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2024 Student Research Showcase Held at UT Austin

Dec. 21, 2023
Industrial affiliates met with 6G@UT and WNCG students and faculty to discuss student research and scout talent for internship and job opportunities.
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6G@UT Hosts Embassy of Finland at UT Austin

Dec. 18, 2023
6G@UT faculty hosted visitors from the Embassy of Finland at The University of Texas at Austin
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WNCG Alumni Join IEEE Fellow Class of 2024

Dec. 8, 2023
Two WNCG alumni were inducted into the IEEE Fellow Class of 2024
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WNCG Director Todd Humphreys Featured in New York Times

Dec. 4, 2023
Research from WNCG Director Todd Humphreys was featured in the New York Times in November.
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Dr. Joydeep Ghosh Featured Speaker at Brooklyn 6G Summit

Nov. 30, 2023
Dr. Joydeep Ghosh was a featured speaker at last month’s Brooklyn 6G Summit in New York City.
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Ericsson CTO Visits 6G@UT

Oct. 13, 2023
On October 2, 6G@UT Faculty welcomed Erik Ekudden, Ericsson’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and Dr. Eric Wang, Research Leader of Ericsson Silicon Valley, to the University of Texas at Austin campus. The group discussed 6G and the future of mobile extended reality (XR) applications in the 2030 timeframe.  

WNCG Alumni and Industry Leaders Co-Author Book on Open RAN Technology

Sept. 29, 2023
Drs. Ian Wong and Aditya Chopra, former WNCG students, co-authored Open RAN: The Definitive Guide, published by Wiley-IEEE Press. Wong was advised by Dr. Brian Evans and graduated with his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2007. He is the Director of RF and Wireless Architecture at the Austin, Texas campus of VIAVI Solutions, a WNCG industrial affiliate. Chopra, also advised by Evans and a 2011 ECE Ph.D. graduate, is a Senior Communication Systems Engineer at Amazon Project Kuiper in Austin, Texas. Amazon joined the WNCG Industrial Affiliate Program in 2023.

Todd Humphreys Honored for GPS Work with ION Kepler Award

Sept. 21, 2023
Todd Humphreys, a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, is the recipient of the 2023 Johannes Kepler Award from the Institute of Navigation.

6 Mintues on 6G: Keysight Technologies interviews Dr. Jeff Andrews

Aug. 31, 2023
6G@UT Director Dr. Jeff Andrews meets with Colin Bauer and Ben Coffin of Keysight Technologies to discuss 6G in the physical layer for Keysight’s “6 Minutes on 6G” interview series. Watch the full interview here: https://www.keysight.com/us/en/cmp/2023/6-minutes-on-6g.html  
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Texas ECE Students Win Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

Aug. 25, 2023
Erika Susana Alcorta and Matthew Barondeau of Texas ECE have been named winners of 2023 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships for North America. The QIF program "is focused on recognizing, rewarding, and mentoring innovative PhD students across a broad range of technical research areas, based on Qualcomm’s core values of innovation, execution and teamwork. QIF enables graduate students to be mentored by our engineers and supports them in their quest towards achieving their research goals."