Fadel Adib
About
I am an Associate Professor at the MIT Media Lab and EECS. I direct the Signal Kinetics group which invents new wireless and sensor technologies to interconnect, sense, and perceive the physical world in ways that were not possible before. Our technologies aim to address complex problems in networking, health monitoring, robotics, and ocean IoT. My research has led to multiple startups. I am currently co-founder of Cartesian Systems, a startup that aims to sense the physical world at an unprecedented scale and precision. Prior to that, my PhD research on wireless sensing (ACM SIGMOBILE Dissertation Award) led to Emerald Innovations, whose devices are used for remote health monitoring of thousands of patients. I have received various honors for my work, including being named as one of the world's top 35 innovators under 35, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and the ACM SIGMOBILE Rockstar Award. My research was named as one of the 50 ways MIT has transformed computer science, and one of the 103 ways MIT is making a better world. I have had the honor to present my research to multiple heads of state, including demoing to President Obama at the White House. My research has also been broadly featured in public media, and videos featuring my work have reached over 25 million people. Before joining MIT as faculty, I received my Masters (2013) and PhD (2016) in Computer Science from MIT and my Bachelors (2011) from the American University of Beirut.
Research Performance Summary
First Recorded Paper
VSpyware: spyware in VANETs
Year: 2010
Citations: 7
Venue: IEEE Local Computer Network Conference
Latest Recorded Paper
High-Fidelity Through-Occlusion 3D Reconstruction via Millimeter-Wave Surface Normal Estimation
Year: 2026
Citations: 0
Venue: GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications 29 (4)
Last 10 Years Publication Activity
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