Agbotiname Lucky Imoize is currently a Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Fellow affiliated with the Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT) and Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Dr. Imoize has held international research appointments, including as a research scholar at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, supported by the Nigerian Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and as a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at the Wireless@VT Laboratory in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA. His industry experience includes roles at ZTE and Globacom. He is Vice Chair of the IEEE Communications Society Nigeria Chapter and a registered engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria. His research interests include AI, IoT, deep learning, and wireless communications for sustainable development applications. Mohammad S. Obaidat (Fellow IEEE, Fellow SCS, Fellow AAIA, and Fellow of FTRA) is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at King Abdullah II School of Information Technology (KASIT), University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. He is also a Distinguished Professor at SRM University, India. He has published around 1,200 technical articles, 100 books, and 70 book chapters. He is Editor-in-Chief of three scholarly journals and an editor of numerous international journals. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Wiley Security and Privacy Journal. Moreover, he is the founder or co-founder of five International Conferences. His areas of interest are in wireless networks, cyber security, security of e-Systems, computer networks, data analytics, and computer architecture, parallel computing: Architecture, and Algorithms, and performance evaluation of computer networks and systems. Houbing Song, Security and Optimization for Networked Globe Laboratory, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, USA. His research interests include cyber-physical systems, cybersecurity and privacy, IoT, big data analytics, connected vehicles, smart health, wireless communications, and networking. Dr. Song has edited and authored several books in the field, including Cyber-Physical Systems: Foundations, Principles and Applications. Fatos Xhafa, PhD in Computer Science, is Full Professor at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. He has held various tenured and visiting professorship positions. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey, UK (2019/2020), Visiting Professor at the Birkbeck College, University of London, UK (2009/2010) and a Research Associate at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA (2004/2005). He was a Distinguished Guest Professor at Hubei University of Technology, China, for the duration of three years (2016-2019). Prof. Xhafa has widely published in peer reviewed international journals, conferences/workshops, book chapters, edited books and proceedings in the field (H-index 55). He has been awarded teaching and research merits by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education, by IEEE conferences and best paper awards. Prof. Xhafa has an extensive editorial service. He is founder and Editor-In-Chief of Internet of Things - Journal - Elsevier (Scopus and Clarivate WoS Science Citation Index) and of International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, (Emerging Sources Citation Index), and AE/EB Member of several indexed Int'l Journals. Prof. Xhafa is a member of IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society and Founder Member of Emerging Technical Subcommittee of Internet of Things.His research interests include IoT and Cloud-to-thing continuum computing, massive data processing and collective intelligence, optimization, security and trustworthy computing and machine learning, among others. He can be reached at fatos@cs.upc.edu. Please visit also http://www.cs.upc.edu/~fatos/ and at http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/x/Xhafa:Fatos

• 1. Fundamental concepts of cybersecurity and edge computing2. Architectural Foundations for Cybersecurity in Edge Computing3. Advanced adversarial defense mechanisms in edge computing4. Microsegmentation for containerized microservices in edge computing5. Extreme Gradient Boosting and Random Forest based Intrusion Detection System6. Reidentification Risks in Distributed Differentially Private Data Leveraging Large Language Models7. Cutting-Edge Advances in Edge Computing-assisted Optical Wireless Communications8. Fortifying the Edge: Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Scalable Block Verification in NEAR Protocol9. Detection of Hardcoded Login Credentials via Network Function10. Advancing Cyber Resilience in Edge Computing with Secure Distributed Machine Learning11. Defensive Walls Against Sophisticated ML-Orchestrated Attacks in Edge Computing12. Biometric-Based Access Control mechanism for Edge Computing Resources and Services13. Silent Threat: RAT Attack Strategy and Real Case Analysis in Edge Computing14. Application of Blockchain for Secured Edge Computing System15. Support Vector Machines for Enhancing Vulnerability Management and Encryption Protocols in Edge Computing16. Social and ethical solutions to defeat cyber attacks in edge computing17. Legal Framework and Regulatory Policies for Cyber-edge Computing Systems

