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::UPCOMING MEETING::
TITLE: Virtual Distinguished Lecture 1: Flexible and Cognitive Radio Access Technologies for 5G and Beyond
DATE and TIME: September 15th, 2020 – 1:00 p.m. EST
SPEAKER: Dr. Hussain Arslan of University of South Florida
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ABSTRACT:
5G aims to support new and diverse sets of application classes like eMBB communications, uRLLC and mMTC. Supporting these services using a single framework has introduced a new vision and sets of challenges for wireless researchers in many layers of the protocol stacks, especially in the Physical, Medium Access and Network Layers. The trend on the variety and the number of mobile devices along with the mobile applications will certainly continue beyond 5G. In order to create a system that can support this trend, a wide range of technical challenges and requirements must be simultanously satisfied. A robust system that ensures extreme reliability and low latency under diverse channel conditions, while minimizing production and operational costs and maximizing power and spectrum efficiency is required. Cooperative networking capability and coexistence, dynamic and flexible utilization of wireless spectrum, highly flexible, cognitive and adaptive radio access technologies are key enablers in addressing these technical challenges. In this talk, the potential directions and research opportunities to address the challenges and requirements of the 5G vision will be discussed.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Arslan (IEEE Fellow) has received his BS degree from Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey in 1992; MS and Ph.D. degrees in 1994 and 1998 from Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, TX. USA. From January 1998 to August 2002, he was with the research group of Ericsson Inc., NC, USA, where he was involved with several projects related to 2G and 3G wireless communication systems. Since August 2002, he has been with the Electrical Engineering Dept. of University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, where he is a Professor. In December 2013, he joined Istanbul Medipol University to found the Engineering College, where he has worked as the Dean of the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences. He has also served as the director of the Graduate School of Engineering and Natural Sciences in the same university. In addition, he has worked as a part-time consultant for various companies and institutions including Anritsu Company, Savronik Inc., and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey.
Dr. Arslan’s research interests are related to advanced signal processing techniques at the physical and medium access layers, with cross-layer design for networking adaptivity and Quality of Service (QoS) control. He is interested in many forms of wireless technologies including cellular radio, wireless PAN/LAN/MANs, fixed wireless access, aeronautical networks, underwater networks, in vivo networks, and wireless sensors networks. His current research interests are on 5G and beyond radio access technologies, physical layer security, interference management (avoidance, awareness, and cancellation), cognitive radio, small cells, powerline communications, smart grid, UWB, multi-carrier wireless technologies, dynamic spectrum access, co-existence issues on heterogeneous networks, aeronautical (High Altitude Platform) communications, channel modeling and system design, and underwater acoustic communications. He has served as technical program committee chair, technical program committee member, session and symposium organizer, and workshop chair in several IEEE conferences. He is currently a member of the editorial board for the IEEE Surveys and Tutorials and the Sensors Journal. He has also served as a member of the editorial board for the IEEE Transactions on Communications, the IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (TCCN), the Elsevier Physical Communication Journal, the Hindawi Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Wiley Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing Journal.
::Past Meetings::
TITLE: 5G New Radio
DATE and TIME: August 31st, 2020 – 1:00 p.m. EST
SPEAKER: Mr. William (Bill) Lawton of GTRI
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:
William Edward Lawton received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of Florida in 1998 and 2005, respectively, with specializations including Wireless Communications and Digital Signal Processing. William contributed to the development of the powerline technology underlying the first generation for the HomePlug Powerline Alliance while working with Intellon (acquired by Atheros in 2009; acquired by Qualcomm in 2011). Prior to joining Georgia Institute of Technology in 2020, William spent 17 years with InterDigital Communications developing commercial cellular technologies, solutions and standards for UMTS, LTE and 5G New Radio (NR). He has received seven patents related to his powerline and cellular wireless innovations. William is currently the Chief of the Communication Systems and Spectrum Division (CSSD) of the Information and Communications Lab (ICL) at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) researching and developing leading-edge communications and spectrum sensing solutions and platforms.
