WNCG Bits and Bytes Quarterly Newsletter - Test
April 2003
WNCG Launches Industrial Affiliates Program, ENS Building Renovations, Rappaport named GlobeCom 2004 Technical Program Chairman, de Veciana to Serve on INFOCOM 2003 Technical Progam Committee...
June 2003
Schlotzskys and WNCG Begin Joint Public Wi-Fi Research, De Veciana Receives Faculty Achievement Award, Rappaport Named to Telecommunications Study...
July 2003
2003 Symposium Update, WNCG Faculty Visit Washington, D.C., Choo Wins Best Paper Competition, Bard Honored in Web Pioneer Ceremony...
November 2003
Symposium Review, Undergrad Received Radio Club of America Scholarship, Evans to Co-Chair Technical Program for IEEE Workshops...
February 2004
WNCG Welcomes Industry Visitors, Heath Receives New Faculty Fellowship Award...
March 2004
Symposium Announces Call for Papers, Andrews Presents Tutorial at IWAS, 2004 Graduates...
June 2004
2004 Symposium Update, Dell Joins WNCG, Rappaport Received HP Equipment Donation...
February 2005
WNCG at 2004 Globecom, Nortel Donates Optical Network Lab to WNCG, Profs. Evans and Nettles Promoted, Vishwanath Receives Career Award...
May 2005
Ericsson joins WNCG, Choi Awarded Graduate Fellowship, Bovik to Receive NSF Grant, Freescale Funds Research at WNCG...
July 2005
WNCG Visits Korean University & Businesses, Rappaport Appointed to Second Term with FCC, RF Monolithics Donate to WNCG Faculty...
August 2005
Texas Wireless Symposium Announces Speakers, Vishwanath Receives Best Paper Award, ARL Grants WNCG $900K...
September 2005
Symposium Announces Program, Nortel Joins WNCG, Rappaport listed among "Highly-Cited"...
October 2005
Texas Wireless Summit Expands Program, Choi Awarded Livingston Fellowship, Bishwarup Awarded Dan Noble Felllowship...
December 2005
De Veciana Named New WNCG Director, NSF Funds Undergraduate Research, Symposium Wrapup. Undergrads Awarded Scholarships...
January 2006
WNCG Announces First Annual Student Leadership Award, Bovik Wins Acheivement Award, Rappaport Joins Motorola for 2006...
April 2006
Updates on 2006 Wireless Summit, Prof Qiu WIns NSF Award, DARPA IMANET Workshop Details...
May 2006
WNCG Sees Record Number of Graduates, WNCG Announces Winners of First Student Leadership Award, Antonio Forenza wins the Best Student Paper Award at the VTC Spring 2006...
June 2006
2006 Texas Wireless Summit Announces Speakers, WNCG Professor Receives Air Force Grant, Prof. Heath elevated to IEEE Senior Member...
September 2006
Wireless Faculty Win Prestigious DARPA Grant, WNCG Student Receives Dan Noble Fellowship, Ted Rappaport Returns to WNCG and the University of Texas, WNCG Faculty Receive National Science Foundation Grants...
December 2006
Qualcomm joins WNCG, WNCG Launches New Website, Texas Wireless Summit Update, Rappaport Visits Nortel
January 2007
Andrews Wins NSF Career Award, Bovik Named Optical Society of America Fellow, Student Wins Best Paper at Globecom, Undergraduate Research Project
March 2007
WNCG Sponsors WICON 2007, Rappaport elected to IEEE Com Soc Board of Governors, WNCG Hosts Open House, Faculty visits QUALCOMM
June 2007
WNCG Announces Winner of 2007 Leadership Award, Student Wins Best Paper Award, 2007 Spring Graduates, RCA Awards Scholarship Money
July 2007
Texas Wireless Summit Updates, NI Week Details, Faculty Visit Nortel, Andrews Speaks at ISIT
March 2008
2008 Open House a Big Success
WNCG and Circuits Faculty Receive $1.2M in Federal Grants
Heath Obtains Licensures
WNCG Grad Student Wins Humantech Paper Contest
Bovik Receives Signal Processing Societies' Top Awards
Vishwanath Hosts NSF REU PI Meeting
WICON 2007 Hosted by WNCG in Austin
June 2008
Professor Vishwanath receives Intel Diversity Fellowship
Department of Defense renews WNCG Affiliate Membership
Bovik Receives Award from Alma Mater
Andrews and Ghosh host WiMAX Panel
Rappaport Reports
Heath hosts IEEE Workshop
IEEE International Conference on Communications
WNCG Spring Social
Student Leadership Award goes to Huang
WNCG Summer 2008 Internships
August 2008
Texas Wireless Summit - October 14-16
NIWeek08
WNCG Faculty visit Dell and Ericsson
Yokogawa Joins WNCG as a New Affiliate
DARPA Non-Equilibrium Information Theory Phase 2 is a Go!
