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Michele Rossi

Short biography. Michele Rossi received the Laurea degree in Electrical Engineering (summa cum laude) and the Ph.D. in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Ferrara (Italy) in 2000 and 2004, respectively. During 2000-2002 he was a research fellow at the Department of Engineering of the University of Ferrara. In 2003 he has been with the Center for Wireless Communications (CWC) at the University of California, San Diego, where he performed research on Wireless Sensor Networks under the supervision of Prof. Ramesh R. Rao. Since november 2005 he has been with the deparment of Information Engineering @ the University of Padova, where he is an Assistant Professor. Dr. Rossi is actively involved in local and EU funded projects, is author of over 80 papers published in peer reviewed International Journals and Conferences and is the recipient of 4 IEEE Best Paper Awards (see below).

Research. Broadly speaking, his research interests include: stochastic modeling and optimization, design and performance evaluation of algorithms for wireless networks, wireless access and routing techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), use of application layer coding (e.g., fountain codes, network coding) for the efficient dissemination of data over ad hoc and WSNs, in-network processing techniques for WSNs (including Compressive Sensing), QoS aware routing and topology control MAC/routing schemes for heterogeneous wireless networks.

Projects. During his PhD (2000-2004), Michele Rossi was responsible for the technical collaboration between the telecommunications group of the University of Ferrara and National and International institutions and companies such as ERICSSON, ESA (European Space Agency) and CNIT ("Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni"). In the past few years he has been strongly involved in the EU funded projects EYES (protocols for energy efficient WSNs, 2002-2005), Ambient Networks (phase I and II, heterogeneous and ubiquitous wireless networking, 2002-2007, task leadership in WPF during phase II) and e-SENSE (protocols and architectures for WSNs, 2004-2007). From 2005 to end of 2009, he has collaborated with the Ubiquitous Networking Research group @ DOCOMO Euro-Labs (in Munich, Germany) in the design of distributed storage and data dissemination schemes for future wireless systems (Network Coding and Compressive Sensing for distributed wireless networks). In 2008-2010 he has been actively involved in the EU funded SENSEI project (WSNs as enablers of the future Internet, task leadership in WP4) and of the WISE-WAI project (City-wide intelligence through Wireless Sensor Networking, fundend by Cariparo). He is PI of the MOSAIC project (running 2010-February 2012), "MOnitoring Sensor and Actuator networks through Integrated Compressive Sensing and data gathering", which is funded by the University of Padova. Since September 2010, he is involved in the EU SWAP project (energy scavenging WSNs), funded by the FP7 Marie Curie Industry and Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) program and in the IoT-A EU project (IP on architectures and protcols for the Internet of Things).

Awards.

• 2008 Best Tutorial Paper Award. Elena Fasolo, Michele Rossi, Jörg Widmer and Michele Zorzi, "In-Network Aggregation Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey," IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, Apr. 2007, pp: 70-87.

• Best Paper Award. Leonardo Badia, Nicola Bui, Marco Miozzo, Michele Rossi and Michele Zorzi, "Mobility Aided Routing in Multi-hop Heterogeneous Networks with Group Mobility," IEEE GLOBECOM, Washington, DC, US. Nov. 26-30, 2007.

• Best Paper Award. Leonardo Badia, Nicola Bui, Marco Miozzo, Michele Rossi and Michele Zorzi, "On the Exploitation of User Aggregation Strategies in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks," IEEE CAMAD, Trento, Italy, June 8-9, 2006.

• Best Paper Award. Michele Rossi, Leonardo Badia, Paolo Giacon and Michele Zorzi, "On the Effectiveness of Logical Device Aggregation in Multi-radio Multi-hop Networks," IEEE MobiWac, Maui, Hawaii, US. June 13-16, 2005.

Service. Michele Rossi has served/is serving on the TPC of the following conferences and workshops:

• IoTech 2011 (general co-chair): IEEE Workshop on Internet of Things Technology and Architectures.
• ACM BuildSys 2009 (co-organizer), 2010 (steering committee) and 2011 (steering committee), ACM Workshop On Embedded Sensing Systems For Energy-Efficiency In Buildings.
• ACM IoTSP 2011: Workshop on Internet of Things and Service Platforms.
• IEEE ICNC 2012: International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications.
• DCOSS 2010 and 2011: IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems.
• EWSN 2009, 2010 and 2011: Eurpean Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks.
• IEEE GLOBECOM 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 (Wireless Networking Symposium), 2010, 2011 and 2012 (Wireless Networking and Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Symposia): IEEE Global Communications Conference.
• IEEE ICC 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 (Wireless Networking and Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking Symposia): IEEE International Conference on Communications.
• IEEE ICCCN 2008: 17th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks.
• IEEE INFOCOM 2013: IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications.
• IEEE IoT-SoS 2012: First IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on the Internet of Things, Smart Objects and Services.
• LCN 2009 and 2010: IEEE Conference on Local Computer NEtworks.
• MediaWin 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010: IEEE Workshop on multiMedia Applications over Wireless Networks.
• IEEE PIMRC-NET 2012: IEEE Personal Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications.
• IEEE IWCMC 2008, 2009 and 2010: IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference.
• IEEE WCNC 2008: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference.
• ICST WiOpt 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012: Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks.
• ICST WNS2 2008 (TPC Co-Chair): The Second International Workshop on NS-2.
• Wireless Days 2010 and 2011: IFIP Wireless Days.
• IEEE WONS 2007 and 2008: International Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services.
• WoWMoM 2010: IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless Mobile and Multimedia Networks.
• IEEE WTS 2009: Wireless Telecommunications Symposium.
• IEEE SECON 2009, 2010 and 2011: IEEE Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON).

Dr. Rossi serves as Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and he also serves as a reviewer for several scientific Journals of IEEE, ACM, Springer and Elsevier.

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Curriculum Vitae (pdf)