Planning Grant: I/UCRC for BWAC

密西西比大学(UM)将主持规划赠款会议，以成为宽带无线接入和应用(BWAC)I/UCRC的站点。密歇根大学的网站将在宽带无线技术领域进行合作研究，涉及电气工程和计算机科学的教师。计划研讨会将在牛津大学密歇根大学校区的会议设施中举行，通过这次研讨会，密歇根大学网站将确定与潜在行业成员相关的特定研究领域，并根据行业成员的需求调整研究项目。UM SITE在认知无线电、传感器定位、大数据文件传输协议、医学图像无线传输、无线安全、辅助生活设施中的老年人无线监控和智能电网等领域拥有研究能力。四名参与UM电气工程的研究人员在无线通信方面拥有专业知识，并在与网络、编码理论、衰落信道中的性能分析、新兴无线标准和技术、决策融合、统计信号处理和无线安全相关的一个或多个领域拥有专长。密歇根大学还拥有电磁(EM)理论和天线测量领域的其他专业知识。拥有计算机科学系相关专业知识的教师和密歇根州立大学与行业结盟的Haley Barbour制造卓越中心(CME)将加强密歇根大学BWAC I/UCRC网站的研究工作。该中心的重点是接触无线通信行业的技术和设备制造商、从事雷达和通信系统的国防电子行业、电力公司和公用事业、大学地理区域内的制造和医疗保健行业，以及某些密西西比州机构。与美国东南部的行业成员的合作将为学生提供合作和实习机会，打开网络机会，并接触到行业专家的讲座。UM网站预计每年为10000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中心开展的研究项目，并发放本科生津贴。该中心将作为技术发展的渠道进行营销，从而在密歇根大学电气工程系提供的教育项目中额外招收20至30名本科生和10至15名研究生。通过利用NSF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的支持(主要是HBCU的学士学位级别)，UM网站预计将在五年内吸引并毕业三到四名代表不足的少数族裔博士生。将与密歇根大学科学和数学教育中心合作，为中学生举办暑期讲习班，以激发他们对STEM和无线应用的兴趣。将为行业开发和提供大数据传输、无线远程医疗和认知无线电方面的专业课程和研讨会。这些课程将是高级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.