Research Areas
We deal with a wide range of research areas.
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Non-Terrestrial Networks
In beyond fifth generation (B5G) applications, the effective wireless connectivity is not only requisite for the data transmission between multiple nodes, but also represents [...]
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Integrated Photonic Circuits
Is the discipline that revolves around the design and fabrication of all-optical or electro-optical integrated circuits. The last decades photonics and optics in general have been[...]
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Multipoint Communication
CCSL is targeting key areas of research that will play a vital role in the evolution of today's heterogeneous networks into a distributed intelligent, highly flexible connectivity [...]
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Smart Energy Grid
Smart Energy Grid is considered to be an advanced bidirectional power flow system with the abilities of continuous monitoring, adapting, self-healing and forecasting [...]
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Satellite Communications
Today, satellite communications are the result of research in the field of communications, space and new technologies in shipping and trade, aiming to increase the coverage [...]
Scientific Societies
Various scientific and technological news
- Machine Learning Tests Keep Getting Bigger September 10, 2025The machine learning field is moving fast, and the yardsticks used measure progress in it are having to race to keep up. A case in point, MLPerf, the bi-annual machine learning competition sometimes termed “the Olympics of AI,” introduced three new benchmark tests, reflecting new directions in the field.“Lately, it has been very difficult trying […]Dina Genkina
- How Cryptocurrency Captured the Dream of the Decentralized Web September 8, 2025The term Web3 was originally coined by Ethereum cofounder Gavin Wood as a secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer version of the Internet. The idea was to build an Internet based on blockchain technology and a peer-to-peer network, without the need for large data centers or third-party providers. These days, however, blockchain is most famous as the tool […]Dina Genkina
- Esoteric Languages Challenge Coders to Think Way Outside the Box September 4, 2025Have you ever tried programming with a language that uses musical notation? What about a language that never runs programs the same way? What about a language where you write code with photographs?All exist, among many others, in the world of esoteric programming languages, and Daniel Temkin has written a forthcoming book covering 44 of […]Chris Chinchilla
- Teach 5G Hands-On with TIMS Lab Experiments August 28, 2025Boost Student Comprehension in Telecoms with Interactive 5G Labs.Teaching complex 5G and telecommunications concepts can be challenging – students often struggle to connect theory with real-world applications. Traditional lecture-based methods may fail to engage, leaving gaps in understanding critical technologies like OFDM, channel coding, and signal modulation.The Telecommunications Instructional Modelling System (TIMS) bridges this gap […]Emona Instruments
- Does Computing Face a Lean Future? August 25, 2025In July, a University of Michigan computer engineering professor put out a new idea for measuring the efficiency of a processor design. Todd Austin’s LEAN metric received both praise and skepticism, but even the critics understood the rationale: A lot of silicon is devoted to things that are not actually doing computing. For example, more […]Samuel K. Moore
- Natcast to Lay Off Majority of Its Staff September 11, 2025Natcast, the non-profit organization created to run the U.S. CHIPS & Science Act’s National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) told the majority of its staff they would be laid off this week, IEEE Spectrum has learned. A small core team will continue on to shut Natcast down over the next few weeks, a person familiar with […]Samuel K. Moore
- Machine Learning Tests Keep Getting Bigger September 10, 2025The machine learning field is moving fast, and the yardsticks used measure progress in it are having to race to keep up. A case in point, MLPerf, the bi-annual machine learning competition sometimes termed “the Olympics of AI,” introduced three new benchmark tests, reflecting new directions in the field.“Lately, it has been very difficult trying […]Dina Genkina
- Teach 5G Hands-On with TIMS Lab Experiments August 28, 2025Boost Student Comprehension in Telecoms with Interactive 5G Labs.Teaching complex 5G and telecommunications concepts can be challenging – students often struggle to connect theory with real-world applications. Traditional lecture-based methods may fail to engage, leaving gaps in understanding critical technologies like OFDM, channel coding, and signal modulation.The Telecommunications Instructional Modelling System (TIMS) bridges this gap […]Emona Instruments
- Trump Seeks to Cancel CHIPS Act R&D Organization’s Funds August 27, 2025The U.S. Commerce Department says it will not abide by an agreement to fund the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act’s R&D through the nonprofit set up to administer the program, called Natcast. Instead, it handed operational control to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).Natcast was created in 2023 to oversee the National Semiconductor […]Samuel K. Moore
- Meta’s New Flat-Panel Laser Display Is Ultrathin August 20, 2025By shining lasers onto a tiny screen roughly as wide as a pencil-top eraser, scientists at Meta have created an ultrathin, high-definition flat-panel display they suggest might be used in augmented reality applications. Flat-panel displays are now commonplace, often illuminated by LEDs. When contemplating the next step beyond these displays, scientists have explored replacing the […]Charles Q. Choi
- Live demonstration shows reliable satellite-5G connectivity on the move September 3, 2025Making video calls while travelling – or when faced with an unstable internet connection – just got easier, thanks to a technology that allows devices to seamlessly bond satellite and ground connections. The European Space Agency (ESA) recently partnered with British advanced networking technology company UniVirtua to conduct a live demonstration of the dashAlpha platform, […]
- Satellite ready to test link for global 5G-broadband July 28, 2025A small satellite designed to deliver direct 5G-broadband access from space to a compact ground device, supported by the European Space Agency (ESA), has made it into orbit after its launch. The planned demonstration link is an early step in exploring space-enabled fast connectivity for inaccessible regions – highlighting future possibilities such as connecting rural […]
- Beam-hopping JoeySat marks two years in orbit May 21, 2025An innovative satellite that offers reliable connectivity wherever and whenever it is needed – in crowded places such as summer festivals as well as following passengers in planes, trains and automobiles – has celebrated its second anniversary in space.
