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• Teaching Assistant in "Xarxes i Serveis", TIC degrees at the UPF 
• Teaching Assistant in "Laboratori de Xarxes i Serveis", TIC degrees at the UPF 

Academia

Distinctions & scholarships:

• Best IEEE ComSoc Young Professionals Award (2024).
• StandICT.eu Long Term (LT) Grant (2025), European Commission under the Horizon Europe Programme 2023-2025
• StandICT.eu Long Term (LT) Grant (2021), European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Programme
• StandICT.eu Short Term (ST) Grant (2018), European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Programme
• "Beca Iberoamérica Santander de Investigación" (2018), Banco Santander

Publications:

Refereed journal publications

• Geraci, G., Meneghello, F., Wilhelmi, F., Lopez-Perez, D., Val, I., Giordano, L.G., Cordeiro, C., Ghosh, M., Knightly, E., and Bellalta, B. (2026). Wi-Fi: Twenty-five years and counting. Proceedings of the IEEE.
• Pulido, J., Wilhelmi, F., Fortes, S., Fernández-Durán, A., Giordano, L. G., & Barco, R. (2026). Studying the Role of Synthetic Data for Machine Learning-based Wireless Networks Traffic Forecasting. Preprint: arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.07646.
• Nunez, D., Wilhelmi, F., Wojnar, M., Kosek-Szott, K., Szott, S., & Bellalta, B. (2025). Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Scheduling for Wi-Fi Multi-Access Point Coordination. Preprint: arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.19377.
• Casasnovas, M., Wilhelmi, F., Combes, R., Wojnar, M., Kosek-Szott, K., Szott, S., ... & Bellalta, B. (2025). Performance Evaluation of Multi-Armed Bandit Algorithms for Wi-Fi Channel Access. Preprint: arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.23352.
• Casasnovas, M., Wilhelmi, F., Combes, R., Wojnar, M., Kosek-Szott, K., Szott, S., ... & Bellalta, B. (2025). Learning-Based Channel Access in Wi-Fi: A Multi-Armed Bandit Approach. Preprint: arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.10143.
• Bellalta, B., Casasnovas, M., Maura, F., Rodríguez, A., Marquerie, J.S., García, P.L., Wilhelmi, F. and Blat, J. (2025). Understanding the Wi-Fi and VR streaming interplay: A comprehensible simulation and experimental study. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 104391.
• Bellalta, B., Wilhelmi, F., Giordano, L. G., & Geraci, G. (2025). Modelling and performance analysis of non-primary channel access in Wi-Fi networks. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society.
• Nunez, D., Wilhelmi, F., Galati-Giordano, L., Geraci, G., & Bellalta, B. (2025). Improving Wi-Fi 8 Latency with Coordinated Spatial Reuse. IEEE Communications Standards Magazine.
• Carrascosa-Zamacois, M., Galati-Giordano, L., Wilhelmi, F., Fontanesi, G., Jonsson, A., Geraci, G., & Bellalta, B. (2025). XR Streaming Performance With Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 6, 6477-6490.
• Szczech, K., Wojnar, M., Kosek-Szott, K., Rusek, K., Szott, S., Marasinghe, D., Rajatheva, N., Combes, R., Wilhelmi, F., Jonsson, A., & Bellalta, B. (2025), "Toward Specialized Wireless Networks Using an ML-Driven Radio Interface," in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 141814-141831, 2025.
• Pavlidis, N., Perifanis, V., Yilmaz, S.F., Wilhelmi, F., Miozzo, M., Efraimidis, P.S., Koutsiamanis, R.A., Mulinka, P., & Dini, P., 2024. Federated learning in mobile networks: A comprehensive case study on traffic forecasting. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing.
• Wilhelmi, F., Afraz, N., Guerra, E., & Dini, P. (2024). The implications of decentralization in blockchained federated learning: Evaluating the impact of model staleness and inconsistencies. Computer Networks, 245, 110361.
• Afraz, N., Wilhelmi, F., Ahmadi, H., & Ruffini, M. (2023). Blockchain and Smart Contracts for Telecommunications: Requirements vs. Cost Analysis. IEEE Access.
• Guerra, E., Wilhelmi, F., Miozzo, M., & Dini, P. (2023). The Cost of Training Machine Learning Models over Distributed Data Sources. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society.
• Wilhelmi, F., Giupponi, L., & Dini, P. (2022). Analysis and evaluation of synchronous and asynchronous FLchain. Computer Networks, 218, 109390.
• Wilhelmi, F., Barrachina-Muñoz, S., & Dini, P. (2022). End-to-end latency analysis and optimal block size of proof-of-work blockchain applications. IEEE Communications Letters, 26(10), 2332-2335.
• Wilhelmi, F. et al. (2021). Machine Learning for Performance Prediction of Channel Bonding in Next-Generation IEEE 802.11 WLANs(2021). ITU Journal.
• Wilhelmi, F., Barrachina-Muñoz, S., Cano, C., Selinis, I. & Bellalta, B. (2021). Spatial Reuse in IEEE 802.11ax WLANs. Computer Communications, 170, 65-83.
• Wilhelmi, F., Barrachina-Muñoz, S., Bellalta, B., Cano, C., Jonsson, A., & Neu, G. (2019). Potential and pitfalls of multi-armed bandits for decentralized spatial reuse in WLANs. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 127, 26-42.
• Wilhelmi, F., Cano, C., Neu, G., Bellalta, B., Jonsson, A., & Barrachina-Muñoz, S. (2019). Collaborative spatial reuse in wireless networks via selfish multi-armed bandits. Ad Hoc Networks, 88, 129-141.
• Barrachina-Muñoz, S., Wilhelmi, F., & Bellalta, B. (2019). Dynamic Channel Bonding in Spatially Distributed High-Density WLANs. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
• Barrachina-Muñoz, S., Wilhelmi, F., & Bellalta, B. (2019). To overlap or not to overlap: Enabling channel bonding in high-density WLANs. Computer Networks, 152, 40-53.

