Conference Schedule
Sunday, July 2 (Parkview Hotel & Resorts)
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Monday, July 3 (Parkview Hotel & Resorts)
09:00 – 10:00
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Keynote – Wen Tong (Wireless CTO, Huawei Wireless)
Title: “Fast-Slow Machine and Human Modeling for GPT”
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10:00 – 10:20 |
Coffee Break
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10:20 – 12:00
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Session 1 – Machine Learning for Communications
Organizer: Jun Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Speaker 1 and Early Achievement Award Talk: Walid Saad (Virginia Tech)
Title: “Less Data, More Knowledge: Reasoning Foundations of Semantic Communication Networks”
Speaker 2: Deniz Gunduz (Imperial College London)
Title: “Semantic Communications with Generative Models”
Speaker 3: Jun Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Title: “Towards ML4COM 2.0: Neural Architecture Design for Learning to Communicate”
Speaker 4: Angela Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Title: “Task-Oriented Communication via Maximal Coding Rate Reduction”
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12:00 – 13:30 |
Lunch & Free Time
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13:30 – 14:45
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Early Achievement Award Talks
Speaker 1: Nicolò Michelusi (Arizona State University)
Title: “Decentralized Federated Learning via Non-Coherent Over-the-Air Consensus”
Speaker 2: Harpreet S. Dhillon (Virginia Tech)
Title: “Fundamentals of Landmark-Based Geolocation”
Goldsmith Young Scholars Award Talk
Speaker: Ian Roberts (University of Texas at Austin)
Title: “Full-Duplex Millimeter Wave Communication Systems”
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14:45 – 15:15 |
Coffee Break
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15:15 – 16:45
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Panel 1 — The Role of Information Theory in 6G
Moderator: Elza Erkip (New York University) Panelist 1: Petar Popovski (Aalborg University) Panelist 2: Antonia Tulino (Univerisità Federico II) Panelist 3: Jinfeng Du (Nokia Bell-Labs) Panelist 4: Daniela Tuninetti (University of Illinois Chicago)
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16:45 – 18:15 |
Poster Session
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18:30 |
Bus to Night Market
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Tuesday, July 4 (Parkview Hotel & Resorts)
09:00 – 10:00
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Keynote and Technical Achievement Award Talk – Robert Heath (North Carolina State University)
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10:00 – 10:20 |
Coffee Break
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10:20 – 12:10
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Session 2 — Electromagnetics and Wireless Communications
Organizers: Erik G. Larsson (Linköping University)
Introduction: Erik G. Larsson (Linköping University)
Title: “Interaction Between Electromagnetics and Communications Theory”
Speaker 1: Massimo Franceschetti (University of California, San Diego)
Title: “(Towards) Electromagnetic Information Theory”
Speaker 2: Luca Sanguinetti (Pisa University)
Title: “MIMO Communications with Physically Consistent Models”
Speaker 3: Bruno Clerckx (Imperial College London)
Title: “Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces 2.0: Beyond Diagonal Phase Shift Matrices”
Speaker 4: Kai Kit Wong (University College London)
Title: “On the Merits of Fluid Antenna Multiple Access: A Han-Kobayashi Perspective”
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12:10 – 13:30 |
Lunch & Free Time
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13:30 – 15:35
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Session 3 – Massive, Grant-Free and Unsourced Random Access in Wireless Networks
Organizer: Giuseppe Caire (Technische Universität Berlin)
Speaker 1: Maxime Guillaud (INRIA)
Title: “Multilinear Spreading for Massive Random Access”
Speaker 2: Wei Yu (University of Toronto)
Title: “Capacity of Downlink Massive Random Access”
Speaker 3: Jean-Francois Chamberland (Texas A&M University)
Title: “Applications of Sparse Regression LDPC Codes”
Speaker 4: Alexander Fengler (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Title: “Code Design for Asynchronous Unsourced Multiple-Access”
Speaker 5: Giuseppe Caire (Technische Universität Berlin)
Title: “A New “Composite” AMP Algorithm, Exact State Evolution Analysis, and Application to
uRA/Initial Access in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Networks”
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15:35 – 16:00 |
Coffee Break
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16:00 – 17:30 |
Panel 2 — 6G Technologies: What, Why, and How?
Moderator: Li-Chun Wang (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University) Panelist 1: Geoffrey Li (Imperial College London)
Panelist 2: Ashutosh Sabharwal (Rice University) Panelist 3: I-Kang Fu (MediaTek) Panelist 4: Reinaldo Valenzuela (Nokia) |
17:30 – 18:30 |
Free Time
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18:30 – 21:00 |
Banquet at Hotel
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Wednesday, July 5 (Parkview Hotel & Resorts)
09:00 – 10:00
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Keynote 3 — Changlong Xu (Principal Engineer, Wireless R&D, Qualcomm)
Title: “Advanced Coding and Modulation for 6G”
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10:00 – 10:20
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Coffee Break
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10:20 – 12:00
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Session 4 – Integrated Sensing and Communications
Organizer: Jinhong Yuan (University of New South Wales)
Speaker 1: Sundeep Rangan (New York University)
Title: “Millimeter Wave Sensing for Robot Navigation: Closing the Loop”
Speaker 2: Babak Hassibi (California Institute of Technology)
Speaker 3: Tsung-Hui Chang (Chinese University of Hong Kong – Shenzhen)
Title: “Information and Sensing Beamforming Optimization for Multi-User Multi-Target MIMO ISAC Systems”
Speaker 4: Jinhong Yuan (University of New South Wales)
Title: “Delay-Doppler Multicarrier Modulation: A Promising Signal Waveform for ISAC”
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12:00 – 12:15
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Closing Remarks
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13:30 – 17:30
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(Optional) Local Tour to Taroko National Park
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