IEEE Distinguished Speaker Series

AI-Led 6G Architecture and Technology Enablers:
Building Cognitive, Autonomous, and AI-Native Networks

📅 July 16, 2026
🕓 4:00 PM Pacific Time
💻 Virtual Event Link: 

https://zoom.us/j/99564634971?pwd=guPoBOjeLYql6Rwd1xSqFBvDRhf0H8.1

Passcode: 563859

Presented By

Siva Sudheer Mahadasu
Senior Principal Solutions Architect
Dell Technologies

Presentation Overview

As wireless communications evolve beyond 5G, artificial intelligence is becoming a foundational component of next-generation network architectures. This presentation explores how AI-native technologies are transforming telecommunications through intelligent automation, cloud-native infrastructure, digital twins, distributed intelligence, and autonomous operations.

Topics Include

• Evolution from 5G to AI-led 6G architectures
• AI-RAN and intelligent radio access networks
• Cloud-native and distributed 6G infrastructure
• AI Factories, LLMs, and telecom AI platforms
• Digital Twins and autonomous network operations
• AIOps, observability, and closed-loop automation
• Edge AI and distributed intelligence
• Enterprise, industrial, and mission-critical 6G applications
• Technology enablers shaping future wireless ecosystems

Who Should Attend?

• Engineering Students
• Computer Science Students
• IT, Cybersecurity, and Networking Professionals
• Faculty and Researchers
• IEEE Members and Technology Enthusiasts

Hosted By

IEEE DeVry University–SoCal Student Branch
IEEE Foothill Section
Dr. Nazila Safavi

Distribution systems are undergoing rapid transformation due to the increasing integration of distributed renewable energy sources, evolving load behaviors, and the growing need for improved power quality. This webinar presents the fundamental principles and practical approaches to load modeling and power quality in modern active distribution networks.

The session covers key concepts in load modeling — including static and dynamic characteristics derived from field measurements, international practice in load modeling, as well as the modeling of modern electrical devices and their impact on network behavior. Special attention will be given to the interplay between loads and power quality issues in modern distribution systems.

Participants will gain essential insights into established modeling techniques, recommended parameter values, measurement-based methodologies, and their application in system analysis and planning. The presentation combines theoretical foundations with real-world examples, offering valuable knowledge for researchers, engineers, and professionals working on the challenges of future power grids.

 SDIEEE EXCOM Meeting

Executive Committee meeting to discuss all San Diego IEEE activities.  All IEEE members welcome to attend. Please RSVP. 

• 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm,    Networking and food!
• 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm,    meeting (in person and/or remote)
• Meeting Adjourned 

To add to the agenda, please email upalmahbub@yahoo.com.   

AI That Works for You: Tools, Prompts, Privacy — and How A Warship Taught Itself History

Generative AI is everywhere — but using it effectively, safely, and without surrendering your data is a skill most people are still developing. This quarter's OEB LMAG lunch brings together and local Higher Ed leader and a CIO, two seasoned practitioners for a practical, hands-on session on getting real value from AI tools. Roger Doering, Professor of Engineering at Cal State East Bay, leads the main program on leveraging generative AI effectively and safely — covering tools, approaches, prompting strategies, and critical privacy and security considerations. He's joined by Mark Rowell, CIO of the USS Hornet Museum, who adds a fascinating real-world dimension: what happens when you build your own private LLM on a historic warship's institutional knowledge. Live demos included. Bring your questions — and your appetite.

Generative AI tools have moved from novelty to necessity — but the gap between casual use and genuinely effective use is wide. For users with concerns about accuracy, privacy, security, and institutional knowledge, the public-cloud nature of most AI tools raises real questions.
This session addresses both sides of that challenge. Roger Doering brings academic and professional rigor to the question of how to get the most from generative AI — what works, what doesn't, and how to stay safe while doing it. Mark Rowell then demonstrates what the far end of the privacy spectrum looks like in practice: a fully private LLM, built on Google's NotebookLM, trained on 165 sources of institutional knowledge about one of America's most historic naval vessels.
Together, they cover the landscape from everyday AI productivity to purpose-built institutional intelligence — with plenty of time for hands-on exploration, demos, and the kind of frank conversation that only happens over a good lunch.

