Sensor Networks, Computer Networks, Intelligent Networks, Communications Networks, Ad Hoc Networks, Mesh Networks, Airborne Networks, Underwater Networks, Network Security, Information Retrieval, and Data Mining and address problems such as
1. Cognitive radio/Cognitive network/Software defined radio
2. Cross-layer optimization design
3. IP/ATM/802.11/15/16/20/22/GSM/IS95/CDMA2000/WCDMA/4G
4. Protocol design: TCP/IP/MAC/PHY
5. Network security: Intrusion detection, Encryption, Registration, Authentication
6. GPS-denied navigation, wireless network based positioning, and cognitive positioning
7. Physical-layer algorithm design: MIMO, OFDM, STC, multi-user detection, channel estimation and equalization, STAP, beamforming, DSSS, Frequency hopping, Time hopping
8. Military communication, Communication Intelligence, Electronic Warfare
9. RFID
10. Wireless network management
11. Networks Product development: Integrated software and hardware design, GPP/DSP/FPGA/ASIC, C/C++/Java/Matlab/VHDL/OPNET, Embedded RTOS
Example Projects:
1. A Holistic Approach to Optimal and Secure Tactical Wireless Broadband Systems.
2. Decision-Making under Uncertainty for Dynamic Spectrum Access Systems in Space Application.
2, June, 2013 --- IFT has been selected for an Air Force STTR Phase I award on HPC-MTT: High Performance Computing Enabled Multiple Target Tracking for Urban Surveillance Areas
3, May, 2013 --- IFT has been selected for an Air Force SBIR Phase I award on Consistency Based Gaussian Mixture Tracking Framework for Space Situation Awareness (CbGM-SSA)
4, May, 2013 --- IFT has been selected for an Air Force SBIR Phase I award on Network Survivability Oriented Markov Games (NSOMG) in Wideband Satellite Communications
5, March, 2013 --- IFT has been selected for an Air Force Research Lab. BAA award on Video to Text (V2T) for Wide Area Motion Imagery
6, November, 2012 --- IFT has been selected for an Air Force STTR Phase I award on SANDGT: a Stochastic Adaptive Nonlinear Differential Game Tool for Persistent and Risk-Averse Space Situation Awareness
7, November, 2012 --- IFT has been selected for an Air Force SBIR Phase II award on A Holistic Approach to Optimal and Secure Tactical Wireless Broadband Systems
8, November, 2012 --- IFT has been selected for an Air Force SBIR Phase II award on A Network Sensor-Based Defense Framework for Active Network Security Situation Awareness and Impact Mitigation
9, August, 2012 --- IFT received an Air Force SBIR Phase III contract on Autonomous ISR Testbed with multiple robots
10, August, 2012 --- IFT received an Air Force STTR Phase I contract on Effective Routing Algorithms for IP based Satellite Networks
11, May, 2012 --- IFT received a DARPA SBIR Phase II contract on VHF/UHF Emitter Localization Based on DOA Fusion with Two UAS
12, Jan., 2012 --- IFT received an Air Force SBIR Phase I contract on A Holistic Approach to Optimal and Secure Tactical Wireless Broadband Systems
13, September, 2011 --- IFT received an Air Force SBIR Phase I contract on A Network Sensor-Based Defense Framework for Active Network Security Situation Awareness and Impact Mitigation
14, September, 2011 --- IFT received a contract on SOA based persistent ISR Testbed development
15, July, 2011 --- IFT received a contract on Stackelberg Game Approach to Cognitive Radio Networking with Anti-Jamming
16, June, 2011 --- IFT received a DARPA SBIR Phase I contract on VHF/UHF Emitter Localization Based on DOA Fusion with Two UAS
17, April, 2011 --- IFT received a contract on face detection, eyeglasses detection, image retrieval algorithms for face recognition
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