Program Overview
Day 1: Monday, July 8, 2024
8:30 onwards
REGISTERATION
9:00 – 12:00
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch Break
Day 2: Tuesday, July 9, 2024
8:30 onwards
REGISTERATION
9:00 – 9:30
Opening Session
10:15 – 10:30
Coffee Break
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch Break
Day 3: Wednesday, July 10, 2024
8:30 onwards
REGISTERATION
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch Break
3:00 – 3:30
Coffee Break
3:30 – 5:00
Istanbul Medipol University Student Activities and Tour
Day 4: Thursday, July 11, 2024
8:30 onwards
REGISTERATION
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
1:30 – 2:30
Lunch Break
Conference Sessions
Track 1 – Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Optimization for Communications, Networks and Signal Processing
Session T1S1
July 10, 2024 (1:00 – 3:00)
Chair: Dr. Ning Lu (e-mail: ning.lu@queensu.ca)
1:00 – 1:20
Machine Learning-Assisted Partially Blind Handover Prediction in 5G Network Systems
Ibrahim Yazici; Emre Gures
1:20 – 1:40
IoT-Enabled Smart Parking System Using Artificial Intelligence and Optical Character Recognition
Mohammad Rafi Rashidi; Chris Cherian; Vipul Singh Negi; Suchismita Chinara
1:40 – 2:00
Machine Learning-Based Handover Parameter Estimation for Beyond 5G Communication Networks
Abdussamet Hatipoglu; Ibrahim Yazici; Mehmet Basaran; Mehmet Akif Yazici; Lutfiye Durak-Ata
2:00 – 2:20
NR-V2X Quality of Service Prediction Through Machine Learning with Nested Cross-Validation Scheme
Ibrahim Yazici; Emre Gures
2:20 – 2:40
Trustworthy Aggregation for Aerial Federated Learning in Heterogeneous Client Environments
Mohamed Magdi Ads; Hesham ElSawy; Hazem Abbas; Hossam S. Hassanein
2:40 – 3:00
Joint Power Control and Device Scheduling in Federated Learning with Energy Harvesting
Boyuan Zhang; Ning Lu
Session T1S2
July 11, 2024 (9:00 – 11:00)
Chair: Dr. Abdallah Alma'aitah (e-mail: ayalmaaitah@just.edu.jo)
9:00 – 9:20
Enhancing Industrial Efficiency: Early Detection of Fan Failures with IoT Technology
Mahmut Durgun; Zübeyir Şükrü Özkorucu
9:20 – 9:40
Radar Sensing via Geometric Machine Learning over Riemannian Manifolds
Joarder Sadique; Imtiaz Nasim; Ahmed S. Ibrahim
9:40 – 10:00
Age and Gender Prediction Using Paralinguistic Features of EEG Signals and Machine Learning
Reema Alamr; Turky Alotaiby; Walaa Alsumari
10:00 – 10:20
Indoor Human Counting Based on Range-Doppler Spectrum in the Presence of Material Penetration and Occlusion
İlhan Aytutuldu; Zehra Bilici; Yakup Genc; Yusuf Sinan Akgul
10:20 – 10:40
Distributed Task Offloading in Mobile Edge Computing Using Metaheuristics
Ala' A. Samarneh; Abdallah Alma'aitah
Session T1S3
July 11, 2024 (11:30 – 1:30)
Chair: Dr. Sidney Givigi (e-mail: sidney.givigi@queensu.ca)
11:30 – 11:50
Continuous Action Learning Automata Game Optimizer Applied to Convolutional Neural Networks
James Lindsay; Sidney Givigi
11:50 – 12:10
A Real-Time System for Monitoring and Managing Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Dementia Patients
Abeer Badawi; Ahmed Badr; Somayya Elmoghazy; Sara Elgazzar; Khalid Elgazzar; Amer Burhan
12:10 – 12:30
Beam Prediction in 5G and 6G Systems: A Deep Learning Approach
Shaimaa SE Hassanein; Omar Shouman; Elias Yaacoub; Tamer Khattab; Abdulaziz Al-Ali
12:30 – 12:50
Green Resource Allocation in Cloud-Native O-RAN Enabled Small Cell Networks
Rana Sohaib; Syed Tariq Tariq Shah; Oluwakayode Onireti; Yusuf A. Sambo; Muhammad Ali Imran
