{"680195":{"#nid":"680195","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Callis and Joshi Recognized for Breakthrough RFID Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom contactless payment to the Find My iPhone app, radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is now a central part of many everyday digital activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERFID is a wireless system that uses radio waves to send information between devices and track objects. It\u2019s become very important to the continued development of other crucial technologies like 5G wireless networks and virtual reality (VR).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImprovements to the wireless technology would lead to improved Internet of Things (IoT) devices with higher data rates and lower latency, as well as compact VR devices that accurately track location and orientation, facilitate real-time gesture recognition in virtual spaces, among other things.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERFID technology has the potential to improve gesture controls in virtual reality, tracking capabilities for the position and direction of drones and robots, and can be used in sensors to monitor temperature and air quality.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA pair of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) Ph.D. students were recently recognized for their work that is helping to bring this technology closer to becoming a reality.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheodore Callis and Marvin Joshi received the Best Paper Award at the 2024 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/2024.ieee-rfid.org\/\u0022\u003EIEEE RFID Technology and Application Conference\u003C\/a\u003E for their research on novel RFID architecture applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir paper, \u201cNovel mmWave\/5G RFID Architectures for Next Generation of IoT Devices and VR Applications,\u201d highlighted key advancements from the Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/emmanouil-m-tentzeris\u0022\u003EManos Tentzeris\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/athena.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EATHENA lab\u003C\/a\u003E, where they are using optics-inspired techniques and machine learning to push the limits of RFID technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis includes addressing challenges in long-range, wide-angle, and energy-efficient IoT designs, enabling precise localization and enhanced feasibility of mmID-based AR\/VR applications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese designs bring together optics, machine learning, and RFID technology to make systems smarter and more efficient. Lenses, like those in glasses or microscopes, are added to RFIDs to sharpen signals, cover wider angles, and work over longer distances. Machine learning helps by making it easier to track locations, detect orientations, and recognize gestures, which can be used in AR\/VR, robots, and drone tracking.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECallis and Joshi are both research assistant in the ATHENA lab. Callis\u2019s current research focuses on additively manufactured RFID systems and integration of biological\/chemical sensors with RFID systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoshi\u2019s current research interests focus on the integration of RADAR and artificial intelligence\/machine learning with RF modules, specifically next generation RFIDs and mmIDs for ultra-long-range localization and tracking applications.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe advancements aim to accelerate the adoption of 5G technology and enable the integration of RFID into virtual reality.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The advancements aim to accelerate the adoption of 5G technology and enable the integration of RFID into virtual reality."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2025-02-04 19:56:20","changed_gmt":"2025-02-05 15:50:24","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676213":{"id":"676213","type":"image","title":"Callis and Moshi.jpg","body":null,"created":"1738770535","gmt_created":"2025-02-05 15:48:55","changed":"1738770535","gmt_changed":"2025-02-05 15:48:55","alt":"Theodore Callis and Marvin Moshi","file":{"fid":"259949","name":"Callis and Moshi.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/02\/05\/Callis%20and%20Moshi.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/02\/05\/Callis%20and%20Moshi.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":835144,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/02\/05\/Callis%20and%20Moshi.jpg?itok=oHXvYIzQ"}}},"media_ids":["676213"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"103141","name":"Best Paper Award"},{"id":"503","name":"RFID"},{"id":"1526","name":"wireless"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}