AMTD 2025
International Workshop on Applications of Moving Target Defense
28th – 29th of May 2025
at the Faculty of Automatic Control & Computers
National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA of Bucharest
Included within the 25th edition of the Control Systems & Computer Science Conference CSCS25

Romanian Society of Control Engineering and Technical Informatics

Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers
Call for papers
Moving Target Defense (MTD) is increasingly recognized as an effective strategy to protect systems against diverse threats. Initially developed as a security approach for networks, recent research has uncovered a wide range of applications for this philosophy. These include enhancing the cryptanalysis resistance of symmetric ciphers, mitigating side-channel attacks, and, more recently, designing protocols for privacy-preserving machine learning. This workshop aims to bring together researchers working in the field of MTD to share innovative ideas, foster collaboration, and identify emerging directions in this evolving domain. The workshop will focus on five key topics:
Major themes
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Cybersecurity
- Cryptography and Blockchain
- System Software
Participation
The contributions will be prepared according to the IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings and will be submitted in PDF format. Only accepted and presented Short and Regular papers will be included in the CSCS25 Proceedings which will be published using the IEEE Conference Publishing Services. Registered participants to the Workshop will be able to attend all CSCS25 sections.
Due dates
16.05.2025 | Registration |
27.05.2025 | Conference opening |
20.06.2025 | Camera-ready manuscript |
Conference committee
AMTD Workshop Committee
Chair persons
- Jean-Philippe Wary, Systems & Products Security Program Director, Orange Innovation, France
- Mihai-Iulian Plesa, Security Researcher, Orange Services, Romania
Members
- Simona David, Security Engineer, Orange Services, Romania
- Robert Poenaru, Security Researcher, Orange Services, Romania
Agenda
Plenary Speaker
Mr. Jean-Philippe Wary
Systems & Products Security Research Program Director, Orange Innovation, France
Biography: Jean-Philippe Wary currently manages a Security Research Program (within Orange R&D Labs since 2011) on Systems and Products Security. One of his major interests is to investigate new security models and schemes to deliver and operate on Demand Security SLA (Security Level Agreement) businesses and support new certifications schemes (ENISA Certification schemes & new EU Directives NIS2 / CRA / DORA…). He holds over 60 families of international patents in telecom, services, and security.
Keynote speakers
Mrs. Chrystel Gaber
Researcher & Project Coordinator, Orange Innovation, France
Biography: Chrystel Gaber received her PhD in Computing Systems from the University of Caen in 2013. After working as a project coordinator and R&D engineer at Fime, she joined Orange as a researcher and project coordinator. She currently coordinates the CACTUS5G+ research activity, focusing on responsibility in multi-party systems. Her research combines cybersecurity, data science, and software engineering. Their work has led to significant advancements, including improved security for microcontroller containers and the creation of indicators assessing trust in components and their suppliers based on their commitment adherence.
Mr. Mohamad Hajj
Cybersecurity Solution Manager, Internet of Trust
Biography: Mohamad Hajj is a Cybersecurity Solution Manager at Internet of Trust with over 10 years of experience in security risk assessment (according to EBIOS RM, ISO 27005 and NIST 800-30) and security assurance (Self-assessment, Common Criteria, EUCC, GlobalPlatform, CSPN, IoT schemes, NESAS, etc.), with technologies including 5G, O-RAN, Cloud, Smart Cards, IoT devices, Digital identity, Digital signature and Automotive (ISO 21434). Prior to joining Internet of Trust, he was a certification expert (Common Criteria and other private certification schemes) at Thales (previously Gemalto/Trusted Labs). Mohamad gained a PhD in Electronic and telecommunication from Limoges University, France, in 2009. Mohamad is the rapporteur of the ENISA EU5G certification scheme, the rapporteur of the CRA vertical harmonised standard on hypervisors and container runtime systems under ETSI TC CYBER and CEN-CENELEC, and a member of the ENISA Ad-Hoc Group on vulnerability handling and AI, as well as WG11 of the O-RAN Alliance.
Dr. Gürkan Gür
Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
Biography: Gürcan Gür received his PhD degree in Computer Engineering from Bogazici University in 2013. Currently, he is a senior lecturer at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) InIT, and also a member of Satellite Networks Research Laboratory (SATLAB) and Telecommunications & Informatics Technologies Research Center (TETAM) at Bogazici University. His research interests include information security, Future Internet, green networks & communications, and network softwarization.
The 28th of May
09:30 – 10:30
Plenary lecture:
Jean-Philippe Wary / Orange Innovation France
11:00 – 12:30
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Robert Poenaru / Orange Services, Romania
Singularization: An Efficient Alternative to AES for Safeguarding Model Weights -
Mohamad Hajj / Internet of Trust, France
Securing the Dynamic: Adapting Certification and Increasing Assurance for Moving Target Defense -
Hugo Forraz, Shems Petremand, Claire Soyez-Martin, David Nowak, Gilles Grimaud / University of Lille, France
Formal Modeling of Distributed Architectures with FreeSpec: A Cloud-Based MTD Use-Case
15:00 – 18:00
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Simona David, Mihail-Iulian Plesa, Robert Poenaru / Orange Services, Romania
Privacy-Preserving Service for Secure Storage of Passwords Based on Singularization -
Chrystel Gaber / Orange Innovation, France
Singularization, a novel Moving Target Defense Strategy -
Antoniu Ioan Cirjan / Orange Services, Romania
CAPTCHAs as a Moving-Target Defense -
Andrei Vladescu / Politehnica University UNSTPB, Ioan Bica / Military Technical Academy Ferdinand I, Bucharest, Romania
Securing IoT Networks through Moving Target Defense
The 29th of May
11:00 – 12:30
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Gürkan Gür / ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Smart MTD in Future Networks: Fundamentals, Optimization and Challenges -
Philipp Schlehuber-Caissier & Natalia Kushik / SAMOVAR, Telecom SudParis Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Chrystel Gaber & Jean-Philippe Wary / Orange Innovation, France
Formal methods for verifying the singularization strategy: a Work-in-Progress on a bilateral project -
Jean-Philippe Wary / Orange Innovation, France
Singularization as an MTD enabler to operate ‘On Demand Security’ services
Contact
Venue
AMTD 2025 will be held in CSCS Conference rooms,
PRECIS Reserch Center, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independentei,
Bucharest,
060042, Romania