8–12 Sept 2025
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  1. Wylie Standage-Beier
    08/09/2025, 10:00
    Fundamental GNURadio Workshops
    Workshop
  2. Mr Paul Clark (Factoria Labs)
    08/09/2025, 13:00
    Workshop

    This workshop by author of the eponymous book introduces hobbyists, students, and RF prototyping engineers to practical SDR concepts

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  3. Mr Alvin Sipe, Dr Paul Comitz
    08/09/2025, 13:00
    Intermediate & Advanced GNURadio Workshops
    Workshop

    This workshop presents an overview of well-known aviation radio communications, such as ACARS and ADS-B. The first part presents the usage of these capabilities in an operational context. The second part of the workshop presents SDR tools that can be used to receive these radio communications. The emphasis is on low cost hardware and open source software packages.

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  4. Dr Neil Rogers (USAFA)
    08/09/2025, 15:15
    Intermediate & Advanced GNURadio Workshops
    Workshop

    Everyone loves a good puzzle -- this workshop challenges participants with a classic signals mystery: how can we decode the transmission from a basic RF remote and spoof it using our own SDR hardware? In this hands-on, fully interactive session, attendees will reverse engineer a simple, commercially available RF remote. We’ll focus on analyzing and characterizing the signal, then recreating it...

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  5. 09/09/2025, 09:00
    Keynote
  6. Josh Morman
    09/09/2025, 09:45
    Project Talk
  7. Adam Anderson
    09/09/2025, 11:00
    Talk

    Adam L. Anderson received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Brigham Young University, Utah, USA, in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California at San Diego, California, USA, in 2008. Dr. Anderson worked in academia for almost a decade producing 50+ publications including in journals, conferences, and disclosures. He is the inventor of Deepmod, was...

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  8. Philip Balister, Toby Flynn (Red Wire Technologies, LLC)
    09/09/2025, 13:00
    Intermediate & Advanced GNURadio Workshops
    Workshop

    Embedded software defined radios require special considerations and a more complete understanding of the hardware and Linux subsystems to maximum the use of the radio. This Workshop will cover special considerations including lower level hardware access including registers, gpio control, debugfs parameter control, and limited memory availability. Other topics including make use of FPGAa and...

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  9. Martin Braun (GNU Radio)
    09/09/2025, 13:00
    Signal Processing
    Sponsor Talk

    It is now over twenty years since the first USRPs were shipped to SDR hackers around the globe, and the development of SDRs has not stopped. As proud sponsors of the GNU Radio conference, we therefore use this opportunity to present on current SDR activities at NI and give an update on what SDR power-users can expect in the near future.

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  10. Mr Parker Wilmoth (Florida Atlantic University)
    09/09/2025, 13:30
    Applications of GNURadio
    Paper (with talk)

    This work presents a practical framework for sustaining robust mmWave communication links in non-line-of-sight (NLoS) scenarios using a dynamically reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) operating at 28 GHz. The system integrates GNU Radio with a Python-based control backend to coordinate signal processing, RIS steering, and beam selection in real time. The focus of this work is on the...

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  11. Mr Gabriel Garcia (Florida Atlantic University)
    09/09/2025, 13:45
    Applications of GNURadio
    Paper (with talk)

    ExpressLRS is an open-source high refresh radio control link that has proven resilient to interference while maintaining a maximum achievable range at that rate with low latency. Designed to be the best FPV Racing link, it is based on the Semtech SX127x/SX1280 LoRa hardware combined with an Espressif or STM32 processor. We build the first known open-source implementation of ExpressLRS in GNU...

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  12. Jason Gallicchio (Harvey Mudd College)
    09/09/2025, 14:15
    Applications of GNURadio
    Talk

    We designed and tested a drone with a wide-band transmitter (down to 30 MHz up to to 1.8 GHz) to measure the complex antenna pattern of radio telescopes. We basically split a VNA in half and flew one half on a drone. Radio telescopes at sub GHz frequencies are often not mechanically steerable. They are composed of arrays of dipoles, troughs, or dishes "pointing up". This makes it challenging...

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  13. Dan Boschen
    09/09/2025, 15:00
    Signal Processing
    Workshop

    Measuring the quality of high-performance waveforms with sub-dB accuracy is a technically demanding task. Subtle missteps in alignment, scaling, or statistical assumptions can lead to misleading results—even when using familiar tools. This workshop offers a clear and practical path through those challenges, equipping participants with the insight and techniques needed to measure signal quality...

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  14. Dennis Rosenauer
    09/09/2025, 15:30
    RADAR and Communications
    Talk

    EME, often known as Earth-Moon-Earth is a way of communicating between two earth stations by using the Moon as a passive reflector. This presentation will show in detail how to design and build an SDR based radio with low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers and antenna systems to successfully communicate using the Moon as a reflector. Details will be presented on the RF and analog design,...

