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Wireless @ Virginia Tech

www.wireless.vt.edu

Jeffrey H. Reed

Director, Wireless@VT

[email protected]

Tamal Bose

Associate Director, Wireless@VT

[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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What is Wireless @ Virginia Tech?

A comprehensive organization focused on

wireless research to support our educationalmission


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Characteristics of Virginia TechsWireless Program

Hands-OnBuilding hardware, prototyping, system integration

Relevant

Knowledge of the impact of business and economic issueson system design, implementation, and integration

Students are coached in oral and written communicationskills, encouraged to interact with sponsors

Multidisciplinary

Economics, regulatory issues, electromagnetics, RF design,signal processing, networking, communication theory

Entrepreneurial Pursue novel technical approaches

Promote new opportunities and applications forcommercialization

Students are our most important product!


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New Wireless Umbrella Group MPRG, CWT, VTVT, WML, Antenna Group, Time

Domain Lab, DSPRL

Officially organized in June 2006

Currently 33 tenure-track faculty and morethan 100 students

Backlog in research growing

University providing initial financial support Cognitive Networks targeted as strategic

technical growth effort

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Radio System Design

Dr. William A. Davis, ProfessorAntennas, electromagnetic fields, Microwave measurements, Communications circuits, Radioengineering, Wireless applications

Dr. Steven W. Ellingson, Assistant ProfessorTransceiver Design for Wideband & SDR Applications, Smart Antennas and MIMO, InterferenceMitigation, Emitter Detection & Geolocation, Radio Astronomy and Microwave Remote Sensing

Dr. Dong Ha, ProfessorWireless sensor systems for monitoring and diagnosis of buildings and vehicles, Low-power VLSIdesign for wireless communications, Low-power/high speed analog and mixed-signal design, RF ICdesign

Dr. Timothy Pratt, Professor

Satellite communications, Radar, Position Location, Wireless

Dr. Sanjay Raman, Associate Professor (On Loan to NSF)RF/Microwave/Millimeter-wave Integrated Circuits (RFICs/MMICs), Mixed-Signal IntegratedCircuits/SoC Integration, Micro/Nano-machining, RF MEMS/NEMS and Packaging


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Software & Cognitive Radios

Dr. Peter Athanas, Professor

Reconfigurable computing, hardware & software security and anti-tamper,computational aspects of software defined radios

Dr. Charles Bostian, ProfessorCognitive Radio, RF Design

Dr. Michael Buehrer, Associate ProfessorUltra Wideband (UWB) for Communication and position location, UWB-basedHeath Monbitoring, Spread spectrum techniques, Mulitple-antennatechniques, Cognitive Radio

Dr. Claudio da Silva, Assistant ProfessorCognitive Radio Systems, Signal Detection and Classification, UWB

Dr. Jeff Reed, ProfessorSoftware Radio and Cognitive Radio, DSP-based Receivers, Interference Rejection,Communication Simulation, Smart Antennas,, Location Technology


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Wireless Networks (1)

Dr. Luiz A. DaSilva, Associate ProfessorWireless networking, Mobile ad hoc networks, Cognitive radios and cognitivenetworks, Game-theoretic modeling of wireless networks, Cooperation andself-organization in wireless networks

Dr. Mohamed Eltoweissy, Associate Professor

Information Assurance and Trust, Ubiquitous Networking, Service-OrientedArchitectures, Autonomic Network Management and Protocols, GroupCommunications

Dr. Thomas Hou, Assistant ProfessorResource (spectrum) management and networking issues for SDR-enabledwireless networks, Optimization and algorithm design for wireless ad hoc and

snesor networks, Video communications over dynamic ad hoc networks


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Wireless Networks (2)

Dr. Allen B. MacKenzie, Assistant ProfessorWireless Communications, Multihop Wireless Networks, Applications ofGame Theory and Decision Theory, Sensor Networks, Mobility Modeling

Dr. Scott Midkiff, ProfessorBroadband wireless access, Wireless local area networks, Network protocols,Network management, Network performance evaluation and simulation,Networked collaboration and multimedia applications for engineeringeducation

Dr. Jung-Min Park, Assistant ProfessorIntrusion detection in high-bandwidth networks, Network-attack traceback,Secure spectrum sharing in cognitive radio networks

Dr. Yaling Yang, Assistant ProfessorNetwork resource management,Network modeling, Media access control,routing and transport layer issues in wireless networks


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System Modeling

Dr. Anil Vullikanti, Assistant Professor - Virginia Bioinformatics InstituteModeling and simulation of social and infrastructure systems, Epidemiology,Distributed and mobile computing, Combinatorial optimization, Combinatorialalgorithms

Dr. Marathe, Madhav, Professor - Virginia Bioinformatics InstituteInteraction-based Modeling and Simulation of Large Complex Biological,Information, Social, and Technical (BIST) Systems, Design and Analysis ofAlgorithms and Computational Complexity, Social Networks & Graph Theory

Dr. Christopher L. Barrett, Professor - Virginia Bioinformatics InstituteSimulation of very large systems, Theoretical foundations of simulation,Interaction-based systems, computing, and dynamical systems, Computationaland systems biology


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Antennas and Propagation

Dr. Ahmad Safaai-Jazi, ProfessorWideband antennas, UWB communications, Wideband materialcharacterization, Guided-wave optics, Optical fibers and devices

Dr. Brent Ledvina, Assistant ProfessorGNSS/GPS/Galileo software receivers, Weak signal acquisition and tracking,Radio propagation, Ground-based remote sensing, Ionospheric scintillationsand irregularities

Dr. Warren Stutzman, ProfessorAntennas for wireless systems, Small antennas for portable devices, WiFiantenns, Wideband antennas for, Phased arrays, Earth-space propagation

Dr. Amir I. Zaghloul, ProfessorAntennas, Phased Arrays, Satellite Communications, WirelessCommunication, RF Systems


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Signal ProcessingDr. Louis Beex, ProfessorExpertise in stochastic, digital, and adaptive signal processing.

Dr. Lamine Mili, ProfessorRobust estimation, signal processing, Image processing, Speech processing,Nonlinear dynamics, Bifurcation theory, Power systems analysis and control

Dr. Sedki M. Riad, ProfessorWideband microwave measurements with emphasis on time domaintechniques, Wideband characterization and modeling of devices, networks,

materials, or structures

Dr. William H. Tranter, ProfessorDigital signal processing, Wireless communication systems, Digitalcommunication systems, Computer-aided design, Analysis and performanceevaluation of communication systems

Dr. Tamal Bose, ProfessorAdaptive Signal Processing, Channel Equalization,Modulation Classification


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Wireless & Communication Systems

Dr. Michael S. Hsiao, ProfessorTest and verification of hardware and software systems, Verification ofsecurity protocols, Power management of complex systems

Dr. Ira Jacobs, ProfessorFiber optic communication system performance, architecture, andtechnology, Modulation and detection techniques to combat non-linearitiesand dispersion, Interfaces between fiber optic and wireless networks,Broadband access technologies ands applications

Dr. Thomas Martin, Associate ProfessorLow power, mobile, and wearable computing

Dr. Cameron Patterson, Associate ProfessorReconfigurable and secure computing, Algorithms for electronic designautomation, Model-based design of software defined radios


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Economics

Dr. Sheryl Ball, Associate Professor, EconomicsIndividual decision making, experimental economics, and game theory.Worked on acquiring licenses from the FCC to broadcast on the frequencyrequired for the service to be provided.


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Current Research Sponsors

Applied EM Army Research Office Astron Wireless

Technologies Ausgar Technologies, Inc Bradley Fellowship

Program Catalyst

CommunicationsTechnologies

CIA

Cisco Systems, Inc. DRS Technologies ETRI Freescale

Motorola

National Institute of Justice National Polar-Orbiting

Earth Sensing SatelliteProgram

National Science

Foundation NASA RFMD M/A-COM Office of Naval Research

Sony-Ericsson SPAWAR Systems Center Tektronix Texas Instruments U.S. Naval Research

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Examples of New Technologies

Software Radios

Flexible, multimode and adaptive wireless networks

Cognitive Radio

Incorporates learning into radio management

Ultra Wide Band

Propagation, communications protocols, toolsChip Design

Baseband and RF

Antennas and Smart and Phased Array Antennas Design and channel and performance measurements

Wearable Computers and Personal Area NetworksLANs and WANs, indoor/outdoor location awareness


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Silver Membership Features

Designated faculty and student point of contact

Annual visit to company by designated faculty tosummarize specific research in the affiliates area ofinterest.

Two admissions to the annual Wireless SummerSchool/Symposium

Annual Report on Research

Company representation on the Wireless @VT AdvisoryBoard to provide group guidance

Complimentary copies of publications

Access to password protected web site that includessome pre-prints, research in progress, software, data,etc.

Opportunity to participate in Student Patron Program


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Silver Membership Features Networking opportunities and preference in teaming arrangements

Free educational versions of software tools developed by Wireless@VT

Monthly newsletter and detailed semi-annual report on all centerresearch

Free Access to recorded Wireless@VT seminars

Help with recruiting

Notices of recruiting events

Email announcing recruiting events Availability of conference room for in-lab recruiting events

Faculty attendance at recruiting functions

Request from company

$35k/year

Designation of primary company POC and secondaryPOC


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Gold Membership

Target market

Ideal for companies willing to spend

more to obtain valuable intellectualproperty considerations andadditional benefits

Currently being defined


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Student Patron Program

This is an optional feature to bothsilver and gold affiliate programs,with a fellowship for the designatedfaculty member to award.

Price $30k/academic year

Student and company are encouraged toarrange for summer job

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