Short Bio

I joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Minnesota as an Assistant Professor in January 2018. From November 2017 to January 2018 I was a post-doctoral associate within the same department. From July 2015 to August 2017, I was a post-doctoral research fellow in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UCLA Henry Samueli School. I received my B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Politecnico di Torino in 2009 and 2011, respectively. As part of a Double Degree program, in 2011 I also earned a M.Sc. from Télécom ParisTech - EURECOM. In April 2015, I received my Ph.D. in Electronics and Communications from EURECOM - Télécom ParisTech.

Education

  • B.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 2009
  • M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering (Double Degree program), Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 2011
  • M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering (Double Degree program), Télécom ParisTech, France, 2011
  • Ph.D. in Electronics and Communications, Télécom ParisTech, France, 2015

Current Projects

Past Projects

  • NSF Award #1849757: CRII: CIF: Distributed Computing with Privacy and Security Considerations

Awards

  • 2022 Russell J. Penrose Excellence in Teaching Award, ECE Department, University of Minnesota
  • Recognition Special Service, IEEE Information Theory Society, 2022
  • 2022 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, University of Minnesota
  • IEEE Senior member, 2022
  • Second prize in the Outstanding Ph.D. Award, Télécom ParisTech, Paris, France - Video
  • Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship, “Relay assisted downlink wireless channels”, 2014