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The Grand Challenge Finale Evaluation Schedule​

Online, 30 November - 02 December 2021 


Contact: ai5gchallenge@itu.int​

Note: Registration is required, please click here to register  

​Day 1​​ - ​Tuesday, 30 November 2021 (Time zone - CET)​​

​Watch Day-1 recording ​

12:40-13:00
​​Join session to test connection
13:00-13:15​
​Opening Ceremony​

  • Welcome remarks:  Reinhard Scholl​, Deputy Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
13:15-14:00​
Problem Statement (ITU-ML5G-PS-006): ML5G-PHY-Reinforcement learning
  • PS-006.1  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    MLAB-RL​​:  ​DU, Kob, Ohzeki, kondo​, U-Tokyo, Japan
  • PS-006.2  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    ​IITI-RL​:  ​mehtamohit, sundesh, Bhagyashree, Gour, arijit, IITI, India
  • PS-006.3  Reinforcement learning: scheduling and resource allocation (PS-006)​  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo​]
    Data Explorers​:  Khalid Albagami, Bayan AlOquibi, Abdullah Alajlan, Raghad Alturki​, Affiliation, Saudi Arabia​
14:00-14:45​
​Problem Statement –  (ITU-ML5G-PS-014): Analysis Network resource allocation
  • PS-014.1  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    WINEST:  ​Guda Blessed, Ibrahim Aliyu, James Agajo, FUT-Minna, Nigeria
  • PS-014.2  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    Automata​:  ​Mehmet Karaca, Doruk Tayli, Ozge Simay Demirci​, TED University​, Turkey​
  • PS-014.3  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    RAN-RIC-xApp​​:  ​Deena M, Divyani Achari​, Affiliation, Country

​14:45-15:00
​Coffee break
15:00-15:45
​Problem Statement –  (ITU-ML5G-PS-004):​ Federated Learning for Spatial Reuse in a multi-BSS
  • ​PS-004.1  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    FedIPC:  ​selimfirat, emre, OzlemYildiz, KeremOzfo, Imperial, UK
  • PS-004.2  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    FederationS​:  ​
    hribar, Andrea B, Affiliation, Country​
  • PS-004.3  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    WirelessAI​​​:  ​
    Lizhao, chenhao, lyn​, Affiliation, Country

​15:45-16:15​
​Problem Statement –  (ITU-ML5G-PS-CN1): ​4G/5G Cell-level Multi-index Prediction (China Mobile)
  • PS-CN1.1  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    数智先锋(Digi pioneer)​:  ​WANG Xidong, YIN Jiacheng, LI Wenwen, XU Shicheng, ZHU Liyi, AsiaInfo Technologies & China Mobile Hunan, China
  • PS-CN1.2  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo​]
    五个铁头娃 (Ironhead-5)​:  ​XU Haigao, CAO Yihong, MEI Hui, WU Jiaxu, WANG Yaliu, SHUI Tianyun, China Mobile Jiangxi, China

Day 2​​ - ​Wednesday​, 01 December 2021 (Time zone - CET)​​

​Watch Day-2 recording ​​

12:40-13:00
Join session to test connection
​​13:00-13:30
​Problem Statement –  (ITU-ML5G-PS-015): Network failure detection and root cause analysis in 5GC​
  • PS-015.1  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    YOTA-YOTA​:  ​
    Yu Yamaguchi, Saiga Oshima, Ryouga Tashiro, Akiyoshi Shota, Kyutech, Japan
  • PS-015.2  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    ​Kaien:  ​Abe​, Kobe Univ., Japan​
​13:30-14:15
​Problem Statement –  (ITU-ML5G-PS-001): Graph Neural Networking Challenge 2021 
  • PS-001.1  Improved GNN Generalization to Larger 5G Networks By Fine-Tuning Predictions From Queueing Theory  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    PARANA
    ​:  Bruno Klaus de Aquino Afonso​, UNIFESP - Federal University of São Paulo​, Brazil
  • PS-001.2  Title  [​Presentation] [GitHub Repo]
    SOFGNN​:  Charles Boudreau, Huy Duong, Brigitte Jaumard, Junior Momo Ziazet, Concordia University​​
    , Canada​
  • PS-001.3  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo​]
    ZTE AIOps:  HUANG Zhuoyao; TAN Yunsheng; GAO Yong; TANG Qingkun, ZTE Corporation, China
14:00-14:30​
​Problem Statement –  ​(ITU-ML5G-PS-009​): RF-Sensor Based Human Activity Recognition
  • PS-009.1  RF-Sensor Based Human Activity Recognition Using Hierarchical Classifier  [Presentation] [GitHub Repo​] ​
    Orion​​:  ​Pedamalli Saikrishna, Ashwini Kumar, Ashok Kumar Reddy Chavva, Sripada Kadambar​, Samsung​, India​
14:30-14:45​Problem Statement –  (ITU-ML5G-PS-010): Forecasting Model for Service Allocation Network Using Traffic Recognition
  • PS-010.1  Title  [Presentation​​] [GitHub Repo]
    SCaN​​​:  ​Ghazal Rahmanian, Mohammad Yekta, HadiShahriar Shahhoseini, AmirHossein Jafari Pozveh, Iran University of Science and Technology & Iran Mobile ​Communications Company, Iran​
​14:45​-15:00
​Coffee break
​15:00​-15:30

