Research Interests Professor Ramanathan leads research projects in applications for ultrafast networks, millimeter wave wireless networks, and smart electric grid technologies. More recently, his research group has also started working in the area of genomic networks. Honors and Awards Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for contributions to real-time systems and networks Fellow of Committee of Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Academic Leadership Program (2006-2007) Keynote speaker at International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security, and Robustness, 2010 Keynote speaker at the International Conference on Communications Systems and Networks, 2009