26–29 March 2023
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Wireless Communications for Social Innovation
https://wcnc2023.ieee-wcnc.org/

WCNC 2023 will include technical sessions, tutorials, workshops, and technology and business panels. You are invited to submit papers, and proposals for panels, tutorials, and workshops, in all areas of wireless communications, networks, services, and applications. Information on how to submit proposals for panels, tutorials, and workshops can be found on the WCNC 2023 conference website. Submissions of technical papers should be made via EDAS in the following four tracks. Submissions will open shortly.

TRACK 1. PHYSICAL LAYER AND COMMUNICATION THEORY

Chair 

  • Marco Di Renzo, CNRS & Paris-Saclay University, France

Co-Chairs

  • Daniel Benevides da Costa, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE
  • Gunes Karabulut Kurt, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
  • Wasiu Popoola, The University of Edinburgh, UK

Topics

  • Antennas and RF
  • Channel Modeling and Estimation
  • Coding Theory
  • Energy Harvesting and Low Energy Communication
  • Feedback and Two-Way Communication
  • Free Space Optical Communication
  • Fundamentals of Age of Information
  • Holographic Surfaces and Reconfigurable Surfaces
  • Information Theory and Channel Capacity
  • Integrated Sensing and Communications
  • Iterative Techniques, Detection, and Decoding
  • Low Resolution Communication
  • Millimeter Wave and Terahertz
  • Next Generation MIMO and Massive MIMO
  • Physical Layer Security
  • Propagation and Interference Modeling
  • Relaying and Self-Backhauling
  • Short Packet and Finite Block Length Communications
  • Stochastic Geometry
  • Visible Light Communications
  • Waveforms and Modulation
  • Wireless Power and Information Transfer

TRACK 2. NETWORKING AND MAC

Chair 

  • Leila Musavian, University of Essex, UK

Co-Chairs 

  • Hina Tabassum, York University, Canada
  • Linglong Dai, Tsinghua University, China
  • Behrooz Makki, Ericsson, Sweden

Topics

  • Scheduling and Opportunism
  • Resource Management
  • URLLC, Time Sensitive and Deterministic Networking
  • Network Slicing
  • SDN/NFV
  • Routing and Congestion Control
  • Multihop Networks
  • Multiple Access and Contention
  • Cooperative Communication and Networking
  • Cognitive Radio and Networking
  • Spectrum Sensing, Access, andSharing
  • Wireless Network Security and Privacy
  • Backscatter Communications
  • Edge Computing, Edge Intelligence and Fog Networks
  • Network Economics
  • Energy-Efficient and Green Networking
  • RAN Data Collection and Storage Enhancement
  • Unlicensed Spectrum and Licensed/Unlicensed Inter-networking

TRACK 3. MACHINE LEARNING AND OPTIMIZATION FOR WIRELESS SYSTEMS

Chair 

  • Gang Feng, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Co-Chairs

  • Salman Durrani, Australian National University, Australia
  • Mona Jaber, Queen Mary University of London, UK
  • Basak Guler, University of California, USA

Topics

  • Deep Learning for Wireless
  • Reinforcement Learning for Wireless
  • Federated Learning and Distributed Learning for Wireless Networks
  • Unsupervised, Semi-supervised Learning and Generative Models
  • Communication-inspired Machine Learning (ML) for 6G
  • End-to-end ML over Wireless Channels
  • Scalability of ML for Wireless
  • Performance Analysis of ML Techniques forWireless
  • Beam Management based on ML
  • Data-driven Network Modelling and Optimization
  • Networking Architectures for Artificial Intelligence
  • AI Service Provisioning in Wireless Networks
  • Intelligent Green Wireless Networking
  • Bayesian Optimization for Wireless
  • Convex and Non-Convex Optimization for Wireless
  • Semantic and Goal-Oriented Communications
  • Game Theoretic Approaches to Wireless
  • Datasets for Wireless Systems and Channels

TRACK 4. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, STANDARDS, AND APPLICATIONS

Chair 

  • Carlo Fischione, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Co-Chairs 

  • Richard Demo Souza, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
  • Sami Muhaidat, Khalifa University, UAE
  • Aryan Kaushik, University of Sussex, UK

Topics

  • Experiments, Prototypes and Testbeds
  • Sensing and Localization
  • Joint Radar and Communications
  • Visible Light and Optical Communication
  • Connected Vehicles and Vehicle to Everything (V2X)
  • UAVs and Non-Terrestrial Networks
  • Satellite and Deep Space Communications
  • Intelligent Beamforming Relays
  • Molecular and Nano Communications
  • IoT and Machine Type Communications
  • Software Defined Radio and Networks
  • 5G NR and 6G standardization
  • O-RAN
  • 802.11 and next generation Wi-Fi
  • E-health and Mobile Health
  • Blockchain and Cryptography
  • Quantum Communications
  • Innovative implanted and wearable devices
  • Networking support for virtual and augmented reality
  • Backhaul/Fronthaul Networking & Communications
  • Integrated Sensing, Computing and Communications

Important Dates

  • Paper Submissions Deadline: 12 September 2022
  • Notification of Acceptance: 1 December 2022
  • Camera-Ready Paper: 15 January 2023

Organizing Committee

General Co-chairs

  • James Irvine, University of Strathclyde
  • Julie Snell, Scotland 5G Centre

TPC Co-Chairs

  • Muhammad Imran, University of Glasgow
  • Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir, University of West of Scotland

Workshop Co-chairs

  • Klaus Moessner, Technische Universität Chemnitz
  • Christos Tachtatzis, University of Strathclyde

Tutorial Chair

  • George Goussetis, Heriot-Watt University

Industry Co-Chairs

  • Majid Butt, Nokia
  • Doug Carson, Illuminate Technologies

Panel Chair

  • Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton

Publicity Chair

  • Siân Williams, CENSIS

Outreach Chair

  • Ciara Mitchell, Scotland IS

Publications Chair

  • Robert Atkinson, University of Strathclyde

Local Arrangements Chair

  • Qammer Abbasi, University of Glasgow

Standards Chair

  • David Law, HPE

Diversity & Inclusion Chair

  • Carol Marsh, Leonardo

Innovation Chair

  • Greig Paul, University of Strathclyde