Vahid Tarokh worked at AT&T Labs-Research and AT&T wireless services until August 2000, where he was the head of the Department of Wireless Communications and Signal Processing. In September 2000, he joined Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at MIT as an associate professor. In June 2002, he joined Harvard University as a Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering . Since July 2005, he is a Hammond Vinton Hayes Senior Fellow of Electrical Engineering at Harvard University, and a Perkins professor. His research is mainly focused in the areas of Signal processing, Communications (wireline and wireless) and Networking . He has received a number of awards and holds 2 honourary degrees.