WNCG Researchers Receive CrownCom 2008 Best Paper Award
March 2009
2009 Open House
Rappaport receives IEEE recognition
de Veciana Named IEEE Fellow
Evans presented UT Austin ECE Dept. Teaching Award
Evans named IEEE Fellow
Vishwanath and Bard lead EURECA Program
June 2009
Panasonic Joins WNCG Industrial Affiliates Program
Professor Haris Vikalo Joins WNCG
2009 Spring Social and Leadership Award
Professor Vishwanath Recieves Grant from Air Force Office of Scientific Reasearch
Professor Vishwanath Recieves Grant from Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Alumni Update - Marious Kountouris
Rappaport runs Austin Marathon
EE381K-11 takes field trip to Verizon Cell site
Radio Bevo is on the air from ENS Building
October 2009
Gustavo de Veciana Awarded Two Grants
Vishwanath and Julien Operate Pharos Testbed
Bovik Performs Tampere Image Quality Study
Rappaport Leads Visit To Texas Instruments’ Jack Kilby Labs
UT Austin Hosts FCC Hearing On National Broadband Plan
Sujay Sanghavi Joins WNCG
WNCG Fall 2009 Student Welcome A Hit
Felix Gutierrez Named Marconi Young Scholar
Recent Publications
December 2009
Prof. Andrews Receives Best Paper Award at Globecom
EURECA Undergraduate Research Program at UT Austin
Second Annual Winedale Workshop
Seventh Annual Texas Wireless Summit Held
Annual Faculty Retreat
Shakkottai Introduces New Advanced Graduate Course
WNCG Announces Open House
Shakkottai Chairs the Workshop on the Frontiers of Controls, Games and Network Science
Bovik and Caramanis Win $750K grant from Air Force Office of Strategic Research
Recent Publications
March 2010
Bovik Receives IEEE Signal Processing Society’s Best Paper Award for 2009
Prof. Vishwanath Organizes “From Idea to Intellectual Property” Class
Prof. Sujay Sanghavi receives NSF CAREER Award
WNCG Founder runs in Austin Marathon
Prof. Rappaport’s Group Attends IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference
Prof. Shakkottai Organizes Workshop on Frontiers of Controls, Games and Network Science
News Station Films Segment on Rappaport's Research
ECE Staff Member Elected to UT Staff Council
Recent Publications
WNCG Starts Twitter Account
June 2010
Rappaport Presented with Joe J. King Achievement Award
Prof. Andrews Awarded 2010 IEEE Best Tutorial Paper
Bill Bard Receives Prestigious Teaching Award
Shreeshankar Bodas Presented WNCG Student Leadership Award
Professors Sanghavi, Shakkottai and Vishwanath Receive Substantial NSF Grant
Kyle Wesson Receives National Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Eshar Ben-Dor Awarded Best TA
EURECA Program Gives Undergraduate a Taste of Research
WNCG Students Attend CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas
Students and Faculty Enjoy WNCG 2010 Spring Social
October 2010
Texas Wireless Summit to be held Nov. 16 on UT Campus
WNCG Professors Receive $900,000 Intel and Cisco Video Grant Award
WNCG Receives $2.84m in Prestigious NSF Grants
Texas Instruments Funds 60 GHz RFIC Design and Antenna Research
4G Cellular Textbook Now Available
Air Force Grant Awarded to WNCG Professors Bovik and Caramanis
Professor Evans Releases Underwater Acoustic Communications Dataset
Professor de Veciana and Madrid Collaborators Receive ACM Best Paper Award
Best Paper Award for Dr. Bilal Sadiq and Professor Gustavo de Veciana
Professor Andrews and Motorola to Collaborate on Femtocell Research
Professor Robert W. Heath, Jr. Named Technical Program Chair for Asilomar 2011
Gutierrez Receives Texas Instruments Diversity Fellowship
January 2011
Industrial Affiliates to Join WNCG Faculty and Students at Open House
Cisco Joins WNCG as Industrial Affiliate Sponsor
WNCG Co-Hosts 8th Annual Texas Wireless Summit
2010 WNCG Board Meeting Sets Attendance Record
