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🏆 Best Paper Award at IEEE NFV-SDN 2025

Graduate students Pragya Sharma and Shihua Sun, along with professors Angelos Stavrou and Haining Wang, received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE conference in Athens, Greece. Along with colleague Shachi Deshpande, their paper, "Towards xApp Conflict Evaluation with Explainable Machine Learning and Causal Inference in O-RAN," proposes a framework for xApp conflict management in Open RAN systems, advancing the security and reliability of next-generation mobile networks.

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🏆 Best Community Paper Award at ACM MobiCom 2025

Virginia Tech alumni Tolga Atalay and Alireza Famili, along with professors Angelos Stavrou and Haining Wang, in collaboration with Dragoslav Stojadinovic from Kryptowire LLC, received the prestigious Best Community Paper Award at ACM MobiCom 2025. Their paper, "5G-MAP: Demystifying the Performance Implications of Cloud-Based 5G Core Deployments," provides comprehensive measurements and analysis of cloud-native 5G core network deployments, offering critical insights into the performance trade-offs and architectural decisions that will shape the future of mobile network infrastructure.

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🏆 Best Paper Award at IEEE MetaCom 2025

Angelos Stavrou and ECE alumni Tolga Atalay and Alireza Famili received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking, and Applications in Seoul, South Korea. Their paper, "TACTIC: Tactical AR/VR Configurable Tracker Investigating Compactness Limits in the Metaverse," introduces an innovative RF-based head-mounted tracking framework for precisely locating physical objects in real time to ensure perfect alignment between real and virtual worlds.

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Prof Angelos Stavrou Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Professor Angelos Stavrou has been honored with the prestigious lifetime achievement award from the IEEE Reliability Society, recognizing his outstanding contributions to reliability engineering and cybersecurity research over his distinguished career.

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Pioneering 6G Networks and Metaverse Connectivity

Professor Angelos Stavrou leads groundbreaking research in next-generation mobile networks and Metaverse technologies. His team developed innovative connection models for 6G networks, with their paper "Demystifying the Impact of Multi-RAT Ranging for 6G Metaverse Users" published in the IEEE Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference, showcasing the future of immersive digital experiences.

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$16M AI Cybersecurity Defense Initiative

Virginia Tech's Angelos Stavrou leads a revolutionary $16 million collaborative cybersecurity project that trains artificial intelligence through gaming methodologies to defend computer networks. This innovative approach combines AI learning with cybersecurity defense mechanisms, representing a significant advancement in automated network protection and threat response systems.

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IEEE Best Paper Award for Wi-Six Research

Professors Angelos Stavrou and Haining Wang, along with graduate students Alireza Famili and Tolga Atalay, received the prestigious IEEE Best Paper Award for their groundbreaking work "Wi-Six: Precise Positioning in the Metaverse via Optimal Wi-Fi Router Development in 6G Networks." This recognition came at the international conference in Kyoto, Japan, highlighting their innovative approach to precision positioning technology.

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Joining Virginia Tech Innovation Campus

Professor Angelos Stavrou has officially joined the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Alexandria as part of the founding faculty cohort. This prestigious appointment positions him among twelve distinguished faculty experts who will shape the campus's research themes, enhance project-based curriculum, and establish governance structures for this cutting-edge technology-focused campus in the D.C. metro area.

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