WHAT YOU'LL COVER

•      Generative AI tools landscape — what's worth your time in 2026 and why

•      Prompting that actually works — practical approaches and live examples

•      AI privacy and security — what you're sharing, with whom, and how to protect yourself

•      Hands-on demos — try it yourself, not just watch it, so bring a laptop

•      The private LLM case study — how the USS Hornet built a closed, curated AI from 165 institutional sources

•      Real-world use cases from the Hornet's deployment — docents, educators, researchers, and visitors

•      Open discussion — bring your own AI questions, frustrations, and experiments

Session 3 of the OneAquaHealth Innovation Series Leading to the IEEE OneAquaHealth Global Hackathon

TOPIC: One Digital Health and FAIR Principles

As the third educational session leading up to the IEEE OneAquaHealth Global Hackathon, this webinar introduces participants to the digital foundations that enable effective collaboration across environmental health, public health, and technology. Building on previous sessions, participants will explore how the One Digital Health (ODH) framework and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) Principles provide the foundation for developing connected, data-driven, and sustainable solutions for complex global challenges.

The session will examine how the One Digital Health Steering Wheel integrates digital technologies, health, environmental science, and societal needs into a unified framework for innovation. Attendees will learn why interoperable data, standardized information sharing, and responsible digital ecosystems are essential for advancing research, enabling AI-driven insights, supporting evidence-based decision-making, and fostering collaboration across disciplines.

Designed for researchers, students, developers, healthcare professionals, environmental scientists, policymakers, and hackathon participants, this session will provide a practical understanding of how FAIR principles can improve data quality, accessibility, and reuse while accelerating innovation within the OneAquaHealth ecosystem.

Whether your hackathon project focuses on freshwater ecosystems, digital health, artificial intelligence, IoT, citizen science, biodiversity, environmental monitoring, or community resilience, this session will help you design solutions that are interoperable, scalable, and aligned with global best practices for responsible data sharing and digital innovation. By understanding the principles of One Digital Health and FAIR data, participants will be better equipped to build impactful, collaborative solutions that contribute to healthier ecosystems, healthier communities, and a more sustainable future.

Please attend the June 2026 IEEE Oregon Section Executive Committee meeting.

IEEE SCV-OEB SSIT Chapter Meeting
From Hangar Deck to AI Lab: How the USS Hornet Built Its Own Private LLM

Join us for a Member Technical Meeting on how the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum built a private large language model using Google’s NotebookLM and 165 curated content sources.

Speakers Mark Rowell, CIO of the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum, and Chuck Myers, Docent and Board Member, will discuss the project’s design, content curation, testing, real-world use cases, and implications for museums, education, and historical preservation.

The program will include live demos, a deep dive into Apollo 11 and 12 mission content, and fresh material being loaded in real time. IEEE members and guests are welcome at 6PM Tuesday night at the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda.

This talk presents advances in power management of power electronic converters within modern microgrids, emphasizing efficiency, stability, and resilience under dynamic operating conditions. It highlights the role of real-time validation techniques, including hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations, which enable rapid testing of control strategies without risking physical assets. The discussion extends to power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) testbeds, where actual power devices interact with simulated networks, offering a more accurate representation of real-world performance. These approaches significantly reduce development time while improving reliability and scalability of microgrid systems. The talk also explores emerging opportunities for power electronics engineers in fusion energy, where advanced converters and control systems are critical for handling extreme power levels and ensuring stable operation. Overall, the presentation underscores the convergence of simulation, hardware validation, and next-generation energy applications in shaping the future of power electronics.

About the Speaker:

Come join us for a group hike on July 11 and/or July 18 at Tiger Mountain near Issaquah! Great Saturdays to enjoy the scenery near I-90 and other parts of the wilderness in Washington State! There will be refreshments and drinks served throughout the event.

