Delivered study plan 2021/2022



The delivered study plan for the academic year 2021-2022 includes the following activities:
 
  1. Advanced courses (with final evaluation)
  2. Seminars and laboratory activities
  3. Research activity
  4. Additional independent formation and research activities
 
  1. Advanced courses
The Advanced courses (with final evaluation) are programmed for the first year of the PhD course.
In addition to the specialized master-level courses, a number of PhD Advanced courses are offered to the PhD in ICT students by professors of the PhD Board, other Sapienza professors, as well as external professors or researchers. The list of the PhD Advanced courses offered in the present academic year is reported in the following Table.  

A more detailed description, including the specific lecture dates is available in the section “Courses”.

Notice that the total specific offer of the PhD in ICT course sums up to a total of 42 CFU.
 
 
 
List of Advanced courses offered in the academic year 2019-2020
 
 Topic  Instructor CFU Dates
 Random Multiple Access
 
 
 
 prof. Andrea Baiocchi
 Sapienza
 4  January 14 – February 13,   2020
 La scrittura tecnico-scientifica
 
 
 
 prof. Emilio Matricciani,   Politecnico di Milano  4  January 28 – February 5,
 2020
 Wideband and Robust Sensor Array Processing.
 Part I and Part II

 
 
 prof. Elio D. Di Claudio
 Sapienza
 3+2  January 13 – February 3 
 2020
 Quantum Computing and 
 Quantum Machine Learning
 for ICT Applications

 
 prof. Massimo Panella
 Sapienza
 1  late January,
 early February
 2020.
 Convex optimization: Theory and Applications 
 
 
 dr. Stefania Sardellitti
 Sapienza
 1-2  February 2020
 Perturbative and qualitative methods: 
 tools to solve nonlinear problems

 
 prof. Sandra Carillo
 Sapienza
 4  March 2020
 Numerical modelling and simulation of
 electromagneticproblems with open source
 finite-difference time-domain   software
 prof. Lara Pajewski
 Sapienza
 2  April 2020
 Nonlinear Optics and Applications
 
 
 
 prof. Stefan Wabnitz
 Sapienza
 6  April- June 2020
 Complex Systems Modelling by
 Granular Computing

 
 
 prof. Antonello Rizzi
 Sapienza
 2  late May 2020 - early June 
 2020
 TensorFlow for ICT applications
 
 
 
 dr. Simone Scardapane
 Sapienza
 4  May 20 – June 14
 2020
 Machine Learning for Networks
 
 
 
 prof. Paolo Di Lorenzo e
 prof. Sergio  Barbarossa
 Sapienza
 2  late June 2020, early July
 2020
 Analytical Techniques for Wave Phenomena
 
 
 prof. Paolo Burghignoli
 Sapienza
 6  October 1 – October 31
 2020
 

The first-year PhD students (as well as the second-year PhD students, in case they have not been able to fulfill completely the first-year Advanced courses duties) can choose, among the available Master-level courses and the Advanced courses in this Table, a set of courses that sums up to 12 CFU.
 
 

  1. Seminars and laboratory activities
Seminars and laboratory activities must be included by the PhD students for 6 CFU during each of the three years of the course.  The 6 CFU can be subdivided among the seminars and laboratory activities, as desired by the student and planned in his/her Doctoral Program Form.
 
  1. Seminars
The PhD in ICT course offers a wide set of seminars to the PhD students. The global offer takes advantage by all possible opportunities to have distinguished speakers, there including visiting professors and researchers, scientific collaborations of the PhD Board members, as well as selected ad hoc invited fellows.
 
For this reason, it is not possible to provide in advance a full list of available seminars. In contrast, the individual seminars are announced through the news web-site on a short term basis and their listing is made available in the “Seminar” section.
 
  1. Laboratory activities
The laboratory activities consists of hands-on experience on projects and experimental research setups that are available for specific projects or research efforts. The PhD student can be involved with the practical activity to support the ongoing activity, in order to increase his/her experience and acquire the capability to operate in an experimental environment.
 
The set of Laboratories that concur to the PhD in ICT offer is reported in the Table below.


 
List of laboratories hosting PhD in ICT activities
 
 Topic  Reference professors
 
 Laboratory of Advanced Communications Technologies and
 Services (ACTS)
 prof. Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto
 prof. Luca De Nardis
 Laboratory of amorphous Silicon Devices and Systems (aSiDaS)  prof. Giampiero de Cesare
 prof. Domenico Caputo
 Laboratory of Antennas and remote sensing
 
 prof. Nazareno Pierdicca
 prof. Frank Silvio Marzano
 Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Pervasive Systems
 (CIPS)
 prof. Massimo Panella 
 prof. Antonello Rizzi
 Laboratory of Digital Systems (LSD)  prof. Mauro Olivieri
 prof. Marco Balsi
 prof. Francesco Menichelli 
 Laboratory of Electromagnetic fields (LEF)
 
 prof. Alessandro
 prof. Paolo Burghignoli
 Laboratory of Electronics for the Environment
 
 prof. Vincenzo Ferrara
 Laboratory of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)  prof. Roberto Cusani,  prof. Gaetano
 Scarano, prof. Mauro Biagi, prof. Stefania
 Colonnese
 Laboratory of Intelligent Signal Processing and Multimedia
 (ISPAMM)
 prof. Aurelio Uncini
 prof. Raffaele Parisi
 prof. Michele Scarpiniti
 Laboratory of Micro-Nano Devices and RF circuits characterization
 (MiND)
 prof. Alessandro Trifiletti, prof. Giuseppe
 Scotti, prof. Pasquale Tommasino,
 prof. Francesco Centurelli
 Laboratory of Microwave and Electromagnetic Compatibility (MEC)  prof. Renato Cicchetti, prof. Stefano Pisa,
 prof. Marta Cavagnaro,  prof. Emanuele
 Piuzzi
 Laboratory of Multimedia  prof. Francesca Cuomo
 Laboratory of Multimedia Systems  prof. Stefania Colonnese
 Laboratory of Networking (NetLab)
 
 prof. Marco Listanti, prof. Andrea Baiocchi,
 prof. Francesca Cuomo, prof. Vincenzo
 Eramo, prof. Antonio Cianfrani
 Laboratory of Optoelectronics
 
 prof. Antonio d’Alessandro
 prof. Rita Asquini
 Laboratory of Radar  prof. Roberto Seu
 Laboratory of RadioMetereology  prof. Frank S. Marzano
 Laboratory of Radiopositioning
 (Radar, Remote Sensing & Navigation - RRSN)
 prof. P. Lombardo, prof. Debora Pastina,
 prof. Fabiola Colone
 Laboratory of Signal Processing for Communications (SPCOM)  prof.  Sergio Barbarossa, prof. Paolo Di
 Lorenzo
 
 
The PhD student can choose to spend his/her laboratory activity in one of these labs or in an external laboratory. 
 
 
  1. Research activity
The research activity carried out inside the PhD in ICT course is devoted to specific topics inside the ICT area, where the doctoral students, under the guidance of their PhD Advisors, can provide significant innovation with respect to the state of the art.

The specific research activity carried out by the students during the academic year 2019-2020 is reported in the table below, which also includes the Curriculum.
 

 
 
List of Research topic & Curriculum
 academic year 2019-2020
 
 
 Cycle XXXIII
 
 PhD Student  Research Topic  
 Curriculum

 
 Giulia Sacco
 
 Design and implementation of a radar system for remote
 monitoring of position and cardio-respiratory activity of
 human subjects in home environment
 Applied 
 Electromagnetics
 
 Luigi Blasi  Multi-level design of resilient digital systems for safety
 critical applications
 Electronics
 Engineering
 Alessio Buzzin
 
 Lab-on-Chip technologies and solutions for biomolecular
 analysis
 Electronics
 Engineering
 Micol Colella
 
 Computational modeling of electromagnetic fields for
 therapeutics and diagnostics
 Electronics
 Engineering
 Antonino Capillo  Computational intelligence methods for smart energy    
 applications
 Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Tiziana Cattai  Leveraging brain connectivity networks to detect mental
 states in brain-computer interfaces
 Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Francesca Costanzo
 
 Proactive edge computing based on online Machine
 Learning for application centric 5G systems
 Information and
 Communication 
 Engineering
 Mattia Merluzzi
 
 Dynamic proactive resource allocation in 5G systems
 based on online learning
 Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Alireza Mohammadpol
 
 Non Orthogonal Multiple Access NOMA in 5G New Radio  Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Eljona Zanaj
 
 Impulse radio and UWB communications in 5G  Information and
 Communication 
 Engineering
 Giovanni Paolo Blasone
 
