Dr. Dharma P. AgrawalProfessor of Computer Science University of Cincinnati

harma P. Agrawal, Ph.D. (dpa@ececs.uc.edu), is the Ohio Board of Regents Dis-tinguished Professor of Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, OH, and the founding director of the Center for Distributed and Mobile Computing. He has been a faculty member at the ECE Department, Carnegie Mellon University, State

University, Raleigh, NC (1982–1998), and the Wayne State University, Detroit (1977–1982). He has graduated 50 Ph.D.s and 34 master’s students. His students are well-placed in leading industries like Intel, Qualcomm, Motorola, Google, Microsoft, Ericsson, Phillips Research, Cisco, Nokia, French Telecomm, and others.

He has published over 500 papers in international journals, magazines, and conferences, and has been the keynote and plenary speaker at major international conferences. In 2004, he started a new conference, MASS-2004 (Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems), held in Fort Lauderdale; the second successful meeting was held in Washington, DC, the third meeting in Vancouver, and the fourth in Pisa, Italy, in October 2007. He has been the program chair and general chair for numerous international conferences and meetings. He received several certificates and meritorious service awards from the IEEE Computer So-ciety. He was awarded a Third Millennium Medal by the IEEE for his outstanding contribu-tions. He has also been a Computer Science Accreditation Board visitor and an ABET team visitor. He was a Fulbright Senior Specialist for 5 years. He has also been named as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, ACM, AAAS, and World Innovation Foundation.

His revolutionary textbook, Introduction to Wireless and Mobile Systems, has been adopted throughout the world. This has been reprinted in both India and China and has been translated into Korean and Chinese. Based on its demand and popularity, a second edition was printed within 2 years of the first edition. His second (co-authored) book en-titled, Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: Theory and Applications, covering the latest topics in this exciting technological field, was published in March 2006 and is a best seller.

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Dr. Rajive BagrodiaProfessor of Computer Science, UCLA Chief Executive Officer, Scalable Network Technologies, Inc.

r. Rajive Bagrodia is a Professor of Computer Science at UCLA and Founder and CEO of Scalable Network Technologies, Inc. He obtained a bachelor of technology degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Bagrodia has published over 150 research papers in refereed journals and international conferences on high performance computing, communication, and wireless networking. Together with members of his research group, Dr. Bagrodia has made significant innova-tions in the theory and practice of performance prediction of complex, large-scale com-puter and communication systems, particularly wireless network systems. His research group has produced widely used simulation software, including the first multi-algorithm parallel simulation environment, called Maisie, and its successor, PARSEC (Parallel Simula-tion Environment for Complex Systems), as well as the GloMoSim software for network simulations. GloMoSim was the first wireless network simulator to be used for high-fidelity simulation of a 10,000 node ad hoc network. loMoSim led to the realization of QualNet, a widely used commercial network simulator for scalable, real-time simulation of heteroge-neous communication networks.

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Dr. John BardPrincipal/Owner Space Coast Communication Systems

or 24 years since leaving the University of Minnesota, Dr. John Bard has been pro-viding innovative software solutions to some of industry’s most complex problems. For over 5 years, John has been principal and owner of Space Coast Communica-tion Systems—a leader in systems and software engineering for software-defined

radio. Previously, Dr. Bard was Technical Committee Chairman of the Software-Defined Radio Forum.Dr. Bard has had the privilege to contribute to DISA’s Integrated Waveform, the Naval Research Laboratory’s JCIT radio, the U.S. Navy’s Digital Modular Radio (DMR), and the Army’s Joint Tactical Terminal (JTT).Together, Dr. John Bard and Dr. Vince Kovarik have recently completed a book on the SCA, available through Wiley and Sons.

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Dr. Marco ChianiProfessor, II Engineering Faculty University of Bologna, Italy

arco Chiani received his Dr. Ing. degree (magna cum laude) in Electronic Engi-neering and his Ph.D. in electronic and computer science from the University of Bologna in 1989 and 1993, respectively. Dr. Chiani is a full professor at the II Engineering Faculty, University of Bologna, Italy, where he is the chair in tele-

communication. During the summer of 2001 he was a visiting scientist at AT&T Research Laboratories in Middletown, NJ. He is a frequent visitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he presently holds a research affiliate appointment.