Meet at the parking lot near the starting point:

• Preston Park & Ride: Parking lot, 30303 SE High Point Way, Issaquah, WA 98027

We meet at that parking lot around 10:00 AM and start the ground hike around 10:30 AM. We'll start from Preston Park and Ride, and we'll head towards West Tiger #3 peak for this group hike. While we’ll provide snacks and water, it’s recommended to pack a lunch just in case. Restaurants in Issaquah can be busy at midday, and seating a large group without reservations isn’t guaranteed. We may adjust the route if needed based on conditions or group pacing.

If you have any questions or want to share input on carpool meetup locations for transportation, please email the organizers:

• John Vertner, john.vertner@ieee.org
• Nicklaus Thompson, nicklaus_thompson@ieee.org

The IEEE Foothill Section rescheduled its monthly ExCom/OpCom meeting every second Thursday of the month from 6 PM to 8 PM. 

Join us for a pizza dinner and meet other IEEE members in person at our monthly networking night, which is always the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Sgt Pepperoni's in Irvine. 

There will be Senior IEEE members who can provide endorsements. Please register with your IEEE #.

If you cannot eat pepperoni, there will be chicken and vegetarian options. If you have anything you want to share, such as robots, please bring them along!

Group photo - May 2026: https://r6.ieee.org/ocs/2026/05/networking-night-2026-may-13/

July Executive Committee Meeting

The IEEE Hawaiʻi Women in Engineering (WIE) Executive Committee (ExCom) Meeting will be held to discuss chapter operations, review upcoming events, and plan future initiatives. Committee members will share updates, coordinate activities, and support member engagement.

Many biomedical and medical-device systems, especially implantable electronics, require mission-critical reliability to support patient safety, therapy delivery, and measurement accuracy. These systems rely heavily on mixed-signal circuits such as sensor front ends, amplifiers, data converters, stimulators, references, clocks, and power-management blocks.
While these circuits are rigorously verified during production test, burn-in, and characterization, long-term reliability challenges can persist after manufacturing. Over a device’s lifetime, circuit behavior can drift due to aging, leakage, environmental stress, packaging effects, and varying operating conditions.

This webinar explores how embedded mixed-signal test and self-monitoring techniques can support the lifetime reliability of biomedical electronics. The discussion will connect traditional production-test concepts with periodic or in-field health monitoring and safe diagnostics. Topics will include analog and mixed-signal built-in self-test (BIST) architectures, embedded current and leakage monitoring, IDDQ-style measurements, burn-in support, self-calibration, and compact diagnostic signatures.

The talk will also highlight how limited external access can be complemented by on-chip diagnostic resources and firmware-coordinated test flows. Ultimately, the session will show how reusing embedded resources can reduce dependence on external test access, improve observability, and support data-driven decisions about device performance and reliability over time.

IEEE Orange County PES/IAS Chapter's ExCom meeting

All IEEE OC PES/IAS Chapter members are requested to attend this meeting. 

To AVOID unauthorized attendance you MUST REGISTER for this event so that you can be sent the meeting link.

Session 2 of the OneAquaHealth Innovation Series Leading to the IEEE OneAquaHealth Global Hackathon

TOPIC: Nature as BluePrint - Plantery intelligence and Human Innovation

What if the best engineers on Earth never filed a patent, produced no waste, and have been running the same systems—without crashing—for 3.8 billion years?

As the second session in the educational series leading up to the IEEE OneAquaHealth Global Hackathon, this thought-provoking keynote invites participants to see nature not as a backdrop to innovation, but as humanity's most sophisticated archive of problem-solving knowledge. From the kingfisher's beak inspiring high-speed train design to ant colony intelligence shaping optimization algorithms, from watershed resilience to the architecture of living systems, nature offers more than inspiration—it provides proven principles for designing technologies that work in harmony with complex ecosystems.

Together, we will explore a critical question at the heart of the OneAquaHealth mission: Does your solution make nature more possible, or less necessary?

Designed for builders, coders, researchers, innovators, and systems thinkers, this session challenges hackathon participants to observe deeply before they engineer boldly, uncovering how planetary intelligence can inform the next generation of sustainable solutions for environmental health, human well-being, and resilient communities.

