For the past academic year (2018-2019), the first-year class, cycle XXXIV, includes 16 PhD students. All students have been admitted to the second year. In the following, it is reported for each student: curriculum, advisor, research area, and PhD Advisory committee in charge of monitor his/her activity.
CARAMAZZA LAURA XXXIV Curriculum: ELETTRONICA Advisor Prof. APOLLONIO
Drug delivery mediated by electric and magnetic fields
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Ferrara Nascetti Liberti
CICCHETTI VALENTINA XXXIV Curriculum: EM Advisor Prof. CICCHETTI
Broadband and UWB type radiant structures
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Asquini Piuzzi Ferrara
GHISOTTI SANDRO XXXIV Curriculum: ELETTRONICA Advisor Prof. PISA
Radio Frequency Power Amplifiers for Wireless Systems: Broadband and High Efficiency Advanced Architectures in GaN
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Cicchetti Tommasino Cusani
IANNASCOLI LORENZO XXXIV Curriculum: ELETTRONICA Advisor Prof. NASCETTI
Lab-on-Chip technologies and solutions for space applications
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Irrera De Cesare Menichelli
MAZZETTA IVAN XXXIV Curriculum: ELETTRONICA Advisor Prof. IRRERA
Emerging non-volatile memories: new proposals and existing technologies engineering
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Balucani Trifiletti Caputo
PAGLIALUNGA DANIELE XXXIV Curriculum: ELETTRONICA Advisor Prof. NASCETTI
Exomedicine
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Pisa Apollonio Tommasino
WANG MENGCHU XXXIV Curriculum: ELETTRONICA Advisor Prof. CAVAGNARO
Design and implementation of a radar system for remote monitoring of position and cardio-respiratory activity of human subjects in home environment
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Caputo Pajewski Piuzzi
BALDINI LUCA XXXIV Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor Prof. RIZZI
Parallel and Distributed computing
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Cuomo Falaschi Eramo
CANDELORO CARLO CAMPANILE XXXIV Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor Prof. POLVERINI
Optimization and monitoring of TLC networks
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Baccarelli Cianfrani Piazzo
CATENA TIZIANA XXXIV Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor Prof. ERAMO
Scalable NFV Orchestration and Control Technology
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Baiocchi Biagi De Nardis
FERRANDINO EMANUELE XXXIV Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor Prof. FRATTALE MASCIOLI
Innovative Propulsion Systems and Energy Infrastructures
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Uncini Rizzi Comminiello
GIANNITRAPANI PAOLO XXXIV Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor Prof. DI CLAUDIO
Pattern recognition for image processing and evaluation and multidimensional signal processing for multichannel applications
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Scarano Scarpiniti Cicchetti
MUCIACCIA FEDERICO XXXIV Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor Prof. UNCINI
Signal Processing and Machine Learning
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Frattale Mascioli Panella Polverini
MUNIR KHUSHBOO XXXIV Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor Prof. RIZZI/FREZZA
Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to clinical diagnosis
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Di Claudio Colonnese Seu
NARDI LUCA XXXIV Curriculum: RADAR Advisor Prof. SEU
PFS/MEX and NOMAD/TGO joint analysis for the retrieval of atmospheric trace gases in Martian atmosphere
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Lombardo Colone d’Alessandro
RAPARELLI EDOARDO XXXIV Curriculum: RADAR Advisor Prof. MARZANO
Investigation of desert dust impacts on snow metamorphism through numerical models coupled with high-resolution
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. d’Inzeo Pastina Cavagnaro
In addition to the specific research activity, which is carried out by the PhD students under the guidance of the PhD Board by means of the Advisor and of the Advisory committee, the delivered study plan in the academic year 2018-2019 for the first-year PhD students (Cycle XXXIV) includes the following activities:
a. Advanced Courses (with exam) b. Seminars and laboratory activities c. Additional activities of independent formation and research a. Advanced Courses
The advanced courses (with exam) have been planned for the first-year class (cycle XXXIV). Other than specialized courses offered inside the Master Degree - Level couses, the PhD in ICT offered "ad hoc" PhD-Level Advanced Courses, that are taught by professors of the PhD Board and external professors /researchers. The list of advanced PhD courses offered in the past academic year is reported below.
A more detailed description, which includes aldo the lecture dates of each Course, is available in the section “Offered PhD Courses” of the web site.