Agbotiname Lucky Imoize is currently a Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Fellow affiliated with the Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT) and Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Dr. Imoize has held international research appointments, including as a research scholar at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, supported by the Nigerian Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and as a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at the Wireless@VT Laboratory in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA. His industry experience includes roles at ZTE and Globacom. He is Vice Chair of the IEEE Communications Society Nigeria Chapter and a registered engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria. His research interests include AI, IoT, deep learning, and wireless communications for sustainable development applications. Mohammad S. Obaidat (Fellow IEEE, Fellow SCS, Fellow AAIA, and Fellow of FTRA) is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at King Abdullah II School of Information Technology (KASIT), University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. He is also a Distinguished Professor at SRM University, India. He has published around 1,200 technical articles, 100 books, and 70 book chapters. He is Editor-in-Chief of three scholarly journals and an editor of numerous international journals. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Wiley Security and Privacy Journal. Moreover, he is the founder or co-founder of five International Conferences. His areas of interest are in wireless networks, cyber security, security of e-Systems, computer networks, data analytics, and computer architecture, parallel computing: Architecture, and Algorithms, and performance evaluation of computer networks and systems. Houbing Song, Security and Optimization for Networked Globe Laboratory, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, USA. His research interests include cyber-physical systems, cybersecurity and privacy, IoT, big data analytics, connected vehicles, smart health, wireless communications, and networking. Dr. Song has edited and authored several books in the field, including Cyber-Physical Systems: Foundations, Principles and Applications. Fatos Xhafa, PhD in Computer Science, is Full Professor at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. He has held various tenured and visiting professorship positions. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey, UK (2019/2020), Visiting Professor at the Birkbeck College, University of London, UK (2009/2010) and a Research Associate at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA (2004/2005). He was a Distinguished Guest Professor at Hubei University of Technology, China, for the duration of three years (2016-2019). Prof. Xhafa has widely published in peer reviewed international journals, conferences/workshops, book chapters, edited books and proceedings in the field (H-index 55). He has been awarded teaching and research merits by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education, by IEEE conferences and best paper awards. Prof. Xhafa has an extensive editorial service. He is founder and Editor-In-Chief of Internet of Things - Journal - Elsevier (Scopus and Clarivate WoS Science Citation Index) and of International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, (Emerging Sources Citation Index), and AE/EB Member of several indexed Int'l Journals. Prof. Xhafa is a member of IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society and Founder Member of Emerging Technical Subcommittee of Internet of Things.His research interests include IoT and Cloud-to-thing continuum computing, massive data processing and collective intelligence, optimization, security and trustworthy computing and machine learning, among others. He can be reached at fatos@cs.upc.edu. Please visit also http://www.cs.upc.edu/~fatos/ and at http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/x/Xhafa:Fatos

• 1. Fundamental concepts of cybersecurity and edge computing2. Architectural Foundations for Cybersecurity in Edge Computing3. Advanced adversarial defense mechanisms in edge computing4. Microsegmentation for containerized microservices in edge computing5. Extreme Gradient Boosting and Random Forest based Intrusion Detection System6. Reidentification Risks in Distributed Differentially Private Data Leveraging Large Language Models7. Cutting-Edge Advances in Edge Computing-assisted Optical Wireless Communications8. Fortifying the Edge: Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Scalable Block Verification in NEAR Protocol9. Detection of Hardcoded Login Credentials via Network Function10. Advancing Cyber Resilience in Edge Computing with Secure Distributed Machine Learning11. Defensive Walls Against Sophisticated ML-Orchestrated Attacks in Edge Computing12. Biometric-Based Access Control mechanism for Edge Computing Resources and Services13. Silent Threat: RAT Attack Strategy and Real Case Analysis in Edge Computing14. Application of Blockchain for Secured Edge Computing System15. Support Vector Machines for Enhancing Vulnerability Management and Encryption Protocols in Edge Computing16. Social and ethical solutions to defeat cyber attacks in edge computing17. Legal Framework and Regulatory Policies for Cyber-edge Computing Systems

