SDR Forum's Smart Radio Challenge

Welcome to the SDR Forum's Smart Radio Challenge, a worldwide competition in which student engineering teams design, develop and test software defined radio (SDR) or a cognitive radio technologies that address relevant problems in the advanced wireless market. Solutions presented by student teams are evaluated by a panel of industry judges, and one time scholarships are awarded to teams based on the results in categories that include:

o Challenge Winner
o Best Design
o Best Paper
o The Mathworks Design Award

Scholarships may also be provided to student teams competing in the smart radio challenge to attend the SDR Forum annual technical conference and product exhibition for project reviews and training.

The SDR Forum has long been active in educational endeavours and has academic members that include universities in Finland , Germany , Japan , Korea , Singapore , Spain and the U.S. The goal of this challenge is to foster interaction between industry and academia and to expose students to the type of real-world problems they will face upon graduation.

Challenge News:

SDR Forum Announces Teams Advancing in the 3^rd Annual Smart Radio Challenge

Teams advancing to the second round of the 3^rd annual Smart Radio Challenge were announced. A worldwide competition in which student engineering teams design, develop and test software defined radio (SDR) or a cognitive radio technologies that address relevant problems in the advanced wireless market, the Smart Radio Challenge will have seven student teams this year:

·         Notre Dame – Team Notre Dame
·         Penn State University
·         Tokyo Institute of Technology
·         University of Calgary – UofC Team
·         Stevens – Stevens Software Defined Radio Group
·         Virginia Tech
·         Worchester Polytechnic Institute

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Important Dates:

o Challenge Announced 6 March 2009
o Proposals Due            10 April 2009
o Teams Announced       22 April 2009
o Final Results               16 April 2010

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	Welcome to the SDR Forum's Smart Radio Challenge, a worldwide competition in which student engineering teams design, develop and test software defined radio (SDR) or a cognitive radio technologies that address relevant problems in the advanced wireless market. Solutions presented by student teams are evaluated by a panel of industry judges, and one time scholarships are awarded to teams based on the results in categories that include: o Challenge Winner o Best Design o Best Paper o The Mathworks Design Award Scholarships may also be provided to student teams competing in the smart radio challenge to attend the SDR Forum annual technical conference and product exhibition for project reviews and training. The SDR Forum has long been active in educational endeavours and has academic members that include universities in Finland , Germany , Japan , Korea , Singapore , Spain and the U.S. The goal of this challenge is to foster interaction between industry and academia and to expose students to the type of real-world problems they will face upon graduation. Challenge News: SDR Forum Announces Teams Advancing in the 3^rd Annual Smart Radio Challenge Teams advancing to the second round of the 3^rd annual Smart Radio Challenge were announced. A worldwide competition in which student engineering teams design, develop and test software defined radio (SDR) or a cognitive radio technologies that address relevant problems in the advanced wireless market, the Smart Radio Challenge will have seven student teams this year: · Notre Dame – Team Notre Dame · Penn State University · Tokyo Institute of Technology · University of Calgary – UofC Team · Stevens – Stevens Software Defined Radio Group · Virginia Tech · Worchester Polytechnic Institute # # # Important Dates: o Challenge Announced 6 March 2009 o Proposals Due 10 April 2009 o Teams Announced 22 April 2009 o Final Results 16 April 2010

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