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NYU Wirelessi l Pulse P l Fall F ll 2020_gr2.indd 2020 2 i 2 9/28/20 8:51 AM NYU is a vibrant academic research center pushing the boundaries of wireless communications, To every member of the Pulse sensing, networking, and devices. NYU WIRELESS community, FALL 2020 • VOL. 7, NO. 1 Centered at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and involving leaders from NYUWIRELESS.COM let me begin by extending my best wishes for your industry, faculty, and students throughout the entire NYU community, NYU TABLE OF CONTENTS WIRELESS offers its Industrial Affiliate Members, students, and faculty members continued health and well-being. As the world adjusts to a world-class research environment that is creating fundamental knowledge, Page 1 a “new normal” in the wake of the tremendous health crisis From the Director theories, and techniques for future mass-deployable wireless devices in a wide range of applications and markets. we are experiencing, I am pleased to report that our labs at Page 2 Why 5G is Safe Every January, NYU WIRELESS hosts an annual Open House for all of its NYU WIRELESS have opened for critical research and plans Page 4 students and Industrial Affiliate Members, followed in April by a major invi- have been developed for a redesigned fall semester, Tom Marzetta Honored tation-only wireless summit, in cooperation with Nokia Bell Laboratories, for Page 5 the center’s Industrial Affiliates and thought leaders throughout the global with student safety paramount. Advance in Graphene Electronics telecommunications industry. While it is difficult to be physically separated It’s heartening to read about the ways in Page 7 Sophisticated Robotics Available to All NYU WIRELESS, [email protected] from colleagues and friends, the work of NYU which our Industrial Affiliates have stepped up WIRELESS continues remotely, and our mis- during this challenging time, with many carri- Page 9 Leadership Founding Director Ted Rappaport, Director Thomas L. Marzetta, sion has become more important than ever. ers providing extra data at no cost and others Robotic AI Functionality via 5G and Associate Directors Sundeep Rangan, John-Ross Rizzo, and Dennis Shasha For proof, consider the many telehealth tools offering a host of similar goodwill initiatives. Page 10 manage NYU WIRELESS across and Manhattan campuses of NYU. Prof. now being employed to do everything from I’m especially proud of the work being done Annual Open House Rappaport has powered the 5G millimeter wave era and is a leading educator triaging possible COVID-19 patients to providing throughout the NYU Tandon School of Engi- Page 11 in the wireless arena, having authored many books and started three major mental-health services. More specifically, two of neering, whose engineers—among other contri- 6G Use Cases Discussion academic wireless research centers. Prof. Rangan is an Electrical Engineering our faculty members, Farokh Atashzar and Yao butions—have designed face shields that can be Thomas L. Marzetta Highly Cited Researchers Professor at NYU Tandon and was a co-founder of Flarion Technologies, which Director, NYU WIRELESS Wang, received a National Science Foundation made quickly and inexpensively; whose incuba- Page 12 developed Flash OFDM, one of the first cellular OFDM data systems. Prof. Marzetta grant to develop a smart wearable IOT COVID-19 tor companies have deployed their technologies Wearable Tech to Monitor Vital Signs originated the concept of Massive MIMO and continues to sustain contributions BioTracker necklace designed to predict health for the greater good; and whose researchers NYU Spin-off Ensures Authenticity to the development and promotion of Massive MIMO. Prof. Rizzo is an Assis- anomalies (see page 12). Needless to say, such have developed a platform to help the public Page 13 tant Professor in the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology tools—so vital to minimizing the spread of the access clear, scientist-led and evidence-based Elza Erkip Discusses 5G and Beyond at NYU Langone Health. His research is focused on wearable technology and virus—would not be possible without reliable, information and advice about the pandemic. Page 14 blindness and visual impairment. Prof. Shasha of Courant’s Computer Science high-speed wireless services. In line with our contributions to help with COSMOS Program Promotes STEM Outreach Department is widely known for his expertise in data-intensive algorithms and In a similar vein, scientists are leveraging the pandemic, we also support the efforts of Page 16 streaming data, and is a highly acclaimed inventor of mathematical puzzles. News in Brief wireless technology to help track hotspots and NYU to continue to foster a culture of inclu- The Industrial Affiliates Program NYU WIRELESS invites corporate supporters infections; people around the world are becom- sion and diversity. Page 18 Faculty, Post-Docs, and Research Engineers to join our Industrial Affiliates program. The NYU WIRELESS Industrial Affili- ing adept at doing their jobs via platforms like I’m confident we will emerge from this ates program offers a mutually beneficial relationship among NYU WIRELESS Zoom; and students, including, of course, those period strong, focused, and future-minded, Page 20 Recent Publications researchers, students, facilities, and leading industry partners, while fostering at NYU, are completing their coursework online. and for NYU WIRELESS that means continu- innovative research. NYU WIRELESS would like to thank our Industrial Affiliate The importance of wireless networks has never ing to be the academic leader of 6G. Until a Cover illustration by Marina Munn Partners and NSF for their continued support. Learn more about our Industrial been more apparent, and I’m proud that NYU time when we can once again gather together, Affiliate program by visiting nyuwireless.com/industrial-affiliates. WIRELESS is doing its part to keep people con- I hope you’ll follow our progress as we move nected—in every sense of the word. beyond 5G and that you’ll continue to share “Together” design your own news and success stories with us. by Milton Glaser. The creator of the popular IyNY logo, Glaser was working on an image to indicate that NYU WIRELESS Newsletter "we have something in common" even during Download and read copies of our previous newsletters online the pandemic. Glaser by visiting nyuwireless.com/nyu-wireless-newsletter passed away in June 2020 while he was working on this image.

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NYUYU Wireless ireless Pulse Fall 2020_gr2.indd 2020 gr2 iindd 33-1 9/28/20 8:51 AM Benefits of 5G Why 5G is Safe Faster speeds 5G could reach 10 GB/second. 5G isn't spreading COVID-19, but it might transform society Current 4G has a typical peak of only 0.1 GB/second. That’s 100x faster. Reprinted from Science Node “The security concerns are valid because Lower latency there will be much more content out towards What is 5G? There is no connection between COVID-19 infec- You should be more worried about Roundtrip data transmission the edge of the network and closer to where tions and 5G. Anyone who tells you different putting on sunscreen 5G is the fifth gen- clocks in at under 5 milliseconds. people are,” says Rappaport. “A lot of content either doesn’t know what they’re talking about Rappaport is a professor of electrical engineer- eration of mobile will be replicated and stored in many places all or is trying to sell you on something. ing, computer science, and radiological medi- Less congestion technology. [Among at the same time. Access to data will become But you don’t have to take our word for it. We cine. His research led to the creation of the first 5G can potentially support 1 million other things,] it much easier if there's a security breach.” talked with Dr. , founding Wi-Fi standard and the first US digital cellphone devices per square kilometer. operates at a higher It’s also important to consider the hardware director of NYU Wireless and 5G expert, about standards. He and his students engineered the frequency than Bigger bandwidth necessary for 5G to function. For instance, Chi- this claim. Not only does he state that there is world’s first public Wi-Fi hotspots. So it’s prob- previous genera- More data transmitted and smooth nese tech giant Huawei’s dominance in the pro- “absolutely no factual basis” to a 5G-coronavirus ably fair to say that he knows a lot more about tions, enabling bet- handling of usage spikes. duction of 5G infrastructure equipment is an connection, he’s written an entire paper on the wireless communication than Woody Harrelson. ter bandwidth and issue that concerns certain parts of the U.S. gov- safety of this new mobile technology. If you’re worried about dangerous radiation, New tech faster data rates. ernment. Whether that fear is based in reality Despite the facts, at least 77 mobile towers tanning without sunscreen is a far bigger risk. Paves the way for self-driving cars, or not remains to be seen, but it’s something 5G architecture were damaged recently in the UK by people More than 90% of skin cancers are caused by robotic surgery, real-time gaming, experts are interested in. pushes data closer concerned with catching this novel coronavi- exposure to the sun’s UV light. and AR/VR. Fear of new technology is practically a to the end user, stor- rus via 5G. Rappaport took time out of his busy “It boggles my mind why there's a fringe human tradition. History provides plenty of ing content at base schedule to set the record straight about disin- group that views this as an issue,” says Rappa- examples in panicked rejections of everything stations around the formation linking the rollout of 5G to the spread port. “The frequencies of cell phones and other In addition to this fear of decreased immune from handwriting and the printing press to the world. Decentraliza- of the novel coronavirus. And just to make sure radio devices are orders of magnitude below response, some conspiracy theorists say 5G tow- telephone, radio, and television. tion makes 5G we didn’t waste his day, we also talked about real the energy level of ionizing radiation, which can ers are spreading the virus itself. While it’s true However, we cannot allow a small group of even faster and concerns that might come with 5G deployment. lead to cancer.” that a virus can be transmitted by inanimate bad actors to define our steps into the future. more efficient. Ionizing radiation, Rappaport explains, is objects, this requires direct contact between a Specifically, Rappaport reflects on how missing strong enough to knock electrons out of a person and a surface contaminated by bodily the 5G train could alter a country’s economic valence shell and force atoms to become unsta- fluids. In this case, elevator buttons and door prosperity. ble. These atoms are then called free radicals, handles are what you need to watch out for. “The countries with 5G will have faster, better which are linked to a host of health problems. Throughout history, new technologies have data rates, access to new apps, and access to new Free radicals are a real risk—but cell phone sig- prompted fear and suspicion in some members products and services that exploit fiber optic- nals aren’t causing them. of society. But a focus on exaggerated fears can like speed going to “I tell people they should be more worried also obscure real concerns. 5G will have some every mobile device,” about putting on sunscreen or how often they There is no connection between problems that we’ll need to address, but we says Rappaport. fly above 10,000 feet and are exposed to galac- can’t do that if we’re looking at the wrong things. “Think about Uber COVID-19 infections and 5G. tic ionizing radiation,” says Rappaport. and YouTube—4G Overexposure to UV radiation suppresses Anyone who tells you different 5G won’t be perfect enabled Uber and your body’s natural response to fighting infec- Something we do need to consider when it YouTube and Netflix either doesn’t know what they’re tion. Specifically, too much sun can make con- comes to 5G is security. As Rappaport points to become available ditions like the herpes simplex virus harder to talking about or is trying to out, 5G presents some new complications that to consumers on their control. So, if you’re truly worried about harm- sell you on something. will have to be confronted as the technology is phones. Countries that ing your immune system, you’ll be better off more widely deployed. didn't have 4G weren't avoiding the beach this summer. One of 5G’s greatest strengths is also one able to avail their citizens with those kinds of of its biggest weaknesses. More content will capabilities and the economic gain that came be stored at base stations. Information will be with it.” much more decentralized throughout the whole network. This allows for greater bandwidth and Article by Kevin Steven Jackson, reprinted from data rates, but it also makes protecting infor- Science Node™, sciencenode.org mation harder.

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NYU Wireless ireless Pulse Fall 2020_gr2.indd 2020 gr2gr2.indd indd 2-2-3 9/28/20 8:51 AM Tom Marzetta Honored Advance in Graphene NYU WIRELSS Director Tom Marzetta was elected to the Electronics National Academy of Engineering (NAE) on February 6, 2020, a distinction that recognizes him as one of the world’s A team of researchers has discovered a versatile method top-tier engineers. for constructing high-quality van der Waals (vdW) graphene heterostructures, and their study was recently Tom was honored for his contributions to receive this award for Massive MIMO, we must Massive Multiple-Input Multiple Output (MIMO) now look to the future, where even 5G won’t published online in Nature Communications. antenna arrays in wireless communications, a be able to meet the communication require- The researchers are Davood Shahrjerdi, Professor that it promotes the exfoliation of monolayer key enabler for 5G. One of the highest profes- ments of augmented reality and holographic of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYU graphene. Then, for the Lego-like assembly, sional distinctions that can be accorded to an video. Our utmost research efforts are needed Tandon School of Engineering and a faculty they dissolve the polymeric film underneath engineer, induction into the NAE honors those to create the technology that, eight or ten years member of NYU WIRELESS; a group led by who have made excep- from now, will enable 6G.” Javad Shabani of the Center for Quantum tional contributions to In addition to this most recent honor, on Phenomena, NYU; and Kenji Watanabe and engineering research November 23, 2019, Tom received the Radio Takashi Taniguchi of the National Institute for and practice through Club of America’s (RCA) Armstrong Medal at its Materials Science, in Japan. pioneering advance- Awards Banquet in . Tom was the VdW heterostructures belong to a family of ments in new and second consecutive wireless researcher at the materials that possess many unique qualities, developing fields of NYU Tandon School of Engineering to receive including the ability to be stacked on top of technology, traditional the award, following NYU WIRELESS Founding each other (much like Lego bricks) to create fields of engineering, Director Ted Rappaport, who was honored by artificial electronic materials. In recent years, or by developing and RCA in 2018. Tom was awarded this prestigious atomically thin layered materials have gained implementing inno- medal for his outstanding achievements and significant attention owing to their potential vative approaches lasting contributions to radio arts and sciences. for building high-speed, low-power electronics. to engineering edu- He joins a distinguished group of past recipients Best known among these materials is graphene, the monolayer graphene using a drop of water, Depiction of a cation. The NAE has including Arthur Collins, Walter Cronkite, Har- DDr.r. JJimim BBreakallreakall ppresentedresented NNYUYU WWIRELESSIRELESS a single sheet of carbon atoms. However, while freeing graphene from the substrate. graphene-based DDirectorirector TomTom MarzettaMarzetta withwith RCA’sRCA’s EdwinEdwin HowardHoward only 2,309 members old Beverage, and Morgan O’Brien. Major Edwin vdW heterostructures are critical to many sci- “Our construction method is simple, high- field-effect tran- AArmstrongrmstrong MedalMedal atat tthehe 1110th10th RRadioadio CClublub ooff in the H. Armstrong, for whom the medal is named, AAmericamerica bbanquetanquet aandnd aawardswards cceremony.eremony. TThehe entific studies and technological applications of yield, and generalizable to different layered sistor—one using and 281 international laid the foundations for much of modern radio, AArmstrongrmstrong MMedaledal iiss ppresentedresented wwhenhen aann iindi-ndi- layered materials, efficient methods for building materials,” explained Davood. “It enabled us an electric field to members. including circuitry and the FM radio system. vvidualidual hashas demonstrateddemonstrated excellenceexcellence andand mademade diverse vdW heterostructures had been lacking. to optimize the exfoliation step independently control the flow of llastingasting ccontributionsontributions ttoo rradioadio aartsrts aandnd ssciences.ciences. Tom developed “Tom Marzetta is among the most respected A crucial step for building vdW graphene het- of the layer transfer step and vice versa, result- electricity. Image the concept of Mas- researchers in the wireless field, and his presence erostructures is the production of large mono- ing in two major outcomes: a consistent exfo- courtesy of the sive MIMO during his twenty-two years at Bell on our faculty affirms the exceptional work being layer graphene flakes on a substrate, a process liation method for producing large monolayer Tandon School of Labs, where he directed the Communications carried out here every day,” said NYU Tandon called mechanical “exfoliation.” The operation flakes and a high-yield layer transfer of exfoli- Engineering. and Statistical Sciences Department within the School of Engineering Dean Jelena Kovacˇevi´c. involves transferring the graphene flakes onto ated flakes. Also, by using graphene as a model former Mathematical Sciences Research Cen- “That he and Ted Rappaport have both received a target location for the assembly of the vdW material, we further established the remarkable ter. His seminal paper, “Noncooperative cellular the RCA Armstrong Medal, in consecutive years heterostructure. An optimal substrate would material and electronic properties of the result- wireless with unlimited numbers of base station no less, cements NYU Tandon’s status as a leader therefore make it possible to efficiently and ing heterostructures.” antennas,” published in 2010 in IEEE Transac- in wireless technology.” consistently exfoliate large flakes of monolayer The team included investigators Zhujun tions on Wireless Communications, has been “Tom’s groundbreaking research on Massive graphene and subsequently release them on-de- Huang and Edoardo Cuniberto, Ph.D. students “Versatile construc- cited well over 4,000 times. He is the author or MIMO has enabled the spread of 5G, and his elec- mand for constructing a vdW heterostructure. at NYU Tandon; Abdullah Alharbi of NYU Tan- tion of van der Waals co-author of more than 220 published papers tion to the National Academies of Engineering The research team applied a simple yet ele- don and King Abdulaziz City for Science and heterostructures and is the lead author of the book Fundamen- is a well-deserved honor,” Dean Kovacˇevi´c con- gant solution to this challenge involving the use Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and William using a dual-function tals of Massive MIMO, published in 2016. tinued. “I am exceptionally proud to be able to of a dual-function polymeric film with a thickness Mayer, postdoctoral researcher at NYU’s Cen- polymeric film” “I am deeply honored to be in the company call him my colleague at NYU Tandon and look of below five nanometers (less than 1/10,000th ter for Quantum Phenomena. The research was is available at of such a transformative and talented group of forward to future NYU WIRELESS contributions the width of a human hair). This modification supported by a grant from the National Science nature.com. engineers,” Tom said. “While it is gratifying to to 6G under Tom’s leadership.” allows them to “tune” the film properties such Foundation.

