The SDR-Boston Story
The Boston Software Defined Radio User Group, or SDR-Boston, was founded in 2010 with the objective of facilitating the bringing together of individuals interested in software defined radio technology within the New England area. By organizing events such as the NEWSDR workshop series and sharing information related to recent activities in the field of SDR, it is expected that the latest findings and the exchange of ideas between SDR experts would yield further advances in this exciting area.
Our Vision
A community within the New England area that possesses members from academia, industry, and government who are involved in the design and implementation of software-defined radio (SDR) technology in order to advance the current state-of-the-art in wireless communication systems and networks.
Our Mission
To facilitate the exchange of ideas and enable greater collaboration within the SDR community in New England via the hosting of technical workshops and gatherings, as well as via the dissemination of the latest news and information using various online tools.
Steering Committee
- Dr. Yousef Naderi: Yousof Naderi is a Research Assistant Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Northeastern University, Boston. Additionally, he is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DeepCharge Inc. that builds next-generation AI-enabled wireless communications and charging systems. Yousof is a technology entrepreneur, innovator, and his interest lies in the intersection of research and commercialization. He has the expertise and experience in the development of hardware, software, and protocols for software-defined radios along with track records on building and leveraging successful strategic and synergetic partnerships. He received his Ph.D. from Northeastern University in December 2015. Yousof is the recipient of two best paper awards in IEEE INFOCOM and GLOBECOM conferences and has co-authored numerous scientific journals, book chapters, conference papers, and US patents.
- Mr. Neel Pandeya: Neel Pandeya is a Principal SDR Applications Engineer at Ettus Research, a National Instruments Company, in Austin, Texas, USA. His background and interests are in open-source software development, kernel and embedded software development, wireless and cellular communications, DSP and signal processing, FPGA programming, and software-defined radio (SDR). Prior to joining Ettus Research in 2014, he worked at several start-up and mid-sized companies, such as Envoy Networks, Range Networks, Draper Laboratory, Texas Instruments, and Teradyne. He has previous technical management experience and university teaching experience. He is a co-founder and co-organizer of the New England Workshop for SDR (NEWSDR), and is a co-organizer of the GNU Radio Conference (GRCon). He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), and a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) from Northeastern University, and is a member of IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu (HKN). He has an Amateur Radio License, and is aspiring to obtain a private pilot license.
- Dr. Michael Rahaim: Michael Rahaim is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Department at The University of Massachusetts Boston and Principal Investigator of the Ubiquitous Communications and Networking Lab (UCaN Lab). His research focus includes ultra-dense wireless networks, optical wireless communications and heterogeneous networks. He received his B.S. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Boston University.
- Dr. John Swoboda: John Swoboda is a Geospace Research Scientist at the MIT Haystack Observatory. His areas of research include applying advanced signal processing and inverse theoretic techniques to improving sensor systems within the Geospace community. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a PhD in electrical engineering from Boston University.
- Dr. Alex Wyglinski: Alexander Wyglinski is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, as well as Director of the Wireless Innovation Laboratory. His research and educational areas of interest/expertise includes cognitive radio, software defined radio prototyping, dynamic spectrum access, 5G/6G communications, connected vehicles, and machine learning for communications. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and has authored/co-authored over 90 peer-reviewed conference papers, over 40 journal papers, and 3 textbooks throughout his career.