Udayan Mukherjee is the Intel Senior Fellow and Chief Architect of Intel’s Wireless Network & Edge Products.  Udayan architected industry's first fully virtualized 5G infrastructure Software on open architecture through FlexRAN & FlexCore which are being deployed worldwide.  He also leads the team driving Intel’s NextG network technology & 3GPP/ORAN standards development.  As chief technologist in wireless networking, Udayan is also responsible for developing Silicon enhancements for RAN & Core and is currently working on developing comprehensive network AI architecture and distributed model addressing deployment and automation.

Udayan is also responsible for establishing new growth areas for Intel in the intelligent edge both in the enterprise as well as communications market segment, a role that includes developing technologies and optimizations for distributed AI/ML model, software-based networking, as well as developing edge specific intellectual property.

Udayan’s research interests include distributed & connected compute @ the edge; next-generation wireless including augmenting classical algorithms with AI/ML models, SoC design for the edge as well as QoS/Time Sensitive Networking for industrial usages.  Udayan has been deeply involved with IEEE, ORAN alliance and TIP/Facebook, has been a keynote and distinguished speaker multiple times @ IEEE Globecom, IEEE WCNC, IEEE 5G Silicon Valley summits, IEEE NFIC, CTIA, GSMA, Cable Labs, ORAN Summits as well as FCC and other Global forums.  A three times recipient of Intel achievement awards, Udayan also has more than dozen granted patents and many pending in networking & communications including edge architecture.