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:20260928T145103Z UID:4B953FC9-371B-4FCB-91E5-F6E14A0A1683 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T114500 DESCRIPTION:Zoom Link: https://ulaval.zoom.us/j/63462652172?pwd=eGCJwUVVcaJ yJRVt7AJUTbnzbEwGHI.1\n\nAbstract: The emerging low Earth orbit (LEO) mega -constellation networks\, planned to comprise thousands of satellites\, ha ve the potential to connect globally and bridge the long-standing digital divide. This talk will focus on the communications and networking aspects of these mega-constellations and their integration with the terrestrial ne tworks. The talk will investigate associated communication and networking problems\, along with potential remedies such as distributed massive MIMO and high-altitude platform station (HAPS) systems. The talk will conclude with an overview of the open issues and future research directions.\n\nBio : Gunes Karabulut Kurt (Senior Member\, IEEE) received the B.S. degree wit h high honors in electronics and electrical engineering from Bogazici Univ ersity\, Istanbul\, Türkiye\, in 2000\, and the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Ottawa\, Canada\, in 200 2 and 2006\, respectively. She is currently the Canada Research Chair (Tie r 1) at New Frontiers in Space Communications and a Professor at Polytechn ique Montréal\, QC\, Canada. She is the Director of the Poly-Grames Resea rch Center and the Co-Founder and Scientific Director of ASTROLITH\, Trans disciplinary Research Unit of Space Resource and Infrastructure Engineerin g at Polytechnique Montréal. She is also an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University\, Canada. Prior to her current position\, she was a P rofessor at Istanbul Technical University from 2010 to 2021. She is a Mari e Curie Fellow and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.\n\nSpe aker(s): Gunes\n\nRoom: PLT-1120\, Adrien Pouliot Pavilion\, University La val \, 1065 Av. de la Médecine\, Québec\, QC G1V 0A6\, Quebec\, Quebec \, Canada\, G1V 0A6\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/578346 LOCATION:Room: PLT-1120\, Adrien Pouliot Pavilion\, University Laval \, 1 065 Av. de la Médecine\, Québec\, QC G1V 0A6\, Quebec\, Quebec\, Canada\ , G1V 0A6\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/578346 ORGANIZER:md-zoheb.hassan@gel.ulaval.ca SEQUENCE:60 SUMMARY:IEEE Distinguished Lecture: Communications and Networking in LEO Me ga-Constellations URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/578346 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="text-align: center\;"><span style=" color: rgb(230\, 126\, 35)\;"><strong>Zoom Link: &nbsp\;https://ulaval.zoo m.us/j/63462652172?pwd=eGCJwUVVcaJyJRVt7AJUTbnzbEwGHI.1 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</st rong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color: rgb( 230\, 126\, 35)\;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(186\, 55\, 42)\;"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/3934fe24-8fe8- 4622-9594-0deaede5d4d3" width="300" height="300"></span></strong></span></ p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong><span styl e="font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: black\;">Abstract:&nbsp\; </sp an></strong><span style="font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: black\;" >The emerging low Earth orbit (LEO) mega-constellation networks\, planned to comprise thousands of satellites\, have the potential to connect global ly and bridge the long-standing digital divide. This talk will focus on th e communications and networking aspects of these mega-constellations and t heir integration with the terrestrial networks. The talk will investigate associated communication and networking problems\, along with potential re medies such as distributed massive MIMO and high-altitude platform station (HAPS) systems. The talk will conclude with an overview of the open issue s and future research directions.</span></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;">< span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial\, s ans-serif\; color: black\;">Bio: </span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: black\;">Gunes Karabulut Kurt (Senior Member\ , IEEE) received the B.S. degree with high honors in electronics and elect rical engineering from Bogazici University\, Istanbul\, T&uuml\;rkiye\, in 2000\, and the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from t he University of Ottawa\, Canada\, in 2002 and 2006\, respectively. She is currently the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) at New Frontiers in Space Co mmunications and a Professor at Polytechnique Montr&eacute\;al\, QC\, Cana da. She is the Director of the Poly-Grames Research Center and the Co-Foun der and Scientific Director of ASTROLITH\, Transdisciplinary Research Unit of Space Resource and Infrastructure Engineering at Polytechnique Montr&e acute\;al. She is also an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton Universit y\, Canada. Prior to her current position\, she was a Professor at Istanbu l Technical University from 2010 to 2021. She is a Marie Curie Fellow and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.</span></span></p>\n<p>&nb sp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR