form.

Participation fees: Students 90 EUR, others 150 EUR, online participation will be free.


Speakers

Sokratis Katsikas
Director at Norwegian Center for Cybersecurity in Critical sectors and Full Professor, NTNU, Norway
Sebastian Heil
Senior Researcher, TUC, Germany
Nektaria Kaloudi
Research Scientist in Cybersecurity at SINTEF and Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Oslo, Norway
Steven Furnell
Professor of Cyber Security at UoN, UK
Sushma Venkatesh
Co-Founder of AiBA, Gjovik, Norway
Xavier Carpent
Assistant Professor, UoN, UK
Eduard Petlenkov
Full Professor, TALTECH, Estonia
Georgios Kavallieratos
Associate Professor, University of Oslo, Norway
Jeriek Van den Abeele
Research Scientist in Analytics and AI, Norway

Committees

Chairman

Dr. Sebastian Heil
Senior Researcher, TUC, Germany

Program

Prof. Dr. Georgios Spathoulas
Associate Professor, NTNU, Norway

Organizing

Prof. Dr. Steven Furnell
Professor of Cyber Security at UoN, UK

Prof. Dr. Géza Nemeth
Full Professor at BME, Hungary, Hungarian NCP at AI4EU

Prof. Dr. Adina Magda Florea
Professor at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Director of the AI Center

Prof. Dr. Georgios Kavallieratos
Associate Professor, University of Oslo, Norway


Program

TimeDay #1
15/07/2026
Day #2
16/07/2026
Day #3
17/07/2026
9:00 – 10:30AI and Cybersecurity: Friend or foe?
Sokratis Katsikas
LLM vulnerabilities I
Nektaria Kaloudi
Machine Unlearning for Cybersecurity I
Sushma Venkatesh
10:30-11:00BreakBreakBreak
11:00 – 12:30AI and Cybersecurity in Cyber Physical Systems
Georgios Kavallieratos
LLM vulnerabilities II
Nektaria Kaloudi
Machine Unlearning for Cybersecurity II
Sushma Venkatesh
12:30-14:00LunchLunchLunch
14:00 – 15:30In AI we trust? I
Steven Furnell, Xavier Carpent
Adversarial Attacks I
Sebastian Heil
Trustworthy AI for energy efficient decarbonized buildings and energy security I
Eduard Petlenkov
15:30-16:00BreakBreakBreak
16:00 – 17:30In AI we trust? II
Steven Furnell, Xavier Carpent
Adversarial Attacks II
Sebastian Heil
Trustworthy AI for energy efficient decarbonized buildings and energy security II
Eduard Petlenkov
18:00 – 19:00Round TableRound TableIPICS EVALUATION
19:00 – 21:00Farewell Dinner

Registration

To register for the ENFIELD Summer School 2026, fill out the following form: AICYBERSEC2026.

When: July 15 – July 17
Where: Heliotrope Hotel in Mytilene, Lesbos Island, Greece

  • Participation fees:
    • Students 90 EUR, others 150 EUR;
    • Online participation will be free.

Target audience

Undergraduate students in their final year, MSc Students, PhD students and IT professionals interested in a comprehensive overview and broad coverage of recent developments in Trustworthy AI and the interplay between AI and Cybersecurity



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