Service
Industry Training Appointments
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Professional Course Instructor, IEEE Communications Society Education & Training, 2024-present
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Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, 2021–2025
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Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Communications Society, 2021–2023
Journal Editorial Board Positions
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Guest Editor, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2024
Special Issue on “The Future of Wi-Fi and Wireless Technologies in Unlicensed Spectra” -
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Editor, 2019–2023
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Editor, IEEE Communications Letters, Editor, 2018–2022
Conference Technical Program Committees
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Tutorials Co-Chair, IEEE PIMRC, Valencia, Spain, Sept. 2024.
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Workshops Co-Chair, IEEE MeditCom, Madrid, Spain, July 2024.
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Co-Chair, Track on Emerging Technologies, Network Architectures, and Applications”, IEEE WCNC, Dubai, UAE, Apr. 2024.
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Lead Co-Chair, Wireless Communication Symposium, IEEE Globecom, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2023.
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Co-Chair, Track on “IoV, IoT, M2M, Sensor Networks, and Ad-Hoc Networking”, IEEE VTC Spring, Helsinki, Finland, June 2022.
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Co-Chair, Wireless Communication Symposium, IEEE ICC, Seoul, Korea, May 2022.
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Co-Chair, Track 7 on “IoV, IoT, M2M, Sensor Networks, and Ad-Hoc Networking”, IEEE VTC Spring, Helsinki, Finland, Apr. 2021.
Organization of Workshops, Special Sessions, and Industry Fora
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Co-Chair, Workshop on “Cellular UAV and Satellite Communications”, IEEE Globecom, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2023.
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Co-Chair, Workshop on “Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond”, IEEE ICC, Rome, Italy, May 2023.
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Co-Chair, Workshop on “Cellular UAV and Satellite Communications”, IEEE Globecom, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 2022.
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Co-Chair, Workshop on “Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond”, IEEE ICC 2022, Seoul, Korea, May 2022.
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Organizer, Industry Forum on “Non-terrestrial Networks in 5G and 6G”, IEEE WCNC 2022, Austin TX, USA, Apr. 2022.
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Co-Chair, Workshop on “Cellular UAV and Satellite Communications”, IEEE Globecom, Madrid, Spain, Dec. 2021.
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Co-Organizer, Industry Forum on “IEEE 802.11be: Towards the Future Wi-Fi 7”, IEEE ICC, Virtual, June 2021.
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Co-Chair, Workshop on “Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond”, IEEE ICC, Virtual, June 2021.
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Co-Chair, Workshop on “UAV Communications for 5G and Beyond”, IEEE PIMRC, Virtual, Aug. 2020.
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Co-Chair, Workshop on “Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond”, IEEE ICC, Virtual, June 2020.
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Co-Chair, Workshop on “Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond”, IEEE ICC, Shanghai, China, May 2019.
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Co-Chair, Special Session on “UAV Cellular Communications in 5G”, Asilomar, Pacific Grove CA, USA, Oct. 2018.
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Steering Committee Member, Workshop on “UAV Communications for 5G and Beyond”, IEEE PIMRC, Bologna, Italy, Sept. 2018.
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Co-Chair, Workshop on “Large-Scale Antenna Systems in Licensed and Unlicensed Bands”, IEEE Globecom, Singapore, Dec. 2017
University Appointments
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Head of the Telecommunications Engineering program, UPF Barcelona, 2020–2024.
Doctoral Committees
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Asad Mahmood, “Communication technologies for UAV-assisted 5G and beyond wireless networks”, First- and second-year Ph.D. Defense, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Dec. 2024.
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Seongjoon Kang, “Coverage and coexistence of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks in mmWave and upper mid-band”, Ph.D. Defense, New York University, United States, May 2024.
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Matteo Bernabè, “Enabling ultra-reliable drone cellular communications in 6G networks”, First- and second-year Ph.D. Defense, EURECOM, France, Oct. 2022 and Oct. 2023.
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Henri Alam, “Load balancing in an integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial network”, First-year Ph.D. Defense, EURECOM, France, May 2023.
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Davide Scazzoli, “Design of a UAV based localization system for public safety networks”, Ph.D. Defense, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Sep. 2021.
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Sergio Barrachina, “Responsive spectrum management for wireless local area networks: From heuristic-based policies to model-free reinforcement learning”, Ph.D. Defense, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain, Jan. 2021.
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M. Mahdi Azari, “UAVs integration into ground networks: Scenarios, modeling, and analysis”, Ph.D. Defense, KU Leuven, Belgium, July 2019.