AMMIRATA GERMANO (germano.ammirata@unipa.it)

Research project: Federated Learning for integrating AI in Medical Image Analysis

Tutor: Roberto Pirrone

Grant: ICT.630.ELMI

ASARO SIMONA MARIA (simonamaria.asaro@unipa.it)

Research project: Advanced simulation platforms of Membrane-based processes for sustainable desalination

Tutor: Andrea Cipollina

Grant: ICT.SEAH2.UNIPA

BUSHIREDDY KHARTIK KUMAR REDDY (kharthikkumarreddy.bushireddy@unipa.it)

Research project: Energy efficiency, power quality and conducted emissions measurements on energy generation and storage systems from renewable energy sources and related power electronics converters

Tutor: Valentina Cosentino

Co-tutor: Giovanni Artale

 

COMPARATO GIORGIA (giorgia.comparato@unipa.it)

Research project: Design and characterisation of quantum amplifiers based on Josephson junctions

Tutor: Patrizia Livreri

Co-tutor: Rosario Lo Franco

Grant: ICT.CNITQGYRO.LIVRERI - ICT.PNRR.LOFRANCO

 

FODERÀ FRANCESCO (francesco.fodera02@unipa.it)

Research project: Deep Models for Generating Macro-molecule Structures

Tutor: Roberto Pirrone

Co-tutor: Massimo La Rosa (ICAR-CNR)

Grant: REGIONE.SICILIANA.ICAR

 

FRANCESCHIELLI ANTONIO (antonio.franceschielli@unipa.it)

Research project: Nonlinear Control of Soft Robots

Tutor: Adriano Fagiolini

Grant: ICT.FREECO2.2

 

FRANZONE IRENE (irene.franzone@unipa.it)

Research project: Information-theoretic approaches for the study of brain-connectivity and physiological interactions

Tutor: Lica Faes

Co-tutor: Yuri Antonacci

Grant: REGIONE.SICILIANA

 

GALVANO BERNARDO (bernardo.galvano@you.unipa.it)

Research project: An innovative approach to using microwave squeezed states, generated by superconducting devices, to achieve quantum-enhanced sensitivity in Near-Field Microwave Illumination (NFMI) protocols

Tutor: Patrizia Livreri

Co-tutor: Emanuele Enrico, Alberto Fasolo, Alberto Lupidi 

Grant: ICT.CNITQGYRO.LIVRERI

 

LETO ANDREA (andrea.leto01@unipa.it)

Research project: Nonlinear Control of Dynamical Systems

Tutor: Adriano Fagiolini

Grant: ICT.FREECO2.1

 

MESSAOUDI SOFIANE (sofiane.messaoudi@unipa.it)

Research project: AI Algorithms for Medical Applications

Tutor: Adriano Fagiolini

Co-tutor: Giansalvo Cirrincione

Grant:  ICT.FREECO2.4

 

MILITELLO GINEVRA (ginevra.militello@unipa.it)

Research project: Model-based design of processes for carotenoids extraction from residual seawater bitterns

Tutor: Andrea Cipollina

Co-tutor: Filippo Vella

Grant: REGIONE.SICILIANA.ICAR

 

RANDAZZO GIANNI (gianni.randazzo@unipa.it)

Research project: An interdisciplinary computational model of ethical introspection in robots that incorporates psychological, AI, and ethical perspectives

Tutor: Valeria Seidita

Co-tutor: Antonio Chella

Grant: ICT.ETHIC.UNIPA

 

SANTALUNA MARCO (marco.santaluna@unipa.it)

Research project: Radiofrequency characterization and modeling of new-generation power transistors

Tutor: Salvatore Stivala

Co-tutor: Pasquale Cusumano

Grant: ICT.UNIPA

 

SCHILLECI SILVIA (silvia.schilleci@unipa.it)

Research project: Security in Wireless Communication and Sensing Systems

Tutor: Ilenia Tinnirello

Co-tutor: Stefano Mangione

Note: Representative of PhD students of cycle 40

 

SCOZZARI SALVATORE (salvatore.scozzari@unipa.it)

Research project: Design and implementation of cognitive architectures for robot consciousness

Tutor: Antonio Chella

Co-tutor: Valeria Seidita

Grant: ICT.UNIPA

 

SOTTILE VINCENZO (vincenzo.sottile02@unipa.it)

