2017 Agenda

 

8:30 - 9:00am

BREAKFAST  

9:00 - 9:15am

WELCOME ADDRESS

Sujit Dey, Director, Center for Wireless Communications

Albert Pisano, Dean, Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego

Truong Nguyen, Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego

9:15 - 10:30am

KEYNOTES

Moderator: Alon Orlitsky, CWC

 

 

 

Durga Malladi, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm

  • 5G New Radio: An Overview

Charlie Zhang, Vice President of Standard and Mobility Innovation Lab, Samsung Research America

  • 5G: From Vision to Reality

Mark Pierpoint, Vice President and General Manager, Internet Infrastructure Solutions, Keysight Technologies

  • Millimeter-Wave Communications in Practice

10:30 - 10:45am

BREAK

 

10:45 - Noon

SESSION 1: 5G Progress and Challenges

Moderator: Bhaskar Rao, CWC

Kameshwar Eranki, Founder and CEO, VajraSoft Inc., 

  • Unlocking Next Big Opportunities in 5G Technology Applications Landscape

Aleksandar Tasić, Principal Design Manager, Qualcomm

  • 5G – A Path Towards 100s of Radios and 10s of Gb/s

Andjela Ilic-Savoia, Applications Engineer - Wireless Expert, Keysight Technologies

  • The Dynamics of Channels

Prakash Suthar, Principal Architect, Cisco Systems Inc.

  • Deploying 5G Use Cases with Network Slicing

Noon - 1:15pm

LUNCH & POSTER PRESENTATION

 

1:15 - 2:15pm

SESSION 2: Wireless AR/VR

Moderator: Naresh Soni, Tsunami AR/VR

Eugene Chi, General Manager, Western Region, Microsoft Corporation

  • Using Augmented and Mixed Reality for Business Applications in a 5G world

James Adams, Business Development Manager, Wikitude

  • AR in the cloud: scaling from pilots to production

Sujit Dey, Director, Center for Wireless Communications

  • Challenges and Potential Solutions for Wireless VR

Truong Nguyen, Chair, Electrical and Compter Engineering, UC San Diego

  • Immersive Visual Experience with Freedom of Viewpoint Selection
2:15 - 3:05pm

SESSION 3: Impact of Networks and Devices on Future Healthcare Delivery Models

Moderator: Mike Wisz, Burwood Group

Alex Gao, Head of Digital Health Lab, Samsung Research America

Gene Dantsker, Director of Business Development and Licensing, Qualcomm LIFE Inc. 

Simon Nazarian, Executive Director - Care Delivery Technology Services, Chief Architect and National Pharmacy Technology Leader, Kaiser Permanente

Enrique Estrada, Director of Strategic Solutions Sales, Care Innovations

3:05-3:20pm

BREAK  

3:20 - 4:10pm

SESSION 4: Capturing Novel Patient Insights at the Edge with ML and AI

Moderator: Dimitri Arges, CWC

Benjamin Kanter, Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), Vocera Communications, Inc.

Ayan Acharya, Research Engineer, Cognitive Scale

Sujit Dey, Director, Center for Wireless Communications

4:10 - 5:10pm

SESSION 5: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Moderator: Naresh Soni, Tsunami AR/VR

Timothy Talty, Technical Fellow, General Motors Corporation

  • Automotive Wireless Communications: Past, Current and Future Needs

Maged Zaki, Director, Technical Marketing, Qualcomm

  • Accelerating the Path Towards 5G for Autonomous Driving

Onur Altintas, Fellow, Network Division, Toyota Information Technology Center

  • Automated Driving from a Communications Perspective
5:10 - 6:30pm

EVENING SOCIAL and TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

Location: Calit2 Lobby

 
6:30 - 9:00pm

DINNER and ENTERTAINMENT

Location: Calit2 Theater

 


Day 2 Agenda

 

8:30 - 9:00am

BREAKFAST  

9:00 - 10:15am

KEYNOTES

Moderator: Ramesh Rao, QI, UC San Diego

Theodore (Tod) Sizer, Vice President and Leader of Mobile Radio Research, Nokia Bell Labs

  • FutureX Network: Impact, Implications ... and... Opportunities

Waguih S. Ishak, Vice President and Chief Technologist, Corning Research & Development Corporation

  • A Vision for the Connected World - How Fiber Optics and Wireless Communications Will Enrich Human Experiences

Kristi Jaska, Vice President Engineering, ViaSat Inc. and Jim Petranovich, Senior Director of Technology,  ViaSat Inc.,

  • Satellite Role in 5G

10:15 - 10:30am

BREAK

 

10:30 - 12:30pm

SESSION 6: 5G Circuits

Moderator: Ian Galton, UC San Diego

Ian Galton, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego

  • Digital PLL Frequency Synthesis

Peter Asbeck, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego

  • High Efficiency Power Amplifiers and Transmitters for 5G Applications

Drew Hall, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego

  • Ultra-Low Power Wireless IoT Sensors
  • Low-Power Radios for Next-Generation IoT

Gabriel Rebeiz, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego

  • Phased-Array Links for 5G Communications

12:30 - 1:45pm

LUNCH & TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

Location: Calit2 Theater

 
1:45 - 2:10pm

KEYNOTE

John Brassil, Program Director, National Science Foundation

  • NSF/CISE Investments in Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure  - PAWR & Beyond
2:10- 3:00pm

SESSION 7: MASSIVE MIMO

Moderator: Bhaskar Rao, UC San Diego

Bhaskar Rao, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego

  • Massive MIMO Channel Estimation Challenges and Techniques

​Young-Han Kim, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego

  • Coding Techniques for Distributed MIMO Systems

Sujit Dey, Director, Center for Wireless Communications

  • Reducing Power Consumption in Massive MIMO Systems Using Adaptive RF Chain Switchingand Machine Learning 
3:00 - 4:00pm

PLANNING SESSION

Invitation only

CWC faculty and board members
4:00 - 5:30pm CWC BOARD MEETING CWC faculty and board members