BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260505T142549Z UID:FB58A84B-D3DB-4C38-A800-94F2296B3A16 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T140000 DESCRIPTION:CREATE TRAVERSAL\, SITE-CAV and Lunch&Learn series of IEEE Youn g Professionals Ottawa is taking it to the sky! Join us as Prof. Cicek Cav dar from KTH Sweden\, a leading expert in the field\, presents state-of-th e art research and the upcoming challenges in satellite communications and 6G.\n\nCome for the learning and stay for the community! We will serve lu nch\, Turkish coffee and other treats following the presentation.\n\n6G fo r Connected Sky: From LEO Mega-Constellations to Airspace Communications\n \nAbstract: Future 6G systems will extend across terrestrial\, aerial\, an d non-terrestrial platforms to support seamless\, resilient\, and intellig ent connectivity for users in the sky\, on the ground\, and in remote area s. In this talk\, I will present our recent work toward this vision of 6G for Connected Sky\, covering three main research directions: (i) design an d resource allocation in LEO mega-constellations\, including handover mana gement\, Open RAN architectures\, interference\, and hybrid terrestrial-sa tellite networking\; (ii) satellite-assisted IoT and edge intelligence\, w here learning-based methods support data collection and task offloading in highly dynamic environments\; and (iii)airspace communications\, includin g UAV connectivity\, reliability\, sensing\, and spectrum/regulatory chall enges in integrated 3D networks. Together\, these works highlight how futu re connectivity must be designed jointly across communication architecture \, mobility\, compute\, and intelligence to enable reliable and scalable 6 G services for the connected sky.\n\nBio: Cicek Cavdar is a Full Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Sweden\, where she serves as Vice Head of the Department of Communication Systems and Founding Director of S MART-6GSAT\, Sweden’s first national 6G satellite communications center. She leads the Intelligent Network Systems research group and works on AI- native and cloud-native network design and orchestration\, with a focus on cell-free massive MIMO\, integrated sensing and communications\, drone co mmunications\, and the convergence of terrestrial and non-terrestrial netw orks. Her research addresses the trade-off between resiliency and energy e fficiency through an end-to-end perspective spanning cloud\, transport\, a nd radio access networks. She has led major EU academia–industry initiat ives\, including 6G-SKY and RAI-6Green\, and previously coordinated AI4Gre en\, which received the 2024 EUREKA Innovation Award and Celtic Excellence Award. Her team received the Scientific Excellence Best Paper Award at AS MS/SPSC 2025 for work on disaggregated RAN in space and handover managemen t in LEO mega-constellations. Professor Cavdar has authored more than 160 publications\, holds several patents\, and serves on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and IEEE Transactions on G reen Communications and Networking. She is also an active organizer\, edit or\, and keynote speaker in the areas of 6G\, AI-native networks\, green c ommunications\, and non-terrestrial networks.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Smart Co nnected Vehicles Innovation Centre (SCVIC) and the Next Generation Communi cations and Computing Networks Lab (NEXTCON)\n\nSpeaker(s): Cicek\, \n\nAg enda: \n- Introductions\n- Talk by Prof. Cicek Cavdar\n- Lunch and network ing\n\nBldg: Hub 350\, 350 Legget Dr\, Smart Connected Vehicles Innovation Centre\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada\, K2K 3N1 LOCATION:Bldg: Hub 350\, 350 Legget Dr\, Smart Connected Vehicles Innovatio n Centre\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada\, K2K 3N1 ORGANIZER:irembor@ieee.org SEQUENCE:355 SUMMARY:6G for Connected Sky: From LEO Mega-Constellations to Airspace Comm unications URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/555392 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>CREAT E TRAVERSAL\, SITE-CAV and Lunch&amp\;Learn series of IEEE Young Professio nals Ottawa is taking it to the sky! Join us as </strong><strong>Prof. Cic ek Cavdar from KTH Sweden\, a leading expert in the field\, presents state -of-the art research and the upcoming challenges in satellite communicatio ns and 6G.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>Co me for the learning and stay for the community! We will serve lunch\, Turk ish coffee and other treats following the presentation.</strong></p>\n<p s tyle="text-align: center\;"><strong>6G for Connected Sky: From LEO Mega-Co nstellations to Airspace Communications</strong></p>\n<p><span style="text -decoration: underline\;">Abstract: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt\;" >Future 6G systems will extend across terrestrial\, aerial\, and non-terre strial platforms to support seamless\, resilient\, and intelligent connect ivity for users in the sky\, on the ground\, and in remote areas. In this talk\, I will present our recent work toward this vision of</span><span st yle="font-size: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><str ong>6G for Connected Sky</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">\, covering three main research directions:</span><span style="font-size: 12 pt\;">&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>(i)</strong></ span><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">design and resource allocation in LEO mega-constellations\, inclu ding handover management\, Open RAN architectures\, interference\, and hyb rid terrestrial-satellite networking\;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\ ;">&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>(ii)</strong></sp an><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-size: 1 2pt\;">satellite-<wbr>assisted IoT and edge intelligence\, where learning- based methods support data collection and task offloading in highly dynami c environments\; and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;</span>< span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>(iii)</strong></span><span style="f ont-size: 12pt\;">airspace communications\, including UAV connectivity\, r eliability\, sensing\, and spectrum/regulatory challenges in integrated 3D networks. Together\, these works highlight how future connectivity must b e designed jointly across communication architecture\, mobility\, compute\ , and intelligence to enable reliable and scalable 6G services for the con nected sky.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p>< span style="text-decoration: underline\;">Bio:</span>&nbsp\;<span style="f ont-size: 12pt\;">Cicek Cavdar is a Full Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology\, Sweden\, where she serves as Vice Head of the Department o f Communication Systems and Founding Director of SMART-6GSAT\, Sweden&rsqu o\;s first national 6G satellite communications center. She leads the Inte lligent Network Systems research group and works on AI-native and cloud-na tive network design and orchestration\, with a focus on cell-free massive MIMO\, integrated sensing and communications\, drone communications\, and the convergence of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks.&nbsp\;</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Her research addresses the trade-off betwe en resiliency and energy efficiency through an end-to-end perspective span ning cloud\, transport\, and radio access networks. She has led major EU a cademia&ndash\;industry initiatives\, including 6G-SKY and RAI-6Green\, an d previously coordinated AI4Green\, which received the 2024 EUREKA Innovat ion Award and Celtic Excellence Award. Her team received the Scientific Ex cellence Best Paper Award at ASMS/SPSC 2025 for work on disaggregated RAN in space and handover management in LEO mega-constellations.&nbsp\;</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Professor Cavdar has authored more than 16 0 publications\, holds several patents\, and serves on the editorial board s of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking. She is also an active organizer\, ed itor\, and keynote speaker in the areas of 6G\, AI-native networks\, green communications\, and non-terrestrial networks.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> <br /><br />Agenda: <br /><ul>\n<li>Introductions</li>\n<li>Talk by Prof. Cicek Cavdar</li>\n<li>Lunch and networking</li>\n</ul> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR