Planning Grant: I/UCRC for BWAC

密西西比大学（UM）将主持计划拨款会议，成为宽带无线接入和应用（BWAC） I/UCRC的站点。澳大校区将在宽带无线技术领域开展合作研究，涉及电气工程和计算机科学的教员。规划研讨会将在澳大牛津校区的会议设施举行。通过研讨会，澳大网站将确定与潜在行业成员相关的具体研究领域，并根据行业成员的需求调整研究项目。UM在认知无线电、传感器定位、大数据文件传输协议、医疗图像无线传输、无线安防、养老院老人无线监控和智能电网等领域具有研究能力。四名参与的密歇根大学电气工程研究人员在无线通信方面具有专业知识，并且在网络、编码理论、衰落信道性能分析、新兴无线标准和技术、决策融合、统计信号处理和无线安全等一个或多个领域具有专业知识。此外，澳大在电磁（EM）理论和天线测量领域也有专门的师资。来自计算机科学系和澳大工业界的哈利巴伯卓越制造中心（CME）的相关专业人员将加强澳大BWAC I/UCRC网站的研究工作。该中心的重点目标是接触无线通信行业的技术和设备制造商，处理雷达和通信系统的国防电子工业，电力公司和公用事业，制造业和医疗保健行业在大学的地理区域内，以及某些密西西比州机构。与美国东南部行业成员的合作将为学生提供合作和实习机会，为他们提供建立人脉的机会，并接触到行业专家的讲座。澳大网站预计每年为10名学生提供研究生教育和研究机会。每年鼓励6至8名符合条件的本科生参加本中心的研究项目，并支付本科生奖学金。该中心将被宣传为技术发展的途径，从而为澳大电气工程系提供的教育项目额外招收20至30名本科生和10至15名研究生。通过利用美国国家科学基金会提供的少数族裔研究生奖学金，以及杰克逊州立大学计算机工程和计算机科学系（主要是HBCU的学士学位水平）的支持，UM网站预计将在五年内吸引并毕业三到四名少数族裔博士生。与澳大科学与数学教育中心合作，为中学生举办暑期工作坊，以激发他们对STEM和无线应用的兴趣。将开发和提供大数据传输、无线远程医疗和认知无线电等行业专业课程和讲习班。这些课程为本科生和研究生的选修课。

University of Mississippi (UM) will be conducting the planning grant meeting for becoming a site of the Broadband Wireless Access and Applications (BWAC) I/UCRC. The UM site will conduct cooperative research in the area of broadband wireless technology involving faculty from electrical engineering and computer science. The planning workshop will be held at conference facility on the UM campus in Oxford, MS. From this workshop the UM site will identify the specific research areas that are of relevance to potential industry members and align the research projects according to industry member needs. UM site has research capabilities in the areas of cognitive radios, sensor localization, file transfer protocols for big data, wireless transmission of medical-images, wireless security, wireless monitoring of elderly in assisted-living facility, and smart grids. Four participating UM electrical engineering researchers have expertise in wireless communications, and specialization in one or more areas related to networks, coding theory, performance analysis in fading channels, emerging wireless standards and technology, decision fusion, statistical signal processing, and wireless security. Additional faculty expertise at UM exists in the areas of electromagnetic (EM) theory and antenna measurement. Faculty with relevant expertise from the Department of Computer Science and UM's industry-aligned Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence (CME) will augment the research efforts of the UM BWAC I/UCRC site. The focus of the center is targeted to reach out to the technology and equipment manufacturers of wireless communications industries, defense electronics industries dealing with radars and communications systems, power companies and utilities, manufacturing and health-care industries within the geographical region of the University, and certain Mississippi state agencies. The collaboration with industry members in the Southeastern U.S. will provide co-op and internship opportunities for students opening networking opportunities and exposure to industrial-experts lectures. The UM site is expected to provide graduate education and research opportunities for 10 students annually. Annually, 6 to 8 qualified undergraduate students will be encouraged to participate in the research projects pursued by the center and will be paid undergraduate stipends. The center will be marketed as an avenue for technology development thereby recruiting 20 to 30 additional undergraduate and 10 to 15 additional graduate students to the educational programs offered by the Electrical Engineering department at UM. By leveraging the minority graduate fellowships offered by NSF and the support of the Computer Engineering and Computer Science Departments at Jackson State University, which is primarily a baccalaureate level HBCU, the UM site expects to attract and graduate three to four underrepresented minority Ph.D. students over a five-year period. Summer workshops for middle school children will be conducted in collaboration with the UM Center for Science and Math Education to kindle their interest in STEM and wireless applications. Specialized courses and workshops for industries on big data transfer, wireless telemedicine, and cognitive radios will be developed and offered. These courses will be elective courses for the advanced undergraduates and graduate students.