6G Special Session on
Semantic Communication
Organised in Conjunction with APCC 2022
Link to the 2nd edition edition of SC6G, in conjunction with IEEE SECON 2023: https://sites.google.com/view/sc6g-secon23
Recently there has been huge interest in semantic communication (SC) alongside a lively academic debate on defining what SC will be, as evidenced by the visual summary below.
Notwithstanding, many of the current standardization activities and industry initiatives have not yet been considering SC as their 6G candidate technologies. To fill this gap and usher in 6G SC systems, this forum aims to facilitate in-depth discussions on the current/future research directions as well as on how to unify/distinguish different points of view, by answering the following questions.
AI/ML-native and human/machine-centric SC
Q1. More than several SC visions are aligned with another emerging research direction of AI/ML-native communication. Compared to AI/ML-native communication, what are new fundamental challenges and possible research topics in SC?
Q2. The current SC frameworks often rest on human-centric visual/auditory perception, language, and/or cognition. What can be new principles and approaches for machine-centric SC?
Q3. Recent AI/ML models can generate high-quality image/audio/video samples based simply on human language instructions, enabling cross-modal compression/decompression to/from human languages. Will SC be the technical communication of human languages or of machine/task-specific new languages?
*The cover image of this webpage was generated by OpenAI’s DALLE-E with the human-language prompt: “a centered explosion of colorful particles on a black background, in the shape of 6G.”
6G-ready SC systems and technologies
Q4. The current SC technologies are far from large-scale networks and system-level operations. How can we integrate SC into which layers of the existing network architectures?
Q5. Unlike the current general-purpose communication systems, SC is task-oriented and agent-specific, which may not guarantee universal connectivity. How can we develop compatible and scalable SC systems?
Q6. ITU WRC 2023 and LA 2028 Summer Olympics are expected to be two major events shaping what 6G will be. Considering these short and long-term milestones, which SC techniques can be put forward as 6G candidate technologies?
Day 1 Program (Oct. 18, Tue)
Venue: Aerospace Campus, Inha University, Songdo, Incheon, Korea
Speakers:
Seong-Lyun Kim, Yonsei University
Kwang Soon Kim, Yonsei University
Chan-Byoung Chae, Yonsei University
Won-Yong Shin, Yonsei University
Inkyu Lee, Korea University
Namyoon Lee, Korea University
Seung-Woo Ko, Inha University
Jinho Choi, Deakin University
Jihong Park, Deakin University
Program (KST):
Session 1. Recent Advances in Semantic Communications (Chair: Seung-Woo Ko)
09:20-09:30 Welcome/Introduction - Seong-Lyun Kim
09:30-10:10 Presentation 1. Jihong Park - Semantics-Native and Knowledge-Driven 6G Semantic Communication
Session 2. Human-Centered Semantic Communications (Chair: Seung-Woo Ko)
10:10-10:50 Presentation 2. Chan-Byoung Chae - On the Effectiveness of a Vision Transformer on Semantic Communications
10:50-11:30 Presentation 3. Nam Yoon Lee - Semantic Communications using Variational Auto Encoder in Image Compression
11:30-13:30 Lunch
Session 3: Machine-Centered Semantic Communications (Moderator: Won-Yong Shin)
13:30-14:10 Presentation 4. Jinho Choi - Semantic Information and Communication for Autonomous Agents
14:10-14:50 Presentation 5. Hyowoon Seo - Stochastic Semantic Communication via Contextual Reasoning
14:50-15:30 Presentation 6. Seung-Woo Ko - Towards Semantic Communication Protocols: A Probabilistic Logic Perspective
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
Session 4: Panel Discussion on Q1-Q6 (Moderator: Jihong Park)
16:00-18: 00 Panel: Seong-Lyun Kim, Kwang Soon Kim, Chan-Byoung Chae, Won-Yong Shin, Inkyu Lee, Namyoon Lee, and Jinho Choi
18:00-18:10 Closing - Seung-Woo Ko
Day 2 Program (Oct. 20, Thu)
Venue: Ballroom 4 (2F), Ramada Plaza Hotel, Jeju, Korea / Online
Speakers:
Deniz Günduz, Imperial College London
Marios Kountouris, EURECOM
Zhijin Qin, Tsinghua University
Jinho Choi, Deakin University
Mehdi Bennis, University of Oulu
Program (KST):
17:30-17:35 Welcome - Seong-Lyun Kim
17:35-17:45 Summary of Day-1 Panel Discussion - Jihong Park
17:45-19:00 Online Panel Interview on Q1-Q6 (15min per speaker)
19:00-19:25 Panel Discussion (Moderator: Jihong Park)
19:25-19:30 Closing - Seung-Woo Ko
Organizers
Organizers
Seong-Lyun Kim, Yonsei University
Seung-Woo Ko, Inha University
Jinho Choi, Deakin University
Jihong Park, Deakin University
Contact: Jihong Park (jihong.park at deakin.edu.au)
