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| | ==Location== | | ==Location== |
| − | Tufts University - Medford, MA, USA
| + | Worcester, Massachusetts, USA |
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| | ==Dates== | | ==Dates== |
| − | June 1-2, 2017
| + | May 3-4, 2018 |
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| | ==Details== | | ==Details== |
| | <pre> | | <pre> |
| | ********************************************************************* | | ********************************************************************* |
| − | CALL-FOR-PARTICIPATION
| + | NEWSDR 2018 |
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| − | *********************************************************************
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| − | NEWSDR 2017 | + | |
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| | New England Workshop on Software Defined Radio | | New England Workshop on Software Defined Radio |
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| − | Seventh-Annual | + | Eighth Annual |
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| | Evening Workshops | | Evening Workshops |
| − | Thursday June 1 | + | Thursday May 3 |
| − | 17:30 to 21:00 | + | 17:00 to 21:00 |
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| | Day-Long Symposium | | Day-Long Symposium |
| − | Friday June 2
| + | Friday May 4 |
| | 08:00 to 16:00 | | 08:00 to 16:00 |
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| − | Tufts University
| + | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) |
| − | Medford, MA, USA
| + | Worcester, Massachusetts, USA |
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| | http://www.sdr-boston.org/ | | http://www.sdr-boston.org/ |
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| − | Free Pre-Registration
| + | Registration and Poster Submissions Open on February 15 |
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| − | Poster Submissions and Pre-Registrations
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| − | Accepted Until Friday May 12
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| | ********************************************************************* | | ********************************************************************* |
| − | INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE
| + | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will be hosting the 2018 New |
| | + | England Workshop on Software Defined Radio (NEWSDR) on the evening |
| | + | of Thursday May 3 and all day on Friday May 4. |
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| − | You are cordially invited to the 2017 New England Workshop on
| + | As more information about this event becomes available, we will post |
| − | Software Defined Radio (NEWSDR 2017), which is the seventh installment
| + | information on this mailing list and on our website at: |
| − | of an annual series of symposium and workshop events organized by
| + | http://www.sdr-boston.org |
| − | the Boston SDR User Group (SDR-Boston).
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| − | This year, NEWSDR will be held at Tufts University, and consists of
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| − | a day-long symposium on Friday, as well as several hands-on technical
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| − | workshops the evening before on Thursday. You are welcome to attend
| + | |
| − | either or both events, which are entirely free when pre-registering.
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| − | Attendance is typically about 100 people, and attendees are evenly
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| − | split between academia and industry.
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| − | *********************************************************************
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| − | EVENING WORKSHOPS
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| − | THURSDAY JUNE 1
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| − | 17:00 to 21:00
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| − | Tufts University
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| − | Medford, Massachusetts
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| − | | + | |
| − | AGENDA
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| − | 16:00 – 17:30 Setup session for the Workshop Events (optional)
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| − | | + | |
| − | 17:30 – 21:00 Workshop Events
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| − | Two hands-on technical workshops are being offered in parallel:
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| − | * "SDR Using USRP E310 and Simulink"
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| − | by MathWorks
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| − | * "FPGA Programming on the USRP with the RFNoC Framework"
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| − | by Ettus Research
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| − | MathWorks and Ettus Research will each run a workshop on the evening
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| − | before the main event. Workshops are technical, practical, hands-on
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| − | activities in a group setting. Specific topics and further details
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| − | about the workshops is listed below. Attendance is free, but
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| − | pre-registration is required. Free pizza and soda will be provided.
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| − | *********************************************************************
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| − | DAY-LONG SYMPOSIUM
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| − | FRIDAY JUNE 2
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| − | 08:00 to 16:00
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| − | Breed Memorial Hall
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| − | Tufts University
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| − | 51 Winthrop Street
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| − | Medford, Massachusetts
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| − | | + | |
| − | AGENDA
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| − | 07:30 to 08:00 Coffee and Light Refreshments
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| − | | + | |
| − | 08:00 to 08:15 Welcome and Introduction
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| − | | + | |
| − | 08:15 to 09:40 Sponsor Overview Presentations (20 minutes each)
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| − | | + | |
| − | 09:40 to 10:15 Elevator-Pitch Oral Presentations
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| − | of Poster Presenters (2 minutes each)
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| − | 10:15 to 10:45 Coffee, Attendee Networking, Poster Sessions,
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| − | Sponsor Exhibits, and Demos
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| − | 10:45 to 11:45 Industry Tutorial Presentation by MediaTek:
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| − | "Prototyping Next Generation Wireless Devices"
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| − | 11:45 to 13:00 Lunch and Attendee Networking
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| − | 13:00 to 14:00 Keynote Presentation by Professor Dennis Roberson
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| − | 14:00 to 14:30 Coffee, Attendee Networking, Poster Sessions,
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| − | Sponsor Exhibits, and Demos
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| − | 14:30 to 15:30 Industry Tutorial Presentation by Analog Devices:
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| − | "ADALM-PLUTO SDR Prototyping with Matlab"
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| − | 15:30 to 16:00 Closing Remarks, Best Poster Award, Announcements
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| − | Keynote Speaker:
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| − | * Professor Dennis Roberson, Illinois Institute of Technology
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| − | Technical Poster Presentations:
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| − | * Covering the recent work in SDR and cognitive radio technology
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| − | * Poster presentations are now being solicited
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| − | * See link at the bottom of this email to submit your abstract
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| − | Corporate Sponsors:
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| − | * Analog Devices
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| − | * Ettus Research
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| − | * MathWorks
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| − | * MediaTek Wireless
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| − | The symposium features plenary speakers, technical poster
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| − | presentation sessions, hardware and software demonstrations from the
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| − | event sponsors, and workshops from the event sponsors, all focusing | + | |
| − | on recent work in SDR and cognitive radio technology. Free breakfast,
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| − | lunch, and coffee will be provided. Attendance is free, but advance
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| − | registration is required.
