Activities

My research work is carried out in the framework of national and international research projects in which the Networking with UWB, led by Prof. Maria Gabriella Di Benedetto is involved. A brief description of the most recent ones I participated in is provided below; for local research projects funded by Sapienza please refer to my Ricerca@Sapienza profile. 

• The Industrial Networks  (IN) project (2023-2025), part of the RESTART (RESearch and innovation on future Telecommunications systems and networks, to make Italy more smART) project, funded by Italian Ministry of Research. The project involves four Italian Universities (University of Bologna, University of Florence, University of Catania, Sapienza University of Rome), the National Inter-University  Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT), the Italian National Research Council (CNR), and the Italian operator TIM. The IN project aims at conceiving, studying and testing new IN technologies able to boost the development of the National manufacturing industry, in the fields of mechatronics, automotive and automation. Roles:

  • Co-Principal Investigator for the Sapienza University of Rome

  • Leader of Task T4.2 - Localisation Awareness in IN

  • Leader for Use Case 5 - Mobile Robots and Plant Asset Management/Control for Outside-Factory

• The TRACY project (2021), funded by Regione Lazio, aimed at the development of an indoor positioning and tracking system for work environment, including smart wearables equipped with WiFi and Bluetooth technologies, associated with an automatic recharging and sanitizing station. The project involved the SME SoftLab SrL and Sapienza University of Rome, and focused on tracking of the interaction between workers both in real time (using Bluetooth) and offline (using stored estimated positions based on WiFi fingerprinting) to support early detection and mitigation of COVID outbreaks. Roles:

  • Principal Investigator for the Sapienza University of Rome

Furthermore, I was previously involved in the following research initiatives:

• The IC0905 (TERRA) COST Action (2010-2014) was a think-tank that united regulatory, technical and economic experts with the objective of proposing regulatory policies and spectrum management solutions towards the development of Cognitive Radio and Software Defined Radio (CR/SDR) technologies. Roles:

  • • National delegate for Italy, nominated by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research

    • Chair of Working Group 1 - CR/SDR deployment scenarios

• The IC0902 COST Action (2009-2013) had the main goal to integrate the cognitive concept across all layers of communication systems, aiming at the creation of a European platform for cognitive radio and networks. by defining algorithms and protocols for all layers of the communications, and a set of standard interfaces as well as a common reference language for interaction between cognitive network nodes. Roles:

  • • Chair of Working Group 5 - Definition of a cross-layer cognitive engine

    • Co-leader of Special Interest Group 3 - Mobility management for cognitive wireless networks

• The ACROPOLIS Network of Excellence (2009-2013) had the main goal to foster collaboration in the cognitive and cooperative communications domain, allowing experts in areas of cooperative communications and coexistence methods, comprising but not limited to realms such as cognitive radio, cognitive networking and flexible networking to cooperate and harmonize their research goals. Roles:

  • • Leader of WorkPackage 10 - Neighbourhood and Network Awareness