Conference Program
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BalkanCom 2023 Technical ProgramAll tutorials and technical sessions will take place at the Fazıl Say Conference Hall of BAU.
June 05, 2023, Monday |
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| Whole Day | Tutorials |
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June 06, 2023, Tuesday |
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| 08:30-09:00 | Opening and Welcome Ceremony |
| 09:00-10:30 | S1: Communication Protocols and Networking |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Keynote 1: Prof. Ness B. Shroff |
| 11:30-11:45 | Coffee Break |
| 11:45-13:15 | S2: Signal Processing for Communications |
| 13:15-14:15 | Lunch Break |
| 14:15-15:00 | Keynote 2: Prof. Malamati Louta |
| 15:00-15:15 | Coffee Break |
| 15:15-16:45 | S3: Network Management |
| 16:45-17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00-18:15 | S4: Secure Communications |
| 18:30 | Welcome Reception |
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June 07, 2023, Wednesday |
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| 08:30-09:00 | Invited Speaker |
| 09:00-10:30 | S5: Wireless Channel Propagation and Modeling |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break & Poster Session |
| 10:45-11:30 | Keynote 3: Prof. Mehdi Bennis |
| 11:30-11:45 | Coffee Break & Poster Session |
| 11:45-13:15 | S6: Multiple Access Techniques |
| 13:15-14:15 | Lunch Break |
| 14:15-15:00 | Panel: The Trends towards Communication in the 2030s and Beyond |
| 15:00-15:15 | Coffee Break |
| 15:15-16:45 | S7: Wireless Powered and Energy Harvesting Communications |
| 16:45-17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00-18:15 | S8: Terahertz Communications |
| 18:30 | Bosphorus Ferry Tour & Conference Banquet |
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June 08, 2023, Thursday |
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| 09:00-10:30 | S9: AI Empowered Cellular Communications and Computing Service Management |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Keynote 4: Prof. Murat Uysal |
| 11:30-11:45 | Coffee Break |
| 11:45-13:15 | S10: Internet of Things and Smart Applications |
| 13:15-14:15 | Lunch Break |
| 14:15-15:00 | Keynote 5: Prof. Emina Soljanin |
| 15:00-15:15 | Coffee Break |
| 15:15-16:45 | S11: Student Session |
| 16:45-17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00-18:15 | S12: Unconventional Communications and Computing |
| 18:30 | Closing Session |
June 06, 2023, Tuesday
June 06, Tuesday, 09:00-10:30
S1: Communication Protocols and Networking
Room: Main Conference Room
Chair: Ece Gelal Soyak
- A Performance Evaluation of Flooding Methods on Real Networks Topologies
- Scalability and Sample Efficiency Analysis of Graph Neural Networks for Power System State Estimation
- Load Balancing of Virtual Network Functions through Packet Delegation
- QoE Estimation for the Wi-Fi Edge with Gradient Boosting-based Machine Learning
June 06, Tuesday, 11:45-13:15
S2: Signal Processing for Communications
Room: Main Conference Room
Chair: Galia Marinova
- A Framework for Physical Layer Network Coding with Multiple antennas for BPSK
- Issue of the effective dielectric constant for a co-planar patch antenna made with inset technique
- The Magic of Quantum Computing for Microwave Computer-Aided Design: A Brief Overview
- High-Speed, Real Time Sensor Data Acquisition and Transfer based on the Raspberry Pi Single Board Computer
- Generative Lossy Sensor Data Reconstructions for Robust Deep Inference
June 06, Tuesday, 15:15-16:45
S3: Network Management
Room: Main Conference Room
Chair: Jale Sadreddini
- Multivariate and Multistep Traffic Prediction for NextG Networks with SLA Violation Constraints
- Accuracy and Coverage Analysis of IP Geolocation Databases
- State Management of Knowledge Base in Intent Management Functions in 6G Networks
- Open-Source Network Slice Orchestration for B5G/6G: Assurance Use Case
- PIM Detection in Wireless Networks as an Anomaly Detection Problem
June 06, Tuesday, 17:00-18:15
S4: Secure Communications
Room: Main Conference Room
Chair: Albert Levi
- It Is Rude to Ask a Sensor Its Age-of-Information: Status Updates Against an Eavesdropping Node
- The Generalized Secretary Problem Algorithm for Secrecy-Achieving Relay Selection: A Good Complexity-Security Trade-off?
