Scholar
Roberto Verdone
Google Scholar ID: Cgq00j8AAAAJ
Università di Bologna
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,180
H-index
20
i10-index
44
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Contact
Publications
Resume
Research Experience
- Full Professor of Telecommunications at the University of Bologna since 2001.
- Founded the Radio Networks (RN) research group in 2001, conducting scientific and industrial research in IoT and mobile radio networks.
- Co-founded WiLab, the National Laboratory of Wireless Communications of CNIT, in 2020, and serves as its Director.
- Co-directs the WiLab–Huawei Joint Innovation Center on 'Intelligent IoT for 6G' (established October 2020) with Dr. Tong Wen of Huawei.
- Scientific Director of the IoT Academy organized by CNIT/WiLab with TIM since 2022.
- Involved in or coordinated thirteen EU-funded international projects (including four Networks of Excellence and four COST Actions).
- Led numerous industrial contracts with companies such as Huawei, Telecom Italia Mobile, Nokia, NEC, Microsoft, and others.
Background
- Dedicated over thirty years to wireless communications, and since 2010 has also applied his interests to soft skills.
- Primary research areas include mobile radio networks, Internet of Things (IoT), and soft skills education.
- Emphasizes the essential role of radio channel characteristics—such as distortion, interference, fading, shadowing, and mobility—in network design and control.
- Views IoT as more than just connecting devices; it enables internet-based control without human intervention or facilitates human-to-thing interaction, involving sensing, transmission, storage, processing, decision-making, and action.
- Focuses IoT applications on Smart Cities and Buildings, Industry 4.0, Precision Agriculture, and Environmental Monitoring.