Umakant Kulkarni
Research Scientist at Nokia Bell Labs
- Role
- Research Scientist at Nokia Bell Labs
- Location
- New Providence, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Umakant Kulkarni
I am a Research Scientist in the Mobile Network Systems Department at Nokia Bell Labs. I graduated with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University, advised by Prof. Sonia Fahmy. My dissertation developed operator-centric strategies to enhance performance and reliability of cloud-native 5G core and Wi-Fi access networks.Before joining Purdue, I worked as a Software Engineer at Microsoft, focusing on software development, architecture designing and building automation infrastructure for Affirmed Networks’ cloud-native 5G mobile core solution. Prior to that, I completed my master’s in Computer Systems Networking & Telecommunications from Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.My research sits at the intersection of cellular networks, distributed systems, and network security with a focus on integrating modern AI-driven techniques into operator networks. I build practical methods for configuration, resource management, orchestration, and elastic scaling to improve the performance and reliability of cloud-native mobile core systems. I am especially interested in how learning-based approaches, including LLMs and other ML techniques, can make cellular networks more efficient, robust, and easier to operate at scale.
Experience
Research Scientist
Jan 2026 — Present · New Providence, NJ, US
Conducting research at the intersection of cellular networks (5G/6G), distributed systems, network security, and AI/ML to advance next-generation mobile network systems.
Education
Northeastern University
Master’s Degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
2015 — 2017
Purdue University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science
Pune Vidhyarthi Griha's College Of Engineering And Technology
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
2011 — 2015
Skills
- Research
- 3gpp
- C++
- Electronics
- Microsoft Word
- Tcl-Tk
- Networking
- Management
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Python
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Pcb Design
- Linux
- Lte
- Telecommunications
- Embedded Systems
- C
- Microsoft Office
- Matlab
- Multisim
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