From October 16 to 18, the 25th IEEE International Conference on Communications Technology (IEEE ICCT 2025) was held in Shenyang. The conference was organized by the IEEE Beijing Section, IEEE China Council, and Northeastern University, and co-organized by the National Key Laboratory of Advanced Communication Networks, Xidian University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Southeast University. Centered on the theme "Ushering in an Intelligent Future with Ubiquitous Communications," the conference focused on technological innovation and industrial development in communications, bringing together experts and scholars from around the globe to discuss advancements.
Professor Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, a Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor Zhang Qian, a Member of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, Professor Tony Q.S. Quek, a Member of the Singapore Academy of Engineering, and Professor Huang Min from Northeastern University, among other well-known domestic and international experts and scholars, were invited to the conference.
The conference opened on the morning of October 17. Professor Tang Lixin, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Vice President of Northeastern University, delivered the opening remarks. Tang Lixin stated that communication technology has become a key enabler of global sustainable development, hoping that all delegates attending the conference would engage in in-depth dialogue around the cutting-edge topics of "green, intelligent, and trustworthy" communications, stimulating innovative inspiration through the clash of ideas, and promoting breakthroughs in basic theories and industrial applications to inject new impetus into global sustainable development.
Professor Wang Xingwei, chair of the conference and Vice President of Northeastern University, delivered a welcome speech on behalf of the conference organizing committee, extending a warm welcome to domestic and international guests attending the conference. Wang Xingwei introduced Northeastern University's achievements in discipline construction in the field of communications, emphasizing that the university will continue to strengthen its three-pronged development path of "interdisciplinary integration—industry-education integration—international cooperation" to build a high-level innovation platform for the future.
Professor Qiu Tie, Chair of the Program Committee and Dean of the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Northeastern University, introduced the early preparations for the conference, including paper submissions, reviews, acceptances, sub-conference arrangements, as well as subsequent academic activity arrangements.
Nearly 500 representatives from domestic and international universities, research institutes, and enterprises in the field of communications attended the conference. Guests engaged in in-depth discussions on cutting-edge directions such as communication theory and signal processing, next-generation network technologies, communication and intelligent integration technologies, and communication security and quality assurance. Over the three-day conference, a tight and multi-tiered academic exchange schedule featured eight high-profile keynote reports, three in-depth tutorials, 32 parallel sub-conference reports, and four poster display sessions, covering key areas such as mobile and wireless networks, optical communications and networks, integrated communication and sensing, green communication systems and networks, air-space-ground communications and space networks, and communication and information security. All participants attending the conference fully discussed the latest research achievements in each direction, accumulating consensus for subsequent research and industrial practice.
The successful hosting of the 25th IEEE International Conference on Communications Technology not only further deepened academic exchanges and pragmatic cooperation in the global field of communications technology, injecting new ideas and strong impetus into industrial progress and technological innovation, but also further demonstrated Northeastern University's academic influence in the field of network communications.
