WIOT News
May 04, 2022
WIoT Faculty Win INFOCOM Best Paper Award
ECE Assistant Professor Francesco Restuccia and William L. Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia received the best paper award at the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM), for their work “ChARM: NextG Spectrum Sharing Through Data-Driven Real-Time O-RAN Dynamic Control”.
Jan 24, 2022
Do 5G Frequency Bands Interfere with Older Plane Altimeters?
William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia explains how new 5G network radio frequencies might interfere with older plane altimeters.
Nov 04, 2021
Institute of Wireless Internet of Things Part of IARPA Contract
The Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things is participating in an Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) contract led by AiRANACULUS®, a Massachusetts-based technology company. The IARPA program is focused on identifying unexpected radio frequency (RF) transmissions to detect attempted data breaches. ECE Professors Kaushik Chowdhury (lead), Tommaso Melodia, and Francesco Restuccia, will work on designing machine learning techniques and support experimental testing for signal analysis and classification.
Aug 06, 2021
Northeastern Receives Rare Designation by FCC as Spectrum Innovation Zone
Northeastern University has been given the rare designation by the FCC as a Spectrum Innovation Zone, which will allow for opportunities to build the next generation of wireless technology. It is the fourth such hub in the U.S. and the first to enable experimentation for wireless communications and sensing technologies above 100 gigahertz, including a frequency band that is crucial for the development of 6G technologies.
Jul 29, 2021
Northeastern Part of New NSF Artificial Intelligence Research Institute
Northeastern is part of a team led by the Ohio State University that was awarded $20 million over five years for the NSF AI Institute for Future Edge Networks and Distributed Intelligence (AI-EDGE). Professor Kaushik Chowdhury, electrical and computer engineering (ECE), is the Northeastern lead, with co-PIs ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia and ECE Associate Professor Stratis Ioannidis responsible for $1.8 million of the award.
Apr 16, 2021
Silevitch to Direct New AI Jumpstart Program
ECE Professor Michael Silevitch will lead a new Massachusetts program, AI Jumpstart, to connect small business owners in the state with academic faculty experts to learn how machine learning can grow their companies. Northeastern received a $2.2 million state grant that will be used primarily for high-speed computer equipment and also to provide for faculty consultants, both of which will be available to selected companies to get the pilot effort up and running. Northeastern kicked in an additional $2 million, raising the program’s total value to more than $4 million.
Sep 03, 2020
Northeastern’s WIOT to Co-Host First Annual 6G Symposium
Northeastern University’s Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIOT), along with mobile and video technology research and development company InterDigital, is hosting a virtual 6G symposium to create excitement and increase public awareness and engagement in articulating a strong vision for 6G.
Nov 22, 2019
Restuccia Wins ISSNAF Mario Gerla Award
ECE Associate Research Scientist Francesco Restuccia was selected by the ISSNAF to receive the 2019 Mario Gerla Award for Young Investigators in Computer Science.