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Tuesday Sep. 16th

09:00	Welcome, registration, coffee
10:00	Welcome speech | Norman Franchi	H13
10:15	Welcome speech | Wolfgang Utschick, Josef Nossek	H13
10:45	Keynote I | Robert Schober	H13
11:30	Keynote II | Lorenzo Miretti	H13
12:00	Lunch
13:00	Session I: Advanced MIMO & Array Processing Erik G. Larsson: Three Things that Matter in Distributed MIMO Torge Mewes: Compensating Beam Squint by Combining Phased Arrays with Time Delays in Digital Baseband Stephan Weiss: Estimation of Fluctuating Power Spectral Density Across a Sensor Array Eduard A. Jorswieck: On Optimal Movable Antennas in Integrated Sensing and Communications	H13
14:10	Coffee
14:40	Session I: Advanced MIMO & Array Processing (continued) Christian Forsch: Bayesian Learning for Pilot Decontamination in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Kaifeng Lu: On the Role of Channel Gain Weighting for Fairness in Cell-Free MIMO Stephan Weiss: Challenges to Subcarrier MIMO Precoding and Equalisation with Smooth Phase Responses Christoph F. Mecklenbräuker: Frequency-stable beamforming over wireless MIMO channels Zilu Zhao: Gaussian PDF Divisions in Expectation Propagation	H13
15:55	Coffee
16:15	Special Session I: Extreme MIMO Reijo Leinonen: Grouped Device Detection and Channel Estimation in MTC Using Full Bayesian Approach Muhammad Qurratullah Khan: Rethinking Beam Squint Mitigation in XL-MIMO: The Impact of Practical TTD Constraints Vidya Bhasker Shukla: Sparse Near-Field Channel Estimation for XL-MIMO via Adaptive Filtering Padmanava Sen: Key Enablers for Extreme MIMO Antennas and Receivers in Future 6G Frequency Bands Kangda Zhi: Beam Training-Based Hybrid Precoding for Multi-User Holographic MIMO	H13
19:00	Welcome Reception | Katharinensaal, Kreuz+Quer, Bohlenplatz 1, 91054 Erlangen

