B. Canberk led the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Edinburgh Napier University and Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, on 28 October 2025.

K. Huseynov received 1st Prize for his presentation on ‘Digital Twin as a Service for Network Infrastructure Management’ in the 3-Minute Presentation Competition, Edinburgh Napier University, 22 October 2025. link

B. Canberk gave a talk titled ‘Digital Twin as a Service (DTaaS): A Platform Vision for Real-Time 6G Network Intelligence’ at the One6G Summit,  Bologna, Italy, 19 September 2025. link

B. Canberk is appointed as sub-panel member for Sub-Panel 12: Engineering, Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029. link

B. Canberk gave a workshop opening keynote speech titled ‘Digital Twin as a Service Platform and Applications for Next Generation Edge Networks’ at the IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Istanbul, Turkey, 1 September 2025.

B. Canberk has been promoted to Area Editor in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, under the following research topics: Intelligent Communication Modelling, Operation and Digital Twin. link

B. Canberk gave a conference opening keynote speech titled ‘Digital Twins at Scale: Challenges and Opportunities in a Hyper-Connected World‘ at IEEE  International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking (SmartNets), Istanbul, Turkey, 22 July 2025. link

B. Canberk was invited to Friends of Cheddar Day at CHEDDAR Hub, London, UK, 15 July 2025. link1 link2

Y. Yigit has been awarded the Fellow (FHEA) status by Advance HE, under the UK Professional Standards Framework, 10 June 2025. link

B. Canberk received the UKCGE Recognised Research Supervisor Award from the UK Council for Graduate Education, 9 June 2025. link

B. Canberk gave a workshop opening keynote speech titled ‘6G enhanced Digital Twin Platforms for Next Generation Communication Networks at the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, 8 June 2025. link

Y. Yigit has been accepted to the second stage of the IEEE ComSoc Four Minute Thesis (4MT) Competition and awarded a travel grant for IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, 8-12 June 2025.

Our workshop titled ‘Data-Driven and AI-Enabled Digital Twin Networks and Applications’ is accepted to the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Montreal, Canada, 8–12 June 2025. link

B. Canberk gave a workshop opening keynote speech titled ‘Digital Twins and 6G: Building the Next Generation of Smart Systems’ at the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications  (INFOCOM), London, UK, 19 May 2025. link

K. Duran has received the Best Postgraduate Research Paper Award of 2024 from Edinburgh Napier University for her recent study ‘GenTwin: Generative AI-powered Digital Twinning for Adaptive Management in IoT Networks’ published in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2 April 2025.

Our workshop titled ‘Data-Driven and AI-Enabled Digital Twin Networks and Applications’ is accepted to the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Milan, Italy, 24-27 March 2025. link

B. Canberk is the TPC Co-Chair of the IEEE Symposium on CI in Security, Defence and Biometrics (IEEE CISDB) at IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI),17-20 March 2025. link

B. Canberk gave a seminar titled ‘AI-Driven Digital Twins: Redefining Industry 4.0 with Ultra-Low Latency Intelligence’ at Durham University, UK, 13 March 2025.