11th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference – ISC2 2025 draft

“ENSURE – Workshop”

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October 6-9th, 2025, Patras Greece

University of Patras Conference and Cultural Centre
Chairs

Paolo Azzoni
INSIDE Industry Association

Gianluigi Ferrari
University of Parma

Amin Anjomshoaa
Vienna University of
Economics and Business

Markus Tauber
Research Studios Austria

TPC Members

Dimitrios Serpanos
Janis Judvaitis
George Nikolakopoulos
Stefan Van Baelen
Andrea Pinna
Perez Juan Martin
Paolo Azzoni
Gianluigi Ferrari
Markus Tauber
Amin Anjomshoaa
Jerker Delsing
Thomas Felberbauer
Christian Jandl

IMPORTANT DATES


Submission: 04.08.2025
Acceptance: 11.08.2025
Camera ready: 25.08.2025
Workshop: 6.10.2025

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Description

The ENSURE (Embedding iNtelligence in Smart mUnicipalities – challenges and oppoRtunitiEs) workshop will be a one day workshop at the ISC2 conference. It brings together researchers and engineers from academia and industry to identify and solve critical issues in the rapid technological and regulatory transformations shaping the future of urban environments. The convergence of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the edge, Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems (CPSoS), and the IoT-edge-cloud continuum is rapidly reshaping how urban services are designed and delivered. However, these advancements do not come without risks: cybersecurity, privacy, compliance with evolving regulatory frameworks (such as the EU AI Act, Data Governance Act, and Cyber Resilience Act), and ethical concerns must be addressed from the start. This workshop stands out because it integrates both technological and regulatory perspectives. Participants will discuss not only the latest technological innovations but also how to embed intelligence in a way that respects citizen rights, enhances trust, and complies with regulations: ENSURE brings a holistic, system-of-systems view to urban intelligence, considering societal, ethical, and regulatory impacts.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Embedding intelligence in smart municipalities
• Edge AI
• IoT-edge-cloud continuum for urban environments
• Smart Cyber Physical Systems of Systems
• Security, Privacy and Compliance with regulatory frameworks
• Distributed and pervasive systems for smart cities
• Trusted data spaces and federated data infrastructures for smart cities
• Embedded and cyberphysical systems for smart cities, regions and municipalities
• Industrial systems for smart municipality infrastructures
• Applications and services in smart municipalities
• ML and AI in smart environments
• Emerging network technologies for smart municipalities
• Society 5.0
• Legal and regulatory aspects of smart cities, regions and municipalities

Agenda
Time Session
– Registration
– Ensure Session 1 (chair: Stefan Gindl, RSA)
Time Item
– Welcome and setting the scene Paolo Azzoni — INSIDE-IA
– Keynote: Neuro-Symbolic AI for Resilient Smart City Systems Amin Anjomshoaa — Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU)
– Coffee break
– Ensure Session 2 (chair: Stefan Gindl, RSA)
Time Item
– Optimizing Secure Group Communication in IoT Networks for Smart City Applications Hafiz Humza Mahmood Ramzan, Laura Belli, Luca Davoli, and Gianluigi Ferrari
– A Multidimensional Framework for Evaluating Socio-Technical Innovation Readiness in Urban Living Labs: Methodology and Application Augusto Velasquez Mendez, Jorge de Jesús Lozoya-Santos, José Fernando Jiménez Vargas, Eduardo Vanegas Quijano, Gabriel Felipe Dicelis Ramos, and Juan David Salguero Medina
– AI-Driven Precision Agriculture in the Context of Smart Cities: A Pathway to Food Security and Environmental Resilience Yazzed Abdalla, Amin Anjomshoaa, Markus Tauber, and Rafael Kupsa
– Lunch
– Ensure Session 3 (chair: Amin Anjomshoaa, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU))
Time Item
– SynAI: Supply Security for Smart Municipalities through AI-optimized Aquaponics Farm Automation using Federated Learning, GenAI, and Edge-AI Stefan Gindl, Michael Boch, Rafael Kupsa, and Markus Tauber
– Real-Time Routing and Energy Management in Demand-Responsive Transport using Digital Twins Kyriaki Pantelidou, Stylianos Kokkas, Antonios Lalas, Konstantinos Votis, and Dimitrios Tzovaras
– Variable Speed Limits using Safe Soft Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning for Traffic Flow Optimization Anushka Amarnath
– Building Urban Resilience through Circular Smart City: Insights from Valencia Flood Pedro Núñez-Cacho, Aida Molina-Prados, and Jaroslaw Górecki
– MAPE-AI: A Self-Adaptive, Conversational Framework for Urban Smart Agriculture Michael Boch, Stefan Gindl, and Markus Tauber
– MAD-Agent: A Malware Analysis and Detection AI agent Georgios Xenos, Emmanouil Tzagakis, Sotirios Giannopoulos, and Dimitrios Serpanos
Closing


For allocation and further information please see main conference webpage https://isc2-2025.org

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