Qualitative and Semantic Communication (Acronym QSCSIG)

Chair: Lijun Dong, Futurewei Technologies, U.S.A
Co-Chair: Roberto Rojas-Cessa, New Jersey Institute of Technology, U.S.A

Advisor:
Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, U.S.A
Jinho Choi, Deakin University, Australia
Martin Reisslein, Arizona State University, U.S.A
Kaibin Huang, Hong Kong University, China
Mehdi Bennis, University of Oulu, Finland
Octavia Dobre, Memorial University, Canada
Richard Li, Futurewei Technologies Inc.

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Qualitative Communication and Semantic communication have the potential to surmount some
of the constraints of conventional communication systems by facilitating context-aware and
intelligent communication. To fully realize the potential of these emerging communication
paradigms, further research and development are required. This includes a meticulous redesign
of network architecture, network protocols, information encoding, processing, decoding, packet
transmission, routing, and other related components.

This SIG provides a forum where academic researchers and industry practitioners can share their
latest research developments, exchange innovative ideas, and explore future directions in the
areas of Qualitative and Semantic Communication.

In summary, this SIG will focus on the technical challenges and enabling technologies for
Qualitative and Semantic Communication. The areas of interests include, but are not limited to,
the following:

  • Redesigning network architecture to enable Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Information processing for Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Transmission technologies, including physical (PHY) layer processing, medium access
    control (MAC), and air-interface for Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • New Use cases of Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Standards and protocols for Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • End-to-end system design for Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Cross-layer design for Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Methods and theories of semantic information measurement
  • Semantic entropy theory
  • Semantic extraction technologies: Deep Learning (DL), Reinforcement Learning (RL),
    Knowledge Base (KB), etc.
  • Semantic metrics for text, audio, video data
  • Background knowledge management
  • Information and packet encoding / decoding
  • Network coding for Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Caching in Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Routing in Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Experiments and testbeds for Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Privacy and security in Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Network protocol design for Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Distributed learning architectures for Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Qualitative and Semantic Communication in remote driving, metaverse, holographic
    communication
  • In-time guarantee by Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Energy consumption reduction by Qualitative and Semantic Communication
  • Integration of Qualitative and Semantic Communication with conventional
    communication systems
  • Semantic aware systems
  • Context aware systems

Founding Members:

  1. Lijun Dong, Futurewei Technologies, U.S.A
  2. Roberto Rojas-Cessa, New Jersey Institute of Technology, U.S.A
  3. Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, U.S.A
  4. Jinho Choi, Deakin University, Australia
  5. Martin Reisslein, Arizona State University, U.S.A
  6. Kaibin Huang, Hong Kong University, China
  7. Mehdi Bennis, University of Oulu, Finland
  8. Octavia Dobre, Memorial University, Canada
  9. Dusit Niyato, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  10. Jiawen Kang, Guangdong University of Technology, China
  11. Yonina Eldar, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
  12. Jiming Chen, Zhejiang University, China
  13. Alessio Sacco, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
  14. Sheng Jiang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
  15. Yuanwei Liu, Queen Mary University of London, U.K.
  16. Chengkang Pan, China Mobile, China
  17. Alex Clemm, Futurewei Technologies Inc., U.S.A
  18. Hongxiang Li, University of Louisville, U.S.A
  19. Muge Sayit, Ege University, Turkey
  20. Qianqian Yang, Zhejiang University, China
  21. Chin-Tser Huang, University of South Carolina, U.S.A
  22. Yingyu Li, China University of Geosciences, China
  23. Stuart Clayman, University College London, U.K.
  24. Yong Xiao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
  25. Nirmala Shenoy, Rochester Institute of Technology, U.S.A
  26. Jiang Liu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
  27. Yuanzhu Chen, Queen’s University, Canada
  28. Celimuge Wu, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
  29. Guangming Shi, Xidian University, China
  30. Muhammad Asif Khan,Qatar Science and Technology Park,Qatar
  31. Richard Li, Futurewei Technologies Inc.