Thomas Riedl

Thomas Riedl has extensive work experience in the field of wireless communication, with a particular focus on underwater communication. Thomas currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at OceanComm, a company that utilizes ultrasound to enable high-speed wireless communication underwater. Prior to this, Thomas worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where they conducted research and developed patent-pending algorithms for robust wireless communication underwater. Thomas also served as a Research Assistant at the same university from 2008 to 2014, focusing on acoustic wave propagation, wireless communications, signal processing, and machine learning. Thomas has also worked as a Research Assistant at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), where they researched channel coding and investigated the limits of channel coding under practical constraints. Additionally, they have gained practical experience as a Communications Engineering Intern at Schlumberger.

Thomas Riedl pursued their education in the field of electrical engineering. Thomas completed their Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Technical University of Munich between 2004 and 2008. Following this, they went on to further specialize in the same field at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Thomas earned their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, undertaking studies from 2008 to 2014.