TITLE: Virtual Talk:: “Named Data Networking in Connected and Smart Cities”
DATE and TIME: July 27th, 2020 – 4:00 p.m. EST
SPEAKER: Dr. Syed Hassan Ahmed of JMA Wireless
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Syed Hassan Ahmed [S’13, M’17, SM’18] completed his BS from KUST, Pakistan, and his M.S./Ph.D. from Kyungpook National University, South Korea, both in computer science, in 2012 and 2017, respectively. Later, he was a post-doc with the University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA and on the faculty of the CS Department of Georgia Southern University (GSU) at Statesboro, USA, where his research interests included sensor and ad hoc networks, cyber-physical systems, vehicular communications, and Future Internet. Currently, Dr. Hassan is with JMA Wireless as a Product Specialist with a focus on distributed antenna systems and mmWave products.
TITLE: Team Zylinium DARPA Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) Radio Design and Implementation
DATE: November 21st, 2019
SPEAKER: Dr. Bob Baxley, CTO of Bastille
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Bob Baxley is an entrepreneur focused on technologies at the intersection of machine learning and radio spectrum systems. He is currently the CTO of Bastille where he helps build systems to sift through massive amounts of radio frequency data. Prior to joining Bastille, Bob was the Director of the Software Defined Radio Lab at Georgia Tech Research Institute. In that role, Bob led GTRI’s team to second place out of 90 international competitors in the DARPA Spectrum Challenge (SC1). Bob earned his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech. During his graduate work, he was recognized with the Sigma Xi Best Thesis Award, the CSIP PhD Research Award, and the NSF GRFP Award. He has co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed papers, is the inventor of 17 patents, and formerly served as an Associate Editor for Digital Signal Processing.
TITLE: Applications of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in Communications Systems Design
DATE: October 1st, 2019
SPEAKER: Mr. Richard Wise of GTRI
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:
Mr. Wise joined GTRI as a Research Engineer in 2012 with a Master’s Degree in Applied Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In his nearly eight years at GTRI, he has grown to be a highly sought-after technical leader in the research, application, and education of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods, languages, tools, and team leadership. He has worked on a variety of systems including: electronic warfare systems, energy systems, radar fire control systems, avionics software, wearable systems, communication systems, and network architectures in development by U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps sponsors. Stemming from his passion for MBSE, his research interests include concept formulation and expression via metamodels (models of models) and modeling languages such as the Unified Modeling Language (UML), Systems Modeling Language (SysML), and non-standard domain-specific languages (DSL); integration of descriptive and analytic system models; modeling frameworks, patterns, and libraries; and advancements in MBSE education. In addition to sponsored research, Mr. Wise is the instructor of the Systems Modeling with SysML course in the Georgia Tech Professional Master’s in Applied Systems Engineering (PMASE) graduate degree program as well as a regular lecturer in the Georgia Tech Professional Education short course: Fundamentals in Modern Systems Engineering.
TITLE: Chaotic Detector to Identify Weak Signals in the Presence of Gaussian Noise
DATE: October 11th, 2018
SPEAKER: Dr. John Shields of GTRI
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. John Shields received his PhD in High Energy Physics from the University of Virginia in 2004. Shortly thereafter, he was awarded a competitive U.S. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship to simulate optical diagnostic tools for plasmas in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid plasma experiment at Auburn University.
Dr. Shields joined the GTRI Advanced Concepts Laboratory in 2007 and initially focused his research on the computational simulation of plasmas and electromagnetic materials. His work has included modeling atmospheric plasmas, photonic and phononic crystals, and high power microwave sources. More recently, his interests have shifted to applications of statistical signal processing and machine learning to electronic warfare, particularly in the area of adaptive Doppler radar.
TITLE: Commercial Software Defined Radios
DATE: April 12th, 2018
SPEAKER: Dr. Rajib Bhattacharjea of GTRI
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