ECE faculty Athina Petropulu received the Stephen O. Rice Prize of the IEEE Communications Society

Dr. Athina Petropulu is part of a team that has been selected to receive the Stephen O. Rice Prize of the IEEE Communications Society for the paper, "Joint Radar and Communication Design: Applications, State-of-the-Art, and the Road Ahead," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 3834-3862, June 2020.

The award will be presented at the Awards ceremony on 29 May at ICC 2023 in Rome, Italy.

More information on the paper can be found below.

F. Liu, C. Masouros, A. Petropulu, H. Griffiths, and L. Hanzo, "Joint Radar and Communication Design: Applications, State-of-the-art, and the Road Ahead," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume: 68, Issue: 6, Year: 2020.

Abstract

Sharing of the frequency bands between radar and communication systems has attracted substantial attention, as it can avoid under-utilization of otherwise permanently allocated spectral resources, thus improving efficiency. Further, there is increasing demand for radar and communication systems that share the hardware platform as well as the frequency band, as this not only decongests the spectrum, but also benefits both sensing and signaling operations via the full cooperation between both functionalities. Nevertheless, the success of spectrum and hardware sharing between radar and communication systems critically depends on high-quality joint radar and communication designs. In the first part of this paper, we overview the research progress in the areas of radar-communication coexistence and dual-functional radar-communication (DFRC) systems, with particular emphasis on application scenarios and technical approaches. In the second part, we propose a novel transceiver architecture and frame structure for a DFRC base station (BS) operating in the millimeter wave (mmWave) band, using the hybrid analog-digital (HAD) beamforming technique. We assume that the BS is serving a multi-antenna user equipment (UE) over a mmWave channel, and at the same time it actively detects targets. The targets also play the role of scatterers for the communication signal. In that framework, we propose a novel scheme for joint target search and communication channel estimation, which relies on omni-directional pilot signals generated by the HAD structure. Given a fully-digital communication precoder and a desired radar transmit beampattern, we propose to design the analog and digital precoders under non-convex constant-modulus (CM) and power constraints, such that the BS can formulate narrow beams towards all the targets, while pre-equalizing the impact of the communication channel. Furthermore, we design a HAD receiver that can simultaneously process signals from the UE and echo waves from the targets. By tracking the angular variation of the targets, we show that it is possible to recover the target echoes and mitigate the resulting interference to the UE signals, even when the radar and communication signals share the same signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The feasibility and efficiency of the proposed approaches in realizing DFRC are verified via numerical simulations. Finally, the paper concludes with an overview of the open problems in the research field of communication and radar spectrum sharing (CRSS).

Congratulations to Athina on this award and her impactful work!

Rutgers executes exclusive license with AI startup developed at school

The Rutgers University Office for Research announced March 30 it is executing an exclusive license with Steg.AI, a startup based on artificial intelligence that was developed at Rutgers and founded by double graduate Eric Wengrowski and School of Engineering professor Kristin Dana.

Steg.AI hopes to use its innovative security software to help businesses and organizations protect their media assets and intellectual property. Its mission is to establish a level provenance for all digital media, using patented steganography technology to place attribution into content so that users can be sure that what they are engaging with is real and trustworthy.

Guest Speaker - Efficient AI Seminar - Dr. Samyam Rajbhandari and Dr. Jeff Rasley, Microsoft

At 1:00 PM, Researchers from Microsoft will give an Efficient AI seminar on Trillion parameter AI language model training and nference. Their technique is one key enabler for realizing ultra-large GPT/ChatGPT. You are welcome to join.

This seminar will be held via Zoom.
Zoom Link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98028200259?pwd=eFFZbW9lM1RETjZ2eERveTB4QkJNQT09

ECE Assistant Professor Umer Hassan receives ABioM 2023 Junior Investigator Research Award

ECE Assistant Professor Umer Hassan has received an Advanced Biomanufacturing  (ABioM) 2023 Junior Investigator Research Award. The Research award recognizes the junior investigators who have made significant research contributions to the field and have built a successful career in advanced biomanufacturing. The Research award was presented to Dr. Hassan at Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Advanced Biomanufacturing (ABioM) special interest group’s (SIG) 2023 meeting in Hyattsville, MD. The specific theme of the 2023 meeting was “Accelerating Advanced Biomanufacturing Through Discovery to Implementation.” Dr. Hassan was invited to present his group’s research in the area of “3D Printed, Portable Fluorescence Microscopy System for Single-Cell Imaging Enabling Automated Quality Assessment for Advanced Biomanufacturing”. The 2023 ABioM SIG meeting brought together policy makers, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs, as well as educators to map the field and identify the grant challenges and opportunities within the field.
 
Congratulations to Umer!

ECE Department Awarded 7x24 Exchange Metro NY Chapter 2023 Scholarship Award

The ECE Department at Rutgers University is the recipient of the 2023 Scholarship Award, a $5,000.00 gift from the 7x24 Exchange Metro NY Chapter, for its participation in the 2023 University Challenge Competition, a special event meant to create awareness about Datacenter/Mission Critical Industry and to inspire the next generation of talent in this area. The NY Chapter promotes the sharing of experiences and facilitates a better understanding of the design, implementation, and management issues involved in achieving high levels of uninterrupted infrastructure support. 

Congratulations!

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