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.

The People

Director

• Name: Aloizio Da Silva

• Role: Director, CCI xG Testbed Team

• Expertise: Wireless networking, NFV, SDN, and SDR

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Post-Doc Researchers

• Name: Madhura Adeppady

• Role: Postdoctoral Researcher

• Focus: Resource-efficient microservice orchestration, edge computing, and serverless systems

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• Report To: Dr Aloizio Da Silva

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:

• 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

• Name: Asheesh Tripathi

• Role: Doctoral Student

• Focus: Spectrum Sharing, Machine learning in wireless systems, O-RAN and experimental cellular research.

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• Report To: Dr Aloizio Da Silva

• 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

• 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

• 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:

• Name: Fahim Bashar

• Role: Graduate Research Assistant

• Focus: NextG Testbed deployment and development

• Report To: Dr Aloizio Da Silva

• Name: Atif Ahmed

• Role: Research Intern

• Focus: Leading O-RAN Open Fronthaul testing in the ACCoRD project

• Report To: Dr Aloizio Da Silva

• Name: Dharaneesh C.K.V

• Role: Research Intern

• Focus: Focuses on Fullstack Development and Website Management

• Report To: Dr Aloizio Da Silva

Admin Team

• Name: Harshit Sai Teja Doddi

• Role: Master’s Researcher / Intern

• Focus: Network Administration and Management

• Report To: Dr Aloizio Da Silva

• Name: Ahmed Malik

• Role: Master’s Researcher / Intern

• Focus: Network and Server Management support

• Report To: Dr Aloizio Da Silva

Alumni and Former Students

Name: Aditya Sathish

Role: Graduate Researcher

Name: Souradeep Deb

Role: Graduate Researcher

Name: Jaswanth Sai Reddy

Role: Graduate Researcher

Name: Prateek Sethi

Role: Graduate Researcher

Name: Vikas

Role: Research Intern

Name: Tapan Bhatnagar

Role: Research Intern

Name: Oren Collaco

Role: Research Intern

Name: Adam

Role: Research Intern

Name: Abhimanyu Bhagwati

Role: Research Intern

Name: Abdellah El Baamrani

Role: Research Intern

Name: Amirreza Ghafoori

Role: Graduate Researcher

Name: Efat Samir

Role: Research Intern

Name: Kshitij Narvekar

Role: Research Intern

Name: Sunny Khanorkar

Role: Research Intern

Name: Rajat Nagar

Role: Research Intern

Name: Abida Sultana

Role: Graduate Researcher

Name: Sanjna Kumari

Role: Research Intern

Name: Mayukh Chowdhury

Role: Postdoc Researcher

Name: Shubam Khantwal

Role: Research Intern

Associated Research Faculty

• Name: Jacek Kibilda

• Role: Associate Research Faculty

• Focus: Modeling and technology design for next-generation mobile networks using stochastic geometry, AI, and optimization

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• Name: Joao Santos

• Role: Associate Research Faculty

• Focus: 5G testbed and AI assurance; integrating SDR with SDN for programmable networks

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Visiting Researchers

• Name: Gustavo Zanatta Bruno

• Role: Visiting PhD Scholar

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• Name: Abhishek Kumar

• Role: Visiting PhD Scholar

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Resident Engineers

• 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

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For more details, please visit the CCI xG Testbed Team page.