<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Dear colleague,<br><br>You are cordially invited to The Second WiFiUS Meeting which will be held on August 12-13, 2013, at RPI, Troy NY. The meeting is open for everyone interested in international research collaborations on wireless communication networks, and in particular, research related to spectrum access and efficiency. WiFiUS, the NSF SAVI Virtual Institute for Wireless Research between Finland and USA, <a href="http://www.wifius.org/">www.wifius.org</a>, is jointly funded by NSF, Tekes, and The Academy of Finland. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><b>Meeting Objectives:</b></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">The meeting has two main objectives: 1) to bring together international researcher from US, Finland, and other countries, to form future international research collaborations, and, 2) to report on ongoing WiFiUS collaborations and projects. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br><b>Meeting Agenda:</b></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">The meeting will include (a) presentations of recent results by principal investigators engaged in ongoing research collaborations, (b) brief (5-minute) presentations by researchers interested in establishing new international research collaborations, (c) work sessions that will enable formation of new collaborations and cross-fertilization with existing ones, and (d) presentations by working groups outlining future collaboration topics.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><b>Deadlines:</b></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">The meeting has no registration fee. Due to space limitations, participants need to pre-register at the following link: <a href="http://www.jotformpro.com/abouzeid/wifiusmeeting">http://www.jotformpro.com/abouzeid/wifiusmeeting</a></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Pre-Registration deadline: There is no hard deadline, but early registrations will be given priority, and pre-registration is preferred before June 30, 2013.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Registration confirmation: On or before July 7, 2013, or within one week of pre-registering, whichever is earlier.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Final registration: July 12, 2013</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><b>About NSF SAVI and WiFiUS:</b></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI) is a mechanism to foster and strengthen interaction among scientists, engineers and educators around the globe. It is based on the knowledge that excellence in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) research and education exists in many parts of the world, and that scientific advances can be accelerated by scientists and engineers working together across international borders. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">SAVI provides a mechanism for U.S. research communities to build long-term, structured collaborations with partnering countries in STEM fields. See </span><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/savi/index.jsp">http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/savi/index.jsp</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> for more details. </span></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; "><font face="Helvetica"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">WiFiUS is a SAVI project that </span>provides a platform for building long-term research and education collaboration between the two world leaders in the field of wireless networking. WiFiUS connects thirteen U.S. institutions and five Finnish institutions and centers of excellence in the area of dynamic radio spectrum access, which are independently supported by the Academy of Finland and Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation). The technical focus of the institute is on wireless spectrum efficiency technologies. The institute provides an environment for creative international collaboration that leverages the synergies and resources for research and education in the two countries in order to accelerate the rate of development of research innovations and the development of talent and work-force capable of excelling in the a new highly interconnected world. See <a href="http://www.wifius.org/">http://www.wifius.org</a> for more details.</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Best regards.<br><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div style="font-family: Tahoma; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Alhussein A. Abouzeid, Ph.D.</span></font></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Associate Professor<br>Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering,<br>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<br>110 8th. St., JEC6038,</span></font></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Troy NY 12180<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Office: 518-276-6534</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">email: <a href="mailto:abouzeid@ecse.rpi.edu">abouzeid@ecse.rpi.edu</a></span></font></div></div></div></div></body></html>