The 14th Annual IEEE North Jersey Advanced Communications Symposium (NJACS-2026) will be held online (Zoom), on Saturday, September 12, 2026. The symposium consists of several keynote presentations. The symposium program will cover advanced topics in AI and Communications. This symposium is organized in collaboration with Canadian-American-Ghanaian (CAG) Research Forum on AI Technologies. Registration Required: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556646 Conference Zoom Meeting ID: 506 875 4099 https://zoom.us/j/5068754099 Symposium Program 10:00AM-10:10AM Welcome Remarks Dr. Adriaan van Wijngaarden, Nokia Bell Labs Amit Patel, IEEE North Jersey ComSoc Chapter 10:10AM-10:15AM Opening Remarks – Communications, Sensing, and AI Prof. Yu-Dong Yao, Stevens Institute of Technology Session Chair: Hong Zhao, IEEE North Jersey Computer Chapter 10:15AM-10:45AM The Design Space of AI Agent Systems Rensheng Wang, AT&T Labs 10:45AM-11:15AM Efficient, Robust, and Explainable Multimodal Sensing for Civilian and Military Applications Jie Wei, CCNY 11:15AM-11:45AM Robust Representation Learning for Generalization in Noisy and Data-Constrained Environments​ Atik Faysal, Quantum Computing Inc. 11:45AM-12:15PM Confronting the Privacy Leak Epidemic in the Machine Learning Era Jiadong Lou, Rowan University 12:15PM-12:45PM AI Effects on Programming, Teaching and Developing Products Satrajit Ghosh and Dov Kruger, Rutgers University 12:45PM-12:50PM Closing Remarks Dr. Adriaan van Wijngaarden, Nokia Bell Labs Registration IEEE member $ 00.00 Non-member $ 00.00 IEEE Student/Graduate Student/Life Member $ 00.00 Non-IEEE Student/Graduate Student $ 00.00 This event has limited seating and registration is required. Will close once the event reaches capacity. This symposium is being organized by the IEEE North Jersey Section and its Communications, Computer, Information Theory and Vehicular Technology Chapters. Technical support is provided by IEEE METSAC. Organizing Committee Symposium Chair Adriaan van Wijngaarden, Nokia Bell Labs Organization Chair Amit Patel, IEEE North Jersey ComSoc Chapter Program Co-Chairs Yu-Dong Yao, Stevens Institute of Technology Cherif Chibane, IEEE North Jersey Aerospace Chapter Hong Zhao, Fairleigh Dickinson University Huaxia Wang, Rowan University Wei-Ping Zhu, Concordia University Registration Chair Michael Newell, IEEE North Jersey Section Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556646