Keynotes

Keynote I:

On the Symbiosis of Classical and Quantum Communications

Prof. Lajos Hanzo

University of Southampton, UK

Abstract: In the current Near-Term Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computing era, the number of quantum bits handled by quantum computers is still limited, yet – as we will discuss – there are already a suite of sophisticated solutions for harnessing Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) in support of wireless communications. At the same time, ultimately secure quantum key distribution (QKD) has reached commercial reality and has found its way into high-security banking, defence and governmental applications. Despite this relative maturity, numerous limitations exist in quantum communications. Hence a wide community-effort is required for solving the suite of open problems and circumventing quantum communications calamities. Based on the paper “Quantum Information Processing, Sensing and Communications: Their Myths, Realities and Futures” by L. Hanzo et al., in Proc. of the IEEE, 2025, the marriage of classical and quantum communications will be discussed, outlining their intricate symbiosis.

Brief Bio: Prof Lajos Hanzo holds the Chair of Telecommunications and directs the research of Next-Generation Wireless at the University of Southampton, UK. He received Honorary Doctorates from the Technical University of Budapest (2009) and Edinburgh University (2015). He is a Foreign Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), of the IET, of EURASIP and holds the IEEE Eric Sumner Technical Field Award. He has published widely and has helped the fast-track career of 126 PhD students.

Keynote II:

Construction of 3D Urban Models from Geospatial Data with Semantic Annotation,

Dr Michela Spagnuolo

IMATI-CNR, Genova, Italy

Brief Bio: Prof Michela Spagnuolo is Director of the Institute for Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies (IMATI) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), Italy. Her research focuses on geometric and topological methods for 3D shape modeling and processing, semantic annotation of 3D content, and the integration of geometric and contextual information for data analysis. Over the past years, her work has increasingly addressed the construction of urban digital twins from geospatial data, supporting the monitoring, simulation, and planning of smart cities. She has coordinated and participated in numerous national and European research projects in computer graphics, geospatial data processing, and digital twins. She is currently President of the Eurographics Association.