Riccardo Raheli received the degree of Dr. Ing. (Laurea) in Electrical Engineering "summa cum laude" from the University of Pisa in 1983, the degree of Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering with full marks from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA, in 1986, and the degree of Doctor (Perfezionamento) in Electrical Engineering "summa cum laude" from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, in 1987. From 1986 to 1988 he was Project Engineer at Siemens Telecommunications, Milan. From 1988 to 1991, he was Research Professor at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa. In 1990 and 1993, he was Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. Since 1991, he has been at the University of Parma, first as a Research Professor, then Associate Professor since 1998 and Professor since 2001. In this role, he was Chairman of the Program Committee of the Master of Science and the Bachelor of Science in Communication Engineering from 2002 to 2010, Member of the Scientific Committee of CNIT (Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni) from 2000 to 2005, Member of the Executive Committee of CNIT from 2008 to 2013 as the representative of the University of Parma, Member of the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral School in Engineering and Architecture from 2011 to 2014, Member of the National Scientific Habilitation Committee for Telecommunications from 2013 to 2016, Chairman of the Program Committee 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 Member of the CNIT Shareholders' Assembly 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 resulted in 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 has 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 has 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 been a member of the Editorial Board of the Scientific Series "CNIT Technical Reports", and since 2025, he has been its coordinator.

May 2025