More is different: Complex Systems and AI inspiring Future Autonomous Networks and Industry 5.0

IEEE Comsoc Distinguished Lecture Title – More is different: Complex Systems and AI inspiring Future Autonomous Networks and Industry 5.0 Speaker: Dr. Nicola Marchetti, Assoc. Professor, Head of EE Engineering Department, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. (https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nicolamarchetti.wordpress.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ckhassan1%40gmu.edu%7Ca468cfd1e22e40732cd108dcc8fca3e4%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C638606234647313489%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NgdXRlPHIiBgYX%2F37e2KvsQf21QDjkHb91spYOCfRpw%3D&reserved=0) Date and time: Friday, October 18, 2024. Time: 11:00am -12:30pm. EDT. Location: Virginia Tech Research Center, 900 N Glebe Rd, Arlington VA 22203 The talk will be on the 2nd floor of VT (there will be appropriate signage in the building). The talk is scheduled for 11:00am-12.30pm, with a small lunch-style reception afterwards. The talk will have an online webinar option, which can be accessed upon registration using the following link: Registration link: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_64O6cpH4Q42q6nf5Ev3f0g Abstract – It is expected that future mobile networks will be ultra-large-scale, highly dynamic, and complex systems, encompassing a massive number of heterogeneous devices. However, the architecture of the current wireless networks is often fixed, and the optimization tasks are defined to cope with specific and identified challenges and services. Hence, the prevailing manual and predetermined optimization and configuration tasks are no longer appropriate for future networks. We are working on resolving such issues by proposing a framework inspired by theories and tools inspired by complex systems science, focusing on the impact of network topology on the system’s (i) information representation and transfer, (ii) robustness, and (iii) self-synchronization capabilities. We will also look into how the IoT is creating a new structure of awareness – a cybernetic one – upon physical processes and discuss how industries of different kinds are expected to join soon this revolution, leading to the so-called Factories of the Future, also called Industry 5.0. We will then discuss different problems in this space and how to solve them resorting to tools from mmWave, AI, and semantic communications. Bio: Dr. Nicola Marchetti is Associate Professor in Wireless Communications at Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland, where he leads the Wireless Engineering and Complexity Science lab (WhyCOM). He is an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer, an IEEE Senior Member, and a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. He received the PhD in Wireless Communications from Aalborg University, Denmark in 2007, the MSc in Electronic Engineering from University of Ferrara, Italy in 2003, and the MSc in Mathematics from Aalborg University in 2010. He has authored more than 190 journals and conference papers, 2 books and 9 book chapters, holds 4 patents, and received 4 best paper awards. His research interests span Complex Networks, Mathematics for Communications & Computing, Network Resource Allocation, and Signal Processing for Communications. He serves as Technical Editor for IEEE Network and IEEE Wireless Communications, and has served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Internet of Things Journal and the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking. Room: 2nd floor, Bldg: Virginia Tech Research Center, 900 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, Virginia, United States, 22203, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/433047