Leveraging 5G for Digital Transformation of the Transportation Sector
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration | |||
| Session I | 9:00 – 10:00 | Plenary Session 1 – Opening of WWRF 51 Chair: Dan Drutz, Rowan University | ||
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Opening Speech | Dr. Giuseppe Palmese, Dean Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering | ||
| 09:10 – 09:20 | Welcoming Speech | Nigel Jefferies, Chairman of WWRF | ||
| 09:20 – 10:20 | Opening Keynote: | Deepak Kataria, Principal Solution Consultant for Ericsson | ||
| 10:20 – 10:45 | Coffee Break | |||
| Session II | 10:45-12:45 | Plenary Session 2 – Navigating the Future of Intelligent Transportation Systems Chair: Mohammad Jalayer, Rowan University | ||
| 10:45-11:15 | Connected Vehicles and Wireless Networks: A Synergistic Approach to Intersection Safety | Deep Patel, PhD Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University | ||
Quantum Computing Enabled Federated Social Networking in Intelligent Connected Vehicles | Prof. (Dr.) Sachin Sharma, Graphic Era University, India | |||
| 11:45-12:15 | Improving Transportation Safety, Mobility and Equity with ITS | Brad Miller, PE, PP, PTOE, and LEED AP Associate Vice President and the Department Manager for Michael Baker International’s NJ/NY Traffic Engineering and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Department | ||
| 12:15-12:45 | Driving the Future: Exploring Connected Vehicle Applications and Testing | Kevin Hayes, Senior System Engineer, Intelligent Transportation Systems | ||
| 12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch | |||
| Session III | 13:45 – 15:15 | Plenary Session 3 Chair: Knud Erik Scouby, WG-A/B Chair, WWRF | ||
| 13:45-14:05 | Development of ITU-R Regulations, Recommendations and Reports | Veena Rawat, Senior Spectrum Advisor, GSMA | ||
| 14:05-14:25 | Latest developments in ETSI ISGs and the recent 3GPP Workshop on 6G Use cases | Nuwan Weerasinghe, Simultelco | ||
| 14:25-14:45 | 6G Standardisation efforts under the ITU umbrella | Nuwan Weerasinghe, Simultelco | ||
| 14:45-15:05 | IEEE Future Networks Technical Community (FNTC) Role in Driving IEEE 6G Standardization | Sudhir Dixit, Basic Internet Foundation | ||
| 15:05-15:25 | PHY and MAC enhancements for NTN integration in 5G | Vinod Kumar, | ||
| 15:25-15:45 | Wrap up by Knud Erik Skouby | |||
| 15:34 – 16:00 | Coffee Break | |||
| Session IV | 16:00-17.00 | WG VIP Connected Vehicles, Chair: Seshadri Mohan | ||
| 16:00-16:30 | Enabling Safer Crosswalks with State-of-the-Art Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Technology | Abigna Maturi, University of Arkansas at Little Rock | ||
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Educational Awareness Through Visual Communication to Combat Distracted Driving in New Jersey | Ahmed Sajid Hasan, Rowan University | ||
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration | ||
| Session V | 9:00 – 10:30 | Plenary Session 4 – Advancing Global Comm unication: The Role of AI in Shaping the Future of Technology Chair: Nidhal Bouaynaya, Rowan University | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | TBC Speaker: Charles C. Johnson, FAA | ||
| 9:30-10:00 | Generative AI Solutions for Intelligent Transportation Systems | Anis Omezzine, ATAC Corporation | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | The role of AI in medical diagnostics | Andy Bala,Founder & CEO of Delphine Diagnostics Inc | |
| 10:30-11:00 | |||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| Session VI | 11:30 – 13:30 | Plenary Session 5 – Non Terrestrial Networks Chair: Sudhir Dixit, Basic Internet Foundation | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | IEEE International Network Generations Roadmap Satellite Edition 2023 Updates | Avinash Sharma, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Space Exploration Sector) | |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Securing and Managing Delay-Tolerant Networks | Ed Birrane, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Space Exploration Sector) | |
