Conference: MsRI-EW: Modular, Open Hardware-Software Prototyping Platform for the mmWave and Sub-THz Wireless Research Community. To be held virtually in Aug. 2020.

非技术：5G和未来无线网络所需的毫米波和次太赫兹频段的实验研究受到进行研究所需仪器的高成本的阻碍。此类实验的费用通常超过20万美元。考虑到这些成本，学术界很难进行依赖于无线通信理论实验验证的高影响力科学和工程研究。这次会议的目的是找到一条可负担和可获得的无线毫米波和次太赫兹实验的道路。愿景是建立一个多功能且价格合理的数字平台，可用于许多科学学科的大量科学实验。这次会议是实现这一愿景的第一步。这次会议将吸引大量从事无线研究的研究工程界人士。教育和社区外展将是会议的主要焦点。会议的组织者致力于为来自所有背景的个人提供一个包容的环境，包括那些来自STEM中代表性不足的社区的个人。技术：目前，毫米波和次太赫兹的实验性无线研究主要由私营公司进行，因为此类实验的仪器成本对于研究工程界的学术研究人员来说是负担不起的。本次会议将指出通过毫米波和次太赫兹无线实验解决这一问题的途径。设想的基础设施将实现一个可扩展的、通用的、可编程的和负担得起的数字平台，可用于许多科学学科的大量科学实验，包括但不限于通信、遥感、机器人、人机接口、自治、网络和亚太赫兹成像。长期愿景是一个基础设施项目，能够部署用于研究实验室的开源便携式设备，包括宽带毫米波收发器、可重构数字处理器和相关的开源编程工具包。部署这些节点的分布式测试平台将在全国各地的研究实验室启动这些紧急频段的实验研究。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Nontechnical:Experimental research in the mm-wave and sub-THz regime needed for 5G and future wireless networks is held back by the high cost of instrumentation needed to conduct research. The cost of such experiments is typically over $200,000. Given these costs, academics struggle to perform high-impact scientific and engineering research that depends on experimental verification of wireless communication theory. This conference is aimed at finding a path to affordable and accessible wireless mm-wave and sub-THz experiments. The vision is of a versatile and affordable digital platform that can be used for a plethora of scientific experiments across many scientific disciplines. This conference is a first step towards fulfilling that vision. The conference will engage a broad swath of the research engineering community engaged in wireless research. Education and community outreach will be a primary focus of the conference. The organizers of the conference are committed to providing an inclusive environment for individuals from all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented communities in STEM.Technical:Experimental wireless research in the mm-wave and sub-THz today is conducted primarily by private companies as the instrumentation cost for such experiments is unaffordable for academic researchers in the research engineering community. This conference will point a path to solving this problem through accessible mmWave and sub-THz wireless experiments. The envisaged infrastructure will implement a scalable, versatile, programmable, and affordable digital platform that can be used for a plethora of scientific experiments across many scientific disciplines, including but not limited to communications, remote sensing, robotics, human computer interfaces, autonomy, networking, and sub-THz imaging. The long term vision is an infrastructure project that enables the deployment of an open-source portable device for use in research laboratories consisting of broadband mmWave transceivers, reconfigurable digital processors, and associated open-source programming kits. Deployment of a distributed testbed of such nodes will initiate experimental research in these emergent frequency bands at research laboratories across the nation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.