Distinguished Keynote Speakers
Plenary addresses by global authorities in 6G wireless systems, information theory, edge AI, and environmental communications.
Opening Keynote Address Prof. Andrea Goldsmith
"Beyond 5G and 6G: Fundamental Limits, Wireless Intelligence, and Sustainable Connectivity"
Lecture Abstract
The exponential growth in connected smart objects, tactile internet services, and environmental sensors necessitates fundamentally new wireless network architectures. This keynote presents breakthrough mathematical models for semantic-aware wireless communication, intelligent reflecting surface orchestration, and distributed energy minimization.
Biographical Sketch
Andrea Goldsmith is the Dean of Engineering and Applied Science and the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University. She was previously the Stephen Harris Professor of Engineering at Stanford University. She has received the IEEE Marconi Prize, IEEE Sumner Award, and ACM Athena Lecturer Award.
Distinguished Plenary Lecture Prof. H. Vincent Poor
"Information-Theoretic Security and Semantic Communications in Autonomous Networks"
Lecture Abstract
Traditional cryptographic paradigms face existential challenges from emerging quantum computational threats. This lecture explores information-theoretic security foundations integrated directly into the physical and semantic layers of future wireless networks, enabling provable resilience against eavesdropping and active jamming.
Biographical Sketch
H. Vincent Poor is the Michael Henry Strater University Professor at Princeton University. His research interests include information theory, machine learning, and network science, with applications in wireless communications, smart grid, and cyber-security. He is a former Dean of Princeton's School of Engineering and recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor.
Institutional Keynote Address Prof. Merouane Debbah
"Embodied AI, Large Foundation Models, and the Roadmap to Terahertz 6G Networks"
Lecture Abstract
We are witnessing a convergence between generative foundation models and wireless telecommunications. This talk details practical hardware-in-the-loop deployments of real-time semantic compression, sub-terahertz beam tracking, and edge-native neural radios developed at Khalifa University.
Biographical Sketch
Merouane Debbah is Director of the 6G Research Center at Khalifa University and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He previously served as Chief Researcher at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) and founding Director of the Huawei Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab in Paris.
Closing Keynote Address Prof. Elisa Bertino
"Trustworthy Edge AI: Data Provenance, Adversarial Robustness, and Privacy Guardrails"
Lecture Abstract
Deploying machine learning models to untrusted edge environments exposes systems to evasion attacks, poisoning, and data inversion. This address outlines principled zero-trust verification mechanisms that guarantee provenance, model integrity, and differential privacy across heterogeneous edge-cloud federations.
Biographical Sketch
Elisa Bertino is the Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University and Director of the Cyber Center. She is recognized internationally for her foundational contributions to database security, role-based access control, cellular network protocol security, and zero-trust verification systems.