M. Majid Butt is a senior staff research specialist at Nokia Standards, USA, and an adjunct Research Professor at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Prior to that, he has held various positions at the University of Glasgow, U.K., Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, and Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany. He has authored nearly 100 peer-reviewed articles; contributed to more than 150 filed/granted patent families in cellular networks domain and was declared outstanding Nokia inventor of the year for the years 2021, and 2022. Dr. Butt has won several awards for his research and innovation including, Marie Curie Alain Bensoussan Post-Doctoral Fellowship award in 2011, IEEE Region 4 outstanding research professional award in 2024 and Marie Curie Innovator Award in 2025. He has served as an associate editor for IEEE Communication Magazine, IEEE Open Journal of the Communication Society and IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology. He is senior member of IEEE, as well as member of several IEEE technical committees including IEEE VTS AI in Wireless Communications committee and IEEE Space and Satellite Communications committee. He has previously served as IEEE COMSOC distinguished speaker for the class 2022 and is currently serving as IEEE Vehicular Technology distinguished lecturer since 2025.