Agenda

DAY 1: Passive instrumentation tutorials. March 16, 2021. 10:30AM-3:30PM EDT

10:30 - 10:35 Welcome and overview from the organizers.

Mariya Zheleva, Chris Anderson and Kevin Gifford

10:35 - 12:35 Tutorial 1: Earth Exploration-Satellite Service instrumentation

• Dr. Joel T. Johnson, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University
• Dr. Mustafa Aksoy , Electrical and Computer Engineering, University at Albany -- SUNY
• Materials
• [Link to Video]
• [Link to Slides PART 1]
• [Link to Slides PART 2]

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch break

1:30 - 3:30 Tutorial 2: Radio astronomy instrumentation

• Dr. Steven W. Ellingson, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Materials
• Video recording of the tutiral
• Part 1 - Intro
• Part 2 - Antennas & Receivers
• Part 3 - Back Ends
• Part 4 - Sources
• Part 5 - Interferometry
• Part 6 - Interference
• [Link to Slides]

DAY 2: Main workshop day. March 17, 2021. 12:30-5:00PM EDT

12:30-12:40 - Welcome and overview from the organizers.

Mariya Zheleva, Chris Anderson and Kevin Gifford

12:40-1:00 - Thoughts from NSF

B. Ashley Zauderer

1:00-2:00 - Fireside chat and QnA: First Do No Harm, now how do we exist together?

Moderated by Dr. Keith Gremban, University of Colorado Boulder and DoD. [Link to Video]

• Andrew Clegg, Google
• David DeBoer, Department of Astronomy, Univeristy of California Berkeley

2:00-3:00 - Panel on passive/active applications and coexistence

Speakers will be asked to give their perspective on a passive/active technology and emerging spectrum coexistence issues.

Moderated by Eloise Morris [Link to Video]

• Steven C. Reising, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University
• Passive weather sensing
• Josep Jornet, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University
• Terahertz communications
• Michael Marcus, Marcus Spectrum Solutions LLC
• Satellite communications
• Charles Powell, Climate and Space Science Engineering, University of Michigan
• Earth Exploration-Satellite Service
• Dennis Roberson, Roberson and Associates, LLC
• Mobile Broadband
• Frank Lind, MIT Haystack Observatory
• Radio astronomy

3:00-3:10 - Break

3:10-3:20 - QnA with panelists

3:20-4:20 - Breakout rooms (20-minute rotations)

Breakouts will be facilitated by pairs of panelists. Breakout themes will be:

• [Passive] Radio Astronomy + [Active] Mobile Broadband
• [Passive] EESS + [Active] Satellite Mega-Constellations
• [Passive] Passive weather sensing + [Active] THz communications

4:20-5:00 - Breakout room debrief