Planning Grant: I/UCRC for BWAC

密西西比大学（UM）将举行规划拨款会议，成为宽带无线接入和应用（BWAC）I/UCRC的一个网站。该网站将进行合作研究，在该领域的宽带无线技术涉及教师从电气工程和计算机科学。规划研讨会将在会议设施举行的UM校园在牛津，MS.从这个研讨会的UM网站将确定相关的潜在行业成员的具体研究领域，并根据行业成员的需求调整研究项目。UM网站在认知无线电，传感器定位，大数据文件传输协议，医疗图像的无线传输，无线安全，辅助生活设施中老年人的无线监控和智能电网等领域具有研究能力。四名参与的UM电气工程研究人员具有无线通信方面的专业知识，并专门从事与网络，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相关的一个或多个领域。UM的其他教师专业知识存在于电磁（EM）理论和天线测量领域。来自计算机科学系和UM行业一致的Haley Barclay卓越制造中心（CME）的相关专业知识的教师将增加UM BWAC I/UCRC网站的研究工作。该中心的重点是有针对性地接触无线通信行业的技术和设备制造商，国防电子行业处理雷达和通信系统，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，为学生提供网络机会和接触行业专家讲座的机会。UM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，6至8名合格的本科生将被鼓励参加由中心追求的研究项目，并将支付本科生助学金。该中心将作为技术开发的途径进行营销，从而为UM电气工程系提供的教育课程额外招募20至30名本科生和10至15名研究生。通过利用NSF提供的少数民族研究生奖学金和杰克逊州立大学计算机工程和计算机科学系的支持，这主要是一个学士学位水平的HBCU，UM网站预计将吸引和毕业三到四个代表性不足的少数民族博士。学生在五年内。为中学生暑期工作坊将与UM科学和数学教育中心合作进行，以点燃他们对STEM和无线应用的兴趣。将为大数据传输、无线远程医疗和认知无线电等行业开发和提供专业课程和研讨会。这些课程将是高年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.