Northeastern University’s Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIoT) held its 2025 Industry Day (ID25) with the theme Toward Open 6G Networks. The event brought together researchers, government representatives and industry partners to explore advances in wireless systems and the future of global connectivity.
The event highlighted WIoT’s growing role as a leader in open and AI driven wireless research. Presentations and demonstrations covered a wide range of topics including Open RAN architectures, machine learning for network intelligence, digital twins for wireless experimentation, non terrestrial networks and flexible spectrum use. The institute showcased its state of the art testbeds such as Colosseum and X5G, supporting research in areas like real time edge inference, software defined networking and resilient AI systems.
Among the highlights were demonstrations of edge based AI for tasks like modulation recognition and distributed inference across resource constrained devices. Attendees also saw work on terahertz communication for future satellites, drone based localisation systems, and real world testing of AI enabled network control using digital twins. New breakthroughs in low energu LLM deployment and real time network observability were also shared.
WIoT’s collaboration with global initiatives such as the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance, the O RAN Alliance and the AI RAN Alliance underscores its commitment to open research and interoperability. The institute also announced the creation of a new hub in London to support international research and collaboration, along with new master's programmes in wireless and AI for communications.
The recording from the event is embedded below:
As the video is very long and hard to navigate, here are the timings corresponding to agenda:
- 35:55 Opening Remarks by Tommaso Melodia, A Review of the Institute's Activities
- Research Presentations from Institute faculty members
- 1:19:40 Machine Learning at the Edge by Stratis Ioannidis
- 1:30:10 5G NR Positioning with OpenAirInterface by Florian Kaltenberger
- 1:38:40 Network Automation for AI and RAN by Michele Polese
- 1:49:28 Wireless Digital Twins for Wireless Networks by Pedram Johari
- 2:01:41 Next Generation Error Correction by Ken Duffy
- 2:34:40 New Frontiers in Channel Coding: Theory and Practice by Hessam Mahdavifar
- 2:45:04 Sharing and Coexistence across Spectrum and Space by Paolo Testolina
- 2:56:20 Next Generation of Efficient Communication and Computing Radios, From System to 3D Heterogenous Integration by Najme Ebrahimi
- 3:10:20 Evaluating 5G Performance in the Wild by Dimitrios Koutsonikolas
- 3:22:40 Underwater Wireless Communications by Milica Stojanovic
- 3:40:00 Terahertz Communications: From the Near-field to Space Networks by Josep M. Jornet
- 3:53:25 Intelligence at the Edge: Computation Placement and Data Movement by Edmund Yeh
- 4:06:00 Unified Acceleration Framework for Generative AI Models on the Edge by Yanzhi Wang
- 4:15:00 6G Perspective and Research Priorities to Align with the National Agenda by Manu Gosain
- 5:26:20 Panel 1: Fueling Innovation: The Role of Industry-Academia Collaborations in Shaping Research and Driving Innovation
- J. Gordon Beattie, Viavi Solutions
- Rajesh Sood, Tech Mahindra
- Doug Castor, InterDigital
- Josep M. Jornet, Northeastern University
- 6:14:30 WIoT Commercialization and Spin offs
- Overview - Ted Werth, WIoT Executive in Residence
- CRI - Mark Saulich, Associate Director of Commercialization
- Spinout Updates:
- Open6G OTIC - Pedram Johari: Business Lead
- DeepCharge - Yousof Nadiri: CEO
- Ztouch - Salvatore D'Oro: Research Scientist
- Teradio - Greg Whelan: CEO
- Entrepreneur of the Year Award
- 7:16:06 Panel 2: Entrepreneurship: Navigating the path from academia to new venture spinout
- Bubba Hagood: Tenon Ventures
- Joel Dawson: Talking Heads wireless
- Stacy Swider: Mass Ventures
- Kimo Johnson: Gelsight
Industry Day 25 confirmed WIoT’s role as a central force shaping the next generation of wireless systems. With its focus on openness, intelligence and experimantation, the institute continues to lay the foundation for the development of 6G technologies and beyond.
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