Zoom Link: https://ulaval.zoom.us/j/65298393873?pwd=oPbFThy9MSAKft8nbUrOjwC6Z6Ek8g.1 Biograpgy of Speaker: Gunes Karabulut-Kurt is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in New Frontiers in Space Communications and a Professor at Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada. She is the Director of the Poly-Grames Research Center, and is co-founder and Director of Education and Training of ASTROLITH, Transdisciplinary Research Unit of Space Resource and Infrastructure Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. She is also an adjunct research professor at Carleton University, Canada. Gunes received the B.S. degree with high honors in electronics and electrical engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkiye, in 2000 and the M.A.Sc. and the Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Ottawa, ON, Canada, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. She worked in different technology companies in Canada and Turkiye between 2005 and 2010. From 2010 to 2021, she was a professor at Istanbul Technical University. Gunes is a Marie Curie Fellow and has received the Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist (TÜBA-GEBIP) Award in 2019. Talk Abstract: The satellite networks, emerging as megaconstellations, are promising significant advancements to eliminate the digital divide, especially with the deployment of direct-to-cell connections on a mass scale. However, the deployment of such networks remains challenging, requiring innovation in architecture, interoperability, and security. This keynote will provide an accessible overview of the development of non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), emphasizing how they can be seamlessly integrated with terrestrial systems through approaches such as Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN). The discussion will explore how resource allocation can be configured to ensure efficient operation in heterogeneous networks, while addressing the pressing issues of resilience and security in a highly interconnected space-terrestrial ecosystem. The talk will conclude by highlighting open research directions and long-term opportunities, pointing to how NTNs can evolve into secure, intelligent, and sustainable infrastructures that support inclusive global connectivity. Meeting Link: https://ulaval.zoom.us/j/65298393873?pwd=oPbFThy9MSAKft8nbUrOjwC6Z6Ek8g.1, Québec City, Quebec, Canada, G1V 0A6

To kick off the spring season, we are having a social casual outing at Anthony’s Homeport in Kirkland, right by the water. Students, YPs, and everyone else are welcome! If you have questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to get in touch with John Vertner through his email, john.vertner@ieee.org. 135 Lake St S, Kirkland, Washington, United States, 98033

A Look Beyond Massive MIMO – Working with a Huge Number of Antennas Future wireless systems are expected to provide huge growth in user bit rates and overall required bit rates, and the same might be expect for beyond 5G systems. This means a substantial spectral efficiency increase, which must be achieved while maintaining or even improving the power efficiency. To accomplish this one needs to employ new transmission techniques, with the most promising ones based on the use of a large number of antennas. For this reason, massive MIMO (Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output) schemes, involving tens or even hundreds of antennas, are a key component of 5G, since they allow high capacity gains, while enabling significant power savings. Clearly, the evolution beyond 5G will involve even more antennas. A new and revolutionary technique able to improve substantially the performance of wireless communication networks is to smartly changing the propagation characteristics of the wireless channel through the use of RIS (Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces), which are made of a large number of low cost passive reflecting elements able to independently change the amplitude and/or phase of the incident signal so as to achieve specific propagation effects. LIS (Large Intelligent Surfaces) are the natural evolution of massive MIMO schemes. They will employ many thousands of antenna elements, allowing huge capacity gains, as well accurate positioning and efficient energy harvesting techniques. However, the implementation of these techniques involves considerable challenges. In this talk we give an overview of potentialities and challenges of systems with a huge number of antennas. We start by making an overview on the evolution from MIMO to massive MIMO, and its extension to RIS and LIS and cell free systems. Then we present the main features of those systems, as well as the implementation constraints and challenges, as well as potential solutions. [] Speaker: Rui Dinis received the Ph.D. degree from IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, in 2001 and the Habilitation in Telecommunications from FCT, Nova University of Lisbon (UNL) in 2010 where he is a Full Professor. Rui Dinis is also researcher at IT (Instituto de Telecomunicações). During 2003 he was a visiting professor at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Rui Dinis is an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer and an IEEE VTS Distinguished Speaker. He is or was editor at several major IEEE journals (IEEE TWC, TCOM, TVT and OJ-COMS) and at Elsevier Physical Communication and Hindawi ISRN Communications and Networking. He was also a guest editor for multiple special numbers in several journals. He was involved in the organization of IEEE conferences, namely several VTC and GLOBECOM, and is a member of several technical committees of IEEE Communications Society. Rui Dinis has been actively involved in several international research projects in the broadband wireless communications area. He was involved in pioneer projects on the use of mm-waves for broadband wireless communications and his main research activities are on modulation and transmitter design, nonlinear effects on digital communications and receiver design (detection, equalization, channel estimation and carrier synchronization), with emphasis on frequency-domain implementations, namely for MIMO systems and/or OFDM and SC-FDE modulations. He is also working on cross-layer design and optimization involving PHY, MAC and LLC issues, as well as indoor positioning techniques. Location Details: (https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fsearch%2F12920%2BSE%2B38th%2BSt%2C%2BBellevue%2C%2BWA%2B98006%2B%250D%250A%2BRoom%25231300%3Fentry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&data=05%7C02%7Cabrahash%40seattleu.edu%7Cee8f7e68e4e241f654a508de7bb2202f%7Cbc10e052b01c48499967ee7ec74fc9d8%7C0%7C0%7C639084202154081702%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zc9ifhzY2JJgX%2BRV9zq5GZTIT6bpyz3UgYiQgcsfZRw%3D&reserved=0) (On the right side of security check-in at the entrance). Security check needs following details: · A government issued valid physical photo ID (No pictures/copies accepted) · Affiliation · Phone Number Guest parking is available on the same entry level parking. Follow the signs in map view below. [] Room: 1300, 12920 SE 38th St, Bellevue, Washington, United States, 98006