Please note: This PhD defence will be given online.
Hassan Mousaid, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Pan Li
Stanford University
Chris White
Microsoft Research
Shenghao Yang
Kimon Fountoulakis
University of Waterloo
Digital adoption and dependence have been dramatically propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. This sudden growth spotlights critical issues such as cybersecurity, privacy, resilience, the highly consequential shift to 5G, and what innovative technologies may follow. Leadership in 5G adoption will be a vital determinant of future national competitiveness, as 5G will further enable dramatic technological advances in logistics, manufacturing, autonomous vehicles, mining, construction and smart grids.