As part of the ongoing efforts under the ENSURE-6G Staff Exchange Program funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Task 3.2 — Designing AI-driven security solutions for 6G — Mr. Lavan Perera from University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland, has been undertaking a secondment at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) since 15 June 2025.
This collaboration aims to advance research on the security and privacy of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), with a particular emphasis on identifying and mitigating smart contract vulnerabilities. While NFTs are commonly associated with digital art and gaming, they also offer significant potential for 6G applications such as spectrum management, decentralized identity, and trust frameworks.
During the secondment, the research has concentrated on analyzing weaknesses in NFT smart contracts, including challenges related to execution logic, transaction ordering, randomness, and access control. The work focuses on transforming these findings into privacy-preserving frameworks capable of strengthening trust and security in next-generation 6G network environments. This involves a comprehensive review of the current state of the art, initial architectural design, and the identification of risks in heterogeneous and adversarial conditions.
This secondment highlights the importance of collaboration between academia and research institutes in bridging blockchain innovation and 6G deployment. Mr. Perera extends his gratitude to Prof. Qiang Tang and Dr. Yuejun Guo at LIST for their support and guidance throughout this exchange, as well as to Dr. Bart Siniarski and Prof. Madhusanka Liyanage from UCD for their continued coordination.
This collaboration reinforces the ENSURE-6G project’s commitment to developing secure, privacy-preserving, and trustworthy 6G infrastructures through international knowledge transfer and interdisciplinary research.
