WiMNet PhD student Abhi Adhikari has been selected for the 2025 ACM MobiSys Rising Stars Forum, a selective venue for early-career researchers in mobile computing, applications, and services.

Held in conjunction with ACM MobiSys 2025 from June 23 to 27 in Anaheim, California, the forum is designed for PhD students and early-stage postdoctoral researchers to present ongoing work, receive feedback from senior researchers, and build networks across the mobile systems research community. Selected extended abstracts were included in the conference proceedings and the ACM Digital Library.

Adhikari presented “mmWave Communications, Sensing, and Interference Mitigation” His research focuses on next-generation wireless communications, particularly mmWave and sub-THz channel measurements and sensing.

As part of his doctoral work, Adhikari has collaborated with Nokia Bell Labs to measure mmWave propagation through glass, around corners, and over the tops of buildings. He has also begun investigating the future potential of using mmWave backscatter as a form of opportunistic sensing, as well as the unintended consequences of deploying 5G mmWave on highly sensitive scientific measurement instruments, in collaboration with NOAA-CESSRST. Additionally, he has worked with WINLAB, IBM Research, and the NSF Center for Smart Streetscapes.