Monisha Ghosh

Monisha Ghosh completed a term as the Chief Technology Officer at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on June 14, 2021. In this role she reported to the Chairman of the FCC and was closely involved with setting national strategy and technology specifications related to the explosive growth of broadband wireless communications technologies.

Prof. Ghosh previously served in the NSF as a rotating Program Director (IPA) within the Directorate of Computer & Information Science and Engineering (CISE) where she managed wireless networking research. At the NSF, she initiated one of the first large-scale programs that targets applications of machine learning to wireless networks.

From 2015 to 2021, she also was a Research Professor at the University of Chicago, where she conducted research on wireless technologies for the 5G cellular, next-generation Wi-Fi systems, IoT, coexistence and spectrum sharing. She previously worked in industrial research and development at Interdigital, Philips Research, and Bell Laboratories on wireless systems such as the HDTV broadcast standard, cable standardization, and cognitive radio for the TV White Spaces.

She is a Fellow of the IEEE.

U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) SpectrumX is pleased to announce that IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Innovation (DySPAN) 2025 has accepted multiple papers and tutorials authored by its expert center members.
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have been awarded a three-year, $1.5 million, grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a data platform to enable measurements and experiments in the electromagnetic spectrum. These measurements will contribute to academic and industry stakeholders’ research to drive spectrum sharing policy in existing bands, such as 3-4 GHz, as well as potential new bands, such as 7-8 GHz.
Spectrum Innovation Centers SMART Hub (https://spectrumsmart.org) and SpectrumX (https://spectrumx.org) are teaming up to present a workshop entitled “Radio Spectrum for Microwave Practitioners” at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 17. Organizers are Charles Baylis, Ph.D., Director of SMART Hub, Baylor University, and Andy Clegg, Spectrum Engineering Lead, Google.
Monisha Ghosh, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, testified on Thursday (March 21) before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on the topic of “Spectrum and National Security.” The hearing, chaired by U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, focused on the critical need for a “coordinated and comprehensive approach to domestic spectrum policy,” believed to be critical to U.S. national security. The committee sought opinions from experts on countering international threats and ways to ensure “the United States leads in spectrum use policy that protects the nation’s critical national security and economic competitiveness

NSF SpectrumX actively encourages and supports its members to contribute to regulatory and policy proceedings on radio spectrum issues. Center members submit policy comments and testify at congressional hearings to […]

This project is dedicated to mapping coverage data for the major cellular carriers.

The second SpectrumX flagship project will focus on creating models, measurements, and analysis that are relevant to the coexistence of scientific and critical systems with satellite systems and constellations. The […]

The first NSF SpectrumX flagship project focuses on developing a combination of tools, infrastructure, and team capabilities to enable the execution of a series of increasingly complex flagship project experiments. […]