RESEARCH • EXPERIMENT • REAL-WORLD IMPACT

Annoy Dey

Ph.D. Researcher

Wireless Systems • UAV Networking • Cloud-Native Testbeds

Designing, experimenting, and understanding next-generation wireless systems through UAV networks, SDR, cloud-native infrastructure, and real-world experimental testbeds.

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4+ Years Research
6 Selected Publications
3 Research Platforms
Real-World Testbeds & Experiments
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FEATURED RESEARCH

Systems & Platforms

From aerial experimentation to cloud-native testbeds — building systems that connect software, radios, edge infrastructure, and real-world research hardware.

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UnionLabs

Cloud-Native Wireless Testbed

UnionLabs cloud-native wireless testbed visualization

A cloud-native federation framework for remote access to heterogeneous experimental resources including SDRs, GPUs, compute servers, IoT devices, and wireless testbeds.

Cloud-Native SDR Kubernetes Edge Agents
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AirTwinX

UAV Network Digital Twin

AirTwinX UAV digital-twin visualization

A high-fidelity digital-twin framework that connects UAV dynamics, environmental geometry, GPU-accelerated propagation simulation, CIR computation, and hardware-in-the-loop execution.

UAV Networking Digital Twin Ray Tracing HITL
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Wireless UAV Experiments

Real-World Aerial Testbed

Drone wireless field experiment visualization

Field experimentation with UAVs, SDRs, ground nodes, channel measurements, network telemetry, and repeatable workflows for real-world wireless-system validation.

UAVs USRP RF Field Experiments
CURRENT RESEARCH

Building the control plane for real-world wireless experiments.

My research combines cloud systems and physical networking infrastructure. The objective is to make distributed experimental resources remotely accessible, reproducible, observable, and safe for concurrent researchers.

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RESEARCH CONTROL PLANE LIVE
Cloud
Controller
Edge
Agent
SDR
Testbed
UAV
Platform
K8s
Workload
EDGE LINK REGISTERED
WORKLOAD RUNNING
RF PATH 28.1 dB
LATENCY 42 ms
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Recent Works

Selected work spanning cloud-native testbeds, wireless experimentation, UAV digital twins, and network research tooling.

2026 IEEE INFOCOM Workshop CNC

C-POD: An AWS Cloud Framework for Edge Pod Automation and Remote Wireless Testbed Sharing

A. Dey , V. Sreeram, G. E. A. Aiyanathan, M. McManus, Y. Cui, G. Sun, et al.

Cloud Edge Wireless Testbeds
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2026 IEEE Data Descriptions

UAV-Based Wireless Multi-modal Measurements from AERPAW AADM Challenge in Digital Twin and Real-World Environments

M. S. Hossen, C. Dickerson, O. Ozdemir, A. Gurses, et al., A. Dey

UAV Dataset Measurements
Paper
2025 IEEE CCNC

AirTwinX: A High-Fidelity Digital Twin for Advanced Air Mobility with Ray Tracing

A. Dey , M. McManus, Z. J. Zhang, G. Sun, N. Mastronarde, E. S. Bentley, et al.

Digital Twin UAV Ray Tracing
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2024 ACM MobiCom

Cloud-Based Federation Framework and Prototype for Open, Scalable, and Shared Access to NextG and IoT Testbeds

M. McManus, T. Rinchen, Z. Guan, A. Dey , S. Thota, J. Zhang, J. Hu, X. Wang, et al.

NextG Federation IoT
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2024 IEEE INFOCOM Workshops

UnionLabs: AWS-Based Remote Access and Sharing of NextG and IoT Testbeds

M. McManus, T. Rinchen, S. M. Suhail, S. Santhinivas, A. Dey , S. Pagidimarr, et al.

AWS Testbeds Remote Access
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2023 IEEE WF-IoT

WTTool: A Network Topology Generation and Visualization Platform

N. Accurso, D. De, A. Dey , N. Stokes, F. Malandra

Topology Visualization Networking
Paper
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

Tools, Testbeds & Expertise

An integrated stack of radios, cloud systems, containers, edge agents, testbed controls, and research software for real-world experimentation.

UAV Platforms

Multi-UAV experimentation, aerial mobility, remote control, telemetry, and wireless networking.

UAV Telemetry Aerial Networks

SDR & Radio

Hands-on wireless experiments using USRPs, GNU Radio, OAI, RF measurements, and custom radio workflows.

USRP GNU Radio OAI

Cloud-Native Testbeds

Scalable testbed control using AWS, Kubernetes/RKE2, Docker, Helm, Redis, EFS, and distributed edge agents.

AWS Kubernetes Docker

Network Experimentation

Reproducible workflows spanning real devices, remote sessions, tunnels, experiment isolation, and observability.

gRPC noVNC Multus

5G / O-RAN

Experimental 5G SA, OAI core/gNB/UE workflows, SDR connectivity, and evolving O-RAN research infrastructure.

5G SA O-RAN Band 78

Research Software

Platform and systems development across Go, Python, C++, shell scripting, React, APIs, and automation.

Go Python C++
RESEARCH JOURNEY

Experience built around experimental systems.

My work has progressed from networking and IoT tooling to cloud-native testbed federation, UAV digital twins, and advanced wireless experimentation.

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2026 — Present Virginia Tech
Graduate Research Assistant · WINGS Lab

Ph.D. research in wireless systems and experimental infrastructure

Research on cloud-native federation, remotely accessible wireless testbeds, SDR/5G experimentation, edge orchestration, and heterogeneous research resources.

2026 AFRL / VFRP
Research Internship

Wireless and networking research

Research experience supporting advanced wireless experimentation and systems research through the Visiting Faculty Research Program ecosystem.

2025 — 2026 University of Minnesota
Graduate Research Assistant

UnionLabs and AirTwinX

Cloud-native testbed federation, remote access to heterogeneous research infrastructure, and UAV digital-twin platform development.

2023 — 2025 University at Buffalo
Research Assistant

AWS-Based Remote Testbed Access and Sharing for NextG Networks

Developed and evaluated cloud-based systems for shared remote access to experimental networking and wireless resources.

2022 — 2023 University at Buffalo
Research Project Assistant / Teaching Assistant

WTTool, Embedded Systems, and Wearable & Implantable Sensors

Network topology visualization research plus teaching support for embedded and sensor-oriented engineering courses.

2020 Pinnacle InfoTech
R&D / Software Engineering Intern

Encryption and decryption techniques for data security

Research and software-development work focused on practical data-security mechanisms.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Education

Academic training spanning computer engineering, Internet of Things, information technology, and experimental systems.

2026 — Present
Doctor of Philosophy

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering

Virginia Tech

Electrical & Computer Engineering · WINGS Lab

Wireless Systems NextG Cloud/Edge
2022 — 2023
Master of Science

Internet of Things

University at Buffalo

Graduate work in connected systems, sensors, networking, and experimental platforms.

IoT Networking Embedded Systems
2017 — 2021
Bachelor of Technology

Information Technology

National Institute of Technology Durgapur

Foundational training in computing, software engineering, networking, and information systems.

Software Networks Computing
CONTACT / COLLABORATION

Let's build the next wireless experiment.

Interested in wireless systems, shared research infrastructure, UAV networking, SDR/5G experiments, or cloud-native testbeds? I’d be happy to connect.

Email annoydey@gmail.com
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Research software GitHub
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