{"id":9524,"date":"2026-03-31T15:10:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latece.uqam.ca\/?page_id=9524"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:10:41","slug":"reconfigurable-intelligent-surfaces","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/latece.uqam.ca\/en\/projects\/reconfigurable-intelligent-surfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-549e1f2d wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Designing and deploying reconfigurable intelligent surfaces to support wireless networks of the future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The future vision for 6G networks includes unlimited and near-instant connectivity. This vision revolves around space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are poised to facilitate this vision thanks to their potential to improve the coverage and capacity of wireless networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/latece.uqam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Tuile_Ajib-final_eng2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latece.uqam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Tuile_Ajib-final_eng2.png 1080w, https:\/\/latece.uqam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Tuile_Ajib-final_eng2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/latece.uqam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Tuile_Ajib-final_eng2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/latece.uqam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Tuile_Ajib-final_eng2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/latece.uqam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Tuile_Ajib-final_eng2-1024x1024.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LATECE Domains<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Socially useful technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LATECE Values<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list wp-container-content-5e2576f9\">\n<li>Transdisciplinarity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accessibility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knowledge transfer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nature of the project<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wireless network engineering project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Official title of the project<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-5e2576f9 wp-block-paragraph\">Toward an efficient design and employment of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces in future wireless communication systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d375bce2b82a0d9f7665460a2ad790d4\">The challenge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-5e2576f9 wp-block-paragraph\">Finding practical and efficient methods and techniques to embed RIS technology into future SAGIN networks through efficient and advanced resource allocation algorithms rooted primarily in machine learning approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8378c98cbde385d00f20d88cccb4414d\"><strong>The goal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Support Qu\u00e9bec and Canada&#8217;s place in the fields of aerospace and information and communications technologies, attract talent to the province, contribute to innovation, and generate intellectual property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/latece.uqam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shahb1-3370506-small.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9405\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">D. Shahbaztabar, I. Trigui, W.-P. Zhu and W. Ajib, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/10453225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Performance Analysis of RIS-Assisted Communication With Direct Link: A New Copula Application<\/a>,&#8221; in&nbsp;<em>IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society<\/em>, vol. 5, pp. 1740-1752, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Target audiences<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list wp-container-content-5e2576f9\">\n<li>Local experts in the field of IT (Qu\u00e9bec, Canada)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Telecommunications field (global) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>General public<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Start up<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Target end date<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Status<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Validation and implementation stages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7d1e82877a2f3f80800c7bb8db77a07d\"><strong>Leader<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-5e2576f9 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/latece.uqam.ca\/membre\/stephane-vial\/\">Wessam Ajib, PhD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other LATECE<\/strong> members<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-5e2576f9 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/latece.uqam.ca\/membre\/sylvie-trudel-2\/\">Gunes Karabulut Kurt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other collaborators<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wei-Ping Zhu, Concordia University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LATECE student collaborators<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minh Dat Nguyen, Postdoc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cirine Chaieb, PhD(c)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ahmed Kasaeyan, PhD(c)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ndieye Fatou Diop, MSc(c)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leila Marandi, MSc(c)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keywords<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wireless networks, resource allocation, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, machine learning, energy efficiency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Partners and Funders<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fonds de recherche du Qu\u00e9bec &#8211; Nature et technologies&nbsp;(FRQNT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funding<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b9e67c3b829d21e5ca95c64a5f40b056 wp-container-content-5e2576f9 wp-block-paragraph\">$150,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designing and deploying reconfigurable intelligent surfaces to support wireless networks of the future The future vision for 6G networks includes unlimited and near-instant connectivity. 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