Program Outline
The timing used is Central European Time (CET) that is UTC/GMT +1 hour
Wednesday, October 28
9:15 – 9:30 – Opening conference
9:30 – 11:00 – Tutorial #1: Network Slicing in 5G: current status and future trends
Speaker: Adlen Ksentini, Eurecom, France
Chair: Nazih Salhab, University Gustave Eiffel, France
11:00 – 11:15 – Break
11:15 – 12:00 – Short session #1: Resource optimization
Chair: Mawloud Omar, University Gustave Eiffel, France
An Optimized Approach to Load Balancing and Resource Usage in 5G Multi-tiered cellular Networks
Ogechi Akudo Nwogu (University Sorbonne Paris Nord, L2TI, UR 3042, F-93430, France); Gladys Diaz (University of Paris 13 & L2TI, Institut Galilee, France); Marwen Abdennebi (L2TI Laboratory, University of Paris Nord, France)
A study on Optimizing VNF Software Cost
Ghoshana Bista (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon); Eddy Caron (ENS-Lyon, France); Anne-Lucie Vion (Université Grenoble-Alpes & Orange, France)
12:00 – 14:00 – Break
14:00 – 15:30 – Technical session 1: 5G Networks
Chair: Bouziane Brik, Burgundy University, France
Fuzzified Double Game for Qos-Aware LTE-U and Wifi Coexistence in 5Ghz Band
Hager Hafaiedh (National School of Computer Sciences (E. N. S. I), Tunisia); Inès El Korbi (University of Manouba, Tunisia); Leila Azzouz Saidane (Lab CRISTAL- ENSI, University Manouba, Tunisia); Rami Langar (University Gustave Eiffel, France); Abdellatif Kobbane (ENSIAS, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco)
Social-Aware Clustering for D2D Multicast Content Sharing in 5G Networks
Payam Rahimi (Frederick University Cyprus, Cyprus); Chrysostomos Chrysostomou (Frederick University, Cyprus); Vasos Vassiliou (University of Cyprus & RISE – Research Center on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies, Cyprus)
Platooning of Autonomous Vehicles with Artificial Intelligence V2I Communications and Navigation Algorithm
Jihene Rezgui (College Maisonneuve, Canada); Émile Gagné (Collège de Maisonneuve, Canada); Guillaume Blain (Université of Sherbrooke, Canada); Olivier St-Pierre and Maximilien Harvey (Collège de Maisonneuve, Canada)
15:30 – 15:45 – Break
15:45 – 16:45 – Keynote #1: Cloud – Fog Computing: Resource Allocation and Scheduling Challenges
Speaker: Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Chair: Sahar Hoteit, Centrale Supelec, France
17:00 – End of the first day
Thursday, October 29
09:45 – 10:45 – Keynote #2 : Mobile Crowd Sensing (MCS) – a first step towards building collective intelligence
Speaker: Yacine Ghamri Doudane, La Rochelle University, France
Chair: Ichrak Amdouni, School of Engineering of Sousse, Tunisia
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 – Technical session 2: SDN/IoT
Chair: Sidi Mohamed Senouci, Burgundy University, France
Semantic network coding for WSAN in IoT Applications
Sylvain Cherrier (Université Gustave Eiffel, France); Rami Langar (University Gustave Eiffel, France)
A SDN-based IoT Architecture Framework for Efficient Energy Management in Smart Buildings
Hakiri Akram (Laboratoire d’Architecture et d’Analyse des Systèmes, France); Bassem Sallemi (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Sadok Ben Yahia (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia); Pascal Berthou (CNRS/LAAS – Université de Toulouse, France)
A Secure and Interoperable Platform for Privacy Protection in the Smart Hotel Context
Maissa Dammak (Burgundy University & Doctorante, France); Sabrine Aroua (ENSI (Tunisia) & ULR (France), France); Sidi-Mohammed Senouci (University of Bourgogne – ISAT Nevers, France); Yacine Ghamri-Doudane (University of la Rochelle, France); George Suciu (Politehnica University of Bucharest & BEIA Consult International SRL, Romania); Anais Sachian (BEIA Consult International, Romania); Isil Ozkan (Turkcell Technology, Turkey); Mustafa Ozgur Gungor (TURKGEN, Turkey)
12:30 – 14:00 – Break
14:00 – 15:00 – Short session 2: IoT/Vehicular/Crowd Systems
Chair: Cedric Adjih, INRIA, France
Circularity Principles in Crowdsourced Systems
Constantinos Marios Angelopoulos and Konstantinos Voulgaridis (Bournemouth University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Periklis Chatzimisios (International Hellenic University, Greece)
A Blockchain Architecture for SDN-enabled Tamper-Resistant IoT Networks
Hakiri Akram (Laboratoire d’Architecture et d’Analyse des Systèmes, France); Bassem Sallemi (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Sadok Ben Yahia (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia); Pascal Berthou (CNRS/LAAS – Université de Toulouse, France)
Open Source Platform for Extended Perception Using Communications and Machine Learning on a Small-Scale Vehicular Testbed
Jihene Rezgui (College Maisonneuve, Canada); Émile Gagné (Collège de Maisonneuve, Canada); Guillaume Blain (Université of Sherbrooke, Canada); Maximilien Harvey and Olivier St-Pierre (Collège de Maisonneuve, Canada); Soumaya Cherkaoui (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)
15:00 – 15:15 – Break
15:15 – 16:15 – Keynote # 3: AI-Enabled Wireless Networks: A Bridge from 5G to 6G
Speaker: Melike Erol-Kantarci, University of Ottawa, Canada
Chair: Yacine Ghamri Doudane, La Rochelle University, France
16:15 – End of the second day
Friday, October 30
09:45 – 10:45 – Keynote #4: Small data transmission in 5G New Radio (NR) systems: Applications, design and performance evaluation
Speaker: Ahlem KHLASS, Nokia Bell Labs, France
Chair: Ilhem Fajjari, Orange-Labs, France
10:45 – 11:00 – Break
11:00 – 12:30 – Technical session 3: Fog Computing
Chair: Mohammad Hammoudeh, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
A unified and semantic data model for fog computing
Hoan Le (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord & L2TI, France); Nadjib Achir (University of Paris 13 & L2TI – University of Paris 13, France); Khaled Boussetta (University of Paris 13, France)
An approach to define Very High Capacity Networks with improved quality at an affordable cost
Giovanni Santella (AGCOM, Italy); Francesco Vatalaro (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)
Compute-Centric Networking At The Edge: An Autonomous Driving Use-Case
Abderrahmen Mtibaa (University of Missouri St. Louis, USA)
