Wireless@KTH The World’s Meeting Place for Education and Research in Wireless Systems

1. Wireless@KTH The World’s Meeting Place for Education and Research in Wireless Systems

2. Rapidly growing industrial wireless hotspot, today >10.000 active engineers KTH’s presence necessary for Supply of trained personnel Competence center Creating new ideas: “Think Tank” Meeting place in research Catalyst Stockholm = “Wireless Valley”

3. Center Vision The world’s meeting place for education & research for wireless systems • Producing ideas and leaders of tomorrow • Setting trends and fueling the Mobile Valley • Sustaining KTH’s leadership in Wireless

4. Wireless Mobile Computing & Communication Center Focus

5. WIRELESS@ KTH Industry, Service providers, Start-ups, and Financial Institutes Academic Education and Research The Cogg Wheel that will make Wireless Spinn

6. Meeting point for researchers - academic & industrial A “Think tank” Producer of leading and "trend-setting" research results. Provide an attractive environment for international top-level scientists and talented students. Undergraduate specialization in Wireless yearly producing about 150 engineers international M.Sc. program with the highest international reputation, producing about 50 graduates per year. Post graduate school on telecom producing about 20 Ph.Ds yearly Create sufficient resources for “independent” research and administration of "larger" research projects. Center Objectives

7. Jens Zander, Radio Communication Systems Björn Ottersten, Signal Processing Gerald ”Chip” Maguire, Computer Communication Academic Founders

8. Gunnar Karlsson, Teletraffic Systems Carl-Gustav Jansson, Knowledge and Communication Engineering Bastiaan Kleijn, Speech processing and source coding Academic Founders

9. Active participation Internships/Research Fellows Common research projects/programs Tiered Sponsorship Program Founding Partners International Partners Associated Partners Network Partners Industrial Partnerships

10. Founding Partners

11. 6 Chairs directly associated. 40-50 researchers 4 Founding Industry Partners Interim Board  Permanent Board Management: Executive Director Administrative Staff Directors of Education and Research Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board Organization

12. Bengt Broman (Chairman) Jan Johansson Jan Markendal Leif Persson Richard Lindh Jens Zander Björn Ottersten Interim Board

13. Executive Director: Dr. Claes Beckman Head of Administration: Ms. Lise-lotte Wahlberg Director of Research: Prof. Jens Zanders Director of Studies: Prof. Björn Ottersten Management

14. Under Graduate Education A new specialization within the IT, D, E, and F programs International M.Sc. program Post-graduate School in Telecom Influencing existing education Continuing education Education in Wireless Systems

15. Vision Driven Research Model Partners External researchers Center Vision WA:s Wireless Foresight Graduates Techno- Socio- Economic Scenarios Center Projects onKey Problems Innovations “4G and beyond” Papers “Think Tank”

16. Wireless Services & Applications Wireless Infrastructure Economics of Wireless Systems  EMC and Human Interactions with Wireless Systems Research Areas

17. Continuous funding (100+ MSEK/year) Industrial partnership program ~20-30 MSEK KTH undergraduate education ~15-20 MSEK Telecom graduate school ~5-15 MSEK KTH research funding ~15-20 MSEK SSF funding ~15-20 MSEK Cont Education ~2-5 MSEK Proposed Financing

18. Spring 2001 Wireless Foresight International M.Sc. Program June 2001 Physical Center in operation End 2001 All Positions Filled 2002 National Conference RVK 2004/5 VTC or PIMRC in Stockholm Schedule