Revolutionising Connectivity: Unleashing the Power of 6G for Robotics
Tuesday 9th July, 14:00 - 15:30
Rapid advancements in technology have enabled the convergence of robotics and next-generation 6G communication networks. This panel aims to explore the transformative potential of 6G in empowering robotic systems through advanced connectivity solutions. 6G represents a paradigm shift that can propel robotics into a new era of innovation, enabling breakthroughs in areas such as robotic connectivity, perception, and control. By harnessing the power of 6G, robotics can achieve secure, resilient, and sustainable development, revolutionizing industries and positively impacting society. The primary objective is to leverage smart connectivity to facilitate these advancements, unlocking the full potential of the robotic industry. To effectively meet the anticipated demand for robotic applications, mobile communication systems must meet stringent performance requirements, ensuring service availability, accurate environment awareness, dynamic Quality of Service mechanisms for safety, and enhanced sensing capabilities. The panel will feature experts from academia and industry, who will share insights on the lessons learned from 5G, the evolving landscape towards 6G, and the exciting new features that 6G will bring to robotics, particularly in vertical sectors. The goal is to foster knowledge exchange and collaboration, driving innovation and progress in the robotics field.
This panel is endorsed by one6G association (one6G.org)
MODERATOR
- Dr. Fatemeh Golpaygani, UCD, email: fatemeh.golpayegani@ucd.ie
PANELISTS:
- Prof. Aryan Kaushik, Univ of Sussex
- Dr. Mona Ghassemian, Huawei
- Andrés Meseguer Valenzuela, ITI
- Dr. Alejandro Blanco Pizarro, Telefónica
BIOGRAPHIES
Dr. Fatemeh Golpayegani is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science, University College Dublin, and leads the Multi-agent Systems and Sustainable Solutions research group. She received her PhD in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin, in June 2018, and her main area of research includes developing AI-based algorithms to solve problems such as climate change and sustainability in various applications including smart energy grids and intelligent transportation systems. She is leading a team of 10 researchers and currently coordinating an EU project in the area of intelligent shared mobility and leads other projects in the field. Particularly, she is coordinating RE-ROUTE, an MSCA SE EU funded project in the field of Edge enabled shared mobility systems, and a PI on Augmented CCAM project, an EU funded project on augmenting the connected and cooperative automated mobility.
Prof. Aryan Kaushik, Univ of Sussex
Talk title: Integrated Sensing and Communications empowered 6G Robotics
Bio: Prof. Aryan Kaushik is currently with the University of Sussex, UK, since 2021. Prior to that, he has been with University College London, UK (2020-21), University of Edinburgh, UK (2015-19), and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (2014-15). He has also held visiting appointments at Imperial College London, UK (2019-20), University of Bologna, Italy (2024), University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2018), Athena RC, Greece (2021), and Beihang University, China (2017-19, 2022). He has been External PhD Examiner internationally such as at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, in 2023. He has been an Invited Panel Member at the UK EPSRC ICT Prioritisation Panel in 2023 plus Proposal Reviewer for the EPSRC since 2023, and a member of the One6G Association. He is Editor of three upcoming books by Elsevier on Integrated Sensing and Communications, Non-Terrestrial Networks, Electromagnetic Signal and Information Theory, and several journals such as IEEE OJCOMS (Best Editor Award 2023), IEEE Communications Letters (Exemplary Editor 2023), IEEE Internet of Things Magazine (including the AI for IoT miniseries), IEEE Communications Technology News (initiated the IEEE CTN podcast series), and several special issues such as in IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, IEEE Network Magazine, IEEE OJCOMS, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, etc. He has been an invited/keynote and tutorial speaker for over 60 academic and industry events, and conferences globally such as at IEEE ICC 2024, IEEE VTCSpring 2023-24, IEEE ICMLCN 2024, IEEE GLOBECOM 2023, IEEE WCNC 2023, and many other events worldwide. He has been chairing in Organizing and Technical Program Committees of 9 flagship IEEE conferences such as IEEE ICC 2024-26, IEEE WCNC 2023-24, and IEEE ICMLCN 2024, etc. He has been General Chair of over 16 workshops for IEEE ComSoc conferences such as at IEEE ICC 2024, IEEE GLOBECOM 2023, IEEE WCNC 2023-24, IEEE PIMRC 2022-24, and many others.
Dr. Mona Ghassemian, Huawei
Talk title: Bridging 6G and Robotics: A Standards-Driven Perspective
Bio: Dr Mona Ghassemian has over 20 years of experience in the wireless and telecom research in industry and academia. She currently works at Huawei Advanced Wireless Technology Lab as 6G principal expert on industry vertical, working on strategic R&D road map of key technologies relevant for next generation mobile communication system design. Prior to her current role, in her senior manager role at InterDigital Inc, she led a research team on the next generation networking. She worked as a principal research scientist at British Telecom (BT) Research and Technology with a focus on future networks and security. Prior to her industry roles, she worked as a lecturer and senior lecturer at KCL, Greenwich and SBU supervising over a 100 postdocs, PhD and MSc researchers. She has published over 70 papers, 13 patents, 2 book chapters and several contributions to 3GPP, IEEE and IETF standard organisations. She is a member of IEEE SA 1918.1 (Tactile Internet), the IEEE UK & Ireland section nominations and elections committee chair and IEEE region 8 Standardisation chair. She received her Master and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from King’s College London (KCL), UK.
Andrés Meseguer Valenzuela, ITI
Talk title: Enhanced robot fleet management with 6G networks
Bio: Andrés Meseguer Valenzuela (Member, IEEE) was born in 1996 in Sueca, Valencia, Spain. He received the B.S. in Industrial Electronics Engineering and Automation in 2018 and M.S degree in Computer Engineering and Robotics in 2019, both from Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, where he is currently pursuing a PhD in Robotics, Automation and Computer Engineering. Additionally, he is currently a Research and Development Engineer with the Advanced Communication and Industrial Informatics Group, Instituto Tecnológico de Informática (ITI), Valencia. He is the author of different research publications related to mobile robotics and 5G communications applied to robotic scenarios.
Dr. Alejandro Blanco Pizarro, Telefónica
Talk title: Towards low-latency and robust wireless communication
Bio: Alejandro is a senior researcher at Telefonica in Spain Madrid. Before that, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Networked Systems Group at the University of Edinburgh supervised by Dr. Mahesh K. Marina. He obtained his Ph.D. in Telematic Engineering from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Joerg Widmer. His research interests are focused on signal and array processing, wireless localization and sensing. More specifically, he is interested in channel decomposition algorithms and off-the-shelf experimentation.
