IEEE UK & Ireland ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour

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IEEE UK & Ireland ComSoc is pleased to host a distinguished lecture tour by Prof. Burak.Kantarci. The IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) is one of the most exciting offerings available to the ComSoc Chapter members and non-members.  It connects senior IEEE ComSoc members, who are renowned communications technology experts, with ComSoc chapters so they can share their knowledge, expertise, and insights into the future of communication technology.


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  • University of Glasgow
  • Glasgow, Scotland
  • United Kingdom
  • Building: James Watt South Building
  • Room Number: Creativity Lab (Room 603)
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Burak

Topic:

Semantic Communications and Multimodal LLMs for Connected Vehicles

The explosive growth of connected and autonomous vehicles demands a fundamental rethinking of how data is transmitted, interpreted, and acted upon at the network edge. This talk explores the convergence of semantic communications and multimodal large language models (LLMs) as a transformative paradigm for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks. Rather than transmitting raw data, semantic communication frameworks extract and convey task-relevant meaning, dramatically reducing bandwidth requirements while preserving decision-critical information. We examine how multimodal LLMs can fuse heterogeneous sensor streams to enable context-aware inference and real-time situational awareness in resource-constrained vehicular environments. Open research challenges in latency, reliability, and edge deployment are discussed, with a view toward 6G-enabled intelligent transportation systems.

Biography:

Burak Kantarci is a Full Professor and University Research Chair in AI-enabled Secure Networking for Smart Critical Infrastructures at the University of Ottawa, where he also directs the SCVIC and NEXTCON labs. He holds a Ph.D. from Istanbul Technical University (2009) and has authored 300+ publications. Since 2020, he has been continuously listed among the top-cited scientists in telecommunications, and research.com has ranked him among Canada’s top computer scientists. He received the 2023 IEEE ComSoc Communications Software Technical Achievement Award, the 2024-2025 George S. Glinski Award for Excellence in Research, and a Minister’s Award of Excellence from Ontario (2021). He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Systems Council, and was an ACM Distinguished Speaker (2019-2021). He chaired the IEEE Communications Systems Integration and Modeling Technical Committee (2019-2020) and has served as general/program/track chair for 30+ conferences. He is an Editor of IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials and holds editorial roles at several other journals. He is a senior member of IEEE and ACM.