COSMOS is a joint project involving Rutgers, Columbia, and NYU along with several partner organizations including New York City, CCNY, University of Arizona, Silicon Harlem, and IBM.

Principal Investigator, Rutgers University

co-Principal Investigator, Columbia University

Program Director, Rutgers University

co-Principal Investigator, New York University
The Rutgers team and WINLAB will build on extensive research experience with wireless testbeds, software-defined radio technology, and mobile Internet architecture. WINLAB’s open-access, NSF-funded ORBIT wireless-testbed is currently used by researchers nationally to run controlled experiments at scale.

Director, WINLAB.
Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Chair, ACM Sigmobile
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science

Department Chair and Professor, Computer Science


Associate Director, WINLAB
Department Chair and Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Vice President, Office of Advanced Research Computing
The Columbia team will build on ongoing research in mmWave, cross-layering and optical systems for wireless networks, and dynamic spectrum access. The team will leverage Columbia buildings and vehicles for the testbed deployment, which will also serve as a platform for community outreach.




Chief Technology Officer and Associate Vice President, Columbia University Information Technology


Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Director, Strategic Programs
Data Science Institute
The NYU team will build on its extensive experience with mmWave, design and operation of wireless testbeds, and using testbeds for STEM education.



NYC Team.

Deputy Chief Technology Officer at Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, City of New York


Professor and Associate Dean
rwesson@ccny.cuny.edu/Research Page
The Arizona team will build on its extensive experience with Optical Networking

Administrative Director at the Center for Integrated Access Networks and Research Professor