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NYU Wirelessiireless Pulse Fall 2020_gr2.indd 2020 gr2 i 4-5 9/28/20 8:51 AM Open-source, Low-cost Robot Makes Sophisticated Robotics Available to All Robots capable of the sophisticated motions that

Videos of Solo 8 in define advanced physical actions like walking, jumping, action can be found on the Open Dynamic and navigating terrain can cost $50,000 or more, Robot Initiative YouTube Channel. making real-world experimentation prohibitively The robot makes expensive for most. research possible in many areas, including: Now, a collaborative team at NYU Tandon and it to move and behave similarly to far more Exploration of animal- the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems expensive robots: It can, for example, perform based limb movement (MPI-IS) in Tübingen and Stuttgart, Germany, has jumping actions, walk in multiple configura- and movement over designed a relatively low-cost, easy-to-assem- tions and directions, and recover orientation, laboratory surfaces, gravel, soil, sand, ble quadruped robot called “Solo 8” that can posture, and stability after being overturned. mud, and other be upgraded and modified, opening the door Additionally, all the components of Solo 8 can rough terrains to sophisticated research and development for be either 3D-printed or easily purchased in a Reinforcement learn- teams on limited budgets, including those at shop, and the robot’s construction files are ing for complex and startups, smaller labs, and teaching institutions. freely available online under the BSD 3-clause dynamic behaviors, The researchers’ work, “An Open Torque-Con- license, enabling other scientists to leverage the including those that trolled Modular Robot Architecture for Legged modular set-up when prototyping and devel- push performance to stress limits that Locomotion Research,” was published in the oping their own technology. would be too risky to April 2020 issue of IEEE Robotics and Automa- Developed under the aegis of the Open attempt with expen- tion Letters (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1910.00093. Dynamic Robot Initiative, the project was sive platforms pdf). It was also presented this summer at ICRA, launched in 2016 by Ludovic and MPI-IS inves- Very dynamic loco- the virtual International Conference on Robot- tigators Felix Grimminger, a mechatronics engi- motion (including ics and Automation, one of the world’s leading neer, and Alexander Badri-Spröwitz, leader of parkour-style behav- robotic conferences. The team is led by NYU the Dynamic Locomotion research group. It was iors), which very few robots can perform WIRELESS faculty member Ludovic Righetti, initially funded by Ludovic’s ERC starting grant Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer and then by several MPI-IS’ grassroots projects Manipulation of the Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace and a U.S. National Science Foundation grant. environment, such as opening doors or Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engi- pushing buttons neering, with collaborators at the Machines in Step by step, the four-legged Integration of robots Motion Laboratory at NYU Tandon and research robot is going places with advanced com- groups at MPI-IS. Together they designed the “Already many universities have approached us, munications technol- device with an eye to making robot research wishing to make a copy of our robot and use it ogy. Currently, the and pedagogy more accessible to a broader as a research platform,” said Ludovic, who is also team is conducting range of institutions and labs. Through the use a research group leader at MPI-IS. He explained NSF-funded research with NYU WIRELESS of the same open-source platform, researchers that the concept was recently used by the Empir- on control for Solo 8 will also be able to compile comparative data, a ical Inference Department at the MPI-IS to build through 5G wireless critical step towards rapid progress in robotics. robotic fingers that can manipulate objects. connectivity. Solo 8’s functionality, including torque- “Our robot platform is a great base to controlled motors and actuated joints, allows quickly prototype and build high-performance

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NYUYU Wireless ireless Pulse Fall 2020_gr2.indd 2020 gr2 iindd 66-7 7 9/28/20 8:51 AM He added that with an estimated price of only a few thousand dol- Robotic AI lars, the robot—homemade and easy to tweak to meet individual Functionality via 5G research goals—is more accessible to a greater number of research- A research team at NYU WIRELESS, with the ers and instructors than is a similar support of the National Science Foundation’s store-bought legged robot. National Robotics Initiative 2.0 and NYU “Solo 8 has some novel capabili- Industrial Affiliate OPPO, is laying the founda- ties that we are interested in explor- tion for a wireless system that takes advantage ing in the future,” said Felix. “It has of superfast 5G wireless communications to an extensive range of motion, for outsource a mobile robot’s artificial intelligence example. If the robot falls on its back, functions to the edge cloud (the server in the Sample motion hardware,” he continued. “In return we benefit, it can configure the legs the other way and just cloud closest to the robot). sequences: because other researchers can contribute to the stand up. Or it can jump up to reach 65 cm The collaborators—Ludovic Righetti (project AAssociatessociate PProfessorrofessor LLudovicudovic RRighettiighetti a) Legs can switch project; for example colleagues at the LAAS- from a standing height of 24 cm.” lead), Siddharth Garg, Sundeep Rangan, and between four knee configurations, CNRS in France have developed an electronic Thanks to torque-controlled motors, the Elza Erkip, together with students Huaijiang Zhu remains challenging,” he said. “A particular b) with more than board to help communicate with the robot over robot achieves a spring-like behavior, which and Manali Sharma—will design manipulation difficulty is that 5G communication using the 360° hip joint rota- WiFi. Also, complex control and learning algo- replicates the movement achieved by the mus- and locomotion algorithms that address some millimeter wave (mmWave) bands are highly tion capability and rithms can be rapidly tested on the platform, cles and elastic tendons in animal legs. important technical hurdles to making 5G net- susceptible to blockage. As a result, links can little space to nav- decreasing the time from idea to experimental “The robot uses virtual springs, not mechan- works a viable bridge between robot and server. have high-peak data rates, but may be only igate, legs can be rotated first back- validation. It greatly simplifies our research, and ical springs. And as virtual springs, they can Shifting AI capabilities from the robot to a intermittently available.” wards, then onto our open-source approach allows us to com- be programmed. You can, for instance, adjust remote server offers tantalizing operational ben- The project considers various aspects of a step, c) in case pare algorithms with other laboratories. In my the spring stiffness from soft to hard, which is efits, such as allowing robots to perceive the these challenges, including 5G channel model- the robot falls onto lab in New York, we have developed very effi- interesting because we see variable stiffness in environment, perform complex operations, and ing in robotics scenarios, dynamic partitioning its back, it can re- cient motion optimization algorithms, but test- humans and animals. With adjusted stiffness, make decisions autonomously, all without incur- of tasks between the cloud and robot, and the orient its legs and “Outreach stand up without ing them on a complex, heavy robot can easily the robot achieves adaptive and robust loco- ring major energy and weight costs from onboard development of new control algorithms that can activities— rotating the trunk. take half a year of work for several research- motion behavior,” Alexander added. computational and power-generation equipment. exploit high-rate links when available—but that ers; the same thing can be done more easily Solo 8 weighs just over two kilograms, pro- The team will focus on solving issues of reli- also operate when links are blocked. including offer- with Solo 8. That was a big time saver for us.” viding a very high power-to-weight ratio. Most ability, safety of robotic operation under com- “The ultimate goal is to help the development ing the team’s quadruped robots are significantly heavier and munication degradation, and scalability to of light-weight, autonomous, cloud-connected algorithms for No need to reinvent the wheel therefore more dangerous and harder to con- multi-robot systems. The collaboration brings robotics,” explained Ludovic. “We are lowering free—will be a “For a research group to develop such a robot trol in a research environment. With its low together expertise in several areas: robotics, the barriers of entry for scientists and industries themselves, it takes easily four years of work,” weight, the robot is easier and safer for stu- computer architecture and computation, wire- seeking to exploit 5G-enabled robotics by dis- major aspect said Alexander. “Additionally, you need a wide dents to handle; it can even be transported in less networks, and information theory. “The goal tributing the algorithms we develop through of demonstrat- range of expertise. Our platform is the com- a backpack, either home or to a conference. is to design algorithms that optimally distribute open-source and to industrial partners via ing the unique bined knowledge of several teams. Now any lab The robot was dubbed Solo 8 in recogni- computation between robots and the cloud for NYU WIRELESS.” worldwide can go online, download the files and tion of its eight actuated joints: each of its four guaranteed safe robotic operation,” said Elza. The group recently completed a paper in capabilities of print the parts, and buy the remaining compo- robotic legs can change its angle and length. An Sundeep explained that while cloud robot- which they propose a novel approach that con- 5G-enabled nents from a catalog. And everybody can add updated version was recently completed, and ics has long been seen as a way to offload pow- sists of a standard optimization-based con- robotic extra features within a few extra weeks. Done! preliminary tests have been conducted with er-consuming computation, it has remained troller on the network edge and a local linear, systems.” You’ve got yourself a world-class robot.” twelve degrees of freedom, three per leg. The elusive for real-time perception and control approximately optimal controller that signifi- improved robot can now also step sideways. because of limited bandwidth and high latency cantly reduces on-board computational needs of wireless communication systems. He described while increasing robustness to delay and pos- “Solo 8 has some novel capabilities that we are interested in the problem as being exacerbated by the need to sible loss of communication. The work will be exploring in the future,” said Felix. “It has an extensive range of support the bandwidth-hungry video and LIDAR presented at the IEEE Robotics and Automa- motion, for example. If the robot falls on its back, it can configure (light detection and ranging) systems commonly tion Society’s 2020 International Conference used on robots today. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), to the legs the other way and just stand up. Or it can jump up to “5G systems offer the potential for vastly be held in October. reach 65 cm from a standing height of 24 cm.” higher data rates, but real-time cloud robotics

