Before and after its EuCNC round, 5G-STARDUST could also count participations to two additional international ecosystem events this summer, encompassing both education and research in the SatCom and aerospace fields. Let’s delve into our partners activities, and the context of the venues they attended.
Exploring digital twins, Edge computing and machine learning at SPACERAISE
Daniele Tarchi – of 5G-STARDUST partner Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT) – participated last May to SPACERAISE, the “International Doctoral School” for the Space Sector, which took place in L’Aquila, in Italy. This intensive programme – leveraging on the research of the Computer Science department at GSSI – focuses on Artificial Intelligence, robotics, and digital twins for aerospace applications, offering advanced training to young talents, PhD students, researchers, and industry professionals. The programme emphasises a multidisciplinary approach and fosters interaction with a maximum of 60 students per module.
Tarchi’s involvement was in the Digital Twins for Space Manufacturing and Satellites module, which explored the use of digital twins in satellite manufacturing for predictive maintenance, quality, and anomaly detection. Within this thematic context, on May 20, he delivered a lecture on “Intelligence-at-the-Edge for Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks”. The slot focused on edge intelligence within 6G wireless systems and Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks (SAGIN), discussing the shift to edge computing, distributed machine learning (e.g., Federated Learning), and its application in vehicular contexts for network function optimisation, aligning with the Networking-for-AI paradigm.
Meeting field experts at IEEE MetroAeroSpace
We stuck to Italy for the following stop: 5G-STARDUST’s partner CNIT was integral part of IEEE MetroAeroSpace this year, taking place in Naples on June 18-20. There, CNIT co-chaired the event’s special track session #1, entitled “Concepts and Technologies for Next-generation Integrated Terrestrial–Non-Terrestrial Networks (CONNECT)”. CNIT was also represented by researcher Carla Amatetti of University of Bologna, who held a keynote relevant to our work, although focused on fellow SNS JU project 6G-NTN, with which we share partners and topics.
Since its first edition, IEEE MetroAeroSpace represents an international meeting place in the world of research in the field of metrology for aerospace, involving national and international institutions and academia in a discussion on the state-of-the-art concerning issues that require a joint approach by experts of measurement instrumentation and industrial testing, typically professional engineers, and experts in innovation metrology, typically academics.
This year’s edition could count on wide and rather active participation, with an audience mostly featuring technical backgrounds, such as academics, Joint Research Centre representatives, and industry in the field. Among the companies and institutions that joined CNIT in-person or online were our partners Thales Alenia Space, CIRA (Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali), the Space Sector of the EC Joint Research Centre, and the Osservatori Digital Innovation of Politecnico di Milano.