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Meet the crew of 6G Flagship

Nice to meet you

We Are 6G Flagship

The 6G Flagship is an extraordinary effort to define the future of mobile communications. We are an intercultural organisation run by the Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC) at the University of Oulu in Finland.

Our staff, from 46 different nationalities, is our most valuable asset and the key to our success. They focus on working with 5G adoption and 6G innovation, investigating technical answers to the problems and possibilities of emerging digital marketplaces, a rising, ageing global population, changing social requirements, and other elements influencing our digital future.

6G Flagship

Key Contacts

Matti Latva-aho, 6G Flagship Director

Director, 6G Flagship

Matti Latva-aho

matti.latva-aho@oulu.fi

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Ari Pouttu

Vice Director, 6G Flagship

Ari Pouttu

ari.pouttu@oulu.fi

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Marja Matinmikko-Blue, Director of Sustainability and Regulation at 6G Flagship

Director of Sustainability and Regulation

Marja Matinmikko-Blue

marja.matinmikko@oulu.fi

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Jaakko Sauvola

Ecosystem Leader

Jaakko Sauvola

jaakko.sauvola@oulu.fi

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Aarno Pärssinen

Devices and Circuit Technology Lead

Aarno Pärssinen

aarno.parssinen@oulu.fi

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Miguel Bordallo López

Distributed Intelligence Lead

Miguel Bordallo López

miguel.bordallo@oulu.fi

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Esa Posio

Program Manager

Esa Posio

esa.posio@oulu.fi

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6G Flagship

Research Teams

Wireless Connectivity

Advanced Networking Technologies

Tarik Taleb

Advanced Networking Technologies Theme Leader

Tarik Taleb

tarik.taleb@oulu.fi

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Amila Perera

Amir Javadpour

Bilgehan Akdemir

Chafika Benzaid

Erkki Harjula

Fahri Murti

Hao Yu

Johirul Islam

Jude Okwuibe

Madhusanka Liyanage

Marcos Katz

Masoud Shokrnezhad

Mika Ylianttila

Nisita Namugoda Weerasinghe

Pawani Porambage

Samad Ali

Somayeh Kianpisheh

Suwani Jayasinghe

Tanesh Kumar

Tarik Taleb

Tharaka Mawanane Hewa

Yushan Siriwardhana

Wireless Access Technologies

Matti Latva-aho, 6G Flagship Director

Wireless Access Technologies Theme Leader

Matti Latva-aho

matti.latva-aho@oulu.fi

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Alejandro Flores Cabezas

Bikshapathi Gouda

Chathuranga Weeraddana

Diana Osorio

Dileepa Marasinghe

Dilin Dampahalage

Edson Egashira

Ehsan Taghavi

Faddli Siregar

Harri Saarnisaari

Hossein Rezaei

Italo Atzeni

Joonas Kokkoniemi

Marja Matinmikko-Blue

Markku Juntti

Maryam Mohsenivatani

Matti Latva-aho

Mehdi Letafati

Mengyuan Ma

Nalin Jayaweera

Nandana Rajatheva

Nhan Nguyen

Nipuni Ginige

Nuwanthika Rajapakshage

Pekka Pirinen

Prashanth Krishnananthalingam

Rafaela Schroeder

Vismika Ranasinghe

Zaheer Khan

Chanaka Ganewatha

Janne Lehtomäki

Su Pyae Sone

Massive Wireless Automation

Hirley Alves, theme leader of Massive Wireless Automation at 6G Flagship

Massive Wireless Automation Theme Leader

Hirley Alves

hirley.alves@oulu.fi

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Abanoub Pipaoy

Abolfazl Zakeri

Anis El Gabli

Antti Tölli

Binod Kharel

Chaouki Ben Issaid

David Ruiz

Dian Echevarría

Eduardo Tominaga

Eslam Eldeeb

Hamid Shiri

