Salam Akoum , AT&T
Expert Member of Technical Staff
Dr. Akoum is an expert member of technical staff in the advanced RAN technology, spectrum and standards group within network CTO at AT&T. Dr. Akoum received her B.E. degree in Computer and Communication Engineering with a minor in Mathematics (Honors) from the American University of Beirut in 2006, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah in 2008, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012. She has held internships and wireless research, and standards positions with Qualcomm, Nokia Bell Labs, FutureWei and Hitachi America. She has worked on the design, performance evaluation and standardization of multiple 5G and 5G-Advanced technologies including beam management, advanced MIMO communication, AI/ML for the air interface, and O-RAN O-LLS fronthaul specifications. She is currently working on air-interface research and standardization for 6G communication systems, including integrated sensing and communication, and native artificial intelligence capabilities.