Welcome to the AI-empowered Communication SystEms Laboratory (ACELAB, 인공지능 기반 통신시스템 연구실) @ Ajou University

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• 인공지능(AI/ML/LLM) 기반 통신시스템, 6G, UAV 통신 및 위성통신에 관심있는 석사과정/박사과정 대학원생 및 학부생 인턴 학생을 모집하고 있습니다. 관심있는 학생은 howon(at)ajou.ac.kr로 연락바랍니다. (수업료, 등록금 전액지급 및 생활비 지원)

LATEST NEWS

• (Congrats!) Prof. Howon Lee has been appointed and will be serving as an Associate Editor of IEEE Internet of Things Journal (Link: https://ieee-iotj.org/, JCR Top 5%). (Oct. 2024)

• (Congrats!) 한국통신학회 하계종합학술발표회 우수논문상 수상 (논문제목: 미래 전술 네트워크를 위한 연속중계네트워크 연구 동향), 2024년도 한국통신학회 하계종합학술발표회 (저자: 김태욱(아주대), 김유빈(아주대), 이예린(아주대), 정방철(충남대), 이호원(아주대)) (Nov. 2024)

• (Congrats!) 한국통신학회 하계종합학술발표회 우수논문상 수상 (논문제목: 계층적 심층 강화학습 기반 공중-지상 협력 재밍 기법), 2024년도 한국통신학회 하계종합학술발표회 (저자: 전가겸(아주대), 전영일(LIG Nex1), 서정현(LIG Nex1), 정방철(충남대), 이호원(아주대)) (Nov. 2024)

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “Optimal Operation of Active RIS-Aided Wireless Powered Communications in IoT Networks” (W. Khalid, A.-A. A. Boulogeorgos, T. V. Chien, J. Lee, H. Lee, and H. Yu) has been accepted in IEEE Internet of Things Journal. (IF: 10.6) (Sept. 2024) - JCR Top 3%

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “HyPE: Online Hybrid Pseudo-Bayesian Estimation Method for S-ALOHA-Based Tactical FANETs” (J. Jeon, J. Lee, T. Kim, J. Ahn, M. Lee, Y. You, H. Yu, and H. Lee) has been accepted in IEEE Access. (IF: 3.9) (May 2024)

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “Distributed DQN-Based Energy Efficiency Maximization for 5G NR-U and Wi-Fi Coexistence Environments” (J. Lee, S.-C. Lim, H. Kim, J. Na, and H. Lee) has been accepted in ICT Express. (IF: 5.4) (May 2024)

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “NOMA-based ALOHA Protocol for Air-to-Ground Communications with Maximum Transmit Power Limits” (H.-H. Choi K.-M. Kang, and H. Lee) has been accepted in IEEE Internet of Things Journal. (IF: 10.6) (Apr. 2024) - JCR Top 3%

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “MUSCAT: Distributed Multi-Agent Q-Learning-Based Minimum Span Channel Allocation Technique for UAV-Enabled Wireless Networks” (K.-H. Lee, S. Lee, J. Park, H. Lee, and B. C. Jung) has been accepted in Computer Networks. (IF: 5.6) (Apr. 2024) - JCR Top 14%

• (Congrats!) 인공지능 기반 통신시스템 연구실(ACELAB)은 과학기술정보통신부 방송통신산업기술개발사업 전파연구센터(과제명: 저궤도 위성통신 핵심 기술 기반 큐브 위성 개발, 연구기간: 2024.04.01~2031.12.31)에 선정되었습니다. (Apr. 2024)

• (Congrats!) 인공지능 기반 통신시스템 연구실(ACELAB)은 과학기술정보통신부 정보통신·방송 기술개발사업(과제명: 3GPP 표준기반 저궤도 군집 위성통신 지상국 핵심기술 개발, 연구기간: 2024.04.01~2026.12.31)에 선정되었습니다. (Apr. 2024)

• (Congrats!) Prof. Howon Lee is appointed as a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ajou University. (Mar. 2024)

• (Congrats!) 이예린, 전가겸, 전지민, 김유빈, 김태욱, 조아림, 진유경 학생의 아주대학교 AI융합네트워크학과 석사과정 합격을 축하합니다! (Mar. 2024)

