Program

This page shows the MedComNet 2024 program, including program at a glance and detailed program. All the times in the program refer to Central European Summer Time (CEST, GMT+2)). To know when the event takes place in your timezone, simply click on the time (service courtesy of worldtimebuddy.com).

Important information for authors: Authors of long papers should prepare a 30+10 min. presentation while authors of short papers should prepare a 15+5 min. presentation.

Program at a glance

June 11, 2024

• 8:30-9:00 – R1: Registration
  
• 9:00-9:30 – W1: Welcome
  
• 9:30-10:30 – K1: Keynote: AI-EDGE: Designing future XG Networks and Distributed intelligence
  Speaker: Prof. Ness B. Shroff, Ohio State University (USA)
  
• 10:30-11:00 – C1: Coffee break
  
• 11:00-12:30 – S1: Next Generation Networks
  
• 12:30-13:30 – L1: Lunch
  
• 13:30-15:00 – S2: Vehicular Networks
  
• 15:00-15:30 – C2: Coffee break
  
• 15:30-17:30 – S3: Network Security and Privacy
  
• 17:30-18:00 – G1: Get together / networking time
  
• 18:00-19:00 – B1: Welcome Drink
  

June 12, 2024

• 8:30-9:00 – R2: Registration
  
• 9:00-10:00 – K2: Keynote: AI meets network requirements
  Speaker: Dr. Marco Fiore, IMDEA Networks Institute (Spain) & Net AI (UK)
  
• 10:00-10:30 – C3: Coffee break
  
• 10:30-12:30 – S4: AI/ML for Networking
  
• 12:30-13:30 – L2: Lunch
  
• 13:30-15:00 – S5: Localization, 5G, and Beyond
  
• 15:00-15:30 – C4: Coffee break
  
• 15:30-17:00 – S6: Internet-of-Things (IoT)
  
• 17:00-19:30 – G2: Get together / networking time
  
• 19:30 – 22:00 – B2: Social Dinner
  

June 13, 2024

• 8:30-9:00 – R3: Registration
  
• 9:00-10:00 – K1: Tutorial: O-RAN: purpose, architecture & impact
  Speaker: Prof. Navid Nikaein, EURECOM (FR) & Prof. Ray Guang Cheng, NTUST (Taiwan)
  
• 10:00-10:30 – C5: Coffee break
  
• 10:30-12:15 – S7: Open-Source and Open-RAN (Invited Talks)
  
• 12:15-12:30 – W2: Farewell
  
• 12:30-13:30 – L3: Lunch
  

Detailed program

S1: Next Generation Networks

Chair: Marco Rapelli (Polito)

1. The Rumble in the Millimeter Wave Jungle: Obstructions Vs RIS
   Juan Marcos Ramirez (IMDEA Networks, Spain), Vincenzo Mancuso and Marco G. Ajmone Marsan (IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain)
2. A Domain Specific Language for Internet Measurements
   Giovanni Cisternini and Filippo Lucchesi (University of Pisa, Italy), Valerio Luconi (IIT-CNR, Italy); Alessio Vecchio (University of Pisa & Dip. Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Italy)
3. Meeting Latency Constraints in Wi-Fi Through Coordinated OFDMA
   Pasquale Imputato (University of Naples Federico II, Italy) and Stefano Avallone (University of Naples, Italy)

S2: Vehicular Networks

Chair: Antonio Di Maio (University of Bern)

1. OScar: An ETSI-Compliant C-ITS Stack for Field-Testing with Embedded Hardware Devices
   Marco Rapelli, Francesco Raviglione and Claudio E. Casetti (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
2. AoI-Aware and Persistence-Driven Congestion Control in 5G NR-V2X Sidelink Communications
   Alexey Rolich (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy), Ion Turcanu (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg), Andrea Baiocchi (University of Roma Sapienza, Italy)
3. Driving Towards Efficiency: Adaptive Resource-Aware Clustered Federated Learning in Vehicular Networks
   Ahmad Khalil (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany), Majid Lotfian Delouee (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), Victoria Degeler (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Tobias Meuser (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany), Antonio Fernández Anta (IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain), Boris Koldehofe (TU Ilmenau, Germany)

