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Dr. Thyaga Nandagopal is the inaugural Division Director of the Division of Innovation and Technology Ecosystems in the Directorate of Technology, Innovation and Partnerships at the National Science Foundation. In this role, with an annual budget of over $350M, he oversees NSF investments in convergent and translational research in emerging technologies and in building inclusive innovation ecosystems around the country. Dr. Nandagopal is the co-chair of the NSF-wide Quantum Leap Steering Committee, that coordinates NSF investments in inter-disciplinary research in quantum computing, communications and sensing. He also serves on the NSF-wide Semiconductor Steering Committee that coordinates NSF investments in semiconductors, microelectronics and packaging. Prior to his current role, he held leadership roles in the Directorate of Computer & Information Science and Engineering (CISE) at the NSF, where he oversaw investments in the theory, foundations and practical systems for computing and communications, with annual budgets of over $200M. His current interests are in research policy, partnerships, artificial intelligence, advanced wireless networks, semiconductors, biotechnology, climate tech, and policies driving workforce development and national competitiveness. He has brought in over $150M from external partners into NSF-funded research programs in the last 7 years. He previously served as a Program Director at the NSF in the Networking Technologies and Systems (NeTS) program where he started the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research program, a $100M effort over the 2017 - 2024 timeframe involving 30+ industry partners. Prior to NSF, he was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories (now part of Nokia), where he received over 30 patents on software-defined networks and wireless technologies, building a first-in-class enterprise SDN platform. He is an IEEE Fellow, and holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and dual Master's degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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