大会回顾 | 第三届智能超表面技术论坛之国际视野

Prof.Ertugrul Basar

IEEE ETI-RIS, Chair.

Koç University,Professor

Biography:

Prof. Ertugrul Basar received his Ph.D. degree from Istanbul Technical University in 2013. He is a Full Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, and the Department Chair. He is the founding director of the Communications Research and Innovation Laboratory (CoreLab). He had visiting positions at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (2022, Mercator Fellow) and Princeton University, USA (2011-2012, Visiting Research Collaborator). His primary research interests include 6G and beyond wireless networks, communication theory and systems, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, software-defined radio implementations, waveform design, physical layer security, and deep learning and signal processing for communications. He is the author/co-author of around 180 international journal publications and 16 patents that received more than 15,000 citations. He also supervised 5 PhD and 18 master’s students. He is an Associate Member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). In recognition of his outstanding contributions to physical-layer design for next-generation wireless networks, Prof. Basar was elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2023, becoming one of the youngest IEEE Fellows of Turkey at the age of 37. He is also a Fellow of theAsia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) and the Artificial Intelligence Industry Academy (AIIA). Recently, Dr. Basar has been selected as an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer for the Class of 2024-2025.

Speech Topic:

Recent Advances in the Practical Implementation of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Abstract:

This short talk will mainly summarize our recent efforts in practically implementing reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) at different bands and environments. We will particularly show the promising potential of the RIS technology in improving the signal quality and even the secrecy of mobile users, along with our new practical results on RIS identification. A quick overview of our recent theoretical research efforts in this domain will also be presented.

Dr.Dinh-Thuy Phan Huy

Biography:

Dr. Dinh-Thuy PHAN HUY is currently the Referent of Orange Expertise/Future Networks community of experts in Orange Innovation/Networks entity. She is also a research project manager on Backscattering technologies for future networks. She received the degree in engineering from Supelec, in 2001, and the Ph.D. degree in electronics and telecommunications from the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Rennes, France, in 2015. In 2001, she joined France Telecom R&D (now Orange Innovation), Châtillon, France. She has contributed to and led several collaborative research projects on 5G. She is co-inventor of more than 40 patents. She is the recipient of the “Prix Irène Joliot Curie 2018 – catégorie Femme-Recherche-Entreprise” from the French Ministry of Education and Research. She is an IEEE senior member. Her research interests include wireless communications and 6G. She is currently involved in Hexa-x EU II project on 6G on Zero-Energy Device. She has been workpackage leader on sustainability and security), in RISE-6G EU project (2021-2023) on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces. She is in the IEEE Emerging Technology Initiative on RIS (as industry liaison officer) and in the ETSI ISG RIS. She is the first Orange Fellow.

Speech Topic:

Reconfigurable Intelligent Sustainable Environments for 6G Wireless Networks (RISE-6G) Project:lessons learnt on RIS deployment and architecture aspects

Abstract:

The European RISE-6G project (2021-2023) has studied RIS technology for 6G, from theoretical aspects to deployment and standardisation aspects, thanks to a mixed consortium of Academics, Network Operators, Industrial Verticals and network and RIS equipment manufacturers. In this talk, we expose the lessons learnt on RIS deployment and architecture aspects, from a network operator perspective.

Prof.Emil Björnson

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, Full Professor

Biography:

Emil Björnson received the M.S. degree in engineering mathematics from Lund University, Sweden, in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree in telecommunications from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, in 2011. From 2012 to 2014, he was a post-doc at the Alcatel-Lucent Chair on Flexible Radio, SUPELEC, France. From 2014 to 2021, he held different professor positions at Linköping University, Sweden. In 2020-2021, he was a part-time Visiting Full Professor at the KTH. From 2022, he is a tenured Full Professor of Wireless Communication at KTH.
He has authored the textbooks Optimal Resource Allocation in Coordinated Multi-Cell Systems (2013), Massive MIMO Networks: Spectral, Energy, and Hardware Efficiency (2017), and Foundations of User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO (2021). He is dedicated to reproducible research and has made a large amount of simulation code publicly available. He performs research on MIMO communications, radio resource allocation, machine learning for communications, and energy efficiency. He has been on the Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions on Communications since 2017. He has been a member of the Online Editorial Team of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications since 2020. He has been an Area Editor in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine since 2021. He has also been a guest editor of multiple special issues.
He has performed MIMO research for 15 years, his papers have received more than 16000 citations, and he has filed more than twenty patent applications. He is a host of the podcast Wireless Future and has a popular YouTube channel with the same name. He is an IEEE Fellow, a Wallenberg Academy Fellow, a Digital Futures Fellow, and an SSF Future Research Leader. He has received the 2014 Outstanding Young Researcher Award from IEEE ComSoc EMEA, the 2015 Ingvar Carlsson Award, the 2016 Best Ph.D. Award from EURASIP, the 2018 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications, the 2019 EURASIP Early Career Award, the 2019 IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize, the 2019 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Best Column Award, the 2020 Pierre-Simon Laplace Early Career Technical Achievement Award, the 2020 CTTC Early Achievement Award, and the 2021 IEEE ComSoc RCC Early Achievement Award. He also co-authored papers that received Best Paper Awards at the conferences, including WCSP 2009, the IEEE CAMSAP 2011, the IEEE SAM 2014, the IEEE WCNC 2014, the IEEE ICC 2015, and WCSP 2017.

Speech Topic:

What are the Promising Use Cases for RIS in 6G Networks?

Abstract:

The upper mid-band frequencies (i.e., 7-24 GHz) are regarded as the golden bands for the sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication systems, combining good coverage, much new spectrum, and many antennas in compact form factors. The first 6G networks will most likely use this band. There is much prior work on channel modeling, coexistence, and possible implementation scenarios in these bands. On the other hand, the use of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) has not yet been examined in these bands, even if this transformative technology has generally garnered considerable attention in recent years for its ability to enhance spectral efficiency, coverage, and reliability of wireless channels. There are significant frequency-specific challenges related to RIS deployment, use cases, number of required elements, channel estimation, and control. These are previously unaddressed for the upper mid-band. In this paper, we aim to bridge this gap by exploring various use cases, including RIS-assisted fixed wireless access (FWA), enhanced capacity in mobile communications, and increased reliability at the cell edge. We identify the conditions under which RIS can provide major benefits and optimal strategies for deploying RIS to enhance the performance of 6G upper mid-band communication systems.