S3: Network Security and Privacy

Chair: Alexey Rolich (University of Rome Sapienza)

1. Revolutionising IoT Network Security by Assessing ML Localisation Techniques Against Jamming Attacks
   Iacovos Ioannou and Michael Savva (University of Cyprus, Cyprus), Marios Raspopoulos (University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus Campus, Cyprus), Vasos Vassiliou (University of Cyprus & CYENS Center of Excellence, Cyprus), Christophoros Christophorou (CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus & University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
2. Microgrid for Radio Access Network Resilience
   Greta Vallero and Michela Meo (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
3. Hey ChatGPT, is This Message Phishing?
   Sara De Rosa (Università Degli Studi di Brescia, Italy), Francesco Gringoli (CNIT/University of Brescia, Italy), Gabriele Bellicini (Verxo S. R. L., Italy)

S4: AI/ML for Networking

Chair: Ion Turcanu (LIST)

1. Evaluating Recurrent Neural Networks for Prediction of Multi-Variate Time Series VoIP Metrics
   Mario Di Mauro (University of Salerno, Italy), Giovanni Galatro (Amazon AWS, Italy), Fabio Postiglione (University of Salerno, Italy), Wei Song (Shanghai Ocean University, China), Antonio Liotta (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy)
2. Enhancing Network Anomaly Detection Using Graph Neural Networks
   William Marfo (The University of Texas El Paso, USA), Deepak K Tosh (University of Texas, El Paso, USA), Shirley V Moore (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
3. Distributed Learning with Memory: Optimizing Model Usage Across Training Tasks
   Francesco Malandrino (CNR-IEIIT, Italy), Carla Fabiana Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino & CNIT, IEIIT-CNR, Italy)

S5: Localization, 5G, and Beyond

Chair: Alessio Vecchio (University of Pisa)

1. Pedestrian Positioning in Urban Environments with 5G Technology
   Lorenzo Italiano, Bernardo Camajori Tedeschini, Mattia Brambilla and Monica Nicoli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
2. Mitigating Collisions in Sidelink NR V2X: A Study on Cooperative Resource Allocation
   Saleh Nikooroo (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Juan Carlos Estrada-Jimenez (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg), Aurel Machalek (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Jérôme Härri (EURECOM, France), Thomas Engel (University of Luxemburg, Luxembourg), Ion Turcanu (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg)
3. Enhancing Network Data Analytics Functions: Integrating AIaaS with ML Model Provisioning
   Ali Nadar and Jérôme Härri (EURECOM, France)

S6: Internet-of-Things (IoT)

Chair: Francesco Malandrino (CNR-IEIIT, Italy)

1. Throughput- and Cost-Aware Node Relocation for MANET Resiliency Under Jamming Attacks
   Marco De Liso, Antonio Di Maio and Torsten Ingo Braun (University of Bern, Switzerland)
2. An Experimental Analysis of the WPA3 Protocol in IoT Devices
   Giovanni Angelo Alghisi (University of Brescia, Italy), Francesco Gringoli (CNIT/University of Brescia, Italy)
3. Harsanyi’s Equilibrium Selection for Distributed Sources Minimizing Age of Information
   Emilija Ðokanovic (University of Padova, Italy), Andrea Munari (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany), Leonardo Badia (Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy)

S7: Special Session: Open-RAN and Open-Source for Future Networks

Chair: Jérôme Härri (EURECOM)

1. OpenAirInterface (OAI) – An Open-Source Platform for Advanced Networking Research & Innovation
   Jérôme Härri & Raymond Knopp (OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OSA), France)
2. BubbleRAN Studio – OpenAirInterface & O-RAN for future Private 5G Networks
   Navid Nikaein & Alireza Mohammadi (BubbleRAN, France)
3. Leveraging the 5G NWDAF for AI/ML Networkings on OpenAitInterface (OAI)
   Karim Boutiba (EURECOM, France)