12:50 – 1:10
Enabling Efficient Federated Learning via Ternary Quantization over Fading Channels
Ada İrem Pekdemir; Ferkan Yilmaz; Hakan A. Çırpan
1:10 – 1:30
Securing Cognitive IoT Networks: Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Physical Layer Defense
Deemah Tashman; Soumaya Cherkaoui
Track 2 – Advances of Wireless Communication Theory, Protocols, and Security
Session T2S1
July 10, 2024 (1:00 – 3:00)
Chair: Dr. Mahmoud Ismail Ibrahim (e-mail: mhibrahim@aus.edu)
1:00 – 1:20
Performance Evaluation of Selection Combining over Shadowed Beaulieu-Xie Fading Channels
Refaat Mohamed; Mahmoud H. Ismail
1:20 – 1:40
GA-CRSK: Gradient Ascent Chirp Rate Shift Keying for High Data-Rate LoRa Communications
Sang won Shin; Mehmet Can Vuran
1:40 – 2:00
On the Performance of IM-OFDMA: Higher Spectral Efficiency and Reduced Computational Complexity
Heba Yaser; Saud Althunibat; Mazen Omar Hasna; Khalid A. Qaraqe
2:00 – 2:20
Adaptive Switching Method for 5G Grant-Free URLLC Scheduling
Husne Sahan; Yusuf Islam Demir; Ahmet Yazar; Huseyin Arslan
2:20 – 2:40
Design and Implementation on FPGA of a Real-Time Secure Audio Communication System
Abdenour Kifouche; Mohamed Salah Azzaz; Youcef Alloun; Walid Merdaci
Session T2S2
July 11, 2024 (9:00 – 11:00)
Chair: Enver Ozdemir (e-mail: ozdemiren@itu.edu.tr)
9:00 – 9:20
Hybrid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Enabled Over-The-Air Index-Modulation
Emre Arslan; Ali T Dogukan; Fatih Kilinc; Ertugrul Basar
9:20 – 9:40
Scheduling Deadline-Constrained Traffic over Hybrid Channels
Golnaz Bashirian; Ning Lu
9:40 – 10:00
Communication Systems with Various Radio Access Schemes to Serve a UAV in Tropical Rain Areas
Walid Maulana Hadiansyah; Gamantyo Hendrantoro; Iwan Wirawan; Ahmad Sirojuddin
10:00 – 10:20
RIS-Assisted Hexagonal Receive QSM Technique with Perfect and Imperfect Channel Estimation
Fatih Cogen; Burak Ahmet Ozden; Erdogan Aydin
10:20 – 10:40
A Practical Modeling Approach on the Reflectivity Characteristics of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Ahmet F Coskun; Emre Arslan
Session T2S3
July 11, 2024 (11:30 – 1:30)
Chair: Dr. Hakan Çırpan (e-mail: cirpanh@itu.edu.tr)
11:30 – 11:50
Delay Analysis of Multi-User URLLC Systems Under Finite Block-Length Regime
Hilal Turfan; Ömer Faruk Gemici; Ibrahim Hokelek; Hakan A. Çırpan
11:50 – 12:10
Performance Analysis of Beyond 5G Networks in the Presence of Spatial Correlation Between Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and Base Stations
Mine Ardanuc; Mehmet Basaran; Sultan Aldırmaz Çolak; Lutfiye Durak-Ata
12:10 – 12:30
The Error Analysis of the Secret Key Generation Algorithm Using Analog Function Computation
Ertugrul Alper; Eray Guven; Gunes Karabulut Kurt; Enver Ozdemir
12:30 – 12:50
A Group Authentication Method for Public Transportation Platooning
Gunes Karabulut Kurt; Kubra Nari-Baykal; Enver Ozdemir
12:50 – 1:10
Outage Analysis of Orthogonal Time-Frequency Space Modulation in Nakagami-m Fading Channel
Emir Aslandogan; Haci Ilhan
Session T2S4
July 11, 2024 (2:30 – 4:50)
Chair: Oğuz Kucur (e-mail: okucur@gtu.edu.tr)
2:30 – 2:50
Sparse Array Design for ISAC in the Presence of Beam-Squint
Ahmet M Elbir; Asmaa Abdallah; Abdulkadir Celik; Ahmed M. Eltawil
2:50 – 3:10
Integrated Sensing and Communication with Power Amplifier Impairment
Huseyin Akca; Ebubekir Memisoglu; Hakan A. Çırpan; Huseyin Arslan
3:10 – 3:30
Performance Investigation of UAVs Ad Hoc Networks with 3D Markov Chain Model
