James (“Jody”) O’Daniell Neel

Trainee (2003-2006)
Integrated Research and Education in Advanced Networking
Virginia Tech

Biographical Sketch

Jody Neel is a Ph.D. student in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. He expects to complete his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in September 2006. His research focuses on the application of game theory to radio resource management of mobile ad hoc networks. His advisor is Dr. Jeffrey H. Reed.

Jody received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in December 2002 and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in May 1999. Jody received a National Merit and a National Eagle Scout Scholarship at Virginia Tech and is a member of Tau Beta Pi. He is a student member of the IEEE.

As an undergraduate, he completed two co-op terms at Nortel. Jody is captain of Virginia Tech’s intercollegiate trivia team for which he was a member of Virginia Tech’s 1998 and 2003 national teams. Jody’s other hobbies include tennis, soccer, and swimming.

Selected Publications

James Neel, Jeffrey H. Reed, Robert P. Gilles, “The Role of Game Theory in the Analysis of Software Radio Networks,” SDR Forum Technical Conference, November 2002.

Srikathyayani Srikanteswara, James Neel, and Jeffrey H. Reed, “Resource Allocation in Software Radios Using Configurable Computing Machines Based on the SCA,” SDR Forum Technical Conference, November 2002.

James Neel, R. Michael Buehrer, Jeffrey H. Reed, and Robert P. Gilles, “Game Theoretic Analysis of a Network of Cognitive Radios,” Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2002.

James Neel and Jeffrey H. Reed, “Case Studies in Software Radio Design,” in Jeffrey H. Reed, Software Radios: A Modern Approach to Radio Engineering, Prentice Hall, 2001.

Jeffrey H. Reed, James Neel, and Sujayeendar Sachindar, “Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog Conversion,” in Jeffrey H. Reed. Software Radios: A Modern Approach to Radio Engineering, Prentice Hall, 2001.

Srikathyayani Srikanteswara, James Neel, Jeffrey Reed, “Soft Radio Implementations for 3G and Future High Data Rate Systems,” Globecom, November 2001.

Srikathyayani Srikanteswara, James Neel, Jeffrey H. Reed, and Peter M. Athanas, “Designing Soft Radios for High Data Rate Systems and Integrated Global Services,” Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, November 4-7, 2001.

R. Gozali, R. Mostafa, R. C.Palat, S. Marikar, P. M. Robert, W. G. Newhall, C. Beaudette, S. A. Tsiakkoris, C. Anderson, J. Neel, B. D. Woerner, and J. H. Reed, “Virginia-Tech Space-Time Advanced Radio (VT-STAR),” Radio and Wireless Conference (RAWCON), 2001.

Contact Information

Last updated: August 29, 2006
Comments to: irean@vt.edu