Winners of the “Future 6G NTN Systems” Challenge
We are proud to announce the winners of the student competition: “Future 6G NTN Systems” (with ComSoc support – innovation project) for the year 2024.
Winner of the Challenge: “Enhancing HAP Networks with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces”, Islam Mohammad Tanash (Aalto University, Finland); Ayush Kumar Dwivedi (Tampere University, Finland & International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, India); Fatemeh Rafiei Maleki and Taneli Riihonen (Tampere University, Finland)
Second place: “Goal-Oriented Vessel Detection with Distributed Computing in a LEO Satellite Constellation” Antonio Mercado-Martínez (University of Málaga, Spain); Beatriz Soret (Universidad de Malaga, Spain); Antonio Jurado Navas (University of Málaga, Spain)
Third place: “High Altitude Platform Station-Greedy Clustering of Wireless Sensor Networks for the Massive IoT”, Anastassia Gharib (Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan)
Fourth Place: “Sailing the Cosmic Seas: Improving Dependability in IoT-Based Deep Space Exploration”, Jason Gerard and Sandra Céspedes (Concordia University, Canada)
Fifth Place: “Improved Adaptive Multi-Density DBSCAN Method for Radar Signal Sorting in Complex Electromagnetic Environment”, Yi Wei (Zhejiang University, China); Yubi Qian (Shanghai Aerospace Electronic Technology Institute, China); Xiaoxiao Zhuo (Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
The workshop was held on July 10, co-located with ICCSPA 2024. We would like to thank all the participants, the conference organizers, and the tremendous support from IEEE ComSoc!