Igor Kadota
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Research Partner
Northwestern University; SpectrumX
About Igor Kadota
Igor Kadota is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University. He received the Ph.D. degree from MIT LIDS and his B.Sc. degree from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA) in Brazil. His research is on modeling, analysis, optimization, and implementation of next-generation communication networks, with the emphasis on advanced wireless systems and time-sensitive applications. He was a recipient of several research, teaching, and mentoring awards, including the Best Paper Award at IEEE INFOCOM 2018, the Best Paper Award Finalist at ACM MobiHoc 2019, the Best Student Paper Award at WiOpt 2024 and at WiOpt 2025, and the MIT School of Engineering Graduate Student Extraordinary Teaching and Mentoring Award of 2020. For additional information, please visit http://www.igorkadota.com.