GSoC (2026) - Hardware in the loop CI

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Subject: Introduction and Interest in GSoC Hardware-in-the-Loop CI Project

Hello GNU Radio community,

My name is Naima Hassan, and I am a Telecommunications Engineer currently
doing a PhD in space system engineering. My focus is on digital
communications and signal processing. My research interests include
wireless communication systems, software-defined radio (SDR), and practical
DSP implementations for RF systems.

I recently started exploring the Google Summer of Code projects proposed by
the GNU Radio community, and I am particularly interested in the
Hardware-in-the-Loop CI project. The idea of introducing automated testing
with real radio hardware is very exciting to me, especially since
real-world wireless systems often behave quite differently from purely
simulated environments.

From my background in DSP and telecommunications, I have experience with
communication system designand signal analysis. I am very interested in
contributing to the development of hardware-based testing scenarios,
defining appropriate performance metrics (such as BER or detection
accuracy), and integrating these experiments into a CI workflow.

I would love to learn more about the expectations for this project and how
I could best prepare a strong proposal. If there are existing resources,
repositories, or prior work related to hardware testing or the CorteXlab
platform that I should study, I would greatly appreciate any pointers.

Thank you for maintaining such an impressive open-source project. I look
forward to learning from the community and hopefully contributing during
GSoC.

Best regards,
Naima Hassan

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><p>Subject: Introduction and Interest in GSoC Hardware-in-=
the-Loop CI Project</p><p>Hello GNU Radio community,</p><p>My name is Naima=
 Hassan, and I am a Telecommunications Engineer currently doing a PhD in sp=
ace system engineering. My focus=C2=A0is on digital communications and sign=
al processing. My research interests include wireless communication systems=
, software-defined radio (SDR), and practical DSP implementations for RF sy=
stems.</p><p>I recently started exploring the Google Summer of Code project=
s proposed by the GNU Radio community, and I am particularly interested in =
the Hardware-in-the-Loop CI project. The idea of introducing automated test=
ing with real radio hardware is very exciting to me, especially since real-=
world wireless systems often behave quite differently from purely simulated=
 environments.</p><p>From my background in DSP and telecommunications, I ha=
ve experience with communication system designand signal analysis. I am ver=
y interested in contributing to the development of hardware-based testing s=
cenarios, defining appropriate performance metrics (such as BER or detectio=
n accuracy), and integrating these experiments into a CI workflow.</p><p>I =
would love to learn more about the expectations for this project and how I =
could best prepare a strong proposal. If there are existing resources, repo=
sitories, or prior work related to hardware testing or the CorteXlab platfo=
rm that I should study, I would greatly appreciate any pointers.</p><p>Than=
k you for maintaining such an impressive open-source project. I look forwar=
d to learning from the community and hopefully contributing during GSoC.</p=
><p>Best regards,<br>Naima Hassan</p></div>

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