Whether your project focuses on water quality, biodiversity, citizen engagement, digital health, AI, data analytics, or community resilience, this session will inspire you to think beyond technology alone and design with nature as a partner in innovation, helping teams develop stronger ideas before the hackathon begins.

Audio compression is often proposed to improve the efficiency of multimodal large language models, but its impact on downstream task performance remains underexplored. This talk examines how semantic neural audio codecs behave under token reduction constraints, using cross-modal attention as a signal to discard frames with low semantic content. On audio question-answering benchmarks, attention-guided frame selection removes 10–30% of frames while matching baseline accuracy and answer consistency, and identifies a critical compression threshold (keep ratio ~0.7) below which performance degrades sharply. The talk also discusses an "answer consistency paradox" where models remain highly self-consistent (>98%) even as accuracy degrades and what this decoupling of consistency from correctness means for evaluating compressed multimodal systems in low-resource deployments.

Abstract:

The rapid expansion and increasing complexity of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations demands new digital twins for accurate predictive network performance evaluation. Modern LEO networks feature highly dynamic topologies, dense satellite deployments, and integration with terrestrial 5G/6G systems — that well-exceed current open-source/broadly available simulation tool capabilities. A high-fidelity Digital Twin model should capture real-time mobility considerations for time-varying LEO-to-earth downlink, emerging regulatory considerations (e.g. spectrum allocation driven coexistence/interference), orbit-aware inter-satellite coordination aspects, to feed into future AI-driven resource optimization architectural solutions. This talk will start by pointing out deficiencies in current 3GPP TR 38.111 and 6G-NTN EU Doppler spread models and its consequent impact downstream on NTN Downlink PHY Layer 1 processing and highlight ongoing efforts via ns-3-leo full stack network simulator at UW Fundamentals of Networking Lab (https://wp.ece.uw.edu/funlab/).

Speaker:

Prof. Sumit Roy

Guest Scientist, Nokia Bell Labs (Radio Systems Research)

 sumit.1.roy@nokia.com

Dept. of Electrical & Comp. Eng

U. Washington, Seattle

 sroy@uw.edu

Sumit Roy (Fellow IEEE) received the B. Tech. (EE) degree from the IIT Kanpur in 1983, and M. S. (1985) and Ph. D. (1988) degrees from the University of California (Santa Barbara) in Electrical & Comp. Engineering as well as an M. A. in Statistics and Applied Probability (1988). He has been a faculty member in Electrical & Computer Engineering (UW) since 1998 where he was appointed to a Distinguished Term Professorship for Integrated Systems (2014-19) in recognition of his scholarly accomplishments. He continues to direct the Fundamentals of Networking Laboratory (FUNLaB) https://wp.ece.uw.edu/funlab/, the long-standing maintainer/manager of the Open Source network simulator ns-3 project (www.nsnam.org), recognized via the ACM SIGCOMM Networking Systems Award 2020 for ``development of a networking system that has had a significant impact on the world of computer networking” https://www.sigcomm.org/content/sigcomm-networking-systems-award. His expertise spans analysis/design and prototyping of future wireless communication systems/networks: next-Gen wireless LANs, 5G New Radio and beyond 5G/6G standards, with an emphasis on terrestrial and airborne (vehicular) applications, multi-standard inter-networking/coexistence and dynamic spectrum access solutions for spectrum sharing.

He spent 2001-03 on academic leave at Intel Wireless Technology Lab as a Senior Researcher/Standards Architect engaged in systems architecture and standards development for ultra-wideband systems (Wireless PANs) and next generation high-speed wireless LANs (802.11n). He was elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2007 for “contributions to multi-user communications theory and cross-layer design of wireless networking standards”. He served as Program Lead for Innovate Beyond 5G, the R&D component of OUSD R&E’s 5G-to-xG Initiative (2020-22) [now renamed FutureG Office https://rt.cto.mil/future-home], where managed a RD&P portfolio focused on dual-use of commercial (5G) technologies for Federal use cases and oversaw 3GPP contributions. He is currently Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE Future Networks Technical Community (https://futurenetworks.ieee.org/) and IEEE Comm. Society (https://www.comsoc.org/engagement-community/distinguished-lecturers) and serves as Assoc. E-i-C for IEEE Comm. Standards Magazine (https://www.comsoc.org/publications/magazines/ieee-communications-standards-magazine/editorial-board).

