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IEEE WCNC Open RAN Workshop, Milan – March 24 2025, 9:00-12:30, Aqua1 Room
Join us in hashtag#WCNC2025<\/a> if you are interested in recent development and research perspectives of Open RAN. We have a great lineup of influential researchers in Open RAN participating. Dr. Hamed Ahmadi<\/a> will deliver a Keynote speech. Prof. Timothy O.<\/a>, Johann M. Marquez-Barja<\/a>, Hamed Ahmadi<\/a>, and Dr. Fatemeh Afghah<\/a> will be part of a panel discussion on future of Open RAN and researchers from University of Surrey<\/a>, UK, University of Bern<\/a>, Switzerland, London Metropolitan University<\/a>, UK, Virginia Tech<\/a>, USA, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Southwest Virginia<\/a>, Trinity College Dublin<\/a>, Ireland, Centre Tecnol\u00f2gic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)<\/a>, Spain, and Universidad de Cantabria<\/a>, Spain will present their latest research results.

WS05-S1: WS05 Keynote and Panel
Time: 9:00\u201310:30
Room: Aqua 1
(9:00\u20139:30) Keynote Dr. Hamed Ahmadi<\/a>
(9:30\u201310:30) Interactive Panel Discussion:
Can Open RAN Break Vendor Dominance, Diversify the Market, and Benefit Operators?
Panelists:
Prof. Tim O’Farrell (University of Sheffield, UK)
Dr. Hamed Ahmadi (University of York, UK)
Dr. Fatemeh Afghah<\/a>
Prof. Johann Marquez-Barja (imec \u2013 Univ. Antwerp, Belgium)

WS05-S2: Open Radio Access Networks
Time: 11:00\u201312:30
Room: Aqua 1
Chair: Nima Afraz (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Presentations:
Power-Efficient RAN Intelligent Controllers Through Optimized KPI Monitoring
Jo\u00e3o Paulo Sales Henriques Lima, George Ntavazlis Katsaros, and Konstantinos Nikitopoulos (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)
DERRIC: Decentralized Reinforced RAN Intelligent Controller Orchestration for 6G Networks
Elham Hashemi Nezhad (Uni Bern, Switzerland); Antonio Di Maio and Torsten Ingo Braun (University of Bern, Switzerland)
FlexScale: Scalable and Efficient Management Approach for Near-RT RIC in O-RAN
Sunil Kumar (London Metropolitan University, UK & University of Surrey, UK); Rafik Zitouni, Ayhan Akbas, and Chuan Heng Foh (University of Surrey, UK)
Learning and Reconstructing Conflicts in O-RAN: A Graph Neural Network Approach
Arshia Zolghadr (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA); Joao F. Santos (Virginia Tech, USA); Luiz DaSilva (Virginia Tech, USA & Trinity College Dublin, Ireland); Jacek Kibi\u0142da (Virginia Tech, USA)
Novel Fronthaul Control Method to Address the Fronthaul\/Air Interface Tradeoff
Ana Larra\u00f1aga-Zumeta (Centre Tecnol\u00f2gic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Neco Villegas (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain); Katerina Koutlia (CTTC, Spain); Luis Diez and Ramon Aguero (University of Cantabria, Spain); Sandra Lagen (CTTC, Spain)
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