The Winners of the VIII Edition of the RENIC Cybersecurity Awards for the Best Doctoral Thesis and Best Master’s Thesis

Following the review and evaluation of all the works submitted to the VIII edition of the RENIC Cybersecurity Research Awards, the winners are as follows:

Best Doctoral Thesis in cybersecurity:
Luis Ibañez-Lissen – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid: Trusted AI techniques for cybersecurity applications

Best Master’s Thesis in cybersecurity:
Daniel Blanco-Aza – Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED): Evaluación Exhaustiva de Riesgos de Privacidad Basada en IA en Aplicaciones Móviles y Redes Sociales (Comprehensive AI-Based Privacy Risk Assessment in Mobile Applications and Social Networks)

These works were selected from a total of 5 doctoral theses and 11 master’s theses, many of them of high quality.

The awards were presented on 6 May at the “RENIC Awards” session of the 11th National Cybersecurity Research Conference (JNIC 2026), held at the Campus Nord of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona.

Congratulations to the winners, and many thanks to all the authors who took part in this VIII edition of the RENIC Awards, as well as to everyone who helped spread the word about the call.

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