A ONE WEEK NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON

Advanced Signal Processing and Machine Learning Techniques for

Wireless/ Optical Communications
(2nd December -7th December, 2019)
Sponsored by: Organized by: Collaboration with:
Scheme for Promotion of Academic Department of Electronics and The Edinburg University, UK
and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Communication Engineering, Heriot Watt University, UK
MHRD, GOI NIT Warangal, India

Preamble: reputation of excellence in teaching, research and

Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research
Collaboration (SPARC) is a Ministry of Human
Resource Development (MHRD), GOI initiative to
improve research ecosystem in India. It supports
national premier educational institutions by
facilitating academic and research collaborations
between Indian institutions and the best and selected
institutions across the world’s 28 nations. The
collaborative educational networks will work on
common issue of national or international relevance.
It encourages international faculty, Indian institution
visits and long-term stays to teach courses and
conduct workshops for the benefit of Indian
researchers and students in the selected research
area. Also, it funds Indian students to visit and access
the premier laboratories worldwide for training and
experimentation. As an outcome patents,
monographs, and world-class publications will be
produced.
About NIT Warangal and Department:
NIT Warangal, formerly known as Regional
Engineering College was established in 1959. Over the
years it has developed into a premier institute of
higher learning and is ranked among the top technical
education institutions in India. There are 14
Departments offering eight undergraduate and 32
post-graduate programmes besides doctoral
programmes. About 5000 students across the country
and about 500 international students study on the
campus. The Department of Electronics and
Communication Engineering is one of the country’s
larger ECE departments among all NITs in India and
one of the largest departments of the National
Institute of Technology, Warangal (NITW). The ECE
Department at NITW has been an international
service. With excellent laboratory facilities and
dedicated faculty, the department of ECE offers broad
range of programs that include
undergraduate(B.Tech) and post graduate (M.Tech) in
Electronics Instrumentation, VLSI System design,
Communication Systems and research (Ph.D)
programs. The Department has strong Industry
interaction and is involved in various Research &
Consultancy projects in coordination with industry,
Governments of India, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh.
Overview of the Course: A driving feature of
future Internet architectures will be the mobile users.
These mobile users increasingly will access
information while on the move, whether attending a
business meeting, or working in remote locations or
travelling in a vehicle. As the mobile Internet industry
becomes ubiquitous and popular, the need for a high-
data rate, large user capacity, lower latency, higher
reliability, energy efficiency, etc, in Wireless and
optical communication networks become an
undisputed reality.
The past decade has seen many advances in
wireless communication theory such as multiple input
multiple output (MIMO), multi-user MIMO, Network
MIMO, while Massive MIMO, cognitive radio, full-
duplex radio, mmWavecommunications,
LiFietchaverecenlty gain considerable research
attention. While some of the technologies have been
implementated in cellular systems such as LTE/LTE-A,
others are being considered for 5G and 5G beyond.
This course takes a unified view of the fundamentals
of wireless communication and the recent
developments and explains the concepts
underpinning these advances at a level accessible to
an audience with a basic background of digital
communications.
A driving feature of future Internet architectures will be
the mobile users. These mobile users increasingly will
access information while on the move, whether
attending a business meeting, or working in remote
locations or travelling in a vehicle. As the mobile
Internet industry becomes ubiquitous and popular, the
need for a high-data rate, large user capacity, lower
latency, higher reliability, energy efficiency, etc, in
Wireless and optical communication networks become
an undisputed reality.
The past decade has seen many advances in wireless
communication theory such as multiple input multiple
output (MIMO), multi-user MIMO, Network MIMO,
while Massive MIMO, cognitive radio, full-duplex
radio, mmWavecommunications, LiFietchaverecenlty
gain considerable research attention. While some of the
technologies have been implementated in cellular
systems such as LTE/LTE-A, others are being
considered for 5G and 5G beyond. This course takes a
unified view of the fundamentals of wireless
communication and the recent developments and
explains the concepts underpinning these advances at a
level accessible to an audience with a basic background
of digital communications.
Workshop Objectives :
i) Exposing participants to the fundamentals of
wireless and optical communication techniques,
ii) Providing a deep understanding of advanced signal
processing techniques associated with MIMO
communications systems including array processing,
beamforming, space-time coding, BLAST
architectures, precoding technique and related
information theoretic capacity limits.
iii) Providing the students with a clear idea of single-
user, multi-user and multicarrier communications,
single and multi-cell (including the emerging small
cell architectures) and ad-hoc networks.
iv) Exposing the participants to emerging spectral
efficient techniques such as cognitive radio, massive
MIMO, Edge Caching, mmWave communications
and full-duplex radio.
Course Level:Postgraduate, Ph.D. scholars and
Faculty of Engineering.
Resource Persons:
Prof. Mathini Sellathurai,
Heading Electrical, Electronic
and Computer Engineering
Department and the Signal
Processing for Intelligent Systems
and Communications Research Group.
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K
Dr. V. V. Mani, Associate Professor,
ECE Dept. NIT Warangal, Telangana
State, India
Dr. Rahul Jashvantbhai Pandya,
Assistant Professor, ECE Dept. NIT
Warangal, Telangana State, India
Registration Fee Particulars:
Faculty members Rs. 1000 /-
Research Scholars / PG Students Rs. 500 /-
Industry Participants Rs. 1000 /-
Internal Faculty/PhD/PG Students Rs. 500 /-
Note: Registration fee includes Workshop kit, breakfast,
working Lunch & dinner.
Payment Details:
Payment Details: The entire registration fee is to be collected
in the form of online NEFT transfer using the following details:
Account Name: Director Research Account NITW
Account No: 62266262236, IFSC: SBIN0020149
Bank & Branch Name: State Bank of India, NITW Branch.
Accommodation: All the selected participants will be
provided in the institute visitors/hostel block on twin sharing
on payment basis of Rs.400/- per participant per day. No TA
will be paid for the participants.
Eligibility: The programme is open to the Faculty and Ph.D
scholars/PG students of Electronics and Communication
Engineering and allied disciplines. Industry personnel
working in the concerned/allied discipline can also attend.
How to apply: A filled application form in the prescribed
format duly signed and sponsored by appropriate authorities
(along with payment details) should send scanned
application form & proof for Fee paid details through e-
mail to workshops.ece.nitw@gmail.com. After paying the
fee participants are requested to fill the Google doc for
confirmation of your interest to attend this workshop.
Also, the original hard copies of the application form & proof
for Fee paid details must be submitted at registration desk on
first day of reporting. The selection status will be intimated
only through mail.
Selection Criteria: Selection will be done based on first-cum-
first-serve basis and the confirmed candidates will be notified
immediately. The maximum number of participants will be 50
(Fifty). Additionally, 10 participants from industry are allowed
to participate. The list of selected participants will be notified
in the institute web site www.nitw.ac.in and also, will be sent
to their personal e-mail address.
Important Dates:
Last date for Application with fee: 25Th November 2019
Confirmed Selection List by Email: 28Th November 20
Workshop Registration Form:
https://bit.ly/2BtPuu8
A test will be conducted at the end of the course. Candidates will be
issued satisfactory certificates on successful completion of the
course.
Coordinators:
Dr. V. V. Mani, Associate Professor, ECE Dept.
Dr. Rahul Jashvantbhai Pandya, Assistant
Professor, ECE Dept.
For any enquiries please contact:
Mobile: 8332969365 /9705024365/7428335049