Mission and Key Initiatives

Mission and Key Initiatives graduate levels provide an excellent means of tapping into a steady employment pool The University of Hawaii Center for Advanced whose training is specific to wireless Communications is a multidisciplinary research communications. center bringing together researchers from  Continuing education. Regular graduate diverse areas to work together on broadband and extension courses of interest to and wireless communication systems. The goals members are coordinated with the Center to of the Center are: provide ongoing professional development.  to provide the infrastructure for joint Annual research reviews. Members-only collaborative broadband and wireless reviews of research activities at the Center communications research among members are conducted annually. of the Center and with external researchers from industry and academia. Research will Local, national, and international companies focus on multidisciplinary efforts in areas may participate in Center activities at different ranging from devices, circuits, signal levels of membership. These fees are used to processing, communications, to networking. directly support the activities of the Center.  to provide students with a rich and diversified education to prepare them for  Founding partner level: minimum of careers in the telecommunications industry $100,000. Founding partners will be and academia. partners of the Center for five years.  to encourage industrial interaction to  Partner level: $30,000/year. Partners will increase relevance to research and serve on Center Industrial Board, have education, to promote entrepreneurial visitor research access, and have benefits of activities, and to provide technical Affiliates. leadership and expertise to the University  Affiliate level: $15,000/year. Affiliates will and State of Hawaii. have at least one faculty member to serve as key contact to company with at least one Research Activities annual visit to company. Affiliates will also have options to participate in undergraduate  Millimeter-wave systems for wireless student intern programs, graduate student communications: high frequency integrated Coop program, and have benefits of Donors. circuits and antennas, MEMS RF devices,  Donor level: $5,000/year. Donors will Millimeter-wave device characterization, quasi- receive annual research report, access to optical power combining. HCAC’s web based information center,  Mobile wireless networks: error control coding, access to seminar series, and information space-time processing, multiuser detection and about students in Center. equalization, ad-hoc network control and management. .  Optical wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) networks: hardware components and devices, Highlights performance analysis and design.  $1 Million per year in seed funding from State of Hawaii . Industrial Partners Program, key features  Two new laboratories: Optical include: Communications and Microwave & Millimeter-wave Research  Targeted research areas. Member  Five members of center are recipients of companies partner with the Center by NSF Career/NYI/PYI Award. identifying specific problems in the communications area of interest to them.  Access to students. Direct project collaboration at the undergraduate and