Research project: A study and design of an integrated helical vacuum tube power amplifier for aerospace applications

Tutor: Alessandro Busacca

Co-tutor: Salvatore Stivala, Rosario Martorano, Nicola Muratore

Grant: ICT.630.LEONARDO

 

VICARIO ALESSIO (alessio.vicario@unipa.it)

Research project: Multi-Transducer Underwater Acoustic Communication Systems

Tutor: Stefano Mangione

Co-tutor: Ilenia Tinnirello

Grant: ICT.630.WSENSE

 

VITALE ROBERTA (roberta.vitale01@unipa.it)

Research project: Investigation of degradation mechanisms in SiC power devices and development of reliability enhancement strategies

Tutor: Isodiana Crupi

Co-tutor: Gabriele Bellocchi

Grant: ICT.630.STMICROELECTRONICS

 

ALAIMO PIERO (piero.alaimo@unipa.it)

Research project: New solutions to improve the performance of LEDs in VLC systems

Tutor: Mauro Mosca

Co-tutor: Dominique Persano Adorno

 

ALAIMO ROSOLINO (rosolino.alaimo01@unipa.it)

Research project: Strengthening the Italian research infrastructure for Social Mining and Big Data Analytics

Tutor: Ilenia Tinnirello

Co-tutor: Daniele Croce, Stefano Mangione

Grant: SoBigData

Note: Representative of Ph D Students for cycle 39

ALFANO TERESA (teresa.alfano01@unipa.it)

Research project: FPGA-based real-time 3D video streaming systems

Tutor: Giuseppe Costantino Giaconia

Co-tutor: Gianluigi Chiarello

Grant: 117.MINDWAY

AMATO ROBERTA (roberta.amato03@unipa.it)

Research project: Development of digital twins for modeling and control of complex interconnected systems

Tutor: Antonio Sferlazza

Co-tutor: Filippo D'Ippolito

Grant:  117.TOPNETWORKS

 

BATOOL DANIA (dania.batool@unipa.it)

Research project: Unknown object detection in robotics.

Tutor: Liliana Lo Presti

Co-tutor: Marco La Cascia

Grant: 118.PA.UNIPA

 

CASTELBUONO SALVATORE (salvatore.castelbuono@unipa.it)

Research project: Advanced tools for analyzing biomedical data generated in clinical settings

Tutor: Luca Faes

Ca-tutor: Salvatore Pasta

Grant: ISMETT

 

FERRARA ALBERTO (alberto.ferrara@unipa.it)

Research project: Photonic quantum memristors

Tutor: Lo Franco Rosario

Grant:  118.PA.UNIPA

 

JAVED AMNA (amna.javed@unipa.it)

Research project: Low noise Linear dropout voltage regulator for mobile phone applications

Tutor: Patrizia Livreri

Co-tutor: Alessandro Busacca, Giuseppe Lullo, Giampaolo Vitale

 

LIPARI GIUSEPPE (giuseppe.lipari11@unipa.it)

Research project: Study, design and construction of a traveling wave tube for space applications for LEO (Low earth orbit) satellites

Tutor: Salvatore Stivala

Co-tutor: Alessandro Busacca, Patrizia Livreri

Grant: ESA

 

PATERNA GIUSEPPE (giuseppe.paterna@unipa.it)

Research project: Study and design of a traveling wave tube operating with a cathode voltage lower than 2 kV

Tutor: Alessandro Busacca

Grant: 117.LEONARDO

 

SAPUTO ROBERTA (roberta.saputo@unipa.it)

Research project: Development of computationally efficient time series analysis techniques for the assessment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease

Tutor: Luca Faes

Co-tutor: Riccardo Pernice

Grant: DARE

 

VABRES ROBERTO (roberto.vabres@you.unipa.it)

Research project: Modeling and design of Silicon Carbide power JFETs

Tutor: Isodiana Crupi

Co-tutor: Paola Mancuso (STMIcroelectronics)

 

VERGARA VALERIA ROSALIA (valeriarosalia.vergara@unipa.it)

Reseaerch project: Development of a systematic approach investigating interactions between systems for detecting pathophysiological states in the context of Network Physiology

Tutor: Antonacci Yuri

Co-tutor: Luca Faes

Grant: 118.PNRR.UNIPA

 

VIRGA ANTONIO (antonio.virga01@unipa.it)

