Two New York University Tandon School of Engineering faculty members won multi-year 2019 best paper awards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Communications Society (IEEE ComSoc) — a prestigious and unusual double accolade for faculty members from the same university.

The Paley Center for Media today welcomed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai for a discussion moderated by Theodore Rappaport, Founder and Director of NYU Wireless. Chairman Pai addressed everything from the state of 5G deployment to regulations and net neutrality. The discussion took place before a standing room only audience at the Paley Center’s New York location.

The Sixth Annual Brooklyn 5G Summit was held April 23-26, 2019 in Brooklyn, NY with Nokia and the NYU WIRELESS research center at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. The Summit focuses on the ‘First year of the 5G era’, centered around an open conversation on the deployment experiences of 5G networks, and a discussion of key issues, including critical spectral and economic factors.

Associate Professor Ludovic Righetti and his team at NYU WIRELESS investigate novel control and perception algorithms for robotic drones, legged robots and manipulators and study how 5G & 6G wireless communication can be leveraged to improve robot autonomy.