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  15. Chien-Min Chen (Yuan-Ze Univ. Comm. Research Center, Taiwan)
    09/09/2025, 16:00
    Applications of GNURadio
    Paper (with talk)

    As wireless communication standards evolve, techniques such as wideband, multi-channel transmission, and high-order modulation are conducted to support higher data rates and throughput. For example, IEEE 802.11ax employs 1024-QAM with up to 160 MHz bandwidth, while IEEE 802.11be extends support to 4096-QAM and 320 MHz bandwidth. In cellular networks, 3GPP 5G NR supports bandwidths up to...

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  16. Mr Felipe Sanchez (Florida Atlantic University)
    09/09/2025, 16:15
    Applications of GNURadio
    Paper (with talk)

    Connected robotic systems perform many complex tasks through coordination, such as cooperative search of an environment, consensus, rendezvous, and formation control. At their core, these systems rely on local coordination between intelligent agents making reliable, low-latency, high-rate wireless communication of primary importance. Beyond simply maintaining connectivity, reliable...

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  17. 10/09/2025, 09:00
    Keynote

    Thomas W. Rondeau, Ph.D.
    Principal Director for the FutureG Office
    Office of the Deputy Chief Technology Officer (Science and Technology),
    Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

    Dr. Tom Rondeau is the Principal Director for the FutureG Office for the US Department of
    Defense, serving in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering...

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  18. Dan Boschen (Microchip), David Chandler
    10/09/2025, 09:45
    RADAR and Communications
    Talk

    How does oscillator phase noise degrade Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) in 5G NR waveforms? This talk presents a step-by-step methodology to predict that impact—starting from a modeled phase noise spectrum and ending with EVM performance metrics for a 5G NR OFDM signal.

    We show how to calculate the expected EVM from vibration-induced phase noise using known system parameters, and validate...

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  19. Josh Morman
    10/09/2025, 10:00

    https://github.com/mormj/gr4-block-tutorial

    In this workshop we will work through the details of creating new blocks in GR4. The focus will be how to implement the GR4 equivalents of the work function, and how to integrate blocks into running flowgraphs, demonstrating the benefits of GR4.

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  20. Jonathan Pendlum, Marian Koop (NI), Michael Dickens, Mr Neel Pandeya (National Instruments)
    10/09/2025, 10:00
    Intermediate & Advanced GNURadio Workshops
    Workshop

    This session offers a comprehensive tutorial on using the MultiUSRP API and RFNoC API of the USRP Hardware Driver (UHD) driver to leverage USRP devices for real-time RF data streaming. Attendees will be introduced to UHD, exploring its core architecture and the functionalities of the MultiUSRP and RFNoC APIs. The tutorial includes practical examples, options to counter streaming errors, and...

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  21. Catherine Mertens
    10/09/2025, 11:00
    RADAR and Communications
    Talk

    A widely studied configuration within Cell-Free massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (CF mMIMO) networks is the centralized architecture, where all Access Points (APs) are connected to a Central Processing Unit (CPU) that performs Linear Minimum Mean Square Error (LMMSE)-based uplink signal estimation. As an alternative, sequential uplink signal processing refines users' signal...

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  22. Christopher Long (Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic)
    10/09/2025, 11:15
    RADAR and Communications
    Paper (with talk)

    This work presents a novel hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation framework for testing and evaluation of digital signal processing routines for active radar systems by leveraging the open-source PYNQ (Python Productivity for Adaptive Computing Platforms) framework. This test and evaluation approach offers several advantages, including increased accessibility, reduced development time, and...

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  23. Mr Jose Sanchez (Florida Atlantic University)
    10/09/2025, 11:45
    RADAR and Communications
    Paper (with talk)

    Securing wireless communication against eavesdropping is critical, particularly in dynamic and decentralized environments. We present gr-PHYSEC, a new GNU Radio out-of-tree (OOT) module for real-time physical-layer key generation. Unlike traditional key generation that relies on pre-shared secrets or computational complexity, our approach derives symmetric keys from the wireless channel’s...

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  24. John Sallay (BCubed Engineering)
    10/09/2025, 13:00
    Intermediate & Advanced GNURadio Workshops
    Workshop

    In this workshop, we will learn how to effectively integrate CUDA into GNU Radio blocks. There will be a brief tutorial of CUDA kernels and the CUDA Core Compute Libraries (CCCL). We will create a few GPU accelerated GNU Radio blocks and work through strategies for testing, debugging, and optimizing these blocks.

