New Frontiers in Integrated Sensing and Communications

In this talk, we focus on the recent developments toward integrated sensing and communications (ISAC). We consider a broad definition of coexistence, which covers ISAC, collaborative communications, and sensing with interference. Toward fully realizing the coexistence of the two systems, optimization of resources for both new/futuristic sensing and wireless communications modalities is crucial. These synergistic approaches that exploit the interplay between state sensing and communications are both driving factors and opportunities for many current signal processing and information-theoretic techniques. In addition, a large body of prior works considers colocated ISAC systems while distributed systems remain relatively unexamined. Building on the existing approaches, the tutorial focuses on highlighting emerging scenarios in collaborative and distributed ISAC, particularly at mm-Wave and THz frequencies, highly dynamic vehicular/automotive environments that would benefit from information exchange between the two systems. It presents the architectures and possible methodologies for mutually beneficial distributed co-existence and co-design, including sensor fusion and heterogeneously distributed radar and communications. The tutorial also considers recent developments such as the deployment of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) in ISAC, 5G systems, passive internet-of-things, and ISAC secrecy rate optimization. This tutorial aims to draw the attention of the radar, communications, and signal processing communities toward an emerging area, which can benefit from the cross-fertilization of ideas in distributed systems.
Biography
Kumar Vijay Mishra is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, and Technical Adviser to Hertzwell and Aura Intelligent Systems. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and M.S. in mathematics from The University of Iowa, and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Colorado State University. He has held research positions at several prestigious institutions, including the United States Army Research Laboratory, DRDO, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, and Qualcomm.
Dr. Mishra is the Distinguished Lecturer of multiple IEEE societies and has received numerous awards, including the IET Premium Best Paper Prize, IEEE T-AES Outstanding Editor, and the U.S. National Academies Harry Diamond Distinguished Fellowship. He chairs the Synthetic Apertures Technical Working Group of the IEEE Signal Processing Society and is Vice-Chair of the IEEE Synthetic Aperture Standards Committee. His research interests include radar systems, signal processing, remote sensing, and electromagnetics.
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