Kamesh Namuduri

• Doctor of Philosophy – Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, December 1992.
• M.S. – Computer Science, Central University, Hyderabad, India, August 1986.
• B.S. – Electronics and Communications, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, August 1984.

Kamesh Namuduri is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and the director of Autonomous Systems Laboratory at the University of North Texas (UNT). He received his B.S. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Osmania University, India, in 1984, M.S. degree in Computer Science from University of Hyderabad in 1986, and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from University of South Florida in 1992. Over the past eleven years, his research is focused on aerial networking and communications. He co-organized a series of workshops on “Airborne Networking and Communications” in conjunction with IEEE, AIAA, AUVSI, and ACM Conferences.  He is serving as the chair for two Standards Working Groups (IEEE 1920.1: Aerial Communications and Networking and IEEE P1920.2: Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications for Unmanned Aircraft Systems). He is serving as the Chair for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society’s Ad Hoc Committee on Drones. He is a co-editor for the book titled “UAV Networks and Communications” published by the Cambridge University Press in 2017. He is leading the Smart and Connected Community project on “Deployable Communication Systems” in collaboration with the government, public, and private organizations. This living laboratory project was demonstrated thrice during the Global City Teams Challenge hosted jointly by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and US Ignite in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. He contributed to the development of research agenda, requirements and blueprints highly deployable communications systems led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and National Public Safety Telecommunications Council.

• Urban Air Mobility
• UAV Networks and Communications
• Rate Distortion Analysis
• Consensus Building in Distributed Systems
• Video Surveillance
• Secrecy Capacity

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2020 – Present  Vice-Chair, Emerging Technology Initiative on Aerial Connectivity, IEEE Communication Society

2019 – Present  UAV Expert Adviser, COM/Access Core Standards Committee, IEEE Communications Society

2017 – Present  Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Drones, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

2019 – Present  Chair, IEEE P1920.2, Standards Working Group on Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications for UAS

2017 – Present  Member, IEEE Mobile Communication Networks Standards Committee

2016 – Present  Chair, IEEE P1920.1, Standards Working Group on Airborne Networks and Communications