Thomas W. Rondeau

Trainee (2004-2006)
Integrated Research and Education in Advanced Networking
Virginia Tech

Biographical Sketch

Tom Rondeau is a Ph.D. student in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech as an advisee of Dr. Charles Bostian. He expects to complete his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in the spring of 2008 with research in cognitive radios, distributed machine intelligence, and creative machines.

Tom received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in May 2003, graduating Summa Cum Laude. As an undergraduate, Tom was awarded the Bradley Scholarship. Tom was involved in undergraduate research at Virginia Tech, assisting in the building of the Bluetooth Laboratory with Dr. Dennis Sweeney and researching the effects of microwave oven interference on Bluetooth networks as well as Bluetooth-to-Bluetooth co-interference. Tom is a Student Member of the IEEE, in the Microwave Theory and Technique Society and in the Communications Society.

When not working in his lab, Tom enjoys movies, reading voraciously, boating and fishing, and cooking.

Selected Publications

C. J. Rieser, T. W. Rondeau, C. W. Bostian, and T. M. Gallagher, "Cognitive Radio Testbed: Further Details and Testing of a Distributed Genetic Algorithm Based Cognitive Engine for Programmable Radios," Proc. MILCOM, Monterey, CA, 2004.

T. W. Rondeau, C. J. Rieser, B. Le, and C. W. Bostian, "Cognitive Radios with Genetic Algorithms: Intelligent Control of Software Defined Radios," Proc. SDR04, Phoenix, AZ, 2004.

T. W. Rondeau, C. J. Rieser, T. M. Gallagher, and C. W. Bostian, "Online Modeling of Wireless Channels with Hidden Markov Models and Channel Impulse Responses for Cognitive Radios," IEEE Proc. IMS'04, Fort Worth, TX, 2004, pp. 739-742.

T. W. Rondeau, C. J. Rieser, C. W. Bostian, T. M. Gallagher, and W. Cyre, "Cognitive Radio Engine based on Genetic Algorithms in a Network," Pending U.S. Patent Application, Virginia Tech, 2004.

C. W. Bostian, S. F. Midkiff, T. M. Gallagher, C. J. Rieser, and T. W. Rondeau, "Rapidly Deployable Broadband Communications for Disaster Response," Sixth International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies (SAFECOM Session), Boulder, CO, March 2-4, 2004, pp. 87-92.

T. W. Rondeau, "CWT’s Bluetooth Lab and Wake Forest Collaborate to Create Wireless Neurosystem," CWT Wireless Wave, vol. 3, issue 1, 2003.

Contact Information

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