Bio
Giovanni Geraci is a Principal Research Scientist with Telefónica Research and also an Associate Professor and the Head of Telecommunications Engineering at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. He was previously with Nokia Bell Labs and holds a dozen patents on wireless technologies. He serves as Distinguished Lecturer for two IEEE societies and he received the IEEE ComSoc EMEA Outstanding Young Researcher Award. Giovanni co-authored two IEEE ComSoc Best Readings and received Best Paper Awards at IEEE PIMRC’19 and IEEE Globecom’22.
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-present)
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