Professor Bovik’s Research on Breast Cancer Gains National Attention
Dr. Heath Elevated to IEEE Fellow
Professor Evans Wins 2011 Texas Exes Teaching Award
Andrews Gives Keynote at First IEEE Workshop on Femtocells
Professor Rappaport Gives Plenary Lecture, Parties at IEEE Globecom 2010
2010 Winedale Workshop Draws Capacity Audience
Professor Heath Appointed to IEEE Steering Committee
Texas Instruments Hires WNCG Intern for Kilby Lab’s Terahertz Research Program
April 2011
WNCG Awarded NSF Industry Collaboration Center
Commscope Joins WNCG as Affiliate
Samsung Telecommunications America Becomes WNCG Affiliate
Professor Caramanis Receives NSF CAREER Award
Professor Al Bovik Named IS&T/SPIE Imaging Scientist of the Year
WNCG Alumnus and WNCG Professor Receive Best Paper Award
Gigabit/Second RF Channel Sounder Operational at 60 and 38 GHz
Prof. Andrews Develops Breakthrough Heterogeneous Cellular Network Model
IEEE Sponsors Semantic Web Research for RF Propagation Studies
Industrial Affiliates Join WNCG Faculty and Students at Open House
Professor Heath Serves as Opponent for Defense in Norway
Professor Rappaport Completes Half-Marathon
June 2011
Professor Heath and Former Student Receive Best Paper Award
Prof. Andrews Named Recipient of the 2011 Heinrich Hertz Prize Paper Award
Prof. Bovik Presents Keynote Address at IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging Symposium
WNCG EURECA Program in its 6th year
4th Annual IEEE Information Theory School held in Austin
Jubin Jose Wins 2011 Student Leadership Award
2011 WNCG Student Social
WNCG Team to implement on-chip Sub-THz Antennas for DARPA
WNCG team develops new antenna measurements and new knowledge for 60 GHz and above
WNCG Moving up to Sub-THz Frequencies with Rohde and Schwarz
DELL Provides Super-Server to WNCG
Interference Mitigation in Wireless OFDM Communication Systems
Graduating Students
October 2011
2011 Texas Wireless Summit Open for Registration
Professor Andrews visits Panasonic’s R&D Center in Japan
Professor Humphreys Wins STTR Phase 1 Award from the Navy
Collaboration between CERC and WNCG: Profs. Caramanis and Orshansky receive an NSF Grant to Develop a New Generation of Techniques for Analog Integrated Circuit Synthesis
Profs. Bovik and Ghosh receive $500,000 NSF grant to develop intelligent video quality agents for monitoring and controlling perceptual quality of videos over wireless
Prof. Ted Rappaport Receives 2011 IET Sir Monty Finniston Award for Achievement in Engineering and Technology from IET (formerly IEE)
Profs. Heath, Andrews, and Rappaport named Distinguished Lecturers of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
Prof. Vishwanath co-chair of the IEEE Information Theory Student Society
Prof. Vishwanath launches VecturaLux, a 40/100G high-speed optical networking company
Prof. Todd Humphreys’s Research Team Forges Ahead with Opportunities in Radionavigation
Rappaport elected to IEEE Board of Governors of Vehicular Technology Society (VTS)
MATLAB Toolbox for Interference Modeling and Mitigation
January 2012
Prof. Robert W. Heath, Jr. Takes Reins as WNCG Director
Crown Castle Joins WNCG as New Affiliate
WNCG Welcomes Prof. Joydeep Ghosh to its Faculty
WNCG Promotions
Prof. Bovik Gives Keynote Address at European Workshop on Visual Information Processing
Prof. de Veciana honored by Intel and Cisco
Robert W. Heath, Jr. Delivers Plenary at the Fourth International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing
Securing Civil GPS for the Next Decade
WNCG Graduate Joins National Cheng Kung University as Assistant Professor
Multi-Antenna Interference Modeling and Mitigation
Ken Pesyna Awarded Innovative Signals Analysis Fellowship, December 2011
