BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Rome BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260617T100849Z UID:C0BEDB94-5FB9-4081-9B03-D88E79162764 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260720T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260720T123000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE ComSoc Italy Chapter Distinguished Lecture Tour\n\nSpeaker : Prof. Lina Mohjazi (IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer)\n\nTitle of Talk : Towards Zero-Touch 6G Networks: RIS\, AI-Native Intelligence\, and Proac tive Wireless Decision Making\n\nAbstract: The vision of 6G extends far be yond enhanced connectivity\, aiming to enable fully autonomous\, intellige nt\, and adaptive wireless ecosystems capable of supporting mission-critic al services\, immersive applications\, and massive machine-type communicat ions. Achieving this vision requires a paradigm shift from conventional re active network operation toward zero-touch networks that can sense\, learn \, reason\, and make decisions with minimal human intervention. This talk explores the convergence of sensing\, communication\, and intelligence as the foundation of future zero-touch 6G networks. It highlights how distrib uted intelligence\, AI-native architectures\, and real-time environmental awareness can transform wireless systems into proactive and self-optimizin g infrastructures. The lecture will discuss emerging techniques for proact ive mobility and handover management\, intelligent IoT data collection\, a nd federated learning frameworks that enable scalable and privacy-preservi ng network intelligence across highly distributed environments. The talk w ill further examine the role of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) in enabling programmable wireless environments capable of dynamically adap ting propagation conditions to enhance coverage\, reliability\, and energy efficiency. Practical considerations\, including scalability\, sustainabi lity\, trustworthiness\, and implementation challenges\, will also be disc ussed in the context of next-generation wireless systems. By bridging adva nces in AI\, sensing\, and wireless communications\, this lecture presents a holistic perspective on the evolution toward autonomous 6G ecosystems a nd outlines key research directions shaping the future of intelligent conn ectivity.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Poytechnic of Milan\n\nSpeaker(s): Lina Mohj azi\n\nRoom: Sala Riunioni PT3\, Bldg: 20\, Dipartimento di Elettronica\, Informazione e Bioingegneria\, Via Giuseppe Ponzio\, 34\, Milano\, Lombard ia\, Italy\, 20133 LOCATION:Room: Sala Riunioni PT3\, Bldg: 20\, Dipartimento di Elettronica\, Informazione e Bioingegneria\, Via Giuseppe Ponzio\, 34\, Milano\, Lombar dia\, Italy\, 20133 ORGANIZER:daniele.tarchi@unifi.it SEQUENCE:26 SUMMARY:Towards Zero-Touch 6G Networks: RIS\, AI-Native Intelligence\, and Proactive Wireless Decision Making URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/562109 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>IEEE ComSoc Italy Chapter Distingu ished Lecture Tour</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Speaker:</strong> Prof. Lina M ohjazi (IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer)</p>\n<p><strong>Title of Talk: </strong> Towards Zero-Touch 6G Networks: RIS\, AI-Native Intelligence\, a nd Proactive Wireless Decision Making</p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> T he vision of 6G extends far beyond enhanced connectivity\, aiming to enabl e fully autonomous\, intelligent\, and adaptive wireless ecosystems capabl e of supporting mission-critical services\, immersive applications\, and m assive machine-type communications. Achieving this vision requires a parad igm shift from conventional reactive network operation toward&nbsp\;<em>ze ro-touch networks</em> that can sense\, learn\, reason\, and make decision s with minimal human intervention. This talk explores the convergence of s ensing\, communication\, and intelligence as the foundation of future zero -touch 6G networks. It highlights how distributed intelligence\, AI-native architectures\, and real-time environmental awareness can transform wirel ess systems into proactive and self-optimizing infrastructures. The lectur e will discuss emerging techniques for proactive mobility and handover man agement\, intelligent IoT data collection\, and federated learning framewo rks that enable scalable and privacy-preserving network intelligence acros s highly distributed environments. The talk will further examine the role of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) in enabling programmable wire less environments capable of dynamically adapting propagation conditions t o enhance coverage\, reliability\, and energy efficiency. Practical consid erations\, including scalability\, sustainability\, trustworthiness\, and implementation challenges\, will also be discussed in the context of next- generation wireless systems. By bridging advances in AI\, sensing\, and wi reless communications\, this lecture presents a holistic perspective on th e evolution toward autonomous 6G ecosystems and outlines key research dire ctions shaping the future of intelligent connectivity.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR