Le-Marie V.J. Thompson of Nettadonna

Navigating the Path to a Connected Capital City Information technologies have great potential to improve daily life. How technologies and engineers design and implement these technologies influence adoption. Smart technologies are well-positioned to make substantive improvements in daily life globally. There are lessons for those advocating for these technologies to learn from cities implementing them throughout their jurisdictions. This talk will provide an overview for stakeholders about how cities can put people at the center of smart technology implementation. It provides a specific overview of some of the smart technologies implemented in Washington D.C. Additionally, it provides implications for future smart technology deployments.

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Le-Marie V.J. Thompson is passionate about innovation and its trans-formative effects on local communities. She founded Nettadonna in 2012, a company committed to global stewardship of technology practices that foster responsible management of the world’s resources. She has led the development of innovative technology products and programs, worked with partners across the globe, and successfully executed diversified plans to transform the lives of individuals from marginalized and underserved communities using technology as a tool. Additionally, Thompson is an educator, serving as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland, where she lectures on entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and equitable and inclusive engineering design. In 2014, Thompson was selected by Fast Company as one of the 100 Creative People in Business, as well as in Social Good. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Master of Arts in Communication, Culture, and Technology from Georgetown University.

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Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya of Barak Valley Engineering College

Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) is a crucial service enabled by 5G and emerging 6G/next generation wireless technology, requiring efficient management of both communication and computation tasks to enhance user experience. We demonstrate a comprehensive analytical as well as algorithmic model for offloading these tasks to Road-Side Units (RSUs) and base stations (gNB) depending upon date rates and traffic scenario. Unlike previous studies that have primarily focused on communication offloading, this model also incorporates computation offloading to minimize average packet delay. We propose optimization of offloading probability through a sub-gradient based algorithm. Implementing this model in Guwahati, India can significantly contribute to its development as a smart city by optimizing data traffic management, reducing network congestion, and enhancing the efficiency and reliability of wireless communications within the city. A case study involving different traffic scenarios and the corresponding offloading recommendations as prescribed by the model in the context of Guwahati city in India is also presented.

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A COMPUTATION AND COMMUNICATION OFFLOADING MODEL FOR V2X 5G AND NEXT GEN NETWORKS : COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH PREVIOUS METHODS, BENCHMARKING AND A CASE STUDY IN CONTEXT OF GUWAHATI AS A SMART CITY OF INDIA.

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Dr. Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Barak Valley Engineering College, Karimganj, Govt. of Assam, India. Dr. Bhattacharyya obtained his B.Tech degree (with University Gold Medal) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco Univeristy, Guwahati, Assam in 2013, his M.Tech degree (with First Class, First Position) in Signal Processing and Communication from Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam in 2016 and his Ph.D degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering (with specialization in Wireless Communications) from Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati (IIITG) in 2023. Dr. Bhattacharyya is also presently pursuing his Post Doctoral Research in the area of Physical Layer Cybersecurity for Satellite/Space Networks as a part of his collaboration with two senior professors from University of South Florida, USA and Gauhati University, India. His research areas and interests include Digital Phased Locked Loops, DPLL based Wireless Communications, 5G Millimeter wave communication systems and channel models, 5G/ Next Generation channel modeling and transceiver design, security and computational techniques for 6G/future networks. Dr. Bhattacharyya has a number of publications in different reputed SCI/Scopus indexed journals and also in various IEEE and other esteemed conferences. He is actively associated with various reputed journals (as reviewer and other similar positions) which include the IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Letters on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting etc. Also, Dr. Bhattacharyya is associated as TPC/Organizing Committee Member of various IEEE and other reputed International conferences including the IEEE ComSoc Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS) organized by the California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), Pomona, USA. He has also served as Invited Speaker/Session Chair for various esteemed conferences and events including the IEEE CAS sponsored 13th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Sensor Network (CCSN), Kolkata, India held during September, 2024 and ASIACOMNET 2024 organized by IEEE Thailand Section and IEEE Computer Society Thailand Section.

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Joshua Oshowo of Amazon

Smart Health

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Joshua Oshowo is one of Africa's Foremost Smart Cities Development Consultants with experience of over 10 years in the IT industry. He has consulted for Top brands like Smart City PLC, Atlantic Royal Energy, Floreben Group and so on. He is a serial entrepreneur, founder of Smart City Mall Africa, Smart Teens Global and a host of others. He has a great passion for Smart Cities in Africa and is the Convener of Smart City Trade Fair. He is an Amazon Best Selling Author of Smart Office Checklist. 

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