My primary interests include cognitive radio, wireless networks, and security. Most of my current research involves advancing the state of the art in Software-Defined Radio (SDR) and Cognitive Radio (CR). I hold a number of positions within the IETF, working to standardize secure protocols for wireless networks.

I received my Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in Computer Science, where my advisor was Bill Arbaugh. My dissertation research was an analysis of the FCC's Interference Temperature proposal for dynamic spectrum access. While at the University of Illinois, I received my MSEE while working with Dick Blahut on information-theoretic aspects of cryptography.

In my role at LTS, I'm managing and participating in a variety of research collaborations:

• University of Maryland: several cognitive radio projects looking at fading channels, interference, and spectrum access; WiMAX applications research with the MAXWell Lab
• Virginia Tech: continued development of open-source SCA implementation, OSSIE
• GNU Radio: engine enhancements to support real-time implementations of digitial waveforms on the IBM Cell Broadband Engine

Additional information:

• My Curriculum Vitae
• List of Publications

Spring 2009	ENEE 426 -- Communication Networks
Fall 2008	ENTS 689i -- Special Topics: Network Immunity
Spring 2008	ENEE 426 -- Communication Networks

Nate Goergen, Ph.D. Student
Todd Finkler, Ph.D. Student (co-advise with M. Shayman)
Scott Kim, Ph.D. Student (co-advise with S. Bhattacharyya)
Tejas Patel, M.S. Student

As an adjunct professor, I can advise Undergraduate and Masters students in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, and serve on and co-direct Ph.D. dissertation committees. If you have been admitted to the ECE department at UMD and are interested in working with me, please email me. Realize that I am not a full-time faculty member, and consequently can only accept a limited number of students. Also, I don't have any funding available to support research assistants.