Program
Day 1: 1st WNASGND
Opening Session
Chair: Ian F. Akyildiz
Time: Monday, December 14, 2015 - 10:30 - 12:00
| 10:30 - 11:10 |
Welcome Note and Overview of Research Activities of “Advanced Wireless Networking” Group at KAU
Ian F. Akyildiz (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) |
| 11:15 - 11:35 |
Overview on the KACST "Smart Grid Project"
Etimad Fadel (King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia) |
| 11:40 - 12:00 |
Overview on the KACST "Nano Scale Communications Project"
Nadine Akkari (King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia) |
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Session 2: Invited Talks 1
Chair: Dr. Abdullah Al Malaise
Time: Monday, December 14, 2015 - 13:00 - 15:00
| 13:00 - 13:30 |
Talk 1: Opportunities and Challenges in Smart Grid Communications
Cagri Gungor (Abdullah Gul University, Turkey) |
| 13:40 - 14:10 |
Talk 2: Electromagnetic Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band
Josep Jornet (University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA) |
| 14:20 - 14:50 |
Talk 3: From Soil to the Grid: Internet of Underground Things for Load Balancing Agricultural Energy Supply and Demand
Mehmet Can Vuran (University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA) |
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Day 2: 1st WNASGND
Session 3: Invited Talks 2
Chair: Ian F. Akyildiz
Time: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 09:30 - 12:00
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Talk 4: Fundamentals of Nanoscale Intra-body Molecular Communications and Nanonetworks
Ozgur Akan (Koc University, Turkey) |
| 10:10 - 10:40 |
Talk 5: Software-Defined Smart Grid Networking
Berk Canberk (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) |
| 10:50 - 11:20 |
Talk 6: Routing in Wireless Nano-Sensor Networks: Past, Present and Future
M. G. Abbas Malik (University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Talk 7: Water Treatment using Nanotechnology
Ozer Cinar (Yildiz Technical University, Turkey) |
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Session 4: Invited Talks 3
Chair: M. G. Abbas Malik
Time: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 13:00 - 14:30
| 13:00 - 13:30 |
Talk 8: Nano Communication using Bacteria
Sasitharan Balasubramaniam (Tampere University of Technology, Finland) |
| 13:40 - 14:10 |
Talk 9: Protocol Design for Wireless Nanonetworks
Pu Wang (Wichita State University, USA) |
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Day 3: 1st WNASGND
Invited Talks 4 and Closing Session
Chair: M. G. Abbas Malik
Time: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 09:30 - 11:00
| 09:30 - 09:50 |
Talk 10: MAC Protocols for Wireless Nano-Sensor Networks: Overview and Design Guidelines
Nadine Akkari (King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia) |
| 10:00 - 10:20 |
Talk 11: Saudi Arabia’s Future Smart Grid Systems
Etimad Fadel (King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Future Plans of the “Advanced Wireless Networking Group" at KAU
Ian F. Akyildiz (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) |
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