Keynote 1: Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University, USA
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Keynote 2: Melike Erol-Kantarci, University of Ottawa, Canada
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Melike Erol-Kantarci is Chief Cloud RAN AI\ML Data Scientist at Ericsson and Canada Research Chair in AI-enabled Next-Generation Wireless Networks and Full Professor at the University of Ottawa. She is the founding director of the Networked Systems and Communications Research (NETCORE) laboratory. Throughout her career, Dr. Erol-Kantarci has received numerous awards and recognitions, including two best paper awards at IEEE ICC 2023. Dr. Erol-Kantarci is the co-editor of three books on smart grids, smart cities and intelligent transportation. She has over 200+ peer-reviewed publications with citations over 7500 and h-index 42. She has delivered 70+ keynotes, plenary talks and tutorials around the globe both at industry events and academic conferences. Dr. Erol-Kantarci serves on the editorial board of several IEEE transactions. She has acted as the general chair and technical program chair for many international conferences and workshops. Her main research interests are AI-enabled wireless networks, 5G and 6G wireless communications, smart grid and Internet of Things. She is an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Senior member and ACM Senior Member.
Keynote 3: Bulent Kaytaz, Netsia, Turkey
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Bülent Kaytaz had a license degree on Electricity and Electronics from Marmara University in 1981. He also obtained his Master’s degree in Management Information Systems and an MBA from European University in Belgium in 1994. In addition to his business activities, Bülent Kaytaz served as a visiting lecturer in computer and communications engineering departments at Marmara and İstanbul Universities. In former roles, he had a five-year stint at Nortel and more than 10 years of experience at Alcatel, where he managed key software development projects in the areas of communications and internet in Belgium, Norway and Turkey. Mr. Kaytaz brings over 30 years of design, development, business development and successful leadership experience in the field of telecommunications. He founded two companies in the telecommunication technology area and led the Innovation drive at both companies via intensive R&D activities. He founded Oksijen Technology, which was formerly a provider of intelligent networks and core infrastructure elements for wireless and wireline communications networks. Within three years of operation, the company brought considerable recognition to the global and Turkish telecommunications industries through strong regional growth and worldwide visibility. Bülent Kaytaz is the CEO and the founder of Argela. He also established Netsia, an Argela subsidiary based in California’s Silicon Valley, which works on developing 5G technologies.
Keynote 4: Basil Manoussos, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, UK
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