Dr. Dara Ron received his B.S. degree from the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) in 2017, followed by a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2023. After completing his Ph.D., he served as a short-term researcher in the Autonomous Intelligent Networks and Systems (AINS) Lab at Chung-Ang University.

Currently, Dr. Ron is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State University, where he focuses on advancing 5G/NextG wireless networks. His research interests include NR positioning, stochastic modeling, machine learning, and O-RAN testing.

Dr. Sayanta Seth earned his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering (with a minor in Computer Science) from India in 2016, and his MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Central Florida (UCF) in 2018 and 2023, respectively. Dr. Seth served as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Networks and Wireless Systems Lab at UCF, where he contributed to advancing wireless communication technologies. Over the course of his career, he has chaired sessions at prestigious IEEE conferences such as DySPAN and MILCOM. He has also received multiple IEEE travel grants and fellowships for outstanding research from UCF.

Currently, Dr. Seth is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State University, where his work focuses on 5G/NextG wireless networks, with a particular emphasis on cybersecurity, cellular-satellite co-existence in the FR3 band, and mmWave beamforming. 

Sarik is currently a Ph.D. student in the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State University. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering from the Institute of Engineering (IOE), Western Region Campus, Nepal. His research interests include 5G-based indoor positioning, network slicing, and AI-driven cellular radio access networks.

Pranshav is a Ph.D. student in the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State University. He is an Amgen Scholar at Kyoto University and a Madras Scientific Research Foundation (MSRF) Fellow. He earned his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Nirma University in 2023. His research focuses on privacy-preserving machine learning and transformer architectures, including, large language models (LLMs) within the scope of 5G/O-RAN networks.

Abiodun is currently a Ph.D. student in the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering with a First-Class Honors from the University of Benin, Nigeria. He was awarded Deans Award, H.O.D. Award and Nigerian Society of Engineers’ Award for the best graduating student in the Faculty of Engineering. His research interests focuses on the O-RAN security, privacy and testing.

Farzad is a Ph.D. student in the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Tehran, graduating in 2019 and 2022, respectively. His interests span topics in satellite constellation networks, real-time network optimization, and application of AI in wireless networks.

Osman is currently a Ph.D. in the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering with First-class Honors from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He is a four-time winner of the Provost Excellent Student Award at KNUST, and an alumna of the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program. His research interests are at the intersection of O-RAN and learning algorithms for wireless systems.

Ali is currently a Ph.D. student in the NextG Wireless Lab at NC State. He obtained his Bachelor of Electronics Engineering (Communication & Electronics Engineering) as one of the top graduates from Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria in 2016, and had his Master of Electronics Engineering (spec: Communication Engineering), from Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria in 2023. He served as a radio planning and optimization engineer in the main cellular telecom operator in Syria between 2017 and 2024. His research interests focus on the next-generation of cellular networks, with a focus on O-RAN, network slicing, resource scheduling and application-oriented communications.

Ta-seen Reaz Niloy obtained her B.Sc in electrical and electronic engineering from American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), in 2020. She was awarded Magna Cum Laude Award and Dr. Anwarul Abedin Leadership Award, Deans Award on Capstone Project all at 19th convocation of AIUB. She is the winner of 6th Inspiring Women Award 2021 in the category of "Leaders of Tomorrow" organized by Bangladesh Brand Forum. Her research interests focus on the design, analysis and implementation of 5G/Next-G wireless systems in the 12-GHz satellite band.

Azuka holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics engineering with first-class honors from the University of Benin in Nigeria. Azuka's research interests revolve around simulation and prototyping next-generation cellular networks, Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) systems, and exploring adversarial machine learning for wireless networks.

Rakesh Kannan is currently an MS student in Computer Engineering at NC State. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering with first-class honors from Anna University, India. He worked as a Cellular Engineer at Samsung R&D from 2019 to 2023. Rakesh's research interests focus on cellular RF firmware development, Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) systems, and optimization techniques for 5G New Radio (NR) technologies.

Nathan Stephenson is an undergraduate student at George Mason University pursuing a B.S. in Computer Engineering with a minor in Music Technology. His research interests include software and hardware development for 5G/Next-G wireless systems involving simulations, DevOps, cybersecurity, geopositioning, and machine learning.

Logan Serino is an undergraduate student at NC State University pursuing a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. His research interests cover the next generation of cellular systems, including software and hardware development for wireless networks and ORAN implementations, wireless testing and network security, and spectrum sharing systems.

Aaditya Mishra is an undergraduate studying Computer Engineering at NC State University. His current research focuses on developing black box attacks on ORAN systems.

Minsu Kang is an undergraduate student at George Mason University pursuing a B.S. in Computational and Data Science. His research interests include AI/ML technologies, algorithms, and data processing in O-RAN systems. His current research focuses on designing and optimizing AI models for O-RAN networks.