9th Annual IEEE North Jersey Advanced Communications Symposium (NJACS-2021) (Theme: AI and Deep Learning) (Zoom)

The 9th Annual IEEE North Jersey Advanced Communications Symposium (NJACS-2021) will be held online (Zoom), on Saturday, September 18, 2021. The symposium consists of several keynote presentations. The symposium program will cover advanced topics in AI, big data, machine learning, deep learning, and applications.

Registration Required:
https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/280515

Conference Room:
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Meeting ID: 506 875 4099

Symposium Program

01:00-01:10PM

Welcome Remarks

Dr. Adriaan van Wijngaarden, Nokia Bell Labs

Amit Patel, IEEE North Jersey ComSoc Chapter

01:10-01:15PM

Opening Remarks – Deep Reinforcement Learning

Prof. Yu-Dong Yao, Stevens Institute of Technology

01:15-02:00PM

Functional Pruning for Fast Learning Algorithms in Optimal Change Point Detection

Prof. Toby D Hocking, Northern Arizona University

02:00-02:45PM

Hardware/Software Co-Design of Deep Learning Accelerators

Prof. Yiyu Shi, University of Notre Dame

02:45-03:30PM

Some New Results on Federated Learning

Prof. Pramod Varshney, Syracuse University

03:30-04:15PM

Learning-Based Strategies in Aerial Networks with UAVs

Prof. M. Cenk Gursoy, Syracuse University

04:15-04:30PM

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.

CEUs (continuing education units) are available for this event with a separate fee of $5.00. Please pay $5.00 when registering and then contact [ben.meyer@ieee.org](https://webmailb.netzero.net/webmail/new/21?folder=Inbox&msgNum=0000h6W0:001TQJkI00000wJD&count=1567256195&randid=1264082998&attachId=0&isUnDisplayableMail=yes&blockImages=1&randid=1264082998#) for additional information about CEU certificates.

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 Chair Yu-Dong Yao, Stevens Institute of Technology
Program Co-Chair Hong Zhao, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Program Co-Chair

Registration Chair

Cherif Chibane, IEEE North Jersey Aerospace Chapter

Michael Newell, IEEE North Jersey Section

Agenda:
1) 50% Discount code (FUTURE50) is valid for “New” student members as well as “Renewal” of student membership. 50% discount is valid for ALL students regardless of their affiliations to ANY IEEE sections.
2) IF you are becoming a BRAND NEW student member in the NORTH JERSEY Section, then the remaining 50% of student membership fee for new student members will be reimbursed by the North Jersey Section (see reimbursement steps below).
3) If a student wants to join AP society in addition to IEEE, student membership will be reimbursed by the AP-S membership drive-through support of the North Jersey Section for the AP society student membership (see reimbursement steps below).
4) There is for STUDENTS, a limited time MTT Society Membership fee of ONLY $1.
5) There is for any IEEE members, free enrollment offered by Computer Society, Nano Technology and SIGHT.
6) What do you have to do ? Students can send via email the scanned paid receipt to our treasurer (Prof. Avimnayou Vatsa, avatsa@fdu.edu) for reimbursement (and CC: [ben.meyer@ieee.org)](https://webmailb.netzero.net/webmail/new/21?folder=Inbox&msgNum=0000h6W0:001TQJkI00000wJD&count=1567256195&randid=1264082998&attachId=0&isUnDisplayableMail=yes&blockImages=1&randid=1264082998#)
7) Please try to do ASAP for the IEEE 2022 renewal cycle, best if done before Oct 30.

Bldg: Zoom, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States