15/02/2021 to 19/02/2021

WiPost2021

An International Symposium hosted by Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur

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An International Symposium (Virtual Mode) on "Role of Localization/Positioning in 5G,IoT and E-Health"

Sponsored by Centre of Excellence Combedded Systems (under TEQIP III) , VNIT, Nagpur

About Event

This international symposium on Role of localization/positioning in 5G, IoT and e-healthcare will be organized in virtual mode by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, VNIT, Nagpur during 15-19 February 2021. This event is sponsored by Centre of Excellence, VNIT, Nagpur. This symposium will focus on different aspects of positioning in various applications of wireless communication such as e-health, IoT, 5G and upcoming vehicular networks. Positioning systems and location technologies have become significant components in multitude of areas such as road safety and navigation, personnel and object tracking, assisted living, cellular services and many more. The primary objective of this symposium is to introduce the aspiring researchers about different aspects of localization and positioning and also about related research activities in different international research institutions. Renowned academicians from internationally acclaimed universities/ institutes will deliver lectures on different topics related to user node localization in the wireless networks.

About CoE

Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Commbedded Systems: Hybridization of Communication and Embedded Systems, at Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur is established under Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP- II) in the year October, 2013. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering is a major participant in the venture. The main objective of CoE is academic and industrial collaboration; providing high quality training, product development and dedicated research. CoE has the entire required infrastructure as well as lab equipment for enhancing all round development. It is committed to play major role in central India as source of skilled manpower, technical know how and high end lab facilities in the thematic area.


Speakers

Dr. Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay

Macquaire University, Sydney Australia


Dr. Sajal Das

Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA



Dr. Julian Cheng

University of British Columbia, Canada


Dr. Zilong Liu

University of Essex, England


Dr. Rajesh Hegde

IIT Kanpur, India

Dr. Keshav Singh

National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

Dr. Sudhir Kumar

IIT Patna, India

Dr. Abhinav Kumar

IIT Hyderabad, India

Dr. Suraj Sharma

IIIT Bhubaneswar, India

Dr. Pradnya H. Ghare

VNIT Nagpur, India

Dr. Jaakko Suutala

University of Oulu, Finland

Venue

Virtual Symposium hosted by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, VNIT, South Ambazari Road, Nagpur, India

TEAMS

Patrons

1) Dr. P. M. Padole, Director, VNIT Nagpur

2) Dr. A. G. Keskar, Head, ECE and Coordinator CoE, VNIT Nagpur

3) Dr. R. S. Sonparote, TEQIP Coordinator, VNIT Nagpur


Steering and Advisory Committee

1) Dr. A. S. Gandhi, Dean Academics, VNIT Nagpur

2) Dr. K. M. Bhurchandi, Dean T&P, VNIT Nagpur

3) Dr. K. D. Kulat, Professor, Dept of ECE, VNIT Nagpur


Course Coordinator

1) Dr. Pradnya H. Ghare, Dept of ECE, VNIT Nagpur

2) Dr. Prabhat Kumar Sharma, Dept of ECE, VNIT Nagpur

3) Dr. A. G. Kothari, Co-coordinator CoE, VNIT Nagpur