Open 6G: Orchestration, Automation, Conflict Management, and Explainability in nextG Wireless Systems

Speaker: Tommaso Melodia, William L. Smith Professor at Northeastern University

Date/Time: Thursday, June 20, 2024, 10:00am

Location: CCDS Meeting room (N4-02a-35)

Abstract: This talk will present an overview of recent work in the Open6G center laying the basic architectural and algorithmic principles for new approaches to designing open, programmable, AI-powered, and virtualized next-generation cellular networks. We will discuss a forward-looking agenda aimed at developing programmable testbeds enabling 6G research in networked intelligence. We will then cover research challenges and recent progress in architectural design, intelligence orchestration, conflict avoidance, and explainability.

Bio: Tommaso Melodia is the William Lincoln Smith Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston. He is also the Founding Director of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things and the Director of Research for the PAWR Project Office. He received his Laurea (integrated BS and MS) from the University of Rome - La Sapienza and his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007. He is an IEEE Fellow, an ACM Distinguished Member, and a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award. He received several best paper awards, including at IEEE Infocom 2022. Prof. Melodia is the Editor in Chief for Computer Networks and a co-founder of the 6G Symposium, and served as the Technical Program Committee Chair for IEEE Infocom, and General Chair for ACM MobiHoc, among others. Prof. Melodia’s research on modeling, optimization, and experimental evaluation of wireless networked systems has been funded by many US government and industry entities.