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Education

Columbia University

• M.S./Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering Fall 2021 – Present
  • Research Interests: Wireless and Mobile Networking
  • Advisor: Prof. Gil Zussman

Drexel University

• B.S. Computer Engineering, Graduated 2021
• Final GPA:3.85, Magna Cum Laude

Awards & Honors

• NSF CS3-ERC Columbia Student Leadership Council Co-Chair
• NSF GRFP Honorable Mention (2022)
• Columbia University Evergreen Fellow (2021)
• Drexel University Dean’s List (2021)
• IEEE-HKN (2020)
• Tau Beta Pi (2020)
• A.J. Drexel Scholarship (2018)
• Pennsylvania NASA Space Grant Scholarship (2017, 2018)

Publications

Patents

• Adhikari, Abhishek 2019. “System and method for controlling, sharing, release and management of digital data between smart mobile device(s) and external device(s) using a connector pad.” U.S. Patent 10,348,691 filed May 14, 2018, and issued July 9, 2019.
• Adhikari, Abhishek 2018. “System and method for making a quick connection between a smart mobile device and external audio speakers and video monitors using a connector pad.” U.S. Patent 9,998,848 filed November 13, 2015, and issued June 12, 2018.

Conferences

• M. Kohli, A. Adhikari, G. Avci, S. Brent, J. Moser, S. Hossain, A. Dash, I. Kadota, R. Feick, D. Chizhik, J. Du, R. Valenzuela, G. Zussman, “Outdoor-to-Indoor Measurements of 28 GHz Wireless in a Dense Urban Environment,” submitted.
• D. Chizhik, J. Du, M. Kohli, A. Adhikari, R. Feick, R. Valenzuela, G. Zussman, “Accurate Urban Path Loss Models Including Diffuse Scatter,” to appear in European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) 2023. Mar. 2023.
• M. Kohli, A. Adhikari, G. Avci, S. Brent, J. Moser, S. Hossain, A. Dash, I. Kadota, R. Feick, D. Chizhik, J. Du, R. Valenzuela, G. Zussman, “Outdoor-to-Indoor Measurements of 28 GHz Wireless in a Dense Urban Environment,” in Proc. of ACM MobiHoc’22, Seoul, South Korea. Oct. 2022.
• A. Adhikari, S. Parihar, S. Das, M. Jacovic, A. Trezza, V. Pano, and K. R. Dandekar, “Software-Defined Radar Testbed for Multi-Target Tracking,” in Proc. of 2022 IEEE RadarConf, NYC, NY. Sept. 2021.

Posters and Demos

• A. Adhikari, S. Mukherjee, A. Mehta, M. Kohli, R. Feick, D. Chizhik, J. Du, R. Valenzuela, G. Zussman, Turning the Block in NYC and Still Getting 5G Coverage? mmWave Around-the-Corner Measurements for Dense Urban Deployment,” presented at Columbia Smart Cities Poster Session, NYC, NY. Poster Presentation, Apr. 2023.
• A. Adhikari, S. Mukherjee, A. Mehta, M. Kohli, R. Feick, D. Chizhik, J. Du, R. Valenzuela, G. Zussman, “Turning the Block in NYC and Still Getting 5G Coverage? mmWave Around-the-Corner Measurements for Dense Urban Deployment,” presented at 2023 Columbia Data Science Day, NYC, NY. Poster Presentation, Apr. 2023.
• The Clinton School, Traceroute Lab w/ COSMOS Edu. Toolkit, NYC, Jan. 2023.
• A. Adhikari, M. Kohli, G. Avci, S. Brent, J. Moser, S. Hossain, A. Dash, S. Mukherjee, C. Garland, I. Kadota, R. Feick, D. Chizhik, J. Du, R. Valenzuela, G. Zussman, “mmWave Measurements for Fixed and Mobile Wireless Access Algorithm Development,” presented at 2022 Columbia Data Science Day, NYC, NY. Poster Presentation, Apr. 2022.
• G. Avci, S. Brent, S. Hossain, J. Moser, A.D. Estigarribia, M. Kohli, I. Kadota, A. Adhikari, D. Chizhik, J. Du, R. Feick, R. Valenzuela, G. Zussman, “Outdoor-to-Indoor 28 GHz mmWave Measurements in the COSMOS Testbed Deployment Area,” 2021 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC), Cambridge, MA. Poster Presentation, Oct. 2021.
• Silicon Harlem, Demo of COSMOS Edu. Toolkit to various communities and stakeholders, West Harlem, NYC, Feb.-Apr. 2022.
• Silicon Harlem, Demo of COSMOS Edu. Toolkit to Silicon Harlem, West Harlem, NYC, Sept. 2021.

Tutorials

• A. Adhikari, J. Shane, J. Kolodziejski, P. Skrimponis, I. Seskar, T. Chen, S. Rangan, G. Zussman, “COSMOS Testbed for Advanced Wireless and Edge Cloud Research,” to be presented at 2022 ACM SIGCOMM, Amsterdam, NL. Tutorial, Aug. 2022.

Industry Experience

• Nokia Bell Labs (Murray Hill)
  • 6G Radio Systems Summer Intern (June 2023 – August 2023)
    • Upcoming
  • Propagation Modeling Summer Intern (June 2022 – August 2022)
    • Collected over 15 million power measurements to determine coverage of 28 GHz wireless around the corner of a typical urban block.
    • Created a path loss model for around-corner scenarios with 6 dB RMSE.
    • Collected measurements and performed analysis for over-the-top NLOS scenarios of 28 GHz wireless.
    • Developed software for a rotating 140 GHz channel sounder which generates angle-power spectrum at a high resolution.
• Lockheed Martin Advanced Technologies Laboratories (ATL)
  • Senior Capstone Project – Team Lead, September 2020 – June 2021
    • Designed a software-defined mmWave radar testbed to enable rapid prototyping of multi-target tracking (MTT) algorithms for future autonomous vehicles.
    • Built and tested a Joint Probabilistic Data Association tracking filter with real-world software-defined radio (SDR) Radar MTT data collected by testbed.
    • Leveraged a channel emulator and ray-tracing software for modeling the RF signature of the Ben Franklin Bridge to perform MTT in a complex radar environment.
  • Applied Research Co-Op, May 2020 – September 2020
    • Created a GNU Radio Out-Of-Tree Module to wrap a C++ radar algorithm (CA-CFAR) into a Python interface for use with SDR.
    • Wrote a C++ benchmarking tool to characterize radar algorithm performance
    • Enabled real-time I/Q collection from SDR through SoapySDR, SDRAngel, and UHD.
    • Presented work to Lockheed ATL Chief Technology Officer in Quarterly Performance Review.

Teaching and Mentorship

• Teaching Assistant (Columbia, Electrical Engineering)
  • CSEEW4119 Computer Networks, CVN TA, Spring 2023
  • ELEN9701 Info and Communication Theories, Head TA, Fall 2022
  • CSEEW4119 Computer Networks, Head TA, Spring, Summer 2022
  • ELENE1201 Introduction to Electrical Engineering, Fall 2021
• Undergraduate Students
  • Shivan Mukherjee, Columbia University, January 2022 – September 2022
  • Carson Garland, Columbia University, January 2022 – May 2022
  • Kaya Celebi, REU from Duke University, June 2021 – January 2023
  • Sabbir Hossain, Columbia-Amazon SURE, City College of New York, June 2021 – August
    2021
• High School Students
  • Aahan Mehta, Stuyvesant High School, June 2022 – September 2022
  • Jared Moser, Stuyvesant High School, June 2021 – August 2022
• Participated in the COSMOS/EFRI RET/REM program, Sept. 2021