Power electronics is a foundational technology that drives a wide range of important and emerging applications including cloud computing, wireless communications, robotics, and smart energy systems. By systematically managing the increased complexity in materials, circuits, and systems, new opportunities are created to greatly advance the functionality and performance of power electronics systems.

This speech provides a few examples to illustrate the potential of managed complexity in power electronics design. These include: 1) modular and scalable architecture for systematically managed complexity in high performance circuits; 2) artificial intelligence and machine learning for systematically managed complexity in passive component modeling. This managed complexity approach addresses key challenges in emerging applications by overcoming traditional design barriers from new angles and redefining how power electronics are conceived and implemented in complex systems.

IEEE Oregon Section Women in Engineering AG and the joint Oregon Section chapter of Electron Devices Society (EDS) and IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) are going to celebrate the "WIE Day 2026" by bringing together STEM professionals in a relaxed coffeehouse atmosphere to share authentic leadership journeys, career lessons, challenges, and empowerment stories while enjoying coffee, snacks, and meaningful networking conversations.

The event is designed to foster:

• Leadership inspiration
• Career empowerment
• Intergenerational mentorship
• Professional networking
• Inclusive STEM community building

The Innovation in Action: WIE Case Challenge is designed to strengthen the connection between academia, technology, and industry by bringing students and professionals together in a collaborative and engaging environment. During the event, students will be grouped with industry professionals and mentors to work as teams on a real-world engineering or technology-related challenge. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, develop innovative solutions, strengthen leadership and teamwork skills, and build meaningful professional connections while learning from one another’s experiences and perspectives.

Cable Ampacity and Sizing calculations will be covered in the presentation.

Cable Ampacity calculation is the consideration of Cable’s Thermal limits. The analysis helps determine the maximum current a conductor can carry under certain operating conditions without exceeding its temperature rating. Verifying that the conductor does not exceed the thermal rating is important as it ensures normal and proper operation within the Power System. In this presentation the common concepts, calculation methods, standards, and procedure for performing cable ampacity calculations will be discussed.

Cable Sizing calculation is essential in power systems analysis. With a proper selected cable size, it ensures safe, efficient, and reliable operation of the entire electrical system. The analysis ensures that the system operates correctly under normal and fault conditions.  This presentation will examine the key constraints that influence the selection of the appropriate cable size.

About the Speaker:

Avelardo Morales, Department Manager, Cable and Low Voltage Systems

Avelardo Morales has 20 years of experience as a Power Engineer at the same leading company, where he began his career shortly after obtaining his degree in electrical engineering from California, State University Los Angeles. At ETAP, Avelardo is now a Senior Power Engineer and Department Manager for Cable and Low Voltage Systems. He specializes in Cable, Low Voltage and Panel Systems, Underground Raceway Systems, and Load Flow Analysis. Avelardo plays a critical role in bridging software development with practical engineering applications, ensuring that the software functions to meet industry standards and user needs. He is an IEEE member.

We are thrilled to host LLNL’s 30th Center for Advanced Signal and Image Sciences (CASIS) workshop. The workshop returns with a full 2-day in-person schedule on Wednesday and Thursday, June 24-25, 2026.

We encourage a broad range of technical topics at the workshop and being non-archival  apart from original work, we are also considering intermediate results from ongoing efforts as well as recently published publications for presentation as a talk and/or a poster. The goal of the workshop is to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and network with peers across disciplines to foster collaboration and build community. Please submit your abstract by Friday, May 15, 2026. Authors will be notified of the review decisions one week later on May 22,  2026.

Apart from the regular presentation track we will feature parallel tutorials, hands-on mini workshops and a dedicated student track to introduce career opportunities at LLNL.