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NYU Wireless ireless Pulse Fall 2020_gr2.indd 2020 gr2.indd 8-8-9 9/28/20 8:51 AM NYU WIRELESS Annual Open House This year’s annual NYU WIRELESS Open House/ Professor Ramesh Karri of NYU Tandon School of Recruiting Day was held on January 24, 2020. It Engineering provided a cybersecurity update, and was an extra special event, as Industrial Affiliate NYU WIRELESS Industrial Affiliates reviewed their members were welcomed into our greatly companies’ latest developments and focus areas. expanded and improved space at 370 Jay Street Afternoon activities included tours of various in downtown Brooklyn. As described in our last labs: Professor Giuseppe Loianno’s Agile Robots issue of Pulse (available at NYUWIRELESS.com), & Perception Lab, Professor Ludovic Righetti’s NYU worked with the City of New York to renovate Machines in Motion Lab, and Professor Davood the long-unoccupied former MTA headquarters, Shahrjerdi’s Clean Room. Visitors also had the transforming the building into an innovation hub opportunity to learn from the twenty-five stu- for engineering, applied science, urban science, dent research posters displayed throughout the digital technology, and digital media arts. Open floor, as well as seven lab demos. Malcolm Rob- House visitors were excited to explore the newly ertson, Strategic Planning Manager from NYU M. Giordani, M. renovated space, which features state-of-the-art WIRELESS Industrial Affiliate Keysight Technolo- Polese, M. Mezzavilla, labs, offices, meeting rooms, and seating areas gies, summed up the afternoon perfectly: “It was 6G Use Cases Discussion S. Rangan, and for students to work. time well spent visiting the new lab and office The article "Toward 6G Networks: Use Cases • innovative network architectures aimed at M. Zorzi, “Toward Open House attendees also enjoyed a talk space at NYU WIRELESS. I enjoyed speaking and Technologies," by authors Marco Giordani, providing 3D coverage to every connected 6G Networks: Use by Michael Marcus, formerly of the FCC and with the students about their demos, and it is Michele Polese, Marco Mezzavilla, Sundeep device Cases and Tech- now a consultant on wireless technology and always great to catch up with faculty members Rangan, and Michele Zorzi, discusses use cases, • learning mechanisms to integrate intelligence nologies,” in IEEE spectrum policy, who discussed opening spec- to learn about the latest project developments requirements, and enabling technologies for 6G in the network through inter-user, inter-op- Communications trum above 100 GHz. Following this presentation, in wireless communications.” (sixth generation) systems from an end-to-end erator knowledge sharing, which will ulti- Magazine, vol. 58, and system-level perspective. Published earlier mately reduce network management costs. no. 3, pp. 55-61, this year in IEEE Communications Magazine, the Based on these innovations, the article sug- March 2020, authors envision: gests the ways in which 6G will be developed doi: 10.1109/ • novel communications technologies that to jointly meet stringent network demands in MCOM.001.1900411 leverage the spectrum above 100 GHz, a holistic fashion, in view of the foreseen eco- including optical frequencies, in order to nomic, social, technological, and environmen- provide ultra-high-speed broadband access tal context of the 2030 era, thereby making the and enable new applications including holo- future a little bit closer. ((l.l. ttoo rr.).) PProfessorrofessor YYaoao WWang,ang, DDr.r. JJ.. RR.. RRizzoizzo graphic telepresence aandnd hishis demonstration,demonstration, ““Mapping/localizationMapping/localization aandnd oobstaclebstacle nnegotiationegotiation mmeetseets aadvanceddvanced ((l.l. toto r.)r.) 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NYUYU Wireless ireless Pulse Fall 2020_gr2.indd 2020 gr2 i 10-11 9/28/20 8:51 AM Elza Erkip Discusses Wearable 5G and Beyond Engineers can play an important role in helping What interesting applications are being imagined Technology the public understand more about 5G and in for the future, beyond 5G technology? Overall, dispelling potential myths surrounding it. In the industry is looking to increase communication to Monitor a news item from the Blavatnik Awards/New speeds even further, which might one day enable York Academy of Sciences, NYU WIRELESS applications that currently sound like science fiction, Vital Signs Professor Elza Erkip was interviewed by Dr. such as 3D-hologram video conferencing. There is COVID-19 has caused a massive strain on global Marvin L. Cummings Jr. for an article about healthcare systems. Unsettling spikes have been 5G implementation. Elza was a 2010 Blavatnik occurring throughout the world, accompanied The device—practical in both home and hos- Regional awards Faculty Finalist. Below are by serious outbreaks of pneumonia associated pital settings—will record and tele-report the excerpts from the article. with the infection. NYU WIRELESS Assistant sound and vibrational dynamics of breathing and Professor Farokh Atashzar and Professor Yao coughing, together with vital signs like blood What role should engineers and researchers Wang saw the pressing need for smart and scal- oxygen saturation level, temperature, and heart play in dispelling some of the myths and fears able wearable technologies that can be pro- rate. Using novel machine learning models, the surrounding 5G? There have been several studies Assistant Professor looking at safety of high frequency 5G technology, Farokh Atashzar duced rapidly to assist in monitoring patients. information generated by the device will poten- The researchers recently were awarded a tially aid practitioners in detecting early health and there is no scientific evidence showing 5G to National Science Foundation RAPID Response anomalies and in predicting potential adverse be harmful to our health. Even though 5G research- grant to support their development of a wire- events, reducing the burden on the healthcare ers know this, we could do a better job of getting less smart IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) system and the corresponding social and eco- this information to the public. It is important for necklace capable of predicting the probabil- nomic impacts. researchers to cite the proper scientific studies,

