NYU WIRELESS was proud to host the Brooklyn AI-Native 6G Summit at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering on November 3–5, 2026. This was the 13th edition of the summit, co-hosted with our long-time partner Nokia. This year’s theme was Networks at the dawn of the AI Supercycle.
More than 300 people attended in person, and many more watched the live stream on IEEE TV. Speakers from industry and academia gave keynotes and joined panels, and nearly 50 live demos showed current research. The summit opened on November 3 with the NYU WIRELESS Open House.
Why “AI-Native”
This year, “AI-Native” was added to the summit’s name. Wireless connectivity and artificial intelligence are quickly becoming inseparable. Wireless is what makes intelligence ubiquitous. It moves AI beyond data centers and into smartphones, autonomous vehicles, microchips and embedded systems. At the same time, AI is reshaping wireless itself, in AI-RAN, chip design, software and physical-layer performance.
What makes this summit truly unique is the powerful intersection of industry and academia. As researchers, having these candid conversations with the industry leaders who build and deploy next-generation networks ensures that our work addresses real-world challenges and delivers tangible impact.
— Sundeep Rangan, Director, NYU WIRELESS
Thank you
We are deeply grateful to Nokia. Nokia was a founding member of NYU WIRELESS, and our collaboration goes back to Bell Labs. It runs from early work on millimeter-wave for 5G to today’s joint research on the upper mid-band, satellite systems and AI-native architectures. A special thanks to Amitava Ghosh of Nokia, the intellectual and operational lead of the summit, who designed the entire program and brought together its diverse set of speakers.
Thank you also to all of our speakers and attendees, and to the faculty members and students whose hard work made the summit possible.