Veronica Muriga

I'm a 3rd year PhD student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University. I'm advised by Prof. Swarun Kumar, Prof. Akshitha Sriraman, and Prof. Assane Gueye.

My research focuses on building systems for rural communities, by bridging the compute and connectivity gap that hinders access
to reliable and affordable communication networks in remote and underpriviledged areas of the world. Specifically, I investigate
developing satellite-based systems, such as an emergency alert system built on top of existing satellite networks. My research goal
is to facilitate connectivity in rural areas that have limited physical communication infrastructure, and whose communities only
have access to have low-cost devices.