Magazine publications

• Wilhelmi, F., Szott, S., Kosek-Szott, K., & Bellalta, B. (2024). Machine Learning and Wi-Fi: Unveiling the Path Toward AI/ML-Native IEEE 802.11 Networks. IEEE Communications Magazine.
• Giupponi, L., & Wilhelmi, F. (2021). Blockchain-enabled Network Sharing for O-RAN in 5G and beyond. IEEE Network, 36(4), 218-225.
• Wilhelmi, F., Carrascosa, M., Cano, C., Jonsson, A., Ram, V., & Bellalta, B. (2020). Usage of Network Simulators in Machine-Learning-Assisted 5G/6G Networks. IEEE Wireless Communications, 28(1), 160-166. 
• Wilhelmi, F., Barrachina-Muñoz, S., Bellalta, B., Cano, C., Jonsson, A., & Ram, V. (2019). A flexible machine-learning-aware architecture for future WLANs. IEEE Communications Magazine, 58(3), 25-31.

Conference publications

• Wilhelmi, F., Bellalta, B., Casasnovas, M., Kijanka, A., & Calvo-Fullana, M. (2026). Decentralized Spatial Reuse Optimization in Wi-Fi: An Internal Regret Minimization Approach. Preprint: arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.08456.
• Maura, F., Wilhelmi, F., & Bellalta, B. (2025, November). Evaluating Wi-Fi Performance for VR Streaming: A Study on Realistic HEVC Video Traffic. In 2025 14th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Performance Evaluation and Modeling in Wired and Wireless Networks (PEMWN) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
• Wilhelmi, F., Bellalta, B., Szott, S., Kosek-Szott, K., & Barrachina-Muñoz, S. (2025, May). Coordinated multi-armed bandits for improved spatial reuse in Wi-Fi. In 2025 IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning for Communication and Networking (ICMLCN) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
• Wilhelmi, F., Galati-Giordano, L., & Fontanesi, G. (2025, March). “It's Your Turn”: A Novel Channel Contention Mechanism for Improving Wi-Fi's Reliability. In 2025 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
• Zeydan, E., Turk, Y., Hewa, T., Liyanage, M., Aydeger, A., Wilhelmi, F., & Blanco, L. (2025). Network Slicing for Industrial Automated Services. In 2025 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
• Zeydan, E., Turk, Y., Hewa, T., Liyanage, M., Aydeger, A., Wilhelmi, F., & Blanco, L. (2025). Network Slicing in the IIoT Era: Architectures, Blueprints, and Tooling Ecosystem. In 2025 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
• Mozaffariahrar, E., Wilhelmi, F., Galati-Giordano, L., Imputato, P., Menth, M., & Avallone, S. (2025). R-TWT in Wi-Fi 7 and Beyond: Enabling Bounded Latency, Energy Efficiency, and Reliability. In 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
• Wilhelmi, F., Baracca, P., Fontanesi, G., & Galati-Giordano, L. (2024, September). ConPA: A Contention-free Mechanism with Power Adaptation for Beyond Listen-Before-Talk. In 2024 IEEE 35th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
• Salami, D., Wilhelmi, F., Galati-Giordano, L., & Kasslin, M. (2024,). Distributed Learning for Wi-Fi AP Load Prediction. In GLOBECOM 2024-2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference (pp. 968-973). IEEE.
• Nunez, D., Wilhelmi, F., Galati-Giordano, L., Geraci, G., & Bellalta, B. (2024). Spatial reuse in IEEE 802.11 bn coordinated multi-AP WLANs: A throughput analysis. In 2024 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN) (pp. 265-270). IEEE.
