Georgia Tech deepens its leadership in next-generation wireless, AI, and decentralized systems with the appointment of a visionary researcher and entrepreneur.
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Sriram Vishwanath, a nationally recognized leader in wireless systems, decentralized infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI), has joined the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) as a Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar. He will also serve as the Ken Byers Chair in Telecommunications.
Vishwanath’s work spans next-generation wireless communications, distributed AI systems, and information theory. He is known for bridging foundational theory with transformative applications that underpin intelligent, resilient, and adaptive infrastructures.
“Sriram’s appointment reflects our strategic commitment to lead at the intersection of wireless innovation, AI and resilient systems,” said Arijit Raychowdhury, Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of ECE. “His groundbreaking work in wireless networks, data systems, and decentralized intelligence, combined with his entrepreneurial drive, will help Georgia Tech define the technological frontier.”
Vishwanath is the founding co-chair of the Center for Wireless intelligence, which aims to advance next-generation wireless technologies to position Georgia Tech as a national leader in both commercial and defense wireless innovation.
His contributions have advanced the frontiers of multi-antenna and full-duplex wireless, large-scale machine learning systems, and decentralized platforms capable of operating in dynamic, resource-constrained environments. These innovations are helping define the future of connectivity, autonomy, and real-time decision-making across sectors including national security, healthcare, and manufacturing.
In addition to his academic accomplishments, Vishwanath is a seasoned entrepreneur and ecosystem builder.
My mission is to bring together foundational research, real-world deployment, and systems-level thinking. Georgia Tech’s culture of innovation and deep public-private integration makes it the ideal home to advance this vision. I’m grateful to the Georgia Research Alliance and Ken Byers for providing me with this opportunity.
Sriram Vishwanath
He is the co-founder and president of GenXComm, a company pioneering full-duplex wireless and next-generation interference cancellation. He also leads Chainhub, a nonprofit foundation that supports early-stage startups through its DeAI (Decentralized AI) initiative. Through these programs, he has helped launch and mentor dozens of deep tech ventures working at the cutting edge of AI, wireless networks including 5G/6G, and decentralized systems.
“My mission is to bring together foundational research, real-world deployment, and systems-level thinking,” said Vishwanath. “Georgia Tech’s culture of innovation and deep public-private integration makes it the ideal home to advance this vision. I’m grateful to the Georgia Research Alliance and Ken Byers for providing me with this opportunity.”
A lifelong engineer and mentor, Vishwanath previously served as professor in the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (UT), where he spent over two decades as a faculty member. He is also a technical fellow at MITRE Labs, focusing on distributed systems and applied machine learning.
He has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications and holds numerous patents.
His honors include the NSF CAREER Award, ARO Young Investigator Award, and UT’s Faculty Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He was named to the Reuters Highly Cited Researchers lists in both 2014 and 2015. In 2023, he was named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors for his contributions to innovation and technology transfer.
“Sriram brings the rare combination of deep technical insight, practical implementation, and visionary entrepreneurship,” said GRA President and CEO Tim Denning. “His leadership will help catalyze new opportunities for Georgia in advanced wireless, decentralized AI, and beyond.”
Vishwanath holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University, an M.S. from the California Institute of Technology, and a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
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