Title: 6G NTN Communication and Edge Computing for Satellite IoT
Speaker: Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas
Abstract: NTN is regarded as one of the most important milestones in the 6G era, aiming at providing ubiquitous network coverage. Such coverage will largely benefit IoT applications, which often have to operate in remote areas, far from the centers of huma activity e.g. environmental monitoring, energy grid plants and transport networks. In this talk, we will dive into advance communication and edge computing capabilities that are envisaged to support such satellite IoT services. Starting from connectivity, we will investigate the state of the art in NTN direct to X, highlighting current capabilities and open challenges in RAN and architecture layers. Subsequently, we focus on space edge computing with a particular emphasis on neuromorphic AI and semantic communications.
Bio: Symeon Chatzinotas is currently Full Professor / Chief Scientist I and Head of the research group SIGCOM in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg. In parallel, he is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electronic Systems, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, an Eminent Scholar of the Kyung Hee University, Korea and a Collaborating Scholar of the Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”. In the past, he has been a Visiting Professor at EPFL, Switzerland and University of Parma, Italy and contributed in numerous R&D projects for the Institute of Telematics and Informatics, Center of Research and Technology Hellas and Mobile Communications Research Group, Center of Communication Systems Research, University of Surrey. He has received the M.Eng. in Telecommunications from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from University of Surrey, UK in 2003, 2006 and 2009 respectively. He has authored more than 800 technical papers in refereed international journals, conferences and scientific books and has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the IEEE Fellowship and an IEEE Distinguished Contributions Award. He has served in the editorial board of npj Wireless Technology, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology and the International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking.