Riccardo Raheli received the
Dr. Ing. degree (Laurea) in Electrical Engineering "summa cum
laude" from the University of Pisa in 1983, the Master of Science
degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering with full marks from
the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA, in 1986, and the
Doctoral degree (Perfezionamento) in Electrical Engineering "summa
cum laude" from the Sant'Anna School of
Advanced Studies, Pisa, in 1987. From 1986 to 1988 he was
a Project Engineer with Siemens Telecommunications, Milan. From
1988 to 1991, he was a Research Professor with the Sant'Anna
School of Advanced Studies, Pisa. In 1990 and 1993, he
spent leaves as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. Since 1991, he has been
with the University of Parma, first as a Research Professor, then
Associate Professor since 1998 and Professor since 2001. In this
role, he was the Program Committee Chair of the Master of Science
and the Bachelor of Science in Communication Engineering from 2002
to 2010, a Member of the Scientific Committee of CNIT (Consorzio
Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni) from 2000
to 2005, a Member of the Executive Committee of CNIT from 2008 to
2013 as the representative of the University of Parma, a Member of
the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral School in Engineering and
Architecture from 2011 to 2014, a Member of the National
Scientific Habilitation Committee for Telecommunications from 2013
to 2016, the Program Committee Chair of the Master of Science in
Communication Engineering (based on English as the medium of
instruction) and the Bachelor of Science in Computer, Electronic
and Communication Engineering from 2015 to 2017. Since 2020, he
has been a Member of the Shareholders' Assembly of CNIT as the
representative of the University of Parma.
Prof. Raheli's scientific
interests are in the general area of Information and Communication
Technology, with specific focus on systems for communication,
processing and storage of information. His research has lead to
numerous and diverse international publications in journals and
conference proceedings, as well as a few industrial patents. He is
coauthor of a few scientific monographs, such as "Detection
Algorithms for Wireless Communications, with Applications to Wired
and Storage Systems" (John Wiley & Sons, 2004) and "LDPC Coded
Modulations" (Springer, 2009). He served on the Editorial Boards
of the following international journals: IEEE Transactions on
Communications from 1999 to 2003, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas
in Communications (JSAC) as guest editor of a special issue
published in 2005, European Transactions on Telecommunications
(ETT) from 2003 to 2008, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal
Processing (JSTSP) as guest editor of a special issue published in
2011, and MDPI Sensors as guest editor of a special issue
published in 2021. He served as Technical Program Committee
Co-Chair of international conferences, such as the General
Symposium on Selected Areas in Communications at the International
Communications Conference (ICC), 2010, Cape Town, South Africa,
the Communication Theory Symposium at the Global Communications
Conference (GLOBECOM), 2011, Houston, Texas, USA, the
International Symposium on Power-Line Communications (ISPLC),
2014, Glasgow, Scotland, the Selected Areas in Communications
Symposium at GLOBECOM (2014), Austin, Texas, USA, and ISPLC, 2020,
Malaga, Spain (held as a virtual conference). He has also
regularly served on the Technical Program Committees of many
international conferences such as ICC, GLOBECOM, ISPLC and others.
Since 2018, he has served on the Editorial Board of the Scientific
Series "CNIT Technical Reports".
May 2023