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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 HunanChina
  • 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 JiangxiChina

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 CompanyIran
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, AffiliationChina

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 LimitedChina

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-​15:00Coffee 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
15:45-16:00Closing Ceremony​​

  • Closing remarksRemarks from Judges of the 2021 Challenge
  • Finish


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


​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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