IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems
17–20 December 2023 // MNIT Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Ubiquitous networking for seamless connectivity

Workshop

Workshop Schedule

 

WS1: Workshop on Optical Wireless communication Systems (WOWS)

  • Rishu Raj, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • Anand Singh, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
  • Anand Srivastava, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, India

WS2: FogPlat: 2nd Workshop on Fog Computing based Security Frameworks for IoT Botnet Attack Prevention and Detection

WS3: Workshop on Ensuring Security, Trust, and Privacy in Industrial IoT Systems

WS4: Workshop on Standards Driven Research

WS5: Next-generation Networking: Exploring the Convergence of Metaverse and 6G

WS6: 8th International Workshop on 5G and Future Wireless Technology (5GFWT 2023)

  • Navin Kumar, Amrita University & School of Engineering, India
  • Ashutosh Dutta, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labs (JHU/APL), USA

WS7: Selected Topics in 6G Wireless Communications

WORKSHOP CHAIR/CO-CHAIRS

Subhankar Dhar, San Jose State University, USA
Mithun Mukherjee, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China

WS1: Workshop on Optical Wireless Communication Systems (WOWS)

Date and Time: DATE AND TIME: SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2023, 14:30 – 16:00 AND 16:30 – 18:00 // IST

Accepted Papers

  • Simulator of Coded Optical Communication System, Antrix Gupta (IIT DELHI, India); Sonali Garg (HFCL Limited, India); Abhishek Dixit (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi & IBBT, India)
  • Experimental Implementation of FSO System using Low-cost Optical Transmitter, Akhilesh Kumar Savita, Rishabh Patial, Ragini Verma and Anshul Jaiswal (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)
  • Performance Analysis of DCO-OFDM based UWOC System under Varying Underwater Channel Conditions, K Jeyapiriya (Sri Sai Ram Engineering College Chennai, India); Priyanka Singh (IIIT Delhi, India); Anand Singh (Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India); Anand Srivastava (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, India)

Invited Speakers

  • Hany Elagla, The University at Albany, USA
  • Moussa Ayyash, Chicago State University, USA
  • Haythem Bany Salameh, Al Ain University, UAE

Session Outline

Session I: SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2023, 14:30 – 16:00 // IST

  • Workshop Inauguration
  • Paper Presentation

Session II: SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2023, 16:30 – 18:00 // IST

  • Welcome
  • Invited Speakers
  • Discussion and Q&A
  • Closing remarks

Short Bio of Invited Speakers

Hany ElgalaHany Elgala is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Engineering at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and the Director of the Signals and Networks (SINE) Lab. Before joining UAlbany, he was a Research Professor at Boston University (BU). There, he was the co-leader of the Multimedia Communications Lab (MCL) and the Communications Testbed leader at the National Science Foundation (NSF) Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC). From 2010-12, he was the co-leader of the Cellular and Wireless Communications (CWC) Lab at Jacobs University in Germany. There, he coordinated two industrial projects with Airbus Germany and the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) to realize high-speed optical wireless networks in airplane cabins. He is the author or co-author of approximately 50 publications or patents in the area of optical wireless systems. Dr. Elgala works in the area of telecommunications, digital signal processing and embedded systems. He is particularly interested in visible light communications (VLC) technology and LiFi networks, coexistence in wireless heterogeneous networks (HetNets), localization, Internet-of-Things (IoT) security, backscatter communication, and artificial intelligence in wireless communications.

 

Moussa AyyashMoussa Ayyash received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Mu’tah University, and the University of Jordan, respectively. He obtained the Ph.D. degree from Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Information Studies, Chicago State University, Chicago. He is also the Director of the Center of Information and National Security Education and Research (CINSER). His current research interests span digital and data communication areas, wireless networking, visible light communications, network security, Internet of Things, and interference mitigation. His research and educational activities are funded by the National Science Foundation, National Security Agency, and Department of Defense. In 2018, Dr. Ayyash received a Fulbright Specialist Award to collaborate with Reykjavik University in Iceland. Dr. Ayyash is a Senior IEEE, a member of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies and a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He is a recipient of the 2018 Best Survey Paper Award from IEEE Communications Society.

