- Brain/Human-level intelligence
- Machine learning for wireless communications
- Fog/Mobile-edge computing
- Resource awareness for wireless networks
- Game theoretic solutions for multi-user communications
- co-PI, "MISSION: Mission-Critical Internet of Things Applications over Fog Networks," funded by the Academy of Finland, 01 January 2019 -- 31 December 2021, 380,000€.
- PI, "FASO: Facilitating Network Virtualization in Software-defined VANETs," jointly funded by the Academy of Finland and VTT, 01 February 2017 – 31 January 2018, 60,000€.
- Consortium PI, "Collaborative Research: WiFiUS: Heterogeneous Resource Allocation for Hierarchical Software-Defined Radio Access Networks at the Edge," funded by Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes), 01 January 2015 -- 31 December 2016, 260,000€.