Hamza Djelouat

Hirley Alves

Jari Iinatti

Jean Sant’Ana

Jussi-Pekka Haapola

Konstantin Mikhaylov

Leatile Marata

Leonardo Tercas

Lucas Ribeiro

Mariella Särestöniemi

Markus Leinonen

Matheus Valente

Matti Hämäläinen

Mehdi Bennis

Mohamed Abdel-Aziz

Mohammad Hatami

Mohammad Moltafet

Mohammad Shehab

Muhammad Asad Ullah

Nurul Huda Mahmood

Onel Lopez

Osmel Martínez

Pawani Porambage

Prasoon Raghuwanshi

Ramin Hashemi

Saied Sadeghi Vilni

Sandaruwan Jayaweera

Sumudu Samarakoon

Thushan Sivalingam

Timo Kumpuniemi

Tuomas Paso

Marco Hernandez Pena

Rafaela Scaciota da Silva

Strategic Research Area Coordinator

Nurul Huda Mahmood

Strategic Research Area Coordinator

Nurul Huda Mahmood

nurulhuda.mahmood@oulu.fi

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Devices and Circuit Technology

Radio platforms

Aarno Pärssinen

Theme Leader

Aarno Pärssinen

aarno.parssinen@oulu.fi

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TBA

Radio hardware

Timo Rahkonen

Theme Leader

Timo Rahkonen

timo.rahkonen@oulu.fi

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TBA

Experiments and proofs of concept

Marko Leinonen, theme leader of Experiments and proofs of concepts at 6G Flagship

Theme Leader

Marko Leinonen

marko.e.leinonen@oulu.fi

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TBA

Strategic Research Area Coordinator

Coordinator

Nuutti Tervo

nuutti.tervo@oulu.fi

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Distributed Intelligence

Computing on the edge-to-cloud continuum

Susanna Pirttikangas, theme leader of Computing on the edge-to-cloud continuum at 6G Flagship

Theme Leader

Susanna Pirttikangas

susanna.pirttikangas@oulu.fi

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Jacky Cao

Erkki Harjula

Tanesh Kumar

Tri Nguyen

Jani Launonen

Sasu Tarkoma

Distributed Artificial Intelligence

Sumudu Samarakoon, theme leader of Distributed AI at 6G Flagship

Theme Leader

Sumudu Samarakoon

sumudu.samarakoon@oulu.fi

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Mehdi Bennis

Ekaterina Gilman

Panos K0stakos

Abhishek Kumar

Lauri Lovén

Praneeth Susarla

Multimodal sensing and modelling

Janne Heikkilä, theme leader of multimodal sensing and modelling at 6G Flagship

Theme Leader

Janne Heikkilä

janne.heikkila@oulu.fi

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Constantio Álvarez

Aliaksander Bykau

Konstantin Mikhaylov

Janne Mustaniemi

Le Nguyen

Phong Nguyen

Pekka Sangi

Strategic Research Area Coordinator

Coordinator

Lauri Lovén

Lauri.Loven@oulu.fi

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Human-centric Wireless Services

5G Test Network to 6G Test Network

Olli Liinamaa theme leader of 5GTN to 6GTN at 6G Flagship

Theme Leader

Olli Liinamaa

olli.liinamaa@oulu.fi

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Antti Pauanne

Ari Pouttu

Hafiz Hannan

Idris Badmus

Jean Hernandez

Jussi Haapola

Kenichi Komatsu

Sabbir Ahmed

Tuomo Hänninen

Strategic Vertical Areas

Theme Leader

Jussi Haapola

jussi.haapola@oulu.fi

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Pedro Nardelli

Pekka Siirtola

Teemu Myllylä

Sustainability and Business

Marja Matinmikko-Blue, Director of Sustainability and Regulation at 6G Flagship

Theme Leader

Marja Matinmikko-Blue

marja.matinmikko@oulu.fi

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Petri Ahokangas

Seppo Yrjölä

Strategic Research Area Coordinator

Tuomo Hänninen

Coordinator

Tuomo Hänninen

tuomo.hanninen@oulu.fi

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