CCI xG Testbed Team Summary ============================ The CCI xG Testbed Team at Virginia Tech is a diverse group of researchers, students, and staff working on next-generation wireless communication technologies. This document outlines the organizational structure and profiles key personnel contributing to the testbed's success. Organizational Structure ------------------------ Below is the organizational structure for the CCI xG Testbed Team, which defines the hierarchy and groups involved in research and operations. .. .. graphviz:: .. :align: center .. digraph org_structure { .. graph [ .. dpi=130, // Lower DPI for a more compact image .. rankdir=TB, // Top-to-bottom layout .. splines=ortho, // Orthogonal edges for a clean look .. ranksep=0.5 // Reduced vertical space between levels for a shorter diagram .. ]; .. node [ .. shape=box, .. style=filled, .. color=lightblue, .. fontname=Helvetica, .. penwidth=2 .. ]; .. edge [ .. dir=none, // No arrows, just lines .. color=black, .. penwidth=2 .. ]; .. // Define nodes .. Director [label="Director"]; .. Postdoc [label="Postdoc"]; .. Associate [label="Associate Faculty"]; .. TechTeam [label="Technical Team"]; .. AdminTeam [label="Admin Team"]; .. Visitors [label="Visitor/Engineer Resident"]; .. // Force ranking by levels .. { rank=min; Director } .. { rank=same; Postdoc; Associate } .. { rank=max; TechTeam; AdminTeam; Visitors } .. // Direct (solid) reporting lines to Director .. Director -> Postdoc [style=solid]; .. Director -> TechTeam [style=solid]; .. Director -> AdminTeam [style=solid]; .. Director -> Visitors [style=solid]; .. // Indirect (dotted) lines to Postdoc .. Postdoc -> TechTeam [style=dotted]; .. Postdoc -> AdminTeam [style=dotted]; .. // Associate Faculty has no lines .. } .. figure:: _static/CCI_Org.png :alt: structure :align: center | The People ========== Director -------- .. _director: .. figure:: _static/aloizio.jpg :alt: Aloizio P. Da Silva :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Aloizio Da Silva - **Role:** Director, CCI xG Testbed Team - **Expertise:** Wireless networking, NFV, SDN, and SDR - **Profile:** `Profile `_ .. clear:: | | | | | | Post-Doc Researchers --------------------- .. figure:: _static/Madhurra.png :alt: Madhura :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Madhura Adeppady - **Role:** Postdoctoral Researcher - **Focus:** Resource-efficient microservice orchestration, edge computing, and serverless systems - **Profile:** `Profile `_ - **Report To:** Dr Aloizio Da Silva .. clear:: | | | | | | Technical Team -------------- The Technical Team includes doctoral students and a subset of master's researchers dedicated to developing and implementing advanced wireless technologies. **Doctoral Students:** .. figure:: _static/habibur_rahman.jpg :alt: Md. Habibur Rahman :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Md. Habibur Rahman - **Role:** Doctoral Student - **Focus:** Machine learning and deep learning in wireless networks and O-RAN - **Report To:** Dr Aloizio Da Silva | | | | | | | .. figure:: _static/asheesh.jpg :alt: Asheesh Tripathi :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Asheesh Tripathi - **Role:** Doctoral Student - **Focus:** Spectrum Sharing, Machine learning in wireless systems, O-RAN and experimental cellular research. - **Profile:** `Linkedin `_, `Github `_, `Google Scholar `_ - **Report To:** Dr Aloizio Da Silva | | | | | | .. figure:: _static/Mahesha.jpg :alt: Mahesha Vidurange :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Mahesha Vidurange - **Role:** Doctoral Student - **Focus:** Exploring O-RAN security and interoperability while building AI/ML solutions for adaptive management in next-gen wireless systems. - **Report To:** Dr Aloizio Da Silva | | | | | | .. figure:: _static/IshtiqueNew.png :alt: Ishtiaque Ahmed :align: left :width: 200px :height: 230px - **Name:** Ishtiaque Ahmed - **Role:** Doctoral Student - **Focus:** Cloud solutions for O-RAN and leading interoperability testing in the ACCoRD project. - **Report To:** Dr Aloizio Da Silva | | | | | | | .. figure:: _static/Veera.jpeg :alt: Manikantha Rayudu :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Manikantha Rayudu - **Role:** Doctoral Student - **Focus:** Focusing on federated learning to enhance reliability and privacy in IoT, extending to O-RAN systems. - **Report To:** Dr Aloizio Da Silva | | | | | | | **Master's Researchers and Interns:** .. figure:: _static/fahim.png :alt: Fahim Bashar :align: left :width: 200px :height: 230px - **Name:** Fahim Bashar - **Role:** Graduate Research Assistant - **Focus:** NextG Testbed deployment and development - **Report To:** Dr Aloizio Da Silva | | | | | | | .. figure:: _static/Atif.jpeg :alt: Atif Ahmed :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Atif Ahmed - **Role:** Research Intern - **Focus:** Leading O-RAN Open Fronthaul testing in the ACCoRD project - **Report To:** Dr Aloizio Da Silva | | | | | .. figure:: _static/Dharaneesh_Pic.jpeg :alt: Dharaneesh C.K.V :align: left :width: 200px :height: 230px - **Name:** Dharaneesh C.K.V - **Role:** Research Intern - **Focus:** Focuses on Fullstack Development and Website Management - **Report To:** Dr Aloizio Da Silva | | | | | | | Admin Team ---------- .. figure:: _static/harshit_sai_teja.jpg :alt: Harshit Sai Teja Doddi :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Harshit Sai Teja Doddi - **Role:** Master's Researcher / Intern - **Focus:** Network Administration and Management - **Report To:** Dr Aloizio Da Silva | | | | | | .. figure:: _static/AhmedNew.png :alt: Ahmed Malik :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Ahmed Malik - **Role:** Master's Researcher / Intern - **Focus:** Network and Server Management support - **Report To:** Dr Aloizio Da Silva | | | | | | Alumni and Former Students ---------------------------- .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/aditya.jpg :alt: Aditya Sathish :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_DI_jTsAAAAJ&hl=en .. container:: person-info | Name: `Aditya Sathish `_ | Role: Graduate Researcher .