CyberPowder Fellows Program (2026) - graduate wireless networking training and research mentoring program

[Kobus Van der Merwe]

We are pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the
2026 CyberPowder Fellows Program!

CyberPowder is an NSF-funded wireless networking hands-on training and
research mentoring program for US-based graduate students. The Program
addresses the problem that wireless experimental research is inherently
multidisciplinary, crossing the EE and CS divide; that wireless
networking is undergoing rapid technology and regulatory change; and
that today’s wireless testbeds are highly sophisticated, which also
means they require significant training to use. The Program is led by
three professors across EE and CS at the University of Utah, Neal
Patwari, Robert Ricci and Kobus Van der Merwe,  with support from the
POWDER platform technical staff. The Program trains students across the
wireless stack to perform wireless related research on POWDER, the
world’s largest openly-accessible software-defined wireless testbed.
POWDER is deployed across the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake
City and remotely accessible from anywhere in the world.

For full consideration applications are due by November 21st 2025.

For more information, other important dates and the link to the
application form please visit:
https://www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2026

CyberPowder and POWDER team