A Data-Driven Approach to Wireless Communications
312 DeBartolo Hall
RaviKiran Gopalan
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Aira Technologies
Abstract:
Machine learning has led to dramatic improvements to the state of the art in object recognition and natural language processing. These are specific examples of fields where a data-driven approach to algorithm design resulted in more optimal solutions. Are there aspects of wireless communications that can be re-imagined using a data-driven approach? In this talk, we will discuss one such problem: multi-bit feedback.
Wireless protocols widely utilize a single-bit feedback mechanism (e.g., ARQ, HARQ etc). What if we are able to provide more feedback? This talk will explore some frameworks for designing a wireless protocol for such a regime.
Bio:
Ravikiran Gopalan is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Aira Technologies. Prior to Aira, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of a video commerce company Acuity.AI. Before delving into entrepreneurship Ravi held various Product and Engineering positions in the high. tech industry including Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Bell Labs. Ravi holds a B.Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), an MS, and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame all in Electrical Engineering. He also received a Master of Science degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business.