Submission Deadline Extended to 13 March 2025

W12: Fluid Antenna System (FAS) for 6G

Co-Organizer: Kai-Kit Wong, University College London, UK
Co-Organizer: George C. Alexandropoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Co-Organizer: Hao Xu, Southeast University, China
Co-Organizer: Wee Kiat New, University College London, UK

Abstract: The upcoming sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks are expected to provide extremely high capacity, reliability, massive connectivity, and services beyond communications. In compliance with this trend, next-generation reconfigurable antenna (NGRA) technologies have been proposed for enabling flexible and adaptive wireless communications. Fluid antenna system (FAS), representing any software-controllable fluidic, dielectric or conductive structures, such as mechanical liquid-based antennas, radio-frequency (RF) pixel-based antennas, movable antennas, massive array, flexible antenna array, or metasurface, etc., that can re-configure the shape, size, position, orientation, and other radiation characteristics, has been proposed in recent years. Unlike the traditional antenna techniques where multiple antennas are discretely deployed with fixed configurations, the very fine spatial resolution and dynamic shape of FAS enable it to capitalize on the full range of spatial variations and flexabilities, resulting in significantly improved performance. Moreover, recent findings show that FAS is closely related to holographic MIMO system and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). Therefore, interesting discoveries can be obtained to advance the development of FAS from holographic MIMO or RIS and vice versa. FAS also offers a new capability to exploit the spatial opportunity where the interference suffers from deep fades for multiuser communications, leading to new multiple access. This workshop aims to explore the new opportunities and address the unique challenges associated with the application of FAS for 6G. It will serve as a platform for showcasing the latest research, innovations, and practical applications of FAS, thereby facilitating the integration of theoretical knowledge with real-world implementation.

Co-Organizer’s Bios:

Kai-Kit Wong:

Kai-Kit Wong received the BEng, the MPhil, and the PhD degrees, all in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, in 1996, 1998, and 2001, respec-tively. After graduation, he took up academic and research positions at the University of Hong Kong, Lucent Technologies, Bell-Labs, Holmdel, the Smart Antennas Research Group of Stanford University, and the University of Hull, UK. He is Chair in Wireless Communications at the Department of Electronic and Electri-cal Engineering, University College London, UK. His current research centers around 5G and beyond mobile communications. He is a co-recipient of the 2013 IEEE Signal Processing Letters Best Paper Award and the 2000 IEEE VTS Japan Chapter Award at the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference in Japan in 2000, and a few other international best paper awards. He is Fellow of IEEE and IET and is also on the editorial board of several international journals. He served as the Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters between 2020 and 2023.

George C. Alexandropoulos:

George C. Alexandropoulos received the Engineering Diploma, M.A.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering and informatics from the School of Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, in 2003, 2005, and 2010, respectively. He has held senior research positions with various Greek universities and research institutes. He was a Senior Research Engineer and a Principal Researcher with the Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Laboratory, Paris Research Center, Huawei Technologies, France, and the Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, School of Sciences, National and Kapodistrian Univer-sity of Athens (NKUA), Greece, and an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. He has participated and/or technically man-aged more than 15 European Union (EU), international, and Greek research, innovation, and development projects. His research interests include algorithmic design and performance analysis for wireless networks. He has received the Best Ph.D. Thesis award in 2010, the IEEE Communications Society Best Young Profes-sional in Industry Award in 2018, the EURASIP Best Paper Award of Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking in 2021, the IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications in 2021, the Best Paper Award from the IEEE GLOBECOM 2021, the IEEE Communications Society Fred Ellersick Prizes 2023 and 2024, and the IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize 2024.

He is the Chair of the EURASIP Technical Area Committee on Signal Processing for Communications and Networking and a registered Professional Engineer of the Technical Chamber of Greece. He serves as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Frontiers in Communications and Networks, and ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies. He is also a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Communications Society.

Hao Xu:

Hao Xu received the B.S. degree in communication engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree in information and communication engineering with the National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2019. From 2019 to 2021, he worked as an Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Technical University of Berlin, Germany. From 2021 to 2025, he worked as a Marie Curie Individual Fellow at the Department of Electronic and Elec-trical Engineering, University College London, UK. He is currently a professor with the National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. His research interests mainly include communication theory, information theory, mathematical optimization, MIMO systems, and privacy and security. He has been serving as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications since August 2024 and IET Communications since August 2021. He was the recipient of the the 2024 IEEE ISTT Best Paper Award and IEEE MAPE Best Student Paper Award.

Wee Kiat New:

Wee Kiat New received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, M.Eng.Sc in Electrical Engineering from University of Malaya and B.IT in Data Communications and Networking from Multimedia University. He was a visiting researcher at Lancaster University and University of Cyprus. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, UK. His research interests include information theory, optimization, stochastic processes, machine learning, and their applications in emerging areas of communications. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and as a Guest Editor for the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications on Fluid Antenna System and Other Next-Generation Reconfigurable Antenna Systems for Wireless Communications. He was also the TPC co-chair for the 2024 ICC Workshop on Fluid Antenna Systems for 6G. He was the recipient of the 2021 IEEE Malaysia Comsoc/VTS Best Paper Award, the IEEE Malaysia AP/MTT/EMC Best Paper Awards in 2020, 2021, and 2022, the 2024 IEEE ISTT Best Paper Award, and IEEE MAPE Best Student Paper Award.

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