B.Canberk is TPC Co-Chair of IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet), Athens, Greece, 19-21 October 2026. link

Our tutorial titled ‘Digital Twin-as-a-Service (DTaaS) for IoT and 6G: Design Principles, Performance Metrics and Real-Time Intelligence‘ is accepted to the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTC2026-Fall), Boston, MA, USA, 6-9 September, 2026. link

B. Canberk is the Network Architecture, Algorithm, Protocol, and Evaluation Track Co-Chair at The International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 27-30 July 2026. link

Our workshop titled ‘Data-Driven and AI-Enabled Digital Twin Networks and Applications’ is accepted to the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, UK, 24-28 May 2026.

B. Canberk is the Communications QoS, Reliability and Modeling Track Co-Chair in the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 24-28 May 2026. link

B. Canberk will give an invited keynote speech on ‘Distributed Digital Twin as a service (DDTaaS) for AI-Native 6G Networks’ at the International Graduate Research Symposium (IGRS’26), Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 11-13 May 2026. link

Our workshop on ‘Digital Twins and RIS for Next-Generation Wireless Systems‘ for the UUKi-Funded UK-France Collaboration Project on Generative AI-enabled Digital Twin and RIS for Next Generation Wireless Systems was held at Edinburgh Napier University, UK, on 27 March 2026. link

Y. Yigit has received the 2nd Best Postgraduate Research Paper Award of 2025 from Edinburgh Napier University for her recent study, ‘Graph-Based Digital Twin Blueprint for Securing 6G Local Area Networks‘, published in IEEE Wireless Communications, 25 March 2026. link

B. Canberk is a member of the EPSRC Frontiers of ICT Working Group – Frontier 5. Driving Distributed and Complex Systems Research in the UK, 16 February 2026.

B. Canberk has been appointed as a member of the IEEE ComSoc Young Professionals Committee (2026–2027), 10 February 2026.

B. Canberk has been appointed as Chair of Quantum Enabled Security Industry Community (QES IC) in the IEEE ComSoc Industry Community Board (ICB), 10 February 2026, link.

B. Canberk gave a talk titled ‘𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐃𝐓𝐚𝐚𝐒) for AI-Native 6G Networks’ at the Vietnam Science And Innovation Study Tour In Industry 4.0, Edinburgh Napier University, UK, 17 December 2025.

K. Duran and L. V. Cakir gave a workshop on ‘Integrating Digital Twin Technologies into Organisational Strategies’ at the Vietnam Science and Innovation Study Tour in Industry 4.0, Edinburgh Napier University, UK, 17 December 2025.

L. V. Cakir was awarded third prize at the IEEE ComSoc 4 Minute Thesis (4MT) Competition for her thesis presentation on “Real-Time Data Management and Communications for Digital Twins” at the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, 10 December 2025. link

B. Canberk was a panellist on ‘Future Communications, Future Publications: Building Impact in the 6G Era’ at the IEEE Young Professionals (YP) program in IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, 10 December 2025. link

Our workshop titled ‘Data-Driven and AI-Enabled Digital Twin Networks and Applications’ is accepted to the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, 8–12 December 2025. link

L.V. Cakir has been accepted to the second stage of the IEEE ComSoc Four Minute Thesis (4MT) Competition and awarded a travel grant for IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, 8-12 December 2025.

K. Duran has been accepted to the second stage of the IEEE ComSoc Four Minute Thesis (4MT) Competition and awarded a travel grant for IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, 8-12 December 2025.

T. Bilen’s PhD thesis titled ‘Artificial Intelligence-based and Digital Twin-enabled Aeronautical Ad-Hoc Network Management’ received the Best PhD Thesis Award from the IEEE Turkey Chapter, 2025.

B. Canberk has been elected as one of the Directorate Members of The ASEAN Research Network, 21 November 2025. link