Artificial Intelligence Empowered Next-Generation Wireless Communication Networks

Indu Bala is a Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (SEEE) at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India. She has completed her B. Tech and MTech from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab, and Ph.D. from Punjabi University, Patiala, India in 2003, 2008, and 2018, respectively. She has published more than 70 papers in various national/international conferences and international journals including wireless networks (Springer), Wireless personal Communication (Springer), International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley), etc. She has contributed more than 25 book chapters in various books from renowned publishers like Springer, Wiley, Elsevier, IET, IGI Global, CRC press, etc. She has edited three books with renowned International publication houses and also served as a guest editor for a special thematic issue on Advancements and Trends in Green Computing and Communication from Bentham Science Publishers. She has served as a reviewer for several international journals including Telecommunication Systems, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Wireless Personal Communication, Wireless Networks, etc. Her research interest includes Cognitive Radio networks, Internet of Things (IoTs), energy harvesting, resource management for next-generation communication networks,optical communication, etc. In past, she worked as an assistant professor at Punjab Engineering College, Sector 12, Chandigarh, and an Associate Professor at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Mohali and Maharishi Markaneshwar University, Ambala, Haryana.Ghanshyam Singh received Ph.D. degree in Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, in 2000. Currently, he is working as a full Professor and Director with the Centre for Smart Information and Communication Systems, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Sciences, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He was associated with Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, and Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India, respectively, where he was Research Scientist. He had also worked as an Assistant Professor at Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Nirma University of Science and Technology, Ahmedabad, India. He was a Visiting Researcher at the Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. He also worked as Professor with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Wakanaghat, Solan, India. He has more than 23 years teaching and research experience. His research and teaching interests include Millimeter/THz Wave Technologies and its Applications in Communication and Imaging, Next-Generation Communication Systems (5G/6G)/Cognitive Radio/NOMA, Resource Allocation and Management, Interference Management, Applications of 5G/6G in Sustainable Smart City, Industry 4.0/5.0, Healthcare 4.0, Intelligent Transport System, Energy Management (IoE) and Digital Farming. He is an author/co-author of more than 370 scientific papers of the peer reviewed Journal and International Conferences and 10 published by Springer, Wiley and CRC Press. He has supervised many Ph.D. and M.Tech. theses. He has worked as editor/associate editor and reviewer for several reputed Journals and Conferences.

• Artificial intelligence and machine learning foundations for wireless systems.- Edge fog and cloud intelligence in wireless architectures.- Ai driven resource management and scheduling in wireless networks.- Software defined and virtualized wireless networks with ai integration.- Ai enabled phy and mac layer innovations.- Artificial intelligence in 5g 6g and beyond.- Ai applications in mmwave terahertz and intelligent reflecting surfaces.- Massive mimo and beamforming optimization using ai.- Self organizing and autonomous wireless networks.- Predictive network analytics with ai traffic qos and qoe.- Ai for wireless network security threat detection and mitigation.- Privacy preserving and explainable ai in wireless networks.- Ai for iot industrial automation and smart infrastructure.- Ai driven vehicular networks and non terrestrial communication systems.- Digital twins challenges and future research directions.