Agbotiname Lucky Imoize is currently a Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Fellow affiliated with the Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT) and Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Dr. Imoize has held international research appointments, including as a research scholar at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, supported by the Nigerian Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and as a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at the Wireless@VT Laboratory in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA. His industry experience includes roles at ZTE and Globacom. He is Vice Chair of the IEEE Communications Society Nigeria Chapter and a registered engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria. His research interests include AI, IoT, deep learning, and wireless communications for sustainable development applications. Mohammad S. Obaidat (Fellow IEEE, Fellow SCS, Fellow AAIA, and Fellow of FTRA) is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at King Abdullah II School of Information Technology (KASIT), University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. He is also a Distinguished Professor at SRM University, India. He has published around 1,200 technical articles, 100 books, and 70 book chapters. He is Editor-in-Chief of three scholarly journals and an editor of numerous international journals. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Wiley Security and Privacy Journal. Moreover, he is the founder or co-founder of five International Conferences. His areas of interest are in wireless networks, cyber security, security of e-Systems, computer networks, data analytics, and computer architecture, parallel computing: Architecture, and Algorithms, and performance evaluation of computer networks and systems. Houbing Song, Security and Optimization for Networked Globe Laboratory, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, USA. His research interests include cyber-physical systems, cybersecurity and privacy, IoT, big data analytics, connected vehicles, smart health, wireless communications, and networking. Dr. Song has edited and authored several books in the field, including Cyber-Physical Systems: Foundations, Principles and Applications. Fatos Xhafa, PhD in Computer Science, is Full Professor at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. He has held various tenured and visiting professorship positions. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey, UK (2019/2020), Visiting Professor at the Birkbeck College, University of London, UK (2009/2010) and a Research Associate at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA (2004/2005). He was a Distinguished Guest Professor at Hubei University of Technology, China, for the duration of three years (2016-2019). Prof. Xhafa has widely published in peer reviewed international journals, conferences/workshops, book chapters, edited books and proceedings in the field (H-index 55). He has been awarded teaching and research merits by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education, by IEEE conferences and best paper awards. Prof. Xhafa has an extensive editorial service. He is founder and Editor-In-Chief of Internet of Things - Journal - Elsevier (Scopus and Clarivate WoS Science Citation Index) and of International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, (Emerging Sources Citation Index), and AE/EB Member of several indexed Int'l Journals. Prof. Xhafa is a member of IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society and Founder Member of Emerging Technical Subcommittee of Internet of Things.His research interests include IoT and Cloud-to-thing continuum computing, massive data processing and collective intelligence, optimization, security and trustworthy computing and machine learning, among others. He can be reached at fatos@cs.upc.edu. Please visit also http://www.cs.upc.edu/~fatos/ and at http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/x/Xhafa:Fatos

• 1. Fundamental concepts of cybersecurity and edge computing2. Architectural Foundations for Cybersecurity in Edge Computing3. Advanced adversarial defense mechanisms in edge computing4. Microsegmentation for containerized microservices in edge computing5. Extreme Gradient Boosting and Random Forest based Intrusion Detection System6. Reidentification Risks in Distributed Differentially Private Data Leveraging Large Language Models7. Cutting-Edge Advances in Edge Computing-assisted Optical Wireless Communications8. Fortifying the Edge: Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Scalable Block Verification in NEAR Protocol9. Detection of Hardcoded Login Credentials via Network Function10. Advancing Cyber Resilience in Edge Computing with Secure Distributed Machine Learning11. Defensive Walls Against Sophisticated ML-Orchestrated Attacks in Edge Computing12. Biometric-Based Access Control mechanism for Edge Computing Resources and Services13. Silent Threat: RAT Attack Strategy and Real Case Analysis in Edge Computing14. Application of Blockchain for Secured Edge Computing System15. Support Vector Machines for Enhancing Vulnerability Management and Encryption Protocols in Edge Computing16. Social and ethical solutions to defeat cyber attacks in edge computing17. Legal Framework and Regulatory Policies for Cyber-edge Computing Systems