 

Haythem A. Bany SalamehHaythem A. Bany Salameh (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, in 2009. In summer 2008, he was a member of the Research and Development Long-Term Evolution Development Group, Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, USA. In summer 2015, he was a Visiting Research Professor with the Telecommunications Systems and Networks Laboratory, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is currently a professor of wireless networking engineering with Al Ain University, United Arab Emirates, and Yarmouk University (YU), Irbid, Jordan. He is also the Dean of scientific research and graduate studies with Al Ain University. He also holds the position of Visiting Professor with the Faculty of Computing, Staffordshire University, U.K. Recently, he has been involved in projects related to securing IoT communications; cognitive radios/SDRs; distributed resource management in full-duplex wireless networks; drone networking with AI support; and communication protocols, with an emphasis on spectrum access, cross-layer design, and channel/power assignment. His research interests include wireless communications technology, artificial intelligence (AI)-based networking, the Internet of Things (IoT) networking, and security protocols for delay-sensitive IoT applications, with an emphasis on resource allocation, adaptive control, and distributed protocol design. He was a recipient of the Jordan Science Research Support Foundation Prestigious Award for Distinguished Research in the ICT sector, in 2015, the Best Researcher Award for Scientific Colleges in YU for the academic year 2015/2016, and the Jordan Science Research Support Fund Award for Creativity and Technological Scientific Innovation, in 2017. He served as an Organizing Chair for the Seventh and the Eighth International Conferences on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS 2020 and 2021) and as a Steering Committee Member of the 7th and 8th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems Management, Security-(IoTSMS 2020 and 2021).

WS2: FogPlat: 2nd Workshop on Fog Computing based Security Frameworks for IoT Botnet Attack Prevention and Detection

Date and Time: SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2023, 9:30 – 11:00 AND 11:30 – 13:00 // IST

Accepted Papers

  • Machine Learning Approach to Detect Fake News, Rajesh Kumar Shrivastava (Bennett University, India); Sakshi Khare (GL Bajaj Institute of Technology, India); Pushpa Singh (KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR, Ghaziabad, India); Pankaj Kumar (G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management, Greater Noida)
  • The Green Revolution from Space: A Survey of Satellite-Based Agricultural Monitoring Systems, Debjani Ghosh (Bennett University Greater Noida India, India); Jatin Swarnkar, Gunesh Gupta and Priyanka Rawat (Bennett University, India)
  • A Hybrid Computing Framework Enabled by AI and Blockchain in Fiber-Wireless Networks, Sandeep Kumar Singh (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India)
  • Energy-efficient THz NOMA-enabled Small Cells underlaying Macrocell using Reinforcement Learning, Rajat Chaudhary and Varun Kumar (Bennett University, India); Ishan Budhiraja (Bennett University, Greater Noida, India); Akansha Singh (Bennett University, India); Srinivas Aluvala (SR University, India)
  • Optimized Tree-based Ensembles for Intrusion Detection in Internet of Things, T Anitha Kumari (VIT-AP University, India); Sanket Mishra (VITAP University, India)
  • Efficient MLOps Pipeline for Transfer Learning and Reuse of Pre-Trained ML Models, Vimal Kumar (Bennett University, Greater Noida, India); Debjani Ghosh and Shivom Srivastava (Bennett University Greater Noida India, India)

Invited Speaker

  • Sudhir Sharma, LNMIIT, India

Session Outline

SESSION I: SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2023, 9:30 – 11:00 // IST

  • Workshop Inauguration and Welcome
  • Invited Speakers
  • Paper Presentation
  • Discussion and Q&A

SESSION II: SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2023, 11:30 – 13:00 // IST

  • Paper Presentation
  • Closing remarks

SHORT BIO OF INVITED SPEAKER

Sudheer Kumar Sharma is currently working as an Assistant Professor at LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur. He has completed his PhD in Computer Science and Technology from School of Computer and Systems Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has done his M. Tech. from School of Computer and Systems Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and B.Tech. from Uttar Pradesh Technical University Lucknow. He had worked as an Assistant Professor at NIIT University, Neemrana Rajasthan, Galgotias University Greater Noida and ITM University Gurgaon, Haryana. He has more than 10 years of Teaching and Research experience in the area of Computer Science and Engineering. He has been working in the area of Computational Modelling and Simulation of stochastic systems. His work has been published in reputed international Journals and Conferences. His current research interest lies in the study of Non-Homogenous Queueing Systems, Computational Neuroscience, Information Theory, Data Science, and Machine Learning. He delivered invited lectures in various FDPs and Workshops.    

 

WS3: Workshop on Ensuring Security, Trust, and Privacy in Industrial IoT Systems

Date and Time: MONDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2023, 14:30 – 16:00 // IST

Accepted Papers

  • ML-Augmented Network Packet Broker based Anomaly Detection at IIoT-Edge Egress Port, Sasirekha Gvk (Electronics City & IIIT Bangalore, India); Annapoorna Gh (IIIT Bangalore, India); Madhav Rao (International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore, India); Jyotsna Bapat (International Institute of Information Technology, India); Debabrata Das (International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore, India)
  • Ensemble Learning-based Sybil Attacks Detection in Smart Meter Network, Anakhi Hazarika (BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India); Abhinav Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India)
  • Device Identification using Network Traces in a Smart Home IoT Network, Rakesh Matam and Jwngfu Brahma (Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati, India); Nikumani Choudhury (BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India)
  • rankIMPACT: A Study of Rank Attacks impact over RPL based Internet of Things Networks, P Subhash (VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology, India)

