Bilkent University
Department of Computer Engineering
SEMINAR
Adaptive Intelligence in IoT-5G Healthcare: Securing Smart Systems from Concept to Deployment
Dr. Ali Hassan Sodhro
Computer Science
Kristianstad University
Abstract: The rapid fusion of Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G technologies is redefining the future of healthcare — enabling connected medical devices, continuous patient monitoring, and intelligent clinical decision-making. Yet, these advances bring new challenges in security, privacy, and trust. This talk introduces an adaptive and intelligent authentication framework that ensures secure and energy-efficient operation of IoT-5G healthcare systems. By leveraging insights from COST Actions 6G PHYSEC and 5G BEiNG-WISE, along with outcomes from Vinnova’s RAISE-6G project and Cognitive Cities (e-COST), the presentation outlines how AI-driven PHY-layer authentication, context-aware decision models, and dynamic trust management can defend against evolving cyber threats while maintaining real-time performance. Through design-to-deployment experiences, the talk highlights lessons learned, implementation strategies, and experimental results that showcase how adaptive, zero-trust architectures can transform healthcare networks into secure, resilient, and human-centered ecosystems. The session concludes by envisioning how these innovations pave the way for trustworthy, intelligent 6G-enabled healthcare systems of the future.
Bio: Dr. Ali Hassan Sodhro is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Computer Science at Kristianstad University, Sweden, with over 15 years of academic and research experience. He earned his PhD in Computer Applications Technology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and has worked in diverse academic and research roles internationally, including in Sweden, France, Italy, China, and Pakistan. His research focuses on AI/ML, IoT-5G/6G, Edge and Cloud Computing, Smart Healthcare, Cybersecurity, and Energy-efficient Systems. Dr. Sodhro has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and serves as an Associate Editor for several leading IEEE and Elsevier journals. He has received prestigious awards including the CAS-PIFI Fellowship (2022–2023), the Obada Prize for Young Distinguished Researcher (2022), and the Erasmus Mundus Postdoctoral Fellowship (SMARTLINK). Recognized among the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University for three consecutive years, he has supervised multiple PhD and Master’s students and actively collaborates with international academic and industrial partners. He is an MC Member and ITC Coordinator of multiple COST Actions, including CA22104 BEiNG-WISE (Behavioral Next Generation Wireless Networks for Cyber Security), CA22145 6G PHYSEC (Physical Layer Security for 6G Networks), and Cognitive Cities (e-COST). He also contributes to EU Horizon Europe projects such as GenAI4Africa and is a core member of the Vinnova-funded project “RAISE-6G: Zero-trust and AI-driven Cyber Security for 6G.” [2025-2026].
DATE: November 17, Monday @ 14:30
PLACE: Zoom
https://zoom.us/j/4924100806?pwd=dzZQMm9UTDRQbmJXRXd0bTFRb0UxZz09