About the IEEE Techblog Editorial Team
Alan J Weissberger, ScD EE
- Content Manager and principal contributing author to IEEE ComSoc Technology blog sites since March 2009.
- IEEE volunteer and technical conference session organizer since March 1974.
- IEEE ComSoc member since formation of the society in 1972.
- IEEE ComSocSCV Program Chair (2006-2011), Chapter Chair (1978-1980, 2009-2011)
- IEEE Global Communications Network (GCN) North America Correspondent & author of numerous GCN articles.
- Creator and manager of IEEE member email discussion group (2006 to present).
- IEEE & ComSoc member liaison for IEEE & ComSocSCV (2006 to present).
- Founder of IEEE Silicon Valley Tech History Committee in 2013 and Chairman 2013-2015. Organized and moderated many events, including Oct 8, 2025 conversation with Professor John Hennessy (Stanford President 2000-2016 and Chairman of Google/Alphabet).
- Simulation studies for U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range at Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station, Ceiba, Puerto Rico (1966-1967): Worst case data load on 3 large screen displays, manual rate aided tracking.
- Follow Alan on Twitter @ajwdct to get notifications of new IEEE Techblog and other blog posts; Connect with him on Linked In at https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-j-weissberger-a284a1/
- Alan also writes for the Viodi View newsletter (https://viodi.com/category/weissberger), the IT History Society (https://www.ithistory.org/blog), the Curmudgeon at http://fiendbear.com/ and SIGCIS (https://www.sigcis.org/blog). Bio at https://muckrack.com/alan-weissberger/bio
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Ajay Lotan Thakur, Principal Member of Technical Staff at Oracle America Inc, Santa Clara, USA
- Working on development of new services in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Worked on “Open Edge Platform” for distributed Edges.
- Accomplished and seasoned professional with 20+ years of experience, specializing in architecting cutting-edge solutions. Adept in Kubernetes, micro-services, and distributed systems.
- Holds Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certifications.
- Proven expertise in designing robust 4G and 5G Core Networks, with a strong foundation in networking principles.
- Extensive awareness of cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, Oracle) and services.
- Active open-source contributor in the 5G Core area and maintainer of multiple projects, fostering innovation.
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Professional experience in the following subject areas:
- Cloud native software design
- Cloud native 5G SA Core Network architecture
- Open Networking, Virtual Network Functions, Network Virtualization, Cloud RAN
- Systems Integration and Tech Support for Open Hardware/Open Software
- Private 4G/5G vs IEEE 802.11ax (WiFi 6) performance comparison
- Security and Privacy for 5G and WiFi 6 Networks
- Use cases and applications of AI/ML in telecommunications networks
Contact emails: [email protected]
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Sridhar Talari Rajagopal, Senior Technical Leader at Cisco, San Jose, CA, USA
An accomplished and seasoned professional with 25 years of experience, Sridhar specializes in high performance networking, signal processing and distributed computing. Working on open-source SONIC operating system for data center and AI-ML applications at Cisco Systems. Experience in debugging complex network issues in hyper-scaler data centers. Previously worked on MPLS, L3VPN, L2VPN and IP tunneling designs.
Professional experience in the following subject areas:
- Forwarding plane software development for high performance networking
- Hands-on experience related to Linux networking
- Developing features for network routers and switches that enable distributed computing (AI/ML workloads, high performance computing);
- Specialized expertise in networking ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits).
- C/C++ and Python programming; expertise in all network protocols
- Strong knowledge of Ethernet, IPV4, IPV6 and MPLS forwarding
Contact emails: [email protected] (personal), [email protected] (work)
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Call for IEEE Techblog Editorial Team Volunteers:
Please email Alan at [email protected] if you are interested in volunteering for the Editorial Board. Main responsibilities are to recruit guest blog post submission from university and/or industry researchers, review and edit such submissions, and help with the editing of other guest IEEE Techblog post submissions.
