Biography

Hirley Alves (S’11–M’15) is an Associate Professor and Head of the Machine-type Wireless Communications Group at the 6G Flagship, Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu. He is working on massive connectivity and ultra-reliable low latency communications for future wireless networks, 5GB and 6G, full-duplex communications, and physical-layer security. In addition, he leads the URLLC activities for the 6G Flagship Program. He has received several awards and has been the organizer, chair, TPC, and tutorial lecturer for several renowned international conferences. He is the General Chair of the ISWCS’2019 and the General Co-Chair of the 1st 6G Summit, Levi 2019, and ISWCS 2021.