Submission Deadline Extended to 28 March 2025

W17: Workshop on Space-Air-Ground-Sea Integrated Sensing, Computing, and Communications For 6G IoT

Co-Organizer: Xiaoli Chu, The University of Sheffield, UK
Co-Organizer: Bintao Hu, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Co-Organizer: Yuan Gao, Shanghai University, China
Co-Organizer: Jianbo Du, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Abstract: With the explosive growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) services and applications, such as autonomous driving, digital twins, blockchain, VR/AR, industry 4.0, etc. Currently, due to the limited traditional network capacity, the computation capacity limitation of the end user, and the long latency of the backhaul links, the traditional wireless communications systems’ functionalities of mobile sensing, communications, and computation have been designed in isolation. Therefore, reducing the delay and energy consumption of the entire wireless communications system including all the above functionalities is still difficult. Meanwhile, there has been an exponential multiplication of communication systems and paradigms, with their scope enlarging beyond the traditional terrestrial domain to incorporate atmospheric, extraterrestrial, and sub-aqueous realms. The 6G era is poised to revolutionize the existing wireless communications networks through the synergistic integration of mobile sensing, communications and computation of the space-air-ground-sea (SAGS) multiple domains. Different from the existing 5G networks’ capacity increase research, 6G is poised to bring novel distributed architectures according to the SAGS framework to achieve ultra-low latency, ultra-high reliability, and ultra-high-capacity requirements of different IoT applications and services. Participants will gain insight into the foundational principles, current trends, and future directions of 6G-empowered IoT, fostering a comprehensive understanding of their interplay and implications for various industries.

Co-Organizer’s Bios:

Xiaoli Chu:

Xiaoli Chu (Senior Member, IEEE) is a Professor in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield, UK. She received the B.Eng. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from Xi’an Jiao Tong University in 2001 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2005. From 2005 to 2012, she was with the Centre for Telecommunications Research at King’s College London. Xiaoli has coauthored over 200 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, including 8 ESI Highly Cited Papers and the IEEE Communications Society 2017 Young Author Best Paper. She co-authored/co-edited the books ‘Fog-Enabled Intelligent IoT Systems’ (Springer 2020), ‘Ultra Dense Networks for 5G and Beyond’ (Wiley 2019), ‘Heterogeneous Cellular Networks – Theory, Simulation and Deployment’ (Cambridge University Press 2013), and ‘4G Femtocells: Resource Allocation and Interference Management’ (Springer 2013). She is Senior Editor for the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, Editor for the IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, and received the IEEE Communications Letters Exemplary Editor Award in 2018.

Bintao Hu:

Bintao Hu (Member, IEEE) is an Assistant Professor at the School of Internet of Things, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China. He received his B.Eng. degree in telecommunications engineering from Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China, in 2015, M.Sc. degree in Data Communications in 2017 and Ph.D. degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 2022, both from the University of Sheffield, UK. He attended the European Commission Decade project with Ranplan, Barcelona, Spain, in 2018. He received the best paper award in SMC-IoT 2023, the best oral presentation award in IEEE/ACIS ICIS 2023, and the best workshop organization award in SMC-IoT 2023. He served as a Chair/Co-Chair of many workshops of international flagship conferences such as IEEE VTC-Fall 2024, IEEE ICCCN 2024, IEEE RFIT 2024, SMC-IoT 2023, etc. He served as a member of the technical committee for many conferences such as IEEE VTC-Fall 2024, IEEE WCNC 2024, IEEE PIMRC 2024, IEEE VTC-Fall 2023, etc. He also served as a reviewer for many journals and international conferences, such as Vehicular Communications, IEEE VTC-Fall 2023, IEEE VTC-Fall 2019, etc. His current research interests include D2D/V2X/U2X communications, mobile edge computing, Integrated Sensing and Communication, space-air-ground integrated networks, digital twins, federated learning, etc.

Yuan Gao:

Yuan Gao (Member, IEEE) is an Assistant Professor at the School of Communication and Information Engineering, at Shanghai University. He received his B.S. degree from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, in 2013, his M.S. degree from Imperial College London, London, U.K., in 2014, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K., in 2019. He was with Ranplan Wireless Network Design Ltd from 2018 to 2021, when he worked as a wireless engineer to develop a world-leading wireless network design and optimization tool, i.e., Ranplan Professional, that adheres to 3GPP protocols of 5G. He has been working on multiple Euro Union Horizon and innovative UK projects with total funds of over 10 million euros. He joined Shanghai University in 2022 and focuses on the key enabling technologies of 6G, including joint sensing and communication (ISAC), dynamic spectrum management, space-terrestrial integrated networks (STIN) and AI.

Jianbo Du:

Jianbo Du (Senior Member, IEEE) received her Ph.D. in communication and information systems from Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, in 2018. She was a visiting scholar at Carleton University, Canada, in 2019. She is now an associate professor with the School of Communication and Information Engineering, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications. Her research interests include mobile edge computing, blockchain, space-air-ground integrated networks, deep reinforcement learning, optimization theory and methods, etc., and their applications in wireless communications. She has published more than 50 research papers in leading journals and flagship conferences and 6 of them are ESI Top 1% highly cited papers, and her papers have been cited more than 2,500 times on Google Scholar. She was selected as the Top 2% world’s top scientists in 2022-2023. She serves as the editor of IEEE OJVT, the guest editor of IET Communications, etc. She also serves as the TPC chair, session chair, and TPC member of many conferences, and the reviewer for more than 30 leading journals. She has been awarded the excellent reviewer of IEEE TCOM, IEEE TNSE, and IEEE CL in 2021 and 2022.

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