Presentations and lively discussions over three can create material-embedded 3D environments days explored the ways in which Al and other for industry to help with challenges around base quickly advancing technologies promise "super- station deployment. "I'm interested in leverag- powers" for 6G wireless, while at the same time ing Al to optimize network deployment within a posing challenges in areas such as security and material-embedded 3D environment and eval- sustainability. uating the Waste Factor for a more sustainable
"...we can provide new insights for industry's practical goals..." MINGJUN YING, NYU WIRELESS PH.D. STUDENT
For the first time, the Summit featured a stu- wireless network," he said. dent panel of doctoral candidates from schools . Ruth echoed Mingjun's sentiment, noting including NYU Tandon School of Engineering; that a focus on sustainability and efficiency is the University of Texas, Austin; Northeastern key, particularly as Al tools infuse every corner University; Technische Universität Dresden; of wireless architecture. "The use of Al comes and the University of Oulu in Finland. with disadvantages around power use. I am Nokia's Peter Vetter, President of Bell Labs looking into how to achieve sustainability while Core Research, moderated the panel, engaging using Al as a tool." the students in a spirited round of discussion Florian Gast, a Ph.D. student and research about the challenges and opportunities in wire- associate at TU-Dresden, said that his anten- less, the benefits of industry collaboration with nae-so to speak-went up when he heard a academia, and interesting aspects of wireless Summit keynote explaining how sustainability tech that attracted the students to the field imperatives require reducing energy per bit by a The student panelists, who included Ruth factor of 50. But achieving these goals requires Gebremedhin and Mingjun Ying of NYU WIRE- standardized means of measuring performance, LESS, predicted that security will become a key something Mingjun pointed out to chagrined issue as Al models are infused into research, laughter from the audience. "Everyone is mentioning that sustainability is key to 6G," he continued. "I think the problem is we don't have a unified metric to analyze power efficiency of different architectures and networks. Our group is proposing a waste factor that can be applied practice, and products. They also saw Al as an to any cascade system." accelerant for optimizing channels. Mingjun, for During the panel, another key Summit theme example, said his group is working on channel found its way into the discussion: industry col- propagation measurements with an eye on laboration, about which the students were devising ways of using Al to drive applications, enthusiastic, as working in an industry setting leading to better coverage. He said his work is offers fresh perspectives on how research about how computer vision and Al transformers can address society's real-world needs and