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About AT&T Labs Research

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AT&T Labs Research is one of the world’s premier research institutions, dedicated to advancing the science and technology of communications and information and to creating innovative services founded on these advancements.

Grounded in a research heritage that spans decades, our unique culture values the creative drive of researchers who are both leaders in their scientific and engineering communities and inventors and innovators of new technologies that fullfill our mission  — to support AT&T's continuous efforts to improve our network, services, and customer's experience.

Learn more about our leadership and our research mission.

Leadership

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Krish Prabhu
President and CEO,
AT&T Labs, Inc.

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Charles Kalmanek
Vice President
of Research,
AT&T Labs, Inc.

 

Krish Prabhu, President & CEO of AT&T Labs, Inc.

As president and CEO of AT&T Labs, Inc., Krish Prabhu is responsible for technical and operational activities in the labs and oversees all research and development, with special focus on transferring the knowledge and technology gained through research into services that support AT&T operations and business.

Krish has an extensive background in innovation and industry experience, derived from years at AT&T Bell Laboratories and executive roles at Tellabs, Alcatel USA and Tekelec. He previously served as a partner at Morgenthaler Ventures, where he assisted in developing information technology and communications start-ups. He advised industry-leading telecommunications and semiconductor companies and served on the boards of Symmetricom, Agere, ECI Telecom and Freescale.

Krish earned a B.S. in physics from Bangalore University, an M.S. in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology and an M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, where he is a member of the Board of Visitors at the School of Engineering. Krish is a life member of the Development Board of the University of Texas at Dallas.

 

Charles Kalmanek, Vice President of Research

Charles R. Kalmanek is Vice President of Research at AT&T Labs, overseeing research in algorithms and optimization, networking and IP network management, optical and wireless systems, speech and multimedia technologies, information systems and visualization, and scalable, reliable software systems.

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Chuck joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1980. He has extensive experience in network architecture, protocols and distributed systems. His research background spans IP network management, access network architectures, wireless networks, voice over IP, multimedia streaming, content distribution networks, storage networks, as well as packet-switch and host-interface design.

Chuck received a B.S. degree from Cornell University in Applied and Engineering Physics and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Columbia University and New York University, respectively. Chuck is an IEEE Fellow and a recipient of AT&T’s Strategic Patent and Strategic Standards Awards. He is a former co-chair of the IEEE Internet Technical Committee and is a co-editor of Guide to Reliable Internet Services and Applications, published by Springer in 2010.