 Advanced signal processing techniques and
 methodologies for airborne and spaceborne
 multi-channel radar systems
 Radar and Remote
 Sensing
 Davide Palmisano  Time-series analysis of Earth Observation data for retrieval
 of geo-bio-physical land parameters
 Radar and Remote
 Sensing
 Mario Papa  Precipitating cloud retrieval from space: modeling and
 applications for the next generation of microwave and
 millimeter-wave satellite radiometers
 Radar and Remote
 Sensing
 Iole Pisciottano  Multispectral Multistatic Passive ISAR for Non-cooperative
 Maritime Target Imaging
 Radar and Remote
 Sensing
 
 Cycle XXXIV
 
 PhD Student  Research Topic
 Curriculum
 
 Valentina Cicchetti    Broadband and UWB type radiant structures  Applied
 Electromagnetics
 Menchu Wang  Design and implementation of a radar system for remote
 monitoring of position and cardio-respiratory activity of
 human subjects in home environment
 Applied
 Electromagnetics
 Laura Caramazza  Drug delivery mediated by electric and magnetic fields   Electronics
 Engineering
 Sandro Ghisotti  Radio Frequency Power Amplifiers for Wireless Systems:
 Broadband and High Efficiency Advanced Architectures
 in GaN
 Electronics
 Engineering
 Loranzo Iannascoli  Lab-on-Chip technologies and solutions for space
 applications
 Electronics
 Engineering
 Ivan Mazzetta  Emerging non-volatile memories: new proposals and
 existing technologies engineering
 Electronics
 Engineering
 Daniele Paglialunga  Exomedicine  Electronics
 Engineering
 Luca Baldini  Parallel and Distributed computing  Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Candeloro Carlo Campanile  Optimization and monitoring of TLC networks  Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Tiziana Catena  Scalable NFV Orchestration and Control Technology  Information and
 Communication 
 Engineering
 Emanuele Ferrandino  Innovative Propulsion Systems and Energy Infrastructures  Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Paolo Giannitrapani  Pattern recognition for image processing and evaluation
 and multidimensional signal processing for multichannel
 applications
 Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Federico Muciaccia  Signal Processing and Machine Learning  Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Khushboo Munir  Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to clinical diagnosis  Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Luca Nardi  PFS/MEX and NOMAD/TGO joint analysis for the retrieval
 of atmospheric trace gases in Martian atmosphere
 Radar and Remote
 Sensing
 Edoardo Raparelli  Investigation of desert dust impacts on snow
 metamorphism through numerical models coupled
 with high-resolution
 Radar and Remote
 Sensing
 
 Cycle XXXV
 
 PhD Student  Research Topic  
 Curriculum

 
 Francesco Rinaldo Talenti   Nonlinear optics, nonlinear wave guiding platforms,
 on-chip photonics for frequency comb
 Applied
 Electromagnetics
 Simona D'Agostino  Bioelectromagnetism and biomedical devices  Electronics
 Engineering
 Alessandro Manoni  E-Health  Electronics
 Engineering
 Francesca Menchini  Photovoltaics  Electronics
 Engineering
 Stefano Sordillo  Neural Network on Risc-V microcontroller cores  Electronics
 Engineering
 Francesco Vigli  RISC-V Processors and microcontrollers design  Electronics
 Engineering
 Davide Aureli  Machine Learning in IP Traffic  Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Francesco D'Alterio  5G, SDN, UAV Hetnets  Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Giuseppe Granato  Machine Learning and Granular Computing  Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Eleonora Grassucci  Generative Deep Learning  Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 David Lo Bascio  Software Defined Networks - Network Function
 Virtualisation
 Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Jary Pomponi  Continual learning and variational inference
 in Neural Networks
 Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Francesca Ponti  Machine Learning for image diagnostics  Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Indro Spinelli  Robust Machine Learning on Graph Structured Data  Information and
 Communication
 Engineering
 Marco Di Seglio  Passive Radar for short-range applications  Radar and Remote
 Sensing
 Javier Trujillo Rogriguez  Passive Radar Signal Processing  Radar and Remote
 Sensing
 Alejandro Testa  SAR, Passive SAR, ISAR   Radar and Remote 
 Sensing
 
As from the Programmed Study Plan, each PhD student is assigned an Advisor (typically under his/her request, subject to the agreement of the whole PhD Board) for the PhD course to be a continuous reference for the student. The PhD Board assigns also a PhD Advisory committee to each PhD student to monitor the progresses and provide suggestions during the three-years of the course.

The PhD Advisory committee members assigned to the individual students, together with the PhD Advisor, are reported in the Table below.
 

