Why should I care about signal processing advances?  In the recent ad hoc networking literature, the baseline for comparison is 802.11 or Bluetooth for the sub-protocol level.  In DoD deployment and development programs, the goal is to meet requirements for the minimum cost, and I can't easily estimate cost or reliability for new signal processing algorithms.  Additionally, can we really trust the results that are claimed?   The world is still relying on modulation schemes and amplifier designs that are 20 years old (or older).  Maybe there's a reason for this?  RF communications is notorious for not keeping up with Moores law and requirements put on comms in the military environments make things even more difficult.  Are there ways we can improve on signal processing research and its relevance.  What are the  right inputs and models to use to show that new work will be useful if built and deployed to the field?  Is it possible to put bounds on the  solution that can help to estimate processing power or complexity?  I don't necessarily have any answers, but perhaps phrasing the questions will get the others to provide the answers.
 

Biography:

Jason Redi received a B.S. in computer engineering from Lehigh University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in computer engineering from Boston University.  He is presently a Division Scientist for Mobile Networking Systems at BBN Technologies.   Dr. Redi has lead numerous projects involved in the design and implementation of  large-scale mobile ad hoc wireless networks.  He is currently co-Principal Investigator of the DARPA/Army Future Combat System (FCS) Communications program for networking protocols utilizing directional antennas, and a Principal Investigator for the ARL Consortium in Communications and Networking.

Dr. Redi is author of twenty-five papers and patents in the area of mobile computing and communications.   He is the Editor-in-Chief of the SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review (MC2R), and on the editorial board of Wiley's Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal.   He has been on dozens of technical program and conference committees including MobiCom and MobiHoc, and is a Senior member of the IEEE, and a member of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and the Order of the Engineer.