We’re heading into the final weeks before GRCon15, and registration has
thus far been strong. The new developers day and the main conference are
about 2/3 sold, which still leaves plenty of tickets. The RFNoC tutorial
is sold out, and we still have 8 student tickets (+ 8 tickets still
waiting for proof of enrollment). We are currently on track to sell out
the whole conference so don’t delay in getting your tickets!
In related and exciting news, we have coordinate with Dr Joe Mitola to
be our conference keynote speaker. Dr Mitola is globally recognized as
the ‘Godfather’ of software defined and cognitive radios’ having coined
both terms, written seminal peer reviewed IEEE papers, and published the
first graduate text books on both topics in English and Chinese. He is a
widely sought after consultant, subject matter expert, and expert
witness currently a Member, US Defense Science Board task force on
MILSATCOM and Tactical Networking, supporting DARPA, Army and the Office
of Naval Research on collaboration with the Naval Postgraduate School
and Naval Research Laboratory. Previously Dr Mitola held positions of
technology leadership with DoD, ITT, E-Systems, Harris, ADS, MITRE and
Stevens Institute of Technology. BS EE Northeastern U, MSE Johns Hopkins
U, Licentiate and Doctorate KTH, Fellow of the IEEE’. His current
research centers on “hackproof technologies”, of which he will be
speaking in his keynote at GRCon15 on Tuesday morning.
We’ve got a great conference coming up, with a wide diversity of
presentations, posters, demos, and vendors; we look forward to seeing
many of you in Washington, DC in a few weeks! - MLD