W1: 2nd IEEE Workshop on B5G/6G support for space/air/ground/marine/submarine cooperative, connected, and autonomous vehicles (CCAVs)
Co-organizer: Faouzi Bouali, Coventry University, United Kingdom
Co-organizer: Zilong Liu, University of Essex, United Kingdom
Co-organizer: Haeyoung Lee, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Keynote Speaker: Gilberto Berardinelli, Aalborg University, Denmark
Keynote Speaker: Alessandro Vanelli Coralli, Università di Bologna, Italy
Abstract: Cooperative, connected, and autonomous vehicles (CCAVs) have attracted tremendous research attention from both academia and industry, aiming at delivering a “society in motion” featured with unprecedented travel experience and significantly enhanced traffic efficiency and safety. The potential of the fifth generation (5G) of mobile networks to support CCAVs has been established from numerous seminal studies and field trials. From an initial interest in the ground segment to a new trend in exploring other domains (e.g., space, air and water), CCAVs have been pivotal to enable ubiquitous, seamless, and scalable mobility. In this context, the aim of this workshop is to assess the capabilities of beyond 5G (B5G) and sixth generation (6G) mobile networks to support CCAVs across all possible (i.e., space, air, ground, marine and submarine) segments. First, the workshop will identify the gaps of the existing 5G solutions in supporting the cooperation, connectivity, and autonomy elements of CCAVs. Second, the workshop will disseminate the latest findings and solutions assessing the capabilities of future B5G/6G networks in filling those gaps arising from a variety of CCAV use cases. Third, the workshop will analyse and discuss pressing challenges and future trends in the development, testing and deployment of CCAVs from various perspectives, including new algorithms, metrics, tools, and materials.
Workshop 1 program can be found here: https://sites.google.com/view/vtc23-fall-5g-b5g-ccav-wkshp/.
Co-organizer bios:
Faouzi Bouali:
Dr. Faouzi Bouali is an Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Next-generation Communications and Networking with the Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility (ICGFM), Coventry University (CU), UK. He received his PhD in Signal Theory and Communications with distinction (cum laude)) from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain in 2013. Since 2009, he been an active member of various research projects funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (i.e., 5G-HEART, 5GENESIS and SPEED-5G), the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (i.e., FARAMIR, OneFIT and HELP), the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS), and BT Research, UK. He is currently CU’s Principal Investigator on the ongoing BEACON-5G project (£1,57 million), funded by DCMS in the context of the Open UK Future RAN (FRAN) competition. From 2019 to 2021, he served as the Technical Manager (TM) of the Automotive vertical of the Horizon 2020 5G-HEART project (14.3 M€), investigating and trialling the capability of 5G systems to support advanced Automotive use cases. During the same period, he served as an active member of the Technology Board (TB) of the 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5G PPP) and its Automotive and Pre-standards Working Groups (WGs). From 2015 to 2019, he led the BT/5GIC research collaboration on efficient radio access technology (RAT) selection and end-to-end (E2E) network slicing. His research interests span the field of communications and networking with a specific focus on architectural innovations for next-generation networks (e.g., network slicing, Open RAN, and multi-access edge computing (MEC)), 5G/6G experimental research and testbeds, connected and automated industries, advanced radio resource management (RRM), and quality of service/experience (QoS/QoE) provisioning in heterogeneous and cognitive networks (Faouzi Bouali | LinkedIn).
Zilong Liu:
Dr. Zilong Liu is with the School of Computer Science and Electronics Engineering, University of Essex. He received his PhD (2014) from School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU, Singapore), Master Degree (2007) in the Department of Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University (China), and Bachelor Degree (2004) in the School of Electronics and Information Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST, China). From Jan. 2018 to Nov. 2019, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Communication Systems (ICS), Home of the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC), University of Surrey, during which he studied the air-interface design of 5G communication networks (e.g., machine-type communications, V2X communications, 5G New Radio). Prior to his career in UK, he spent nine and half years in NTU, first as a Research Associate (Jul. 2008 to Oct. 2014) and then a Research Fellow (Nov. 2014 to Dec. 2017). His PhD thesis “Perfect- and Quasi- Complementary Sequences”, focusing on fundamental limits, algebraic constructions, and applications of complementary sequences in wireless communications, has settled a few long-standing open problems in the field. His research lies in the interplay of coding, signal processing, and communications, with a major objective of bridging theory and practice as much as possible. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, and IEEE Access. He was a Track Co-Chair on Networking and MAC of IEEE PIMRC’2023. He was the Hosting General Co-Chair of the 10th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Design and its Applications in Communications (IWSDA’2022) and a TPC Co-Chair of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS’2020). He was a tutorial speaker of VTC-Fall’2021 and APCC’2021 on Code-Domain NOMA. He was a Consultant to the Japanese government on 6G assisted autonomous driving in 2023. Details of his research can be found at: https://sites.google.com/site/zilongliu2357.
Haeyoung Lee:
Dr. Haeyoung Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Wireless Communication at the School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire. She also holds the position of Visiting Researcher at the 5G/6G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey. Her academic journey commenced with the successful completion of her PhD from the Centre for Communication System Research (CCSR) at the University of Surrey in 2015. Even before pursuing her doctoral studies, she worked as a Research Engineer at Samsung Electronics in Korea, where she contributed to the development of a mobile internet platform for CDMA systems. Continuing her trajectory in the realm of communications, she served as a spectrum regulator at the national Radio Research Agency in the Ministry of Information and Communication, Korea. After the completion of her PhD, she transitioned to academia as a Senior Research Fellow with the Institute of Communication Systems, the home of 5G/6G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey. Throughout her career, she has participated in several ground-breaking research projects funded by the European Commission, including OneFit, Speed-5G, Clear5G, 5G-HEART and Dedicat6G. She has served a TPC Co-Chair of the IEEE ICOIN (Int’l Conference on Information Networking) since 2023.
Deadlines:
Paper submission deadline: August 28, 2023
Acceptance notification: September 03, 2023
Final paper submission deadline:September 09, 2023
To submit a paper, please visit: https://vtc2023f-rr-wks.trackchair.com/track/2203