Research

Research Topics

My primary research topics are: Signal processing theory and methods, machine learning for wireless communications, goal-oriented and semantic communications, distributed/federated machine learning, topological signal processing , topological deep learning. 

A description of current and past research topics is given in the sequel.

Current research topics:

• AI-native communications

• Topological signal processing and deep learning

• Distributed/federated optimization and learning

Past research topics:

• Adaptation and learning over networks

• Bio-inspired signal processing

• Radar remote sensing

Research Projects

Current Projects:

• 6G-GOALS  (EU, Horizon SNS-JU 2023). Role:  Technical manager.

• RESTART - NETWIN Project  (EU-IT, PNRR). Role:  WP leader (Sapienza).

Past Projects:

• RISE-6G  (EU, H2020 - ICT Program). Role:  Principal investigator of research unit (Sapienza - CNIT).

• 5G-CONNI (EU-Taiwan, H2020 - ICT Program). Role: Task leader.

• Liquid-EDGE (IT, PRIN 2017). Role: Secondary investigator.

• SKY-EDGE (IT, Sapienza research project ). Role: Principal investigator.

• 5G-MiEdge (EU-Japan, H2020 - ICT Program). Role: Task leader.

• Distributed Online Nonconvex Optimization for Adaptive and Scalable Design of the Internet of Things (IT, Sapienza research project ). Role: Pricipal investigator. 

• TROPIC (EU, FP7 - ICT Program). Role: WP leader.

• SIMTISYS (EU, FP7 - SPACE Program). Role: WP leader.

• FREEDOM (EU, FP7 - ICT Program). Role: Secondary investigator.

• Squinted Enhanced Spotlight SAR (funded by Thales Alenia Space). Role: Secondary investigator.

Talks

• Tutorial: "Towards Edge AI-native 6G with Goal-Oriented Semantic Communications," European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Sept. 2025.

• Talk: “From Data to Understanding: Semantic Communication for AI-Native 6G," Lake Como School, Complex Networks and Telecommunications, July 2025.

• Tutorial: "Topological Signal Processing and Learning," IEEE Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Wireless Communications (SPAWC), July 2025.

• Tutorial: "Topological Signal Processing and Learning," IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), April 2025.

• Tutorial: "Towards Edge AI-native 6G with Goal-Oriented Semantic Communications," IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), March 2025.

• Talk: "Towards Edge AI-native 6G with Goal-Oriented Semantic Communications," Future of Wireless Networks Workshop on AI, Huawei, March 2025. 

• Webinar: "Task-driven Topology Inference for Signal processing and Learning over Topological Domains," IEEE SPS-DSI (DEGAS) Webinar, March 2025.

• Talk: "Towards Edge AI-native 6G with Goal-Oriented Semantic Communications," Imperial College of London, January 2025.

• Webinar: "Exploiting Semantics for Goal-oriented Communications: A Signal Processing Perspective," EURASIP webinar, June 2024.

• Talk: “Learning Semantics for Effective Goal-oriented Communications," First Mediterranean Workshop on Semantic and Goal-oriented Communications, May 2024.

• Tutorial: “Wireless Edge Intelligence: From Edge Learning to Goal-oriented Communications,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2023.

• Keynote: “Energy-Efficient Edge Comuting empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces,” CLEEN 2022, September 2022.

• Tutorial: “Wireless Edge Intelligence,” European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), August 2022.

• Talk: “Edge Computing with Smart Wirless Environments,” CEA, Grenoble, Dec. 2021.

• Talk: “Dynamic Resource Allocation for Edge Computing,” Purdue University, May 2019.

• Talk: “Machine Learning for Networks,” EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, May 2018.

Collaborators (in alphabetical order)

SPAICOM Laboratory:

• Prof. Sergio Barbarossa, Sapienza University of Rome

• Francesco Pezone, Ph.D. student, Sapienza University of Rome

• Lucia Testa, Ph.D. student, Sapienza University of Rome

• Simone Fiorellino, Ph.D. student, Sapienza University of Rome

• Leonardo Di Nino,  Ph.D. student, Sapienza University of Rome

• Enrico Grimaldi,  Ph.D. student, Sapienza University of Rome

• Mario Edoardo Pandolfo,  Ph.D. student, Sapienza University of Rome

• Lorenzo Marinucci,  Ph.D. student, Sapienza University of Rome

• Giuseppe Di Poce, Ph.D. studeent, CEA  Leti, France

National and International collaborations:

• Prof. George Alexandropoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

• Prof. Paolo Banelli, University of Perugia

• Dr. Claudio Battiloro, Ph.D. student, Harvard University

• Dr. Emilio Calvanese Strinati, CEA Leti

• Dr. Francesca Costanzo, CEA Leti

• Prof. Stefania Colonnese, Sapienza University of Rome

• Prof. Elvin Isufi, Delft University of Technology

• Prof. Geert Leus, Delft University of Technology

• Dr. Mattia Merluzzi, CEA Leti

• Dr. Marco Omilipo, Elettronica s.p.a.

• Prof. Massimo Panella, Sapienza University of Rome

• Prof. Petar Popovski, Aalborg university

• Prof. Stefania Sardellitti, Università Mercatorum

• Prof. Ali H. Sayed, EPFL

• Prof. Gaetano Scarano, Sapienza University of Rome

• Prof. Simone Scardapane, Sapienza University of Rome

• Prof. Gesualdo Scutari, Purdue University

• Prof. Mikhail Tsitsvero, Hokkaido University 

• Prof. Mihaela van der Schaar, University of California Los Angeles