Special Sessions
Special Session on Distributed AI across Edge-Cloud Continuum
The rapid proliferation of intelligent applications across Internet of Things (IoT), cyber-physical systems, smart cities, autonomous systems, and next-generation networks has accelerated the shift of artificial intelligence from centralized cloud infrastructures toward the network edge. Edge and Distributed AI has emerged as a key paradigm to enable low-latency, privacy-aware, energy-efficient, and scalable intelligence by leveraging collaborative learning and inference across the edge–cloud continuum. This Special Session aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to present recent advances in learning paradigms, system architectures, hardware–software co-design, and real-world deployments for Edge and Distributed AI. The session particularly emphasizes system-level challenges and innovations...
Read More!Special Session on 6G Non-Terrestrial Network Technologies Toward Global Coverage
6G wireless technology is foreseen to play an important role in providing connectivity beyond ground-based infrastructure and connecting the unconnected. As such, 6G wireless technology is anticipated to integrate terrestrial networks with multilayered non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) to improve global coverage and to ensure seamless, resilient, and ubiquitous communication. A 6G-NTN of the resulting heterogeneous network toward global ubiquitous communications may incorporate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), high altitude platforms (HAPs), airborne-based network components, and satellite systems. The growing importance of such NTNs in 6G is due to their ability of enabling wireless coverage in unconnected rural and remote areas, less-developed regions,...
Read More!Special Session on Advances in Medical Imaging and Image Processing
Medical imaging continues to play a pivotal role in modern healthcare by enabling non-invasive visualization of anatomical structures and physiological processes. Recent advancements in imaging modalities such as ultrasound (US), radiography, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and photoacoustic imaging have opened new avenues for precise diagnosis, treatment planning, and disease monitoring. This special session aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to present innovative approaches in medical imaging, medical image processing, analysis, and computing. The session covers a wide range of topics that span from fundamental image formation to advanced computational methods, including but not limited...
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