ity of COVID-related health anomalies through Farokh and Yao expect their work to pro- and where possible, collaborate with doctors to PProfessorrofessor ElzaElza ErkipErkip speakingspeaking onon 5G5G technologytechnology atat tthehe 22019019 BBlavatniklavatnik machine intelligence and data modeling. The vide important data that will aid in fundamental further strengthen studies. I think this is an area SSciencecience SymposiumSymposium hheldeld aatt thethe NewNew YorkYork AcademyAcademy ofof Sciences.Sciences. necklace will contain sensors that can accurately, research on the evolution of COVID-19 symp- where engineers could do better with public rela-

Professor Yao Wang objectively, and continuously track a large spec- toms. They also anticipate that the device will tions outreach to dispel myths. currently no real consensus on what a future 6G trum of COVID-19 symptoms, including respira- be useful to patients with other respiratory con- technology will bring, but there are some sophisti- tory malfunction and infection. ditions, including lung cancer, making it relevant Research in your lab is at the forefront of mobile cated ideas out there, like “edge computing,” which well beyond the current pandemic. technology. What specific questions are you is a type of sharing of data-storage capabilities addressing in your lab and how may it impact users that could be optimized across a mobile network of 5G technology? My lab is looking at 5G technol- of systems and devices to further speed up com- ogy from a variety of perspectives. 5G technologies munications. For example, if you’re streaming your NYU Spin-off Ensures are very energy-intensive, so we are looking into favorite show, the next episode could be uploaded ways of lowering energy consumption while still to servers located closer to you rather than remain- Authenticity maximizing the benefit that 5G can bring. We are ing on the streaming service’s centralized servers. NYU WIRELESS researcher Lakshmi Subramanian, images. The scan provides a result in seconds also looking at privacy. When we surf the internet, This would reduce demand on wireless networks. together with Ashlesh Sharma, who received his that verifies an item as authentic or counterfeit. we are constantly leaving digital “breadcrumbs” Other features being discussed for 6G are wireless Ph.D. from NYUU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Entrupy supports many luxury brands and was a behind that reveal part of our identity. No mat- power transfer technologies that can power a drone Sciences in 2013, have co-founded an 2019 Global AI Award Winner for AI Application/ ter how well-intentioned a website or app, digital and use the exact same signal to also commu- intriguing NYU spin-off: Entrupy, a com- Product of the Year. Entrupy has offices in the breadcrumbs can be brought together to com- nicate with the drone. Sounds a bit like science pany that combats product counterfeiting. U.S. and Japan. promise a user’s privacy or identity. For wireless fiction, but a lot of good theoretical work in the Employing artificial intelligence, micros- “We were pleased by how easy it was to tran- technology, privacy becomes even more important. mobile communications space suggests that this copy, and wireless capability, Entrupy is sition to commercial development by working Digital breadcrumbs can be collected by apps on technology is a real possibility. We're not there yet used by high-end retailers and second- with NYU’s Office of Industrial Liaison (OIL),” our phone, including data from wireless carriers but the question in my mind is, “Can we make this hand re-sellers to scan a variety of prod- commented Lakshmi. “We are happy to be on our mobility patterns. So, keeping the exciting a reality for 6G?” ucts, comparing the scans with algo- providing such a useful service to retailers tools that these apps enable while maintaining rithms that have been trained with the and consumers.” the privacy of wireless users is quite a challenge, Reprinted with permission from the Blavatnik company’s database of existing microscopic and is something my research group is seriously Awards/New York Academy of Sciences. thinking about, as well. 12 FALL 2020 • VOL. 7, NO. 1 • NYUWIRELESS.COM FALL 2020 • VOL. 7, NO. 1 • NYUWIRELESS.COM 13

