Dec 7-8, 2016. Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave N.E., Washington, DC 20064
Parking: Pangborn Hall Parking Lot.
Both locations are marked in the following file with directions and CUA map: Directions with CUA Map
Summary of Discussion Points for Panels and Breakouts
Day 1: Wednesday, Dec 7, 2016
8:00am-8:45am: Registration and (Yummy) Breakfast
8:45am-9am: Welcome and Opening Remarks, Keynote Introduction. Slides
9:00am-9:30am: Keynote – Jon Wilkins, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, FCC
9:30am-11:00am: Panel Discussion 1 (90 mins): State of mmW Technology, Challenges & Opportunities – Industry & Regulatory Aspects
Moderator: Akbar Sayeed
Panelists: Timothy Thomas (Nokia-Bell Labs), Maziar Nekovee, (EU mmMAGIC), Ali Sadri (Intel), Ashwin Sampath (Qualcomm), Ian Wong (National Instruments)
Scribes: Haitham Hassanieh & Xinyu Zhang
11:00am-11:30am: Coffee Break
11:30am-12:30pm Poster Session 1 (60 mins): 13 posters
12:30pm-1:30pm: Catered Lunch
1:30pm-2:30pm: Poster Session 2 (60 mins): 12 posters
2:30pm-4:00pm: Breakout Sessions: Development of Technology Roadmap for mmW Research
Three parallel sessions (90 min each):
A) Communication and signal processing; Discussion leaders: Sundeep Rangan & Lee Swindlehurst; Scribes: Mai Vu & Cenk Gursoy
B) mmW hardware, circuits, antennas, digital hardware, prototypes and testbeds; Discussion leaders: Jim Buckwalter & Ali Niknejad; Scribes: Vishal Saxena & Subhanshu Gupta
C) Networking protocols; Discussion leaders: Ismail Guvenc and Marwan Krunz; Scribes: Allen MacKenzie & Nicolo Michelusi
4:00pm-4:30pm: Coffee Break
4:30pm-5:30pm: Poster Session 3 (60 mins): 12 posters
4:30pm – 5:30pm: Breakout session leaders meet to brainstorm discussion items for Panel 2
6:00pm: Catered Dinner
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Day 2: Thursday, Dec 8, 2016
8:00am-8:30am: Breakfast and Registration
8:30am-9:00am: Keynote – Julius Knapp, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC. Slides
9:00am-9:30am: Readout from Breakout Sessions to Seed the Panel 2 Discussion (One discussion leader from each breakout)
9:30am-11:00am: Panel Discussion 2 (90 mins): Cross-disciplinary Collaboration in mmW Research – Scoping the Landspace and Charting a Course for RCN Contributions
Moderator: Nada Golmie
Panelists: Marwan Krunz (Arizona), Sundeep Rangan (NYU), Charlie Zhang (Samsung), Ian Wong (NI), Mythri Hunukumbure (mmMAGIC), Amitava Ghosh (Nokia-Bell Labs), Arun Ghosh (AT&T), Jim Buckwalter (UCSB)
Scribes: Haitham Hassanieh & Xinyu Zhang
This panel will build on the discussion from the breakout sessions from Day 1 to identify key directions for cross-disciplinary collaborations as part of the RCN contributions. We expect strong and free-flowing participation from all attendees, especially those who have been engaged in cross-disciplinary research and/or who may want to be actively involved in cross-disciplinary research as part of this RCN.
What are some big problems that will require cross-disciplinary collaboration? What kind of contributions can we expect from this RCN in the next 3 years?How do we facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration? What are the key elements of cross-disciplinary collaboration? What are some common hindrances to collaboration that we need to be aware of? What are some key cross-disciplinary topics for initial focus?
11:00am-11:15am: Closing Remarks (15 mins): including participant impressions and feedback, suggestions for future workshops
Akbar Sayeed, Xinyu Zhang, and Hang Liu
11:15am-noon: Coffee and Boxed Lunch