Wednesday Sep. 17th

08:30	Keynote III | Markus Lörner	H13
09:00	Session II: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Karl-Ludwig Besser: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Phase Hopping for Ultra-Reliable Communications Marc Bjelkanovic: MMSE Channel Estimation for Passive RIS in MIMO Systems Dennis Osterland: Evaluation of Near-field Fed RIS Illumination for Centimeter-Wave Gigantic MIMO Systems Sadaf Syed: Effects of Limited Pilot and Phase Sequences in RIS-Assisted MISO Systems	H13
	Session III: AI for Wireless Communications Wolfgang Utschick: No Pilots, No Problem: A Generative Model for Position-based Downlink Precoding Daniel Schäufele: Digital Post-Distortion Architectures for Nonlinear Power Amplifiers Florian Strasser: Enhancements in Score-based Channel Estimation for Real-Time Wireless Systems Carlo Fischione: AI in Wireless Networks — From Learning to Over-the-Air Computation	H12
10:25	Coffee & Exhibition | foyer, ground floor
11:00	Session II: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (continued) Bile Peng: A Scalable Machine Learning Approach Enabled RIS Optimization with Implicit Channel Estimation Eman Elbeit: Integration of RIS in QuaDRiGa: Near-Field Adaptability and Exemplary Application Yifei Wu: Low-Complexity CSI-Free Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Phase Shift Design Bowu Wang: LC-RIS Loss-Trade-Off Analysis in Wireless Communications	H13
12:00	Lunch
13:00	Keynote IV | Dr. Peter Zillmann	H13
13:30	Session IV: Advanced Antenna Design Ryan Stevenson: Ubiquitous Connectivity With Metasurface Antenna Technology Vitor Almeida: D-Band Dielectric Lens Antenna — Emulated Linear Array Superposition Measurements for Performance Analysis Steffen Sigwart: Evaluation of a WR6.5 Rotary Joint with two 3D-printed TE01 Mode Transducers	H13
	Session V: Channel Modeling & Propagation Christoph F. Mecklenbräuker: Indoor Trajectory Reconstruction for Tagged Items using UHF RFIDs Julia Beuster: Real-Time Sounding in ISAC networks: Design and Implementation of a Multi-Node Testbed Alper Schultze: Agile Sub-Terahertz to Terahertz Broadband Time-Domain Photonic Channel Sounder	H12
14:15	Poster Session
15:30	Exhibition | foyer, ground floor
16:30	Keynote V | Abdo Gaber	H13
17:00	Special Session II: Non-Terrestrial Networks Almoatssimbillah Saifaldawal: SmartUT — Receive Beamforming for Spectral Coexistence of NGSO Satellite Systems Tim Düe: OpenNTN — An Open-Source Framework for Non-Terrestrial Network Channel Simulations Paul Zheng: Multi-UAV-Enabled Cognitive Radio Networks Sahana Raghunandan: Handover Management in 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks: Simulations and Testbeds	H13
	Session V: Channel Modeling & Propagation (continued) Abhipsit Bhattacharya: Spatial Correlation of Rain Attenuation in Space-to-Earth Links Miguel Angel Vazquez: Achievable Rates of Phased Array-Fed Reflector Satellite Antenna Systems Julia Beuster: Enhancing Situational Awareness in ISAC Networks via Drone Swarms Alper Schultze: Design and Validation of a Time Domain Correlation based Channel Sounder up to 500 GHz Kenan Turbic: On Level Crossings and Fade Durations in von Mises-Fisher Scattering Channels Jonas Bönsch: Integrated Sensing and Communication based on Road Side Units for Intersection Monitoring Maximilian Lübke: Dynamic Channel Characterization for Vehicular ISAC in Intersection Scenarios at 77 GHz	H12
18:30	Departure to evening event (Shuttle to Nuremberg; pickup at Cauerstraße 11)
19:00	Evening Event | Tucher Mautkeller, Hallplatz 2, 90402 Nürnberg

Thursday Sep. 18th

09:00	Keynote VI | Keysight	H13
09:30	Session VI: Integrated Sensing & Communications Soheil Gherekhloo: From Cooperative Awareness to Cooperative Sensing Lucas Giroto: Target Detection for ISAC with TDD Transmission Alexander Felix: Optimal Azimuth Sampling and Interpolation for Bistatic ISAC Setups Paolo Tosi: Benchmarking CFAR and CNN-based Peak Detection Algorithms in ISAC under Hardware Impairments Zhixiang Zhao: Sensing-Aided Beamforming — The Impact of Distributed Sensing Network Geometry Zonghan Wang: How to Enhance the ISAC Security in Cell-Free Networks?	H13
11:10	Coffee
11:30	Session VI: Integrated Sensing & Communications (continued) Jan-Steffen Gröneweg: Evaluating the Performance of UE-Side Bistatic Sensing using PRS on a Highway Entry Scenario Yanpeng Su: Code-Orthogonal PMCW MIMO ISAC System — Digital Beamforming for Pilot and Data Separation Carl Collmann: Comparative Analysis of rootMUSIC, MVDR, and TTD Angle Estimation Under Phase Impairments Sebastian Klob: Data Compression for Ultra-Precise Wireless Synchronization	H13
12:30	Lunch
13:00	Session VII: Further Related Topics Stephan F. Pfletschinger: Binary MOCZ with Soft Decoding Rebekka Schulz: Optimization of Preprocessing for Integer-Forcing Source Coding Phillip Stephan: CSI Obfuscation — Single-Antenna Transmitters Can Not Hide from Adversarial Multi-Antenna Radio Localization Systems Philip Bergmann: Doppler Resistant Enhancement for Energy-Efficient Device-to-Satellite LoRa Communications Ladan Khaloopour: CKM-Assisted Physical-Layer Security for Resilience Against Unknown Eavesdropping Location	H13
14:15	Closing speech | Norman Franchi	H13
15:00	End