INFOCOM 2023

On the 14th of December, in the context of the 25th INFOCOM 2023, which is held in Athens, Greece, Dr. Harilaos Koumaras from NSCRD ‘Demokritos’, presented 6G-SANDBOX, in the context of the Workshop: “Modern Research and Development Projects: Creating the Pillar for Investment and Innovations in the ICT Converged (Vertical) Markets”For more info => https://infocomworld.gr/en/

6G-SANDBOX Open Call 2 Info Session

On the 13th of December, our project coordinator, presented 6G-SANDBOX Project and the Open Call 2 definition and procedure for the interested parties.

In case you missed the workshop you can watch it in our YouTube Channel

IEEE GLOBECOM 2023

On the 4th-8th December, IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In this context, Chafika Benzaid and Mohammad Farhoudi from University of Oulu, presented 5 conference papers. These papers were presented in the context of the following Sessions:

MWN 1: ADVANCES IN 5G/6G NETWORKS I

IS 3: Interactive Subsession CT_I3

CISS 2: AI-AIDED SECURITY I

SAC/CC 4: Network Slicing in 5G

MWN 13: Networking Slicing Optimization and Security. You can find the presentations here

6G-SANDBOX 1st OPEN CALL STATISTICS

During the Open Call Period (submission deadline 23rd of June), we received 36 Proposals in total.

The proposals we received were from the following countries (graph 1) and from the following types of organizations (graph 2):

From the 36 proposals submitted, 3 of them were not eligible and as a result, 33 were evaluated and 7 were accepted (success rate 21%).

The accepted proposals are from the following countries in pie chart 1 (based on origin of leading proposal organization) and the following types of organizations in visible in pie chart 2.

2nd Open Call Announcement: New Infrastructures and Functionalities & Innovative Experiments

The 6G-SANDBOX project, announces the 2nd Open Call ‘𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 & 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴’!

The purpose of the Open Call is twofold.

𝗢𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟭 – New infrastructures and functionalities (extensions): Enlarge and make the 6G-SANDBOX experimental infrastructure ready for advanced experimentation in upcoming project open calls for experimentation. New 6G features and functionalities should be integrated into the 6G-SANDBOX infrastructure.
𝗢𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝟮 – Innovative experiments: Initiate first funded innovative experiments on the 6G-SANDBOX infrastructure. Innovative 6G use cases and KPI measurements are expected to use the 6G-SANDBOX infrastructure.

For more information please visit the link => https://6g-sandbox.eu/open-call-2/


𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲:  29th of February 2024 at 17:00 (Brussels local time)

6G-SANDBOX project was presented in the European Big Data Value Forum

On the 25th-27th of October the 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 organised by BDVA – Big Data Value Association was held in Valencia, Spain. In this context, Carles Navarro Manchón, from Keysight Technologies presented the 6G-SANDBOX project, tailored towards how 6G-SANDBOX can aid testing of use cases and technological enablers around XR and metaverse applications. A 30min panel discussion followed the presentations, with representatives of other two projects in Stream C (6G-XR and 6G-BRICKS Project) as well as a representative of the upcoming CSA OPENVERSE. The session was entitled ‘Metaverse enablers: moving towards virtual worlds (part 2)’ and it was held on the 26th.

Link to the event: https://european-big-data-value-forum.eu/

Press Release – 6G-SANDBOX signs MoU with ITRI

6G-SANDBOX project proudly announces the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on Collaboration for Advanced 6G Experimentations.

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