Invited Talks / Media Interactions:
North American of Broadcasters Association (NABA) panel on 5G (June 2020) link
Interactions with MIT Sloan - Ideas Made to Matter on 5G link
9th FOKUS FUSECO Forum (Berlin, Germany): Talk on "5G - A Unique Value Proposition for the Mass Delivery of Immersive Media?"
IEEE BTS Broadcast Symposium 2018 (Arlington, VA, USA): Talk on "5G Facts, Fiction, and Impacts for the Future of Broadcasting" video
Related Interview with IEEE BTS TV
IBC 2018 (Amsterdam, Netherlands): Talk on “5G-Xcast – A Unified Framework for Common Content Delivery in 5G” video
Related Media: Business Wire, 5G-Xcast
SET Expo 2018 (Sao Paulo, Brazil): (1) Talk on terrestrial Xcasting and convergence using 5G as part of "Advanced Terrestrial Digital TV – Convergence with 5G" link
& (2) Future of Digital TV – Spectrum Considerations for 5G-Xcast as part of "The Future of Spectrum" link
Related Media (in Portuguese): SET, Prensario Internacional
IEEE 5G World Forum (5G WF) 2018 (Santa Clara, USA): Talk on "Welcome message & Industry Outlook" as part of the special vertical session on Disrupting Media and Entertainment in the 5G Era
IEEE BMSB 2018 - 5G-Xcast Tutorial (Valencia, Spain): Tutorial on "5G Overview"
Related Media: TV Technology
IEEE MoWNet 2018 (Tangier, Morocco): Keynote on "Enabling mass media delivery and interconnected social experiences through Xcasting in 5G"
IEEE 5G Summit Tangier 2018 (Tangier, Morocco): Talk on "5G-Xcast: Towards interconnected social experiences through mass-delivery of immersive content"
World Broadcasting Union - International Media Connectivity Group (WBU-IMCG) Forum (Atlanta, USA): Talk and panel on "5G Vision & Industry Outlook"
NAB Show 2018 (Las Vegas, USA): Talk on "5G – A Key Enabler for Wireless Networks in New Verticals and Markets"
Related Media: Las Vegas Review Journal, Business Wire, GlobeCast, Interview with Radio World
IEEE WCNC Workshops 2018 (Barcelona, Spain): Keynote on the "Role of Edge Computing in the Mass Delivery of Interconnected Social Experiences in 5G"
WIVE Project Seminar on Future of Media in 5G (Helsinki, Finland): Talk on "5G-Xcast: Enabling mass media delivery and interconnected social experiences in the 5G era"
Panel Sessions:
IEEE BMSB 2018: Title - "Research Challenges for 2030 Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting" link
IEEE CSCN 2017: Title - "5G/NR Architecture – Is it Revolutionary or Evolutionary?" (Panel Moderator) link
IEEE CSCN 2015: Title - "5G-PPP METIS-II – Developing the 5G RAN Design" (Panel Moderator) link
Academic Activities:
Associate Editor: IEEE Access (2017-2020); IEEE Communications Magazine (2022 - present)
Guest Editor:
IEEE Internet of Things Magazine - 6G Mission-Critical Internet of Thing: Services and Enabling Technologies
IEEE Communications Magazine - Feature Topic on Agile Radio Resource Management Techniques for 5G New Radio
IEEE Communications Standards Magazine - Feature Topic on Enabling 5G Verticals & Services through Network Softwarization and Slicing
TPC Co-Chair:
IEEE WCNC - 2019 (Track on PHY and Fundamentals)
IEEE 5G World Forum (5G-WF) - 2018; 2019;
IEEE BMSB - 2018;
IEEE CSCN - 2021, 2022 (Track on 5G and Beyond Emerging Wireless Communications)
2015; 2016 (Track on Wireless Communication and Networking), 2017;
IEEE Globecom (Workshop on Research to Standards) - 2014;
TPC Member:
IEEE ICC - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022; IEEE VTC Spring - 2015, 2016, 2022 (IWAANETS Workshop);
IEEE Globecom - 2016; Workshops - 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017;
IEEE PIMRC - 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 (Workshops); IEEE ICT (Workshops) - 2016, 2017;
IEEE ICCVE - 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016; IEEE/CIC ICCC - 2015;
Reviewer:
Conferences: IEEE - VTC, ICC, Globecom, ICCVE, CrownCom, PIMRC, ICT; IEEE/CIC - ICCC
Journals:
IEEE Transactions on - Vehicular Technology; Wireless Communications; Communications; Industrial Informatics;
IEEE Journal on - Selected Areas in Communications; Access;
Letters - IEEE Communication; IEEE Wireless Communication
Magazine - IEEE Communications; IEEE Vehicular Technology
Elsevier - Computer Networks; Computer Standards & Interfaces; Performance Evaluation;
Springer - Telecommunication Systems;
Research Interests:
Mobile Communications
Heterogeneous Networks
Mobility Enhancements
Cognitive Radio
Dynamic Channel Allocation
Multicast / Broadcast
Mass delivery of inter-connected experiences such as Virtual / Augmented Reality
Media and Entertainment
Distributed Resource Management
5G Radio Access Networks
Device-to-Device Communication
Machine-to-Machine Communication
Energy Efficient RAN
Micro-Operators, enabling new 5G verticals
Public Safety
Machine Learning
Kerala, India (Summer, 2011)