Francesca Meneghello

Telecommunications Engineer


Assistant Professor
@ Department of Information Engineering
University of Padova (Italy)

Research Experience

  • ERASMUS+ Programme Staff Mobility combined for Teaching and Training @ Secure Mobile Networking (SEEMOO) lab, Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany)
    Dates: July 2024

  • Affiliate Research Scientist @ MENTIS lab, Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things, Northeastern University (USA)
    Dates: April-May 2024

  • Fulbrigh-Schuman Research Fellow @ MENTIS lab, Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things, Northeastern University (USA)
    Dates: January-July 2023
    Project title: "BeWise: Beamforming Security in Next-Generation Wireless Networks"

  • Postdoctoral researcher @ Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova (Italy)
    Dates: November 2021 - February 2023
    Project title: "Next Generations Wi-Fi Networks - New Frontiers beyond Connectivity"

Education

  • Ph.D. in Information Engineering @ University of Padova (Italy)
    Graduation date: March 8, 2022
    Thesis title: "Wireless Communications and Sensing - Opportunities and Challenges in Environment Aware Networks"
    Supervisor: Prof. Michele Rossi

  • Master of Science in Telecommunications Engineering @ University of Padova (Italy)
    Graduation date: September 10, 2018
    Thesis title: "User Identification from Smartphone Passive Traffic Inspection"
    Supervisor: Prof. Michele Rossi
    Co-supervisor: Dr. Nicola Bui

  • Bachelor degree in Information Engineering @ University of Padova (Italy)
    Graduation date: July 18, 2016
    Thesis title: "Design and Evaluation of an Anechoic Tank for Underwater Acoustic Experiments through Sound-Absorbing Material at 18-34 kHz"
    Supervisor: Prof. Michele Zorzi
    Co-supervisor: Dr. Filippo Campagnaro

Journals

Conferences

Book Chapter

Patent

Summer School

Lecturer

  • Data Access and Web - Computer Networks @ Department of Public, International and Community Law, University of Padova
    Degree: Bachelor in Law and Technology
    Academic year: 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024

  • Human Data Analytics @ Department of Mathematics, University of Padova
    Degree: Master in Data Science
    Academic year: 2023-2024

Teaching Assistant

  • Human Data Analytics @ Department of Mathematics, University of Padova
    Degree: Master in Science in Data Science
    Academic year: 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023

  • Telecommunications @ Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova
    Degree: Bachelor in Information Engineering
    Academic year: 2017-2018, 2018-2019

  • Computer Science @ Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova
    Degree: Bachelor in Information Engineering
    Academic year: 2017-2018

Seminars

  • Smart cities: data management and IoT infrastructures @ EPIX EPIX – Eco-System Partnership for Interclusters and Smart Cities Exchanges
    Date: October 2023
  • The role of machine learning in the interplay between communication and sensing in next-generation wireless networks @ IEEE ComSoc's Future Networks Technical Community's AIML Working Group
    Date: October 2023
  • Smart lighting for smart cities @ BRILLIANT ClusterXchange, ELCA European Lighting Cluster Alliance
    Available on: YouTube
    Date: April 2021

Awards

Communication Activities