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| − | The symposium provides an excellent networking opportunity and a
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| − | terrific venue to exchange thoughts and ideas with other people
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| − | working in the SDR space.
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| − | *********************************************************************
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| − | WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
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| − | SDR with E310 using Simulink
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| − | MathWorks
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| − | This tutorial focuses on demonstrating modeling SDR-based designs in
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| − | MATLAB and Simulink, and configuring and deploying on the USRP E310.
| + | |
| − | Topics presented will include modeling communication systems using
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| − | Simulink, implementing radio I/O with E310 and Simulink, and
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| − | prototyping deployment with real-time data via HW/SW co-design.
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| − | Prior knowledge of programming Xilinx Zynq SoCs with MATLAB and
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| − | Simulink, and knowledge of communications systems and hardware design
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| − | are prerequisites.
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| − | Outline:
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| − | Model Communication system using Simulink:
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| − | * Model and simulate RF signal chain and communication algorithms.
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| − | * Overview of Software Defined Radio concepts and workflows.
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| − | * Simulate a communication system that includes a transmitter,
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| − | AD9361 transceiver, channel, and receiver (RF test environment).
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| − | Implement Radio I/O with E310 SDR and Simulink:
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| − | * Verify the operation of baseband transceiver algorithm using real
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| − | data streamed from the AD9361 into MATLAB and Simulink.
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| − | * Overview of System objects and hardware platforms.
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| − | * Perform baseband processing in MATLAB and Simulink on received
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| − | signal.
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| − | * Verify algorithm performance for real data versus simulated data.
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| − | Hardware-Software Co-Design for Software:
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| − | * Split and deploy Tx/Rx algorithms to PL and PS.
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| − | * Overview of Zynq HW/SW co-design workflow.
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| − | * Implement transmitter and receiver on PL/PS using HW/SW co-design
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| − | workflow.
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| − | * Download generated code to the ARM & FPGA, and tune system
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| − | parameters in real-time operation via Simulink.
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| − | *********************************************************************
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| − | WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
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| − | FPGA Programming on the USRP with the RFNoC Framework
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| − | Ettus Research
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| − | Ettus Research's RFNoC (RF Network-on-Chip) software is meant
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| − | to decrease the development time for experienced FPGA engineers
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| − | seeking to integrate IP into the USRP signal processing chain.
| + | |
| − | RFNoC is the architecture for USRP devices that use Xilinx 7-series
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| − | FPGAs (E310, E312, X300, X310). RFNoC is built around a packetized
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| − | network infrastructure in the FPGA that handles the transport of
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| − | control and sample data between the host CPU and the radio. Users
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| − | target their custom algorithms to the FPGA in the form of
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| − | Computation Engines (CE), which are processing blocks that attach to
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| − | this network. CEs act as independent nodes on the network that can | + | |
| − | receive and transmit data to any other node (e.g., another CE, the
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| − | radio block, or the host CPU). Users can create modular,
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| − | FPGA-accelerated SDR applications by chaining CEs into a flow graph.
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| − | RFNoC is supported in UHD and GNU Radio. In this workshop, we will
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| − | present an interactive hands-on tutorial on RFNoC, including a
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| − | discussion on its design and capabilities, demonstrations of several
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| − | existing examples, and a walk-through on implementing a user-defined
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| − | CE and integrating the CE into GNU Radio.
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| − | Prerequisites:
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| − | * Attendees are expected to bring their own laptops to the workshop.
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| − | The laptop should have a minimum of 4 GB memory, 60 GB of free disk
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| − | space, one Ethernet port available, and one USB 3.0 port available.
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| − | * Attendees are expected to install VirtualBox 5.1.18 or newer.
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| − | All necessary USRP hardware will be provided in the workshop.
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| − | Attendees do not need to bring any USRP hardware.
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| − | *********************************************************************
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| − | REGISTRATION
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| − | * Pre-register for the Symposium, or for the Workshop, or both
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| − | * Pre-registration is required, but is completely free
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| − | * Pre-registration takes less than 5 minutes
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| − | * Pre-registration includes free meals at the event
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| − | * Parking available
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| − | * You must pre-register online
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| − | * Attendance, meals, parking are all limited, so please
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| − | pre-register online as soon as possible to secure your spot
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| − | * Pre-registration deadline is Friday May 12
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| − | * See link at the bottom of this announcement to pre-register online
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| − | *********************************************************************
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| − | LINKS
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| − | Attendee Pre-registration:
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| − | https://goo.gl/Oy99HU
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| − | Poster Abstract Submission:
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| − | https://goo.gl/pJohKn
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| − | *********************************************************************
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| − | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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| − | More information, and the event schedule,
| + | Note that registration for this event is free, |
| − | for this event can be found at our website:
| + | and will open on February 15. |
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| − | http://www.sdr-boston.org/
| + | Please mark your calendars! |
| | + | We hope to see you there! |
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| | ********************************************************************* | | ********************************************************************* |