Research project: Techniques to limit the spread of false information in the context of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)

Tutor: Marco Morana

Grant: UNIPA

 

ALI IRFAN (irfan.ali04@unipa.it)

Tutor: Marco La Cascia

Grant: PNRR - ITSERR

 

AMATO FEDERICO (federico.amato01@unipa.it)

Research project: Controllo della Termalizzazione Quantistica in Sistemi a Cascata tramite Phaseonium

Tutor: Rosario Lo Franco

Grant: University - INRS

 

BARA' CHIARA (chiara.bara@unipa.it)

Research project: Development of computationally efficient time series analysis techniques for the continuous assessment of pathophysiological states from biosignals acquired by wearable devices

Tutor: Luca Faes

Co-tutor: Riccardo Pernice

Grant: University

 

DINO ALESSANDRA (federico.amato01@unipa.it)

Research project: Studio e analisi delle prestazioni di celle 5G nei progetti open source

Tutor: Ilenia Tinnirello

Grant: University - INRS

 

GALLUZZO YLENIA (ylenia.galluzzo01@unipa.it)

Research project: Knowledge Graphs, Big Data e Intelligenza Artificiale per la Medicina di Precisione e la Sostenibilità

Tutor: Simona E. Rombo

Grant: University

 

GULOTTA ACCURSIO (accursio.gulotta@unipa.it)

Research project: High-efficiency S-band 20 W Solid State GaN HEMT Power Amplifier for 5G assisted-car

Tutor: Patrizia Livreri

 

IOVINO MARTA (marta.iovino@unipa.it)

Research project: Implementation of machine learning algorithms for the classification of pathophysiological states

Tutor: Riccardo Pernice

Co-tutor: Luca Faes

 

MARCHESE IVAN (ivan.marchese@unipa.it)

Research project: Studio e progettazione di nuovi metodi di controllo e ottimizzazione per le smart grid

Tutor: Antonino Sferlazza

Co-tutor: Filippo D'Ippolito

Grant: DM 352

Note: Representative of PhD students for cycle XXXVIII

 

MIANO LUIGI (luigi.miano@unipa.it)

Research project: Progettazione di Antenne, Divisori e Combinatori di Potenza RF per Sistemi ad Alta Frequenza

Tutor: Patrizia Livreri

Grant: DM 351 TDEA

 

NAWAZ USMAN (usman.nawaz@unipa.it)

Research project: Tecniche di intelligenza artificiale per l'analisi di lingue antiche

Tutor: Patrizia Livreri

Grant: PNRR - ITSERR

AUGELLO ANDREA (andrea.augello01@unipa.it)

Resarch project: Artificial Intelligence for cybersecurity in distributed systems

Tutor: Giuseppe Lo Re

 

CASSARO CALOGERO (calogero.cassaro01@unipa.it)

Resarch project: Electro-dialysis with bipolar membranes for a circular and sustainable valorisation of waste brines

Tutor: Andrea Cipollina

 

CORVAIA SOPHIA (sophia.corvaia@unipa.it)

Research project: Inner speech and emotions in social robots 

 

CRUCIATA LUCA (luca.cruciata@unipa.it)

Research project: Efficient Medical Image Segmentation with XAI

 

PELLEGRINO ALESSANDRA (alessandra.pellegrino01@unipa.it)

Resarch project: Electro-membrane processes for green hydrogen production

Tutor: Andrea Cipollina

 

RESTUCCIA GABRIELE (gabriele.restuccia@unipa.it)

Resarch project: Shaping a Sustainable Future with IoT and AI for Water Distribution Networks

Tutor: Ilenia Tinnirello

 

SCHILLACI DOMENICO (domenico.schillaci01@unipa.it)

Research project: ICT for sustainable development in urban area

 

SIRAGUSA IRENE (irene.siragusa02@unipa.it)

Research project: Tecniche di NLP e AI Multimodale per l’Estrazione di Relazioni e Classificazione in Ambito Medico

SOPEGNO LAURA (laura.sopegno@unipa.it)

Research project: Navigazione autonoma di esacottero per future esplorazioni di Marte

SPARACINO LAURA (laura.sparacino@unipa.it)

Progetto di ricerca: Spectral Information Dynamics: a New Framework to Assess Multi-Order Interactions in Network Neuroscience and Physiology

Tutor: Luca Faes

Co-tutor: Riccardo Pernice