The workshop will be held in-person at the University of California Livermore Collaboration Center (UCLCC) and requires pre-registration until June 18, 2026. As this is a 2-day whole-day workshop, we will provide coffee and snacks in morning and afternoon breaks as well as a lunch on both days. As this is our 30th anniversary, we will also host a Happy Hour following the regular program on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.

CLICK HERE FOR TALK SUBMISSION, REGISTRATION AND MORE

This year’s workshop features presentations in the following tracks, moderated by the Program Chairs:

• AI/Machine Learning (PhanNguyen, Kowshik Thopalli)
• National Ignition Facility (Eugene Kur, Christopher Miller)
• Non-Destructive Evaluation (Seemeen Karimi, Harry Martz)
• Quantum Sensing & Quantum Computing (Kristi Beck)
• Remote Sensing, Non-Invasive Imaging & Inverse Problems (Sean Lehman, Viacheslav Li)
• Robotics & Automation (Aldair Gongora, Abhik Sarkar)
• Student Track: All topics (Poster only) (Ted Bauman, Min Priest)

Become part of this great experience and submit your talk proposal at https://engineering.llnl.gov/centers/casis/workshops before May 15, 2025!

Check out this report for last year’s amazing event to see what to expect!

The no-fee CASIS Workshop is sponsored by the LLNL Engineering Directorate and held at the University of California Livermore Collaboration Center (UCLCC). It is organized by the Center for Advanced Signal and Imaging Sciences (CASIS), and is a joint meeting with the local chapters of the IEEE Signal Processing Society and IEEE Computer Society. supported by the IEEE Oakland East Bay Section.  

Meeting Announcement: San Diego IEEE Life Members Affinity Group – Tuesday, June 23, 6 pm

Join us for our upcoming gathering!

We are pleased to announce the next meeting of the San Diego IEEE Life Members Affinity Group. All members are warmly invited to join us for an evening of camaraderie, conversation, and connection.  This will be an in person meeting.

·       Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026

·       Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

·       Location: Crust Pizzeria

·       124 Solana Hills Dr.

·       Solana Beach, CA 92075

·       Phone: 858.356.9925

Topic for Discussion:  San Diego IEEE Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG) have indicated an interest in giving back to our local San Diego community to support the development of future young engineers.  This can be done in the form of participating in youth STEM (Science, Technology Engineering, and Math) activities.   Contacts have been made with San Diego Generation STEAM, and they have indicated an interest in working with the San Diego IEEE LMAG.   They have suggested having IEEE LMAG participate in high school workshops, compsny tours, career panels, educator/industry connection events, and the annual San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering.

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact the venue or reach out to Bill Torre, 619-417-9410. We look forward to seeing you there!

Virtual meeting access will also be provided, below is a Webex link:

Webex Meeting Information:

IEEE Life Member Affinity Group Meeting

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

6:00 PM  |  (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)  |  2 hrs

Join WebEx meeting

https://ieeemeetings.webex.com/ieeemeetings/j.php?MTID=m98a153e58cadf833d329053c59029989

Meeting number:

2539 203 0021

Meeting password:

PNfp3nb6km3

New and mid-level professionals will benefit from this presentation on the journey of engineers from an experienced engineer and recruiter at the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC), Sally McGehee.  Organization and industry leaders are invited to gain Ms McGehee's insider strategies on how to engage with the Department of Navy (DON) as well.

Celebrate International Women in Engineering Day 2026 with San Diego IEEE and Sally McGehee, through her authentic stories and examples on the opportunities within the DON especially for women.

This session will engage all the participants through Ms. McGehee's insider insight as an engineer, as well as her recruiter role with the NIWC Pacific New Professional program, where she interviews EE, CS, ME, CE students and graduates and visits select university career fairs across the country to recruit engineering students.