• Carrascosa-Zamacois, M., Galati-Giordano, L., Wilhelmi, F., Fontanesi, G., Jonsson, A., Geraci, G., & Bellalta, B. (2024, October). Performance Evaluation of MLO for XR Streaming: Can Wi-Fi 7 Meet the Expectations?. In 2024 IEEE 29th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
• Fontanesi, G., Wilhelmi, F., & Giordano, L. G. (2024, September). Continuous Multi-Link Operation: A Contention-Free Mechanism for the Unlicensed Spectrum. In 2024 IEEE 25th International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC) (pp. 766-770). IEEE.
• Perifanis, V., Pavlidis, N., Yilmaz, S. F., Wilhelmi, F., Guerra, E., Miozzo, M., ... & Koutsiamanis, R. A. (2023, September). Towards energy-aware federated traffic prediction for cellular networks. In 2023 Eighth International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC) (pp. 93-100). IEEE.
• Wilhelmi, F., Salami, D., Fontanesi, G., Galati-Giordano, L., & Kasslin, M. (2024). AI/ML-based Load Prediction in IEEE 802.11 Enterprise Networks. In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning for Communications and Networking (ICMLCN).
• Wilhelmi, F., Galati-Giordano, L., Geraci, G., Bellalta, B., Fontanesi, G., & Nuñez, D. (2023). Throughput Analysis of IEEE 802.11 bn Coordinated Spatial Reuse. In 2023 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN).
• Wilhelmi, F., Guerra, E., & Dini, P. (2023, June). On the decentralization of blockchain-enabled asynchronous federated learning. In 2023 IEEE 9th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft) (pp. 408-413). IEEE.
• Wilhelmi, F., & Giupponi, L. (2021). On the Performance of Blockchain-enabled RAN-as-a-service in Beyond 5G Networks. In Proceedings of 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM).
• Wilhelmi, F., & Giupponi, L. (2021). Discrete-Time Analysis of Wireless Blockchain Networks. IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
• Wilhelmi, F., Barrachina-Muñoz, S., & Bellalta, B. (2019). On the Performance of the Spatial Reuse Operation in IEEE 802.11 ax WLANs. IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN).
• Barrachina-Muñoz, S., Wilhelmi, F., Selinis, I., & Bellalta, B. (2019, April). Komondor: a Wireless Network Simulator for Next-Generation High-Density WLANs. In 2019 Wireless Days (WD) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.

Book chapters

• Towards an AI/ML-defined Radio for Wi-Fi: Overview, Challenges, and Roadmap

Patents:

• Wilhelmi, F., Galati Giordano, L., & Fontanesi, G. (2024). Means for enabling coverage hole mitigation through multi access point coordination.
• Wilhelmi, F., Galati Giordano, L., & Fontanesi, G. (2024). Coverage hole mitigation through multi access point coordination.
• Wilhelmi, F., Galati Giordano, L., & Fontanesi, G. (2023). Procedures and signaling for Multi Access Point Coordination in Wi-Fi.
• Galati Giordano, L., Fontanesi, G., & Wilhelmi, F. (2023). A wrapper for continuous transmission of cellular protocols in unlicensed band.
• Fontanesi, G., Galati Giordano, L., & Wilhelmi, F. (2023). Continuous mode multi-link communication between apparatuses in the unlicensed spectrum.

Standard contributions:

• Co-editor of ITU-T Recommendation Y.3181, "Architectural framework for machine learning sandbox in future networks including IMT-2020".
• Contributions to the ITU-T FG-AINN: FG-AINN-I-WG2-015, FG-AINN-I-152, FG-AINN-I-177, FG-AINN-I-182.
• Contributions to the ITU-T FG-AN: FGAN-I-007.
• Contributions to the ITU-T FG-ML5G: ML5G-I-238, ML5GI-176, ML5G-I-125, ML5G-I-011.

