2017 MILCOM

Technical Panel: Millimeter Wave Technology Challenges and Trends in Defense and Commercial Applications (Room 316)

24 Oct 17
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Continuing Education, Unclassified Technical Panels

Speaker(s): Bruce Wallace, former DARPA STO Program Manager for Multifunction RF Program and Video Synthetic Aperture Radar (ViSAR) Program; Dr. Theodore (Tod) Sizer, former Leader of Wireless Research Program, currently IP and Optical Network Research Lab Leader, Nokia Bell Labs; Dr. Lou Christen, Director of Advanced Technologies, Principal Investigator for Northrop Grumman effort on DARPA 100G Program, Northrop Grumman Systems; Dr. Abhishek Tiwari, Communication Systems Lead, Facebook Connectivity; Roger Baker, Senior Systems Engineer, Principal Investigator for L-3 effort on DARPA Mobile Hotspots Program, L-3 Technologies; Dr. Ashwin Sampath, Senior Director, Technology, Qualcomm; Dr. Sanyogita Shamsunder, Executive Director, 5G/Digital Ecosystem Planning, Verizon

Moderator(s): Dr. Ted Woodward, Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA);

From the security scanner at your local airport to the blind-spot-monitoring systems in your car, to high-resolution airborne radar systems and high-capacity mobile internet services, we see unprecedented growth in systems applications of millimeter wave technology in both commercial and defense sectors.  This panel stimulates a dialog across these communities on current and emerging applications of millimeter wave technology and the technical challenges we have collectively overcome to enable them.  Looking forward, the panel considers the future application trends and the further technical challenges they present, as well as potentially enduring obstacles and their implications for future research and development.