Indian origin a professor from San Diego named as 2018 Alexander graham bell medal recipient by IEEE

San Diego: Nambi Seshadri from San Diego, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California and also serves to Quantenna,  was last month named the 2018 Alexander Graham Bell Medal recipient by Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. The company announced in December Seshadri who serves as chief technologist to Quantenna one of the leader of high performance Wi-Fi solutions was named for the honor for exceptional contributions to wireless, networking and engineering. He in addition to being awarded highest honor, Seshadri’s prize consist of gold medal a bronze replica, a certificate, and an honorarium.

“The innovations by Nambi form the basis for some of today’s Wi-Fi and other wireless networking standards and systems, now in use by billions of Wi-Fi users,” said Dr. Sam Heidari, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Quantenna. He also said “We are honored to have such a distinguished and accomplished chief technologist on our team. The process is extraordinarily competitive; this is a great lifetime accomplishment and one of the most prestigious honors that one may receive in our field.”

Every year, the IEEE board of directors selects one individual to receive the Alexander Graham Bell Medal. The selection criteria used include weighing the value of the individual’s contribution to communication among people as well as to communication sciences and engineering, and an evaluation of the contributor, nominator and references besides the timeliness of the recognition, and quality of the nomination. Medal was established in 1976 by the IEEE Board of Directors in commemoration of the centennial of the telephone’s invention and to provide recognition for outstanding contributions to telecommunications. A Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumnus, Seshadri, prior to Quantenna, held multiple senior positions at Broadcom Corporation and before that was a member of technical staff with AT&T Bell Lab Laboratories and Head of Communications Research at AT&T Shannon Labs where he contributed to fundamental advances in wireless communication theory and practice.

Seshadri, who has a B.E. degree in Electronics and Communications from National Institute of Technology, formerly known as Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapalli, holds approximately 200 patents.

“We are delighted with the news of this great honor for Dr. Seshadri,” said Rensselaer School of Engineering Dean Shekhar Garde. “Networking and wireless communications are driving the fourth industrial revolution, and Dr. Seshadri’s work is at the forefront of it. This medal is a testament to how Rensselaer graduates are changing the world for the better.”

Seshadri was elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) in 2000 and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (USA) in 2012 and as a Foreign Member of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in the year 2013. He was a co-recipient of the IEEE Information Theory Paper Award in 1999 for his paper with Tarokh and Calderbank on space-time codes, and his IEEE Journal on Selected Areas In Communications (JSAC) paper on space-time coding modems with Naguib, Tarokh, and Calder bank was selected by IEEE Communication Society for publication in, “The Best of the Best: Fifty Years of Communications and Networking Research,” for 2003, news as per press release.