Evangelia Konstantopoulou

Position: PhD Candidate
Research Areas: 5G/6G, Hardware Security, Embedded Systems, FPGA Systems
E-mail: e.konstanto AT upnet DOT gr

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Brief Curriculum

Evangelia Konstantopoulou, is Associate Researcher, with SCYTALE Group. She received the Computer Engineering Diploma from the Computer Engineering and Informatics Department (CEID) of the University of Patras in 2022, and is currently enrolled in the PhD program of the same department, since fall of 2022. Her research interests include: 5G/6G, Hardware Security, Embedded Systems, and FPGA Systems. She has published technical papers, in scientific literature. She also serves as a reviewer for several international journals and conferences.

Awards

  • Best Paper Award, in the category of the “Best Work-in-Progress”: Evangelia Konstantopoulou, Nicolas Sklavos, “Integrating Cybersecurity in STEM Education: Hands-On Learning for the 5G/6G Era”, 15th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC ’25), Princeton, New Jersey, USA, March 2025.

Program Committee Member

  • Publicity Chair: 2026 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (IEEE CSR), Workshop on Hardware Cybersecurity Systems (HACS), Lisbon, Portugal, August 3-5, 2026. 

Latest Publications

  • E. Konstantopoulou, G. S. Athanasiou, N. Sklavos,“Review and Analysis of FPGA and ASIC Implementations of NIST Lightweight Cryptography Finalists”, ACM Computing Surveys, Volume 57, Issue 10, 2025.
  • C. Axiotidis, E. Konstantopoulou, N. Sklavos,“A Wireless Sensor Network IoT Platform for Consumption and Quality Monitoring of Drinking Water”, Discover Applied Sciences, Springer, Vol. 7, 2025.
  • E. Mistillioglou, E. Konstantopoulou, N. Sklavos, A. Kyriakou, “Security and Privacy of TinyML Devices”, Chapter in the Book: Tiny Machine Learning: Design Principles and Applications, editors Agbotiname Lucky Imoize, Dinh-Thuan Do, Houbing Song, IEEE Press – Willey, ISBN: 9781394294541, 2026.
  • S. Kazas, E. Konstantopoulou, N. Sklavos, I. Iliev, “Decision Support Systems, Entangled in Hardware Security”, Chapter in the Book: Decision Support Systems for Industrial and Scientific Applications, editors Nishu Gupta, Jose David Diaz-Roman, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-031-89699-6, 2026.
  • E. Konstantopoulou, N. Sklavos, I. Ognjanovic, “Securing Public Safety Mission Critical 5G Communications of Smart Cities”, Chapter in the Book: Internet of Everything for Smart City and Smart Healthcare Applications, editors Nishu Gupta, Sumita Mishra, Springer, ISBN: 9783031346002, 2023.
  • E. Konstantopoulou, N. Sklavos, “A Framework for Teaching 5G/6G Security with Explainable AI”, proceedings of 33rd Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR) 2025, Belgrade, Servia, November 25-26, 2025.
    E. Konstantopoulou, V. Loscri, N. Sklavos, “HITL-EdgeSec: A Human-in-the-Loop Autoencoder Framework for Anomaly Detection in 6G Edge”, proceedings of IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (IEEE CNS 2025), Avignon, France, September 8-11, 2025.
  • Ch. Memeletzoglou, E. Konstantopoulou, N. Sklavos, “On advancing pre-silicon Hardware Trojan detection against Lightweight Block Ciphers”, proceedings of 6th International Workshop On Lightweight Cryptography For Security & Privacy (LightSEC2025), Istanbul, Turkey, September 1-3, Springer, LCNS 16216, ISBN: 978-3-032-15540-5, 2025.
  • G. Ntakos, E. Konstantopoulou, N. Sklavos, “Optimizing Lightweight Cryptographic Schemes for Enhanced Security in RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks”, proceedings of 2025 International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies (MOCAST) on Electronics and Communications, Dresden, Germany, June 11-13, 2025.
  • E. Konstantopoulou, N. Sklavos, “Integrating Cybersecurity in STEM Education: Hands-On Learning for the 5G/6G Era”, IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), USA, March 2025.
  • E. Konstantopoulou, G. S. Athanasiou, N. Sklavos, “Minimizing Area Footprint of UAV Communication Security using FPGAs”, proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (IEEE CSR 2024), London, UK, September 2-4, 2024.
  • G. S. Athanasiou, D. Boufeas, E. Konstantopoulou, “A Robust ASCON Cryptographic Coprocessor for Secure IoT Applications”, proceedings of The 7th PAnhellenic Conference on Electronics and Telecommunications (PACET’24), Thessaloniki, Hellas, March 28-29, 2024.
  • E. Konstantopoulou, G. S. Athanasiou, N. Sklavos, “Towards Secure and Efficient Multi-generation Cellular Communicatio s: Multi-mode SNOW-3G/V ASIC and FPGA Implementations”, proceedings of 9th International Symposium on Applied Reconfigurable Computing (ARC’23), Cottbus, Germany, September 27-29, 2023, Springer LCNS 14251.
  • E. Konstantopoulou, G. S. Athanasiou, N. Sklavos, “Securing 5G/6G Communications in Smart Cities: Novel SNOW-V/ZUC-256 Multimode Architectures”, proceedings of The 2023 International Conference On Security and Management (SAM’23), Las Vegas, USA, July 24-27, 2023.
  • E. Konstantopoulou, N. Sklavos, “Design and Implementation of a Lightweight Cryptographic Module, for Wireless 5G Communications and Beyond”, proceedings of IEEE 2022 International Conference on Internet of Things and Intelligence Systems (IOTAIS’22), Bali, November 24-26, 2022.

Postal Address

Evangelia Konstantopoulou,
SCYTALE Group, Computer Engineering & Informatics Department (CEID),
Polytechnic School, University of Patras,
Patra, ZIP 26504, Hellas (Greece)