Doru Calin

Title: Mobile Technology Evolution Towards 6G

Abstract: Every new “G” wireless system brings a significant element of technology disruption that shapes the new radio access and core networks from a fresh angle. In this talk, we will review a few critical elements of the wireless technology evolution for mobile devices towards 6G from a consumer device perspective, combining lessons learned from early 5G deployments with key disruptive technologies for the 6G era. Specific technical areas to be addressed will include mobile technology evolution towards 6G, convergence across compute and communication including AI native design considerations, flexible architecture for distributed computing, device collaborative communications and user device centric networking involving multi-cluster device cloud orchestration. We will also discuss fundamental principles for a 6G sustainable communication system design, as well as opportunities for satellite and terrestrial convergence offering pervasive services.

Bio: Dr. Calin is AVP, Head of the U.S. 6G Wireless Research Center and the Lead Research Scientist, 6G at MediaTek USA. In this role, he leads MediaTek’s advanced research for next generation cellular technologies.

He started his career as a Senior Research Engineer with Motorola Research Labs, Paris, France, before joining Bell Labs in New Jersey. He led the creation and incubation of novel technologies from inception stage to field trials in customer networks and market adoption, and became a Bell Labs Fellow, being recognized ‘for bridging the gap between theory and practice with key innovations at the foundation of the first metro cell products, commercial wireless capacity planning services and network protocols optimization solutions’. He was a Sr. Director and the Edge Cloud Innovation Domain Leader at Nokia Mobile Networks’ CTO, with responsibilities for accelerating innovations in 5G, mobile network virtualization, mobile cloud computing, IoT, and verticals for adding business value to networks. He also spearheaded one of the fastest growing businesses with Nokia Enterprise, as the Head of private wireless networks for digital industries in North America.

Doru holds 37 independent patents awarded in multiple countries and over 100 peer-reviewed publications/tutorials/keynotes. He is the recipient of several awards, including two Bell Labs President’s Gold Awards, four Bell Labs Teamwork Awards, IEEE WCNC 2015 Best Paper Award, and Motorola 3GPP Standard Award. Dr. Calin is an Editorial Board Member of the IEEE Wireless Communications and served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Communications Letters and as an Editorial Board Member of Springer’s Wireless Personal Communications Journal. For the past fourteen years, he has been also serving as an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University in New York City.

Doru received a M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania, and a PhD (High Hons.) in computer systems networking and telecommunications from the Universitė de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.