Salah Uddin; Muhammet Ali Karabulut; A. F. M. Shahen Shah; Haci Ilhan
3:30 – 3:50
Unlocking MIMO Potential: Transmit Antenna Selection and Maximal Ratio Combining Meet Keyhole RIS for Enhanced Performance
Hakan Balaban; Ferkan Yilmaz; Oğuz Kucur
3:50 – 4:10
Unlocking Potential: Integrating Multihop, CRC, and GRAND for Wireless 5G-Beyond/6G Networks
Bora Bozkurt; Emirhan Zor; Ferkan Yilmaz
4:10 – 4:30
Optimizing Radio Frequency Fingerprinting for IoT Device Authentication: A Study Towards Lightweight DL Models
Raif İyiparlakoğlu; Maaz Ali Awan; Yaser Dalveren; Ali Kara
4:30 – 4:50
A Statistical Channel Model for Underwater Acoustic Channel
Amal Samir; Ahmad A ElMoslimany; Mohamed Nafie; Amr El-Sherif; Tamer ElBatt
Track 3 – Wireless Sensing, Positioning and Multi-Sensor Navigation
Session T3S1
July 11, 2024 (9:00 – 11:00)
Chair: Dr. Mohammad Al-Jarrah (e-mail: mohammad.al-jarrah@manchester.ac.uk)
9:00 – 9:20
Localization Without GNSS for TDMA-Based Multi-Hop Networks
Ege Orkun Gamgam; Tolga Numanoglu
9:20 – 9:40
An Experimental Study on 5G Mobility Management: A Drive Test Approach
Ayman A. El-Saleh; Abdulraqeb Alhammadi; Majan Abdullah Al Jahdhami; Adnan Kabbani; Ibraheem Shayea; Siva Priya Thiagarajah
9:40 – 10:00
Multi-IMU and mmWave Radar Integration for Robust Land Vehicle Navigation
Eslam Mounier; Paulo Ricardo Marques de Araujo; Michael Korenberg; Aboelmagd Noureldin
10:00 – 10:20
Search Agents Assisted by Wireless Sensor Networks: Cooperation Algorithms and Performance
Nada Abughanam; Tamer Khattab; Amr Mohamed
10:20 – 10:40
Navigating Signal Outages: Radar-Augmented 5G mmWave Wireless Positioning for Land Vehicles
Qamar Bader; Emma Dawson; Paulo Ricardo Marques de Araujo; Aboelmagd Noureldin
10:40 – 11:00
Performance Evaluation of an ESPRIT-Inspired Algorithm Under A Novel Model of Gain-Phase Errors
Shuaishuai Han; Mohammad Ahmad Al-Jarrah, Dr.; Emad Alsusa
Session T3S2
July 11, 2024 (11:30 – 1:30)
Chair: Dr. Umar Iqbal (e-mail: um_ar@ieee.org)
11:30 – 11:50
An Efficient Localisation Algorithm in the Presence of Gain-Phase Defects
Shuaishuai Han; Mohammad Ahmad Al-Jarrah, Dr.; Emad Alsusa
11:50 – 12:10
Warped Fourth Order Cumulant Beamforming for Estimating DOA from Non-Uniform Linear Arrays of DIFAR Sonobuoys
Ali Massoud; Umar Iqbal; Aboelmagd Noureldin
12:10 – 12:30
Achieving Millimeter-Level Accuracy for Weight on Wheels (WoW) in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
Maaz Ali Awan; Ali Kara; Yaser Dalveren
12:30 – 12:50
Identifying Travel Modes Using GPS Trajectories: A Short Review
Samer Murrar; Mahmoud H. Qutqut; Fatima Al-Haj
12:50 – 1:10
Assessing VHF Band Interference in Qatar in Support of Radar Subsurface Probing of Aquifers
Abdularahman Abunada; Iestyn Pierce; Tamer Khattab; Nizar Zorba; Essam Heggy
Track 4 – Emerging Technologies, IoT and Industry Applications
Session T4S1
July 10, 2024 (1:00 – 3:00)
Chair: Dr. Haidy Elghamrawy (e-mail: haidy.elghamrawy@rmc.ca)
1:00 – 1:20
Implementing a Pragmatic Security Strategy for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
Amrou Zyad Benelhaouare; Aziz Oukaira; Maroua Oumlaz; Ahmed Lakhssassi
1:20 – 1:40
Assessing Interference Impacts of 5G C-Band on Radar Altimeter Across Urban and Rural Macrocell Environments
Aisha Gamal Elsayem; Haidy Elghamrawy; Ali Massoud; Aboelmagd Noureldin
1:40 – 2:00
Comparative Study of Indoor Performance Metrics in Ibra City's Mobile Broadband Networks, Oman
