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Sokol Kosta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Systems at the Technical Faculty of IT and Design, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark. His research focuses on edge computing, mobile cloud computing, cybersecurity, privacy, and the societal impact of digital technologies, particularly in public service media and data protection regulation. He is affiliated with the Cyber Security Group and contributes to initiatives such as 'AI for the People'.
His research interests include edge and fog computing, computation offloading, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Floating Things, GPGPU acceleration, blockchain-based systems, privacy-preserving technologies, GDPR compliance, and public service media digital transformation. His work bridges technical innovation with policy and societal implications.
His publications span from 2010 to 2025, with a strong presence in high-impact venues such as IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, and The Web Conference. The articles reflect a consistent focus on mobile and edge computing systems, performance modeling, security, and privacy, increasingly incorporating societal and policy dimensions, especially post-GDPR. Trends include computation offloading optimization, decentralized systems, and empirical studies on web tracking and data governance.
He has received 14 prizes and recognitions for his research contributions, though specific awards are not detailed in the provided text. He has supervised PhD students, including Jannick Kirk Sørensen, and has been involved in significant research projects such as the 'European Open Web Privacy Measurement' project (2017–2020), which examined GDPR's impact on third-party web services.
He has presented his work internationally, including at The Web Conference 2019 in San Francisco, and has been featured in media coverage discussing data privacy compliance of Danish public websites. His lab and team activities are centered around the Cyber Security Group and collaborative projects involving distributed computing, edge AI, and privacy measurement.
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