Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker
Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy
Title: Network Digital Twins: from Theory to Practice
Abstract: The keynote will first introduce the concept of Digital Twin, and then focus on its application to communication networks – leading to the concept of Network Digital Twin. The potential applications of the Network Digital Twin will be described, focusing on the impact on Networked Intelligence, Autonomy, Prediction and overall Network Management and Optimization. In the second half of the speech, specific challenges to design and deploy Network Digital Twins will be analyzed, including synchronization and mutual communication. Finally, standardization efforts in ETSI and 3GPP, and future trends will be reviewed.
Bio: Fabrizio Granelli is Full Professor at the Dept. of Information Engineering and Computer Science (DISI) of the University of Trento (Italy). He received the «Laurea» (M.Sc.) and Ph.D. degree from the University of Genoa, Italy, in 1997 and 2001, respectively. He was visiting professor at the State University of Campinas (Brasil) and at the University of Tokyo (Japan). He was IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer for the period 2012-15 and 2021-23 (4 terms), ComSoc Director for Online Content in 2016-17, Delegate for Education at DISI in 2015-2017, IEEE ComSoc Director for Educational Services (2018-19) and IEEE ComSoc Director for Conference Development (2022-23). Prof. Granelli was General Chair or TPC Chair of several prestigious IEEE conferences, such as IEEE Globecom, IEEE NFV-SDN, IEEE CAMAD, and chaired several symposia at IEEE ICC and Globecom. He is Founding Chair of the Aerial Communication Emerging Technology Initiative of IEEE Communications Society and Chair of the IEEE P1954 Standard Working Group. He is author or co-author of more than 300 papers published in international journals, books and conferences. He was Associate Editor in Chief of IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (2017-2022), and Senior Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking.
Keynote Speaker
Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Northeastern University, USA
Title: Language Agents for Software Development!
Abstract: TBD
Bio: Dimitrios Koutsonikolas received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University in August 2010 and worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the same department from September to December 2010. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Northeastern University and a member of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things. Previously, he was in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University at Buffalo (UB), The State University of New York, first as an assistant professor (2011-2016) and then as an associate professor (2017-2020) and Director of Graduate Studies (2018-2020). Dimitrios’ research interests are broadly in experimental wireless networking and mobile computing, with a current focus on 5G and Beyond 5G networks and applications. He received an IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Award in 2019, the UB Teaching Innovation Award in 2018, the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Senior Teacher of the Year Award in 2017 and the Early Career Researcher of the Year Award in 2015, the NSF CAREER Award in 2016, Best Paper Awards in IEEE GLOBECOM 2023, ACM WiNTECH 2022, ACM mmNets 2019, IEEE WCNC 2017, and SENSORCOMM 2007, and a Best Dataset Award in PAM 2021. He has served as general chair for IEEE LANMAN 2024, IEEE WoWMoM 2023, and ACM EWSN 2018, and as TPC chair for IEEE LANMAN 2023, IEEE HPSR 2023, IEEE DCOSS 2022, IEEE WoWMoM 2021, and IFIP Networking 2021, and he has been regularly serving on the TPC of several conferences including ACM MobiCom, ACM IMC, ACM MobiSys, ACM CoNEXT, and IEEE INFOCOM. He is a senior member of the IEEE and the ACM and a member of USENIX.