Affiliate Board Meeting
Dr. Tranter's Tutorial on Simulation
Student Demos
Posters
2012 Wireless Symposium and Summer School
May 30-June 1, 2012
Wireless @ VT will sponsor a software-defined radio challenge during the 2012 symposium. For complete information about this student design contest, please click here.
SYMPOSIUM HIGHLIGHTS
Wireless technology continues its unrelenting quest for innovation and expansion. To help professionals and academics stay abreast of the latest research, Wireless @ Virginia Tech will host its 22nd annual symposium and 8th annual summer school on wireless communications May 30 – June 1, 2012.
The technical program held on Wednesday morning will kick-off with a special plenary session with internationally recognized experts in the field of wireless communications presenting a sampling of the latest trends in wireless research. In particular, the session will include talks on 60GHz radio, femtocells, dynamic spectrum access and recent wireless testbed developments. Following this plenary session, additional oral presentations will focus on cognitive and software radios and more general advanced wireless research. The poster presentations from researchers around the world, will discuss a broad range of the latest breakthroughs in wireless communications and networking research.
The annual summer school, which kicks off on Wednesday afternoon, offers a fabulous line-up of 12 half-day tutorials in the key areas of wireless networks, DSP, cognitive radios, SDR, spectrum management, wireless antennas, RF hardware, wireless security, and LTE. The full list of tutorial descriptions is provided in this brochure. These tutorials provide an excellent opportunity for wireless professionals to learn about both the basics of each technology and recent breakthroughs in each area.
Distinguished keynote speakers are Dr. Vinton Cerf, Google, speaking on the reinvention of the Internet, Mr. Dereck Orr, NIST, discussing new developments in public safety standards and technologies, and Dr. Vincent Poor, Princeton University, who will talk about physical layer security in wireless networks.
In addition to the symposium, there will be a Software-Defined Radio Design Challenge, which is a student design contest. This is an activity of the Wireless Innovation Forum’s Educational Special Interest Group and is co-sponsored and hosted by Wireless @ Virginia Tech. The competition will take place on Thursday, May 31, 2012, during the symposium. Undergraduate and graduate students or teams of students, advised by a faculty member, are eligible and may propose and solve any problem related to software-defined radio. Both U.S. and international teams are participating. Additional information may be found at http://groups.winnforum.org/p/wi/et/wid=24.
As always, we look forward to the symposium party on Thursday evening.
We are confident that our discussions of cutting-edge topics will appeal to academic, as well as industry, professionals. Don’t miss out – register today!
HOW TO REGISTER
The registration fee for the symposium is $720. Full-time students may register at a rate of $575. (A valid student ID is required). The presenter fee is $660. All fees for registration include participation in all activities, including tutorials, CD-ROM proceedings from technical and poster presentations, lunch on Wednesday and Thursday, all refreshment breaks, and the Thursday evening party.
All presenters of technical papers and posters must register by April 27, 2012. All other participants should register by May 16, 2012, to take advantage of the early bird registration fee. Registration fees will increase by $100 after the registration deadline of May 16. You may register by calling (540) 231-5182. Online registration is available here.
Refund Policy: Requests for refunds will be honored when received seven calendar days prior to the program; however, another person may be substituted at any time. A $100 administrative fee will be deducted for cancellations. In the unlikely event that this program is cancelled or postponed due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, the university will fully refund registration fees, but cannot be held responsible for any other expenses, including cancellation or change charges assessed by airlines, hotels, travel agencies, or other organizations. Refunds will not be made to technical or poster presenters once the proceedings have been sent to media services for production.
LOCATION & LODGING
The symposium will be held at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center located on the Blacksburg, VA campus.
For your convenience, a block of discounted lodging rooms, $124.00 single/$144.00 double, per night plus tax, are being held at The Inn. To make reservations, please call The Inn at (540) 231-8000 or toll free at (877) 200-3360. Be sure to mention the name of the symposium when making your reservations. Lodging reservations for The Inn must be made by April 27, 2012. Lodging accommodations may also be acquired at Hawthorn Suites, (540) 552-5636, Hilton Garden Inn Blacksburg, (540) 552-5005, or Holiday Inn University, (540) 552-7001.
TRANSPORTATION
The SmartWay Bus commuter service is an excellent alternative for traveling between the Roanoke Regional Airport and Virginia Tech. For more information, please visit their website at www.smartwaybus.com. If you plan to travel on the SmartWay Bus, please notify The Inn at 540-231-8000 and their shuttle service will pick you up at the SmartWay Bus stop in Blacksburg.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
If you need additional information regarding the symposium, please contact Jenny Frank, Conference Coordinator, via email or by telephone at (540) 231-2971.