Location: Except where noted otherwise, all activities take place in King room.

Tuesday, June 3

10:00-12:00

Tutorial 1: Building Trust in Reinforcement Learning for Next-Generation Wireless Networks
Hossam Hassanein (Queen’s University, Canada)
Ahmad Nagib (Queen’s University, Canada)
Hatem Abou-Zeid (University of Calgary, Canada)
Chair: Claude D’Amours (University of Ottawa, Canada)

12:00-13:30

Lunch break
Location: Boefish restaurant

13:30-14:30

Ecosystem keynote: The Kirq Quantum Communication Network
François Borelli (Numana)

14:30-16:30

Tutorial 2: The Role of NTN and LEO Mega-Constellations in the Future of Global Connectivity
Halim Yanikomeroglu (Carleton University, Canada)
Gunes Karabulut-Kurt (École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada)
Chair : Sébastien Roy (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)

19:00-21:00

Welcome reception

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Wednesday, June 4

8:30-9:30

Keynote 1: Beyond ISAC: Integrated Heterogeneous Service Provisioning in the Era of 6G and AI
Xianbin Wang (Western University, Canada)
Chair: Claude D’Amours (University of Ottawa, Canada)

9:30-10:00

Coffee break

10:00-11:00

Session W1: Coding and Information Theory 1
Chair: Lele Wang (University of British Columbia, Canada)

1. Performance-Complexity Tradeoffs of Concatenated Codes for High-Throughput Data Transmission
   James Zhu and Frank R. Kschischang (University of Toronto, Canada)
2. On the Worst-Case Complexity of Gibbs Decoding for Reed-Muller Codes
   Xuzhe Xia (University of British Columbia, Canada); Nicholas Kwan (University of Toronto, Canada); Lele Wang (University of British Columbia, Canada)
3. Finding Difference Triangle Sets with FPGAs
   Mohannad Shehadeh, William Kingsford and Frank R. Kschischang (University of Toronto, Canada)

11:00-12:00

Session W2: Massive MIMO
Chair: François Leduc-Primeau (École Polytechnique, Canada)

1. Effect of Beam Selection on the Uplink Spectral Efficiency of Distributed MIMO
   Md Saheed Ullah (University of Delaware, USA); Xiao-Feng Qi (University of Delaware & Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc., USA); Dennis W. Prather (University of Delaware, USA & Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc., USA)
2. A Transformer Model for Massive MIMO Precoding with an Adaptive Per-User Rate-Power Tradeoff
   Jérôme Emery, Jean-François Frigon, and François Leduc-Primeau (École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada)
3. Angle-of-Arrival Estimation in Large-Scale MIMO Systems Using Channel Codes
   Nadim Ghaddar (University of Toronto, Canada); Lele Wang (University of British Columbia, Canada); Wei Yu (University of Toronto, Canada)

12:00-13:00

Lunch break
Location: Boefish restaurant

13:00-14:45

M-Symp. 1: Mini-Symposium on Microsystems in Communications 1
All speakers in the mini-symposium are from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Canada

1. Welcome and Introduction, Daniel Massicotte
2. Implementation Tools and Real-Time Implementation, Michel Lemaire
3. High-Level Synthesis vs Graphical Blocks Programming: FPGA Implementation of the Sherman–Morrison Formula, Jérémy Poupart
4. FPGA Implementation Technologies and Tools: Matrix Inversion Cases, Levi-John Lewis (PhD)
5. Intelligent and Sustainable Communication Networks, Messaoud Ahmed Ouameur
6. AI-Native Software-Defined Radio, Asma Hmidi
7. Practical Perspectives on Stand-Alone Passive RIS Operation from a GA-Aided Adversarial Bandit Approach, Nada Belhadj Ltaief

14:45-15:15

Coffee break
Demonstration: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Software-Defined Radio, Mohammadkarim Shafieian

15:15-16:00

M-Symp. 2: Mini-Symposium on Microsystems in Communications 2
All speakers in the mini-symposium are from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Canada

1. Optimising ML Inference and Communication Across the Cloud-Edge Continuum, Miloud Bagaa
2. Towards Scalable and Deterministic Communication: Software-Defined Asynchronous TSN in industry 5.0, Abderrahmane Boulahdour
3. Towards an optimal topology-aware resource placement and dynamic allocation for network services across the cloud and edge, Mohammed Dhiya Eddine Gouaouri

16:00-17:00

Session W3: Coding and Information Theory 2
Chair: Wei Yu (University of Toronto, Canada)

1. Modulo Quantization Coding for Multi-hop Channels with Perfectly Correlated Noises
   Yuanxin Guo, Stark Draper and Wei Yu (University of Toronto, Canada)
2. On the Information-Theoretic Limit of Subgraph Alignment
   Chun Hei Michael Shiu (University of British Columbia, Canada); Hei Victor Cheng (Aarhus University, Denmark); Lele Wang (University of British Columbia, Canada)
3. Federated Learning for Accurate Greenhouse Temperature Forecasting with LSTM Networks
   Anh Ngoc Le (Swinburne University of Technology Vietnam, Vietnam)

