한국통신학회 KICS

ICUFN 2023 (The 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks)

 by Kyung-Joon Park, DGIST, South Korea

  The 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN 2023) was held in an online/offline hybrid manner at ECE-Ecole d’ Ingénieurs in Paris, France, from July 4th to July 7th, 2023. ICUFN 2023 was organized by the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) and technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoC) and IEICE Communications Society. With a 14-year history, the ICUFN has served as a premier international forum, providing an excellent opportunity to exchange state-of-the-art research advances in ubiquitous and future communications and networking technologies, and expanding the research community.

  This year, we received submissions from 32 countries worldwide. The papers were subjected to a rigorous review process, and each paper received three or more independent reviews. Based on these reviews, we selected 68 papers for oral presentations and 97 for poster presentations at the main conference. Additionally, 41 workshop papers were selected for presentations. The accepted technical papers were organized into 17 oral sessions, 4 poster sessions, and 6 workshops. The authors of the 68 oral presentations represented 19 countries from around the world.

  The ICUFN 2023 program was designed to encompass a wide range of wireless and wired communication network technologies. It covered topics such as cognitive radios, wireless sensor networks, Internet of Things (IoT), broadband wireless communications, future network issues, mobile multimedia networking, and emerging technologies such as AI and ML. In addition, we prepared two keynote speeches by world-renowned researchers. The first keynote speech, titled "Deep Gaussian Process-Based Radio Map Construction and Localization," was delivered by Prof. Shiwen Mao at Auburn University, USA. The second keynote speech, titled "Large Language Models for Telecom: The Next Big Thing?" was presented by Prof. Mérouane Debbah at the Khalifa University of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Furthermore, we organized two tutorials by world-class experts. The first tutorial, "Machine Learning in Digital Twin Edge Networks," was conducted by Prof. Yan Zhang from the University of Oslo, Norway. The second tutorial, "Towards Extreme Band Communications to Super-Connect the Connected and Connect the Unconnected," was presented by Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.

  Overall, ICUFN 2023 was a great success, providing unique opportunities to participate in technical and workshop sessions, engage with authors, and promote collaboration between researchers worldwide.