 
List of PhD Advisors and Advisory Committee
academic year 2019-2020
 
 
 Cycle XXXIII
 
 PhD Student  PhD Advisor  PhD Advisory committee
 Giulia Sacco  prof. Stefano Pisa  prof. Nazzareno Pierdicca, prof. Alessandro Galli,
 prof. Micaela Liberti
 Luigi Blasi  prof.  Mauro Olivieri  prof. Guglielmo D’Inzeo, prof. Giampiero De Cesare,
 prof. Vincenzo Ferrara
 Alessio Buzzin
 
 prof. Giampiero
 De Cesare
 prof. Fernanda Irrera, prof. Mauro Olivieri,
 prof. Francesco Menichelli
 Micol Colella
 
 prof.   Micaela Liberti  prof. Gaetano Scarano, prof. Domenico Caputo,
 prof. Francesca Apollonio
 Antonino Capillo  prof.    Fabio Massimo
 Frattale Mascioli
 prof. Sergio Barbarossa, prof. Rita Asquini,
 prof. Pietro Monsurrò
 Tiziana Cattai  prof.    Stefania Colonnese  prof. Gaetano Scarano, prof. Michele Scarpiniti,
 prof. Micaela Liberti
 Francesca Costanzo  prof. Sergio Barbarossa  prof. Elio Di Claudio, prof. Alessandro Falaschi,
 prof. Emanuele Piuzzi
 Mattia Merluzzi
 
 prof. Sergio Barbarossa  prof. Francesca Cuomo, prof. Giovanni Iacovitti,
 prof. Marco Balsi
 Alireza Mohammadpol  prof. Maria Gabriella
 Di Benedetto
 prof. Vincenzo Eramo, prof. Antonio Cianfrani,
 prof. Giuseppe Scotti
 Eljona Zanaj
 
 prof. Maria Gabriella
 Di Benedetto
 prof. Roberto Cusani, prof. Stefania Colonnese,
 prof. Sandra Carillo
 Giovanni Paolo Blasone  prof. Pierfrancesco
 Lombardo
 prof. Fabiola Colone, prof. Debora Pastina,
 prof. Paolo Burghignoli
 Davide Palmisano  prof. Nazzareno
 Pierdicca
 prof. Renato Cicchetti, prof. Antonio D’Alessandro,
 prof. Francesco Centurelli
 Mario Papa     prof. Frank Marzano  prof. Aurelio Uncini, prof. Marta Cavagnaro,
 prof. Lara Pajewski
 Iole Pisciottano   prof. Debora Pastina  prof. Fabio Frattale Mascioli, prof. Mauro Biagi,
 prof. Roberto Seu
 
 Cycle XXXIV
 
 PhD Student  PhD Advisor  PhD Advisory committee
 Valentina Cicchetti  prof. Renato Cicchetti  prof. Rita Asquini, prof. Emanuele Piuzzi,
 prof. Vincenzo Ferrara
 Menchu Wang  prof. Marta Cavagnaro  prof. Domenico Caputo, prof. Lara Pajewski,
 prof. Emanuele Piuzzi
 Laura Caramazza
 
 prof. Francesca
 Apollonio
 prof. Vincenzo Ferrara, prof. Augusto Nascetti,
 prof. Micaela Liberti
 Sandro Ghisotti  prof. Stefano Pisa  prof. Renato Cicchetti, prof. Pasquale Tommasino,
 prof. Roberto Cusani
 Loranzo Iannascoli  prof. Augusto Nascetti  prof. Fernanda Irrera, prof. Giampiero De Cesare,
 prof. Francesco Menichelli
 Ivan Mazzetta  prof. Fernanda Irrera  prof. Marco Balucani, prof. Alessandro Trifiletti,
 prof. Domenico Caputo
 Daniele Paglialunga   prof. Augusto Nascetti  prof. Stefano Pisa, prof. Francesca Apollonio,
 prof. Pasquale Tommasino
 Luca Baldini   prof. Antonello Rizzi  prof. Francesca Cuomo, prof. Alessandro Falaschi,
 prof. Vincenzo Eramo
 Candeloro Carlo Campanile  dr. Marco Polverini  prof. Enzo Baccarelli, prof. Antonio Cianfrani,
 prof. Lorenzo Piazzo
 Tiziana Catena  prof. Vincenzo Eramo  prof. Andrea Baiocchi, prof. Mauro Biagi,
 prof. Luca De Nardis
 Emanuele Ferrandino  prof. Fabio Massimo
 Frattale Mascioli
 prof. Aurelio Uncini, prof. Antonello Rizzi,
 prof. Danilo Comminiello
 Paolo Giannitrapani  prof. Elio Di Claudio  prof. Gaetano Scarano, prof. Michele Scarpiniti,
 prof. Renato Cicchetti
 Federico Muciaccia  prof. Aurelio Uncini  prof. Fabio Massimo Frattale-Mascioli,
 prof. Massimo Panella, prof. Marco Polverini
 Khushboo Munir  prof. Antonello Rizzi  prof. Elio Di Claudio, prof. Stefania Colonnese,
 prof. Roberto Seu
 Luca Nardi  prof. Roberto Seu  prof. Pierfrancesco Lombardo, prof. Fabiola Colone,
 prof. Antonio D’Alessandro
 Edoardo Raparelli  prof. Frank Marzano  prof. Guglielmo D’Inzeo, prof. Debora Pastina,
 prof. Marta Cavagnaro
 
