John Smee

Realizing 5G’s Full Potential

BIO:
Dr. John E. Smee is a Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm Technologies Inc. He joined Qualcomm in 2000, holds over 75U.S. Patents, and has been involved in the system design for a variety of projects focused on the innovation of wireless communications systems such as CDMA EVDO, IEEE 802.11, 4G LTE, and 5G. His work involves taking advanced system designs and signal processing techniques from theory through design, standardization, implementation, and productization. He is currently a 5G project engineering lead in Qualcomm’s wireless research and development group. John was chosen to participate in the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering program and is a recipient of the Qualcomm Distinguished Contributor Award for Project Leadership. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton University, and also holds an M.A. from Princeton and an M.Sc. and B.Sc. from Queen’s University.

VIA INTERSTATE 5 – TAKING THE LA JOLLA VILLAGE DRIVE EXIT

Take Interstate I-5 and exit at Genessee Avenue.
Go west on Genessee (From I-5 North, it is a right turn; from I-5 south, it is a left merge).
Turn left at North Torrey Pines Road.
Turn left at North Point Drive.
Follow North Point Drive as it curves right and turns into Hopkins Drive.
Follow Hopkins Drive to the intersection with Voigt Drive.
Continue straight and park in the Hopkins Parking Structure (up the hill on your right)
BE SURE TO PURCHASE A PARKING PASS AND PARK IN A “V” SPOT
From the parking structure, walk back down the hill to Atkinson Hall.
Pass through the pedestrian tunnel to the main entrance off the courtyard.