It is to be noticed that a total of 22 CFU of "ad hoc" PhD Advanced Courses have been offered by the PhD in ICT during the academic year 2018-2019.
1) Title: Nonlinear Optics and Applications
Lecturer: Prof. Stefan Wabnitz, Dipartimento DIET - Sapienza
Place: Aula seminari al 2° piano del Dipartmento DIET, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma
Date: 3 aprile – 3 giugno, 2019
Language: English
CFU: 6
2) Title: TensorFlow for ICT applications
Lecturer: Dr. Simone Scardapane, Dipartimento DIET - Sapienza
Place: Aula seminari al 2° piano del Dipartmento DIET, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma
Date: 20 maggio – 14 giugno, 2019
Language: English
CFU: 4
3) Title: Wideband and Robust Sensor Array Processing. Part I and Part II
Lecturer: Prof. Elio D. Di Claudio, Dipartimento DIET - Sapienza
Place: Aula seminari al 2° piano del Dipartmento DIET, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma
Date: 17 giugno – 19 luglio, 2019
Language: English
CFU: 6
4) Title: Analytical Techniques for Wave Phenomena
Lecturer: Prof. Paolo Burghignoli, Dipartimento DIET - Sapienza
Place: Aula seminari al 2° piano del Dipartmento DIET, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma
Date: 1 ottobre – 31 ottobre, 2019
Language: English
CFU: 6
b. Seminars and laboratory activitiesFor each of the three years of their PhD program, the students must include in their program "seminars and laboratory activities" for a total of 6 CFU. The 6 CFU can be split between seminars and laboratory activities as desired by the PhD student and described in his/her Doctoral Program Form.• SeminarsThe following seminars have been offered by the PhD in ICT in the academic year 2018-2019: 1) Title: Going Off the Deep End with Deep Learning Lecturer: Prof. Richard Baraniuk, Rice University Place: Aula seminari al 2° piano del Dipartmento DIET, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma Data: 21 novembre 2018, ore 12:00 Language: inglese 2) Title: Microwave tumor ablation: lessons learned during clinical system development Lecturer: Prof. Chris Brace, University of Wisconsin Place: Aula 33 - San Pietro in Vincoli, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma Data: 14 dicembre 2018, ore 13:15 Language: inglese 3) Title: Future Perspectives on SAR Missions and Systems Lecturer: Dr. Michelangelo Villano - DLR (Germania) Place: Aula seminari al 2° piano del Dipartmento DIET, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma Data: 17 dicembre 2018, ore 12:15 Language: inglese/italiano 4) Title: Achievable Science with SmallSats/CubeSats Lecturer: Dr. Cinzia Zuffada - Associate Chief Scientist presso il JPL-NASA/Caltech di Pasadena (California, USA) Place: Sala del Chiostro - San Pietro in Vincoli, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma Data: 26 febbraio 2019, ore 11:00 Language: inglese 5) Title: Going Gigahertz Acoustic Device for Biochemical Sensing and Biomedical Applications Lecturer: Prof. Duan, dell’Università di Tianjin, Cina Place: Aula 25 - San Pietro in Vincoli, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma Data: 20 marzo 2019, ore 10:00 Language: inglese 6) Title: Brain-Inspired Computing: Approximate Computing, Machine Learning Accelerators, Adversarial Attacks, and More! Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shafique, Institute of Computer Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Place: Aula seminari al 2° piano del Dipartmento DIET, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma Data: 21 marzo 2019, ore 16:00 Language: inglese 7) Title: Time Reversal Techniques by Retrodirective Antenna Arrays for Wireless Power Transfer Lecturer: Prof. Symon K. Podilchak della Heriot-Watt University/University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Place: Aula DIET09 del Dipartmento DIET, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma Data: 15 aprile 2019, ore 12:00 Language: inglese 8) Title: Monitoring of volcanic clouds from space Lecturer: Dr. Stefano Corradini, INGV, Rome, Italy Place: Aula VI - Edificio di statistica (4° piano) Sapienza - P.zzale A. Moro 5, Roma Data: 21 maggio 2019, ore 14:15 Language: inglese 9) Title: Tecniche multispettrali ed iperspettrali per l'Osservazione della Terra: applicazioni e prospettive future Lecturer: Dott.ssa Stefania Amici dell’Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia di Roma Place: Aula 1 - San Pietro in Vincoli, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma Data: 29 maggio 2019, ore 12:00 Language: italiano10) Title: Nonlinear effects in digital communications: theoretical analysis and its use to improve the performance Lecturer: Prof. Rui Dinis, Nova University of Lisbon (UNL) Place: Aula DIET09 del Dipartmento DIET, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma Data: 18 giugno 2019, ore 10:00 Language: inglese11) Title: MODEL-BASED SEQUENTIAL DETECTION: A Subspace Identification Approach Lecturer: Prof. Jim Candy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory & University of California (UC) Santa Barbara Place: Aula seminari al 2° piano del Dipartmento DIET, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma Data: 24 giugno 2019, ore 10:00 Language: ingleseMore details on the contents of the seminars are available in the section “Seminars” of the web site.• Laboratory activitiesThe laboratory activities consist in practical, hands-on experiences with experimental setups available inside specific research projects or activities. The student can be involved in practical activities to sustain existing activities, with the aim to increase his/her experience and his/her capability to operate in experimental environmentsThe set of laboratories tha contributed to the offer of the PhD in ICT in the academic year 2018-2019 is reported in the following list: 1) Laboratory of Advanced Communications Technologies and Services (ACTS) Reference professors: prof. Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto, prof. Luca De Nardis 2) Laboratory of amorphous Silicon Devices and Systems (aSiDaS) Reference professors: prof. Giampiero de Cesare, prof. Domenico Caputo 3) Laboratory of Antennas and remote sensing Reference professors: prof. Nazareno Pierdicca, prof. Frank Silvio Marzano 4) Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Pervasive Systems (CIPS) Reference professors: prof. Massimo Panella, prof. Antonello Rizzi 5) Laboratory of Digital Systems (LSD) prof. Mauro Olivieri Reference professors: prof. Marco Balsi, prof. Francesco Menichelli 6) Laboratory of Electromagnetic fields (LEF) Reference professors: prof. Alessandro Galli, prof. Paolo Burghignoli 7) Laboratory of Electronics for the Environment Reference professors: prof. Vincenzo Ferrara 8) Laboratory of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Reference professors: prof. Roberto Cusani, prof. Gaetano Scarano, prof. Mauro Biagi, prof. Stefania Colonnese 9) Laboratory of Intelligent Signal Processing and Multimedia (ISPAMM) Reference professors: prof. Aurelio Uncini, prof. Raffaele Parisi, prof. Michele Scarpiniti10) Laboratory of Micro-Nano Devices and RF circuits characterization (MiND) Reference professors: prof. Alessandro Trifiletti, prof. Giuseppe Scotti, prof. Pasquale Tommasino, prof. Francesco Centurelli11) Laboratory of Microwave and Electromagnetic Compatibility (MEC) Reference professors: prof. Renato Cicchetti, prof. Stefano Pisa, prof. Marta Cavagnaro, prof. Emanuele Piuzzi12) Laboratory of Multimedia Reference professors: prof. Francesca Cuomo13) Laboratory of Multimedia Systems Reference professors: prof. Stefania Colonnese14) Laboratory of Networking (NetLab) Reference professors: prof. Marco Listanti, prof. Andrea Baiocchi, prof. Francesca Cuomo, prof. Vincenzo Eramo, prof. Antonio Cianfrani15) Laboratory of Optoelectronics Reference professors: prof. Antonio d’Alessandro, prof. Rita Asquini16) Laboratory of Radar Reference professors: prof. Roberto Seu17) Laboratory of RadioMetereology Reference professors: prof. Frank S. Marzano18) Laboratory of Radiopositioning (Radar, Remote Sensing & Navigation - RRSN) Reference professors: prof. P. Lombardo, prof. Debora Pastina, prof. Fabiola Colone19) Laboratory of Signal Processing for Communications (SPCOM) Reference professors: prof. Sergio Barbarossa, prof. Paolo Di Lorenzoc. Additional activities of independent formation and researchThe additional activities have been selected by the PhD students among the formation activities at the previous points a. and b., following their inclinations or study/laboratory interests, or inside activities related to research project of the Department or of institutions that collaborate with it._________________
For the past academic year (2018-2019), the second-year class, cycle XXXIII, includes 15 PhD students. All students have been admitted to the third year. In the following, it is reported for each student: curriculum, advisor, research area, and PhD Advisory committee in charge of monitor his/her activity.BLASI LUIGI XXXIII Curriculum: ELETTRONICA Advisor: Prof. OLIVIERI
Multi-level design of resilient digital systems for safety critical applications
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. D'Inzeo De Cesare Ferrara
BLASONE GIOVANNI PAOLO XXXIII Curriculum: RADAR Advisor: Prof. LOMBARDO
Advanced signal processing techniques and methodologies for airborne and spaceborne multi-channel radar systems
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Colone Pastina Burghignoli
BUZZIN ALESSIO XXXIII Curriculum: ELETTRONICA Advisor: Prof. DE CESARE
Lab-on-Chip technologies and solutions for biomolecular analysis
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Irrera Olivieri Menichelli
CAPILLO ANTONINO XXXIII Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof. FRATTALE MASCIOLI
Computational intelligence methods for smart energy applications
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Barbarossa Asquini Monsurrò
CATTAI TIZIANA XXXIII Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof.COLONNESE
EEG processing x BCI
Coutela italo francese con EDITE, Sorbonne Université, Paris
COLELLA MICOL XXXIII Curriculum: ELETTRONICA Advisor: Prof. LIBERTI
Computational modeling of electromagnetic fields for therapeutics and diagnostics
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Scarano Caputo Apollonio
COSTANZO FRANCESCA XXXIII Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof. BARBAROSSA
Proactive edge computing based on online Machine Learning for application centric 5G systems
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Cuomo Falaschi Piuzzi
MERLUZZI MATTIA XXXIII Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof. BARBAROSSA
Dynamic proactive resource allocation in 5G systems based on online learning
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Di Claudio Iacovitti Balsi
MOHAMMADPOUR ALIREZA XXXIII Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof. DI BENEDETTO
Non Orthogonal Multiple Access NOMA in 5G New Radio
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Eramo Cianfrani Scotti
PALMISANO DAVIDE XXXIII Curr: RADAR Advisor: Prof. PIERDICCA xxx
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Cicchetti D'Alessandro Centurelli
PAPA MARIO XXXIII Curriculum: RADAR Advisor: Prof. MARZANO
Precipitating cloud retrieval from space: modeling and applications for the next generation of microwave and millimeter-wave satellite radiometers
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Uncini Cavagnaro Pajewski
PISCIOTTANO IOLE XXXIII Curriculum: RADAR Advisor: Prof. PASTINA
Multispectral Multistatic Passive ISAR for Non-cooperative Maritime Target Imaging
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Frattale Mascioli Biagi Seu
SACCO GIULIA XXXIII Curriculum: EM Advisor: Prof. PISA
Design and implementation of a radar system for remote monitoring of position and cardio-respiratory activity of human subjects in home envinronment
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Pierdicca Galli Liberti
STENTELLA MICHELE XXXIII Curriculum: RADAR Advisor: Prof. COLONE
Passive Radar for long range application, Space Situational Awareness and Jammers protection
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Lombardo Piazzo Siani
ZANAJ ELJONA XXXIII Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof. DI BENEDETTO
Impulse radio and UWB communications in 5G
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Cusani Colonnese Carillo
In addition to the specific research activity, which is carried out by the PhD students under the guidance of the PhD Board by means of the Advisor and of the Advisory committee, the delivered study plan in the academic year 2018-2019 for the second-year PhD students (Cycle XXXIII) includes the following activities:
b. Seminars and laboratory activities c. Additional activities of independent formation and research b. Seminars and laboratory activitiesThe offer of Seminars and Laboratories available for the selection of the 6 CFU of activity have been already illustrated above for the first-year students and have also been valid for the second-year students.c. Additional activities of independent formation and research The additional activities have been selected by the PhD students among the formation activities at the previous points a. and b., following their inclinations or study/laboratory interests, or inside activities related to research project of the Department or of institutions that collaborate with it._________________
For the past academic year (2018-2019), the third-year class, cycle XXXIV, includes 13 PhD students. All students have been admitted to the second year. In the following, it is reported for each student: curriculum, advisor, research area, and PhD Advisory committee in charge of monitor his/her activity.