- ESA links with Japan for speedy and secure communications April 8, 2025People will communicate up to a thousand times faster using high-capacity optical links between satellites, thanks to a partnership agreed today between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Space Compass Corporation in Japan.
- ESA and GSMA Foundry empower industry to achieve seamless global connectivity March 7, 2025At MWC25 Barcelona, the European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled a funding initiative, promoted in partnership with GSMA Foundry, to support projects aimed at integrating satellite and terrestrial networks for seamless connectivity.
- NASA Launches 2026 Lunabotics Challenge September 8, 2025As college students across the country embark upon the academic year, NASA is giving them something else to look forward to – the agency’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge. Teams interested in participating can submit their applications and supporting materials through NASA’s Stem Gateway portal beginning Monday, Sept. 8. Key dates and challenge details are available in […]Jason Costa
- NASA, International Astronauts to Address Students from New York August 28, 2025NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui will connect with students in New York as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 9:20 a.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 5, and will stream live on the […]Gerelle Q. Dodson
- NASA Accepts Proposals for 2026 Student Launch Challenge August 25, 2025NASA is kicking off the 2026 Student Launch challenge, looking for new student teams to design, build, and launch high-powered rockets with a scientific or engineering payload next April. The agency is seeking proposals until Monday, Sept. 22. Details about this year’s challenge are in the 2026 handbook, which outlines the requirements for middle school, high school, […]Beth Ridgeway
- NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in Ohio August 21, 2025NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Zena Cardman will connect with students in Ohio as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 10:15 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 27, and will stream live on the agency’s Learn With NASA YouTube channel. Media […]Gerelle Q. Dodson
- Sun at the Center: Teacher Ambassadors Bring Heliophysics to Classrooms Nationwide August 19, 2025For the fourth year in a row, the American Association of Physics Teachers, a collaborator on the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (HEAT), selected eight new educators to serve as ambassadors for heliophysics education. Meeting in Boulder, CO, from July 14-17, 2025, these teachers met to work through AAPT’s lessons that bring physics content to […]
- How Cryptocurrency Captured the Dream of the Decentralized Web September 8, 2025The term Web3 was originally coined by Ethereum cofounder Gavin Wood as a secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer version of the Internet. The idea was to build an Internet based on blockchain technology and a peer-to-peer network, without the need for large data centers or third-party providers. These days, however, blockchain is most famous as the tool […]Dina Genkina
- More-Sophisticated Codes to Track Deep-Space Probes September 3, 2025This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.As deep-space probes continue to explore throughout the solar system and beyond, scientists on the ground are racing to keep in touch with the many increasingly far-flung missions. To that end, researchers in China have developed deep-space-communications processing algorithms that […]Michelle Hampson
- Fiber to the Home August 31, 2025The crew has come: caravan of trucksstationed on the street, unstacking conesand digging ditches, deft and efficient.Here in our yards, long years of earthhave been hefted by hand and heaped up on tarps.A pneumatic mole emerges from the trailer,and a heavy hose is hauled into place.With a pop, the pumping compressor wakeswith startling strength. The […]Steven Searcy
- Teach 5G Hands-On with TIMS Lab Experiments August 28, 2025Boost Student Comprehension in Telecoms with Interactive 5G Labs.Teaching complex 5G and telecommunications concepts can be challenging – students often struggle to connect theory with real-world applications. Traditional lecture-based methods may fail to engage, leaving gaps in understanding critical technologies like OFDM, channel coding, and signal modulation.The Telecommunications Instructional Modelling System (TIMS) bridges this gap […]Emona Instruments
- It’s the End of the Line for AOL’s Dial-Up Service August 27, 2025The last time I used a dial-up modem came sometime around 2001. Within just a few years, dial-up had exited my life, never to return. I haven’t even had a telephone line in my house for most of my adult life. But I still feel a strong tinge of sadness to know that AOL is […]Ernie Smith
