Monday, 23 February
Quantum Communication and Computing I
09:00 — Welcome
09:10 — Arun Padakandla: Rate Regions for Multi-Terminal Quantum Channels
09:40 — Daniel Kilper: Quantum Communication
10:10 — Janis Nötzel: Simulations in Quantum Communication
10:40 — Coffee Break
11:00 — René Schwonnek: Overview of Device-Independent QKD
11:30 — Ilja Gerhardt: Secure Quantum Cryptography (or Quantum Randomness)
12:00 — Panel: Quantum
12:45 — Lunch
Trustworthy and Secure Communication I
14:00 — Bruno Clerckx: Analog Computing for Future Communication Systems
14:30 — Prakash Narayan: A Topic Related to the Workshop Theme
15:00 — Hannes Bartz: Security of Code-Based PIR Schemes
15:30 — Coffee Break
15:50 — Ugo Vaccaro: An Overview of Superimposed Codes and Their Role in Cryptography and Communication
16:20 — Neha Sangwan: Byzantine Channels and Systems
16:50 — Coffee Break
17:20 — Gohar Kyureghyan: Mathematics and Cryptography
17:50 — Yanling Chen: Non-Adaptive Coding for the Two-Way Wiretap Channel With or Without Cost Constraints
18:20 — Transition
18:30 — Special Memorial Session for Volodya Sidorenko
Tuesday, 24 February
Molecular and Nanoscale Communication
09:00 — Welcome
09:10 — Falko Dressler: Molecular Communication in Different Fluids
09:40 — Massimiliano Pierobon: Molecular Communication
10:10 — Liubov Bakhchova: Molecular Communications
10:40 — Coffee Break
11:00 — Maximilian Schaefer: Molecular Communication
11:30 — Kristin Michaelsen-Preusse: Molecular Communication
12:00 — Jessica Bariffi: Coding Theory for DNA Storage
12:30 — Lunch
Semantic, Context-Aware, and Goal-Oriented Communication
14:00 — Erik G. Larsson: Massive MIMO for Next-Generation Wireless Systems
14:30 — Yansha Deng: Goal-Oriented Semantic Communications
15:00 — Aylin Yener: Joint Sensing and Semantic Communications
15:30 — Coffee Break
15:50 — Bho Matthiesen: Resilient Radio Access Networks: AI and the Unknown Unknowns
16:20 — Armin Dekorsy: Semantic Communications and Links to Joint Source–Channel Coding and Data Compression via the Information Bottleneck Method
16:50 — Marc Geitz: Message Identification in Practice
17:10 — End of Day
Wednesday, 25 February
Resilient and Adaptive Systems (RIS and Networks)
09:00 — Welcome
09:10 — Stefano Buzzi: Integrated Communication and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS)
09:40 — Maurizio Magarini: Semantic and Molecular Communication
10:10 — Nam Tran: Integrated Communication and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS)
10:40 — Coffee Break
11:00 — Mohammad Soleymani: RIS-Assisted Communication
11:30 — Rafael F. Schaefer: Physical Layer Security
12:00 — Panel: Networks
12:45 — Lunch
6G Communications
14:00 — Slawomir Stanczak: Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) in 6G
14:30 — Sandor Fekete: Communication and Connectivity Limits in Parallel Robot Swarm Reconfiguration
15:00 — Poster Session
Thursday, 26 February
Quantum Communication and Computing II
09:00 — Welcome
09:10 — Sennur Ulukus: Private Information Retrieval from Byzantine and Colluding Databases to Entanglement-Assisted Protocols
09:40 — Riccardo Bassoli: Quantum Communication Networks
10:10 — Christoph Hirche: Quantum Information Theory
10:40 — Coffee Break
11:00 — Andreas Winter: Quantum Communications
11:30 — Saikat Guha: Quantum Communications
12:00 — Panel: Challenging Topics in Theoretical Quantum Information
12:45 — Lunch
Trustworthy and Secure Communication II
14:00 — Rawad Bitar: Low-Communication Secure and Private Federated Learning
14:30 — Laura Luzzi: Covert Communication
15:00 — Igor Bjelaković: Physical Layer Security and Privacy
15:30 — Coffee Break
15:50 — Gerhard Wunder: Applications of Wiretap Codes
16:20 — Aydin Sezgin: Enhancing Physical Layer Security with RIS: A Confidentiality-Centric Approach
16:50 — Paolo Santini: Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
17:20 — End of Day
Friday, 27 February
THz, VLC, FSO, and Non-Terrestrial Networking
09:00 — Welcome
09:10 — Konrad Banaszek: Optical Communication Systems: Limitations and Opportunities
09:40 — Thomas Kürner: Terahertz Communication
10:10 — Marco Di Renzo: A Survey of OTFS-Based Index Modulation Techniques
10:40 — Coffee Break
11:00 — Stephan ten Brink: Integrated Sensing and Communication
11:30 — Alessio Zappone: Wireless Communication
12:00 — Mahtab Mirmohensi: Semantic Communication
12:45 — Lunch
Networks and Technologies / Resilience II
14:00 — Tadashi Wadayama: TBA
14:30 — Karl-Ludwig Besser: Secret Communication in Networks
15:00 — Coffee Break
15:30 — Shun Watanabe: TBA
16:00 — Boulat Bash: TBA
16:30 — Coffee Break
17:00 — Justin Coon: RIS-Assisted Millimeter-Wave Communications for Indoor Scenarios
17:30 — Stefan Schmidt: Communication in Networked and Distributed Systems
18:00 — Goodbye