 Cycle XXXV
                 
 PhD Student  PhD Advisor  PhD Advisory committee
 Francesco Rinaldo Talenti  prof. Stefan Wabnitz  prof. Antonio D'Alessandro, prof. Rita Asquini,
 prof. Mauro Biagi
 Simona D'Agostino  prof. Francesca
 Apollonio
 prof. Micaela Liberti, prof. Marta Cavagnaro,
 prof. Rita Asquini
 Alessandro Manoni  prof. Fernanda Irrera  prof. Domenico Caputo, prof. Francesca Apollonio,
 prof. Francesca Cuomo
 Francesca Menchini  prof. Giampiero
 De Cesare
 prof. Domenico Caputo, prof. Marco Balucani,
 prof. Massimo Frattale Mascioli
 Stefano Sordillo  prof.  Mauro Olivieri  prof. Giuseppe Scotti, prof. Marco Balsi,
 prof. Aurelio Uncini
 Francesco Vigli  prof.  Mauro Olivieri  prof. Francesco Menichelli, prof. Domenico Caputo,
 prof. Danilo Comminiello
 Davide Aureli  prof. Antonio Cianfrani  prof. Francesca Cuomo, prof. Michele Scarpiniti,
 prof. Andrea Baiocchi
 Francesco D'Alterio  prof. Francesca Cuomo  prof. Antonello Rizzi, prof. Paolo Di Lorenzo,
 prof. Marco Balsi
 Giuseppe Granato  prof. Antonello Rizzi  prof. Andrea Baiocchi, prof. Danilo Comminiello,
 prof. Mauro Olivieri
 Eleonora Grassucci  prof. Aurelio Uncini  prof. Massimo Panella, prof. Elio Di Claudio,
 prof. Enzo Baccarelli
 David Lo Bascio  prof. Antonio Cianfrani  prof. Vincenzo Eramo, prof. Luca De Nardis,
 prof. Nazzareno Pierdicca
 Jary Pomponi  prof. Aurelio Uncini  prof. Antonello Rizzi, prof. Gaetano Scarano,
 prof. Alessandro Falaschi
 Francesca Ponti  Co-Advisor:
 prof. Fabrizio Frezza
 prof. Gaetano Scarano, prof. Fabio Massimo Frattale
 Mascioli, prof. Micaela Liberti
 Indro Spinelli  prof. Aurelio Uncini  prof. Sergio Barbarossa, prof. Michele Scarpiniti,
 prof. Frank Marzano
 Marco Di Seglio  prof. Fabiola Colone  prof. Luca De Nardis, prof. Antonio Cianfrani,
 prof. Emanuele Piuzzi
 Javier Trujillo Rogriguez  prof. Pierfrancesco
 Lombardo
 prof. Lorenzo Piazzo, prof. Debora Pastina,
 prof. Stefano Pisa
 Alejandro Testa  prof. Debora Pastina  prof. Fabio Frattale Mascioli, prof. Mauro Biagi,
 prof. Roberto Seu
 
 
  1.  Additional independent research and formation activities
 
The additional independent research and formation activities can be freely selected by the PhD student, in agreement with his/her Advisor. Since the purpose is to avoid an extreme focusing of all the student’s energies on the very specific topic of the PhD Thesis, every student can exploit these CFUs on the offered Courses or Seminars, or increase the Laboratory experience, or attend external Tutorial lectures or Summer/winter schools. Also research activities, that are not in the same line of the main stream of research of the PhD Thesis can find place among these type of activities.

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