NYU Wireless ireless Pulse Fall 2020_gr2.indd 2020 gr2.indd 12-12-13 9/28/20 8:51 AM COSMOS Program Promotes STEM Outreach The global economy is changing rapidly in response to technological advances, and in order to keep pace with the

needs of industry, today’s students must be proficient in SStudentstudents eexploringxploring vvirtualirtual rrealityeality withwith tthehe science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills. CCOSMOSOSMOS pprogramrogram oonn TThehe IIntrepidntrepid SSea,ea, AAirir To better prepare students to face these challenges, the & SpaceSpace Museum,Museum, COSMOS educational project provides an innovative NNewew YYorkork CCity.ity. platform for teaching STEM in targeted K-12 classrooms. supports local teachers in using the toolkits in Engineering (ASEE) virtual conference in June their classrooms. As a testament to the success 2020 and can be found online at asee.org. The program was conceived to engage students NYU and Columbia. In this program, the COS- of the PD program, teachers who have taken A parallel activity to the COSMOS educational from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic MOS team works closely with teachers on the the summer course have presented the results program, originally developed by the COSMOS backgrounds and to increase their proficiency creation of K-12 STEM labs that are based on of the RET program to COSMOS affiliate mem- team, is 5G-COVET, a project that develops an in STEM subjects. To date, the project has been actual research experiments implemented in bers. At an event held at the Columbia Data Sci- educational suite that provides K-12 STEM labs successfully introduced in twenty middle schools the same setup as the research experiments at ence Institute in December 2019, the COSMOS based on virtual reality (VR) and 5G technol- and high schools throughout New York City. COSMOS. Now in the third year of this program, Educational Toolkit was showcased to New York ogies. Each of the VR educational labs of the Funded by the National the team has worked with more than twenty City teachers and their students by engineers 5G-COVET platform form a virtual environment Science Foundation, COS- New York City teachers and has created more from NYU WIRELESS Industrial Affiliate AT&T, that the students visit together and use to solve MOS (Cloud Enhanced than 120 K-12 STEM labs. The labs run through researchers from NYU Tandon, and COSMOS riddles and puzzles, similar to an escape room Open Software-Defined an educational platform created with the partners from Columbia and Rutgers. The show- Mobile Wireless Testbed COSMOS Educational Toolkit. case introduced the teachers and students to Using the tenets of inquiry-based teaching for City-Scale Deployment) Using the tenets of inquiry-based teaching the COSMOS Educational Toolkit and the ways and learning, the COSMOS Educational Toolkit is focused on designing, and learning, the COSMOS Educational Toolkit is in which it can be used in urban settings, as well developing, and deploy- a modified version of the COSMOS testbed that as how it integrates technology into student is a modified version of the COSMOS testbed ing an advanced wireless teachers can use in their classrooms. It consists curriculum. This summer seven New York City that teachers can use in their classrooms. testbed in New York City to of a hardware and software system designed to teachers participated virtually in the COSMOS It consists of a hardware and software system support real-world experi- engage students in hands-on STEM experiments. RET Summer Program, which will enable them mentation in next-genera- The major components of the kits are soft- to bring the theory and practice of wireless designed to engage students in hands-on tion wireless technologies ware-defined radios, processing units, IoT nodes, networking back to their classrooms in the fall. STEM experiments. and applications. The and a mobile node. According to NYU Post-Doc- The success of the COSMOS K-12 educational COSMOS team, consisting toral student Panagiotis Skrimponis, working initiative has been widely recognized. Last year experience. Using these technologies, particu- of researchers from NYU under Research Assistant Professor Thanasis the work resulted in the COSMOS Educational larly VR, seems to significantly enhance students’ Tandon School of Engineer- Korakis, “We are using Raspberry Pi kits to intro- Toolkit receiving a Best Presentation Award at engagement with the curriculum. Additionally, ing, Rutgers, and Columbia, duce mobility to experiments that students are the NE-ASTE (Northeast Association for Science students hone social skills through the collab- realized that the test- performing in and outside the classroom. For Teacher Education) conference, and this year it orative nature of the program. bed-generated research example, they can use IoT sensors and Rasp- was shortlisted for the Global Mobile Awards at 5G-COVET is one of the ten winning teams could be transformed into berry Pi as a gateway when they go on a field the Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2020 under of Verizon’s 5G EdTech Challenge Competition, Ph.D. student Syed an innovative learning platform for K-12 students. trip to collect environmental data. They then the Youth Mobile STEAM Activity for Young Peo- which recognizes projects based on their “ability Hashim Ali Shah The COSMOS education team, led by perform experiments where the effect of dis- ple category. A paper describing the develop- to solve for student engagement, teacher pre- helps assemble researchers at NYU Tandon, have designed tance vs. signal strength is measured and use the ment of the PD program and toolkit, “Evaluation: paredness, and special needs support.” Plans COSMOS Toolkits. and implemented novel K-12-related educa- Raspberry Pi as a mobile transmitter or receiver.” A Teacher Professional Development Program are underway for expansion of 5G-COVET, tion activities. One component of these activ- The second part of the COSMOS Educational Using Wireless Communications and NGSS to with a goal of bringing 5G and AR/VR educa- ities is the summer COSMOS RET (Research Toolkit RET program is a professional develop- Enhance STEM Teaching and Learning,” was pre- tional applications to one hundred Title I mid- Experience for Teachers) Program, organized by ment (PD) summer course that prepares and sented at the American Society for Educational dle schools across the U.S. by 2021.

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NYUYU Wireless ireless Pulse Fall 2020_gr2.indd 2020 gr2 iindd 1414-15 15 9/28/20 8:51 AM News in Brief Ramesh Karri Dennis Shasha Kudos Named IEEE Fellow Receives SIGMOD Congratulations to NYU WIRELESS Professors Davood Shahrjerdi and Siddharth Garg, who Congratulations to Professor Ramesh Karri of Award both have been granted tenure in the Electrical NYU WIRELESS, who has been named a fellow NYU WIRELESS Associate Director and and Computer Engineering Department at NYU of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Professor Dennis Shasha has received the 2020 Tandon School of Engineering. Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest technical Association for Computing Machinery’s SIGMOD professional association. Ramesh was honored Contributions Award. The SIGMOD (Special for his contributions to and leadership in trust- Pi-Radio Davood Shahrjerdi Interest Group on Management of Data) award worthy electronic hardware. Pi-Radio is a software-defined radio start-up recognizes innovative work in the data man- Ramesh is a professor of electrical and com- designed to democratize experimental wire- agement community to ensure reproducibility Professor Ramesh Karri puter engineering at NYU Tandon, co-founder NNYUYU WWIRELESSIRELESS FoundingFounding DDirectorirector less research in the emergent millimeter wave of publications. Reproducibility has influenced TTeded RRappaportappaport and co-chair of the NYU Center for Cyber Secu- (mmWave) frequency bands between 30 and the ways in which the community approaches rity, and faculty leader for the world’s most com- 300 GHz. Founded by Aditya Dhananjay, Marco experimental assessments. prehensive student-led cybersecurity games, 6G & Beyond: Ted Mezzavilla, Sundeep Rangan, and Dennis Shasha In addition to his work with NYU WIRELESS, CSAW (Cyber Security Awareness Worldwide). from NYU WIRELESS, the start-up team hopes Dennis is the Julius Silver Professor of Computer Rappaport Keynote Ramesh, who has more than 250 journal and the system can be used by the academic wire- Science at the Courant Institute of NYU. He conference publications to his credit, was recog- Presentations less community to help graduating engineers Associate Professor works on meta algorithms for machine learning nized for his seminal work in ensuring that the Professor Ted Rappaport had the honor of develop real-world prototyping skills. Siddharth Garg to achieve guaranteed correctness rates; with global hardware supply chain is as secure as presenting a plenary keynote talk at IEEE’s In a recent demo, the team was able to biologists on pattern discovery for network possible. He is widely acknowledged within the International Conference on Microwaves, show the main benefits of a fully-digital beam- inference; with computational chemists on algo- industry for his advocacy and warnings about Communications, Antennas & Electronic former, i.e., the ability to receive in multiple direc- rithms for protein design; with physicists and the need for strong hardware security. In 2002 he Systems (COMCAS) in Tel Aviv on November tions at the same time. In the experiment, the financial experts on algorithms for time series; and his colleagues generated the first research on 4, 2019. COMCAS attracts a large global audi- TX transmits four (the max allowed with four on clocked computation for DNA computing; attack-resilient chip architecture, demonstrating ence with broad and interdisciplinary topics. antennas) independent streams of data over and on computational reproducibility. He has before anyone else that integrated circuits’ test The scientific program included approximately an OFDM-based physical layer: one stream in written several books, co-authored more than and debug ports could be corrupted by hack- 230 technical presentations. each direction. The RX looks in all four directions eighty-five journal papers and eighty confer- ers. Since then, he has pioneered the technique Ted’s presentation, “Wireless Beyond 100 simultaneously. For each RX angle, it attempts to ence papers, and has twenty-five patents to of microchip camouflaging, a tactic to prevent GHz: Opportunities and Challenges for 6G and synchronize and decode each of the four trans- his credit. He has written the puzzle column reverse engineering. His latest research involves Beyond,” explained how today’s early experi- mitted streams. Faster synchronization results for publications including Scientific American developing safeguards for the growing additive ences are laying the foundations for revolution- in an overall reduction of the system overhead and Dr. Dobb’s Journal, and currently for the manufacturing (3D-printing) industry, whose use ary products and services that will evolve over and latency. More information can be found at communications of the ACM. He is a fellow of of computer-aided design (CAD) files leaves it the next decade, which will eventually be part pi-rad.io. the ACM and an INRIA International Chair. subject to threats including viruses and piracy. of 6G networks and beyond. He also chaired Ramesh is also well known in the hardware the conference session on Enhanced Commu- security world for founding the Embedded Secu- nications Technologies for Future Networks and rity Challenge, which, since 2008, has been held co-authored two papers that were presented each year as part of CSAW. Research developed (see Publications on page 20 for citations). during the contest has propelled the entire field Ted also participated in the 6G Wireless Sum- of hardware trust, and several students who have mit 2020. Originally intended to be held at the participated in the challenge have gone on to University of Oulu in Finland, the conference was make important contributions to the field. instead produced as a virtual event in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. His talk on wire- less communication and applications above 100 GHz can be accessed online at 6gsummit. com/keynotes. PProfessorrofessor DDennisennis ShashaShasha PPost-Doctoralost-Doctoral RResearchesearch FFellowellow AAdityaditya DhananjayDhananjay demonstratesdemonstrates tthehe PPi-Radio.i-Radio.

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NYU Wireless ireless Pulse Fall 2020_gr2.indd 2020 gr2gr2.indd i 16-17 9/28/20 8:51 AM NYU WIRELESS Faculty, Post-Docs, and Research Engineers

Theodore Rappaport Thomas L. Marzetta Sundeep Rangan John-Ross Rizzo Yong Liu Giuseppe Loianno Marco Mezzavilla Shivendra Panwar Founding Director, Director, ECE Associate Director, ECE Associate Director, Associate Professor, ECE Assistant Professor Research Scientist, ECE Professor, ECE ECE, CS, Med. NYU Langone Health

Dennis Shasha Sundar Aditya Farokh Atashzar Henry Bertoni Andrea Pizzo Ludovic Righetti Davood Shahrjerdi Farhad Shirani Associate Director, CS Post-Doctoral Associate Assistant Professor Professor Emeritus, ECE Post-Doctoral Associate Associate Professor, ECE & MAE Associate Professor, ECE Research Assistant Professor, ECE

Aditya Dhananjay Elza Erkip Fraida Fund Siddharth Garg Lakshminarayan Subramanian Yao Wang Postdoctoral Associate, ECE Institute Professor, ECE Post-Doctoral Associate Associate Professor, ECE Associate Professor, CS Professor, ECE & BioMed

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David Goodman Ramesh Karri Michael Knox Pei Liu Professor Emeritus, ECE Professor, ECE Industry Professor, ECE Research Scientist, ECE

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