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Fuzz-IEEE 2021 Virtual Conference – Video Presentation Instructions

Dear FUZZ 2021 Author,

Closely monitoring the current COVID-19 situation, the Organizing Committee decided to run FUZZ 2021 in a virtual format. The event will be held during July 11-14 2021, through the FUZZ 2021 virtual platform (CONFlux).

We have opted for a format where each contributed presentation will take the following form:

• Oral Paper Presentation Video Upload : All presenters of oral presentations are required to upload a pre-recorded video which will be played during the timetables slot of the presentation (subject to optional live presentation, see below). Feel free to use your own, respectively your institution’s or funder’s slide design/template. The presentation will also be available on the virtual platform for attendees to watch on-demand, irrespective of time-zone. At least one of the paper’s authors to attend the presentation.
• Live Questions and Answers : All paper presentations will be followed by LIVE Q&A, thus please make sure you are available during your timetabled sessions, even if you are relying on the pre-recorded video for your presentation.
• Optional Live Presentation: Optionally presenters can choose to present live on the day. However, a recorded video of the presentation will still be required so it is available to all attendees, even if they cannot attend live. Live presentations will not be recorded to avoid problems with connection quality etc.

In order for videos to be verified by the technical program committee, there is considerable urgency in preparing and uploading your video. Accordingly, we ask you that you please finalize your video no later than June 15th 2021 . This is a  HARD DEADLINE .

Guidelines for preparing your video: We request you to prepare and upload a video of your presentation, consisting of a brief introduction with a webcam, if desired, followed by voice-over slides for your presentation (see instructions, next page). This will be posted within your presentation time slot on the FUZZ 2021 on-demand virtual platform. Please note that the file must be a video file in MP4 format (more details below).

Please use the following guidelines for preparing your video. Final specifications will be checked at the time of submission and files not compliant may not be uploaded.

• Oral paper presentations, including for all special session papers: 15 min video .
• Keynotes: all keynotes will be live unless circumstances demand pre-recording. Please contact the Keynotes Co-Chairs if you are a keynote speaker and have questions.
• Tutorial & Workshop: all tutorials will be live unless circumstances demand pre-recording. Please contact the Workshop and Tutorials Co-Chairs if you are organizing a workshop/tutorial to discuss any requirements.

NOTE : The above duration is for pre-recording your presentation video, excluding the Q&A time during the real-time presentation.

Please email Claire Folkerts ( cfolkerts@conferencecatalysts.com ) with any comments, questions, or concerns.

Instructions and Tips for Recording your Video:

Our recommended approach to record a compatible video from the content displayed on your computer screen and voice recording via the computer microphone is to record the presentation using Zoom, available to users on most platforms and in most countries. (in this method, you can show your face via webcam (if you’d like).)

Instructions for recording your presentation with Zoom: https://ieeetv.ieee.org/ieeetv-specials/recording-your-presentation-with-zoom

Instructions for recording your presentation with OBS: For Authors located in China who are unable to access Zoom for free, we recommend using the free software OBS ( https://obsproject.com/ ), which allows also to simultaneously capture yourself while speaking and your slides. https://youtu.be/GXEsSC7rTWw

Detailed Video Requirements:

• Recommended Encoding Settings:
•  Format: MP4
•  Compression: H.264 (AAC for Audio)
•  Resolution: Minimum height of 480 pixels
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Frame Rate: Content should be encoded and uploaded in the same frame rate it was recorded. Common frame rates include: 24, 25, 30, 48, 50, 60 fps
• Bitrate: Variable
• 15 minutes: 150 MB or less
•  5 minutes: 50MB or less
•   File Naming Convention :
•  Video should be named “(Paper ID#).mp4 “

Please note the final specifications will be checked at the time of submission and files not compliant may not be uploaded. Please be sure the video includes the title of the paper, the authors, and a mention of FUZZ 2021.

**Links to upload your videos will be dispersed in the coming weeks. Please start working on your videos now to allow for adequate time when it comes time to upload.

TIPS FOR RECORDING: 1. Use as quiet an area as possible 2. Avoid areas that have echo

a. Rooms should be fairly small

b. Sound dampening with carpeting, curtains, furniture

3. Hardline internet connection recommended, but if unavailable, a strong Wi-Fi connection 4. Good headset with microphone close to mouth BUT away from direct line of mouth to reduce “pops”. Avoid using default built-in microphone on computer. 5. Do a test recording of a couple of minutes and review the sound and picture quality, MP4 format, and bit rate before recording the entire presentation. Make adjustments if needed.

Please email Claire Folkerts ( cfolkerts@conferencecatalysts.com ) with any comments, questions, or concerns.

We hope to make FUZZ 2021 a success despite the difficult situation and this virtual conference format. We thank you for your cooperation in this endeavor.

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Presentation Instructions

Lecture presentations.

Regular lecture presentations will be 12 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A, and invited lecture presentations will be 25 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A.

For on-site presentations, you must upload your slides in the speaker-ready room (Frau) at least 3 hours prior to your scheduled presentation (see section “Preparation of Visuals” below). For those presenting in the first session of the morning, you will need to bring your presentations between 15:00 and 18:00 of the day BEFORE.

• The version in use for presentations is Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows.
• Any file (film, video or image) should be embedded inside the presentation. Bring a copy with you of the original files to have the possibility to check the compatibility of them with the technician.
• Power Point presentations should be saved as “.ppt”, “.pptx” or “.pps”, “.ppsx” – file and movies might be separate files on the data media (if not embedded).
• If non-standard fonts are used (not included in the operating system Windows 10), please bring with you the files for their installation together with the presentation and hand them in to the slide center, informing the technician in due time (at least 3 hours before your contribution).
• Videos included in the presentation should be in the following formats: .avi, .wmv, .mpeg.
• We suggest the .avi format for your video, compressing it with the following codecs: DivX, Xvid.
• Projection size is 16:9– resolution 1920×1080
• For slides with different format (e.g. 4:3) two black stripes will be projected on the screen. To avoid this, we suggest to choose on “page layout” – presentation in 16:9 – when you create your presentation.
• The use of private laptop/computer is not allowed.
• Information for speakers using Macintosh systems and Keynote-format presentations: You will need to export your presentation in Windows formats (such as those indicated above)

On-site speakers and Chairs should arrive in their session room 10 minutes BEFORE the start of their session. Virtual speakers must join the Zoom link at least 10 minutes BEFORE the session start time.

All presenters will be required to submit a pre-recorded video, whether attending virtually or in person. For virtual presenters, we still do expect you to present live via Zoom. We will request that you share your slides and webcam at your designated presentation time.

In case of technical issues preventing live-streaming of in person or virtual presentations which cannot be resolved quickly, the pre-recorded video will be broadcast instead. Virtual speakers should still attempt to connect via Zoom for the live Q&A.

Poster Presentations

The required size for printed posters is A0 (portrait), which is 84.1 cm in width X 118.9 cm in height.

If you are attending the conference in person, you must print your poster out and bring it with you. We will provide materials to hang your poster in the poster hall. Each poster board onsite will be marked with a number that directly correlates with each poster in the PDF program. Please place your poster on the assigned board. A 3 to 5-minute pre-recorded video describing the poster must also be submitted by September 12 so that your presentation will be easily available to people attending the conference virtually. It will be possible for all attendees to reach out via the platform for times to meet and discuss the work together.

Posters will be hung for just the date of their presentation (except for student poster finalists) – please hang them up by 9:00 AM. You must remove your poster at the end of your assigned date by 6:00 PM or it may be discarded. Poster presenters with an ODD paper number (ex: 9 in Th5. 9 ) should plan to be at their poster from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM and poster presenters with an EVEN poster number (ex: 8 in Th5. 8 ) should plan to be at their poster from 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM on their presentation date. *Student poster finalists should plan to attend both poster sessions on Tuesday. 

If you are attending the conference virtually, we will print your poster and hang it on your behalf. You must submit the PDF poster via the submission form by September 12 (for onsite and virtual presenters), as well as your 3 to 5-minute pre-recorded video describing your poster. QR codes will be added to the poster boards so that in person attendees can visit the pre-recorded videos for virtual posters, post questions, and reach out to the presenter to set up a further discussion. 

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IEEE-CYBER 2023

The 13th IEEE International Conference on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems

Qinhuangdao, China, July 11-14, 2023

Presentation Guidelines

Accepted papers presented at the conference will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore and EI subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.

Official Language

The official language of the conference is English.

All presentations, including discussions and paper submissions, shall be made in English.

Conference Attire

Casual attire is generally recommended for the Welcome and Farewell Receptions while a business suit or a white shirt with a neck-tie at all technical sessions and at the Conference Banquet.

Oral Presentation Specifications

In each oral presentation room, one LCD projector and laptop will be available. The presenters should prepare Power Point Slides to facilitate their presentations. The slides and the presentations must be in English. Please test the slides at least 15min before session start to avoid potential format problems caused by different software versions.

Duration for each category of oral presentation is listed below:

• Plenary Lectures are scheduled for 45 minutes (including Q&A) each.
• Regular Sessions are schedule for 15 minutes with 3 min Q&A each.

Poster Specifications

Poster session represents an effective and valuable means for authors to present their research results. It offers an opportunity of meeting with interested attendees for in-depth scientific and technical discussions, and establishing new collaborations. Therefore, it is important that you display your results clearly to attract people who have an interest in your team’s research work.

Your poster should cover the KEY POINTS of your paper, which include but not limited to background, methods, results and conclusion. Make your poster as self-explanatory as possible. This will save your time for discussions and questions with fellow researchers.

Author should print and post up the poster on the poster panel provided at the assigned area. The poster can be displayed after 13:30, and the author needs to be present at the poster session to the participants between 16:20-17:35.

POSTER DIMENSIONS

• Your poster SHOULD have the following dimensions:
• Poster Size: 90cm wide x 120cm high.
• Please note that printing out your submitted full paper in A4 size format is NOT acceptable as a poster.

POSTER CONTENT

• Title: The title of your poster should appear at the top with lettering of at least 42 pt font size). Below the title, place the names of authors and their affiliations.
• Text: Text should be readable from five feet away. Use a minimum font size of 17 pt . Keep the text brief. Try to use text to introduce the study, explain visuals and direct viewers’ attention to significant data trends and relationships portrayed in the visuals, state and explain the interpretations that follow from the data. It is also a good idea to put future research plans or questions for discussion with viewers in your text.
• Figures: Each figure should have a brief title. Figures should be numbered consecutively according to the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Try to use color figures rather than only black and white text to make your poster attractive and highlight the important technical content of your paper. Make sure that the text and the visuals are integrated.

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Industry Presentations

Alongside a strong academic program of peer-reviewed presentations, IEEE ICC 2024 includes an attractive Industry Program including Industry Presentations, which are focused talks and demonstrations on communication topics of high interest to industry and commerce.  ICC welcomes presentations from diverse sources including industry, academia, government, and the user community.

Please find our program below - subject to change.

• IP 1: Cellular, 6G, and Access

IP 2: Space, Subsea, Wireless Solutions and Technology

Ip 3: industry transition and emerging technology, ip 4: network and use case reliability, ip 5: solutions and models for wireless problems, ip 1: cellular, 6g, and access.

Monday, June 10 14:30 - 16:00

Moderator:  Steve Jia Presenters: 

Analysis of Noise Variance Estimation in 5G-NR: Impact of Channel Estimation Error and un-Biased Techniques Mojtaba Rahmati (Samsung SSI, USA); Hyukjoon Kwon (Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., USA); Dongwoon Bai (Samsung US R&D Center, USA)

Performance Analysis of Millimeter-Wave Based 5G Network Densification Juan Bucheli (Qualcomm & Qualcomm, France); Wenjun Li and Silas L Fong (Qualcomm, USA); Ashwin Sampath (USA)

Performance Study of Various Relay Nodes in 5G Wireless Networks Jianghong Luo, Ashwin Sampath, Navid Abedini and Tao Luo (Qualcomm, USA)

A design framework of unsourced multiple access for 6G massive IoT Yifei Yuan

Abstract: See strategies, designs, and analyses of 5g, 6G, and related cellular technologies.

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Monday, June 10 16:30 - 18:00

Moderator:  Rao Yallapragada Presenters:

Architecture and Analysis of Telescope Arrays for Deep Space Optical Communication Ryan Rogalin (Jet Propulsion Laboratory & California Institute of Technology, USA); Daniel Cho (California Institute of Technology, USA); Clayton Okin (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA)

AI-driven Subsea Wireless Networking Ray Miller and Catello (Lelio) Di Martino

A Search Space-Based Clutter Mitigation Algorithm for ISAC Systems Yi Geng (Cict Mobile, China)

NLOS-robust DL-TDoA Localization using Adaptive Anchor Selection Joohyun Lee and Junyoung Choi (Samsung Electronics, Korea (South)); Sagnik Bhattacharya (Stanford University, USA & Samsung Electronics, Korea (South)

Uplink Sum-Rate Maximization in SLIPT Based Hybrid VLC/IR Systems Kasun Randima Wijewardhana (Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka); Bho Matthiesen (University of Bremen, Germany); Kapila W S Palitharathna (University of Cyprus, Cyprus); Himal A Suraweera (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)

Abstract:  This session covers space and ocean communications and related wireless technology.

Tuesday, June 11 11:30 - 13:00

Moderator:  Yi Wang Presenters:

Low Complexity Beam Domain Processing for Autoencoder Based CSI Compression Mohamed Salah Ibrahim (InterDigital, USA); Akshay Malhotra (University of Texas at Arlington & PESIT, Ittiam Systems, USA)

Over-the-air Computation for Grouping Asynchronous Federated Learning at Network Edge Qianpiao Ma (Purple Mountain Laboratories, China); Huaqing Tu (Zhejiang Lab, China); Jianchun Liu and Hongli Xu (University of Science and Technology of China, China); Qingmin Jia (Purple Mountain Laboratories, China); Renchao Xie (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)

Converged OSS/BSS for Service-Network Convergence across Multiple Domains via Federation, Digital Twin and AI-ML Anir Khare and Sinan Onder (Comcast, USA)

Design and experimentation of a joint network and operation digital twin for mission critical communication in autonomous hauling for open-pit mining Catello (Lelio) Di Martino

The global digital transformation of the healthcare industry - Requirements for future networked medical devices and data spaces including embedded systems, standards, security, privacy Prof. Dr. Christoph Thuemmler

Abstract:  Industry transitions, future networks, and technologies including digital twins and machine learning are covered in this session.

Tuesday, June 11 16:30 - 18:00

Moderator:  Jason Rupe Presenters: 

ARC: Adaptive Robot-Edge Communication over Wireless Network Duc Huy Do (Nokia Bell Labs, France); Ilija Hadzic (Nokia Bell Labs & Alcatel-Lucent, USA); Sara Ayoubi (Nokia Bell Labs, France)

Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Hybrid V2X Communication: A Benchmarking Study Fouzi Boukhalfa (Technology Innovation Institute, United Arab Emirates); Reda Alami and Mastane Achab (TII, United Arab Emirates); Eric Moulines (Ecole Polytechnique, France); Mehdi Bennis (Centre of Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland); Thierry Lestable (Technology Innovation Institute (TII), United Arab Emirates)

Empowering Zero Energy Devices: A Soft Decoding Approach for OOK Signal Detection Ticao Zhang, Dennis Hui and Mehrnaz Afshang (Ericsson Research, USA); Mohammad Mozaffari (Ericsson Research, Santa Clara, CA, USA., USA)

TAS Service Provisioning with Grouping Flows for Computational Complexity Reduction Yuhei Kawakami, Hideo Kawata and Akifumi Tanase (NTT, Japan); Hironao Abe (NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, Japan); Tomoaki Yoshida (NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Japan); Shinicni Yoshihara (NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, Japan)

Feasible determinism in large-scale networks Andrea Francini (primary), Lelio Di Martino (backup)

Abstract: Various use cases, techniques, and analyses that can make networks and services more reliable.

Wednesday, June 12 11:30 - 13:00

Moderator:  Abbas Jamalipour Presenters:

Multiuser MIMO Detection with Blind Modulation Classification via Improved Sphere Decoding Bowen Wang and Shan Yang (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Wu Jingzhou (China Telecom Research Institude, China); Xiaoming She and Peng Chen (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Jianbin Wang and Shuyuan Shi (Wireless Network Center of China Telecom Corporation Limited ZheJiang Branch, China)

AI Based Low Complexity Design for Digital Pre-distorter for Next Generation Wireless Systems Shubham Khunteta (Samsung Electronics, India); Avani Agrawal (SRI-B, India); Seungil Park (Samsung Electronics, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Korea (South)); Ashok Kumar Reddy Chavva (Samsung Electronics, India); Jeonghyeon Jang (Samsung Electronics, Korea (South)); Suhwook Kim (Samsung Research, Korea (South)

Network Intrusion Detection on End-Devices of the Internet of Things Jefferson Cavalcante (Universidade Federal do Ceara & CESAR, Brazil); Tiago G. F. Barros (CESAR School & CESAR Recife Center for Advanced Studies and Systems, Brazil); Jose N de Souza (UFC, Brazil)

IntLearner: AI-enabled Interference Mitigation for Wireless Networks Ruirong Chen (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China); Gaoning He (Huawei Technologies, China)

300 GHz Nonlinear Power Amplifier Modeling with Memory Effects Xinxin Yang (Qamcom Research and Technology, Sweden); Andreas Wolfgang (Qamcom Research & Technology AB, Sweden); Marko E Leinonen, Nuutti Tervo, Sumit P Singh and Aarno Pärssinen (University of Oulu, Finland)

Abstract:  Several wriless networking problems are discussed and solved. 

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Instructions for Presenters

SYMPOSIA ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Oral presentations for the ICC Symposia have been allocated 18 minutes (15 minutes of effective presentation time, plus 3 minutes for Q&A and change of speaker).

Authors must prepare their oral presentations to be sure to convey their message in a clear and sharp manner, including giving outline of the key principles, facts and results. More detailed discussions can continue during the breaks.

In order to ensure a smooth performance during your session, please carefully review the following instructions:

• Know the time and location of your session. Make sure you know how to get to the meeting room where your session is held.
• Arrive to the room 15 minutes before the start of the session and introduce yourself to the session chair.
• A laptop, projector, and screen will be available in the session room, with the latest version of  Microsoft Powerpoint and Office, and Acrobat dc Reader
• Create your presentation using MS PowerPoint or Adobe PDF formats and save it onto a USB drive. Bring the USB drive to the session and upload the presentation to the laptop in the session room at least 10 minutes before the start time of your session. You can also bring it earlier during the coffee/lunch breaks of any days before your presentation. A volunteer will be present to assist you as needed.

To avoid any compatibility problems, please read carefully the instructions below.

POWERPOINT INSTRUCTIONS

• Prepare your presentation using PPT/PPTX or Adobe PDF format .
• All videos or animations in the presentation must run automatically!

PICTURES/VIDEOS

• We cannot provide support for embedded videos in your presentation; please test your presentation with the on-site laptop and ensure that it works accordingly prior to the session.
• Only fonts that are included in the basic installation of MS-Windows will be available.   Use of other fonts not included in Windows may cause wrong layout/style of your presentation.

SYMPOSIA INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS

Interactive sessions for the ICC Symposia are scheduled in 45-minute time slots (please note that the interactive session code number starts with "- i " , e.g., CISS-i1, SAC-08 MLCN-i6). You must use your own laptop for Interactive presentations.

Presentations will be displayed on LCD screen s, with the following properties:

• Screen dimensions: 27"
• Resolution: 1920*1080 pxl
• Orientation: Landscape
• Display from your laptop: we will supply HDMI cable ONLY . If your laptop or other device does not provide HDMI output, you will need to bring any necessary adaptors.

The presenter should:

• Arrive to the Interactive Session Screens (located at the Exhibition Area) no later than 15 minutes before the start of the session
• Bring your laptop with the final presentation already pre-loaded. A volunteer will indicate which LCD screen is allocated for which presentation.

During the refreshment breaks, the screens will be available for you to check your presentation.

Please make sure the following information is ALWAYS visible on the screen during the Interactive Sessions , so that attendees can easily identify the papers being presented, regardless of the slide you are showing:

• Paper title
• List of authors with affiliations

The Interactive Session presentations offer a means to engage with the audience in a number of novel ways. Attendees will walk around from one presenter to another during the session so that they too can maximize their time at the session.

WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

Presenters at workshops should follow the same general guidance as given above for oral presentations in the Symposia.  However, workshop presentations may follow different timings. As such, presenters should contact the appropriate workshop organizers for guidance and clarification if further explanation is needed.

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Industry Presentation

Ip 1: ieee low-earth-orbit (leo) satellites & systems – engaging science, academia and industry for space, ip 2: prototyping, testing and standardization efforts for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces.

• IP 3: 6G & Evolving Edge/Cloud Architecture
• IP 4: Security for Future Networks: A Standardization Perspective
• IP 5:  The New Wave of Open RAN

IP 6: Challenges and New Radio Access Technologies for Integrated Sensing and Communication

WEDNESDAY, DEC 6 4.00 - 4:30 /  LOCATION: Hall 8B

Presenter: Dr.-Ing. Jan Budroweit, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bremen, Germany and IEEE Future Direction Project LEO Satellite and Systems

The space sector has evolved rapidly over the past decades. Today, entirely new players, driven by commercial interest and supported by private investors such as SpaceX, Spire or OneWeb are well known to deliver the dominating number of new low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite systems. But not only those well-known big players, also a plethora of small and mid-size enterprises making good business in that new economical field emerged around the globe. This recent commercialization of is commonly referred to as “New Space”. One key aspect of the interest especially in LEO is cheaper access to space, with various developments of reusable and low-cost launches. This comes together with new design & manufacturing paradigms for satellite systems, moving the focus away from the ultra-reliable monolithic integrated large spacecraft to typically much smaller satellites, designed for mass production.

The IEEE Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) Satellites & Systems (SatS) is a project and upcoming initiative of the IEEE Future Directions Committee (FDC) that focuses on those recent developments. IEEE LEO SatS envisions to consolidate various distributed satellite activities around the globe and provides a focus on technology, science, education and awareness. Primary goal is to increase cooperation in LEO Satellite and Systems between professionals in academia, industry and government

 Dr. Jan Budroweit is the team lead on Radiation Effects in Space Systems at the Institute of Space Systems, German Aerospace Center (DLR). Dr. Budroweit is an active IEEE (Senior) Member, serving the MTT-S and NPSS Societies by contribution to technical committee (e.g. MTT-S TC-29 Microwave Aerospace Systems), conferences and the IEEE Future Direction (IEEE LEO SatS) as publicity chair. His research topics are future radio and communications systems for space applications and radiation effects on complex devices, circuits and systems.

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WEDNESDAY, DEC 6, 4.30 - 5:00 /  LOCATION: Hall 8B

Presenter: Ruiqi (Richie) Liu, ZTE Corporation

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a new technology that can dynamically manipulate electromagnetic waves between transmitters and receivers, converting the wireless environment into a service. An RIS is usually a flat surface constructed of a variety of passive scattering components, each of which may independently impose a certain phase shift and sometimes an amplitude gain on the input electromagnetic waves. The propagation of the reradiated electromagnetic waves can be modified by carefully changing the phase shifts (and amplitudes) of all the scattering components.  To progress further, prototyping, testing and standardization will be needed, upon solid theoretical analysis. Our motivation is to demonstrate, through many trial results, the latest trends with respect to the industrialization of RIS. Hopefully, this will provide some guidance to theoretical and engineering practice and even open up new research directions.

Our team did demonstrations on our RIS prototypes during ICC 2023, as well as MWC 2022 and 2023, which were very welcome by the participants of the aforementioned events. We wish to continue this effort in GC 2023, bringing about the latest progresses and trends.

There are many theoretical studies devoted to RIS, while in this proposed industry presentation, we will demonstrate the latest progresses in prototyping, testing and standardization for RIS. As to prototyping, we will summarize, using our own RIS solutions as examples, the latest RIS prototypes. Specifically, a variety of RIS prototypes will be introduced, including 1-bit single-polarized, 1-bit dual-polarized, 1.6-bit single-polarized, 2-bit dual-polarized and 4-bit dual-polarized panels with 20 × 20, 32 × 32, 64 × 64 or 128 × 128 elements, working on 2.6 GHz, 4.9 GHz or 26 GHz. We will also report some world-leading field trial results, including world’s first RIS trials in commercial 5G networks. With this regard, please refer to our paper for more details (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9955484/). Lastly, we will summarize standardization efforts in different organizations, such as ETSI, 3GPP, ITU, and give insights on how RIS will eventually be standardized as a vital component of future networks.

IP 3: 6G & evolving Edge/Cloud architecture

WEDNESDAY, DEC 6, 5.00 - 5:30 / LOCATION: Hall 8B Presenter: Udayan Mukherjee, Intel Corporation Caroline Chan, Intel Corporation

This session will discuss the evolution of radio access network to open, disaggregated and virtualized cloud native RAN. It will focus on the RAN networks today for 5G, current ecosystem landscape, and the evolution of true service based cloud architecture being prposed for 6G. It will also talk about the opportunities and challenges as well as how to address dynamic scalability of the network with the availability of multiple ecosystem options delivering the TCO benefits to end customer.  The session with discuss some of newer use cases on the network beyond mobile broadband (industrial, NTN, IAB etc) and how the existing network is evolving to address these.  The session will also touch on some of several evolving trends towards 6G and how cloud & AI native technologies and ubiquitous computing will play a crucial role going forward.

IP 4: Security for future networks: a standardization perspective

THURSDAY, DEC 7, 4.00 - 4:30 / LOCATION: Hall 8B

Presenter: Leyi Zhang, ZTE Corporation

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is one of the major applications of quantum communications which provides the means to distribute symmetric random bit strings as a secure key that can be proven to be secure even against an eavesdropper with an unbounded computational ability. Its Information-Theoretically secure characteristic makes QKD a promising add-on technology to communication networks to provide unconditional security in 6G networks.

QKD has drawn a lot of attention in academia and fiber-based terrestrial QKD networks have reached significant maturity with the deployment of various test beds in various parts of the world. However, the introduction of QKD into current communication networks and cryptographic infrastructures brings challenges to the design of the network architecture and security considerations as well, since QKD technologies have their unique features and restrictions. Therefore, there is a strong need to establish standards regarding the use of QKD technologies in networks.

Several major regional and international standard development organizations (SDOs) are contributing to the standardization work, especially the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T). As a member of ITU-T SG17 and ETSI TC CYBER, our motivation is to introduce the latest  standardization works of QKD in major SDOs. Hopefully, this will provide some guidance to theoretical and engineering practice and even open up new research directions.

There are many theoretical studies devoted to QKD, while in this proposed industry presentation, we will demonstrate the latest progresses in standardization for QKD. In the ETSI, an industry specification group (ISG) was established to address research and pre-standard issues related to QKD in 2008. So far, ISG-QKD has published a series of GRs and GSs, specifying details in QKD deployments, application interface design, optical component characterization and other related issues in previous study periods. ITU-T also starts the standardization activities of QKD in different study groups (SGs), while the architectures of QKD networks are studied in SG13 and the security issues are studied in SG17. Apart from the independent work within different SDOs, a Joint Coordination Activity (JCA) on QKD was set up to coordinate standardization work on QKD with SDOs like CEN/CENELEC FG

QT and JTC 22, CCSA-ST7, ETSI ISG QKD and TC CYBER, IEC SEG 14 and TC 86, IEEE P1913, IRTF QIRG, ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC27 and WG14, ITU-T SG11, SG13, SG15 and SG17. We will summarize standardization efforts in different organizations, such as ETSI, 3GPP, ITU and JCA-QKD, introduce the current progress on and plans for the development of QKD-related specifications or standards, and give insights on how QKD will eventually be standardized as a vital component of future networks.

IP 5:  The New Wave of Open RAN

THURSDAY, DEC 7, 4.30 - 5:00 /  LOCATION: Hall 8B

Presenter: Dr. Slawomir Pietrzyk, Founder and CEO at IS-Wireless

In our presentation we will outline the historical perspective of the evolution of cellular networks. We will address the key architectural changes and highlight elements which have been unchanged for decades. This will allow us to describe the bottlenecks of contemporary solutions influencing both contemporary and Open RAN Wave 1. We will formulate the Open RAN Wave 2 architecture and its main features. We will discuss the necessity to scale the network capacity through densification and the role of efficient use of resources such as spectrum and computing to remove the bottleneck of contemporary architectures. We will also discuss the universal nature of radio resource management in meeting various QoS goals and delivering a truly multi-service networking capability. We claim that Open RAN Wave 2 is the answer to the requirements imposed by ITU-2020 on 5G. It is quite likely that this view will be part of 6G, as history shows that a new generation of mobile systems tries to meet the unfulfilled promises of the previous one.

THURSDAY, DEC 7, 5.00 - 5:30 /  LOCATION: Hall 8B

Presenter: Jianglei Ma, Huawei Technologies Canada

Integrated Sensing and Communication is an important new usage scenario for 6G. This presentation will first discuss the new challenges brought by ISAC and then the mutual influence between sensing and communication in wireless network.  Finally, the potential new radio access technologies which can support communication and sensing dual functionalities effectively will be discussed.

Dr. Jianglei Ma is a Technical VP based at Huawei Ottawa R&D Center. Her research area is advanced wireless access technologies. She has been actively contributed to 3GPP standards since LTE.  She led NR air interface research and is currently leading 6G air interface research in Huawei. Prior to joining Huawei in 2009, she was in charge of LTE air interface research in Wireless Technology Lab at Nortel.  Jianglei Ma was a visiting Associate Professor of Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Professor of National Laboratory of Millimeter Waves & Dept. of Electronic Engineering in Southeast University.  She has more than 350 granted patents.

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Authors of  accepted   papers will be asked to present their work during ITSC 2023. Two different presentation modes will be scheduled in the conference program:

• An oral presentation of their work to the audience.
• A poster presentation , fostering a higher degree of interaction between the authors and the rest of attendees.

In the detailed conference program , each author can check the presentation mode (oral or poster presentation) selected for their work.  

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•  The slot for each presentation is 10 minutes + 4 minutes (Q&A) + 1 minute (shift) . A session chair will be assigned to coordinate the session and ensure that these time limits are fulfilled.
• While preparing your power point slides please note that the projection screens are all in 16:9 ratio . If the presentation is designed in 4:3 ratio, it can be displayed but at the risk of image distorsion.
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• Make sure to be on time before the session starts. Arriving 5 minutes earlier is strongly advised   to introduce yourself to the session chair , check that the presentation is displayed correctly, etc.

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• The poster is displayed in its corresponding panel from the beginning of the day where the poster session is scheduled. We aim to attract the interest of attendees in the posters by allocating only one poster session per day. However, all posters within a session must be exposed all day long.
• Authors of the papers presented as posters should be available and physically close to the poster: i) during the coffee breaks of the day of the conference on which the session is scheduled; and ii) in the slot dedicated to the poster session itself. Presence is mandatory during the session and optional during the coffee breaks (yet advisable).

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Celebrating artificial intelligence, big data, and high-performance computing at the University at Buffalo. 

IAD Days (formerly CDSE Days) is a signature annual event hosted by the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. The event brings some of the nation's most prominent data science and AI scholars to Buffalo for a week of workshops, lectures, and networking. The initiative increases educational opportunities and employability for students, attracts new graduate students to UB, and boosts research opportunities for aligned faculty members.

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Registration, keynote speakers.

Manish Parashar

Chair, Computational Science and Engineering, and Presidential Professor, Kalhert School of Computing, University of Utah

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Dr. Manish Parashar is Director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute, Chair in Computational Science and Engineering, and Presidential Professor, Kalhert School of Computing at the University of Utah. He recently completed an IPA appointment at the National Science Foundation as Office Director of the NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure where he oversaw investments in national cyberinfrastructure. He also served as co-chair of the National Science and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on the Future Advanced Computing Ecosystem and the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force.

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame

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Dr. Yiyu Shi is currently a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, the site director of National Science Foundation I/UCRC Alternative and Sustainable Intelligent Computing, and the director of the Sustainable Computing Lab (SCL). He is also a visiting scientist at Boston Children’s Hospital, the primary pediatric program of Harvard Medical School. He received his B.S. in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China in 2005, the M.S and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2007 and 2009 respectively. His current research interests focus on hardware intelligence and biomedical applications. In recognition of his research, more than a dozen of his papers have been nominated for or awarded as the best paper in top journals and conferences, including the 2023 IEEE/ACM William J. McCalla ICCAD Best Paper Award, 2021 IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design Donald O Pederson Best Paper Award. He is also the recipient of Facebook Research Award, IBM Invention Achievement Award, NSF CAREER Award, IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Individual Achievement Award, IEEE Computer Society Mid-Career Research Achievement Award, among others. He has served on the technical program committee of many international conferences. He is the deputy editor-in-chief of IEEE VLSI CAS Newsletter, and an associate editor of various IEEE and ACM journals. He is an IEEE CEDA distinguished lecturer and an ACM distinguished speaker.

Speakers & Panelists

Rachael Hageman Blair

Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, and Associate Director for Education, Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, University at Buffalo

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Dr. Hageman Blair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics. She is a co-Director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. She oversees educational activities and initiatives and serves as the Director of the MPS program in Data Science and Applications. Her research is in Computational Biology. Her research group has made research contributions, and software tools, in network inference and analysis, module detection and data clustering.

Dianna Cichocki

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Management Science and Systems, University at Buffalo

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Dianna Cichocki serves as a Clinical Associate Professor for the School of Management at the University at Buffalo. Her recent course offerings have included, "Statistical Decisions in Management" in the School of Management's Undergraduate Program, "Statistical Foundations in Analytics" in the online MBA and MSBA programs, and "Data Modeling" in the MBA program, and "Communicating with Data" in the School of Engineering's Undergraduate Program. Beyond her teaching commitments, Dianna actively engages in workshops and presentations at local, state, and national levels. These sessions focus on integrating technology into statistical practices and advocating for effective data visualization methods. Moreover, she has led multiple industry training sessions aimed at bolstering managerial expertise across different organizational tiers.

Sai Vikneshwar Mani Jayaraman

 Software Engineer, AWS Redshift

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Sai is a Software Engineer at AWS Redshift. He is interested in anything and everything about databases. Not so long ago, he finished his PhD from UB under the wise guidance of Atri Rudra. In the past, he has worked on Codes for Distributed Storage (Intern, Microsoft Research), Ads Quality Infra (Intern, Google) and Product Support (Engineer, Microsoft). His work has been published in Principles of Database Systems (PODS) and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. In a previous avatar, he trained teams for ACM-ICPC (World Finals 2013, 2014).

Ryan A. McPherson

Chief Sustainability Officer, Office of Sustainability, University at Buffalo

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As UB’s inaugural chief sustainability officer since 2011, Ryan McPherson works to create a culture of innovative and collaborative sustainability at UB and implements strategies to help position the university as a sustainability leader in the community, state and nation, as well as across higher education. Among his chief priorities has been setting 10 key strategies to implement within the next decade as part of the university’s climate action plan. He also has worked to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals across campus and New York as part of the broader work to create the next generation of change agents who are building the future we seek.  

Under McPherson’s oversight, UB has already reduced its carbon footprint by 35% and been recognized as a national model for climate action by Vice President Harris, received the Green Power Leadership Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency, won the New York State Department of Environmental Excellence Award, and rated #1 in the world by the Times Higher Education Impact Assessment in taking urgent action to combat climate change. 

Prior to this role, Ryan was the Associate Vice President for Government & Community Relations where he successfully led a multi-year New York State effort that resulted in the enactment of the most comprehensive higher education in the previous two decades.  He is also very active in the community and sits on numerous boards including the Nature Conservancy (New York), the Western New York Sustainable Business Roundtable, and Gobike Buffalo.  Mr. McPherson is also an adjunct faculty member at the University at Buffalo School of Management.  Ryan received his B.A. in political science from the University of New Hampshire and graduated magna cum laude from the University at Buffalo Law School with a concentration in environmental law.  

Ryan enjoys trail running through nature (and specifically mountains) and spending time with his wife and two near adult children as they work to instill a love of nature and advance all things biophilia. 

Jeffrey Miecznikowski

Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University at Buffalo

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Jeffrey C. Miecznikowski (“Mesh-KNEE-cow-ski”) received his Ph.D. in Statistics from Carnegie Mellon University in 2006. In 2006, he started as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) and received tenure in 2012 with appointment to Associate Professor. He has previously served as the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Diversity and as the interim Chair of Biostatistics at UB’s School of Public Health and Health Professions. He has 75 published peer-reviewed articles in statistical journals and applied interdisciplinary journals and is currently an associate editor for the Journal of Applied Statistics and Frontiers in Genetics.

Carolyn Penstein Rose

Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

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Dr. Carolyn Rosé is a Professor of Language Technologies and Human-Computer Interaction in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon, and Program Director for the Masters of Computational Data Science Program. Her research program focuses on computational modeling of discourse to enable scientific understanding the social and pragmatic nature of conversational interaction of all forms, and using this understanding to build intelligent computational systems for improving collaborative interactions. She is best known for her work on dynamic support of collaborative learning using intelligent conversational agents in online, face-to-face, and hybrid settings, triggered through real time analysis of conversational interactions. Her research group’s highly interdisciplinary work, published in over 300 peer reviewed publications, is represented in the top venues of 5 fields: namely, Language Technologies, Learning Sciences, Cognitive Science, Educational Technology, and Human-Computer Interaction, with awards in 4 of these fields. She is a Past President and Inaugural Fellow of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, Senior member of IEEE, Founding Chair of the International Alliance to Advance Learning in the Digital Era, and Executive Editor (formerly Co-Editor-in-Chief) of the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. She also serves as a 2020-2021 AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute Fellow for Public Engagement with Science, with a focus on public engagement with Artificial Intelligence.

Jinjun Xiong

SUNY Empire Innovation Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Director, Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, University at Buffalo

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Dr. Jinjun Xiong is an Empire Innovation Professor with the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University at Buffalo (UB) . He received his Ph.D. degree in 2006 from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with an Outstanding Ph.D. Award, his M.S. degree from University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2002, and his M.S. and B.S. degrees from Tsinghua University in 2000 and 1998, respectively.

Before joining UB in 2021, Dr. Xiong was Program Director and Senior Research Scientist at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY.  He co-founded and co-directed the IBM-Illinois Center for Cognitive Computing Systems Research with Prof. Wen-mei Hwu. Under their leadership, the C3SR center has expanded from the early days' eight faculty members in 2016 to close to 40 faculty members in 2021. The success of the C3SR center also led to the creation of the new IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute, a joint $200-million research investment between IBM and UIUC. Dr. Xiong also co-founded the IBM Smarter Energy Research Institute and led a number of enterprise-scale collaborations with world-wide electric utility companies to address sustainability issues with renewable integration. 

Dr. Xiong's recent research interests are on across-stack AI systems and solutions research, including Innovative AI applications, in particular on education and sustainability, Novel AI algorithms, in particular on computer vision and natural language processing, Productivity tooling for AI development, in particular on software engineering, compilers, and operating systems, and

AI accelerators and computer architectures for edge computing and hybrid clouds, such as  GPUs, and FPGAs.  

He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers in top AI conferences and systems conferences. His publication has won seven Best Paper Awards and eight Nominations for Best Paper Awards. Dr. Xiong also won top awards from various international competitions, including the recent Championship Award for the IEEE GraphChallenge on accelerating sparse neural networks, and the Championship Awards for the DAC'19 Systems Design Contest on designing an object detection neural network for both edge FPGA track and the edge GPU track. Many of his research results have been adopted in commercial enterprise-scale products and tools. 

Mohammad Zia

Systems Architect, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Mohammad earned his PhD from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in Biomedical Engineering. He now works as a systems architect at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, specializing in accelerating data-driven research through his expertise in full-stack development. Mohammad also serves as an adjunct lecturer at the University at Buffalo, where he passionately imparts his knowledge of Python and databases to aspiring data scientists.

Ziliang Zong

 Professor, Department of Computer Science, Texas State University

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Dr. Ziliang Zong is a Professor of the Computer Science Department at Texas State University. He is a passionate researcher, teacher, and practitioner of sustainable computing. He published over 100 papers in green AI, green cloud, green software engineering, energy efficient HPC, and green computing education. He is a general member and champion speaker of the Green Software Foundation, an Associate Editor of the Sustainable Computing Journal, and Director of the Energy Efficient Computing and Systems Laboratory at Texas State University.

Abstracts will be linked to each presentation topic below. Click on the speaker's name to learn more about each presenter. Jump to:  Wednesday    Thursday    Friday

Wednesday, April 17

Thursday, april 18, friday, april 19, abstracts & session details, democratization responsible artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving discovery, innovation, and economic growth, and has the potential to transform science and society. However, realizing this  positive and transformative potential of AI requires that AI research and development (R&D) progresses responsibly, i.e., in a way that protects privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties, and promotes principles of fairness, accountability, transparency, and equity. In this talk, I will explore the importance of democratizing AI R&D for achieving the goal of responsible AI and the resulting imperative of democratizing access to advanced cyberinfrastructure. I will then discuss recent efforts in government and academia aimed at achieving these goals. Finally, it introduces the Responsible AI Initiative at the University of Utah.

Advancing Beyond Scikit-learn and Jupyter Notebook

Break free from the limitations of standard machine learning practices by exploring advanced tools in this workshop led by Mohammad. Participants will delve into supplementary tools and platforms for engineering features, tracking model experiments, deploying models, and detecting data shifts.

Introduction to Bayesian Networks with Applications in R

Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGMs) are used broadly across many fields to model the connectivity relationships between entities in a network. This workshop introduces Bayesian Networks, a special class of directed and acyclic PGMs. BNs are “expert systems” widely used for inference and prediction. Methods for parameter and structural learning will be discussed and implemented using the R programming language. Probabilistic reasoning will be described for making predictions within these networks. In the second part of the workshop, attendees will have a “hands-on” experience with network construction, inference, and visualization using the R programming language. Programming experience is not required. This workshop serves as a preview for a 1-credit course in the IAD’s ‘summer stackable’ graduate elective series. 

Beyond Data Dumps: Using Charts to Tell Stories

The gap between data analysis and effective communication of results keeps growing. This two-hour session provides the framework for bridging the gap by turning basic charts into compelling stories. Being able to analyze data and tell stories with the results is key to transforming data into information that can be used to drive better decision-making.

We will create visualizations that accurately, effectively, and efficiently communicate a story rather than a “data dump.”

Challenges and Opportunities of Sustainable AI at All Scopes

In recent years, the proliferation of AI technologies has led to significant advancements across various sectors, but concurrently, it has raised concerns about its environmental impact. This talk explores the challenges and opportunities associated with fostering sustainable AI practices across all scopes of emissions. Beginning with an overview of Scope 1 emissions, we delve into the direct environmental footprint of AI development and deployment. Moving to Scope 2 emissions, we examine the indirect environmental impacts arising from the electricity consumption of AI-related operations. Finally, we discuss the complexities of Scope 3 emissions, encompassing the entire lifecycle of AI technologies. By understanding and addressing sustainability challenges at all scopes, we can identify opportunities for implementing strategies to minimize environmental harm while maximizing the societal benefits of AI innovation. This research talk highlights the importance of holistic approaches to achieve sustainable AI development and underscores the urgent need for collaboration among stakeholders to mitigate environmental impacts across the AI ecosystem.

Coding From Theory to Practice

Typically, we are taught a lot of programming in school. However, when we go to industry, does the kind of programming we know remain the same? What constitutes good code? Tune in to the talk for answers.

Exploring the Flexibility of Linear Regression Models

Linear regression models are a mainstay in the statistician’s toolbox for understanding the relationships between variables. Their popularity is due to their simplicity, flexibility, and ease in computation and interpretation. In this workshop, we explore linear regression models starting from the simplest setting with a focus on the general paradigm of model assumptions and associated parameter estimation via maximum likelihood. We then explore different linear regression models and assumptions, ultimately, revealing the flexibility of the linear regression modeling approach. 

Social Analytics and Dynamic Support for Collaborative Learning in the Age of Large Language Models

This talk is built on a decade and a half of research into supporting social interaction in online communities, exploring what design principles we have empirically validated, what technological advances have produced novel interventions aligned with those principles, and what questions we still need to answer. In particular, this talk highlights social analytics as an area of Artificial Intelligence that plays a role in supporting education that has featured in movements towards large scale learning opportunities, such as promised in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as well as in more traditional Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning environments. Recent advances in Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) have enhanced AI capabilities for the evaluation of multimodal student input and real-time feedback, which has provoked intensive exploration of the space of application possibilities. This technology opens up more options for adapting the specific content of reflection triggers from specific details of the students’ work and discussion in context. This talk will discuss recent advances in support of collaboration using GenAI and LLMs, with a particular focus on two recent classroom studies investigating LLM-based support for reflection and learning during collaborative software development.

AI Literacy x Sustainability Literacy

Ryan mcpherson.

The 21st century is punctuated by two themes that shape the planet’s discourse - AI and Sustainability. This panel explores the closely tied yet, parallel initiatives in these fields. Experts in Sustainability and Artificial intelligence discuss, debate, and dissect the role of AI in Sustainability Initiatives, the sustainable development of AI, and the role that each can play in shaping the other’s future.

To equip the planet’s future with a population well-informed on the criticality of AI and sustainability, the panel emphasizes on and shapes the best practices in AI Literacy, Sustainability Literacy, and the significant overlap between the two.

On-Device AI to Better Mobile and Implantable Devices in Healthcare

The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, an aging population, and a shortage of health care professionals have prompted the widespread adoption of mobile and implantable devices to effectively manage various health conditions. In recent years, there is growing interest to leverage the rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the performance of these devices, resulting in better patient outcomes, reduced health care costs, and improved patient autonomy. Due to privacy, security, and safety considerations, inferences must often be done on the edge, with limited hardware resources. This is compounded by inter-patient and intra-patient variability, heavy dependence on medical domain knowledge, and lack of diversified training data. In this talk, we will demonstrate how techniques such as hardware and neural architecture co-design can transform the landscape of mobile and implantable devices. Additionally, we will showcase the world's first smart Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) design enabled by our research.

As part of IAD Days, CDSE students will be expected to participate in a poster session at the reception on Wednesday, April 17 from 3:00-4:00 pm. Poster abstracts should be submitted by Monday, April 8 at 5:00 pm.

IAD will cover the cost of poster printing. When you submit an abstract, you will also be eligible to participate in the student talk competition. IAD will choose the top three abstracts that have been submitted to additionally present their work in the form of a 10-minute research talk on Wednesday, March 29th from 3:30-4:00 pm. Students selected for talks will be notified by March 17th.

Posters must be submitted by Monday, April 8  to ensure they are printed in time for IAD Days. Students can submit both their poster files and abstracts via the link below.

Registration is now closed.  If you have any questions about IAD Days, email us at  [email protected] .