| 12:30-13.00 | Emerging Cislunar Architectures and Spectrum Management Considerations | Justin Dennison, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Space Exploration Sector) | |
| 13:00 –14:00 | Lunch | ||
| Session VII | 14:00– 15:30 | Digital Healthcare Chair: Nuwan Weerasinghe, Simultelco | |
| 14:00-14:30 | 6G in Digital Healthcare: Harmonizing Innovation with Security and Privacy | Dr. Madhusanka Liyanage, University College Dublin, Ireland | |
| 14:30-14:50 | Transforming Healthcare in Sri Lanka: Achieving Sustainable Development and Global Health Equity Through User-Centric Technology Integration | Anuradha (Anu) Udunuwara Senior Engineer, Sri Lanka Telecom /Senior Consulting Engineer, Xyntac Enterprise | |
| 14:50-15:10 | Leveraging AI for Public Health: Monitoring Children’s Exposure to Digital Marketing of Unhealthy Products on Social Media | Nalan Dayarathna, Manager – Data Science, A-Algo / Technical Team Lead – AND Digital | |
| 15:10-15:30 | Progress of Digital Health white paper and planed future activities | Dr Rehan Usman, Senior Lecturer Kingston University / Chair WWRF VIP – Digital Health | |
| Session VIII | 15:30 – 17:00 | WG A/B : Chair : Knud Erik Skouby | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Migrating Towards 5G Wireless Technology in a Developing Country Context | Endale Shiferaw, UNOPS Fisseha Mekuria, CSIR Meraka Institute | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Circular Sustainable Business Models, 6G, Socio-Economic-Societal-Human Balance | Peter Lindgren, Aarhus University Purnima Lala Mehta, Aarhus University Ramjee Prasad, Aarhus University | |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Privacy and Data collection in Connected Cars – a Black Hole | Samant Khajuria, Aalborg University Knud Erik Skouby, Aalborg University Lene Sørensen, Aalborg University | |
| 17:00-18:30 | Dreamscapes | ||
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration | |||||
| Session IX | 9:00 – 10:30 | Plenary Session 6 – Sensing and Communication Networks Chair: Ben Wu, Rowan University | ||||
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Fighting Spammers in Online Social Networks via Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Solutions | Xu Yuan, Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Delaware | ||||
| 9:30-10:00 | Impact of 5G mmWave Spectrum on Numerical Weather Forecasting: Emerging Challenges and Strategies | Ruo-Qian (Roger) Wang Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University | ||||
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Telecom infrastructure sensing & infrastructure as a sensor | Yue Tian, Senior Researcher, NEC Laboratories America | ||||
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break | |||||
| Session X | 11:00 – 12:30 | Plenary Session 7 –Faster Than Nyquist Signaling Chair: Seshadri Mohan | ||||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Beyond the Limits: Innovating Receiver Design for Faster-Than-Nyquist Signaling . | Weijie Yuan, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China | ||||
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Faster-than-Nyquist Signaling for Next Generation Communications: Capacity Region, Signal Detection, and Code Design | Shuangyang Li, Research Fellow, Technical University of Berlin | ||||
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |||||
| Session XI | 13:00 – 16:30 | WG C Chair: Sudhir Dixit, Basic Internet Foundation | ||||
| 13:00-:1310 | WG Overview and updates | Sudhir Dixit | ||||
| 13:10-13:35 | Enhanced Deep Learning For Rotorcraft Landing Site Detection and Segmentation From Satellite Imagery | Amine Khelifi, Rowan University | ||||
| 13:34-14:00 | Enhancing AI/ML-Driven Innovations in Aerial Object Detection through VR Synthetic Dataset Generation | Garrett Williams:, Rowan University | ||||
| 14:00-14:25 | Enhancing Preparedness for Landfill Disasters Through Virtual Reality Simulations | Leeza Duller, Rowan University | ||||
| 14:25– 15:00 | Closing Session by Nigel Jefferies, WWRF Chairman | |||||