In-person vs virtual conference? Which is better?
There has been a surge in discussion that recent social media aspects of the society has driven humans closer virtually, but physically further. In the modern world it is easy for anyone to find a job, house, study course or even simple daily life activities just by “looking up” online and connecting with relevant material…
Anay Deshpande
SMURF: Reliable Multipath Routing in Flying Ad-Hoc Networks
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are used in a wide range of applications, from tracking and monitoring animals in remote areas [1] to military applications [2]. In general, drones are used to search, identify and monitor interesting events over massive and/or inaccessible areas. In order to effectively accomplish the task, multiple UAVs are deployed in a certain area and are expected to coordinate actions in an autonomous fashion or execute direct instructions from a control center.
My experience as a Marie Curie ESR
I am a Marie Curie PhD fellow and part of ITN WINDMILL as an early stage researcher (ESR). We are working on the integration of machine learning algorithms in wireless communications networks. I am often contacted by students about my experience as an ESR and about Marie Curie fellowship, and the most commonly asked question…
Muhammad JadoonEmergence of MAC Protocols with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
In this post we will discuss how can we allow medium access control (MAC) protocols to emerge with multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL). Current MAC protocols are designed by engineers as a predefined set of rules, but have we addressed the question of what happens if we let the network come up with its own MAC…
Mateus Pontes Mota
Industrial PhD
PhD or industry? One-million-dollar question: Going towards Academic field or Practical work? This is the most common question that will come to your mind after graduation. Each one of them has its advantages and disadvantages, so how should I pick one of them? I remember a piece of advice given to me by my professor during…
Sobhi Alfayoumi
How I became an Early Stage Researcher
My name is Cristian and I am one of the 15 ESRs of the ITN WindMill Project. I get asked a lot what my job is and how I got it, so I will try to explain it in this article. When I was a B.Sc. student, I was lost in the face of so…
Cristian Jesús Vaca Rubio