At the 2025 IEEE NFV-SDN Conference, Harilaos Koumaras,  presented a standout paper titled “Prototyping an AI-Driven Cognitive Coordinator for Mapping User Intent to Trustworthiness in 6G Networks.”

The work introduces a novel AI-powered cognitive layer designed to translate user intent into trust-aware network behaviors, a major step toward fully autonomous 6G systems. The prototype dynamically analyzes intent, evaluates trust factors, and orchestrates network functions to ensure secure, reliable service delivery.

By merging intent-based networking, trust modeling, and AI-native decision-making, the research highlights how future 6G infrastructures could become more transparent, adaptive, and resilient, paving the way for smarter, user-centric networks in highly dynamic environments.