Invited Speakers

TBD

Session Outline

  • Workshop Inauguration and Welcome
  • Invited Speakers
  • Paper Presentation
  • Discussion and Q&A

WS4: Workshop on Standards Driven Research

Date and Time: MONDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2023, 16:30 – 18:00 // IST

Accepted Papers

  • Improving Vehicular Handover time using Make Before Break Mechanism, Pradeepthi Kolla (Central Research Laboratory, Bharat Electronics Limited, India); Sailaja Ungati (Bharat Electronics ltd, India)
  • A Flexible Architecture for Broadcast Broadband Convergence in Beyond 5G, Rashmi Yadav (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India); Rashmi Kamran (IIT Bombay, India); Pranav Jha (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India); Abhay Karandikar (Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India)
  • Digital Twin Modelling of Cascaded Amplifiers in the COSMOS Testbed, Rishu Raj (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland); Shuang Xie (TCD, Ireland); Zehao Wang (Duke, USA); Tingjun Chen (Duke University, USA); Daniel Kilper (Trinity College Dublin & CONNECT Centre, Ireland)

Invited Speakers

TBD

Session Outline

  • Workshop Inauguration and Welcome
  • Invited Speakers
  • Paper Presentation
  • Discussion and Q&A

WS5: Next-generation Networking: Exploring the Convergence of Metaverse and 6G

Date and Time: SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2023, 9:30 – 11:00, 11:30 – 13:00, 14:30 – 16:00, AND 16:30 – 18:00 // IST

Accepted Papers

  • Revolutionizing Human-Machine Interaction through Hand Gesture Recognition in 6G-Enabled Metaverse E, Brij B. Gupta (Asia University, Taiwan); Akshat Gaurav (Ronin Institute, USA); John Chui Kwok Tai (Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), Hong Kong); Varsha Arya (Insights2Techinfo, Taiwan)
  • Personalized Federated Learning based Intrusion Detection Approach for Metaverse, Gurpreeet Singh (Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India); Rajalakshmi P (IIT Hyderabad, India); Yong Xiang (Deakin University, Australia)
  • Parallel Tempering (PT) Empowers Cell Tower Clustering: Advancing K-Medoids Optimization, Shivatmica Murgai and Sharv Murgai (India)
  • SecGes: A Secure Biometric-Driven Hand Gesture Recognition System for Smart Wheelchair Movement, Gurleen Kaur (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Patiala, Punjab, India); Bakul Gupta (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Patiala, India); Devanshi Saini, Kashika Mohindru and Anushka Nehra (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Patiala Punjab India, India)
  • Uncovering Network Vulnerabilities and Conducting Digital Forensics Analysis for IoT Device Security, Ishan Budhiraja (Bennett University, Greater Noida, India); Haneef Khan (Jazan University, Saudi Arabia); Shams Tabrez Siddiqui (Jazan University, India); Shahid Kamal, Khalid Qidwai, Imran Alam and Malik Zaib Alam (Jazan University, Saudi Arabia); Sandeep Chintham (SR University, India)
  • Investigation of Cloud Forensic Incidents in Cloud Architecture for 6G Networks, Ishan Budhiraja (Bennett University, Greater Noida, India); Haneef Khan, Malik Zaib Alam, Adeeb Ahmed, Asif Ali Khan and Mohammad Rafeek Khan (Jazan University, Saudi Arabia)
  • Deep CNN Based Anomaly Detection in Centralized Metaverse Environment, Brij B. Gupta (Asia University, Taiwan); Akshat Gaurav (Ronin Institute, USA); John Chui Kwok Tai (Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), Hong Kong)
  • Comparative Analysis of Multi Objective Node Placement Strategies in Wireless Sensor Networks, Amritesh Kumar Ojha (National Institute of Technology Patna Bihar, India); Bharat Gupta (National Institute of Technology Patna, India)

Invited Speakers

  • Brij B. Gupta, Asia University, Taiwan

Session Outline

SESSION I: SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2023, 9:30 – 11:00// IST

  • Workshop Inauguration and Welcome
  • Invited Speakers
  • Paper Presentation
  • Discussion and Q&A

SESSION II: SUNDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2023, 11:30 – 13:00 // IST