Majan Abdullah Al Jahdhami; Ayman A. El-Saleh; Abdulraqeb Alhammadi; Ibraheem Shayea
2:00 – 2:20
Efficient Wake-Up Strategy: UAV-Enabled Opportunistic Sensing in IoT Networks
Krishnendu S Tharakan; Omar Khalifa; Hayssam Dahrouj; Nour Kouzayha; Hesham ElSawy; Noha Al-Harthi; Zekeriya Aksoy; Jaafar Elmirghani; Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri
2:20 – 2:40
Unsupervised Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection in Wi-Fi Based IoT Networks
Fatima tu Zahra; Yavuz S. Bostanci; Mujdat Soyturk
Session T4S2
July 11, 2024 (9:00 – 11:00)
Chair: Dr. Khalid Elgazzar (e-mail: khalid.elgazzar@ontariotechu.ca)
9:00– 9:20
Medical Self-Reporting with Adversarial Data Injection Modeled via Game Theory
Leonardo Badia; Valeria Bonagura; Federica Pascucci; Valentina Vadori; Enrico Grisan
9:20 – 9:40
Power Efficient Real-Time Traffic Signal Classification for Autonomous Driving Using FPGAs
Rashed Al Amin; Md Shahi Amran Hossain; Leon Tjard Schmid; Veit Wiese; Roman Obermaisser
9:40 – 10:00
Image Enhancement for Better VRU Detection in Challenging Weather Conditions
Ahmed A Elgazwy; Hossameldin Ouda; Ammar Elmoghazy; Ghadeer Abdelkader; Austin Page; Alaa Khamis; Khalid Elgazzar
10:00 – 10:20
IoT-Health: A Framework for Integrating IoT Devices for Monitoring Back Posture
Hisham Kazim; Ammar Shaheen; Mazen Eltawil; Raafat Aburukba
10:20 – 10:40
EBAnet: Improved Deep Learning Model for the Detection of Epidermolysis Bullusa Acquisita
Mohammad Tariqul Islam; Mais Alkhateeb; Saleh Musleh; Nady El Hajj; Tanvir Alam
Session T4S3
July 11, 2024 (11:30 – 1:30)
Chair: Dr. Tamer Khattab (e-mail: tkhattab@ieee.org)
11:30 – 11:50
High-Speed OFDM Baseband Modem for a Ka-Band 3U CubeSat Transceiver
Ali Al-Saifi; Amr Zeedan; Tamer Khattab
11:50 – 12:10
Optimizing UAV Deployment for Enhanced Cellular Network Capacity: A Joint Optimization Approach
Aunas Manzoor; Mustafa Ozger; Cicek Cavdar
12:10 – 12:30
Review and Analysis of Acetone Capacitive Readout Circuits for Vapor Acetone Sensing
Joel Georgeous; Lutfi Albasha; Ghaleb Husseini; Nasir Quadir
12:30 – 12:50
Enhancing Road Quality Measurement: A Novel IoT-Based Method for IRI Calculation Using Tilt Angle Analysis
Mohamed Abdelraheem; Mahmoud Alyousify; Muhammad Hassan; Amr Nassr; Ali Ahmed
12:50 – 1:10
A Hybrid IoT-ML Based Electromagnetic Compatibility Monitoring and Prediction System for Biomedical Devices
Omar Gatera; Jean Pierre Nyakuli; Chiedza Hwata; Gerard Rushingabigwi; Twizere Celestin; Didacienne Mukanyiligira
Session T4S4
July 11, 2024 (2:30 – 4:30)
Chair: Dr. Ahmad Al-Kabbany (e-mail: alkabbany@myvrapeutic.com)
2:30 – 2:50
A Telehealth System for Managing Faulty Neck Posture Using Sensors of Standalone Wearables
Ahmad Al-Kabbany
2:50 – 3:10
ANFIS-Based Deployment for Precise Electricity Load Forecasting: A Netherlands Case Study
Fatemeh Marzbani; Ahmed Osman; Mohamed S. Hassan
3:10 – 3:30
Mitigating Buffer Starvation: Addressing Head-Of-Line Blocking in Video Streaming for Enhanced Quality of Experience
Omar Khaled Farrag; Taha Landolsi; Mohamed S. Hassan; Mahmoud H. Ismail
3:30 – 3:50
A Content-Aware Deep Q-Learning Approach for Adaptive Video Streaming
Hala Amer; Mohamed S. Hassan; Mahmoud H. Ismail
3:50 – 4:10
Towards Attention-Based ANN Models for Tabular Data Regression: A Use Case of Water Desalination
Abdallah M Ragab; Omar Sheta; Tamer ElBatt; Essam Sh. Mohamed
4:10 – 4:30
