Inaugural lecture by Professor Qi Zhang

Qi Zhang's research centres on designing efficient and sustainable data communication and computing technologies. She researches Edge Intelligence, Internet of Things, data compression and analytics at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and is co-leading the research group NeXt (Network Computing, Communications and Storage).

This inaugural lecture will introduce Goal-oriented Semantic Communication, a novel paradigm aimed at addressing critical challenges in modern communication systems and data computing infrastructures. Prof. Zhang will highlight the transformative potential of this paradigm shift through promising research outcomes in areas such as time-series IoT data compression and analytics, the edge–cloud computing continuum, and the Tactile Internet.

Program
14:00: Welcome by Daniel Enrique Lucani Rötter, Professor and Head of Communication, Control and Autmation at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University.
14:10: Inaugural lecture “Beyond Bits: Towards Goal-oriented Semantic Communication”
15:00: Reception

Registration
Please sign up for the reception by following this link: events.au.dk/inaugurallecturebyqizhang-reception
Deadline for registration: August 5, 2025

Kind regards,
Mikael Bergholz Knudsen
Head of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering