The 2nd Buffalo Day for 5G and Wireless Internet of Things aims at providing a unique forum to exchange innovative research ideas, recent results, and share experiences among researchers and practitioners in 5G and Beyond, the Wireless Internet of Things, and mobile systems. The event will consist of keynote speech, invited talks, and posters/demos from both academia and industry. The 4th UB SEAS IoT Graduate Program Project Exhibit will also be held in conjunction with the event.
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Speaker: Ajit Pai [Website] Chairman, Federal Communications Commission Topic: Fireside Chats |
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Speaker: Jeremy Prince [Website] President of Sigfox USA Topic: The Four Keys to Mastering and Unlocking IoT Expansion [Abstract] |
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Speaker: Antonio Capone [Website] Professor, Dean of School of Industrial and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Topic: Slicing Management through a Resource Marketplace [Abstract] |
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Speaker: Josep M Jornet [Website] Associate Professor, Northeastern University, USA Topic: The Internet of Nano-Bio Things: Bridging the Biological and Digital Worlds |
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Speaker: Sasitharan Balasubramaniam [Website] Director of Research at Telecommunication Software and Systems Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland Topic: The Internet of Nano-Bio Things: Bridging the Biological and Digital Worlds |
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Speaker: Scott Pudlewski Senior Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), USA Topic: Cyber EW in the Internet of Things |
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Speaker: Luca Giovanni Gianoli [Website] Chief Technology Officer, HumanITas Solutions, Canada Topic: An Ad-Hoc Edge Computing Infrastructure for Improved Workflows, Communication and Logistics in COVID-19 Healthcare Facilities |
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Speaker: Elizabeth Serena Bentley Senior Electronics Engineer, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Program Manager, Autonomous Swarm Networking Topic: Cross-layer Heterogeneous Autonomous Resilient On-Demand Networks (CHARON) |
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Speaker: Ismail Guvenc [Website] Professor, North Carolina State University, USA Topic: AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless |
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Speaker: Saptarshi Debroy [Website] Assistant Professor, The City University of New York, USA Topic: Mobile Edge Resource Management for Future Smart Disaster Response: Challenges and Directions |
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Speaker: Chase Murray [Website] Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo, USA Topic: SOAR: An Overview of UB’s New Drone Testing Facility |
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Speaker: Jithin Jagannath [Website] Director, Marconi-Rosenblatt AI/ML Innovation Lab ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC, USA Topic: Leveraging Deep Learning for Next-Generation of Wireless Communication |
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Speaker: Roberto Verdone [Website] Professor, University of Bologna, Italy Topic: The IoT in the era of 5G: Perspectives From Italy |
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Speaker: Brandye Merriweather [Website] Vice President, Downtown Development, Buffalo Urban Development Corp. (BUDC) Panel Topic: Smart City: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges |
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Speaker: Albert Shen [Website] Executive leader in Governmental Affairs, D&I, Business Development, Telecom, 5G -Smart Cities and Mobility Innovation, Verizon Panel Topic: Smart City: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges |
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Speaker: Jennifer Tifft [Website] Deputy Commissioner at Department of Neighborhood & Business Development City of Syracuse Panel Topic: Smart City: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges |
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Speaker: John Tolva [Website] Partner, Cityfi Panel Topic: Smart City: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges |
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Speaker: Matt Margolis [Website] Director of Business Development and Strategic Relationships Vuzix Corporation Topic: Smart Cities: 5G and AR Smart Glasses, The Perfect Marriage |
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Speaker: Brunilde Sanso [Website] Professor, Polytechnique Montréal Topic: Vertical Quality of Experience Evaluation and Prediction in Large-Scale 5G Networks |
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Speaker: Jonathan Ashdown Senior Electronics Engineer, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Topic: Implications of 5G-enabling Technologies on Spectrum Sharing |
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Speaker: Arjuna Flenner [Website] Senior Technical Leader – AI & Image Processing, GE Aviation Topic: Practical Considerations for Implementing the Hornets Waveform in Realistic RF Congested Scenarios |
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Speaker: Alex Byrley [Website] Signal Processing Scientist at Mastodon Design LLC Topic: Logarithmic Frequency Waveforms |
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Speaker: Sanjeet Pandit [Website] Head of Smart Cities at Qualcomm Co-chair of Smart Cities Working Group at CTIA Topic: Smart Cities and IoT as a Service (IoTaas) |
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Speaker: Leslie Snyder [Website] Member of New York State Wireless Association (NYSWA) Managing Partner at Snyder & Snyder, LLP Panel Topic: Smart City: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges |
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Speaker: Douglas W. Dimitroff [Website] Member and Founder of New York State Wireless Association (NYSWA) Partner of Phillips Lytle LLP Panel Topic: Smart City: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges |
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