Abstract: Electromagnetic waves are characterized by their amplitude, frequency, and state of polarization -- also referred to as spin angular momentum (SAM), associated with circular polarization and recognized for over two centuries. In contrast, over the past three decades, growing attention has been directed toward orbital angular momentum (OAM), which arises from helical (twisted) phase fronts and provides an additional degree of freedom through its orthogonal modal structure. In this talk, we explore the use of OAM for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), with the goal of enhancing spectral efficiency and spatial resolution in automotive scenarios. Unlike conventional uniform circular array (UCA)-based implementations, our approach employs a uniform linear array (ULA) with traveling-wave antennas to synthesize multiple Laguerre-Gaussian vortex beams. The proposed system embeds communication data within radar waveforms while enabling joint estimation of target position and velocity using radar-only frames. An OAM-based mode-division multiplexing strategy is used to separate sensing and communication functionalities, ensuring reliable parameter recovery. We conclude with perspectives on the future of ISAC systems.

[Joint work with Wanghan Lv]

Bio:
Kumar Vijay Mishra (S’08-M’15-SM’18) obtained a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and M.S. in mathematics from The University of Iowa in 2015, and M.S. in electrical engineering from Colorado State University in 2012, while working on NASA’s Global Precipitation Mission Ground Validation (GPM-GV) weather radars. He received his B. Tech. summa cum laude (Gold Medal, Honors) in electronics and communication engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (NITH), India in 2003. He is a Senior Fellow at the United States DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory; Research Scientist at the Institute for Systems Research, The University of Maryland, College Park under the ARL-ArtIAMAS program; 2026 BEL Endowed Visiting Chair Professor in Radar Systems at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Technical Adviser to Singapore-based automotive radar start-up Hertzwell; and honorary Research Fellow at SnT - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg. Previously, he had research appointments at the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Bengaluru; IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering, Iowa City, IA; Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Cambridge, MA; Qualcomm, San Jose; and Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Dr. Mishra has served as the Distinguished Lecturer (DL) of various societies: IEEE Communications Society (2023-2024), IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) (2023-2024, 2025-2026), IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (2023-2025, 2025-2027), and IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (2024-2025). He has been a Virtual DL of IEEE Future Networks Initiative (2022) and Traveling Lecturer of Optica (2025-). He is the recipient of the IEEE AESS Harry Rowe Mimno Award (2026), SAE International Award for Excellence in Innovation (2025), IEEE Signal Processing Society Pierre-Simon Laplace Early Career Technical Achievement Award (2024), Special Mention for the IEEE AESS M. Barry Carlton Award (2023), IET Premium Best Paper Prize (2021), IEEE T-AES Outstanding Editor (2021, 2023, 2024, 2025), U. S. National Academies Harry Diamond Distinguished Fellowship (2018-2021), American Geophysical Union Editors' Citation for Excellence (2019), Royal Meteorological Society Quarterly Journal Editor's Prize (2017), Viterbi Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015, 2016), Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017), DRDO LRDE Scientist of the Year Award (2006), NITH Director’s Gold Medal (2003), and NITH Best Student Award (2003). He has received Best Paper Awards at IEEE MLSP 2019 and IEEE ACES Symposium 2019.

Title: Twisted Signals for ISAC via OAM Vortex Beams

Abstract: Electromagnetic waves are characterized by their amplitude, frequency, and state of polarization -- also referred to as spin angular momentum (SAM), associated with circular polarization and recognized for over two centuries. In contrast, over the past three decades, growing attention has been directed toward orbital angular momentum (OAM), which arises from helical (twisted) phase fronts and provides an additional degree of freedom through its orthogonal modal structure. In this talk, we explore the use of OAM for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), with the goal of enhancing spectral efficiency and spatial resolution in automotive scenarios. Unlike conventional uniform circular array (UCA)-based implementations, our approach employs a uniform linear array (ULA) with traveling-wave antennas to synthesize multiple Laguerre-Gaussian vortex beams. The proposed system embeds communication data within radar waveforms while enabling joint estimation of target position and velocity using radar-only frames. An OAM-based mode-division multiplexing strategy is used to separate sensing and communication functionalities, ensuring reliable parameter recovery. We conclude with perspectives on the future of ISAC systems.
[Joint work with Wanghan Lv]

