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1. Wireless @ Virginia Techwww.wireless.vt.edu Jeffrey H. Reed Director, Wireless@VT reedjh@vt.edu Tamal Bose Associate Director, Wireless@VT tbose@vt.edu

2. About Virginia Tech • Virginia Tech has approximately 26,000 students • The College of Engineering grants the 7th largest number BS degrees in the US, and is ranked #14 by US News • The Bradley Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering is one of the nation’s largest ECE departments, with broad resources: • 75 tenure-track faculty and 12 research faculty members • 1,100 undergraduate and 570 graduate students • Wireless Telecommunications is a principal focus area • 35 faculty members are involved in various aspects of wireless communications research and teaching. • Over 100 ECE graduate students are majoring in wireless communications field.

3. What is “Wireless @ Virginia Tech”? A comprehensive organization focused on wireless research to support our educational mission

4. Characteristics of Virginia Tech’s Wireless Program • Hands-On • Building hardware, prototyping, system integration • Relevant • Knowledge of the impact of business and economic issues on system design, implementation, and integration • Students are coached in oral and written communication skills, 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 for commercialization Students are our most important product!

5. Wireless @ Virginia Tech • 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 more than 100 students • Backlog in research growing • University providing initial financial support • Cognitive Networks targeted as strategic technical growth effort

6. Radio System Design Dr. William A. Davis, Professor Antennas, electromagnetic fields, Microwave measurements, Communications circuits, Radio engineering, Wireless applications Dr. Steven W. Ellingson, Assistant Professor Transceiver Design for Wideband & SDR Applications, Smart Antennas and MIMO, Interference Mitigation, Emitter Detection & Geolocation, Radio Astronomy and Microwave Remote Sensing Dr. Dong Ha, Professor Wireless sensor systems for monitoring and diagnosis of buildings and vehicles, Low-power VLSI design for wireless communications, Low-power/high speed analog and mixed-signal design, RF IC design 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 Integrated Circuits/SoC Integration, Micro/Nano-machining, RF MEMS/NEMS and Packaging

7. Software & Cognitive Radios Dr. Peter Athanas, Professor Reconfigurable computing, hardware & software security and anti-tamper, computational aspects of software defined radios Dr. Charles Bostian, Professor Cognitive Radio, RF Design Dr. Michael Buehrer, Associate Professor Ultra Wideband (UWB) for Communication and position location, UWB-based Heath Monbitoring, Spread spectrum techniques, Mulitple-antenna techniques, Cognitive Radio Dr. Claudio da Silva, Assistant Professor Cognitive Radio Systems, Signal Detection and Classification, UWB Dr. Jeff Reed, Professor Software Radio and Cognitive Radio, DSP-based Receivers, Interference Rejection, Communication Simulation, Smart Antennas,, Location Technology

8. Wireless Networks (1) Dr. Luiz A. DaSilva, Associate Professor Wireless networking, Mobile ad hoc networks, Cognitive radios and cognitive networks, Game-theoretic modeling of wireless networks, Cooperation and self-organization in wireless networks Dr. Mohamed Eltoweissy, Associate Professor Information Assurance and Trust, Ubiquitous Networking, Service-Oriented Architectures, Autonomic Network Management and Protocols, Group Communications Dr. Thomas Hou, Assistant Professor Resource (spectrum) management and networking issues for SDR-enabled wireless networks, Optimization and algorithm design for wireless ad hoc and snesor networks, Video communications over dynamic ad hoc networks

9. Wireless Networks (2) Dr. Allen B. MacKenzie, Assistant Professor Wireless Communications, Multihop Wireless Networks, Applications of Game Theory and Decision Theory, Sensor Networks, Mobility Modeling Dr. Scott Midkiff, Professor Broadband wireless access, Wireless local area networks, Network protocols, Network management, Network performance evaluation and simulation, Networked collaboration and multimedia applications for engineering education Dr. Jung-Min Park, Assistant Professor Intrusion detection in high-bandwidth networks, Network-attack traceback, Secure spectrum sharing in cognitive radio networks Dr. Yaling Yang, Assistant Professor Network resource management,Network modeling, Media access control, routing and transport layer issues in wireless networks

10. System Modeling Dr. Anil Vullikanti, Assistant Professor - Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Modeling and simulation of social and infrastructure systems, Epidemiology, Distributed and mobile computing, Combinatorial optimization, Combinatorial algorithms Dr. Marathe, Madhav, Professor - Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Interaction-based Modeling and Simulation of Large Complex Biological, Information, Social, and Technical (BIST) Systems, Design and Analysis of Algorithms and Computational Complexity, Social Networks & Graph Theory Dr. Christopher L. Barrett, Professor - Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Simulation of very large systems, Theoretical foundations of simulation, Interaction-based systems, computing, and dynamical systems, Computational and systems biology

11. Antennas and Propagation Dr. Brent Ledvina, Assistant Professor GNSS/GPS/Galileo software receivers, Weak signal acquisition and tracking, Radio propagation, Ground-based remote sensing, Ionospheric scintillations and irregularities Dr. Ahmad Safaai-Jazi, Professor Wideband antennas, UWB communications, Wideband material characterization, Guided-wave optics, Optical fibers and devices Dr. Warren Stutzman, Professor Antennas for wireless systems, Small antennas for portable devices, WiFi antenns, Wideband antennas for, Phased arrays, Earth-space propagation Dr. Amir I. Zaghloul, Professor Antennas, Phased Arrays, Satellite Communications, Wireless Communication, RF Systems

