This one-week program is designed for PhD students and early-career R&D engineers to explore the integration of Artificial Intelligence into next-generation networks. Participants will gain practical skills for designing, deploying, and operating next-generation networks, with a strong focus on industrial applications, while networking with researchers and engineers.
We look forward to welcoming you in Paris for this unique training and networking experience!
Registration
Theregistration fee for the 5-day event is €320. This includes access to all sessions, coffee breaks, lunches, and the Gala Dinner.
To register, please click on “Registration” in the left-hand menu and follow the instructions. Payment can be made by credit card or purchase order.
Registration closes October 10, 2025 — secure your spot early as capacity is limited!
Program
For more information, click on “Detailed Program” in the menu on the left.
Schedule:
Monday 20 – Goal-Oriented Communications
10:30
Welcome Words
10:45-11:30
Johanne Späth (TUM)
How to produce (research) data from a testbed.
11:40-12:20
Vincent Corlay (Mitsubishi)
Use of semantic communications in a goal-oriented communication context, examples of applications.
Lunch
14:00-15:45
Marios Kountouris, (Univ. Granada and EURECOM)
Goal-Oriented Semantic Communication: Theory, Algorithms, and System Perspectives.
Break
16:15-18:00
Marios Kountouris, (Univ. Granada and EURECOM)
Goal-Oriented Semantic Communication: Theory, Algorithms, and System Perspectives.
18:00-20:00 Cocktail
Tuesday 21 – Distributed AI
09:00-10:30
Roberto Morabito (EURECOM)
Edge AI in the 6G Era: From Embedded Intelligence to Generative Models at the Edge
Break
11:00-12:30
Roberto Morabito (EURECOM)
Edge AI in the 6G Era: From Embedded Intelligence to Generative Models at the Edge
Lunch
14:00-16:00
Pegah Alizadeh (Ericsson Research)
Anastasios Giovanidis (Ericsson Research)
Multi-Agent learning to Agentic-AI in Telecom Networks
Break
16:30-18:00
Charles Beauville (Flower Labs)
The Future of AI training is Federated: A hands-on introduction
Wednesday 22 – Core network
08:30-10:45
Jérémie Leguay (Nokia)
Network acceleration for AI workloads: an overview of current research activities related to collective communications, load balancing, congestion control.
Break
11:15-12:30
Quang Huy Tran (Nokia)
Towards autonomous networks with agentic AI, including a small lab/practice together with the talk to demonstrate Nokia’s current research on network management automation
Lunch
13:30-15:30
Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul (IRISA)
Generalizable Network Optimization: GNN Strategies for Network Slicing and Tomography
Break
16:00-18:00
Stephano SECCI (CNAM)
Closed-loop network automation
19:30-23:00
GALA DINER
Thursday 23 – Perspectives
9:00-10:00
Jean-Marie Gorce (INRIA)
Learning CSI in 6G networks
Break
10:30-11:30
Reda Yaich (SystemX)
AI tools for intrusion detection in IT/OT networks : is it a solution or a problem?
11:30-12:30
Fabien Geyer (Airbus)
Graph Neural network – Performance prediction; use cases from Airbus – inter aircraft.
Lunch
14:00-15:00
Dinh-Thuy Phan Huy (Orange)
AI for Networks (AI4N) and Networks for AI (N4AI), an operator point of view.
15:00-15:30
Yves Lostanlen (Entreprenuer)
Break
16:00-18:00
Panel
Networks and AI – Future directions, future jobs.
Friday 24 - Environmental Sustainability and Acceptability
9:00-10:30
Shanshan Wang (Télécom Paris)
Environmental impacts and EMF exposure measurements towards sustainable networks
Break
11:00-12:30
Shanshan Wang (Télécom Paris)
Radiofrequency EMF exposure prediction for both downlink and uplink in urban environments
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