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/souradeep.jpg :alt: Souradeep Deb :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4hCPcvoAAAAJ&hl=en .. container:: person-info | Name: `Souradeep Deb `_ | Role: Graduate Researcher .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/jaswanth_sai_reddy.jpg :alt: Jaswanth Sai Reddy :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaswanth-sai-reddy .. container:: person-info | Name: `Jaswanth Sai Reddy `_ | Role: Graduate Researcher .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/Prateek.jpg :alt: Prateek Sethi :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateeksethiii/ .. container:: person-info | Name: `Prateek Sethi `_ | Role: Graduate Researcher .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/Vikas.jpg :alt: Vikas :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: # .. container:: person-info | Name: Vikas | Role: Research Intern .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/Tapan.jpg :alt: Tapan :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tapan212/ .. container:: person-info | Name: `Tapan Bhatnagar `_ | Role: Research Intern .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/Oren.jpg :alt: Oren :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orencollaco/ .. container:: person-info | Name: `Oren Collaco `_ | Role: Research Intern .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/Adam.jpg :alt: Adam :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: # .. container:: person-info | Name: `Adam `_ | Role: Research Intern .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/Abhimanyu.jpeg :alt: Abhimanyu Bhagwati :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: # .. container:: person-info | Name: Abhimanyu Bhagwati | Role: Research Intern .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/Abdellah.jpeg :alt: Abdellah El Baamrani :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdellah-el-baamrani-819898286/ .. container:: person-info | Name: `Abdellah El Baamrani `_ | Role: Research Intern .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/Amirreza.jpg :alt: Amirreza Ghafoori :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirrezaghafoori/ .. container:: person-info | Name: `Amirreza Ghafoori `_ | Role: Graduate Researcher .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/Efat.jpg :alt: Efat Samir :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: # .. container:: person-info | Name: Efat Samir | Role: Research Intern .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/kshitij.png :alt: Kshitij Narvekar :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kshitij-narvekar/ .. container:: person-info | Name: `Kshitij Narvekar `_ | Role: Research Intern .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/Sunny.png :alt: Sunny Khanorkar :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunny-khanorkar/ .. container:: person-info | Name: `Sunny Khanorkar `_ | Role: Research Intern .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/rajat_2.png :alt: Rajat Nagar :width: 200px :height: 220px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajatnagarr/ .. container:: person-info | Name: `Rajat Nagar `_ | Role: Research Intern .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/abida.jpg :alt: Abida Sultana :width: 200px :height: 200px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abida-sultana-7053891bb/ .. container:: person-info | Name: `Abida Sultana `_ | Role: Graduate Researcher .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/sanjna.png :alt: Sanjna Kumari :width: 200px :height: 200px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjnakumari/ .. container:: person-info | Name: `Sanjna Kumari `_ | Role: Research Intern .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/mayukh.jpg :alt: Mayukh Chowdhury :width: 300px :height: 200px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayukh-roy-chowdhury-ph-d-48830442/ .. container:: person-info | Name: `Mayukh Chowdhury `_ | Role: Postdoc Researcher .. container:: person-profile .. figure:: _static/ShubamNew.png :alt: Shubam khantwal :width: 300px :height: 200px :target: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shubam-khantwal/ .. container:: person-info | Name: `Shubam Khantwal `_ | Role: Research Intern | | | Associated Research Faculty --------------------------- .. figure:: _static/jacek-kibilda-cci-researcher.jpg :alt: Jacek Kibilda :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Jacek Kibilda - **Role:** Associate Research Faculty - **Focus:** Modeling and technology design for next-generation mobile networks using stochastic geometry, AI, and optimization - **Profile:** `Profile `_ .. clear:: | | | | | | .. figure:: _static/joao-santos-cci-researcher.jpg :alt: Joao Santos :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Joao Santos - **Role:** Associate Research Faculty - **Focus:** 5G testbed and AI assurance; integrating SDR with SDN for programmable networks - **Profile:** `Profile `_ .. clear:: | | | | | | Visiting Researchers ------------------- .. figure:: _static/Gustavo.jpg :alt: Gustavo :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Gustavo Zanatta Bruno - **Role:** Visiting PhD Scholar - **Profile:** `Profile `_ | | | | | | .. figure:: _static/Abhishek.gif :alt: Abhishek :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Abhishek Kumar - **Role:** Visiting PhD Scholar - **Profile:** `Profile `_ | | | | | | Resident Engineers ------------------- .. figure:: _static/Zeeshan.png :alt: Zeeshan :align: left :width: 200px :height: 200px - **Name:** Zeeshan Shah - **Role:** Principal Engineer, Verizon- 5G ORAN Lab - **Focus:** 5G O-RAN- ACCoRD Testing and Integration Engineer- Support Day to Day ORAN ACCoRD testing activities - **Profile:** `Profile `_ | | | | For more details, please visit the `CCI xG Testbed Team page `_.