Swadhin Pradhan - ML Tech Lead at Cisco, PhD UT Austin, Physical AI and GenAI researcher

Swadhin Pradhan

ML Tech Lead @ Cisco

I build AI systems that perceive and act in the physical world. My work spans wireless sensing using RFID, mmWave, and acoustics, GenAI for network intelligence, indoor air quality monitoring, and mobile systems research. I hold a PhD from UT Austin, have published 15+ papers at premier venues including MobiCom, CHI, SenSys, and NeurIPS, and shipped multiple AI products at Cisco.

Building multi-modal intelligent sensing systems. Using RFID, acoustic signals, and mmWave radar, we build multimodal sensing systems that track motion, measure temperature, recognize gestures, and authenticate users—enabling embodied intelligence without cameras or wearables. This is for the next generation of robotics and smart environments.
MIRO SenSys'26

Worker safety using multi-radar re-identification

MARS IPSN'24

Track multiple people's activities using mmWave

TIMU MobiHoc'21

Sense ball rotation using passive RFID tags

RTrack MobiCom'19

Room-scale hand tracking using sound waves

REVOLT UbiComp'19

Stop voice replay attacks on smart assistants

SAMS UbiComp'18

Map indoor spaces using phone speakers

GenAI for real-world systems. Networks generate massive multimodal data—packets, logs, configs. We're building foundation models that understand this "language," enabling AI to diagnose problems, predict failures, and act autonomously. We are shipping AI products at scale, from foundational generative models for networks to agentic diagnostics.
Sherlock Product

GenAI-powered PCAP analysis for intelligent network troubleshooting

Cisco AIA Product

RAG + LLM driven agentic assistant for network documentation and APIs

LPM Research

Training LLMs on network packets to predict traffic patterns. Think GPT, but for PCAPs

AI-RRM Product

AI-driven Radio Resource Management for optimizing wireless network performance

uEval Research

Evaluation framework for AI-RRM using dynamic baselining and online change-point detection

NLY Product

ML-driven configuration recommendations by learning from similar enterprise deployments

Indoor pollution is invisible but impacts health daily. From CO₂ buildup in offices to particulate matter in factories, we build systems that sense, visualize, and help people act on indoor air quality—from low-cost sensors to AR games.
COâ‚‚ AR CHI'26

AR game to find and disperse indoor COâ‚‚ hotspots

Air Quality Dataset NeurIPS'24

Indoor air quality dataset with daily activities in low-income communities

Air Track MobileHCI'24

Using air quality monitors to detect indoor occupancy

Building intelligent mobile systems. From password-free authentication using daily activities to understanding notification behaviors and optimizing mobile sensing, we explore how smartphones can become smarter, more secure, and energy-efficient through context-aware computing.
Notification INFOCOM'17

Understanding and predicting mobile notifications

ActivPass CHI'15

Password-free authentication using daily activities

OpTen COMSNETS'15

Optimizing energy consumption in mobile sensing

RetailGuide COMSNETS'14

Indoor navigation using smartphone sensor landmarks

Sprinkler CellNet'13

Efficient mobile data offloading through WiFi

Patents

GenAI for Networks (Filed 2024-2026, Pending)

US19270155 — Large Packet Model for Network Devices
US19463024 — On-Device Micro-Generative Models
US19463036 — Agentic Second-Opinion Diagnostics
US63962037 — Hallucination Prevention for Network LLMs
...and 5+ more pending applications

Wireless Sensing

RFID Touch Gestures Granted

Battery-free touch-aware user input using RFID tags

Notification Scheduling Granted

Mobile device notification scheduling system

Press Coverage

RTSense — Battery-free temperature sensing with passive RFID
UT Austin CS News
REVOLT — Preventing voice replay attacks on smart speakers
Smart Homes Quarterly (Q2 2020)
ActivPass — Password-free authentication using daily activity
The Guardian Boston Globe NDTV American Banker