Summer School on Integrated Sensing and Communications: A Sensing Centric Approach

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In recent years, research activity in ISAC has surged: conferences and journals feature a growing number of publications, special sessions, and tutorials, while new technical initiatives continue to emerge across the Signal Processing and Communications communities. An SPS-hosted summer school in 2023 made important progress, but much of the field’s development so far has centred on communication-driven applications, with sensing often treated as a secondary component.

From the sensing perspective, research in ISAC began as a spectrum-sharing challenge, with the AESS publishing one of the earliest dedicated special sections on sensing and communications back in 2019. Today, ISAC is recognised not only as a key enabler for 6G but also as a transformative technology for the design, optimisation, and operation of complex systems across land, air, and space domains.

Against this backdrop, preparing the next generation of researchers and engineers is essential. This summer school takes a sensing-centric perspective, offering participants a deep dive into ISAC use cases, architectures, and algorithms. The programme will illuminate both the shared foundations and the crucial distinctions between sensing and communication from design and operational viewpoints. The aim will be to equip attendees with the knowledge and insight needed to drive future innovation in this rapidly evolving field.

This summer school is being held under the aegis of the IEEE AESS technical working group on ISAC with support from the IEEE AESS and EURASIP thus far.

Further, the summer school is held in Luxembourg which is home to the well-known satellite operator SES and the sensor solution provider IEE, thus offering first hand insights to the industry perspectives to the convergence of these technologies.

Internationally-known speakers from across the globe, who have been pioneers in their field, will be offering their perspectives on ISAC during the summer school. The program will be updated as it evolves.

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