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Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2\u20138;<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c02271a elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"c02271a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christina Todorova, George Sharkov, Huib Aldewereld, Stefan Leijnen, Alireza Dehghani, Stefano Marrone, Carlo Sansone, Maurice Lynch, John Pugh, Tarry Singh, Kitti Mezei, P\u00e9ter Antal, P\u00e9ter Han\u00e1k, Alessandro Barducci, Fernando Perez-Tellez, and Francesco Gargiulo. 2023.<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3633083.3633161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3633083.3633161<\/a> [SCOPUS]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"5376\" class=\"elementor elementor-5376 elementor-1960 e-loop-item e-loop-item-5113 post-5113 publication type-publication status-publish format-standard hentry project_project-cybersecurity\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ab9a7b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ab9a7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f021c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f021c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Harnessing the Power of Responsible Innovation: The Shift Towards Human-Centered Skills and Competences in AI Engineering, CEUR Workshop Proceedings ISGT\u201922, Vol. 3191, ISSN 1613-0073, pp. 1-17,(2022);<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c02271a elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"c02271a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sharkov, G., Todorova, C., Varbanov, P.<br\/><a href=\"http:\/\/ceur-ws.org\/Vol-3191\/paper01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/ceur-ws.org\/Vol-3191\/paper01.pdf<\/a> [open access, SCOPUS]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"5376\" class=\"elementor elementor-5376 elementor-1960 e-loop-item e-loop-item-5145 post-5145 publication type-publication status-publish format-standard hentry project_project-cybersecurity\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ab9a7b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ab9a7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f021c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f021c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cTowards a Robust and Scalable Cyber Range Federation for Sectoral Cyber\/Hybrid Exercising: The Red Ranger and ECHO Collaborative Experience\u201d, Information &amp; Security: An International Journal 53, no. 2 (2022): 287-302;<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c02271a elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"c02271a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Sharkov, G., Todorova, C., Koykov, G., Nikolov, I. 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