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  25. Murat Sever (TOBB ETU)
    10/09/2025, 13:00
    Practical applications using GNURadio
    Workshop

    This workshop showcases replay attacks on a mini-setup which includes remote-controlled LED and an off-the-shelf SDR. Workshop aims to show how GNU Radio can be used in every step of a replay attack attempt.

    In the workshop, we will be using a simple RF radio device, a remote control, and a transmit-capable SDR in order to receive and transmit signals. The remote is used to turn on and...

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  26. Gavin Messerly (Weber State University)
    10/09/2025, 13:00
    RADAR and Communications
    Paper (with talk)

    This project investigates the use of Software Defined Radio (SDR) for Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to detect shallowly buried objects, and evaluates its performance against a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) GPR system. It marks the first engineering collaboration between Weber State University and the 309th Software Engineering Group (SWEG) at Hill Air Force Base (HAFB).

    Traditional GPR...

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  27. Mr Cody Kieu (Advanced Radar Research Center, University of Oklahoma)
    10/09/2025, 13:30
    RADAR and Communications
    Paper (with talk)

    Precise synchronization of time, frequency, and phase is crucial for coherent processing in distributed radar systems, especially at higher frequencies where timing errors rapidly degrade performance. To enable distributed radar operations such as coherent transmit beamforming, distributed radar systems must achieve time synchronization on the order of tens of picoseconds, requiring...

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  28. Mr Michael Alldritt
    10/09/2025, 14:00
    RADAR and Communications
    Paper (with talk)

    OFDM transmit and receive blocks have long been available to users, developers, and researchers within the GNU Radio ecosystem [1]. These tools are actively maintained by the community, including many domain experts. In previous work, I collaborated with Mr. Barry Duggan to develop an out-of-tree (OOT) block that implements preamble and postamble support for BFSK modulation. This feature...

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  29. Stepan Mazokha (Florida Atlantic University)
    10/09/2025, 14:30
    RADAR and Communications
    Paper (with talk)

    WiFi device fingerprinting and re-identification (RFFI) are critical functions for wireless security, mobility intelligence, and many other applications. However, rapid prototyping and evaluation of fingerprint extractors remains a challenging task. Model performance evaluation requires exploring various environmental conditions, emitter types, and more.

    To streamline this process, we...

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  30. 10/09/2025, 15:30
    Sponsor Talk
  31. John Sallay (BCubed Engineering)
    10/09/2025, 16:00
    Signal Processing
    Talk

    GNU Radio uses FFTW for it FFT computations. In many cases, FFTW has excellent performance. However, newer libraries are emerging that in some important cases have better performance. Additionally, the Rust language is becoming more popular due to its built in safety guarantees.

    When porting some FFT intensive GNU Radio blocks to an ARM based system, significant performance degradation...

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  32. Jan Schirok (Emerson)
    10/09/2025, 16:15
    RADAR and Communications
    Talk

    Multi-Channel RF Systems using wide bandwidth signals are common in many applications. Keeping all channels - even distributed ones - well synchronized is a common ask from these types of systems. In reality, RF and baseband synchronization are not perfect though - but how accurate do they need to be for a given application?
    Is 1 ps plenty? Is it not enough? Will 10 degree phase offset work...

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  33. 10/09/2025, 18:00

    Dinner + Drinks + Games + Prizes
    Gather in the front lobby or front of venue 5:30-5:45 PM to arrange ride sharing

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  34. 11/09/2025, 09:00
    Keynote

    Bradley M. Kuhn is the Policy Fellow and Hacker-in-Residence at Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC). Kuhn began his work in the software freedom movement as a volunteer in 1992, as an early adopter of Linux-based systems and contributor to various FOSS projects, including Perl. He worked during the 1990s as a system administrator and software developer for various companies, and taught AP...

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  35. John Sallay (BCubed Engineering), Marcus Müller
    11/09/2025, 09:45
  36. Matt Ettus
    11/09/2025, 11:00

    Discussions on the history of GNU Radio.

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  37. 11/09/2025, 13:00
    Workshop
  38. Marc Lichtman
    11/09/2025, 13:00
    Sigmf and other archival tools

    Quick intro to the SigMF standard for storing RF + metadata to file and a brief overview of activity over the last year

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  39. Troy Bates
    11/09/2025, 13:15
    Signal Processing
    Talk

    Previous attempts to integrate FPGA acceleration into GNU Radio have primarily focused on front-end processing. This abstract proposes a novel approach: extending FPGA acceleration to a block-centric model using non-SDR PCIe FPGAs, with an emphasis on SWAP-C (Size, Weight, Power, and Cost). The goal of this talk is to demonstrate a proof-of-concept for an FPGA-accelerated GNU Radio block....

