=== (Update) Announcing SDR Workshop at WPI on Friday May 17 ===

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Sorry to send this again, but there were some errors
and omissions when this was sent yesterday.
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  • Third-Annual *
  • New England Workshop on Software-Defined Radio *
  • NEWSDR 2013 *
  • Friday, May 17, 2013, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM *
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute *
  • Worcester, MA, USA *
  • http://www.sdr-boston.org/ *
  • You are cordially invited to the 2013 New England *
  • Workshop for Software Defined Radio (NEWSDR 2013), *
  • which is the third installment of an annual series of *
  • workshops organized by the Boston SDR User Group *
  • (SDR-Boston). This year NEWSDR 2013 will be held at the *
  • campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) *
  • on Friday, May 17, 2013. *
  • NEWSDR 2013 features numerous technical presentations, *
  • tutorials, as well as numerous posters and hardware *
  • demonstrations, all focusing on the latest advances in *
  • software-defined radio and cognitive radio technology, *
  • including the use of GNU Radio software and USRP radio *
  • hardware. *
  • The event is a valuable opportunity to connect with a *
  • dedicated SDR community in the area, to attend numerous *
  • technical presentations on the subject, to meet vendors *
  • who are active in SDR technology, to learn about new *
  • products, and to explore various product and project *
  • demos. *
  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER: *
  • Dr. Joseph Evans *
  • Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor *
  • The University of Kansas *
  • INVITED SPEAKER: *
  • Dr. Kapil Dandekar *
  • Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Research *
  • Drexel University *
  • TENTATIVE AGENDA: *
  • 08:30 - 08:45: *
  • Welcome and Introduction. *
  • 08:45 - 09:05: *
  • "Walkthrough of the migration of PHY-related algorithm *
  • between a PC and an FPGA", Martin Turgeon, Nutaq. *
  • 09:05 - 9:30: *
  • "Showcase of a complete MIMO OFDM PHY Layer FPGA *
  • implementation using Simulink & System Generator *
  • tools", Tristan Martin, Nutaq. *
  • 09:30 - 10:15: *
  • Invited Talk: "Showcase of a complete MIMO OFDM PHY *
  • Layer FPGA implementation using Simulink & System *
  • Generator tools", Dr. Kapil Dandekar, The Drexel *
  • Wireless Systems Laboratory. *
  • 10:15 - 10:45: *
  • Coffee Break, Posters, and Demos. *
  • 10:45 - 11:30: *
  • "Simplifying FPGA Design for SDR with a Network on Chip *
  • (NoC) Architecture", Matt E., Ettus R. / *
  • National Instruments. *
  • 11:30 - 12:00: *
  • "Benchmarking GNU Radio on Various General Purpose *
  • Processing Architectures", Nathan W., US Naval *
  • Research Laboratory. *
  • 12:00 - 13:00: *
  • Lunch, Posters, and Demos. *
  • 13:00 - 14:00: *
  • Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joseph Evans, Univ. of Kansas. *
  • 14:00 - 14:30: *
  • “A Methodology for Designing Scalable SDR Systems”, *
  • Erich Whitney, The MITRE Corporation. *
  • 14:30 - 15:00: *
  • “Software Defined Radio and Geophysics”, *
  • Juha V., MIT Haystack Observatory. *
  • 15:00 - 15:30: *
  • Coffee Break, Posters, and Demos. *
  • 15:30 - 16:15: *
  • “Software Defined Radio in MATLAB”, *
  • Mike McLernon, Mathworks. *
  • 16:15 - 17:15: *
  • Tutorial: "Hands-On Experimentation Using Simulink *
  • and Matlab", Travis Collins (WPI), Mike McLernon *
  • (Mathworks), and Dr. Alex Wyglinski (WPI). *
  • 17:15 - 17:30: *
  • Concluding Remarks. *
  • REGISTRATION: *

  • Free registration online *

  • Free breakfast, lunch, and parking included *

  • Space is limited, so register soon at our website! *

  • Additional information can be found at: *
  • http://www.sdr-boston.org/ *
  • Please forward this message to your friends and *
  • colleagues who may be interested in NEWSDR 2013. *
  • We hope to see you there! *
  • Sponsored by: *

  • The MathWorks >> Xilinx *

  • BEEcube >> Nutaq *

  • National Instruments (Ettus R.) *