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PERSONAL INFORMATION Name

ERINA FERRO Address NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CNR) RESEARCH AREA, INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES (ISTI), VIA MORUZZI 1, 56124 PISA, ITALY MATRICOLA 6441

Telephone +39-389-9141612/ +39-050-315 3070 Fax +39-050-315 2040 E-mail [email protected]

Nationality Italian

Date of birth [ 05/11/1951 ] WORK EXPERIENCE • Dates (1980-2014)

SUMMARY:

ERINA FERRO received her Laurea degree with distinction in Computer Science from the University of Pisa (Italy) in 1975. Since 1976 she is with the National Research Council (CNR), currently at the ISTI Institute (Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo") in Pisa, where she is employed as a Director of Research. CNR is the largest public research entity in Italy; it is constituted by a network of 110 Institutes, and ISTI is the largest one, with its 280 researchers (www.isti.cnr.it). Her main interests are the research activities in the satellite communications and wireless digital transmission field. She participated to several international and national projects where some systems designed by her team were implemented and used on the Eutelsat, Olympus and Italsat satellites. Working in the TDMA satellite access schemes field, she obtained two patents, in 1989 and 1996 respectively. Her research activity covers the fields of the access schemes for multimedia traffic over multimedia systems with guaranteed quality of service (QoS), the fade countermeasure techniques for satellite transmissions, the allocation bandwidth algorithms, the performance evaluation of the transmission systems, the wireless sensor networks, and the interconnections aspects between satellite and wireless networks. The application fields of the WSNs of her interest are the energy consumption, the Ambient Assisted Living, and the heritage monitoring. She has served as a reviewer for many international journals and IEEE congresses. Dr. Ferro co-authored over hundred-fifthy publications in the above fields, in international scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Currently she is Head of the Wireless Networks research Laboratory at ISTI Institute



(WNLab), whose activities and description can be found at: http://www.isti.cnr.it/ResearchUnits/Labs/wn-lab. She was the scientific responsible person of ISTI in several European projects of the FP6 and FP7 program. In the framework of the SatNEx NoE FP6 European Project, in the years 2005-2008 she organized three International Summer Schools in satellite communications. In the WNLab, three main research strands are performed: digital satellite communications, wireless sensor networks and middleware development for AAL applications. Currently the laboratory directed by Erina Ferro is involved in 4 FP7 European Projects (DOREMI, Giraff+, REAAL, ENGAGED), and 11 National projects (Smarth HealthyEnv, PRIN, SIDOREMI, MONSTER, WB@LUCCA, E-SHS, ENERGY, THE FUTURE FACTORY, EASY RIDER, MIE, ACTIVE AGING@HOME).

Specific Activities:

1. 1977-1979: Participation to the design and development of the RPCNET network project, the first Italian packet-switching computer network, linking Italian research Institutes.

2. 1979-1983: Participation to the design and development of the two phases of the STELLA-I and STELLA-II (Satellite Transmission Experiment Linking Laboratories) project, the first experiment in data transmission via satellite in Europe.

3. Participation in the European Projects “New Satellite Bridge”, SATINE-II” and to the National Strategic Project “ Technologies of the information”, sub-project “ Computer Networks”. In this last project, together with Ing. Nedo Celandroni, she designed and developed the access system to geostationary satellite (FODA system), which has been patented. For the FODA system, she was proposed for the International Telecommunications Award “Cristoforo Colombo”.

4. Participation in the Italian Projects “Thin Route TDMA” promoted by CNR, and “Thin route TDMA for LAN interconnection” promoted by the University of Florence, in the framework of the Italian experimentation on the Olympus satellite.

5. Member of National Committee for the experimentations on the Olympus satellite.

6. Member of the Olympus Earth Station Working Group (OESWG) constituted by the European testers of the Olympus satellite.

7. Participation in the Italian Progetto Finalizzato Telecomunicazioni, sub-project 5: Experimental Developments. Researches’ Titles: “Wide bandwidth networks integrated in services”, and “Bandwidth allocations for networks with dynamic applications”.

