Technical Program

SSIE 2023

School dates: 10-14 July, 2023. Brixen, Italy.

The road toward 6G Mobile Networks: technology, methods and applications

NOTE: The PhD school (lectures and student workshop) will be entirely held in the main auditorium at the “Casa della Gioventù Universitaria”, University of Padova, located in via Rio Bianco 12, 39042, Brixen, IT.

Monday, July 10

Optimization techniques for future networks 

9:00 – 9:30

Michele Rossi, University of Padova

Gaudenzio Meneghesso, University of Padova

Welcome address and logistics

9:30 – 11:00

Matteo Matteucci, Polytechnic University of Milan

Model Search for Neural Network Architectures

11:00 – 11:15

Break

11:15 – 13:15

Roberto Roberti, University of Padova

Meta-heuristic optimization techniques

13:15 – 18:00

Free afternoon

Tuesday, July 11

New trends in machine learning: adversarial networks and conditional computing

9:30 – 11:00

Luca Demetrio, University of Genova

Adversarial Machine Learning: from evil pixels to malicious bytes

11:00 – 11:15

Break

11:15 – 13:15

Simone Scardapane, University of Rome “La Sapienza”

Designing modular and efficient neural networks with conditional computation

13:15 – 14:30

Lunch Break

14:30 – 18:00

SSIE hike on the mountains

Wednesday, July 12

New technologies and applications toward 6G: IRS and NTN

9:00 – 10:30

Jonathan Gambini, Huawei Milan Research Center

Towards a Heterogeneous Smart Electromagnetic Environment for Millimeter-Wave Communications: An Industrial Viewpoint

10:30 – 10:45

Break

10:45 – 12:15

Michele Rossi, University of Padova

Tips for writing a research paper (soft skill training)

12:15 – 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:30

Marco Carli, Università di Roma 3

Recent advances on multimedia signal processing: heading toward the metaverse

Thursday, July 13

New technologies and applications toward 6G: metaverse and software-defined programming

9:00 – 10:30

Stefano Zanero, Polytechnic University of Milan

Security and cyber-physical systems in the IoT Era: threats and solutions

10:30 – 10:45

Break

10:45 – 12:15

Jesus Omar Lacruz, IMDEA Networks

System-on-Chip (SoC) programming for wireless network systems

12:15 – 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 – 18:00

Student Workshop: presentations from PhD students

Friday, July 14

And there’s even more: programmable networks, cybersecurity, and musical culture

9:00 – 10:30

Marco Canini, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Programmable Networks for Distributed Deep Learning: Advances and Perspectives

10:30 – 10:45

Break

10:45 – 12:15

Marco Giordani, University of Padova

The Potential of Non-Terrestrial Networks for 6G: Technologies and Trends

12:15 – 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:30

Sergio Canazza, University of Padova, Centro di Sonologia Computazionale
Closing the loop: A/D transfer and re-use of musical cultural heritage (audio documents and artistic interactive installations) by means of AI and Industry 4.0

15:30 16:00

Closing & Best Student Presentation Award Cerimony

Technical Endorsement