Company, United States
Bell Communications Research
Statistics
- People here now
- 0
- People ever
- 11
- Full moves in and out
- 4 in, 5 out
Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.
We estimate that 11 people shaping AI have worked at Bell Communications Research, all as former affiliations with no current roles recorded. By all-time headcount, Bell Communications Research is tied for 60th among 3,344 companies (tied for 510th of 8,827 organizations overall). Language and speech leads 7 areas of expertise (3 of 11 people with profile topics). In dated work stints through 2025, active headcount peaked at 6 people in 1990, with the last dated stint ending in 1997. Across dated career transitions, we record 4 full moves in and 5 out, led by arrivals from AT&T (2).
A stacked column chart of our yearly estimates at Bell Communications Research from 1987 to 1997. Each person counts once in each year with an active work stint.
Source: People of Superintelligence dated career stints, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Year | Other | People |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 4 | 4 |
| 1988 | 4 | 4 |
| 1989 | 5 | 5 |
| 1990 | 6 | 6 |
| 1991 | 5 | 5 |
| 1992 | 5 | 5 |
| 1993 | 5 | 5 |
| 1994 | 5 | 5 |
| 1995 | 4 | 4 |
| 1996 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 2 |
A three-column flow diagram. People came from organizations on the left, Bell Communications Research is in the middle, and destinations are on the right. It shows 4 incoming and 5 outgoing full moves.
Source: People of Superintelligence career records with full moves only, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Direction | Organization | Full moves |
|---|---|---|
| From | AT&T | 2 |
| From | Johns Hopkins University | 1 |
| From | University of Iowa | 1 |
| Center | Bell Communications Research | 4 in, 5 out |
| To | AT&T | 1 |
| To | Columbia University | 1 |
| To | Microsoft | 1 |
| To | National Science Foundation | 1 |
| To | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
Across work histories (excluding degrees), 11 of the 11 people who have worked at Bell Communications Research (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Bell Communications Research to 45 peer institutions.
People here now
We have no evidence of a current role here. Our last dated work record here ended in 1997. All 11 people associated with Bell Communications Research appear under former affiliations below.
People with former affiliations
We record 11 people who formerly worked at Bell Communications Research. 11 of the 11 have a recorded current role at another organization. Across the 6 former people with confident OpenAlex records, combined career citations total 120,512 (median h-index 34.5).
- Amit ShethNow at University of South Carolina
- Christian WellekensNow at EURECOM
- Christine GuillemotNow at Inria and Université de Rennes
- Juan PavónNow at Complutense University of Madrid
- Lorien PrattNow at Quantellia
- Martin MaechlerNow at ETH Zurich and R Core Team
- Michael E LeskNow at Rutgers University
- Michael Rung Tsong LyuNow at Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
- Rafail OstrovskyNow at University of California, Los Angeles
- Subhash SuriNow at University of California, Santa Barbara
- Susan T DumaisNow at Microsoft Research and University of Washington
Posts that include Bell Communications Research
Bell Communications Research appears in 1 research post comparing organizations across AI.