8. Research Unit Responsible in the CNR Co-ordinate Project “Variable Bit Rate Traffic in an Interconnected Environment”.

9. Participation in the CNR Integrated Project “Enhanced environments for packet communications”.

10. Coordinator of the “Wide-bandwidth Network Architectures” group and responsible of the “Satellite Network Group” of the CNR-CNUCE Institute.

11. Member of the commission for the feasibility study of the Italian Progetto Finalizzato entitled "Applicazioni di Robotica e Telematica in Medicina e Biochirurgia" (Applications of Robotic and Telematic in Medicine an Surgery).

12. 1989: CNR National patent N. 1233264 (March 21, 1989) entitled “Sistema di trasmissione dati in particolare tra un satellite ed una molteplicità di stazioni riceventi e trasmittenti collegate a terra”.

13. 1991-1995: Italian Scientific delegate in the European Cost Action 226 entitled “Integrated space/terrestrial networks”.

14. 1996: CNR National patent N. 1286585 (March 28, 1996) entitled “Sistema



per la trasmissione via satellite di dati sincroni ed asincroni in grado di contrastare l’attenuazione del segnale dovuta ad agenti atmosferici”.

15. 1997-2000: Italian Scientific delegate and Vice-chairman in the European Cost Action 253 entitled “Service efficient network interconnection via satellites”. The book relevant to this activity has been published in late 2001 by Wiley.

16. 1999: Evaluator in the FP4 ACTS & ESPRIT review, IST evaluation. Contract N. 125012 (24 November - 3 December 1999). Evaluator in the IST proposals corresponding to Mobile, Wireless and Satellite Action Lines. Contract N. 122384.

17. 2000: Scientific Responsible in the “Intracoastal satellite communicator system” project, founded by Regione Toscana, for the realization of a satellite receiving/transmitting system for pleasure boats.

18. 2000-2003: Research Unit Responsible in the CNR 5% Multimedia Project, line 3 “Interactive Multimedia network with access and interconnection to the users via satellite”. Design of the Jitter Free-Demand Assignment (JFDA) system.

19. 2001-2005: Chairman of the European Cost Action 272 entitled “Packet oriented service delivery via satellite”.

20. 2002: Vice-program chair of the SPECTS 2002 Congress (International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems), July 14-18, 2002, San Diego, California.

21. 2002-2003: Adjunct professor of the integrative teaching course entitled "Satellite Multiservice Networks" as part of the official "Telecommunications networks" course, Department of Computer and System Sciences (DIST) of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Genoa.

22. 2003-2004: Adjunct professor of the integrative teaching course entitled "Multiservice Wireless Networks" in the official teaching "Telecommunications Networks 2" at the Department of Computer and System Sciences (DIST) of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Genoa.

23. 2002-2004: scientific responsible of the CNR-ISTI Research Unit in the national Project named TANGO (“Traffic models and Algorithms for Next Generation IP networks Optimization”), funded by MIUR.

24. 2003-2005: scientific responsible of the ISTI research unit in the IS-MANET (Infrastrutture software per reti ad-hoc orientate ad ambienti difficili) project. Visit: http://tango.isti.cnr.it/ and http://zeus.elet.polimi.it/is-manet/

25. 2003: In charge of the course "Wireless Networks" as part of the training for technical experts in computer systems and data, held at the CINI of Naples.

26. 2003: Guest editor of the special issue on "Wireless access to the global internet: mobile radio networks and satellite systems" for the International Journal of Communication Systems, Vol. 16, Issue 1.

27. 2003: Program Chair of SPECTS 2003 Conference, July 20-24, 2003, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

28. 2004-2006: scientific responsible of the ISTI research unit in the SatNEx (Satellite Network Of Excellence) FP6 NoE (network of excellence) Project. Also member of the project Steering Board.

29. 2005-2012: scientific responsible of the ICT Department project entitled “Devices and Technologies for Telematic Networks”.

30. 2005: Organizer of the 1st International SatNEx Summer School in satellite communications

31. 2006: Organizer of the National SatNEx Industrial Day in Rome



32. 2006-2008: scientific responsible of the ISTI research unit in the RINGrid (Remote Instrumentation in Next-generation Grids” SSA FP6 project.

33. 2006-2009: scientific responsible of the ISTI research unit in the SatNEx-II (Satellite Network Of Excellence) FP6 NoE Project. Also member of the project Steering Board.

34. 2006-2010: Scientific responsible of the ISTI research unit in the InterMedia (Interactive Media with Personal Networked Devices) FP6 NoE Project.

35. 2007-2010: scientific responsible of the ISTI research unit in the PERSONA (PERceptive Spaces prOmoting iNdependent Aging) FP6 IP (integrated project) Project.

36. 2007: Organizer of the 2nd International SatNEx Summer School in satellite communications.

37. 2007: Technical-scientific evaluator in itinere of the national project entitled “Piattaforma satellitare per l’osservazione della terra” (nomination by MIUR)

38. 2008: Organizer of the 3rd International SatNEx Summer School in satellite communications.

39. 2009: Technical scientific reviewer of some projects’ proposals presented in the national program “Torino Wireless”.

40. 2009-2010: scientific responsible of the ISTI research unit in the national project entitled “Easy Rider (Enhancement of sustAinability and Safety of mobility by integRating Intelligent roaDs, vEhicles and service)” (Industria 2015), funded by MISE Ministry.

41. 2010-2013: scientific responsible of the ISTI research unit in the SatNEx-III (Satellite Network of Experts) project, co-funded by the European Space Agency. The Call of Order interested were: (CoO1, 2010) Task 3: Applicability of Delay and Disruption Tolerant Networks to Space Systems; (CoO2, 2011) Task 2: The Role of Satellites in Future Sensor Networks.

42. Associated Editor of the International Journal of Comm. Systems (IJCS)

43. 2011-2012: TPC co-chair in PSATS-2012 conference (Personal SATellite Services), Bradford, UK.

44. 2011: Co-founder of the ToscanaSpazio Association on behalf of the CNR-ISTI Institute, and member of its board of directors.

45. Representative of CNR-ISTI in the national space platform SPIN-IT.

46. In EIT ICT Labs Italy, node of Trento, responsible person for the activities in the Smart Spaces Action Line.

47. Scientific involvement in the EU FP7 Projects: UniversAAL, Engaged, Giraff+, REAAL.

48. Scientific coordinator of the FP7 DOREMI project.

49. Responsible of the National Project e-SHS (ICT for Health and Social Solidarity).

50. Scientific involvement in the following National Projects: 1) Active Aging@Home (project of the cluster “Tecnologie per le Scienze di Vita”), 2) MIE (Mobilità Intelligente ecosostenibile, progetto del cluster “Tecnologie per le smart communities”), 3) Well Being@Lucca, MONSTER (Monitoraggio strutturale di edifici storici con tecnologie wireless e strumenti di calcolo innovative), 4) SIDOREMI (Sistema Domiciliare per la Riabilitazione Espressiva del Movimento e dell'Interazione), 5) PRIN Project 2010-2011 “Eguaglianza nei diritti fondamentali nella crisi dello Stato e delle finanze pubbliche: una proposta per un nuovo ruolo dei pubblici poteri a partire dalla liberalizzazione e regolazione del settore dei trasporti nella prospettiva europea di efficienza e sostenibilità sociale ed ambientale”



51. Responsible of the DIITET department project “Smart Building”, in the framework of the DIITET Department project “Energy Sustainability”.

• Name and address of employer Italian National Research Council (CNR) • Type of business or sector Institute CNR-ISTI (Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione); Wireless

Communications Sector • Occupation or position held Director of Research • Main activities and responsibilities Head of the Wireless Networks Laboratory CNR-ISTI Institute.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING • 1975 Laurea degree with distinction in Computer Science

• Name and type of organisation providing education and training

University of Pisa, Italy

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Her research activity covers the fields of the access schemes for multimedia traffic over multimedia systems with guaranteed quality of service (QoS), the fade countermeasure techniques for satellite transmissions, the allocation bandwidth algorithms, the performance evaluation of the transmission systems, the wireless networks such as IEEE 802.11, the interconnections aspects between satellite and wireless networks, and the communications in the wireless networks.

• Title of qualification awarded Laurea Degree • Level in national classification (if appropriate)

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Acquired in the course of life and career but not necessarily covered by formal certificates and diplomas. MOTHER TONGUE ITALIAN OTHER LANGUAGES

ENGLISH • Reading skills EXCELLENT • Writing skills EXCELLENT • Verbal skills EXCELLENT SPANISH • Reading skills GOOD • Writing skills ELEMENTARY • Verbal skills ELEMENTARY

SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Living and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in positions where communication is important and situations where teamwork is essential (for example culture and sports), etc.

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets; at work, in voluntary work (for example culture and

COORDINATION OF THE WIRELESS NETWORKS LAB AT ISTI PROJECTS’ MANAGEMENT (FROM TECHNICAL POINT OF VIEW) ASSOCIATED EDITOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMM. SYSTEMS (IJCS)



sports) and at home, etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc.

ARTISTIC SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Music, writing, design, etc.

OTHER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Competences not mentioned above.

DRIVING LICENCE(S)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REFERENCE PERSONS: PROF. FRANCO DAVOLI ([email protected]) DR. DOMENICO LAFORENZA ([email protected]) Dr. Erich Lutz . [email protected] Dr. Markus Werner ([email protected]) Prof. Barry Evans ([email protected]) Prof. Enrico Del Re ([email protected]) Dr. Claudio Montani ([email protected]) Dr. Marco Conti ([email protected]) Ing. Riccardo Tascone ([email protected])



ANNEXES Publications can be found visiting per year and per author the ISTI web site: http://www.isti.cnr.it/research/publications.php 5 selected publications are: 1. Celandroni N., Ferro E., Gotta A., Luglio M., Roseti C. “On the applicability of reliable transport protocols in satellite delay tolerant and disruptive networks”. In: International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, vol. 32 (2) pp. 141 - 161. [Online First 13 June 2013]. Wiley, 2014. 2. Celandroni N., Ferro E., Gotta A., Oligeri G., Roseti C., Luglio M., Bisio I., Cello M., Davoli F., Panagopoulos A., Poulakis M., Vassaki S., De Cola T., Marchitti M., Hu Y., Pillai P., Verma S., Xu K., Acar G. “A survey of architectures and scenarios in satellite-based wireless sensor networks: system design aspects”. In: International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, vol. 31 (1) pp. 1 - 38. Wiley, 2013. 3. Barsocchi P., Ferro E., Fortunati L., Mavilia F., Palumbo F. “EMS@CNR: an energy monitoring sensor network infrastructure for in-building location-based services”. To appear on ERCIM News N.99, October 2014, pp. 51-52. 4. Celandroni N., Ferro E., Gotta A. “Confirmed delivery multicast protocol in delay-tolerant and disruptive networks”. In: PSATS 2011 - 3rd International ICST Conference on Personal Satellite Services (Malaga, Spain, 17-18 febbraio 2011). Proceedings, pp. 227 - 235. G. Giambene, C. Sacchi (eds.). (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics & Telecom Engineering, vol. LNICST 71). Springer, 2011. 5. Celandroni N., Davoli F., Ferro E., Gotta A. “Medium access control scheme for supporting user mobility in digital video broadcasting-return channel via satellite/satellite second generation - general architecture and functionalities”. In: IET Communications, vol. 4 (13) pp. 1532 - 1543. IEEE, 2010.

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