18:00-21:30

Symposium banquet
Location: Sherbrooke golf club

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Thursday, June 5

8:30-9:30

Keynote 2: Generic nonadditivity of quantum capacity
Debbie Leung (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Chair: Dave Touchette (University of Sherbrooke, Canada)

9:30-10:00

Coffee break

10:00-11:00

Session T1: QKD and Secure Communications
Chair: Dave Touchette (University of Sherbrooke, Canada)

1. Enhanced Discrete Variable Quantum Key Distribution Using Pulse Amplitude Modulation with Four Levels
   Amir Yazdanpour, Shiva Kumar, Nahid Sharifi and Yeganeh Nasrollahzadeh (McMaster University, Canada)
2. Enhancing Key Generation in QKD with Polarization Modulation and Dual-Branch PNR Detection
   Amir Yazdanpour, Shiva Kumar, Yeganeh Nasrollahzadeh and Nahid Sharifi (McMaster University, Canada)
3. Next-Gen Space-Based Surveillance: Blockchain for Trusted and Efficient Debris Tracking
   Nasrive Benchoubane (École Polytechnique, Canada); Nida Fidan (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Gunes Karabulut Kurt (École Polytechnique, Canada); Enver Ozdemir ((Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)

11:00-12:00

Session T2: Advanced beamforming techniques and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
Chair: Sergey Loyka (University of Ottawa, Canada)

1. On Global Optimality of Phase Quantization for IRS with Discrete Phase Shifts
   Sergey Loyka and Milad Dabiri (University of Ottawa, Canada)
2. On RIS-Assisted Wide-Band OFDM Systems with Multi-Slope Phase-Frequency Profiles
   Omran Abbas (University of British Columbia, Canada); Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem (New York University Abu Dhabi & NYU Tandon School of Engineering, USA); Loïc Markley and Anas Chaaban (University of British Columbia, Canada)
3. Vision-Aided Joint User Association and Beamforming Optimization for Wireless Cellular Networks
   Yinghan Li and Wei Yu (University of Toronto, Canada)

12:00-13:00

Lunch break
Location: Boefish restaurant

13:00-14:45

Session T3: ISAC, light communications and positioning
Chair: Steve Hranilovic (McMaster University, Canada)

1. Direct Waveform Design for ISAC Systems with Conventional Equalization
   Runchen Liang (McMaster University, Canada); Cai Wen (Northwest University, China); Timothy N. Davidson (McMaster University, Canada)
2. Hybrid Digital- and Wave-Domain Optimization for SIS-Assisted MIMO ISAC
   Omran Abbas, Loïc Markley and Anas Chaaban (University of British Columbia, Canada)
3. Indoor Passive Visible Light Positioning and Tracking
   Ahmad Emam, Ratnasingham Tharmarasa and Steve Hranilovic (McMaster University, Canada)
4. Combatting Clouds in Satellite-to-Ground Optical Feeder Links
   Sara Abdelhak, Haitham Khallaf and Steve Hranilovic (McMaster University, Canada)
5. Pioneering Autonomous Navigation with Radar-Assisted Multimodal Localization in Challenging GPS-Denied Environments
   Zakaryae Ezzouine (Moulay Ismail University, Morocco); Sébastien Roy (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)

14:45-15:15

Coffee break

15:15-16:00

Session T4: IoT, Smart Cities, and Autonomous Systems
Chair: Ioanis Psaromiligkos (McGill University, Canada)

1. Network Load Estimation and RACH Optimization
   Ahmed Elmeligy and Ioannis Psaromiligkos (McGill University, Canada); Minh Au (Hydro-Quebec, Canada)
2. In-Place Continuous Compression for DTNs
   Sanku Kumar Roy and Ioanis Nikolaidis (University of Alberta, Canada)
3. Massive Connectivity for IoT: The Role and Impact of Non-Orthogonal Access and Clustering
   Richard B. Nti and Sébastien Roy (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)

16:00-17:30

Canadian Society of Information Theory (CSIT) meeting

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Friday, June 6

9:00-10:00

Keynote 3: The Evolution Toward 6G and Beyond: Communications, Sensing, Computing, and Intelligence
Chair: Sébastien Roy (University of Sherbrooke, Canada)

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:30

Session F1 (invited session): AI-driven RF components for Integrated Sensing and Communications
Chair: Langis Roy (Ontario Tech University, Canada)

1. Novel RIS designs for enhanced agility
   Felipe Forero-Rodriguez (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)
2. Field-Programmable Microwave Substrate based circuits
   Langis Roy (Ontario Tech University, Canada)
3. Advanced LTCC/MEMS fabrication technologies for intelligent RF components
   Ammar Kouki (ETS Montréal, Canada)