Best Student Paper Award at AI-SS 2026

On 7 April 2026, our paper “Agentic Knowledge Distillation: Autonomous Training of Small Language Models for SMS Threat Detection” received the Best Student Paper Award at AI-SS 2026, the 1st International Workshop on AI Safety and Security, co-located with EDCC 2026 at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

The work is co-authored with Joshua Sylvester, Budi Arief, and Rogério de Lemos.

IEEE UK & Ireland published an event review of AI-SS 2026 covering the programme, keynote, panel discussion, and award announcements—including the Best Student Paper.