Position: Alumni

Marco Garofalo is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Engineering at the University of Messina, Italy. He obtained both his M.S. and B.S. degrees in Computer Engineering from the same University. His research focuses on cloud computing and edge devices.

Vincenzo Bucaria is a Master’s student in Electronics Engineering at the University of Messina, Italy, where he also completed his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research is focused on reconfigurable devices and embedded systems

Manuel Fabiano is a Master student in Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Messina, Italy. He obtained his B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the same university. His research focuses on cybersecurity for Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems.

Maverick Li is a master’s candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a concentration in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Algorithms. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering, with concentration in Control Theory at Penn State University in 2023. His area of study include perception and control for AI-driven systems.

Ildi Alla received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania. Additionally, he earned a Master of Science from the University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC) | Sorbonne University Association, France, specializing in Automation and Robotics for Intelligent Systems.

He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Inria Centre at the University of Lille, focusing on the detection and localization of cyber attacks in wireless networks. His research interests lie at the intersection of wireless networking, signal processing, machine learning, and data fusion to enhance security against malicious activities. His work includes multi-modal sensor fusion for drone detection and device authentication in multi-node networks via RF fingerprinting.

Daniela is an undergraduate student at Northeastern University. Her research interests lie in wireless networks and machine learning.

Matthew is a second year electrical and computer engineering student currently interested in neural networks, wireless networks, and embedded systems.

Federico Candela obtained his ICT degree from the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, completing an internship and his thesis at STMicroelectronics in July 2020. In November 2020, he obtained professional qualification and has been a registered member of the Reggio Calabria Order of Engineers since January 2021. In the same year, he was awarded a research grant to develop intelligent computer vision systems in collaboration with Co.re.com (Regional Communications Committee) Calabria and Agcom (National Communications Agency). In 2022, he embarked on his Ph.D. focused on Vision AI topics, collaborating with Tecnocampus Mataró near Barcelona, and currently with Northeastern University. Throughout his studies, he also founded a student association and organized activities such as visits to Google London, CERN Geneva, and ESA Amsterdam.

Gabriele Restuccia is a visiting PhD student in ICT at the Roux Institute, hailing from the University of Palermo, Italy. He obtained his Master’s in Engineering in Computer Science from Sapienza University of Rome and collaborated with the Freie University of Berlin on his thesis. Before his current endeavors, he was a Researcher at the National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications in Rome and was actively involved in the SPARTA EU H2020 project. His primary research areas encompass IoT, Machine Learning with a keen emphasis on Neural Networks, as well as software development and security network protocols specifically tailored for constrained devices.

Niloofar Bahadori received a B.Sc. in electrical engineering and an M.Sc. (Hons.) in radio frequency (RF) engineering from Isfahan University. She also received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from NCA&T State University. She was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Northeastern University under the supervision of Dr. Francesco Restuccia. Her research focused on tackling challenges facing next-generation cellular (5G) and Wi-Fi (802.11ax) networks such as millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication, multi-user multi-input-multi-output (MU-MIMO), and Wi-Fi sensing. She developed analytical approaches, and heuristic algorithms, in addition to data-driven and machine learning-based approaches to solving complex wireless optimization problems. She currently is a Wireless System Engineer at Cisco Systems.