Bio
Giovanni Geraci is a Principal Research Scientist at Telefonica. He is also a tenured Associate Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, where he served as the Head of Telecommunications Engineering. He was previously with Nokia Bell Labs and holds a dozen patents on wireless technologies. He served as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and has delivered nearly 100 tutorials, keynotes, and lectures at renowned conferences and institutions. He also served as an Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and IEEE Communications Letters, and as the Chair of around 20 top-tier IEEE symposia and workshops. For his contributions to wireless communications, he received the IEEE Communications Theory Early Achievement Award (2023), the IEEE ComSoc Outstanding Young Researcher Award for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (2018), and Best Paper Awards at IEEE Globecom (2022) and PIMRC (2019).
Current Positions
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Telefónica Research, Barcelona, Spain
Principal Research Scientist (2023–present) -
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Wireless & Secure Communications Group
Associate Professor (2023–present)
Head of Telecommunications (2020-2024)
Assistant Professor (2018–2023)
Previous Positions
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Nokia Bell Labs, Dublin, Ireland
Research Scientist (2016–2018) -
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014–2015)
Advisor: Prof. Tony Q. S. Quek -
The University of Texas at Austin, United States
Visiting Researcher (2013)
Advisor: Prof. Jeffrey G. Andrews -
Supélec, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Visiting Researcher (2012)
Advisor: Prof. Mérouane Debbah -
Alcatel-Lucent, Vimercate, Italy
Research Intern (2009)
Education
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The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications (2014)
Dissertation: Physical Layer Security for Multi-User MIMO Systems
Advisors: Prof. Jinhong Yuan and Prof. Iain B. Collings
Examiners: Prof. Robert Schober and Prof. A. Lee Swindlehurst -
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
M.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering (2009)
[110/110 "cum laude"] [Best M.Sc. Thesis Award from Milan Academy of Sciences and Arts]
Advisor: Prof. Arnaldo Spalvieri -
Università di Palermo, Italy
B.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering (2005)
[110/110 "cum laude"] [Special mention for an outstanding B.Sc. academic career (highest GPA)]
Advisor: Prof. Ilenia Tinnirello