  • Paper Presentation
  • Discussion and Q&A
  • Closing remarks

SHORT BIO OF INVITED SPEAKER

Brij B. Gupta received the PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India. In more than 18 years of his professional experience, he published over 500 papers in journals/conferences including 38 books and 12 Patents with over 24,000 citations. He has received numerous national and international awards including Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship (2009), Govt. of Canada, Visvesvaraya Faculty Research Fellowship Award (2017), MeitY, Govt of India, IEEE GCCE outstanding and WIE best paper awards and Best Faculty Award (2018 & 2019), NIT KKR, India, 2022 Asia University Best researcher award, 2022 Research.com Computer Science in India Leader Award, 2023 Clarivate India Research Excellence Citation Awards Winner (Research Excellence in Engineering and Technology category)  respectively. Prof Gupta is also serving as Distinguished Research Scientist with LoginRadius Inc., USA which is one of leading cybersecurity companies in the world, especially in the field of customer identity and access management (CIAM). He is also selected in the 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 Stanford University’s ranking of the world’s top 2% scientists. He is also a visiting/adjunct professor with several universities (i.e. Temple University, Macquarie University, Yamaguchi University, University of Murcia, Deakin University, Staffordshire University, Swinburne University of Technology, Birkbeck, University of London, etc) worldwide. He is also an IEEE Senior Member (2017) and also selected as 2021 Distinguished Lecturer in IEEE CTSoc. Dr Gupta is also serving as Member-in-Large, Board of Governors, IEEE Consumer Technology Society (2022-2024). Prof. Gupta is also leading IJSWIS (IF: 3.2), IJSSCI (IF: 2.9) and IJCAC (Scopus Citescore: 6.1), IGI Global, as Editor-in-Chief. Moreover, he is also serving as lead-editor of Book Series with CRC, World Scientific and IET press. He also served as TPC members and organized/special session chairs in ICCE 2023, ICCE 2021, IEEE GCCE 2014-2023 and TPC Chair in 2018 INFOCOM:CCSNA Workshop, Publicity Co-chair in 2020 ICCCN, etc. Dr Gupta is also serving/served as Associate/Guest Editor of IEEE TII, IEEE TITS, IoT, IEEE Big Data, ASOC, FGCS, etc. At present, Prof. Gupta is working as Director, International Center for AI and Cyber Security Research and Innovations, and Distinguished Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE), Asia University, Taiwan. His research interests include cyber security, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, intrusion detection, blockchain technologies, cyber physical systems, social media, and networking.

WS6: 8th International Workshop on 5G and Future Wireless Technology (5GFWT 2023)

Date and Time: TUESDAY, 19 DECEMBER 2023, 14:30 – 16:00 AND 16:30 – 18:00 // IST

Accepted Papers

  • Federated Learning-based Base Selection on 3D LiDAR Data for Beyond 5G Communications, Thushan Sivalingam (University of Oulu, Finland); Anupma Sharma and Vimal Bhatia (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India); Nandana Rajatheva (University of Oulu, Finland); Sanjeev Sharma (IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India); Kuntal Deka (IIT Guwahati, India)
  • Delay Tolerant Feedback Based MISO Communication System, Ruchi Antil (Netaji Subhash University of Technology, India); Ankit Garg and Tarun Kumar Rawat (Netaji Subhas University of Technology, India)
  • Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces-Assisted Ambient Backscattering Communication for Cognitive Radios, Vivek Baluwale (NIE Mysore, India); Chandankumar H (The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, India); Tayi Charan Kumar (The National Institute of Engineering, India); Manjunath K (The National Institute of Engineering Mysore, India); Suhas S M (The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, India); Rajalekshmi Kishore (National Institute of Engineering (NIE), India); Sanjeev Gurugopinath (PES University, India)
  • Determination of Impact of Imperfect Feedback Over Distributed Wireless Relay Selection, Ruchi Antil (Netaji Subhash University of Technology, India); Ankit Garg (Netaji Subhas University of Technology, India); Rajat Sharma (Netaji Subhash University of Technology, India); Tarun Kumar Rawat (Netaji Subhas University of Technology, India)

Invited Speakers

TBD

Session Outline

TBD

WS7: Selected Topics in 6G Wireless Communications

Date and Time: WEDNESDAY, 20 DECEMBER 2023, 14:30 – 16:00 AND 16:30 – 18:00 // IST

Accepted Papers

  • Channel Estimation and Hybrid Precoding Design for Joint Radar Communication, Vidya Bhasker Shukla (IIT Indore, India); Aryan Kaushik (University of Sussex, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Vimal Bhatia (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India)
  • Enhanced Physical Layer Security for Wireless Systems with Non-Diagonal IRS, Amit Agarwal (Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, India); Keshav Singh (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan)
  • DRL-Based Transmission Design for Distributed STAR-RIS-aided Communications, Riya Yadav and Sravani Kurma (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan); Sandeep Kumar Singh (Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India); Chih-Peng Li (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan); Mayur R. Parate (Indian Institute of Information Technology Nagpur, India)
  • ML-Assisted Resource Allocation Outage Probability: Simple, Closed-Form Approximations, Rashika Raina and Nidhi Simmons (Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); David E Simmons (Co-founder Dhali Holdings Ltd., United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Michel Daoud Yacoub (State University of Campinas, Brazil)

Invited Speakers

TBD

Session Outline

TBD

 

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