5G is here, but did you know one of the people behind the fifth-generation wireless technology for digital cellular networks is AT&T Scientist Dr. Alicia Abella?
Long before the University of Miami became the first college campus in the United States to adopt AT&T’s 5G+ to help support innovative teaching and research, Dr. Abella led organizations responsible for the realization of 5G and provided leadership for programs that implement 5G, Software-Defined Networking, Edge Compute, and IoT.
Prior, she led an organization that designed and created cloud, mobile, and services software solutions for AT&T’s cloud computing environment. At AT&T Labs Dr. Abella also managed a group of researchers specializing in data mining, user interfaces, mobile services, and environmental sustainability.
In recognition of her efforts to encourage minorities to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM fields), the AT&T research scientist was appointed to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
“I am honored to serve on this important commission whose mission is aligned with my long-standing effort to help minority and female students achieve their educational objectives,” Dr. Abella said in the spring of 2011. “I owe my success to education, and have made it my objective to help our youth reach adulthood with the educational background they will need to achieve their own version of the American dream.”
Dr. Abella earned a Ph.D. in computer science from Columbia University, a master’s degree from Columbia and a bachelor’s degree from NYU, both in computer science.
As executive vice president for the Young Science Achievers program, she works to bring interest and excitement in science and engineering to high school-aged women and minority students through a program of mentoring and scientific achievement. She also chairs the AT&T Labs Fellowship program, in which she helps encourage, advise and evaluate candidates for a prestigious graduate scholarship from AT&T targeted at women and minorities.
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