- Challenges of blockchain in higher education institutions for protection against diploma forgery
- Remote Monitoring and Control of Refrigerators Through MQTT Protocol with AES Encryption
June 07, 2023, Wednesday
June 07, Wednesday, 08:30-09:00
Invited Speaker
Room: Main Conference Room
June 07, Wednesday, 09:00-10:30
S5: Wireless Channel Propagation and Modeling
Room: Main Conference Room
Chair: Mihael Mohorcic
- Statistical Characterization of FSO-based Airborne Backhaul Links
- Multi-State Inter-Satellite Channel Models
- Performance Analysis of Gateway-Relayed Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks
- Reinforcement Learning for Simplified Training in Fingerprinting Radio Localization
- XAI for Self-supervised Clustering of Wireless Spectrum Activity
- Vector Autoregression Model Utilization for Massive-MIMO Channel Denoising
June 07, Wednesday, 10:30-11:45
Poster Session
Room: Conference Hall
June 07, Wednesday, 11:45-13:15
S6: Multiple Access Techniques
Room: Main Conference Room
Chair: Dejan Vukobratovic
- Full-Duplex Cooperative NOMA-based mmWave Networks with Fluid Antenna System (FAS) Receivers
- Performance Analysis and Enhancement through Cooperative NOMA in STAR-RIS-aided Systems
- Grant Free NOMA with Deep Learning for Massive IoT Applications
- User Pairing and Beamforming Design in mmWave CR-NOMA Networks
- On the Performance of the Free-Access Tree Algorithm with MPR, SIC, and Single-Slot Memory
June 07, Wednesday, 14:15-15:00
PANEL
Room: Main Conference Room
June 07, Wednesday, 15:15-16:45
S7: Wireless Powered and Energy Harvesting Communications
Room: Main Conference Room
Chair: Pinar Sarisaray Boluk
- Novel Scalable DNN-based Relay Selection Scheme for Wireless Powered Communication Networks
- Deep Learning based Low Complexity Relay Selection for Wireless Powered Cooperative Communication Networks
- Two-Step Deep Reinforcement Q-Learning based Relay Selection in Cooperative WPCNs
- Operation Altitude Optimization of Solar-Powered Rotary-Wing UAVs for FSO Backhauling
- An energy-harvesting aware cluster head selection policy in underwater acoustic sensor networks
June 07, Wednesday, 17:00-18:15
S8: Terahertz Communications
Room: Main Conference Room
Chair: Mustafa Alper Akkas
June 08, 2023, Thursday
June 08, Thursday, 09:00-10:30
S9: AI Empowered Cellular Communications and Computing Service Management
Room: Main Conference Room
Chair: Carolina Fortuna
- Machine Learning Operations Model Store: Optimizing Model Selection for AI as a Service
- Graph Neural Networks Based Anomalous RSSI Detection
- Predictive Data Replication for XR Applications in Multi-Connectivity Enabled mmWave Networks
- Supervised Wireless Communication: An Analytic Framework for Real-Time Model Inference in the Core Network
- Feature Management for Machine Learning Operation Pipelines in AI Native Networks
June 08, Thursday, 11:45-13:15
S10: Internet of Things and Smart Applications
Room: Main Conference Room
Chair: Pelin Angin
- Game Theoretic Analysis of Overtaking Maneuvers for Autonomous Vehicles with Moving Obstacles
- Status Update Scheduling in Remote Sensing Under Variable Delay
- Energy consumption optimization in a smart university campus microgrid
- Digital Twin Middleware for Smart Farm IoT Networks
- An Overview of Digital Twin Applications on Smart Agriculture
June 08, Thursday, 15:15-16:45
S11: Student Session
Room: Main Conference Room
Chair: Bige Deniz Unluturk
- A method to improve the bandwidth of photovoltaic modules for LiFi applications
- Status Updates Against an Eavesdropping Node: a Game Theoretic Analysis
- Multiple DCLC Routing Algorithms for Ultra-Reliable and Time-Sensitive Applications
- Implementing TCP Cubic in Omnet++ INET Framework in IoST Environment
June 08, Thursday, 17:00-18:15
S12: Unconventional Communications and Computing
Room: Main Conference Room
Chair: Murat Kuscu