Speaker: Dr. Kumar Vijay Mishra

Kumar Vijay Mishra (S’08-M’15-SM’18) obtained a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and M.S. in mathematics from The University of Iowa in 2015, and M.S. in electrical engineering from Colorado State University in 2012, while working on NASA’s Global Precipitation Mission Ground Validation (GPM-GV) weather radars. He received his B. Tech. summa cum laude (Gold Medal, Honors) in electronics and communication engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (NITH), India in 2003. He is a Senior Fellow at the United States DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory; Research Scientist at the Institute for Systems Research, The University of Maryland, College Park under the ARL-ArtIAMAS program; 2026 BEL Endowed Visiting Chair Professor in Radar Systems at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Technical Adviser to Singapore-based automotive radar start-up Hertzwell; and honorary Research Fellow at SnT - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg. Previously, he had research appointments at the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Bengaluru; IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering, Iowa City, IA; Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Cambridge, MA; Qualcomm, San Jose; and Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Dr. Mishra has served as the Distinguished Lecturer (DL) of various societies: IEEE Communications Society (2023-2024), IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) (2023-2024, 2025-2026), IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (2023-2025, 2025-2027), and IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (2024-2025). He has been a Virtual DL of IEEE Future Networks Initiative (2022) and Traveling Lecturer of Optica (2025-). He is the recipient of the IEEE AESS Harry Rowe Mimno Award (2026), SAE International Award for Excellence in Innovation (2025), IEEE Signal Processing Society Pierre-Simon Laplace Early Career Technical Achievement Award (2024), Special Mention for the IEEE AESS M. Barry Carlton Award (2023), IET Premium Best Paper Prize (2021), IEEE T-AES Outstanding Editor (2021, 2023, 2024, 2025), U. S. National Academies Harry Diamond Distinguished Fellowship (2018-2021), American Geophysical Union Editors' Citation for Excellence (2019), Royal Meteorological Society Quarterly Journal Editor's Prize (2017), Viterbi Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015, 2016), Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017), DRDO LRDE Scientist of the Year Award (2006), NITH Director’s Gold Medal (2003), and NITH Best Student Award (2003). He has received Best Paper Awards at IEEE MLSP 2019 and IEEE ACES Symposium 2019.

Dr. Mishra is Chair (2023-2026) of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Commission C, Chair (2025-) of IEEE AESS Technical Working Group on Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC-TWG), and Vice-Chair (2021-present) of the IEEE Synthetic Aperture Standards Committee, which is the first SPS standards committee. He has been Chair (2023-2025) of the IEEE SPS Synthetic Apertures Technical Working Group. He has been an elected member of three technical committees of IEEE SPS: SPCOM, SAM, and ASPS, and IEEE AESS Radar Systems Panel. He is Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of River Rapids Series in Radar Systems, Signal Processing, Antennas and Electromagnetics (2025-), Editor (Deputy EiC) of Radio Science (2025-), Senior Area Editor of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (2024-), and Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2020-) and IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (2023-). He has been a lead/guest editor of several special issues in journals such as IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, and IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. He is the lead co-editor of several books on signal processing and radar: Signal Processing for Joint Radar-Communications (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2024), Next-Generation Cognitive Radar Systems (IET Press Electromagnetics and Radar Series, 2023), Advances in Weather Radar Volumes 1, 2 & 3 (IET Press Electromagnetics and Radar Series, 2023), and Handbook of Statistics 54: Multidimensional Signal Processing (Elsevier). His research interests include radar systems, signal processing, remote sensing, and electromagnetics.

Location and Parking: Bellevue City Hall. 

• There is complimentary parking in the City Hall visitor parking lot on 110th Ave NE.
• Vehicles will be towed if they park in the reserved spots for King County Metro (KCM) and Sound Transit
• Parking is extremely limited in the visitor lot and it quickly fills up.
• Overflow parking is available in the P3 staff garage starting at 4:00 p.m. on weekdays.
• On busy evenings, we recommend attendees save time by driving directly to the P3 staff garage
• Navigate to 451 112th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
• Enter and park on level P3
• There is a door in the garage that takes you to the concourse elevator
• There is no charge for parking in both the visitor lot and the P3 staff garage.
• We recommend keeping the parking gate ticket in the vehicle as it is needed to leave.