CONASENSE Workshop 2021

CONASENSE Symposium 2021 – 4th-5th October 2021, Munich, Germany

Organised by Fortiss GmbH, Munich, Germany and CGC, CTIF Global Capsule, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark

 

Organizing Committee:

Ramjee Prasad, CGC, Aarhus University, Denmark

Rute C. Sofia, fortiss GmbH, Munich, Germany

 

Secretary: Paulo Sergio Rufino Henrique, CGC, Aarhus University, Denmark,

Technical team support: Sugandh Huthanally Mohan, fortiss, Germany, Erkan Karabulut, fortiss

Website support: Nisrine Bnouhanna, fortiss, Germany

 

Report

Agenda:

Day 1, October 4th, 2021 (9.30 CET to 17.30 CET)

Time (CET)

Topic

Attendance

9:00-9:30

Registration period

9:30-9:45

Welcome and programme presentation, Rute C. Sofia (fortiss), Ramjee Prasad (CGC)

In person

9:45-10:15

The CONASENSE Vision, Ramjee Prasad, CGC, Aarhus University

In person

10:15-10:30

Harald Rueß, introduction to fortiss, fortiss

In person

10:30-10:50

Coffee-break

Keynote Session I 

Chair: Rute Sofia

10:50-11:10

Connected Smart Lighting to provide IoT Connectivity, Sensing and Positioning, Jean-Paul Linnartz, Signify

remote, NL

11:10-11:30

The Green Wall, Peter Lindgren, CGC, Aarhus University

In person

11:30-11:50

From Cloud-native 5G to 6G Security, Anand Prasad, Wenovator

remote, JP

11:50-13:30

Lunch Break

13:30-15:20

Session I – Communications

Chair: Peter Lindgren

13:30-13:50

Basic considerations on Terahertz communication systems, Werner Mohr, consultant

In person

13:50-14:20

Global 5G Evolution for CONASENSE, Kaneshwaran Govindasamy, Global 5G Evolution

remote, Malaysia

14:20-14:40

The Evolution of the Radio Access Network towards 6G, Vladimir Poulkov, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria

In person

14:40-15:00

Wi-Fi evolution: towards Wi-Fi 7, Valerio Frascolla, Intel labs, Germany

remote, DE

15:00-15:20

The case for 6G, Martijn Kuipers, INESC-INOV, Portugal

Remote, PT

15:20-15:40

The security architecture of 5G networks and how it could evolve towards 6G, Stefan Wevering, Nokia, Germany

In person

15:40-15:50

Coffee Break

15:50-16:50

Panel I: Communications horizon 2030: key research challenges, Chair: Session chair

All Invited speakers of Session I

In person/remote

16:50.-17:30

Keynote Session II  

Chair: Paulo Rufino

16:50-17:10

An Engineering Perspective on the Quantum Optical Communications and Sensing, Kwang-Cheng Chen, University of Florida, USA

Remote, USA

17:10-17.30

How to keep the academic and scientific distance learning for students during the Coronavirus Pandemic, Rodolfo Azevedo, UNIVESP, Brazil

Remote, Brazil

17.30-17:45

Day 1 Closure, Rute Sofia and Ramjee Prasad

In person

19:00

Social Event Dinner (19:00 CET) 


Day 2: October 5th, 2021, 9.30-18:30

Time (CET)

Topic

Attendance

9:30-11:30

Session 2: Navigation & Satellites

Chair: Rute C. Sofia

9:30-9:50

Vision and business perspectives for Non-Terrestrial-Networks, Maria Gupta, ESA

In person

9:50-10:10

Cognitive networking as instant primer of large-scale satellite networks, Paulo Mendes, Airbus

In person

10:10-10:30

Non-terrestrial Networks (NTN): Boosting 6G from the Sky, Tomaso de Cola, DLR

In person

10:30-10:40

Coffee Break

10:40-11:00

A Risk Analysis of CONASENSE Satellite Systems Threats, Homayoun Nikookar, faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy, Netherlands

In person

11:00-12:00

Panel discussion: Satellites in 6G, key research challenges

Chair: Session II chair

All Invited speakers of Session II

In person

12:00-13:30

Lunch Break

13:30-14:30

Session III: Sensing 

Chair: Milica  Pejanović-Djurišić

13:30-13:50

Geolocalization of low complexity and low power consumption IoRT terminals, Ernestina Cianca, Univ Rome

In person

13:50-14:10

Social Media Insights about COVID-19 in Portugal: a social sensing approach, Joao Ferreira, ISCTE-IUL

remote, PT

14:10-14:30

Challenges of machine learning in eVTOL aircraft systems reliability and safety, Marcos A Salvador, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

Remote, Canada

14:30-15:30

Panel Discussion: Sensing key research challenges

Chair: Session III chair

All Invited speakers of Session III

15:30-15:40

Coffee Break

15:40-16:20

Session IV: Services

Chair: Paulo Rufino

15:40-16:00

Applications of AI and AR in the context of Next Generation Communications and Services, Albena Mihovska, Aarhus University, Denmark

In person

16:00-16:20

Building an Agile Co-Innovation Framework for Addressing Emerging Technological Challenges,   Milica Pejanović-Djurišić, University of Montenegro

Remote, Montenegro

16:20-16:40

System Working Principles and Use Cases of Railway Mobile Communication System towards 5G and Beyond, Navin Kumar

remote, India

16:40-17:40

Panel discussion: Services and key aspects to handle

Chair: Session IV chair

All Invited speakers of Session IV

17:40-18:00

Closing Session, Ramjee Prasad and Rute Sofia