Please join us for our November 2025 CVT meeting.

We will again meet on the University of Texas at Dallas campus in the SPN.1 building.
Our meeting talk will be 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, lunch will be available starting around 11:30 AM.

Lunch: We continue to provide a lunch option for our meetings.

Prepay via the IEEE website,
IEEE Members $10.00
IEEE Life Members $5.00
Non-IEEE Members $15.00
Fulltime UTD ECE students: $2.00 (after the first 5 – which are at no cost to the student, provide you pre-register)

Pay in person:
IEEE Members $15.00
IEEE Life Members $10.00
Non-IEEE Members $20.00

November 18 meeting, UT Dallas SPN.1, registration opens at 11:30 AM, talk begins at 12:00 PM

Titles:       “The Optical Network Emulator (ONE) Engine”   and

                  “EXODUS-5G: Emergency eXecution of Orchestrated Displacement of 5G CU-UP Using O-RAN RICs”

Speakers:  Aparaajitha GL, fourth year PhD student in OpenLab @UT Dallas lead by Prof. Andrea Fumagalli and

                   Linqi Xiao, third year PhD candidate in OpenLab @UT Dallas lead by Prof. Andrea Fumagalli

Date:   November 18, 2025
Location: UTD Synergy Park North Building; 3000 Waterview, Richardson, TX
Directions: NE Corner Synergy Park Blvd and Steward Dr.
Lunch Cost:  see below.

Abstracts and Bios: 

Title: The Optical Network Emulator (ONE) Engine

Short Summary / Abstract: The Optical Network Emulator (ONE) engine is a software-only solution designed to emulate the key functionalities of a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical network in real time. It replicates the behavior of critical optical hardware components such as transponders and Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) nodes entirely in software. The ONE engine aims to support open optical transport network (OOTN) initiatives by enabling early testing and validation of software-based solutions. Additionally, it can serve as an educational tool, allowing students and researchers to gain hands-on experience with OOTN and software-defined networking (SDN) technologies as applied to WDM transport networks, without the need for expensive optical equipment or physical infrastructure.

Short Bio: Aparaajitha GL, fourth year PhD student in OpenLab @UT Dallas lead by Prof. Andrea Fumagalli’s, focusing on Open Optical Transport Networking and Open Radio Access Networking

Title: EXODUS-5G: Emergency eXecution of Orchestrated Displacement of 5G CU-UP Using O-RAN RICs

Short Summary: EXODUS-5G is an automated 5G defense system that uses machine learning to detect cyber attacks on CU-UP (F1-score: 0.956) and autonomously migrates the compromised component to a secure location via optical transport network within 6-10 seconds detection and 1.2 seconds migration time, ensuring mission-critical communication continuity.

Short Bio: Linqi Xiao, third year PhD candidate in Dr. Andrea Fumagalli’s OpenLab, mainly focus on Optical Communication Network and 5G ORAN research

Pre-registered and paid via the IEEE website:
IEEE Members $10.00
IEEE Life Members $5.00
Non-IEEE Members $15.00
UTD ECE students: $2.00

Pay in person and pre-registered but not yet paid:
IEEE Members $15.00
IEEE Life Members $10.00
Non-IEEE Members $20.00

Anyone not pre-registered will be charged the ‘Guest’ rate.

To join us, please click here.

There is No charge for ‘No Lunch, just attending the talk’.