BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260703T102734Z UID:58D908C8-4F5B-4C06-8716-721FB411EFD4 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260708T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260708T110000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Signal Processing Society UK & Ireland Chapter is plea sed to invite you to the next seminar in its Early Career Researcher (ECR) Talk Series.\n\nThis event features Dr. Yi Zhou\, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Brunel University of London\, who will share both her latest research on secure UAV communications and her first-hand experi ences of securing a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA PF).\n\nWith the 2026 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship application deadline ap proaching in early September\, the second part of the seminar will provide practical guidance on developing a competitive proposal\, making this eve nt particularly relevant to postdoctoral researchers\, final-year PhD stud ents\, and early-career academics considering future fellowship applicatio ns.\n\nAbstract\n\nThe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MS CA PF) is one of Europe's most prestigious and competitive funding schemes for early-career researchers. With the 2026 application deadline approach ing in early September\, this seminar includes a dedicated session on prac tical experiences of preparing a successful fellowship proposal\, offering insights that will be valuable to prospective applicants.\n\nPart I: Cove rt and Secure UAV Communications\n\nUncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) have e merged as a flexible platform for supporting a wide range of low-altitude economy applications. However\, due to the broadcast nature of wireless tr ansmissions\, UAV communications are inherently vulnerable to malicious de tection\, eavesdropping\, and spoofing attacks. This part of the talk intr oduces recent advances in covert and secure UAV communications\, including covert communication techniques\, physical layer security\, and physical layer authentication approaches for enhancing the security and resilience of UAV-enabled wireless networks.\n\nPart II: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Post doctoral Fellowship Funding Experiences\n\nDrawing on first-hand experienc e as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow\, this session will pro vide practical guidance on preparing a competitive MSCA PF proposal. Topic s include developing a compelling research vision\, structuring the propos al\, demonstrating excellence\, impact and implementation\, common pitfall s\, and practical tips for applicants. The session is intended for postdoc toral researchers\, final-year PhD students\, and early-career academics w ho are considering applying for MSCA PF or other competitive research fell owships.\n\nBiography\n\nDr. Yi Zhou received the Ph.D. degree from The Un iversity of Sydney\, Australia. She is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the Dept of Computer Science at Brunel University of London\, UK. Her research interests include integrated sensing and comm unication (ISAC)\, UAV communications\, covert communications\, and physic al layer security. She serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Wireless Com munications Letters and received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE PIMRC 20 23 conference.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/566241 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/566241 ORGANIZER:g.katsaros@surrey.ac.uk SEQUENCE:3 SUMMARY:IEEE UK&I SPS\, Early-Career Webinar: From Research to Funding Succ ess: Secure UAV Communications and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fe llowship Experiences URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/566241 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div>The IEEE Signal Processing Society UK &a mp\; Ireland Chapter is pleased to invite you to the next seminar in its < strong>Early Career Researcher (ECR) Talk Series</strong>.</div>\n<div>&nb sp\;</div>\n<div>This event features <strong>Dr. Yi Zhou</strong>\, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Brunel University of London\, who will share both her latest research on secure UAV communications and her first-hand experiences of securing a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA PF).</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>With the 2026 MSCA P ostdoctoral Fellowship application deadline approaching in early September \, the second part of the seminar will provide practical guidance on devel oping a competitive proposal\, making this event particularly relevant to postdoctoral researchers\, final-year PhD students\, and early-career acad emics considering future fellowship applications.</div>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n< p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>\n<p>The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctor al Fellowship (MSCA PF) is one of Europe's most prestigious and competitiv e funding schemes for early-career researchers. With the 2026 application deadline approaching in early September\, this seminar includes a dedicate d session on practical experiences of preparing a successful fellowship pr oposal\, offering insights that will be valuable to prospective applicants .</p>\n<p><strong>Part I: Covert and Secure UAV Communications</strong></p >\n<p>Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a flexible platform for supporting a wide range of low-altitude economy applications. However\ , due to the broadcast nature of wireless transmissions\, UAV communicatio ns are inherently vulnerable to malicious detection\, eavesdropping\, and spoofing attacks. This part of the talk introduces recent advances in cove rt and secure UAV communications\, including covert communication techniqu es\, physical layer security\, and physical layer authentication approache s for enhancing the security and resilience of UAV-enabled wireless networ ks.</p>\n<p><strong>Part II: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowsh ip Funding Experiences</strong></p>\n<p>Drawing on first-hand experience a s a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow\, this session will provid e practical guidance on preparing a competitive MSCA PF proposal. Topics i nclude developing a compelling research vision\, structuring the proposal\ , demonstrating excellence\, impact and implementation\, common pitfalls\, and practical tips for applicants. The session is intended for postdoctor al researchers\, final-year PhD students\, and early-career academics who are considering applying for MSCA PF or other competitive research fellows hips.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Biography</strong></p>\n<p>Dr. Yi Zh ou received the Ph.D. degree from The University of Sydney\, Australia. Sh e is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the Dept o f Computer Science at Brunel University of London\, UK. Her research inter ests include integrated sensing and communication (ISAC)\, UAV communicati ons\, covert communications\, and physical layer security. She serves as a n Associate Editor for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters and received t he Best Paper Award at the IEEE PIMRC 2023 conference.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR