Postdoctoral Research Fellow · Northeastern University
I work on open, programmable cellular networks, building software for O-RAN xApps and dApps, real-time radio resource management, and edge computing for 5G and beyond.
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I’m a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems (INSI) at Northeastern University in Boston.
My research focuses on 5G-and-beyond cellular networks and the O-RAN standard. I build open-source software that makes the RAN programmable, from xApps running on the Near-RT RIC to dApps that bring real-time, AI-driven control next to the base station.
I received my Ph.D. from the University of Bologna in April 2025 and stayed on as a postdoctoral researcher until November 2025. During my Ph.D. I was a visiting researcher at the Department of Computer Science of the University of York (UK) and at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University. Before moving to cellular networks I worked on IoT security and federated learning.
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Open-source tools I've built for programmable, open radio access networks.
A standalone C++ daemon that brings dApps to OCUDU. It bridges the gNB's jbpf shared memory with the E3 protocol through libe3, streaming I/Q samples to subscribed dApps as E3 Service Model indications for real-time Open RAN intelligence.
An open-source Python SDK that streamlines xApp development for the OSC Near-RT RIC. It hides E2 service models (KPM, RC, CCC) behind simple APIs and handles encoding, decoding and RMR messaging. Available on PyPI.
A hands-on tutorial series for building a complete environment to test and prototype xApps on a single virtual machine.
Ph.D. research at the University of Bologna: virtualized resources at vehicular and MEC nodes for 5G deployments, DID-based reputation for secure VANETs, and TSN-like wireless scheduling for smart factories.
Federated learning for MUD-compliant IoT edge networks, developed for my M.Sc. thesis at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.
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16 papers across journals, conferences and workshops.
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Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems (INSI), Northeastern University · Boston, MA
WiNES Lab. O-RAN, dApps and real-time RAN control; contributor to the Open6G project.
University of Bologna · Bologna, Italy
University of Bologna (DISI) · Bologna, Italy
Vehicular and cooperative edge computing in next-generation networks. Visiting researcher at the University of York (Dept. of Computer Science) and at Northeastern University (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering).
University of Bologna (DISI) · Bologna, Italy
Federated and reinforcement learning for open industrial environments.
University of Cambridge · Cambridge, UK
Continued work on MUD-based IoT security and the osMUD manager.
ACM-W UK Inspire 2020 & Horizon internships
Machine-learning research support, then traffic scheduling in home IoT networks with deep reinforcement learning.
University of Bologna · Bologna, Italy
05 · Contact
Interested in O-RAN, dApps and xApps, or a collaboration? Email is the quickest way to reach me.
WiNES Lab · EXP, 815 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02120