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I am an Assistant Professor with the Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu (Finland) and Academy of Finland Research Fellow 2022–2027.

Short Bio

Italo Atzeni received the MSc degree (Hons.) in telecommunications engineering from the University of Cagliari, Italy, in 2010 and the PhD degree (Hons.) in signal theory and communications from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia–BarcelonaTech, Spain, in 2014. Since 2019, he is with the Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland, where he is currently an Assistant Professor and Academy of Finland Research Fellow 2022–2027. From 2014 to 2017, he was a Researcher with the Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Laboratory, Paris Research Center, Huawei Technologies, France. From 2017 to 2018, he was a Research Associate with the Communication Systems Department, EURECOM, France. He previously held a visiting research appointment at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, in 2013. His primary research interests are in communication and information theory, statistical signal processing, convex and distributed optimization theory, and their applications to low-complexity, energy-efficient solutions for multi-antenna communications. He received the Best Paper Award in the Wireless Communications Symposium at IEEE ICC 2019. He serves as an Editor for the IEEE Communications Letters.

Contact Information

Email: italo.atzeni(AT)oulu.fi, italo.atzeni(AT)ieee.org
Office: TS412
Address: Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Erkki Koiso-Kanttilan katu 3 (E-door), 90570 Oulu, Finland
University of Oulu researcher profile: link

News

  • 22/12/2022: I have received the Exemplary Editor Award for the IEEE Communications Letters.
  • 25/11/2022: Several Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researcher positions in 6G wireless communications and signal processing available in our group. If you're interested, please apply here by 08/01/2023: Doctoral Researcher positions, Postdoctoral Researcher positions.
  • 01/07/2022: I was granted the Academy of Finland Research Fellow grant for the project "High-Frequency Revolution for Sustainable 6G Systems" (HIGH-6G). Funding period: 01/09/2022–31/08/2027.
  • 01/08/2021: I have joined the Editorial Board of the IEEE Communications Letters.
  • 15/07/2021: Open PhD student positions in beyond-5G cellular access available in our group. If you're interested, please apply here by 15/08/2021.
  • 28/05/2021: My PhD student Placido Mursia (with Prof. D. Gesbert and Prof. L. Cottatellucci) successfully defended his PhD thesis today.
  • 28/03/2021: I am organizing a special session on "mmWave and THz Massive MIMO for Beyond 5G" at IEEE SPAWC 2021 (Lucca, Italy), 27-30/09/2021.
  • 15/01/2021: I will co-present a tutorial on "Tools and Techniques for URLLC Towards Beyond-5G Systems" at IEEE VTC 2021-Spring (Helsinki, Finland), 25-28/04/2020, and at IEEE ICC 2021 (Montreal, Canada), 14-18/06/2020.
  • 01/10/2020: I was conferred the title of Docent (Adjunct Professor).
  • 30/06/2020: Our "White paper on broadband connectivity in 6G" has been published here.
  • 01/05/2020: I was granted the MSCA-IF grant for the project "Device-Centric Low-Complexity High-Frequency Networks" (DELIGHT). Funding period: 01/07/2020–30/06/2022.
  • 10/05/2019: Our paper "D2D-aided multi-antenna multicasting" (available here) has received the Best Paper Award in the Wireless Communications Symposium at IEEE ICC 2019.