Awards

  1. 2024 Best Paper Award of the Elsevier Vehicular Communications Journal for the paper: L. Barbieri, S. Savazzi, M. Brambilla, M. NICOLI, “Decentralized Federated Learning for Extended Sensing in 6G Connected Vehicles,” Elsevier Vehicular Communications, Special Issue on Special Issue on Revolutionary Paradigms for Smart Connected Vehicles in the 6G Era, Vol. 33, Jan. 2022, 100396.
  2. 2023  National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Full Professor in Communications Engineering, Settore Concorsuale 09/F2 – Telecomunicazioni.
  3. 2022 Best Paper Award of the 21st Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS), cosponsored by the European Microwave Association (EuMA) and IEEE, for the paper: S. Tebaldini, M. Rizzi, M. Manzoni, A. Monti Guarnieri, C. Prati, D. Tagliaferri, M. Nicoli, U. Spagnolini, I. Russo and C. Mazzucco, “SAR Imaging in automotive scenarios”. 
  4. 2021 Best Paper Award of the 2021 IEEE Symposium on Joint Communications and Sensing (JC&S), for the paper: D. Tagliaferri, M. Rizzi, S. Tebaldini, M. Nicoli, I. Russo, C. Mazzucco, A.V. Monti-Guarnieri, C.M. Prati and U. Spagnolini, “Cooperative Synthetic Aperture Radar in an Urban Connected Car Scenario”.
  5. 2018 Best Paper Award of the 2018 IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing, for the paper: M. Brambilla, G. Soatti, M. Nicoli, “Precise vehicle positioning by cooperative feature association and tracking in vehicular networks”.
  6. 2015 Best Booth Award at the European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), for the European FP7 Project DIWINE, “Dense cooperative WIreless NEtwork”.
  7. 2014  Best Paper Award of the IET Intelligent Transport Systems journal, for the paper: A. Pascale, M. Nicoli, F. Deflorio, B. Dalla Chiara, U. Spagnolini, “Wireless sensor networks for traffic management and road safety”.
  8. 2008 Appreciated Reviewer, by IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.
  9. 2003  Inventor Siemens, by Siemens for patents filed in 2001-2002.
  10. 2002-2006 Appreciated Reviewer, by IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.
  11. 2002  Inventor Siemens, by Siemens for patents filed in 1999-2001.
  12. 1999  Marisa Bellisario Award, 11th Edition, assigned yeary at a national level by the Marisa Bellisario Foundation to the 3 best MSc graduates in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering.
  13. 1998  SPE-EAGE Best Thesis Award in Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, by SPE and EAGE.
  14. Best Thesis Awards won by MSc/PhD students I supervised:
    • 2025 IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) Italy Chapter, Best PhD Thesis Award, Bernardo Camajori Tedeschini.
    • 2024 Florian Daniel Award, Best PhD Thesis Award, Bernardo Camajori Tedeschini.
    • 2024  Chorafas Foundation Award, Best PhD Thesis Award, Bernardo Camajori Tedeschini.
    • 2019 Huawei Italy University Challenge – Best MSc Thesis Presentation, Elena Bozzi
    • 2019 Huawei Italy University Challenge – Best MSc Thesis Award, Giovanni Ciaramitaro
    • 2019 Quadrato della Radio, Best MSc Thesis Award, Mattia Brambilla
    • 2013 AICA-CINI-CNIT, Best MSc Thesis Award, Francesca Carminati
    • 2010 AICA-Confindustria, Best MSc Thesis Award, Alessandra Pascale
    • 2010 Marconi Junior, Best MSc Thesis Award, Diana Fontanella
    • 2009 IBM Italia, Best MSc Thesis Award, Alessandra Pascale
    • 2008 Meucci-Marconi, Best MSc Thesis Award, Daniele Molteni