Eyes in the Sky: Extending the Connectivity and Sensing Performance of 6G Networks with Autonomous Robots

#Sensing/localization #6G #wireless #KPIs #flying-radios #autonomous-navigation #autonomous-robots #active-learning
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The Montreal Chapter of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, in collaboration with STARaCom, cordially invites you to attend the following talk to be given (in presence) at McGill University by Prof. David Gesbert, Director of EURECOM (Sophia Antipolis, France, www.eurecom.fr).


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  • Date: 10 Jun 2025
  • Time: 06:00 PM UTC to 07:00 PM UTC
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  • 3480 University
  • Montreal, Quebec
  • Canada H3A 0E9
  • Building: McConnell Engineering
  • Room Number: 603
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  • Prof. Benoit Champagne, ECE Department, McGill University, Montreal
    Co-sponsored by STARaCom

  • Starts 14 May 2025 04:00 AM UTC
  • Ends 10 June 2025 04:00 AM UTC
  • No Admission Charge

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Prof. David Gesbert

Topic:

Eyes in the Sky: Extending the Connectivity and Sensing Performance of 6G Networks with Autonomous Robots

Abstract: Extended connectivity and high accuracy sensing/localization are two important ones among the expected KPIs of next generation wireless networks.  The use of flying radio equipment towards extending connectivity is already well documented, but as it is much less known, it can also provide unique sensing capability. Whether for relaying, mapping, detection or localization purposes, in-network flying robots provide a formidable advantage over fixed terrestrial radio infrastructure due to inherent ability to self-navigate intelligently in 3D across meaningful locations. As we show in this presentation, flying to where better data can be collected is a concept borrowed from so-called "active learning" in robotics which can be successfully applied to wireless networking. This talk will review theoretical challenges as well as some recent algorithmic results, illustrated with real-life experiments leveraging the OpenAirInterface open-source 5G software framework developed by EURECOM teams.

Biography:

Prof. David Gesbert (Fellow, IEEE)  is serving as Dean and Director of EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France (www.eurecom.fr). He received the Ph.D. degree from TelecomParis, France, in 1997. From 1997 to 1999, he was with the Information Systems Laboratory, Stanford University. He was a founding engineer of Iospan Wireless Inc., a Stanford spin off pioneering MIMO-OFDM (currently Intel). Before joining EURECOM in 2004, he was with the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. He has published about 350 articles and 25 patents, 7 of them winning  IEEE Best paper awards. He has been the Technical Program Co-Chair for ICC2017 and has been named a Thomson-Reuters Highly Cited Researchers in computer science.  He is a Board Member for the OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Alliance. He was a previous awardee of an ERC Advanced Grant in the area of future networks. In 2020, he was also awarded funding by the French Interdisciplinary Institute on Artificial Intelligence for a Chair in the area of AI for the future IoT. In 2021, he received the Grand Prix in Research jointly from IMT and the French Academy of Sciences

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Address:EURECOM, , Sophia Antipolis, France