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  40. Paul David (SimpliRF, LLC.)
    11/09/2025, 13:30
    Signal Processing
    Paper (with talk)

    Large Language Models (LLMs), built on transformer-based deep learning architectures, are increasingly being explored as high-level controllers. With standards like the Model Context Protocol (MCP), LLMs can now orchestrate and interface with external software, including radio stacks such as GNU Radio. Our initial investigation focused on using LLMs to dynamically manage signal processing...

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  41. John Malsbury
    11/09/2025, 14:00
  42. Jonathan Pendlum, Mr Neel Pandeya (National Instruments)
    11/09/2025, 15:00
    Intermediate & Advanced GNURadio Workshops
    Workshop

    This workshop provides a tutorial on the RFNoC framework, including a discussion on its design and capabilities, demonstrations of several practical examples, and a walk-through of implementing a user-defined RFNoC Block and integrating it into both UHD and GNU Radio. The RFNoC (RF Network-on-Chip) framework is the FPGA architecture used in USRP devices, specifically the E310, E312, E320,...

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  43. Martin Braun (GNU Radio)
    11/09/2025, 15:30
    Signal Processing
    Talk

    One of the hardest problems of high-bandwidth software-defined radio systems is also one of the most basic: Data movement. In this talk, we shall explore some low-level methods of streaming data over Ethernet, including raw sockets, RDMA, and io_uring. We will discuss how we can best use these technologies in GNU Radio and SDR systems, as well as provide some benchmark results on throughput,...

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  44. Tiancheng He (Vanderbilt University)
    11/09/2025, 16:00
    Signal Processing
    Paper (with talk)

    This paper and talk investigate the application of real-time scheduling techniques and analysis to the GNU Radio scheduler. Real-time scheduling theory allows for analytical bounds to be derived for end-to-end signal-processing response times. However, the current scheduling infrastructure in GNU Radio is designed using heuristics aimed at improving observed or average performance, not...

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  45. 12/09/2025, 09:00
    Keynote
  46. Garrett Vanhoy (Peraton Labs)
    12/09/2025, 09:45
    Signal Processing
    Talk

    This talk introduces a GNU Radio Out-of-Tree (OOT) module that implements several blind source separation (BSS) algorithms, including Independent Component Analysis (ICA), Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF), and Adaptive Event Processing. The module integrates with GNU Radio’s flowgraph architecture, facilitating real-time signal processing within...

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  47. Mr Martín Cabrera (Faculty of Engineering - Universidad de la República (Uruguay)), Mr Pedro Pertusso (Faculty of Engineering - Universidad de la República (Uruguay))
    12/09/2025, 10:30
    RADAR and Communications
    Paper (with talk)

    Software Defined Radio (SDR) has played a transformative role in democratizing access to radio-based systems by reducing the reliance on proprietary hardware and software. In this work, we present two practical implementations of SDR systems for acquiring imagery and data from GOES satellites, highlighting its relevance to both educational contexts and institutional applications.

    First, we...

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  48. Dan Boschen
    12/09/2025, 10:45
    Talk

    RadioSonic is a new educational platform under development that uses real-time audio propagation to emulate wireless channel behavior for hands-on SDR instruction. By shifting RF waveform experimentation into the acoustic domain, the RadioSonic platform enables exploration of realistic multipath, Doppler, digital modulation, and other physical-layer effects using affordable purpose-built...

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  49. 12/09/2025, 11:15
    Talk

    Placeholder for student talk.

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  50. Matt Carrick
    12/09/2025, 11:30
    Signal Processing
    Paper (with talk)

    TorchSig is software for radio frequency (RF) machine learning (ML) that generates signals and performs model training for signal detection and modulation recognition. The software is also packaged with the gr-spectrumdetect GNU Radio block which runs an ML model for detection and modulation recognition. The talk and paper discuss the latest advancements in the software: the ability to train...

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  51. Steve Stroh
    12/09/2025, 13:00
    Breakout Session

    Developments in Amateur Radio and SDR including LinHT, LoRa, and KA9Q-Radio.

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  52. 12/09/2025, 14:30

    Capture the Flag players will demonstrate how they decoded mystery signals. All are welcome.

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  53. Gamal Zayed (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
    RADAR and Communications
    Paper (with talk)

    Abstract-- Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications, particularly those based on the IEEE 802.11p amendment for the 5.9 GHz DSRC band (5.850–5.925 GHz), are fundamental for enhancing road safety through time-sensitive message exchange. However, deploying such systems can be hindered by the cost or band limitations of existing RF hardware. This paper presents a preliminary implementation...

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  54. Join us for a dynamic panel discussion exploring how GNU Radio and open-source software-defined radio (SDR) technologies are transforming real-world applications across government, industry, and academia. Panelists from each sector will share insights into how they leverage open-source SDR for mission-critical research, prototyping, education, and commercial solutions.

    We’ll also explore...

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