Paul Kakaes, Ph.D., SM-IEEE - a Principal Fellow with the Institute since its inception in 1991, is an accomplished researcher and consultant, and a gifted teacher. His work covers the design and optimization (including traffic engineering) of voice and data networks in all major wireless technology families including UMTS (UTRA-FDD, UTRA-TDD, HSDPA, core network), GSM (GSM Phase 2+, GPRS, EDGE), cdma2000 (CDMA-One, 1xRTT, 3xRTT, 1xEV-DO, 1xEV-DV), OFDM, IS136, iDENä, and more.
He has been a researcher/professor with the AT&T Bell Laboratories and the Electrical Engineering Department of the George Washington University in Washington, DC. He brings breadth, depth, and balance between the theoretical and the practical that few in the wireless industry can match. He has taught courses covering all aspects of communication networks to hundreds of diverse audiences on all of the continents. His engaging teaching style brings difficult concepts within the reach of any audience, whether technical professionals or executives trying to understand the complex world of wireless. A highly sought after lecturer, he is available through the Wireless Institute of LCC.
Paul is the author or presenter of numerous papers and presentations at conferences around the world, including several invited tutorials at IEEE meetings. He serves as a reviewer for the IEEE, the National Science Foundation, book publishers, and for other scientific/engineering organizations. He has been invited to write technical articles for several encyclopedias, most recently for the Encyclopedia of Telecommunications.
An active IEEE member, he has been the vice chair of its communications society's communications theory committee as well as its treasurer. He has been an active member of COMSOC's Washington chapter. He's also a member of the information theory society and the vehicular technology society as well as of Commission C of U.R.S.I.
Paul's B.S. and M.S., in Applied Mathematics and EE, are both from the University of Colorado and his Ph.D., in EE, is from the Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, NY. His doctoral dissertation was in the area of packet radio networks.
