Thu, 12-Jan-2023 / 4:00pm / Packard 202
Next-Generation (5G, 6G, …) communication systems are the global support systems for the internet and recently have surged to crucial importance to human sustainability, economic opportunity, and all nations’ defensive capabilities. These networks increasingly depend on implementation in software data centers that allocate resources (spectrum and spatial position) dynamically through open-source software; indeed, even physical-layer modulation, coding, decoding, and related functions will reside in (often open-source) software. This software dependency permits much greater network sophistication and the potential to accommodate billions of people and trillions of linked devices efficiently, but it also invites the use of artificially intelligent (“machine-learned”) solutions that will redefine the global avenir. Fundamentals behind these topics will be further examined in EE392AA (spring quarter), which can be used for EE MS Communications Depth sequence.
John M. Cioffi - BSEE, 1978, Illinois; PhDEE, 1984, Stanford; Bell Laboratories, 1978-1984; IBM Research, 1984-1986; EE Prof., Stanford Faculty, 1986-present, now recalled emeritus with research and teaching in communication/information systems.
Cioffi founded Amati Com. Corp in 1991 (purchased by Texas Instruments in 1997) and was officer/director from 1991-1997. He currently also is on the boards of directors of ASSIA (Chairman), PhyTunes (Chairman), and The Marconi Society (Vice Chair), anon-profit, committed to Communications, inclusion, diversity. Cioffi’s specific interests are in high-performance digital transmission. Cioffi’s recognition includes: IEEE AG Bell, Kirchmayer, and Millennium Medals (2010, 2014, and 2000); Internet Society (2014) and Consumer Electronics (2018) Halls of Fame (2014); Economist Magazine 2010 Innovations Award (joint with S. Jobs); International Marconi Fellow (2006); Member, US National and UK Royal Academies of Engineering (2001, 2009); IEEE Kobayashi and Armstrong Awards (2001 and 2013); BBWF Lifetime Achievement (2014), IEEE Fellow (1996); IEE JJ Tomson Medal (2000); 1991 and 2007 IEEE Comm. Mag. best paper; and numerous Conference Best-Paper awards. Cioffi has published over 800 papers and holds over 150 patents, of which many are heavily licensed including key necessary patents for the international standards in Wi-Fi (802.11 and Wi-Fi Alliance), Cellular (3GPP and O-RAN), xDSL (ITU), and Cable’s DOCSIS.
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