2024 IMS Full-Day Workshop: Radio Spectrum for Microwave Practitioners

 

Spectrum Innovation Centers SMART Hub and NSF SpectrumX are teaming up to present a workshop
entitled “Radio Spectrum for Microwave Practitioners” at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 17. Organizers are Charles Baylis, Ph.D., Director of SMART Hub, Baylor
University, and Andy Clegg, Spectrum Engineering Lead, Google.

 

8:00      Opening Discussion:  Challenges in Wireless Spectrum Use (Attendees)

8:20      Introduction to the Electromagnetic Spectrum:  Andy Clegg, Google (Industry)

9:00      Spectrum Regulation:  As Real as Maxwell’s Equations:  Ira Keltz, Federal Communications Commission (Government)

9:40      Coffee Break

9:50      Current Spectrum Sharing Deployments and Plans:  Monisha Ghosh, SpectrumX/University of Notre Dame (Academia)

10:30    Commercial Wireless Challenges for Microwave Designers:  Tom Willis, AT&T Labs (Industry)

11:10    Millimeter-Wave Devices to Expand Spectrum Usage:  Bobby Weikle, SpectrumX/University of Virginia (Academia)

11:50    Lunch

12:50    Spectrum Needs and Challenges for Defense:  Benjamin Kirk, U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Government)

1:30      Reconfigurable Circuitry for Adaptive Microwave Spectrum Sharing Systems:  Charlie Baylis, SMART Hub/Baylor University (Academia)

2:10      The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Radio Spectrum:  Robert J. Marks, SMART Hub/Baylor University (Academia)

2:50      Coffee Break

3:00      Test and Measurement in the Changing Spectrum Environment:  Nizar Messaoudi, Keysight Technologies (Industry)

3:40      Workforce Development in the Changing Spectral Environment:  Rashaunda Henderson, SMART Hub/University of Texas at Dallas (Academia)

4:20      Closing Panel:  Answering Today’s Challenges and Addressing Future Considerations: All Speakers