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6G@UT Forum
AI/ML in the 6G era
Welcome to the third annual 6G@UT Forum, hosted by 6G@UT and Ericsson!
Leaders from industry, academia, and government, share their ideas on 6G systems and consider the following questions:
- How will Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) change 6G networks, devices, and applications?
- What will be the biggest differences in the 6G network vs. today, and in what ways will it have a big impact?
- Will Deep Learning algorithms and GPUs replace most current modem and networking functions? Which ones? Or is it mostly hype?
- How will AI for 6G be standardized, or will it be mostly invisible from a standardization point of view?
- What new industry players or technologies will we see in 6G?
Opening keynote
Erik Ekudden
Chief Technology Officer, Ericsson
Robert Soni
Vice President, RAN Technology, AT&T
Event speakers
Tommaso Balercia
Principal Architect, Nvidia
Sanjay Shakkottai
Professor, UT Austin
Tingfang Ji
Head of the Flagship 5G Research Program, Qualcomm
Wei Yu
Professor, University of Toronto
Panelists
Austin Bonner
Assistant Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology for spectrum and telecom policy
Ronnie Vasishta
Senior Vice President, Telecom, Nvidia
Tim O’Shea
Founder and CTO, DeepSig
Kaushik Chowdury
Professor, Northeastern University
Danijela Cabric
Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Sridhar Rajagopal
Senior Vice President, Mavenir
Sundeep Rangan
Professor New York University Tandon; Associate Director NYU Wireless
Event hosts
Professor Jeff Andrews
Director, 6G@UT; Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Elena Fersman
Head of AI Accelerator, Ericsson
Professor Todd Humphreys
WNCG Director, UT Austin
Panel Moderators
Hyeji Kim
Assistant Professor, UT Austin
Mischa Dohler
Vice President of Emerging Technologies, Ericsson
Agenda
8:45 AM | Opening remarks | Welcome and introduction to the Forum and 6G@UT | Dr Elena Fersman, Head of AI Accelerator, Ericsson Professor Jeff Andrews, Director, 6G@UT |
9:00 AM | Opening keynote |
On the way to 6G |
Erik Ekudden, CTO Ericsson |
9:45 AM | Talk |
Aerial Digital Twin for 6G RAN |
Tommaso Balercia, Principal Architect, Nvidia |
10.15 AM | Coffee Break | ||
10:45 AM | Talk | Towards a toolkit for configuration management in cellular networks | Professor Sanjay Shakkottai, UT Austin |
11:15 AM | Panel |
6G CTO panel |
Moderator: Panelists |
12.15 PM | Lunch | ||
1:00 PM | Poster and demo session | 6G@UT researchers present their work on a broad array of topics. | |
2:00 PM | Keynote |
Moving to ‘NextG’ - Transitioning to a new ‘CICD’ model |
Robert Soni, Vice President, RAN Technology, AT&T |
2:45 PM | Talk |
How machine learning will revolutionize 6G system design: Air interface, devices, and network operations |
Tingfang Ji, VP of Engineering, Qualcomm |
3:15 PM | PM Coffee Break | ||
3.35 PM | Talk |
Learning for Communications and Sensing |
Professor Wei Yu, University of Toronto |
4:00 PM | Panel | Will ML Transform 6G? |
Moderator Panelists |
5.00 PM | Forum Reception: Refreshments and Discussions continue |