2022 Forum: Event Details

6G@UT FORUM

The University of Texas at Austin

May 10, 2022, 9 AM

Videos and slide decks from talks and panels now available! See the Agenda section for links.

Thank you for joining us for the first annual 6G@UT Forum!

Hosted by 6G@UT and the Wireless Networking and Communications Group, this thought-provoking event provided a unique and technical perspective on the approaching 6G era. Thought-leaders shared their ideas on topics including:

Open 6G Networks
The Disruptive Role of Machine Learning in 6G
Global 6G Coverage and the Sat-Com Renaissance
Immersive 6G Applications

Agenda

Check-in/Breakfast

8 AM

The University of Texas at Austin

Engineering Education & Research Center (EER)

Mulva Auditorium

Opening Remarks

9 AM

Welcome to 6G@UT Forum

Prof. Jeff Andrews

Director, 6G@UT

Prof. Diana Marculescu

Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

slides

video

AM Keynote

9:15 AM

Road to 6G: Radio Technology Evolution

Dr. Charlie Zhang

Senior VP, Samsung Research

Head of Standards and Mobility Innovation Lab

slides

video

Technical Talk

9:55 AM

Enabling Next Generation of Machine Intelligence with 6G

Dr. Ashish Kapoor

Partner Research Manager, Microsoft Research

slides

video

Coffee Break

10:20 AM

Technical Talk

10:45 AM

Self-Supervised Learning in RF Sensing

Dr. Joseph Soriaga

Senior Director of Technology, Qualcomm AI Research

slides

video

Panel

11:10 AM

Extraterrestrial 6G

Moderator

Prof. Todd Humphreys (Professor, The University of Texas at Austin & Director, Wireless Networking & Communications Group)

Panelists

Dr. Joonyoung Cho (Senior Director, Samsung Research) slides
Dr. Arun Ghosh (Senior Manager at Amazon Lab126 and Communication Systems Lead, Kuiper) slides
Mr. Nirmal Velayudhan (Senior Director for Advanced Projects, Viasat)
Dr. Amitava Ghosh (Head, Radio Interface Group, Nokia Strategy and Technology) slides

video

Lunch

12:20 PM

Student Poster Session

6G@UT researchers will present their work on a broad array of topics

1 PM

PM Keynote

2 PM

Wireless Innovations Towards 6G

Dr. Tingfang Ji

Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm

Head of the Flagship 5G Research Program at Qualcomm

slides

video

Coffee Break

2:45 PM

Panel

3:00 PM

Open Radio Access Networks and Their Impact on 6G Roadmaps

Organizer

Prof. Brian L. Evans (Professor, The University of Texas at Austin)

Moderator

Dr. Alan Gatherer (CTO & Co-Founder, Cirrus360 Corp.)

Panelists

Dr. Chris Dick (R&D Engineering at the Intersection of 5G and AI, NVIDIA) slides
Dr. Thomas Novlan (Principal Technical Staff, AT&T Labs) slides
Dr. Udayan Mukherjee (Senior Fellow, Network and Edge Group, Intel) slides
Dr. Venki Ramaswamy (Chief Technologist, MITRE Labs) slides
Dr. Ian Wong (Director of RF and Wireless Architecture, VIAVI Solutions) slides