BUI THAI CHIEN XXXII Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof. BIAGI
Optical Wireless Communications
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Frattale Mascioli Rizzi Piazzo
CECI ELENA XXXII Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof. BARBAROSSA
Topological data analysis of machine learning: theory and application to 5G network
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Scarano Galli Panella
CHEIKH ABDALLAH XXXII Curriculum: ELETTRONICA Advisor: Prof. OLIVIERI
Energy Efficient Digital Electronic System Design for IoT Applications
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Baiocchi Scotti Balsi
FILIPPINI FRANCESCA XXXII Curriculum: RADAR Advisor: Prof. COLONE
Advanced Signal Processing Techniques and Methodologies for Passive Radar Systems
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Lombardo Seu Scarpiniti
GIAMPIERI MAURO XXXII Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof. RIZZI
Complex systems modelling by agent based granular computing and swarm intelligence
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Barbarossa Biagi Falaschi
LONARDO ALESSANDRO XXXII Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof. DIBENEDETTO
Acceleration of Connectome Simulations on a Heterogeneous Computing Platform
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Cusani Colonnese Cianfrani
MARTINO ALESSIO XXXII Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof. RIZZI
Large-Scale Distributed Machine Learning & Big Data Mining in non-metric spaces
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Uncini Eramo Centurelli
MARZIANI AUGUSTO MARIA XXXII Curriculum: EM Advisor: Prof. MARZANO
Modelling, systems and measurements for the exploitation of 5G communications and space-to-Earth links at microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Cicchetti Cavagnaro Piuzzi
MILANI LUCA XXXII Curriculum: RADAR Advisor: Prof. MARZANO
FireVolcSat – Remote Sensing of Fire and Volcanic hotspots exploiting Satellite multisource data
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Siani Scotti Apollonio
MILANI ILEANA XXXII Curriculum: RADAR Advisor: Prof. LOMBARDO
Integration of active and passive RF systems for indoor/outdoor localization
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Colone De Nardis Pastina
MURGIA FEDERICA XXXII Curriculum: EM Advisor: Prof. GALLI
Electromagnetic propagation modelling in complex media, data processing and image reconstruction for geophysical applications
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Pierdicca Marzano Burghignoli
SALVATORE VALENTINA XXXII Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof. CIANFRANI
Exploitation of Big Data Analytic solutions in the networking
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Baccarelli E. Cuomo De Cesare
STAZI GIULIA XXXII Curriculum: ELETTRONICA Advisor: Prof. MENICHELLI
Approximate computing
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. D'Alessandro Olivieri Parisi
In addition, a student of cycle XXXI ciclo completed his PhD cycle, being involved in a Double Degree Prohìgram with the Northeastern Boston University, which required an additional year of activity:
FERRANTI LUDOVICO XXXI Curriculum: TELECOM Advisor: Prof. CUOMO
On the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to strengthen and assist Cellular networks
PhD Advisory committee: Proff. Frattale Mascioli Cianfrani Scarpiniti
In addition to the specific research activity, which is carried out by the PhD students under the guidance of the PhD Board by means of the Advisor and of the Advisory committee, the delivered study plan in the academic year 2018-2019 for the third-year PhD students (Cycle XXXII) includes the following activities:
b. Seminars and laboratory activities c. Additional activities of independent formation and research b. Seminars and laboratory activitiesThe offer of Seminars and Laboratories available for the selection of the 6 CFU of activity have been already illustrated above for the first-year students and have also been valid for the second-year students.c. Additional activities of independent formation and research The additional activities have been selected by the PhD students among the formation activities at the previous points a. and b., following their inclinations or study/laboratory interests, or inside activities related to research project of the Department or of institutions that collaborate with it._________________
With reference to the specific activity of the past academic year it is to be noted that:1) In February 2019 defended his PhD Thesis, inside a Co-Tutoring/Double Degree Program with the Ecole Centrale de Lyon (INSA) Dr. Andrea Pietrelli (Cycle XXX).2) In February 2020 is defending his PhD Thesis the student of cycle XXXI, LUDOVICO FERRANTI, who is completing the Double Degree Program with the Northeastern Boston University, which required an additional year of activity.3) Tiziana Cattai (cycle XXXIII), presently at her third year of activity is working within a Co-Tutoring/Double Degree program with the Universitè Sorbonne (France)4) Mengchu Wang (cycle XXXIV) ihas been selected for a PhD position inside the Marie Curie EMERALD project, which involves a collaboration of DIET with CNR; she was included in the PhD in ICT in addition to the PhD students selected by sapienza with the standard Call for Applications.