I am an associate professor in the Computer Science Department in the School of Computing at George Mason University. Before joining Mason, I was a postdoc at University of California, Davis where I worked with Dr. Prasant Mohapatra. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in 2012 where I worked with Dr. Rudra Dutta. I am a recipient of the NSF CAREER award (2021), CCI Fellowship (2023), IDIA P3 fellowship (2023) and Excellence in Postdoctoral Research award at UC Davis (2015).

Email: phpathak@gmu.edu CV Google Scholar

Research Interests

My research interest are broadly in the areas of wireless networking and mobile computing. I am currently interested in

• High-speed millimeter-wave wireless networks for supporting applications such as AR/VR/MR,
• Application of machine learning in wireless networking and sensing,
• Low-power, high-speed Internet-of-Things (IoT) including backscatter systems,
• Wireless sensing and imaging for autonomous robotic systems including UGVs and drones