Mark Cudak

Chair of Spectrum Working Group at Next G Alliance

Speaker

Mark Cudak is a Nokia Bell Labs Fellow and a Research Team Leader in the Physical Layer Group within Nokia Technology & Standards, based in Chicago, IL. He possesses over 30 years of experience in telecommunications, specializing in spectrum research, radio research, prototyping, and standardization.

Mark is an experienced telecommunications standards delegate, having served in 3GPP RAN, IEEE 802, ITU Working Party 5D, and the Next G Alliance, including several leadership roles. Currently, he leads a team researching waveform, channel coding, and sensing technologies for 6G.

Mark has authored 35 IEEE publications across conferences, journals, and magazines, and holds over 70 issued patents. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).