Date : June 16-18, 2025 -- Time 9:00 am - 2:30 pmVenue : Queen's UniversityScope : This workshop provides a dynamic platform for exchanging ideas, fostering collaborations, and shaping the future of telecommunications networks. This year’s theme focuses on interdisciplinary innovations shaping the next generation of telecommunications. Key discussions will explore how AI, quantum computing, and other emerging technologies are transforming the <a href="http://field.Format" target="_blank" title="field.Format">field.Format : WATR 2025 will follow a structured daily module format, ensuring a balanced mix of talks and <a href="http://discussions.Registration" target="_blank" title="discussions.Registration">discussions.Registration : A registration fee is set at $200 for faculty and researchers, and $100 for <a href="http://students.Organizing" target="_blank" title="students.Organizing">students.Organizing Committee :* Honorary Chair : Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University* Workshop Chair : Abd-Elhamid M. Taha, Alfaisal University and Queen's University* Program Cochairs : Ahmed Refaey Hussein, Guelph University and Ayman Radwan, IST - University of Lisbon* Local Arrangements Chair : Salimur Choudhury, Queen's UniversityBldg: New Medical Building, 15 Arch Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3L4

In this talk I will discuss a common and pernicious form of technical debt--called design debt, or architecture debt. I will briefly present the theoretical foundation behind this form of debt and present a broad set of evidence demonstrating its dramatic effects on project outcomes. That is the bad news. The good news is that we can automatically pinpoint the causes and scope of such debt. I will describe how we can automatically locate it, measure it, and create the business case for removing it. Finally, I will explain how we can remove--pay down--this debt via refactoring. I will also sketch some of my experiences doing all of this in real-world projects, along with the <a href="http://outcomes.Co-sponsored" target="_blank" title="outcomes.Co-sponsored">outcomes.Co-sponsored by: IEEE Montreal SectionSpeaker(s): Rick KazmanAgenda: 20:00 Hours - START of Distinguished Lecture21:00 Hours - END of Distinguished Lecture21:00 Hours - Start of Q&A, Discussions, Thoughts, etcALL times are in EDT/EST formatMontreal, Quebec, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/485820