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Honoring the 2022 Bell Labs Fellows

by Aron Heller
30 Nov 2022
2022 Nokia Bell Labs Fellows

The Bell Labs Fellow Award is a singular honor to which top Nokia technical staff can aspire. It’s a unique designation that caps a career of accomplishment.

The Fellowship represents the highest lifetime achievement award at Nokia in the areas of research and development. Only a handful are selected each year and it is reserved for individuals who, over the span of their careers, have made outstanding and sustained contributions to Nokia and the larger communications industry.

Since the program’s inception in 1982, only 341 people have received this esteemed honor. There are just 88 such active recipients among a Nokia R&D community of some 38,000. The newest five Bell Labs Fellows were recognized on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at a ceremony in New Jersey. These four men and one woman are:

  • Matthew Baker of Nokia Standards, Cambridge, UK: Matthew has shown outstanding leadership in radio communications over more than two decades at Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent and Philips. A recognized industry expert with more than 280 published patent families, he has been cited as a fellow for his sustained contributions and industry leadership in radio access network technology standardization for 3G, 4G and 5G systems.
  • Hungkei (Keith) Chow of Bell Labs Core Research, New Jersey, USA: Keith has consistently excelled as a lead system architect for several broadband access and system-on-chip innovations. A leader of the prototype of the world-first full duplex cable access system, he has been cited as a fellow for his leadership and disruptive contributions in the architecture and design of fixed and mobile access systems.
  • Fahim Kawsar of Bell Labs Solutions Research, Cambridge, UK: Fahim is a worldwide leader in mobile computing and pervasive systems who is renowned for having solved some of the industry’s biggest problems. A co-author of more than 160 publications and holder of more than 40 patents, he has been cited as a fellow for his wide-reaching industry impact on mobile computing, pervasive systems and multi-sensory device platforms.
  • Adriana Vasilache of Nokia Technologies, Tampere, Finland: Adriana has developed and successfully standardized leading edge voice and audio technologies for key standards during her 18-year Nokia career. An expert in biomedical and image data compression, she has been cited as a fellow for her sustained innovation and industry leadership in efficient technologies for speech and audio coding.
  • Timo Viero of Mobile Networks, Espoo, Finland: Timo has led the definition of algorithms, architecture and specifications for Nokia LTE and 5G base station products. A 28-year Nokia veteran and holder of 11 granted patents, he has been cited as a fellow for his innovations and technical leadership in implementation of industry leading wireless base station L1 solutions.

To learn more about the individual Fellows and their achievements, please watch the following video, which provides an exclusive look at the Bell Labs Fellows ceremony:

Aron Heller

About Aron Heller

Aron is an accomplished writer, storyteller and broadcaster. As lead writer for Bell Labs, he tells the story of technology and the people behind it. He previously filled a similar role for Nokia's Cloud and Network Services business group. During his lengthy journalism career, Aron was the long-time Jerusalem correspondent for The Associated Press and an adjunct journalism professor. He’s covered ten Israeli elections, four Mideast wars, dozens of other major world events and has been dispatched to assignments across five continents. A frequent on-air and on-camera contributor, he's also previously reported for the Ottawa Citizen, NBC News and Haaretz. He also hosts podcasts and delivers play-by-play broadcasting for live sporting events.