​​Problem Statement –  (ITU-ML5G-PS-005):​ Network anomaly detection based on logs
  • PS-005.1  Title  [Presentation​​] [GitHub Repo]
    Chin​:  ​Qin YuKun, Song Yong, Xie YuChen, Wei QiangShen, Asiainfo​, China
  • PS-005.2  Title  [Presentation​​] [GitHub Repo]
    Ember​:  ​Du LongSheng, Du Yu, Wu Ke, Affiliation, China

15:30-15:45




15:45​​ -16:00​

​Problem Statement –  (ITU-ML5G-PS-012):​ Radio Link Failure Prediction​
  • ​Problem Statement –  (ITU-ML5G-PS-011): Combinatorial Optimization Challenge​
  • PS-011.1  Title  [​Presentation​] [GitHub Repo​]
    Victor Bear​​:  ​Jiansheng Xiong, Jane Jiang, Xinyi Ren​, Affiliation, China


Day 3​​ -
Thursday​, 02 December 2021 (Time zone - CET)​​

Watch Day-3​​ recording ​​

12:40-13:00
Join session to test connection
13:00-14:00​​
​Problem Statement – (ITU-ML5G-PS-007): Modulation Classification
  • PS-007.1  BacalhauNet: A Tiny CNN for Lightning-Fast Modulation Classification​ [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo​]​
    BacalhauNET​
    ​:  José Nuno Grácio Rosa, Daniel Miranda Silva Malafaia Granhão, Guilherme Luis Leitao T G Carvalho, Tiago Filipe Sousa Gonçalves, Polytechnic of Leiria, INESC TEC & University of Porto,  Portugal
  • PS-007.2  Title  [​Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    The A(MC) Team​: Jakob Krzyston, Rajib Bhattacharjea, and Andrew Stark, ​
    Affiliation​, Country​
  • PS-007.3  Title  [Presentation] [GitHub Repo]
    Aaronica:  Mohammad Chegini, Pouya Shiri​​, Affiliation​, Country​
  • PS-007.4  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]​
    Red Gecko
    ​:  Brad Stimpson, Shahram Mollahasani, Armand Kamary, Advisors(Alex Shatsky, Felix Dujmenovic, Ali Arad)​, Redline Communications, Canada​​
13:40-14:​30
Problem Statement –  (ITU-ML5G-PS-CN2): Network cloud equipment anomaly and root cause analysis​ 
  • PS-CN2.1  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo​​]
    DataCanvas​​:  ​LYU Bochen, LU Haofang, DataCanvas​, China
  • PS-CN2.2  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    AsiaLab​:  ​DING Jianbing, ZOU Dandan, AsiaInfo Technologies Limited, China​
    ​
14:30-14:45​Problem Statement –  (ITU-ML5G-PS-002): WALDO - Wireless Artificial intelligence Location DetectiOn
  • PS-002.1  Title  [​Presentation] [GitHub Repo​]
    The Sixth Sense​​
    ​:  Shubham Khunteta, Avani, ashok.chavva, ashok.sahoo, Samsung ​, India
​14:45-​15:00​Coffee break​
​15:00​-15:45
​Problem Statement –  (ITU-ML5G-PS-016): Location estimation using RSSI of wireless LAN
  • PS-016.1  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo​]
    SSN_ITU​​
    ​:  Charu Jain, Indu, meghna_govind, N Venkateswaran, Affiliation​, Country
  • PS-016.2  Title  [Presentation​] [GitHub Repo]
    C-LAMP​:  C5G, akgupta5592, chpradeep, S Irene​​, ​
    Affiliation​, Country​
  • PS-016.3  Title  [​Presentation] [GitHub Repo]
    DLine​:  Tomonori Yokono, Shota Miyagoshi, Fukui Univ.​, Japan
​15:45-16:00​Closing Ceremony​​
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  • Closing remarks: Remarks from Judges of the 2021 Challenge​
  • Finish


Judges for the 2021 ITU AI/ML in 5G Challenge

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​​Judge​
​Affiliation
​Prof. ​Albert Cabellos
​BNN-UPC
​Prof. Liu Jun
​BUPT
​Dr. Lv bo
CAICT
​Dr. Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi
​5/6GIC, University of Surrey​
​Ammar MuthannaSPbSUT
​Alessandro Pappalardo
​Xilinx
​Prof. Ilan Sousa
​Federal University of Pará 
​Paul Harvey
​​Rakuten Mobile


​Judge
​Affiliation
​Prof. Tarcisio F. Maciel
​Federal University of Ceará​
​Liya Yuan​
​ZTE​
​Tanguy Ropitault
​NIST 
​Norihiro Fukumoto
University of Tokyo
​Eoghan Furey
​LYIT
​Ping DU
​University of Tokyo
​Evren Tuna
​Turkcell
​Laurent Ciavaglia
Rakuten Mobile
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