2023 6GUT Forum
Hosted by 6G@UT and Ericsson, the second annual 6G@UT Forum focused on 6G and Immersive Technologies
In this uniquely insightful forum, leaders from academia and industry shared their ideas on:
- Extended reality (XR) and immersive communication experiences
- Key technical bottlenecks to fully mobile metaverse experiences
- The communication-computation-sensing intersection in 6G
- Metaverse and digital twins: merging the physical and virtual worlds
- How 6G will transcend 5G and current communication networks
Agenda
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8:00 AM Check-in/Breakfast |
The University of Texas at Austin Engineering Education & Research Center (EER) Mulva Auditorium |
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8:45 AM Opening Remarks |
Welcome and Introduction to 6G@UT |
Dean Roger Bonnecaze, Cockrell School of Engineering Professor Jeff Andrews, Director, 6G@UT |
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9:00 AM Keynote |
6G - Taking XR to the Next Level |
Magnus Frodigh, Vice President and Head of Ericsson Research |
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9:45 AM Technical Talk |
Path to 6G and Immersive Experiences |
Karri Kuoppamaki, Senior Vice President, Technology Development and Strategy, T-Mobile |
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10:45 AM Technical Talk |
Towards Perceptually Optimized XR Compression |
Professor Al Bovik, Director of LIVE Lab, 6G@UT, UT Austin |
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11:15 AM Panel |
From 5G to 6G: Redefining the Boundaries of Human Experience with XR and Immersive Services |
Moderator Mischa Dohler,Vice President, Emerging Technologies, Ericsson Panelists Tom Novlan, Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Labs Giampaolo (GP) Tardioli, Vice President, Keysight Aris Papapsakellariou, Vice President, Samsung |
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1:00 PM Poster Session & XR Demos |
6G@UT researchers present their work on a broad array of topics. Select laboratories and attendees offer live demos of the latest in XR technology. |
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2:00 PM Technical Talk |
See What I See: Egocentric Video Understanding and the Future of AR |
Professor Kristen Grauman, Research Director, Meta AI; Professor, University of Texas at Austin |
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2:30 PM Technical Talk |
Scaling the Enterprise Metaverse |
Vishal Shah, GM of AR/VR, Lenovo |
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3:20 PM Technical Talk |
XR Evolution from 5G to 6G |
Hemanth Sampath, VP of Engineering, Qualcomm |
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3:50 PM Panel |
Sensing and Communications for XR Immersion |
Moderator Professor Todd Humphreys, Director of WNCG, UT Austin Panelists Harish Viswanathan, Head of Radio Systems Research, Nokia Bell Labs Geoffrey Bund, CEO of Headwall VR Professor Ahmed AlKhateeb, Wireless Intelligence Laboratory, Arizona State University Professor Ashutosh Sabharwal, Chair of ECE Department, Rice University |
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5:00 PM Reception |
Forum ajourns |
Refreshments provided and discussions continue |
Magnus Frodigh
Vice President and Head of Research, Ericsson
Hemanth Sampath
VP of Engineering, Qualcomm
Vishal Shah
GM of XR & Metaverse, Lenovo
Mischa Dohler
Vice President of Emerging Technologies, Ericsson
Giampaolo Tardioli
Vice President, Keysight Technologies
Karri Kuoppamaki
Senior Vice President, Technology Development and Strategy, T-Mobile
Al Bovik
Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Kristen Grauman
Research Director, Meta AI; Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Ahmed Alkhateeb
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Harish Vishwanathan
Head of Radio Systems Research, Nokia Bell Labs
Geoffrey Bund
CEO, Headwall
Tom Novlan
Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Labs
Jeff Andrews
Director, 6G@UT; Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Todd Humphreys
Director, WNCG; Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Aris Papasakellariou
Vice President for Technology Standardization, Samsung Electronics
Ashutosh Sabharwal
ECE Department Chair, Rice University