6G Graduate Students Panel

President of Bell Labs Core Research

Peter Vetter is President of Bell Labs Core Research and Bell Labs Fellow.  He leads an eminent global research organization with the mission to create game changing innovations that define the future of networks and insure portfolio leadership for Nokia’s core business.

Doctoral researcher, Centre for Wireless Communications

Yushan Siriwardhana has over 7 years experience in telecommunication industry. His research interests include 5G, 6G, security in 5G and 6G, AI/ML security, and the Security of AI/ML systems. 

PhD student in Electrical Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate

Davide Villa is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University in Boston, USA. His research interests include 5G and beyond cellular networks, channel characterization for wireless systems, O-RAN, and software-defined networking for experimental wireless testbeds.

Research Associate at Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems & Ph.D. student

Florian received the Dipl.-Ing. degree (Hons.) in electrical engineering from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, in 2021, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Vodafone Chair Mobile Communication Systems.

Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ruth Gebremedhin is a fifth year Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. She completed her B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi in 2020 and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at NYU Tandon in 2022. She does research in the physical layer for wireless communication as part of the NYU Wireless center where she is advised by Prof. Thomas L. Marzetta.

EE PhD Student

Mingjun Ying is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering. His research interests include green communication, channel modeling, adversarial communication, satellite communications, and integrated sensing and communication.

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nitish Vikas Deshpande (Student Member, IEEE) is pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California San Diego. He is a graduate student researcher in Wireless Systems and Innovation Lab (WSIL) under the supervision of Prof. Robert W. Heath Jr.