The Fall 2015 IAB Meeting at Oxford, MS Successfully Completed!

The Fall 2015 IAB meeting was another productive meeting! Thanks to the University of Mississippi for hosting it!

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Fall 2015 group photo

Welcome Reception at Lyceum Parlor, University of Mississippi

Monday, November 2, 2015

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Ball Rooms A, B The Inn at Ole Miss, University of Mississippi

 

7:45 am Participant Registration

7:45 - 8:15 am Breakfast and Networking Time

8:15- 8:35 am University of Mississippi Welcome Address Alice Clark, Vice Chancellor for Research, UM Alexander Cheng, Dean, School of Engineering, UM

8:35- 8:50 am Center Update

Tamal Bose, Center Director, University of Arizona

8:50-9:00 am Center Activities, IAB Chair Perspective,

Mark Pierpoint,Vice President & General Manager, Keysight

Technologies

9:00 - 9:30 am Industry Members: Brief company background and expectations from

IAB meeting (3 minutes per participant). Moderator: Mark Pierpoint

9:30- 9:50 am NSF Presentation

Thyagarajan Nandagopal, Program Director, CNS, NSF

9:50 - 10:00 am LIFE FORM Overview

Denis Gray, NSF I/UCRC Evaluator & Professor, NC State University

10:00- 10:20 am BREAK

10:20 - 10:50 am Project Presentations, Chaired by Alexander Yakovlev, University of Mississippi “Elliptical metasurface cloaks in printed antenna technology for improved spectrum Efficiency,” Alexander Yakovlev, UM

 

10:50 - 11:20 pm “From cognitive radio to meta-cognitive radio: the frameworks, architectures, and Implementations,” Michael Marefat, University of Arizona

 

11:20 - 11:55 pm “Radio Hound: A low-cost spectrum beacon/sensor with

millimeter wave capability,” Jon Chisum, University of Notre Dame

Site Status Update, Nick Laneman, University of Notre Dame

11:55 - 12:55 pm LUNCH

12:55 - 1:20 pm Project Presentations, Chaired by John Daigle, University of Mississippi

“Thermoacoustic effects and its applications,” Hao Xin, University of Arizona

1:20 - 1:50 pm “Opportunistic spectrum sharing in LTE-unlicensed with Lyapunov based auction,” Shiwen Mao, Auburn University

1:50 - 2:20 pm “A new model to utilize TV white spaces,” Hang Liu, Catholic University of America

2:20 - 2:50 pm “Integrated secure and reliable wireless access network for athletic collision detection,” Matthew Morrison, University of Mississippi

2:50- 3:20 pm “Dynamic exclusion zones: Balancing incumbent protection and spectrum utilization efficiency,” Jung-Min (Jerry) Park, Virginia Tech

 

3:20- 3:40 pm     BREAK

 

3:40- 3:55 pm NSC update- Concept Paper Evaluation Takeaways

Lei Cao and Alexander Yakovlev, University of Mississippi

 

3:55 - 4:00 pm Overview of Agenda Items for Day 2, Ramanarayanan “Vish” Viswanathan, University of Mississippi

 

4:00 pm- 6:00 pm Poster Session and Social

 

6:15 pm Dinner

Best Poster Awards

 

Wednesday, November 4, 2015- Ball Rooms A, B The Inn at Ole Miss, University of Mississippi

8:00 - 8:30 am Arrival and Breakfast

8:30- 9:30 am Company Perspectives (7 minutes per company). Moderator: Rick Scholes, Raytheon

9:30- 10:00 am New Initiatives: ERC, MRI, other collaborative proposals

  •  Virginia Tech Small Business Program Proposal

10:00 - 10:15 am BREAK

10:15 - 11:30 am IAB Meeting (Closed Session: Members, Center Site Faculty, and NSF only)

a) LIFE Forms, Denis Gray b) Voting on Projects

c) Feedback from IAB about this meeting

d) Next Meeting Location, Agenda and Theme

11:30 am ADJOURN (Box lunches)

Our fall BWAC meeting is set to take place at the University of Mississippi in the town of Oxford, MS, from Tuesday, November 3, through Wednesday, November 4 (half-a-day).  

There is going to be an optional welcome reception on the evening of Monday, November 2.

For registration information please visit here.

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