UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN TRINITY COLLEGE IEEE STUDENT BRANCH

The University of Dublin Trinity College IEEE Student Branch's first event of the year will be a welcome evening for students and staff to meet and find out more about the Student Branch, what events are planned and what research its members are doing. Pizza and drinks will be provided. Monday 26th September 2022 at 5:00 PM in Áras An Phiarsaigh room 2.03. Please fill out the short Google form so we can manage numbers for food: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIwUykgiLyRUo0rabkQdIsEQ_gTTsDXgw67H-Rep5B9uAqwg/viewform?usp=sf_link

The University of Dublin Trinity College IEEE Student branch is celebrating IEEE day by launching IEEE Xtreme in TCD. In IEEE Xtreme, teams from IEEE Student branches will compete to solve programming challenges in 24 hours. A team is composed of up to 3 IEEE Student or Graduate Student members, but at least one must be a Student member (undergraduate). We are hoping to form at least one team to participate but multiple teams from the same university can take part. IEEE Xtreme will take place on 22th October 2022. First Prize is a subsidised trip to an IEEE conference of your choice anywhere in the world. IEEE day celebrations the foundation of the IEEE. Although the current incarnation of the IEEE was formed in 1963, it is the successor of many other organisations, the earliest being the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, founded in 1884. For more details, please visit https://ieeextreme.org/ or contact sb-tcd ieee org

You are cordially invited to the following seminar, hosted by the IEEE Student Branch at Trinity College, and jointly organized by the New Wave lab at at Trinity College Dublin. Speaker: Dr Mustafa Kishk of Maynooth University Title: Towards Global Connectivity using Space-Aerial-Terrestrial Integrated Networks Date and Time: 28 Oct 2022, 3:30 PM Venue: Room 2.03, Áras an Phiarsaigh Building, Trinity College, University of Dublin Registration link: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/328591 Abstract: The United Nations (UN) has defined a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) targeted for 2030 that include ending poverty, hunger, and inequalities, establishing high quality of education and medical services, to name a few. Achieving such goals requires advancement in many industries, which includes the internet and communication technology (ICT) sector. In particular, establishing high quality internet service provides opportunities to stimulate economy in poor communities, access to remote learning, access to digital records and remote patient monitoring, and help farmers improve productivity. In this context, and as the standardization of the fifth generation (5G) of wireless communication systems (WCSs) has been completed, and 5G networks are in their early stage of deployment, the research visioning and planning of the sixth generation (6G) of WCSs are being initiated. However, it is well-known that urbanized regions have been the major beneficiaries of the advances in the previous generations of WCSs. Hence, it is important to carry research with the focus on ensuring digital inclusion of rural and remote areas, which currently lack stable access to internet connectivity. In this talk, we focus on (i) possible network architectures to establish backhaul connectivity in rural and remote areas, with emphasis on satellite-based solutions, (ii) current challenges facing internet access in rural areas, (iii) possible solutions to enhance internet access in rural areas, with emphasis on drone-based architectures, and (iv) existing solutions to improve the flight duration of drones and ensure stable coverage in rural areas. Short bio: Mustafa A. Kishk received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, in 2013 and 2015, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, in 2018, all in Electrical Engineering. He is an assistant professor at the Electronic Engineering Department, Maynooth University, Ireland. Before that, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Communication Theory Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. He currently serves as an associate editor with IEEE Wireless Communication Letters. His current research interests include stochastic geometry, energy harvesting wireless networks, UAV-enabled communication systems, and satellite communications.