On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Fraida Fund <ff...@nyu.edu> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was a participant in the DARPA Spectrum Challenge last year. Inspired > by the Challenge, I developed a new course in which students learned about > wireless communications and software radio in the context of a Spectrum > Challenge-like competition. It was offered for the first time in Fall 2014 > at the University of Thessaly, Greece, to a group of about 20 undergraduate > and masters students in the Department of Electrical and Computer > Engineering. Since the course may be of interest to some in this group, I > am sharing more information about it here. > > The infrastructure for the course (lab materials, software radios, compute > devices, software and other utilities) were hosted by WITest > <http://witestlab.poly.edu/site/index.php>, the GENI wireless testbed at > the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. > > In the first half of the course, students studied wireless communication > and software radio basics through lectures and guided lab exercises. On > their midterm exam, 50% of the points were earned by answering questions > from this mailing list > <http://witestlab.poly.edu/respond/sites/hy448fall2014/files/hy448-midterm-exam.pdf> > :) > > In the second half of the course, students (in teams) developed software > radios and competed against one another in a format similar to the Spectrum > Challenge. Students also presented their designs in a poster session > attended by other faculty in the department. Two prizes were awarded: one > for "the best innovative idea" from among the designs implemented for the > competition (selected by the faculty committee), and one for the team that > won the tournament. > > The results (tournament visualizations, student posters, photos) are > available on this page > <http://witestlab.poly.edu/respond/sites/hy448fall2014/page/hy448-design-challenge> > for interested readers. > > I'd be happy to answer any questions about this course. > > Best, > > Fraida Fund > Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering > NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering > > Great stuff, thanks for sharing!
Tom
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