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)

12:00-13:30

Lunch break

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)

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)

9:30-10:00

Coffee break

10:00-11:00

Session W1: Coding and Information Theory 1

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

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

13:00–14:45

M-Symp. 1: Mini-Symposium on Microsystems in Communications 1

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

1. Optimising ML Inference and Communication Across the Cloud-Edge Continuum, Miloud Bagaa
2. Title forthcoming, Abderrahmane Boulahdour
3. Title forthcoming, Mohammed Dhiya Eddine Gouaouri

16:00-17:00

Session W3: Coding and Information Theory 2

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 $
3. Federated Learning for Accurate Greenhouse Temperature Forecasting with LSTM Networks
   Anh Ngoc Le (Swinburne University of Technology Vietnam, Vietnam)

19:00-22:00

Symposium banquet
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)

9:30-10:00

Coffee break

10:00-11:00

Session T1: QKD and Secure Communications

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

11:00-12:00

Session T2: Advanced beamforming techniques and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces

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

13:00-14:45

Session T3: ISAC, light communications and positioning

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)Hybrid Digital- and Wave-Domain Optimization for SIS-Assisted MIMO ISAC
   Omran Abbas, Loïc Markley and Anas Chaaban (University of British Columbia, Canada)
2. Indoor Passive Visible Light Positioning and Tracking
   Ahmad Emam, Ratnasingham Tharmarasa and Steve Hranilovic (McMaster University, Canada)
3. Combatting Clouds in Satellite-to-Ground Optical Feeder Links
   Sara Abdelhak, Haitham Khallaf and Steve Hranilovic (McMaster University, Canada)
4. 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

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

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)