Talks

Keynotes and Seminars (Since January 2020)

• “Hologram Type Communication for 6G Wireless Systems”, Keynote speech at the 1st Abu Dhabi 6G Summit, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 3-4, 2022.
  
  
• “Hologram-Type Communication: A New Challenge for the Next Decade”, Keynote at the International Workshop on Very Large Internet of things (VLIoT) in conjunction with the 2022 VLDB Conference in Sydney, Australia, September 9, 2022.
  
  
• “Metaverse: Challenges for extended reality and hologram type communication in the next decade”, Seminar at the TII (Technology Innovation Institute), ARRC Seminar Series, Abu Dhabi, July 5, 2022.
  
  
• “Holographic Networking: A New Frontier in Communication”, Tutorial at the IEEE ICC conference, in Seoul, Korea, May 20-22, 2022.
  
  
• “Wireless Communication Challenges for Extended (Augmented and Virtual) Reality in 6G Systems”, Distinguished Seminar at the University of Miami,  April, 29, 2022. 
  
  
• “Wireless Communication Challenges for Extended (Augmented and Virtual) Reality”, Keynote at the IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications Signal Processing and Networking (WISPNET), Chennai, India, March 24-26, 2022.
  
  
• “6G and Beyond: The Future of Wireless Communications”,  Distinguished Seminar at the Politecnica de Tirana, Albania, Dec. 9, 2021.
  
  
• “Maritime Communication: Research Challenges and Directions”, Keynote at the 13th Int. AFRICOMM conference, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Dec. 1-3, 2021.
  
  
• “Everywhere Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: The New Bandwagon Problem in Wireless Communications”, 26th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2021), Athens, Greece, September 5-8, 2021
  
  
• “Cell Free Massive MIMO Communications for 6G Wireless Systems”, LG Korea, August 25, 2021.
  
  
• “6G and Beyond: The Future of Wireless Communications Systems,” SBRC 2021 (39th Brazilian Symposium, on Computer Networks and Distributed Systems), Uberlandia, Brazil, August 16-20, 2021.
  
  
• “6G and Beyond: The Future of Wireless Communications System”, Distinguished Seminar for Brac University, Bangladesh, Aug. 13, 2021.
  
  
• “TeraHertz Band Communication: An Old Problem Revisited for 6G Wireless Systems”, IEEE Radio Communications Committee, SIG THz Communications, Inaugural Talk, August 11, 2021.
  
  
• “Marina Communications: Challenges and Perspectives in the Next Decade”, MASS 2021, (Marine and SubMarine Summer School in Rome, Italy, July 12, 2021.
  
  
• “Research Challenges for Mobile Terahertz Band Communications,” 2021 Fourth Int. Workshop on Mobile TeraHertz Systems, Duisburg, Germany, July 5-6, 2021.
  
  
• “A New CubeSat Design with Reconfigurable Multi-band Radios for Dynamic Spectrum Satellite Communication Networks,” Distinguished Seminar at University of Helsinki, Finland, June 12, 2021.
  
  
• “A New CubeSat Design with Reconfigurable Multi-band Radios for Dynamic Spectrum Satellite Communication Networks,” 2021 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2021) Workshop on Satellite Systems, Atlanta, GA, June 6-11, 2021.
  
  
• “6G and Beyond: The Future of Wireless Communications System”, Keynote speech at Teltec Congress in Telecommunications, Guayaquil, Ecuador,  May 27, 2021.
  
  
• “6G and Beyond: The Future of Wireless Communications Systems,” University of Pristine, Kosova, April 28, 2021.
  
  
• “Combating the Distance Problem through Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for TeraHertz Band Communications,” Department of Electrical Engineering, PosTech University, Korea, April 2, 2021.
  
  
• “A New CubeSat Design with Reconfigurable Multi-band Radios for Dynamic Spectrum Access in Satellite Communication Systems,” IEEE Int. Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking, Chennai, India, March 25-27, 2021.
  
  
• “Next Decade Challenges for Underwater Wireless Communication Networks,” NATO UCOMMS (Underwater Communications and Networking Conference), Dec. 1-4, 2020.
  
  
• “Research Challenges for Wireless Communication Systems in the Next Decade,” Strategy Workshop for 2030 ICT Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 11-12, 2020.
  
  
• “Enabling Wireless Communication in the TeraHertz Band,” BestNest Invitational Online Workshop, on New Paradigms in Intelligent Spectrum Management and Regulation, Worchester. MA, Dec. 3-4, 2020.
  
  
• “6G Vehicular Connectivity through Intelligent Environments,” 5th Int. Automotive Engineering Conference, IAEC, Koc Univ, Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 9-12, 2020.
  
  
• “Can we use CubeSats as the Backbone Network for Next Generation Communications Systems?,” IEEE Int. Conference on Network and Service Management, 1st International Workshop on the Future Evolution of Internet Protocols, Izmir, Turkey, Nov 2-6, 2020.
  
  
• “Research Challenges for Tera Hertz Band Communications in the Next Decade,” Department of Energy, Terahertz/6G Wireless Networks RoundTable Workshop, October 1, 2020.
  
  
• “Next Decade Challenges for Underwater Wireless Communications,” Seminar Technology Innovation Institute (TII), Abu Dhabi, UAE, October 2020.
  
  
• “6G and Beyond Systems: The Future of Wireless Communications,” Seminar at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, Oct. 9, 2020.
  
  
• “Internet of Underwater and Underground Things,” 5th IEEE Int. Conference on Smart Internet of Things, (IEEE SmartIoT2020), Beijing, China, Aug. 14-16, 2020.
  
  
• “6G: Next Frontier in Wireless Communication Research,” IEEE Int. Conference on Wireless Communications, Singal Processing and Networking, Chennai, India, Aug 4-6, 2020.
  
  
• “Intelligent Environments to Realize Communication in 6G Wireless Systems,” IEEE INFOCOM, Int. Conference on Computer Communications, Beijing, China, July 6-9, 2020.
  

Tutorials

• I.F. Akyildiz, G. Alexandropoulos, and C. Liaskos, “Reconfigurable Metasurfaces for Intelligent 6G Wireless Networking,” IEEE Globecom Conf., Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 8-10, 2020.
   
  
• I.F. Akyildiz, G. Alexandropoulos, and C. Liaskos, “Reconfigurable Metasurfaces for Intelligent 6G Wireless Networking,” IEEE PIMRC (Personal, Indoor, Mobile Radio Communications), London, UK, August 31-Sept 3, 2020.