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.

非技术性：5G和未来无线网络所需的毫米波和亚太赫兹范围的实验研究受到进行研究所需仪器的高成本的阻碍。这种实验的费用通常超过20万美元。考虑到这些成本，学术界很难进行高影响力的科学和工程研究，这些研究依赖于对无线通信理论的实验验证。本次会议旨在寻找一条通往负担得起的和可访问的无线毫米波和亚太赫兹实验的道路。我们的愿景是一个多功能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。本次会议是实现这一愿景的第一步。会议将吸引广泛的研究工程界从事无线研究。教育和社区外联将是会议的主要重点。会议的组织者致力于为来自各种背景的个人提供一个包容性的环境，包括那些来自STEM代表性不足的社区的人。技术：今天，毫米波和亚太赫兹的实验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。本次会议将通过可访问的毫米波和亚太赫兹无线实验来解决这个问题。设想的基础设施将实现一个可扩展的，多功能的，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，人机界面，自治，网络和亚太赫兹成像。长期愿景是一个基础设施项目，能够部署一个开源便携式设备，用于研究实验室，包括宽带毫米波收发器，可重新配置的数字处理器和相关的开源编程工具包。这种节点的分布式测试平台的部署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NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得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的支持。

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.