BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T054334Z UID:816A9499-B9A6-4EDB-A4F0-151163175598 DTSTART;TZID=Etc/UTC:20250320T120000 DTEND;TZID=Etc/UTC:20250320T130000 DESCRIPTION:Special Presentation by Dr. Lina Mohjazi & Dr. Yao Sun (U. of G lasgow\, UK)\n\nHosted by the Future Networks Artificial Intelligence & Ma chine Learning (AIML) Working Group\n\nDate/Time: Thursday\, 20 March 2025 @ 12:00 UTC\n\nTopic:\n\nThe Meaning Behind the Signal: How Semantics are Transforming Wireless Communications\n\nAbstract:\n\nSemantic communicati on (SemCom) has recently emerged as a transformative paradigm\, prioritizi ng accurate reception of message meaning over mere bits. The core concept is to empower wireless transceivers with reasoning and causality. In this talk\, we will start with the basics of SemCom. Then some design challenge s on both link level and network level will be introduced. We will later d iscuss several technical works on resource management in SemCom networks. Finally\, some potential applications of SemCom will be presented.\n\nSpea ker:\n\n[]\nLina Mohjazi is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at Jam es Watt School of Engineering\, University of Glasgow (UofG)\, UK. She rec eived the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the p restigious 5G/6G Innovation Centre\, University of Surrey\, Guildford\, U. K.\, in 2018. She has co-authored more than 80 research papers in internat ional high-impact journals and highly-rated conferences as well as book ch apters. Her research interests include green and sustainable wireless comm unications\, IoT’s\, machine learning\, energy efficiency\, fundamental performance limits\, and beyond 5G/6G and its applications. She is Deputy Director of the Robotics AI for NetZero (RAINZ) Centre for Doctoral Traini ng at UofG. Dr. Mohjazi is the Women in Engineering Engagement Lead at the IEEE Communication Society UK&I. She is Fellow of Women's Engineering Soc iety (WES) and a Senior Member of the IEEE. She served as Associate Editor for the IEEE Communications Letters (received the Exemplary Editor Award 2023). Dr. Mohjazi was endorsed as ”Global Talent” by the Royal Academ y of Engineering in the UK in 2020\, and as a “High Level Foreign Talent ” by the Chinese Government in 2023. She was also the recipient of multi ple teaching awards\, the IEEE GPECOM 2022 best paper presentation award\, and the IEEE Women in Engineering UK&I Engineering Excellence award. She is an Affiliate Member of Mohammed Bin Rashid Academy of Scientists\, UAE. \n\nYao Sun is currently a Lecturer with James Watt School of Engineering\ , the University of Glasgow\, Glasgow\, UK. Dr. Sun has extensive research experience and has published widely in wireless networking research. He h as won the IEEE Communication Society of TAOS Best Paper Award in 2019 ICC \, IEEE IoT Journal Best Paper Award 2022\, IEEE Transactions on Service C omputing Best Paper Award 2023\, and Best Paper Award in 22nd ICCT. He has been the guest editor for special issues of several international journal s. He has served as TPC Chair for UCET 2021\, the symposium chair for VTC 2024 Spring\, and TPC member for a number of international flagship confer ences\, including ICC\, GLOBECOM\, WCNC. His research interests include in telligent wireless networking\, semantic communications\, blockchain syste m\, and resource management in next generation mobile networks. Dr. Sun is a senior member of IEEE.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Future Networks Artificial I ntelligence & Machine Learning (AIML) Working Group\n\nVirtual: https://ev ents.vtools.ieee.org/m/466701 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/466701 ORGANIZER:baw@ieee.org SEQUENCE:24 SUMMARY:The Meaning Behind the Signal: How Semantics are Transforming Wirel ess Communications URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/466701 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: .25in \;"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/a8fa3 68e-3597-49c4-b69c-0176991fc10c" width="1050" height="275"></p>\n<p class= "MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt\;">Special Presentation by<strong> D r. Lina Mohjazi &amp\; Dr. Yao Sun (U. of Glasgow\, UK)</strong></p>\n<p c lass="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt\;">Hosted by the Future Network s<strong> Artificial Intelligence &amp\; Machine Learning (AIML) Working G roup</strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt\;"><stro ng><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font-family: Copperplate\; mso-fareast -font-family: PMingLiU\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast\; mso-bidi- font-family: Arial\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">Date/Tim e</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\, sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast\; mso-hansi-theme-font: m inor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi \; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW\; mso-bidi-langu age: AR-SA\;">: <strong>Thursday\, 20 March 2025</strong><strong> @ 12:00 UTC</strong></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: .25in\;"> <strong><u><span style="font-size: 16.0pt\; font-family: Copperplate\;">To pic</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 16.0pt\; font-famil y: Copperplate\;">:</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><spa n style="font-size: 16.0pt\;">The Meaning Behind the Signal: How Semantics are Transforming Wireless Communications&nbsp\;</span></strong></p>\n<p c lass="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: .25in\;"><strong><u><span style="font- size: 16.0pt\; font-family: Copperplate\;">Abstract</span></u></strong><st rong><span style="font-size: 16.0pt\; font-family: Copperplate\;">:</span> </strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">Semantic communication (SemCom) has re cently emerged as a transformative paradigm\, prioritizing accurate recept ion of message meaning over mere bits. The core concept is to empower wire less transceivers with reasoning and causality. In this talk\, we will sta rt with the basics of SemCom. Then some design challenges on both link lev el and network level will be introduced. We will later discuss several tec hnical works on resource management in SemCom networks. Finally\, some pot ential applications of SemCom will be presented.</p>\n<p><strong><span sty le="font-size: 16.0pt\; font-family: Copperplate\;"><u>Speaker</u>:</span> </strong></p>\n<table style="border-collapse: collapse\; width: 100%\;" bo rder="1"><colgroup><col style="width: 21.017274%\;"><col style="width: 78. 886756%\;"></colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img src="https://events.vtools .ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/47a051f8-4df4-4327-a04a-153b718365cd" al t="" width="215" height="294"></td>\n<td>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="mar gin-top: 6.0pt\;"><strong>Lina Mohjazi</strong> is a Senior Lecturer (Asso ciate Professor) at James Watt School of Engineering\, University of Glasg ow (UofG)\, UK. She received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the prestigious 5G/6G Innovation Centre\, University of Surrey\, Guildford\, U.K.\, in 2018. She has co-authored more than 80 rese arch papers in international high-impact journals and highly-rated confere nces as well as book chapters. Her research interests include green and su stainable wireless communications\, IoT&rsquo\;s\, machine learning\, ener gy efficiency\, fundamental performance limits\, and beyond 5G/6G and its applications. She is Deputy Director of the Robotics AI for NetZero (RAINZ ) Centre for Doctoral Training at UofG. Dr. Mohjazi is the Women in Engine ering Engagement Lead at the IEEE Communication Society UK&amp\;I. She is Fellow of Women's Engineering Society (WES) and a Senior Member of the IEE E. She served as Associate Editor for the IEEE Communications Letters (rec eived the Exemplary Editor Award 2023). Dr. Mohjazi was endorsed as &rdquo \;Global Talent&rdquo\; by the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK in 2 020\, and as a &ldquo\;High Level Foreign Talent&rdquo\; by the Chinese Go vernment in 2023. She was also the recipient of multiple teaching awards\, the IEEE GPECOM 2022 best paper presentation award\, and the IEEE Women i n Engineering UK&amp\;I Engineering Excellence award. She is an Affiliate Member of Mohammed Bin Rashid Academy of Scientists\, UAE.</p>\n<p class=" MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<t d><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/535f885 c-bfdd-4756-a31f-294e57a2dcc5"></td>\n<td>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="ma rgin-top: 6.0pt\;"><strong>Yao Sun</strong> is currently a Lecturer with J ames Watt School of Engineering\, the University of Glasgow\, Glasgow\, UK . Dr. Sun has extensive research experience and has published widely in wi reless networking research. He has won the IEEE Communication Society of T AOS Best Paper Award in 2019 ICC\, IEEE IoT Journal Best Paper Award 2022\ , IEEE Transactions on Service Computing Best Paper Award 2023\, and Best Paper Award in 22nd ICCT. He has been the guest editor for special issues of several international journals. He has served as TPC Chair for UCET 202 1\, the symposium chair for VTC 2024 Spring\, and TPC member for a number of international flagship conferences\, including ICC\, GLOBECOM\, WCNC. H is research interests include intelligent wireless networking\, semantic c ommunications\, blockchain system\, and resource management in next genera tion mobile networks. Dr. Sun is a senior member of IEEE.</p>\n</td>\n</tr >\n</tbody>\n</table> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR