Call for Participation

Scope and goal

The NRDZ Research Partnership is excited to announce our workshop series capstone event, “Catalyzing Coexistence via the National Radio Dynamic Zone” made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation. The workshop will take place at the historic Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, home to the world’s largest steerable radio telescope. Our workshop features a comprehensive, high-quality technical program, including a variety of keynotes, panels, discussion sessions, and technology demonstrations from prominent spectrum researchers. The workshop is designed as a forum to foster connections, collaborations, and translating research results into applications. Participants will explore new and creative mechanisms aimed at enabling spectrum coexistence, thus unlocking the potential of next-generation wireless technologies while ensuring access for scientific and sensing systems.

Prospective participants are invited to submit a short abstract (maximum of one page) outlining their recent research activities, results, and/or demonstration concepts relevant to spectrum sharing and coexistence, with an emphasis on:

• Spectrum sensing, management, and decision techniques for passive-active sharing.
• Spectrum resource allocation and sharing models.
• Coexistence techniques, including between active/passive satellite/terrestrial systems.
• Experimental zones, especially NRDZ experimental facilities and national DSS testbed.
• RFI management, mitigation, and coordination approaches for radio astronomy and remote sensing.
• Spectrum, propagation, and interference measurements and models.

Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters and/or demos at the workshop and authors will be provided with a registration code. Due to observatory constraints, participation is capped at 50 attendees.

Postdoctoral and early-career researchers as well as researchers from under-represented groups and the industry are strongly encouraged to submit. A limited number of travel grants to partially cover the cost of travel to the workshop are available. If you would like to request travel support, indicate the name of the author who will be receiving the travel support (one per abstract submission) and whether you will be unable to attend without support.

Abstract submission and registration

Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format by Friday, June 7th, 2024 at 11:59pm EST. Abstracts must be no longer than one page and must include:

• Poster or Demo title.
• List of authors, indicating the presenting author.
• Email addresses and affiliations of authors.
• Author requesting travel support.

Click on the button below to submit your abstract.


Registration for this meeting will cost $50. Participants will be invited to register once abstract acceptance decisions have been made.

Important dates

• Abstract submission: Friday, June 7th, 2024
• Acceptance notification: Friday, June 21st, 2024
• Registration deadline: Friday, July 19th, 2024

Meeting organizers

Research Partnership Co-chairs:

• Mariya Zheleva, Computer Science, University at Albany -- SUNY.
• Christopher R. Anderson, NTIA.
• Chris DePree, NRAO.
• Mustafa Aksoy, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University at Albany -- SUNY.