BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250710T065001Z UID:27CB84C8-18AC-4732-9225-1BD13D59C666 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T120000 DESCRIPTION:Professor Ana Garcia Armada\, PhD Careers in Technology\n\nAffi liation: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid\, Spain\n\nTalk Title: On the wa y towards immersive communications – from the PHY to the end-to-end syst em\n\nName: Professor Ana Garcia Armada\, PhD\n\nLive Talk Abstract:\n\nTh e evolution of mobile communications towards 6G will enable new applicatio ns and services that will require a new radio interface to meet new and ch allenging key performance indicators (KPIs). It is expected to work ubiqui tously in all types of environments\, including some challenging ones that were not fully covered by 5G. If we aim at fully immersive communications \, what new requirements do we have for the waveform and the way the radio resources are organized? These have an enormous impact on the achievabili ty of the KPIs and the ubiquitous provision of mobile services.\n\nThe tal k will start by presenting the main new features of 5G networks that are p roducing a substantial leap in the technology\, enabling virtual and augme nted reality (XR) services. With the example of AMATISTA\, a project that is offering immersive music therapy based on virtual reality in a nursing home\, the status of the technology will be presented. Further development s in projects dealing with XR will be explained\, summarizing the current state of the art and what is missing\, that 6G should achieve.\n\nWaveform s and the way radio resources are organized have a major impact on the via bility of these KPIs. Then\, the talk examines some of the possible soluti ons for the physical layer of next generation radio access\, with a focus on the waveforms and signaling structure required for channel estimation\, looking at a joint optimisation of the communications and sensing that th e new applications are requiring.\n\nBrief bio\nAna Garcia Armada is an IE EE Fellow. She is currently a Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madri d\, Spain\, where she has served in a variety of management\npositions (He ad of Signal Theory and Communications Department\, Vice-dean of Electrica l Engineering\, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of International Relations).\nShe i s leading the Communications Research Group at this university. She has be en a visiting scholar at Stanford University\, Bell Labs and\nUniversity o f Southampton. She has participated and coordinated a large number of nati onal and international research projects as well as\ncontracts with the in dustry. She is the co-author of eight book chapters on wireless communicat ions and signal processing. She has published more\nthan 250 papers in int ernational journals and conference proceedings and she holds six granted p atents. She is serving on the editorial board of\nIEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (Associate Editor in Chief since 2024) and ITU Jou rnal on Future and Evolving Technologies.\nShe is the Chair of the IEEE Co mSoc Signal Processing and Computing for Communications technical committe e and the Vice President of\nMember and Global Activities of IEEE ComSoc. She has been awarded the third place Bell Labs Prize for shaping the futur e of information and\ncommunications technology. She has received the outs tanding service award from the IEEE ComSoc Signal Processing and Communica tions Electronics\ntechnical committee\, the outstanding service award fro m the IEEE ComSoc Women in Communications Engineering Standing Committee\, and the\nIEEE ComSoc/KICS Exemplary Global Service award.\n\nVirtual: htt ps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491369 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491369 ORGANIZER:kit@ieee.org SEQUENCE:18 SUMMARY:Dr Ana Garcia Armada: On the way towards immersive Communications: Careers in Technology URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491369 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Professor Ana Garc ia Armada\, PhD Careers in Technology</strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" s tyle="line-height: 115%\; mso-pagination: none\; tab-stops: 78.0pt\;"><str ong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-b idi-font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 115%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-s erif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-lat in\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\; color: black\; mso-themecolor: tex t1\;">Affiliation: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid\, Spain</span></strong ></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\;" ><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Cali bri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-fon t: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\; color: black\; mso-the mecolor: text1\;">Talk Title: </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" s tyle="font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: #222222\; background: wh ite\;">On the way towards immersive communications &ndash\; from the PHY t o the end-to-end system</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: #222 222\; background: white\;">&nbsp\;<img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org /vtools_ui/media/display/02a4b41c-09db-43cf-9da4-3e9a767f696b"></span></st rong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-fam ily: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: #222222\; background: white\;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi -font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 115%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-seri f\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\ ; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\; color: black\; mso-themecolor: text1\ ;">Name: Professor Ana Garcia Armada</span></strong>\, PhD</span></strong> </p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%\; mso-pagination: none \; tab-stops: 78.0pt\;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\;"><sp an lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 115%\; fo nt-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso -hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\; color: black\; mso-themecolor: text1\;">Live Talk Abstract:</span></strong></p>\ n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left\;"><span lang="EN-GB" style= "font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: #222222\; background: white\; ">The evolution of mobile communications towards 6G will enable new applic ations and services that will require a new radio interface&nbsp\;</span>< span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: #2222 22\; background: white\;">to meet new and challenging key performance indi cators (KPIs). It is expected to work ubiquitously in all types of environ ments\, including some challenging ones that were not fully covered by 5G. If we aim at fully immersive communications\, what new requirements do we have for the waveform and the way the radio resources are organized? Thes e have an enormous impact on the achievability of the KPIs and the ubiquit ous provision of mobile services.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style=" text-align: left\;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans -serif\;">The talk will start by presenting the main new features of 5G ne tworks that are producing a substantial leap in the technology\, enabling virtual and augmented reality (XR) services. With the example of AMATISTA\ , a project that is offering immersive music therapy based on virtual real ity in a nursing home\, the status of the technology will be presented. Fu rther developments in projects dealing with XR will be explained\, summari zing the current state of the art and what is missing\, that 6G should ach ieve. </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left\;"><span l ang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: #222222\; b ackground: white\;">Waveforms and the way radio resources are organized ha ve a major impact on the viability of these KPIs. Then\, the talk examines some of the possible solutions for the physical layer of next generation radio access\, with a focus on the waveforms and signaling structure requi red for channel estimation\, looking at a joint optimisation of the commun ications and sensing that the new applications are requiring.</span></p>\n <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%\; mso-pagination: none\; tab -stops: 78.0pt\;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\; l ine-height: 115%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-fo nt: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin\; color: black\; mso-themecolor: text1\; mso-bidi-font-weight : bold\;">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115 %\; mso-pagination: none\; tab-stops: 78.0pt\;"><strong style="mso-bidi-fo nt-weight: normal\;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\ ; line-height: 115%\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme -font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-theme-fo nt: minor-latin\; color: black\; mso-themecolor: text1\;">Brief bio</span> </strong></p>\n<pre style="text-align: justify\;"><span lang="EN-GB" style ="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-langua ge: EN-GB\;">Ana Garcia Armada is an IEEE Fellow. She is currently a Profe ssor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid\, Spain\, where she has served in a variety of management <br>positions (Head of Signal Theory and Communic ations Department\, Vice-dean of Electrical Engineering\, Deputy Vice-Chan cellor of International Relations). <br>She is leading the Communications Research Group at this university. She has been a visiting scholar at Stan ford University\, Bell Labs and <br>University of Southampton. She has par ticipated and coordinated a large number of national and international res earch projects as well as <br>contracts with the industry. She is the co-a uthor of eight book chapters on wireless communications and signal process ing. She has published more <br>than 250 papers in international journals and conference proceedings and she holds six granted patents. She is servi ng on the editorial board of <br>IEEE Open Journal of the Communications S ociety (Associate Editor in Chief since 2024) and ITU Journal on Future an d Evolving Technologies. <br>She is the Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Signal Pr ocessing and Computing for Communications technical committee and the Vice President of <br>Member and Global Activities of IEEE ComSoc. She has bee n awarded the third place Bell Labs Prize for shaping the future of inform ation and <br>communications technology. She has received the outstanding service award from the IEEE ComSoc Signal Processing and Communications El ectronics <br>technical committee\, the outstanding service award from the IEEE ComSoc Women in Communications Engineering Standing Committee\, and the <br>IEEE ComSoc/KICS Exemplary Global Service award.</span></pre> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR