AI and beyond! Institute of Computer Science, UO, co-organised conference on cybersecurity

Not only IT specialists, but enthusiasts of cybersecurity met at the Science and Technology Centre in Opole. The Conference on Applied Cybersecurity  2025 took place on 21 October and attracted people from all over Poland.

The discussion focused on cybersecurity in the broad sense, including online fraud, evaluation in machine learning, solutions for local governments, hacking, and backups. The speakers included:

• Dr Adam Czubak (Institute of Computer Science, UO),
• Marcin Szymanek (Institute of Computer Science, UO),
• Mateusz Gniewkowski (Wrocław University of Science and Technology),
• Tomasz Szporlendowski (specialist in Allegro.pl),
• Maciej Wujec (First Deputy Mayor of Opole),
• Michał Wojczyszyn (Director of Opole Centre for Economy Development)
• Damian Kolarczyk (Director of the PNT Data Processing Centre in Opole).

‘The conference is free and open to everyone. It takes place in the Science and Technology Park, because for us it is like the Opole Silicon Valley. People from our line of work are easiest to gather right here,’ emphasised Dr Adam Czubak from the Institute of Computer Science, UO. ‘We want knowledge about cybersecurity to grow. We wish not only to raise the level of awareness among our audience, but also to present them with the current state of research in this field, for example, on security issues related to generative AI models.’

The topics of the speeches given by the aforementioned speakers were as follows: ‘Keynote – When special offers promotion hurt.
A study of fraud on Allegro.pl’, ‘Beyond precision: reliable evaluation in machine learning’, ‘Tensoft – Advanced IT solutions for local governments with cyber security in mind’, ‘They Don’t Break In — They Log In’, ‘What does corn have to do with backup?’ and ‘Project funding’.

“As a scientific community, or as members of companies, we should attach great importance to the quality and resilience of our models,” emphasised Mateusz Gniewkowski from the Wrocław University of Technology. ‘We are entrusting an increasing part of our lives to systems on which we often rely too much.’ And yet we cannot be certain that they will function correctly under boundary conditions. Therefore, such systems should be evaluated, as stated by the first Nobel laureate in computer science, or more specifically in physics, because there is no such thing as a Nobel Prize in computer science.’

The CACS conference was held for the fourth time. The Institute of Computer Science, UO, once again organised it in partnership with the Science and Technology Park. Every year, the event brings together scientists and practical experts, providing them with a platform for discussion, knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences on cybersecurity.

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