ELIXIRION doctoral candidate presents research at IEEE VTC2026-Spring

ELIXIRION doctoral candidate Danial Shafaie from BSC presented the paper "Hierarchical Edge-Cloud Task Offloading in NTN for Remote Healthcare", a research work carried out together with fellow doctoral candidate Xavier Alejandro Flores Cabezas from LU, at the 103rd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2026-Spring), held in Nice, France, from 9–12 June 2026.

The work was co-authored by Dr. Konstantinos Ntontin, Dr. Elli Kartsakli, and Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas, reflecting a collaborative research effort between the University of Luxembourg and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.



Ms Daphne Panopoulou completed her 1st secondment at NKUA!

We congratulate our doctoral candidate, Ms. Daphne Panopoulou from Suite5 Data Intelligence Solutions, on the successful completion of her first three-month secondment at National & Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece, under the supervision of Prof. Dionysis Xenakis and Dr. Sotiris Koussouris.

During her stay, Daphne focused on transforming complex “black-box” models into transparent, interpretable tools for more informed decision support as part of the ELIXIRION project.

We wish Daphne continued success in her research journey🚀


Erfan Delfani presented his research at IEEE INFOCOM 2026

💡 Mr. Erfan Delfani remains exceptionally active in research and publishing, consistently contributing high-quality work to top international venues. Congratulations on another publication presented at IEEE INFOCOM 2026 together with Prof. Nikolaos Pappas.




13th International Barcelona Supercomputing Center Severo Ochoa Doctoral Symposium

We are pleased to announce the participation of ELIXIRION doctoral candidate Mr. Danial Shafaie under the supervision of Dr. Elli Kartsakli at the 13th International Barcelona Supercomputing Center Severo Ochoa Doctoral Symposium.


📅 05–07 May 2026

📍 Sala d’Actes, Edifici Vèrtex, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

🎯 Target group: PhD students, early-stage postdocs, and late-stage MSc students in HPC-related research areas


📢 Call for Contributions is now open for the 2nd Online ELIXIRION Workshop!

We invite you to submit your work (research papers, work-in-progress results, system designs & architectures, application-oriented studies, visionary/position papers) to our full-day online workshop on:


“Transforming Healthcare 4.0 through Software-Driven 6G Network Architectures, Technologies, and Applications”


📅 Date: June 15, 2026 🕘 Time: 09:00 – 16:00 CET 💻 Format: Online 🎟️ Registration: Free


🎤 Invited Speakers:

• Dr. Ömer Bulakci (Nokia)

• Prof. Panagiotis Bamidis (AUTH)


💡 This workshop brings together researchers, professionals, and students to explore cutting-edge innovations at the intersection of 6G and Healthcare 4.0!


🗓️ Important Dates:

• Abstract Submission Deadline: May 31, 2026

• Acceptance Notification: June 4, 2026

• Camera-ready Submission: June 10, 2026


Register here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dnAeuZY6 and submit your work using the following template 👉 https://lnkd.in/dER4hvi5