An Ultra-Wideband High-Gain Antipodal Antenna with Mitre Reflector for SatCom Applications
Ibrahim Taha Gokce; Buse Nur Fidan; Huseyin Serif Savci; Atef Z. Elsherbeni
Track 5 – Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) towards 6G
Session T5S1
July 11, 2024 (2:30 – 4:30)
Chair: Dr. Sohaib Solaija (e-mail: solaija@gtu.edu.tr)
2:30 – 2:50
Distributed Massive MIMO System with Dynamic Clustering in LEO Satellite Networks
Khaled Humadi; Gunes Karabulut Kurt; Halim Yanikomeroglu
2:50 – 3:10
HAPS-Enabled V2X Architecture for Hyper Reliable and Low-Latency Communication (HRLLC) in 6G Networks
Ahmet Melih İnce; Ayşe Elif Canbilen; Halim Yanikomeroglu
3:10 – 3:30
Outage and SER Analyses for Dual-Hop Inter-Satellite THz Communication
Evla Safahan Ahrazoglu; Eylem Erdogan; İbrahim Altunbaş
3:30 – 3:50
Multi-Gateway Hybrid Space-Ground Precoding for Multi-Beam Satellite Communications
Huda Ali; Yuan He; Xuan Feng; Kang Liu; Min Chen; Qing Su; Rui Chen
3:50 – 4:10
TOPSIS-FLC Algorithm for Optimal HO Triggering Points over HETNET
Waheeb Salim Abdulrab Tashan; Ibraheem Shayea; Sultan Aldırmaz Çolak; Huseyin Arslan
4:10 – 4:30
Outage Analysis for a HAPS-Mounted IRS-Assisted Multi-User Communication System
Ahmed Benaya; Mohamed S. Hassan; Mahmoud H. Ismail; Taha Landolsi; Mohamed AlHajri
Track 6 – Communications and Signal Processing
(General conference track)
Session T6S1
July 11, 2024 (2:30 – 4:30)
Chair: Dr. Mona El Abbasi (e-mail: mke28@mail.aub.edu)
2:30 – 2:50
Load-Balanced and Full-Coverage Beam Layout for Multibeam Satellite Systems
Yuan He; Kaiqiang Qi; Xuan Feng; Rui Chen
2:50 – 3:10
Optimization of Antenna Dimensions for Improved Frequency Response Using Machine Learning: A Survey
Mona El Abbasi; Karim Kabalan; Mervat Madi
3:10 – 3:30
An Intelligent Auction-Based Framework for Electric Vehicles Charging Management Utilizing Reinforcement Learning and Blockchain
Alia Al sadawi; Eiman A Elghanam; Mohamed S. Hassan; Ahmed Osman
3:30 – 3:50
An Overview of Challenges to Long-Term Sustainability and Scalability of RadioFrequency Fingerprinting
Harun Şenol Demiroğlu; Maaz Ali Awan; Ali Kara
3:50 – 4:10
A Case Study on the Optimal Design of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems
Dima AL-Shaal; Osama Mostafa; Habib-ur Rehman; Mostafa Shaaban
4:10 – 4:30
On the Utilization of Autoformer-Based Deep Learning for Electric Vehicle Charging Load Forecasting
Maram Helmy; Eiman A Elghanam; Mohamed S. Hassan; Ahmed Osman
Challenge on “Future 6G NTN Systems”
ComSoc Workshop
July 10, 2024 (1:00 – 3:00)
Chair: Güneş Karabulut-Kurt (e-mail: gunes.kurt@polymtl.ca)
1:00 – 1:20
Enhancing HAP Networks with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Islam Mohammad Tanash; Ayush Kumar Dwivedi; Taneli Riihonen ; Fatemeh Rafiei Maleki
1:20 – 1:40
Goal-Oriented Vessel Detection with Distributed Computing in a LEO Satellite Constellation
Antonio Mercado-Martínez; Beatriz Soret; Antonio Jurado Navas
1:40 – 2:00
High Altitude Platform Station-Greedy Clustering of Wireless Sensor Networks for the Massive IoT
Anastassia Gharib
2:00 – 2:20
Sailing the Cosmic Seas: Improving Dependability in IoT-Based Deep Space Exploration
Jason Gerard; Sandra Céspedes
2:20 – 2:40
Improved Adaptive Multi-Density DBSCAN Method for Radar Signal Sorting in Complex Electromagnetic Environment
Yi Wei; Yubi Qian; Xiaoxiao Zhuo
2:40 – 3:00
Experimental Analysis of a Blockchain-Enabled Fintech Platform for Energy and Carbon Trading
Ameni Boumaiza