information for prospective graduate students
There are many opportunities for graduate research in spinlab. I do not currently offer research assistantships, however, to any incoming students even if your record is strong and our research interests are well matched. This is because I have found it almost impossible to determine whether offering support is a good idea before getting to know someone. If you come here and are interested in working with me, please contact me when you arrive. I will request that you enroll in a sequence of classes during your first year that will prepare you for research in spinlab and allow me to evaluate your abilities.
undergraduate research projects
Project 1: Development and testing of an acoustic timeslotted round-trip carrier synchronization system. The student selected for this project will work with the graduate students in spinlab to develop the hardware and software on the TMS320C6713 DSK platform needed for realization of an acoustic proof-of-concept round-trip carrier synchronization system. This work will leverage the prior work by Samuel Brown and James McGinley and is expected to lead to one or more publications in signal processing and/or communications.
Project 2: Amazon EC2 simulation benchmarking. The student selected for this project would develop simulation code and test procedures to benchmark the relevant performance capabilities of the Amazon EC2 computing service. Numerical simulation is constrained by the available computing resources at WPI and often delays the release of research results. This project is an investigation of the dynamic computing capabilities of the Amazon EC2 service and should result in guidelines for when the service can be used to accelerate the completion of numerical simulatons.
other opportunities
None right now. Please check back later.