IoT and Cybersecurity in Rural Environments: Trends and Best Practices

Online or in-person

from July, 16th 2025 to July, 18th 2025

Online or in-person

Ponferrada

UNED Summer Courses

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1.0

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Address: Rafael Pastor Vargas
Coordination: Agustín Carlos Caminero Herráez

Propone: Departamento de Sistemas de Comunicación y Control

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Digital development in rural environments and communities allows for the incorporation of new areas of work into the traditional economy. The use of technologies such as IoT and artificial intelligence in environments such as agriculture, heritage conservation or the generation of renewable energy for use in rural energy communities has created specific challenges in the field of cybersecurity. This summer course will analyse the implementations of IoT technologies in these areas as well as the cybersecurity solutions needed to develop secure and reliable environments. This summer course is funded through the "Smart Rural IoT and Secured Environments" chair, associated with the action for the promotion of Cyber Security Chairs in Spain of the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE). This initiative is carried out in the framework of the EU-funded Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan funds (Next Generation), the Spanish Government's blueprint for modernising the Spanish economy, recovering economic growth and job creation, strengthening inclusive and resilient economic reconstruction after the COVID-19 crisis, and responding to the challenges of the next decade.

Dates and places: Sede organizadora: UNED Ponferrada
Sede de celebración: Ponferrada

From July, 16th 2025 to July, 18th 2025

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Hours: Teaching hours: 20

Credits: 1 credit ECTS.

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Program

El curso se completa con cuatro horas de consulta de materiales y participación activa del estudiante en el foro del curso virtual.

Wednesday, July, 16th 2025
- 17:00-17:15 h. Inauguration of the Summer Course (Conferencia)
  - Rafael Pastor Vargas. Director de la Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática. UNED.
  - Jorge Vega Núñez. Director UNED Ponferrada.
- 17:15-19:00 h. IoT applications in Smart Rural: Monitoring of honey bee hives during the winter months (Conferencia)
  - Miguel Romero Hortelano. Profesor Titular. UNED
- 19:00-21:00 h. Smart Rural in Ponferrada (Conferencia)
  - Pedro Vidal Balboa. Ingeniero informático en INTECCA. Profesor Tutor UNED Ponferrada.
  - Esteban Corral González. Ingeniero informático en INTECCA. Profesor Tutor UNED Ponferrada.
Thursday, July, 17th 2025
- 10:00-12:00 h. Enhancing Rural and Urban Living with IoT and Blockchain Technologies (Conferencia)
  - André Dionisio Bettencourt Silva Parreira Rocha. Invited Assistant Professor, DEE. Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de ComputadoresResearcher, CTS - Centro de Tecnologia e Sistemas Researcher, UNINOVA-Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias.
  - João Filipe Dos Santos Sarraipa. Invited Assistant Professor, DEE. Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de ComputadoresResearcher, CTS - Centro de Tecnologia e Sistemas Researcher, UNINOVA-Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias.
- 12:00-14:00 h. IoT Cybersecurity (Conferencia)
  - Antonio Robles Gómez. Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática. UNED.
  - Maria de los Llanos Tobarra Abad. Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática, UNED
- 17:00-19:00 h. Smart Rural Laboratory (Conferencia)
  - Daniel Sernández Iglesias. Personal Investigador
  - Jesús María Juárez Ferreras. Personal Investigador
  - Rafael Pastor Vargas.
- 19:00-21:00 h. Network Intrusion Detection in IoT Systems with Artificial Intelligence (Conferencia)
  - Rafael Pastor Vargas.
  - Enrique Fernández Morales. Personal Investigador
  - José Carlos García Merino. Personal Investigador
Friday, July, 18th 2025
- 10:00-11:30 h. Tecnologías 4.0 aplicadas a las Comunidades energéticas (Conferencia)
  - Óscar Cela Cobo. Ingeniero Industrial. Agente de Innovación Ayuntamiento de Ponferrada
- 11:30-13:00 h. Experiencia de la OTC de CIUDEN en el acompañamiento de las comunidades energéticas renovables (Conferencia)
  - Javier Quiñones Díez. Director Ejecutivo del Departamento de I+D+i Fundación Ciudad de la Energía - CIUDEN, F.S.P.
- 13:00-14:00 h. Trends on AI applied to IoT cybersecurity and Smart Rural (Mesa redonda)
  - Moderated by Agustín Carlos Caminero Herráez. Profesor Titular. UNED.
  - João Filipe Dos Santos Sarraipa. Invited Assistant Professor, DEE. Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de ComputadoresResearcher, CTS - Centro de Tecnologia e Sistemas Researcher, UNINOVA-Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias.
  - André Dionisio Bettencourt Silva Parreira Rocha. Invited Assistant Professor, DEE. Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de ComputadoresResearcher, CTS - Centro de Tecnologia e Sistemas Researcher, UNINOVA-Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias.
  - Pedro Vidal Balboa. Ingeniero informático en INTECCA. Profesor Tutor UNED Ponferrada.
- 14:00-14:15 h. Course Closing Ceremony (Conferencia)
  - Rafael Pastor Vargas.
  - Jorge Vega Núñez.
  - Félix Antonio Barrio Juárez. Director General INCIBE

Attendance

This activity allows to participate in-person assistance or live or delayed online assistance, without having to go to the center.

Enrollment

Prices before July, 1st 2025

Discount for early registration: Participants who register and complete payment before July, 1st 2025 (if applicable) will benefit from the FEES listed in the following table.

Ordinary enrolment	Reduced enrollment
Ordinary enrollment
Free

Prices from July, 1st 2025 (included)

Applicants who register but pay from July, 1st 2025, even if previously registered, will still have to pay the fees below.

Ordinary enrolment	Reduced enrollment
Ordinary enrollment
Free

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Aimed at

Developers and managers of digital solutions for rural environments, cybersecurity managers, the academic community, and the general public interested in cybersecurity in rural IoT environments. Enrollment in the summer course is free. The main language will be Spanish, but maybe some lectures will be in English

Goals

1) Showcase experiences in developing IoT-based digital solutions for rural areas.
2) Promote the development of cybersecurity policies and protocols in Smart Village environments.
3) To describe the latest trends in the application of artificial intelligence to the cybersecurity of IoT environments.

Collaborates

Organizers

Proposes

Departamento de Sistemas de Comunicación y Control

Financed

Cátedra Smart Rural IoT and Secured Environments, financiado por la Unión Europea NextGeneration-EU, Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia, a través de INCIBE

Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible