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9:30 – 10:00
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Registration |
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10:00 – 11:00
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Keynote 1: Employing 5G advanced and 6G in industry, advantages and challenges Speaker: Seyed Mahdi Darroudi, Neutroon Technologies, Spain Abstract: The 5th generation of cellular networks has facilitated novel and diverse use cases, particularly in industrial sectors, due to newly introduced features and enhanced performance parameters. The emergence of 5G has coincided with the popularity of concepts such as software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV). Apart from the technical advantages, these concepts have made private cellular networks more economically feasible for industrial applications. NFV has been particularly transformative, allowing smaller players in the network industry to contribute to the development and enrichment of the cellular network market. Although 5G and 6G can theoretically satisfy the communication KPIs of the industrial sector, full integration of these technologies into the industrial environment remains a challenge. This challenge encompasses not only the integration of cellular networks with industrial IT networks, but also the collaboration with various industrial protocols. This talk will provide a comprehensive overview of the opportunities and challenges associated with 5G and 6G implementation in industrial settings. Bio: Seyed Mahdi Darroudi is PhD holder in Computer Networks from Polytechnic University of Catalunya (UPC). He has +15 years of experience and research on different wireless network technologies like WiFi, LPWAN, LoRa, satellite communication and cellular networks, and +5 years of teaching experience. Apart from publications, he is honored to contribute to the RFC 9159 standard. He has been peer reviewer for +10 well known highly rated journals and conferences. He has been collaborating in many national and European projects like: Zero-Swarm, Target-X, 6GSmart, Open6G, 6G-Chronos, OpenCAMARA, Medivision5G, WINTERTIME, Aerial Inspection of electrical and oil & gas grids and cut costs with unmanned aircraft, ALLINONE, etc. He was recently founded by Torres Quevedo program to research on 5G/6G elements optimization employing AI/ML methods. He is currently R&D manager in Neutroon which investigates 5G/beyond, toward 6G networks. His current scope of interest includes integrating edge processing and 5G/6G into industrial networks to satisfy Industry 4.0/5.0 requirements. |
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11:00 – 11:20
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Coffee Break |
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11:20 – 13:00
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Technical Session
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Tutorial #1 Speakers: Christian Grasso & Giovanni Schembra, University of Catania, Italy |
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13:00 – 14:00
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Lunch Break |
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14:00 – 15:40
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Technical Session
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Tutorial #2 Speakers: Michele Nitti & Claudio Marche, University of Cagliari, Italy |
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15:40 – 16:00
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Coffee Break |
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16:00 – 17:00
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Panel Discussion on Cloud-edge Systems in Industrial IoT CE-IIA Panel Moderator:
CE-IIA Panel members
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| Day #2: March 12th, 2025 | ||
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8:45 – 9:15
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Registration |
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9:15 – 9:45
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Opening Ceremony |
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9:45 – 10:45
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FPS 1: AI in the IoT-edge-cloud continuum Chaired by: Arbia Riahi (Royal Military Academy, Belgium & Cylab – CISS, Belgium)
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10:45 – 11:15
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Coffee Break |
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11:15 – 12:15
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Keynote 1: Going beyond network compute continuum – UNEXT Speaker: Azimeh Sefidcon, Nokia Bell Labs, Sweden Chaired by: Elisa Rojas (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain) |
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12:15 – 13:30
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Lunch Break |
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13:30 – 14:30
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Keynote 2: Scaling AI Infrastructures to 1,000,000 GPUs Speaker: Y. Richard Yang, Yale University, USA Chaired by: Razvan Stanica (INSA Lyon, France) |
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14:30 – 15:00
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Coffee Break |
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15:00 – 17:00
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FPS 2: Security Chaired by: Federica Paganelli (University of Pisa, Italy)
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17:30 |
Welcome Reception |
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| Day #3: March 13th, 2025 | ||
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8:30 – 9:00
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Registration |
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9:00 – 10:30
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SPS 1: Algorithms and architectures Chaired by: Stefan Schmid (TU Berlin and Fraunhofer SIT, Germany)
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10:30 – 11:00
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Coffee Break |
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11:00 – 12:00
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Keynote 3: Self-Driving Networks: Use Cases, Approaches, and Research Challenges Speaker: Stefan Schmid, TU Berlin & Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT), Germany Chaired by: Prosper Chemouil (CNAM, France) |
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12:00 – 12:30
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Demo Session
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12:30 – 13:30
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Lunch Break |
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13:30 – 14:30
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FPS 3: Network optimization Chaired by: Carol Habib (INRIA, France)
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14:30 – 15:00
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Coffee Break |
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15:00 – 18:00
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Tutorial #3 Speakers: Alexander Clemm, Santa Clara University, USA – Cedric Westphal, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA |
Tutorial #4 Speakers: Anna Baron, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany – Andreas Kassler, Deggendorf Institute, Deggendorf, Germany |
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19:30 |
Conference Dinner |
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| Day #4: March 14th, 2025 | ||
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8:30 – 9:00
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Registration |
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9:00 – 10:00
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Keynote 4: From 5G to FutureG: What needs to change, why and how? Speaker: Venkatesh “Venki” Ramaswamy, The MITRE Corporation, USA Chaired by: Stefano Secci (CNAM, France) |
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10:00 – 11:00
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FPS 4: Network management Chaired by: Molka Gharbaoui (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy)
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11:00 – 11:30
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Coffee Break |
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11:30 – 12:30
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Panel: Towards full life cycle automation in the IoT-edge-cloud continuum Moderator: Molka Gharbaoui (Scuola Sant’Anna Pisa, Italy) Panel members:
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12:30 – 13:30
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Lunch Break |
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13:30 – 15:00 |
SPS 2: Performance analysis and optimization Chaired by: Roch Glitho (Concordia University, Canada)
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15:00 – 15:30
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Coffee Break |
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15:30 – 16:30
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FPS 5: Edge and cloud resource allocation Chaired by: Nathalie Mitton (Inria Lille – Nord Europe, France)
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16:30 |
Best Paper Award & Closing Session |
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