• (Congrats!) Prof. Howon Lee will serve as the TPC Vice-Chair of IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC) 2025 in January 2025 in Las Vegas, NV, USA. (Feb. 2024) (Link)

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “P2URE: Proactive and Probabilistic Uncovered Neighbor-aware Relay-Selection Method in Multi-hop FANETs ” (Y. Lee, J. Jeon, J. Choi, S. Park, B. C. Jung, and H. Lee) has been accepted in IEEE Access. (IF: 3.9) (Feb. 2024)

• (Congrats!) 무선지능네트워크연구실(WINLAB) 석사과정 졸업생 성하영 학생의 KISDI (정보통신정책연구원) 공개 채용 합격을 축하합니다. (Jan. 2024)

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “HiMAQ: Hierarchical Multi-agent Q-Learning-Based Throughput and Fairness Improvement for UAV-aided IoT Networks” (E. Kim, J. Kim, J.-H. Kim, and H. Lee) has been accepted in Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications. (IF: 8.7) (Dec. 2023) - JCR Top 3%

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “Low-Complexity Multi-Agent Q-Learning for Maximizing Energy Efficiency in IAB-Enabled Small-Cell Networks” (J. Lee, H.-H. Choi, S.-C. Lim, H. Kim, J., and H. Lee) has been accepted in IEEE Access. (IF: 3.9) (Oct. 2023)

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface for Physical Layer Security in Future 6G-IoT: Designs, Issues, and Advances” (W. Khalid, M. Rehman, T. V. Chien, Z. Kaleem, H. Lee, and H. Yu) has been accepted in IEEE Internet of Things Journal. (IF: 10.6) (Aug. 2023) - JCR Top 3%

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “Lyapunov Optimization-Based Online Positioning in UAV-Assisted Emergency Communications” (J. Kang, K. Kim, H. Lee, and J.-H. Kim) has been accepted in IEEE Access. (IF: 3.367) (Jun. 2023)

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “Idle-less Slotted ALOHA Protocol for Drone Swarm Identification” (H.-H. Choi, J. Oh, K.-M. Kang and H. Lee) has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. (IF: 6.239) (Mar. 2023) - JCR Top 14%

• (Congrats!) 김유빈, 김태욱, 조아림 학생의 학석사 연계과정 합격을 축하합니다! (Feb. 2023)

• (Congrats!) 무선지능네트워크연구실(WINLAB) 석사과정 졸업생 김은진 학생의 KAIST IT융합연구소 채용 합격(Aug. 2022), 임수현 학생의 (주)넵코어스 채용 합격(Aug. 2022), 이승민 학생의 NEWRACOM, Inc. 채용 합격(Feb. 2023)을 축하합니다. 

• (Congrats!) 해동우수논문상 장려상 수상 (논문제목: 통합 액세스 백홀 네트워크에서 에너지 효율 최대화 및 사용자 아웃티지 최소화를 고려한 사전 자원 할당 기반 다중 에이전트 강화학습 기법), 2023년도 한국통신학회 동계종합학술발표회 (저자: 이준승(한경국립대), 이호원(한경국립대)) (Feb. 2023)

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “minFAST: Minimum Span Frequency Assignment Technique for Integrated Access and Backhaul Networks” (K.-H. Lee, H.-W. Lee, H. Lee, S. H. Chae, Y. Kim, and B. C. Jung) has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. (IF: 6.239) (Feb. 2023) - JCR Top 14%

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “Towards 6G Hyper-Connectivity: Vision, Challenges, and Key Enabling Technologies” (H. Lee, B. Lee, H. Yang, J. Kim, S. Kim, W. Shin, B. Shim, and H. V. Poor) has been accepted in IEEE/KICS Journal of Communications and Networks. (IF: 3.908) (Jan. 2023)

• (Congrats!) The paper entitled “Deep Learning-based Network-Wide Energy Efficiency Optimization in Ultra-Dense Small Cell Networks” (W. Lee, H. Lee, and H.-H. Choi) has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. (IF: 6.239) (Jan. 2023) - JCR Top 14%

• (Congrats!) 무선지능네트워크연구실(WINLAB)은 국방과학연구소(ADD) 우주계층 지능통신망 특화연구실에 선정되었습니다. (Jan. 2023)