The IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Homeland Security (TCHS) held its annual award ceremony. Five awards were given to recognize outstanding leadership, research, service, early career contributions, and contributions by women in the field of homeland security. Award winners included Professor Isaac Ben-Israel for leadership, Professors Ernesto Damiani, Steven Furnell, and Igor Linkov for research and innovation, Stavros Shiaeles, Nicholas Kolokotronis, and Emanuele Bellini for service, Luca Faramondi for his early career contributions, and Cristina Alcaraz for her contributions and role modeling as a woman in the field.

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IEEE SMC TCHS Award Ceremony
Francesco Flammini
Chair, IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Homeland Security
francesco.flammini@ieee.org

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IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Homeland Security
▸The IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Homeland Security (TCHS) aims to
promote and guide information systems, algorithm, and database research of
relevance to international and national security. The aim of TCHS is to:
- organize special sessions related to cyber-physical systems security in research journals
and technical conferences;
- collaborate with other professional societies to promote security related research;
- collaborate with funding agencies to develop international/national security related
research programs and engage in research projects; and
- collaborate with government agencies, industrial partners, and local and national media
in sponsoring and organizing international/national security related meetings, engaging in
policy discussions, and facilitating training, education, and outreach programs.
▸See also:
- https://www.ieeesmc.org/publications/enewsletter/54-2016/september/370-3-2-2016-
activities-of-ieee-smc-technical-committee-on-homeland-security
- F. Flammini “The Future of Homeland Security”,
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7549158&tag=1
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IEEE SMC TCHS AWARDS
▸Awards advertised here:
- https://www.ieee-csr.org/awards/#1610248843345-170188e0-dbe1
▸Award ceremony held annually at IEEE CSR conference
▸2021 Award Committee:
- Qiudan Li, TCHS Co-chair, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Daniel Tokody, MÁV Zrt. - Hungarian State Railways and Óbuda University, Hungary
- Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy
- Yassine Maleh, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco
▸Five awards:
- IEEE TCHS Outstanding Leadership Award
- IEEE TCHS Research and Innovation Award
- IEEE TCHS Outstanding Service Award
- IEEE TCHS Young Researcher Award
- IEEE TCHS Women in Homeland Security Award

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IEEE TCHS Outstanding Leadership Award
▸This award recognizes an individual’s outstanding leadership contributions to the homeland security
community in general and to the field of cyber security and resilience in particular. The award
recognizes the leadership and visionary contributions to the society at large through the promotion
and applications of security and resilience concepts to a variety of technology, science, and business
domains.
▸And the winner is…
Professor Isaac Ben-Israel
Tel Aviv University, Chair of Israeli Space Agency, and
National Council for Research and Development, Israel

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IEEE TCHS Research and Innovation Award
▸This award recognizes an individual’s or research group’s outstanding technical
innovations in the field of homeland security that led to theoretical or practical
advancements. The contributions must have significantly influenced the research and
development directions in the field, or transferred to practice in significant and
innovative ways, or enabled the development of new paradigms, systems, and products.
▸And the winners are…
Prof. Ernesto Damiani
University of Milan, Italy
and Khalifa University, UAE
Prof. Steven Furnell
School of Computer Science,
University of Nottingham, UK
Prof. Igor Linkov
US Army Engineer Research and
Development Center, US

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IEEE TCHS Outstanding Service Award
▸This award recognizes a member of the Technical Committee on Homeland Security for
outstanding services into building the TCHS community with significant and continuous
volunteering efforts and achievements, like services to the IEEE CSR events’ organization.
▸And the winners are…
Stavros Shiaeles
University of Portsmouth, UK
Nicholas Kolokotronis
University of Peloponnese, GR
Emanuele Bellini
University of Campania, IT

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IEEE TCHS Young Researcher Award
▸This award recognizes very promising individuals who are in the early stages of their
research careers, but have already made outstanding, impactful and potentially long-
lasting contributions to the research and practice of cyber security and resilience.
▸Eligibility criteria: Candidates must be below the age of 40 and have earned a doctorate
degree no more than 10 years before, as of January 1st of the year of the award.
▸And the winner is…
Luca Faramondi
Complex Systems & Security Lab, University of Rome
Campus Biomedico, Italy
http://www.coseritylab.it/

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IEEE TCHS Women in Homeland Security Award
▸This award recognizes women leaders who have demonstrated long-standing, sustained,
and impactful contributions to homeland security practice or research, providing a
female role model for young women pursuing a career in the field.
▸And the winner is…
Cristina Alcaraz
Network, Information and Computer Security Lab, Computer Science Department,
University of Malaga, Spain
https://www.nics.uma.es/alcaraz
Cristina Alcaraz received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer
science from the University of Malaga in 2011 and 2006, respectively.
She is an associate professor with the Department of Computer
Science, University of Malaga. Her main research interests include
critical infrastructure protection, more specifically, the security of SCADA
systems, cyber-physical systems, the Industrial Internet of Things, and
digital twins, all of them applied in Industry 4.0, manufacturing and
supply chain systems, and smart grids.
She is a long-standing member of IEEE TCHS and a member of the EB
of 10+ journals addressing cyber security and infrastructure protection.

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