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Tommaso Melodia
William Lincoln Smith Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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New alliance will lean on Northeastern researchers while using AI to revolutionize mobile networking 
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New alliance will lean on Northeastern researchers while using AI to revolutionize mobile networking 

Northeastern joins a new alliance that will use AI to enhance mobile networking, promising faster data speeds.
Northeastern University to design the wireless networks of the future using world’s most powerful radio frequency emulator
A close up of a radio and server system in the lab of Tommaso Melodia, the William Lincoln Smith Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern. Colosseum, a massive testbed for wireless systems, will arrive at Northeastern in November. It can process more information in a single second than is estimated to be held in the entire print collection of the Library of Congress. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Northeastern University to design the wireless networks of the future using world’s most powerful radio frequency emulator

The National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have selected Northeastern to run a massive data center that will enable researchers around the country to build and test the next generation of wireless technology and find new ways to use artificial intelligence to shape the smart devices of the future.
Smart medical implants could someday advance medicine by communicating wirelessly via sound waves

Smart medical implants could someday advance medicine by communicating wirelessly via sound waves

Northeastern engineering professor Tommaso Melodia is working to develop smart medical implants that could treat a broad range of ailments.
Here’s how the future of wireless technology might look

Here’s how the future of wireless technology might look

NU's new Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things will build the next generation of wireless technologies for a more connected world.
The next wireless revolution was just tested at the US Open with 5G

The next wireless revolution was just tested at the US Open with 5G

5G technology is expected to be the next wireless revolution, bringing consumers faster and more stable connectivity than ever before. Tommaso Melodia, a Northeastern professor who studies wireless networking, said 5G will have significant implications for the internet of things and immersive virtual reality.
Northeastern researcher to co-lead groundbreaking NSF initiative to advance wireless communications

Northeastern researcher to co-lead groundbreaking NSF initiative to advance wireless communications

Northeastern professor Tommaso Melodia has been named director of research of the Project Office for the National Science Foundation-sponsored Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research. The program will foster fundamental research and development of multiple community-scale platforms supporting next-generation wireless communications networks across the U.S.