Aryan Kaushik

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Chief Innovation Officer, RakFort (Ireland)

Title of talk: Machine Learning for 6G Communications: Latest Advances and Applications

Abstract:

Machine learning (ML) techniques are gaining prominence as they offer robust, fast, and scalable wireless solutions. This talk will discuss the latest advances and applications of ML for 6G wireless networks. Specifically, the talk will first cover about the wireless evolution towards latest IMT-2030/6G framework, trends, challenges, standardization aspects, new spectrum opportunities, related use cases, and objectives of ML for 6G. The talk will then focus on case-studies demonstrating the applications of deep reinforcement learning (DRL) in non-terrestrial networks (NTN), especially in resource management, such as with satellite and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) based global connectivity, ML synergies with technologies such as integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), electromagnetic signal and information theory (ESIT), semantic communications, and ML utilisation for energy harvesting, digital twin etc., plus further advancements in federated learning (FL), quantum DRL/FL and large language models (LLMs) for wider 6G applications. We will conclude by pointing out some existing research gaps and highlight potential research directions.

Short Bio:
Dr. Aryan Kaushik is a Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) at the RakFort, Ireland, since 2025. He has been an Associate Professor at Manchester Met, UK (2024-25), as Assistant Professor at the University of Sussex, UK (2021-24), Research Fellow at the University College London, UK (2020-21), and also associated with University of Edinburgh, UK (2015-19), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (2014-15). He has held Visiting/Adjunct Professor/Researcher appointments at the IIITD, India (2025-27), University of Bologna, Italy (2024), Athena RC, Greece (2021), Imperial College London, UK (2019-20), University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2018), and Beihang University, China (2017-19 and 2022). He has been External Assessor (Academic Promotion) at University of Hertfordshire, UK (2025), External PhD Examiner internationally such as at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (2025), NITJ, India (2025), and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Spain (2023). He has been an Invited Panel Member at the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) ICT Prioritisation Panel in 2023, UK EPSRC Proposals Reviewer since 2023, French National Research Agency (ANR) Proposal Reviewer in 2025, Core Member of the IEEE P1955 Standard on 6G-Empowering Robotics, Chair of the IEEE ComSoc ETI on ESIT, Co-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc SIG on AITNTN, Vice Chair of one6G WG3, Founding Member of the IEEE ComSoc SIG on FAS, Elections Committee Member for the IEEE ComSoc UK & Ireland Chapter, Editor of 5 books by Elsevier and Wiley on variety of topics such as ISAC, NTN, ESIT, Intelligent Metasurfaces and Digital Twins/Imaging, and several journals such as IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (Best Editor Award 2024 and 2023), IEEE Communications Letters (Exemplary Editor 2024 and 2023), IEEE Internet of Things Magazine (Top Editor Award 2024), IEEE CTN, and several special issues such as in IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE Network, IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, etc. He is also the founder and host of the IEEE Communications Society Technology News (CTN) Podcasts Series, since 2023. He has been invited/keynote and tutorial speaker for 120+ academic and industry events, and conferences globally such as at IEEE ICC 2024-25, IEEE GLOBECOM 2023-25, etc., and chairing in Organizing and Technical Program Committees of 15+ flagship IEEE conferences such as IEEE ICC 2024-26, IEEE GLOBECOM 2026 etc., and has been General Chair of 30+ workshops and special sessions such as at IEEE ICC 2024-25, IEEE GLOBECOM 2023-25, etc. Website: https://sites.google.com/view/aryankaushik