Dr. Christina Chaccour (S’17–M’23) is a Technology and Strategy Director in Ericsson’s Global Networks Strategy and Product Management organization, responsible for Networks AI Strategy and Emerging Technologies. She has held roles across research, business strategy, and technical pre-sales, combining strategic insight with deep technical expertise to advance next-generation networks. She also represents Ericsson in key industry councils, including FCC CSRIC IX, 5G Americas, and the Next G Alliance.

Dr. Chaccour earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, where she made several notable contributions in areas such as AI for Telco, terahertz communications, sensing, and extended reality (XR) for next-generation networks. Her dissertation was recognized with the Bill and LaRue Blackwell Award for its innovation and impact. She is also the editor and author of the first book on semantic communications, a foundational work in the field.

She has received multiple distinctions, including the Best Paper Award at the 10th IFIP Conference on New Technologies, Mobility, and Security (2019), the Exemplary Reviewer Award from IEEE Transactions on Communications (2021), and recognition among the “Top 100 Brilliant and Inspiring Women in 6G” in 2024 and 2025. Her survey paper in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials was also listed among the Top Accessed Articles in 2022.

Dr. Chaccour serves on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, and Wireless Personal Communications (Springer), and is a guest editor for IEEE Communications Standards Magazine in the “AI for Wireless” series. She also serves on the Advisory Board of The Data Science Conference.

Beyond her corporate and academic work, she co-founded “Internet of Trees,” an award-winning environmental IoT startup recognized internationally.