VIANI Federico received the M.S. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Trento in 2007, and the PhD degree in Information and Communication Technology in 2010. Dr. Viani has been a Research Associate (Post-Doc) at the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science (University of Trento), and a Researcher at the Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT). He is currently CTO of Trilogis Srl (Rovereto, Trento), Adjunct Faculty at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering (University of Trento), and Board Member of the ELEDIA Research Center.

Dr. Viani has been the official teacher of the course “Design Techniques for Wireless Communications” offered by the University of Trento. Dr. Viani is author/co-author of over 100 peer reviewed papers on international journals and conferences, where he has also co-organized and co-chaired convened sessions. The research activities of Dr. Viani are oriented to the design and development of wireless systems, devices, and methodologies in the framework of Electromagnetic Fields for the solution of complex electromagnetic problems, such as the wireless localization and tracking of active/passive targets. He is also involved in the design of distributed monitoring systems by means of wireless technologies, like wireless sensors networks, for Industry 4.0, smart factory, smart cities and smart buildings applications.