12. Signal Processing Dr. Louis Beex, Professor Expertise in stochastic, digital, and adaptive signal processing. Dr. Tamal Bose, Professor Adaptive Signal Processing, Channel Equalization, Modulation Classification Dr. Lamine Mili, Professor Robust estimation, signal processing, Image processing, Speech processing, Nonlinear dynamics, Bifurcation theory, Power systems analysis and control Dr. Sedki M. Riad, Professor Wideband microwave measurements with emphasis on time domain techniques, Wideband characterization and modeling of devices, networks, materials, or structures Dr. William H. Tranter, Professor Digital signal processing, Wireless communication systems, Digital communication systems, Computer-aided design, Analysis and performance evaluation of communication systems

13. Wireless & Communication Systems Dr. Michael S. Hsiao, Professor Test and verification of hardware and software systems, Verification of security protocols, Power management of complex systems Dr. Ira Jacobs, Professor Fiber optic communication system performance, architecture, and technology, Modulation and detection techniques to combat non-linearities and dispersion, Interfaces between fiber optic and wireless networks, Broadband access technologies ands applications Dr. Thomas Martin, Associate Professor Low power, mobile, and wearable computing Dr. Cameron Patterson, Associate Professor Reconfigurable and secure computing, Algorithms for electronic design automation, Model-based design of software defined radios

14. Economics Dr. Sheryl Ball, Associate Professor, Economics Individual decision making, experimental economics, and game theory. Worked on acquiring licenses from the FCC to broadcast on the frequency required for the service to be provided.

15. Applied EM Army Research Office Astron Wireless Technologies Ausgar Technologies, Inc Bradley Fellowship Program Catalyst Communications Technologies CIA Cisco Systems, Inc. DRS Technologies ETRI Freescale Motorola National Institute of Justice National Polar-Orbiting Earth Sensing Satellite Program National Science Foundation NASA RFMD M/A-COM Office of Naval Research Sony-Ericsson SPAWAR Systems Center Tektronix Texas Instruments U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Current Research Sponsors

16. Wireless Topics and Interests • Antennas and Propagation • Modulation, Coding and Multiple Access • DSP, Software, and Programmable Wireless • Wireless Networking • RF Electronics and RF/Mixed-Signal IC design • System Simulation and Performance Evaluation

17. 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, tools • Chip Design • Baseband and RF • Antennas and Smart and Phased Array Antennas • Design and channel and performance measurements • Wearable Computers and Personal Area Networks • LANs and WANs, indoor/outdoor location awareness

18. New Focus – The Wireless Summer School and Symposium 2006 and 2007 • Software Design for SDR • Cognitive Radio • Turbo and LDPC Codes • Embedded Systems and SDR • High Frequency RFID • UWB-based Positioning • Issues and Applications of UWB • Networking Technologies for SDR • Issues and Applications of Wearable Computing • Game Theory for Wireless • Antennas for Wireless Communications • RF MEMS for Wireless • An Overview of 802.15.4a

19. How Do We Work Together? • Affiliates Relationships – Unrestricted funding to go for infrastructure • Good way to get broad access to research • Aids in recruiting efforts • Sets stage for partnerships • Informal advice • Sponsored Research Projects • Duration: 4 months to multiyear • Funding level: $50K to >$1 million ($70K typically buys 1 student full time for one year + facilities + faculty supervision) • Flexible Contract Structures • Flexibility in teaming with government industry partners • Procedure • Define technical statement of work • Submit budget and formal proposal through office of sponsored programs • Negotiate contract terms • Typically requires 6 weeks to get a contract in place. • Longer term relationship can be established using task order

20. Analog Devices Applied Signal Technology Army Research Office DRS Technologies Digital Radio Technologies Motorola Qualcomm Raytheon Rockwell Collins Samsung Sharp Labs Syracuse Research Center Texas Instruments Tyco Electronics Thales Current Wireless@VT Affiliates 20

21. Affiliates Programs • Silver Member • Target market: Ideal for companies seeking to get involved into the Wireless@VT “family” and establishing a working relationship with students and faculty

22. Silver Membership Features • Designated faculty and student point of contact • Annual visit to company by designated faculty to summarize specific research in the affiliate’s area of interest. • Two admissions to the annual Wireless Summer School/Symposium • Annual Report on Research • Company representation on the Wireless @VT Advisory Board to provide group guidance • Complimentary copies of publications • Access to password protected web site that includes some pre-prints, research in progress, software, data, etc. • Opportunity to participate in Student Patron Program

23. 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 center research • 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 secondary POC

24. Gold Membership • Target market Ideal for companies willing to spend more to obtain valuable intellectual property considerations and additional benefits • Currently being defined…

25. Student Patron Program • This is an optional feature to both silver and gold affiliate programs, with a fellowship for the designated faculty member to award. • Price $30k/academic year • Student and company are encouraged to arrange for summer job