Paolo Banelli
- 2005: Associate Professor in Telecommunications and Signal Processing, at the Faculty of Engineering of Perugia.
- 1997-2005: Assistant Professor at D.I.E.I. (Electronic and Information Eng. Dep.) - University of Perugia - ITALY
- 1993-2000: Technical Consultant for Itelco S.p.A. - Orvieto - ITALY
- June 1998: Ph.D. in Telecommunication at University of Perugia - ITALY. Thesis on "Non Linear Distortion analysis and predistortion in OFDM systems".
- Semptember 1993: Laurea Degree (Master Science) in Electronics and Telecommunications at University of Perugia - ITALY
- July 1986: Scientific High School Dipl. at Scientific Lyceum " - Perugia - ITALY
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
My research activity has been mostly dedicated to signal processing for wireless communications, and in the last last few years mainly focused on spectrum sensing for cognitive-radio applications, optimal estimation in impulsive noise environments, as well as on signal-waveform analysis for 5G-communications.
Quite recently, I have been attracted by the emerging topic of signal processing on graphs, which can model (Big-) data on a more general non-metric space (i.e., a graph), with respect to classical discrete signal processing.
In this framework, which is developed in collaboration with Prof. S. Barbarossa from University of Rome "La Sapienza", I am interested in sparse signal representations, sampling and reconstructions, as well distributed statistical inference and adaptive filtering.
Applications may vary from (statistical) monitoring and control of sensor and telecommunication networks, to social networks analysis, vehicular and power-grid networks, as well as gene-regulatory networks.
At the beginning of my carrer my research has been focused on non-linear distortion phenomena analysis and compensation.
This activity, which included real amplifier characterization by laboratory measurements and predistortion systems realization, has been developed in collaboration with Itelco(now Electrosys).
The sensitivity of OFDM systems to distortions introduced by non linear amplifiers in Broadcasting (DAB, DVB-T) and WLAN (IEEE 802.11) applications has been investigated as testified by the publication of some papers on this topics.
The collaboration with Itelco also lead to the realization and patenting of both a BaseBand and a Mixed BaseBand-IF predistorter for DAB and DVB-T broadcasting.
Multiuser Detection for W- CDMA is another research topic I was involved with for a while, with particular interest in the sensitivity of MMSE blind multiuser detector to Channel and Correlation Matrices Estimation errors as well as to their sensitiveness to nonlinear distortions.
Successively, my research interests were mainly focused on Block Transmission Techniques for Multi-User Wireless Communication Systems (MC-CDMA, DS-CDMA, GMC-CDMA, OFDMA, etc.) and to their potential improvement by Multiple Antennas (also in a distributed fashion) by means of Space-Time Coding and to their possible application in IVth-generation mobile communication systems. The research activity on these topics has been significantly stimulated by a visiting period in 2001 at the SpinComresearch group coordinated by Prof. G.B. Giannakis at the Minnesota University, Minneapolis, USA.
Along this research track, I was also the scientific coordinator for the University of Perugia for a two-year Research Project founded by the Italian Minister for University and Research (MIUR) which studied MC-CDMA techniques for 4th generation mobile telecommunication systems.
Significant results has been obtained on channel estimation and low complexity equalization for multicarrier systems in time-varying scenarios with high Doppler spreads, which have been investigated within a collaboration with Prof. G. Leus from University of Delft, Delft, the Netherlands. In this framework I was also the scientific coordinator of a collaboration with Magneti Marelli Motorsport.
I have been also involved in data-link and physical cross-layer design to optimize the throughput of wireless links under prescribed performance constraints. Topics in this framework are related to scheduling policies and their interactions with data-link ARQ and physical FEC, which also include Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) strategies. This activity has been be developed targeting satellite applications, within the European Network of Excellence SatNEx II.
My interest has been also attracted for a while by signal processing for bio-medical applications, with specific interest on coded-excitation signal-waveform design for ultrasound applications, and ECG acquisition and compression, which lead also to the development of a fully-functional ECG-device and a laboratory ultrasound platform.
For deeper details, please visit my home page and detailed Research Curriculum, Projects, and Papers
TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
- 2013-2016 Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
- 2012-present Associate Editor for the EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing
- General Co-Chair for IEEE SPAWC 2009, Int. Workshop on Signal Processing Advances for Wireless Communications, Perugia, Italy, June 2009.
- Member of the Scientific Committee for the annual meeting of the Italian Group for Telecommunications and Information Theory (GTTI), Firenze, June 2008.
- TPC Member for IEEE ICC'2005, 2007, 2008 - Int. Conference on Communications
- Ass. Reviewer for IEEE ICASSP' 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 - Int. Conf. on Achoustic,Speech and Signal Processing.
- TPC Member for IEEE ISSPIT 2006 - Int. Symp.on Signal Processing and Information Technology
- TPC Member for IEEE Globecom 2006, 2007 - Satellite and Space Comm. Symposium.
- TPC Member for EURASIP 2006, 2008 European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO).
- REVIEWER for the following International Journals
- IEEE Transactions on Communications
- IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
- IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentations and Measuraments
- IEEE Signal Processing Letters
- IEEE Communications Letters
- EURASIP Signal Processing Journal (Elsevier)
- EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing (Hindawi)
# INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES
- March/September 2001: Visiting Researcher at the SpinComm research group, coordinated by Prof. Georgios B. Giannakis, ECE Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
- 2001-present: Collaboration with Prof. Georgios B. Giannakis, ECE Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- 2001-present: Collaboration with Prof. Geert Leus, Delft University of Technology (DUT), Dept. EEMC, 2628CD Delft, The Netherlands.
- 2000-2006: Local Coordinator of the Erasmus student exchange program with European Institute of Higher Education Brussels (EHSAL), Belgium.
- 2003-present: Local Coordinator of the Erasmus student exchange program with Dept. EEMC - Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.
# TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- 1998-2000: Teaching Assistant in the “Signal Theory” course for the Laurea Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications at University of Perugia-ITALY
- 1998-2000:Teaching Assistant in the “Telecommunication System” course for the Laurea Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications at University of Perugia-ITALY
- 1998-present: Teacher of the “Signal Theory” course for the Laurea Degree in Computer Science and Telecommunications in Orvieto (TR) - University of Perugia-ITALY.
- 2001-2003: Teacher of the “Probability and Stochastic Processes ” course for the Laurea Degree in Computer Science and Telecommunications in Orvieto (TR) - University of Perugia -ITALY.
- 2001-present:Teacher of the “Probability and Stochastic Processes ” course for the Laurea Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications at University of Perugia-ITALY.
- 2001-present: Teacher of the “ Signal Theory” course for the Laurea Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications at University of Perugia-ITALY.