Call for Participation

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in conjunction with the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM) and The United States Naval Academy is seeking participants for the First International Workshop on Next Generation Open Architectures for Software-Defined Radio May 12-13, 2008 at NUIM, Maynooth, Ireland.

The objective of this workshop is to bring together hardware, software, and communication system engineers from academia, industry, and government to advance multi-disciplinary collaborative research and development, across all facets (physical layer, software, framework, algorithm, and education) of software defined radios (SDR).

Our efforts will be focused on identifying the key elements required to bring SDR architectures into next generation and promoting collaborative international relationships to implement them. Diversity in perspectives will ensure that the resulting contributions are relevant to academic, governmental, and commercial applications.

During the workshop, participants will review state-of-the-art architectures available today, and from this information develop plans to advance open architecture software defined radio solutions for future SDR research. The workshop will consist of two days of presentations and panel discussions.

Participation

Attendance at the workshop is open to anyone interested in SDR technology. All participants are strongly encouraged to submit 1-2 page position statements on one or more of the following theme areas:

• Software and Frameworks
• Hardware
• SDR Applications
• Education

A preliminary version of the workshop proceedings will be compiled from the submissions and then distributed to participants approximately 2 weeks prior to the start of the workshop. Based on the position statements, four presenters will be selected by the Technical Program Committee for each theme area.  In addition, all participants are invited to develop posters to present during the workshop.

Workshop Location

National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

Focused Group Meetings

Following the workshop, there will be three days of focused group discussion, targeting specific technical areas and identifying potential collaborative research activities for an open architecture.

Important Dates

Register intent to participate: February 15, 2008.

Position statements due: March 8, 2008.

Decision on Presenters: April 1, 2008.