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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, CTO, Ericsson](/4add56/assets/local/qbank/2023/11/28/hires_rvs-erik-ekudden-2019-1391464c05b3a0501ebb8c46dbea39162e2cb4.jpg)
Erik Ekudden
Chief Technology Officer, Ericsson
![Robert Soni](/48ebbd/assets/local/qbank/2024/01/16/robert-soni-17241335011951622dff46f886ffbdb452a5e7.jpg)
Robert Soni
Vice President, RAN Technology, AT&T
Event speakers
![Tommaso Balercia](/48fd00/assets/local/qbank/2024/02/02/tommaso-balercia-172859557c41f1b329fa707a3272088ec55e54.jpg)
Tommaso Balercia
Principal Architect, Nvidia
![Sanjay Shakkottai](/48ed49/assets/local/qbank/2024/01/18/shakkottai-sanjay-1724431af820f0c606b0770baafc0fcb7ce6ef.jpg)
Sanjay Shakkottai
Professor, UT Austin
![Tingfang Ji](/48ee2a/assets/local/qbank/2024/01/18/tingfang-ji-172444d81dba7e90b33d120ed58a67fdd1af44.jpg)
Tingfang Ji
Head of the Flagship 5G Research Program, Qualcomm
![Wei Yu, University of Toronto](/4934ef/assets/local/qbank/2024/03/05/wei-yu-17508259af713c40bbea655886ed30836a0436.jpg)
Wei Yu
Professor, University of Toronto
Panelists
![Austin Bonner](/48f8c3/assets/local/qbank/2024/02/01/austin-bonner-172855f529bce254d7ba37b17bb5a6d21a624c.jpg)
Austin Bonner
Assistant Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology for spectrum and telecom policy
![Ronnie Vasishta](/48eb27/assets/local/qbank/2024/01/16/ronnie-vasishta-172410a91890284f821cd761cdd5d27a216710.jpg)
Ronnie Vasishta
Senior Vice President, Telecom, Nvidia
![Tim O’Shea](/48eb56/assets/local/qbank/2024/01/16/tim-oshea-17241135011951622dff46f886ffbdb452a5e7.jpg)
Tim O’Shea
Founder and CTO, DeepSig
![Kaushik Chowdury](/48eb8d/assets/local/qbank/2024/01/16/kaushik-roy-chowdry-1724128744638c508c38bf9afca4315dafac1e.jpg)
Kaushik Chowdury
Professor, Northeastern University
![Danijela Cabric](/496151/assets/local/qbank/2024/04/04/danijelacabric2018-175720490fcd5bb3f8a7acdbece172bacc3d25.jpg)
Danijela Cabric
Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
![Sridhar Rajagopal](/4964ed/assets/local/qbank/2024/03/28/sridhar-rajagopal-copy-175645f529bce254d7ba37b17bb5a6d21a624c.jpg)
Sridhar Rajagopal
Senior Vice President, Mavenir
![Sundeep Rangan](/496558/assets/local/qbank/2024/03/29/sundeep-rangan-1756541166c33c3f2cc1233d739d3e6a6b282c.jpg)
Sundeep Rangan
Professor New York University Tandon; Associate Director NYU Wireless
Event hosts
![Jeff Andrews](/48ee23/assets/local/qbank/2024/01/17/jeffrey-andrews-172416b4825b849ccd3c90f76697977cc863b6.jpg)
Professor Jeff Andrews
Director, 6G@UT; Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
![Elena Fersman](/4ade2d/assets/local/qbank/2023/11/28/elena-fersman-copy-153152007afb77bc1326c5477578994c2bbfe2.jpg)
Elena Fersman
Head of AI Accelerator, Ericsson
![Professor Todd Humphreys](/48e737/assets/local/qbank/2024/01/15/todd-humphreys-17239306ad5060eeb93c41556cf80363de4a9a.jpg)
Professor Todd Humphreys
WNCG Director, UT Austin
Panel Moderators
![Hyeji Kim](/48ef78/assets/local/qbank/2024/01/18/hyeji-kim-172438beaecf08f21b2d1c9eccde9a1b8519f2.jpg)
Hyeji Kim
Assistant Professor, UT Austin
![Mischa Dohler](/495fdc/assets/local/qbank/2024/04/03/mischadohler_srs_feb2024_v2-175713093f96054ee73d0dcf889a82bdc5ed79.jpg)
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 |