Dr. Chiani’s research interests include wireless communication systems, MIMO systems, wireless multimedia, Low-Density Parity Check Codes (LDPCC), and UWB. He is leading the research unit of CNIT/University of Bologna on Joint Source and Channel Coding for wire-less video and is a consultant to the European Space Agency (ESA-ESOC) for the design and evaluation of error correcting codes based on LDPCC for space CCSDS applications.

He is the past chair (2002–2004) of the Radio Communications Committee of the IEEE Communication Society and the current editor of Wireless Communication for IEEE Trans-actions on Communications. In January 2006 he received the ICNEWS award “For Funda-mental Contributions to the Theory and Practice of Wireless Communications.”

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Dr. T. Charles ClancyDepartment of Defense Laboratory for Telecommunications Sciences

r. T. Charles Clancy is a research scientist with the DoD’s Laboratory for Tele-communications Sciences, and an adjunct professor at the University of Mary-land. He received his M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, and his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park.

For the past 2 years, Dr. Clancy has been leading research in the field of software-defined radio and cognitive radio.

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Bryon K. HartzogMajor, U.S. Army

aj. Bryon K. Hartzog is an Army officer with 17 years of service: 3 years as an enlisted M3 Bradley Scout; 9 years as a Rotary Wing Aviator; and 5 years as an Information Systems Engineer. He is a recent graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, obtaining an M.S. in telecommunications. His research

focused on the technical feasibility of WiMax supporting mobile mesh networking. Maj. Hartzog works at the Battle Command Battle Lab at Fort Gordon, GA, as a project man-ager for live experimentation. One of his primary focus areas is the assessment, evalua-tion, and experimentation of wireless technologies within a military operational context. A key objective of the Battle Lab’s wireless experimentation is the development of wireless prototype communication systems, which addresses current force capability gaps in terms of command and control and situational awareness.

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Mark HermelingDirector, Applications Engineering Zeligsoft

ark Hermeling has an established record of accomplishment in software en-gineering processes, model-based design, and development and testing of complex embedded systems. At Zeligsoft, he built the applications and custom engineering teams. Mark drives technical sales, professional services, technical marketing, and partner product integrations, and contributes to product direc-

tion. Mark has authored numerous technical papers and delivered tutorials, and consulted international customers on complex embedded systems design and software development. Prior to Zeligsoft he delivered applications engineering and professional services, with a strong emphasis on telecom and wireless applications, in locations worldwide. His corpo-rate experience includes ObjecTime, Rational Software, and IBM, serving global Fortune 500 customers.

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Craig HillSystems EngineerCisco Federal Area

raig Hill is a Distinguished Systems Engineer in the Cisco Federal Area, joining the company in 1995. Within the U.S. Federal Area, Craig focuses on IP core architectures and the associated technologies, with a recent emphasis on DoD/IC. Areas of technical focus have been on IP core-based technologies, including

IP/MPLS design and deployments, IPv6 transition, advanced routing developments, and a recent focus on ATM-to-IP transition concepts that allow migration to scalable IP services-capable networks over Type I encryption.

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Aaron KaiwaySystems Application Engineer Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima

aron Kaiway is a Systems Application Engineer at Spectrum Signal Proces- sing by Vecima. He provides technical oversight of all aspects of wireless system design, including technical proposal writing, hardware development, software and firmware development, system integration, and testing. Aaron’s experience

in Software Communications Architecture implementation, DSP and microprocessor radio API implementation, and FPGA framework design help to drive Spectrum’s software de-fined radio solutions. Aaron has contributed to many standardization processes, including VITA42/XMC, VITA46/VPX, and VITA49/DigitalIF. He holds an honors degree in electronics engineering from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Dr. Abhay KarandikarAssociate Professor, Electrical EngineeringIIT Bombay

bhay Karandikar earned his M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 1988 and 1994, respectively.

From 1994 to 1997, he worked at the Center for Development of Advanced Com-puting (C-DAC), an Indian government initiative in supercomputing. As team coordinator, he led the team on high-speed interconnection network design of the PARAM 9000 super-computer and several other high-speed networking projects in C-DAC.

He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, in April 1997, where he is currently associate professor. At IIT Bombay, he started many technology development projects, including the one on MPLS. He supervised many graduate theses and published in several conferences and journals. He co-founded the venture-backed company Eisodus Networks that focuses on broadband access to cater to emerging India- and Asia-Pacific markets. His research interests include: quality of service guarantees in communications networks; broadband wireless networks; and digital systems design.

He has consulted extensively for industries in the areas of communications and networking over the past decade. Dr. Karandikar has served on the technical program committees of several national and international conferences, like ADCOM, HiPC, WCNC, and ICBN, and has been a regular reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Communica-tions Letters, and the Proceedings of the IEEE.

His research group at IIT Bombay is currently focused on cross-layer design issues in wire-less networks, and is investigating scheduling and admission control in wireless networks, resource reservation in next-generation cellular networks, and energy-efficient MAC proto-cols for ad hoc networks.

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Dr. Stamatios V. KartalopoulosWilliams Professor in Telecommunications NetworkingUniversity of Oklahoma

r. Stamatios V. Kartalopoulos, IEEE Fellow, is currently the Williams Professor in Telecommunications Networking at the Telecommunications Systems graduate program of the University of Oklahoma. Prior to this, he was with Bell Laborato-ries, where he defined, led, and managed research and development teams in

the areas of DWDM optical networks, SONET and ATM, Cross-connect, Switching, Trans-mission, and Access systems and components. For his contributions, he received the com-pany’s President’s Award and several awards of excellence.

Dr. Kartalopoulos holds 19 patents and is the author of seven reference books: Optical Bit Error Rate; Next Generation SONET/SDH; DWDM: Networks, Systems and Components; Introduction to DWDM Technology; Fault Detectability in DWDM; Understanding SONET/SDH and ATM; and Understanding Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic, and he has also con-tributed chapters to other books.

Dr. Kartalopoulos has been a Lucent Technologies Distinguished Lecturer, has lectured at international conferences and universities and at NASA, has moderated executive forums, and has organized symposia, workshops, and sessions at major international communi-cations conferences. For the last 6 years, Dr. Kartalopoulos has taught optical networks, SONET/SDH, and DWDM technology at a postgraduate level as well as at international conferences, seminars, and continuing education.

Dr Kartalopoulos is an IEEE Fellow, and founder and chair of the ComSoc Communications and Information Security Technical Committee, IEEE ComSoc.

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Dr. Vincent J. Kovarik, Jr.Senior Systems Engineer Harris Corporation

r. Vincent Kovarik has over 30 years of industry and government experience in system design and development. His work has ranged from large-scale, dis-tributed systems to satellite command and control. For the past 7 years, he has worked in the software radio domain with a specific focus on infrastructure

architecture and implementation. He led the dmTK development, a commercial product implementation of the SCA. Dr. Kovarik holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and George Mason University, and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Central Florida.

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Burt H. LiebowitzPrincipal Network Engineer MITRE Corporation

urt H. Liebowitz is principal network engineer at the MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, specializing in the analysis of satellite services. He has more than 30 years of experience in computer networking, the last 7 of which have fo-cused on Internet-over-satellite services. He was president of NetSat Express

Inc., a leading provider of such services, and before that was CTO for Loral Orion, respon-sible for Internet-over-satellite access products. Mr. Liebowitz has authored two books on distributed processing and numerous articles on computing and communications systems, and has lectured extensively on satellite networking. He holds three patents for satellite-based data networking systems. Mr. Liebowitz has B.S.E.E. and M.S. in mathematics degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an M.S.E.E. from the Polytechnic Insti-tute of Brooklyn.

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Dr. Nagesh NandirajuSenior Systems Engineer Motorola, Inc.

agesh Nandiraju is a Senior Systems Engineer at Motorola Inc., Horsham, PA. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in May 2007. He received his B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering with First Class and Distinction from the University

of Pune, India, in 2001.

Before joining Motorola, Dr. Nandiraju was a research assistant in the Center for Distributed and Mobile Computing Lab at the University of Cincinnati. His research interests are in the broad area of wireless networking, specifically focusing on per-formance evaluation and design of efficient MAC and network layer protocols for multi-hop wireless mesh, ad hoc and sensor networks, provisioning QoS in integrated networks. He worked as a research intern in the Corporate R&D group of Qualcomm Inc., where he developed novel algorithms for high altitude platforms. He was also with Kiyon, Inc., where he was involved in the design of proprietary routing protocol for mesh routers. Earlier, he was a faculty member in National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India (2002–2003), where he taught computer networks and compiler design.

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Mr. Joshua NoseworthyFPGA Design Engineer Mercury Computer Systems

oshua Noseworthy is an FPGA Design Engineer in the Software-Defined Radio Group at Mercury Computer Systems. The group develops real-time processing hardware, middleware, and system software solutions for the Defense Wideband Data Link (WBDL) and SATCOM terminal market and other defense software radio

markets. Mr. Noseworthy’s research interests include high-performance FPGA architec-tures, component modeling for FPGAs, and dynamic partial reconfiguration. Mr. Nose-worthy has presented at various industry conferences, including last year’s MILCOM. He earned a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree, both in computer and electrical engi-neering, from Northeastern University.

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Jim OrrPrincipal Network Architect Fujitsu Network Communications

im Orr is a principal network architect in the wireless market development group at Fujitsu Network Communications. He has worked in the telecommunications industry for 15 years, serving in various engineering, network planning, network architecture, and marketing roles in both the vendor and the carrier community.

Before joining Fujitsu in November 2001, Jim increased his industry experience through progressively expanding responsibilities in network architecture and implementation with Latus Lightworks, McLeod Communications, Caprock Communications, GST Telecom, and Electric Lightwave. He began his career with Northern Telecom in systems and sales engi-neering roles. Jim holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University and a master’s degree in business administration from Washington State University.

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Mr. Lee PuckerChief Technology Officer and VP, Corporate Development Spectrum Signal Processing Inc.

r. Lee Pucker is the chief technology officer and vice president, corporate devel-opment for Spectrum Signal Processing, Inc., where he has primary responsi-bility for technology strategy and, with marketing, defines the overall portfolio strategy for Spectrum’s products and services. Mr. Pucker has over 20 years of

experience in the wireless industry, with specific expertise in applying advanced wireless technologies, such as software-defined radio, to address the technical and business needs of defense and satellite communications programs. Mr. Pucker came to Spectrum U.S.A. from ITT Industries in 2000, and moved to Spectrum headquarters in 2002. Mr. Pucker holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, and a master of science from Johns Hopkins University.

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Dr. Raghu Mysore RaoSenior Staff Communications Systems Engineer Xilinx, Inc.

r. Raghu Mysore Rao is a senior staff communications systems engineer in the Advanced Systems Technology Group at Xilinx, Inc. He has a Ph.D. in wireless communications from UCLA focused on MIMO-OFDM systems. Prior to joining Xil-inx, Dr. Rao worked for Texas Instruments, Logic Modeling Corporation, and was

the director of engineering at Exemplar Logic. Most recently Dr. Rao was the vice president of engineering for a communications start-up developing MIMO-OFDM and DVB-H tech-nologies. From 1999–2004 he was a full-time Ph.D. candidate researching algorithms for MIMO-OFDM wireless communication systems. While at Texas Instruments (India) Pvt. Ltd., Dr. Rao was working on electronic design automation algorithms, and at Exemplar Logic, Inc., he was a senior software engineer and engineering manager developing timing analysis and timing optimization algorithms for FPGAs and ASICs. As director of engineer-ing, Dr. Rao was responsible for all of Exemplar Logic’s engineering activities. His interests are in digital communication algorithms, signal processing, and efficient DSP and commu-nication algorithms for FPGAs.

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Ms. Lakshmi SanthanamResearch Assistant Center for Distributed and Mobile Computing Lab Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cincinnati

akshmi Santhanam received her B.E. degree in computer science and engineer-ing from University of Madras, India, in 2003. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate working as a research assistant at the University of Cincinnati. Her research inter-ests include detection of selfish behavior in wireless mesh networks, traceback of

DoS attacks, combatting DoS attacks, intrusion detection in multi-hop networks, and other security concerns in wireless ad hoc networks and wireless mesh networks.

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Dr. Syed A. ShahSenior Lead Systems Engineer Program Executive Office—Satellites, Teleport, and Services (PEO-STS) Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

r. Syed A. Shah is the senior lead systems engineer in the Program Executive Office—Satellites, Teleport, and Services (PEO-STS) at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). In his current position, Dr. Syed A. Shah is responsible for all technical matters to establish, oversee, and improve systems engineering

processes; establish synergy and commonality; and drive efficiency across all programs. Prior to this, he was chief of GIG-Enterprise Wireless Engineering Division at DISA Cen-ter for Engineering where he supervised the strategic development, implementation, and testing of evolving protocols and emerging mobile wireless networking and services and has been focused on the application of commercial wireless networking technologies in the military context. He also served in key R&D and management positions and provided leadership for VoIP products and multimedia services for the deployed warfighter in tacti-cal theater and for enterprise customers. He has extensive technical experience in military telecommunications and information systems. As chief architect, he led the architecture and development of high-speed, high-bandwidth advanced technology networks and ser-vices for DoD/DISA.

At DISA, he has been recognized multiple times with the R&D Science and Technology award, and received outstanding performance and Special Act awards for personal tech-nical and professional achievements. Dr. Shah has over 30 publications in professional journals to his credit. He received his master’s degree from Ohio State University (1978), Columbus, and his doctorate degree from Purdue University (1984), West Lafayette, Indi-ana.

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Dr. Vishal SharmaPrincipal Consultant Metanoia, Inc.

ishal Sharma earned a B. Tech. (E.E.) degree from IIT Kanpur in 1991, and, from the University of California at Santa Barbara, an M.S. (Signals and Systems) in 1993, an M.S. (Computer Engineering) in 1993, and a Ph.D. (E.C.E.) in 1997.

Dr. Sharma has over 16 years of diverse research and industry experience in networking and telecom technologies, with a focus on system architecture, protocol de-sign, system analysis and optimization, software prototyping, and network planning and algorithms. He is a core contributor to the generalized MPLS standards developed at the IETF with approximately 10 RFCs published, and has several patents in process, including: high-speed switch architectures and scheduling, MPLS recovery, optical routing, and the IP control of SONET/SDH networks.

He is a senior member of the IEEE, a Subject Matter Expert at the MFA (MPLS-Frame Relay-ATM) Alliance, on the scientific committees of the Wi-Max Summit, on the advisory board for MPLSCon, and on the TPC’s of several international conferences. Additionally, he is a frequent chair, speaker, invited panelist, and educator in industry and academia in the United States and abroad, having delivered more than sixty invited talks and seminars over the last several years (in the U.S., Europe, India, and Australia).

He serves as a principal consultant at Metanoia, Inc. (http://www.metanoia-inc.com), and has been an associate professor (contract), 2004–2007, with the Indian Institute of Tech-nology Bombay (IITB) in electrical engineering.

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Dr. Moe WinAssociate Professor, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems Massachusetts Institute of Technology

r. Moe Win is an associate professor at the Laboratory for Information and Deci-sion Systems (LIDS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining LIDS, he spent 5 years at AT&T Research Laboratories and 7 years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His main research interests are the application of mathematical and

statistical theories to communication, detection, and estimation problems. Specific cur-rent research topics include measurement and modeling of time–varying channels, design and analysis of multiple antenna systems, Ultra–Wide Bandwidth (UWB) communications systems, optical communications systems, and space communications systems.

Dr. Win has been actively involved in organizing and chairing a number of international conferences. He served as the chair (2004–2006) and secretary (2002–2004) for the Ra-dio Communications Committee of the IEEE Communications Society. Dr. Win is currently an editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. He served as area editor for Modulation and Signal Design (2003–2006), editor for Wideband Wireless and Diver-sity (2003–2006), and editor for Equalization and Diversity (1998–2003), all for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. He served as a guest editor for the 2002 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (Special Issue on Ultra–Wideband Radio in Multiaccess Wireless Communications). He received the IEEE Antennas and Propaga-tion Society Sergei A. Schelkunoff Transactions Prize Paper Award in 2003. In 2004, he received the Fulbright Fellowship, the Institute of Advanced Study Natural Sciences and Technology Fellowship, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engi-neers from the White House. He was honored with the 2006 IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award “for pioneering contributions to ultra-wide band communications science and technology.” Professor Win is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and elected Fellow of the IEEE, cited “for contributions to wideband wireless transmission.”

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Dr. Henk WymeerschPostdoctoral Associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology

enk Wymeersch is a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He obtained a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2005 from Gh-ent University, Belgium. In 2005–2006, Dr. Wymeersch was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT, supported by the Belgian American Educational Foundation, and in 2006

he won the Alcatel Bell Scientific Award for his Ph.D. thesis. He is a member of the IEEE, and author of the forthcoming book from Cambridge University Press, Iterative Receiver Design. His research interests include algorithm design for wireless transmission, statisti-cal inference, and iterative processing.

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