2011-2013

Design, development, and implementation of innovative communication mechanisms in Vehicular Ad-hoc NETworks (VANETs).

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Coordination:

Scientific advisor: Gianluigi Ferrari.

2009-2013

Cognitive Radio and Networking for Cooperative Coexistence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks.

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Coordination:

PI: Gianluigi Ferrari

2012-2013

Design and implementation of applications for multi-interface mobile terminals for advanced wireless communications.

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Coordination:

PI: Gianluigi Ferrari.

2012-2013

Optimized cellular communications.

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Coordination:

PI: Gianluigi Ferrari (CNIT research unit of Parma).

2012-2013

Design of a wireless (APP-based) garbage traceability control system.

Sponsor:

Regione Emilia-Romagna, through SPINNER2013 funding, and Multitraccia. Twelve-month scholarhip (assigned to Carlo Molardi, after completion of 5-year “Laurea” degree under the supervision of Stefano Selleri).

Coordination:

Scientific tutor: Gianluigi Ferrari.

2012

Geolocalized integrated web-based data management.

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Coordination:

PI: Gianluigi Ferrari (CNIT research unit of Parma).

2011-2012

Cross-Network Effective Traffic Alerts Dissemination (X-NETAD).

Sponsor:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy) and The Israeli Industry Center for R&D (Israel) under the “Israel-Italy Joint Innovation Program for Industrial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation in R&D.” Partners: University of Parma and Guglielmo (Italy); Cellint (Israel). One-year project which received the EUREKA ‘label’ (Eureka Label E! 6252 – X-NETAD).

Coordination:

PI for the Italian side: Gianluigi Ferrari. Coverage on Italian press: Corriere delle Comunicazioni (November 15, 2011); Il Sole24Ore Trasporti (December 5, 2011); Automazione Industriale (March 1, 2012).

2010-2011

Design and implementation of a smartphone software application for automatic vertical handover between heterogeneous wireless networks.

Sponsor:

Regione Emilia-Romagna, through SPINNER2013 funding. Collaborating company:Guglielmo. Eight-month scholarhip (assigned to Giovanni Spigoni, after completion of 5-year “Laurea” degree under the supervision of Gianluigi Ferrari).

Coordination:

Scientific tutor: Gianluigi Ferrari

2010-2011

Design and implementation of an advanced multi-hop communication protocol for Vehicular Ad-hoc NETworks (VANETs).

Sponsor:

Regione Emilia-Romagna, through SPINNER2013 funding. Collaborating company:MC INFORMATICA E TELECOMUNICAZIONI. Eight-month scholarhip (assigned to Vito Andrea Giorgio, after completion of 5-year “Laurea” degree under the supervision of Gianluigi Ferrari).

Coordination:

Scientific tutor: Gianluigi Ferrari.

2010

Réseau de senseurs visant à soutenir l’efficacité énergétique et le monitoring environmental distribué à large échelle (Energy-efficient sensor networks for large scale distributed environmental monitoring).

Sponsor:

Regione de Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium, through “Brains (Back) to Brussels” funding. Three-month research project carried out by Gianluigi Ferrari, as Visiting Researcher, at the OPERA Department of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.