Tutorials:

• Wilhelmi, F., Szott, S., Kosek-Szott, K., & Bellalta, B. "Towards an AI/ML-native Wi-Fi: Overview, Challenges and Roadmap". ICMLCN 2025 Tutorials.
• Galati-Giordano, L., Bellalta, B., Wilhelmi, F., "Where Wi-Fi meets Ultra-High Reliability". IEEE PIMRC 2024 Tutorials.
• Galati-Giordano, L., Geraci, G., Bellalta, B., Wilhelmi, F., "Where Wi-Fi meets Ultra-High Reliability". IEEE MeditCom 2024 Tutorials.
• Wilhelmi, F., Szott, S., Kosek-Szott, K., & Bellalta, B. "Machine Learning and Wi-Fi: Confluences, Ongoing Activities, and Ways Forward". ACM Mobicom 2023 Tutorials.
• Wilhelmi, F., "On the Way to Wi-Fi 8: From Extremely High Throughput to Ultra High Reliability". PIMRC 2023 Tutorials.
• Wilhelmi, F., Afraz, N. and Dini, P., "Enabling Trust and Decentralization in Future Softwarized Networks through Blockchain". IEEE NetSoft 2023 Tutorials.
• Afraz, N., Wilhelmi, F., and Dini, P., "Adoption of Blockchain in Communications: Tackling the Decentralisation, Security, and Cost Dilemma". IEEE Global Emerging Technology Blockchain Forum 2022.

Invited talks:

• F. Wilhelmi, "Building AI-native Protocols from the Inside: The Case of Wi-Fi", Invited talk at AI and Machine Learning in Communications Networks Workshop, AI for Good (2025).
• F. Wilhelmi, "How close (far) are we from AI-native Wi-Fi?", Invited talk at AI and Machine Learning in Communications Networks Workshop, AI for Good (2024).
• F. Wilhelmi, "An outlook to the Future of Wireless Unlicensed through Machine Learning". Invited talk at Machine learning in communications networks, AI for Good (2023).
• F. Wilhelmi, "Multi-armed bandits for communications", Keynote presentation at IEEE/IFIP AnNet (2021).
• F. Wilhelmi, "Machine Learning for Communications", Keynote presentation in ICAETT (2020).

Editor positions:

• Guest editor ITU J-FET (2025, 2026)
• Guest editor Nature npj special issue on "Wi-Fi 8 and beyond" (2025-2026).

Member of a technical program committee:

• Workshop on Autonomous Network Management Systems (2025), Co-chair.
• Workshop on Autonomous Network Management Systems (2024), Co-chair.
• Workshop on Autonomous Network Management Systems (2023), Co-chair.
• Workshop on Autonomous Network Management Systems (2022), Co-chair.
• IEEE MeditCom 2026, Tutorials chair.
• ...

Reviewer:

• IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC)
• IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (ToCCN)
• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologies
• IEEE Transactions on Networking (ToN)
• IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)
• IEEE Communications Magazine
• IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine
• IEEE Network Magazine
• IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
• IEEE Communications Letters
• Elsevier Ad-Hoc Networks
• Elsevier Computer Communications
• Journal of Communications and Networks
• ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies (ITU J-FET)
• EuCNC & 6G Summit, 2025
• IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2025
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2025
• IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2025
• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2024
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2023
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2022
• EuCNC & 6G Summit, 2021
• Ds-IoT 2017

Other activities:

• Organizer of a problem statement in the ITU-T AI for 5G challenge (2022), "Federated traffic prediction for 5G and beyond".
• Organizer of a problem statement in the ITU-T AI for 5G challenge (2021), "IEEE 802.11ax Spatial Reuse through Federated Learning".
• Organizer of a problem statement in the ITU-T AI for 5G challenge (2020), "Machine learning for performance prediction of channel bonding in next-generation IEEE 802.11 WLANs".
• Organizer of Arduino courses for kids and teenagers:
  • Campus Junior UPF - "Descobrint IoT a través d’Arduino" (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Yomo MWC - "Descobrint IoT a través d’Arduino" (2018), Ajuntament de Barcelona
  • Girls Hack Day UPF - Descobrint IoT a través d’Arduino (2018), Ajuntament de Barcelona
  • Taller "Descobrint l’Internet de les coses a través d’Arduino" (2018), Campus Poblenou UPF