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ITU Journal Webinars Series

The ITU Journal launched its new series of webinars to present insights and forward-looking research on future and evolving technologies. The webinars of this series feature industry leaders and highly cited professors who will share their pioneering studies and visions, as well as their impactful life lessons learned over the years.

The webinars are open to anyone interested in the topics, free of charge. More information, including registration, is available on each event's website.
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15 April 2025

This webinar explored how in-network compression can enhance speed and reliability in 6G networks through task-oriented compression, which optimizes network operations rather than minimizing signal distortion. The talk illustrated its benefits for two use cases in 6G.

29 April 2025

The price of distributed machine learning

This webinar will explore Terahertz beam engineering, as a key enabler of 6G and beyond. With its ultra-wide spectrum, THz communication promises to overcome capacity limitations and power next-generation applications like metaverse, terabit-per-second backhaul, and high-bandwidth satellite communications.

6 May 2025

This webinar will introduce the Internet of Things (IoE) vision of connecting our already developed infrastructure to all observable entities in the universe. It will discuss its state-of-the-art, research challenges, and novel components like the Internet of Bio-Nano Things, Internet of Organoids, Internet of Plants, and Internet of Space, along with unconventional communication paradigms.

13 May 2025

This talk will explore the deployment of Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) in global communication systems, focusing on millimeter wave opportunities, related challenges, and design choices. It will also cover optimization approaches like computation offloading and Internet-of-Things scenarios.

20 May 2025

This webinar will examine the potential risks of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) in wireless communication if not properly controlled, including accidental or intentional harm, such as pilot contamination and malicious hijacking.

Past webinars - I

Machine learning at the wireless edge
H. Vincent Poor, Princeton University, USA
Edge AI networks: Challenges and opportunities
Mérouane Debbah, CentraleSupélec and TII, France and UAE
Information and communication theory with biochemical and molecular components for biological sensing and control
Massimiliano Pierobon, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
6G and the metaverse will power a holographic society
Mischa Dohler, Ericsson Inc., USA
Semantic communications: Transmitting beyond bits
Zhijin Qin, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Ultrabroadband communication and networking solutions to unleash the Terahertz Band
Josep Miquel Jornet, Northeastern University, USA
The journey from 5G to 6G: Toward a well-being society
Naoki Tani, NTT DOCOMO, Japan
AI, machine learning RAN intelligent controller for 6G
Alex Jinsung Choi, O-RAN Alliance, Germany
Transformation in the 5G era
Alex Sinclair, GSMA, United Kingdom
A peek into the deep convergence towards 6G
Chih-Lin I, China Mobile Research Institute, China
Wireless networking, security, and sensing above 100 GHz
Edward W. Knightly, Rice University, USA
AI-EDGE: Designing future XG networks and distributed intelligence
Ness B. Shroff, The Ohio State University, USA
Deviation from the standard - Toward opening up 5G telecommunications
Muriel Médard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Disrupting NextG
Andrea J. Goldsmith, Princeton University, USA
Creating the foundation for 6G: Laying the groundwork for the network of the future
Nishant Batra, Nokia USA
Aimed at transformation: Telecom network technology development
Wang Xiaoyun, China Mobile, China
Unlocking new capacity in 6G cellular systems via site-specific ML-aided design
Jeffrey Andrews, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Past webinars - II

Waste Figure (W): A figure of merit for the power-efficient ("green") engineering of any device or cascade of circuits and systems
Theodore Rappaport, New York University, USA
Decoding hidden worlds: Unprecedented sensing and connectivity for climate, robotics and smart environments
Fadel Adib, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Pushing the limit of mobile sensing: Smart healthcare in the age of AIoT
Qian Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong, China
The evolution of the Un-carrier Network
Ulf Ewaldsson, T-Mobile, USA
Transparency, privacy and performance: The AI dark triad of next generation Internet
Silvia Giordano, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Switzerland
The price of distributed machine learning
Carla Fabiana Chiasserini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Semantics-native communication and protocol learning in the 6G era
Mehdi Bennis, University of Oulu, Finland
Empowering the edge: Unleashing the power of generative AI for local data processing
Albert Y. Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
Network virtualization: The past, the present and moving forward
Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada
NetRobiCS: Exploring advantages, challenges and perspectives of networked robotics and communication systems
Enrico Natalizio, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE & Université de Lorraine, France
Wireless systems at the intersection of physical and digital time
Petar Popovski, Aalborg University, Denmark
Engineering synthetic organelles and their communication networks to control cell fates
Christopher Contag, Michigan State University & Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Open6G: Orchestration, conflict management, and explainability in AI-powered next G wireless systems
Tomasso Melodia, Northeastern University, USA