Beyond current network limits: AI, 6G, Quantum, and new horizons
QUARKS Keynote Panel
Giacomo Bernini received the Master Degree in Telecommunication Engineering at the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2006. He is R&D Operations Leader in Nextworks, with 15+ years of experience in managing EU research and industrial projects, as well as consultancies and third-party software developments. He is focusing on research and innovation actions in the area of 5G and 6G network architectures, AIOps/MLOps, zero-touch AI-driven network and service automation, and SDN/NFV/MEC architectures. Giacomo actively contributed to several FP6, FP7 and H2020 EU-funded research initiatives in the past, and is currently involved in Horizon Europe, SNS JU and ESA projects. He is also active in ETSI NFV and MEC standardization since 2017, with multiple roles of specialist task force leader in the area of Open API specifications and Testing Frameworks.
Enrico Buracchini is currently 5G senior project manager into INNOVATION DEPT of TIM (former CSELT R&D labs) and is Vice Chairman of 3GPP RAN Plenary at last meeting in March in Incheon. He has been actively participating in 3GPP since 2001 rel5, covering the standardization of WCDMA, HSPA, LTE, LTE ADV and NR, with experience extending across the whole RAN TSGs domain.
He is currently RAN1, RAN2 and RAN Plenary Delegate, coordinating TIM technical work into 3GPP RANs groups. He recently actively contributed to 6G and 5G Advanced roadmaps, AI/ML models for data collection and operator control, TRP/TRS requirements and 2Rx XR Ue items, besides of several other items. In rel8 and 9 LTE standardization period, he was Rapporteur of ICIC SI/WIs. Besides of 3GPP, he actively contributed, from 1996 to 1999, to ITU RTG8/1 group dedicated to IMT2000, being one of the inventor of the ITU R 3GPP process. From 2013 to 2018, he actively contributed to ITU R WP 5D, being editor and coordinator of several sections of IMT2020 Vision and IMT 2020 Technology Trends.
Emilio Calvanese Strinati obtained his Engineering Master degree in 2001 from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ and his Ph.D in Engineering Science in 2005 from Paris Telecom. He then started working at Motorola Labs in Paris in 2002. Then in 2006 he joint CEA LETI as a research engineer. From 2010 to 2012, he has been the co-chair of the wireless working group in GreenTouch Initiative, which deals with design of future energy efficient communication networks. From 2011 to 2016 he was the Smart Devices & Telecommunications strategic programs Director, then, until January 2020 he was the Smart Devices & Telecommunications Scientific and Innovation Director. Since February 2020 he is the Nanotechnologies and Wireless for 6G (New-6G) Program Director focusing on future 6G technologies. He has published around 300 papers in journals, international conferences, and books chapters, and he has given more than 350 international invited talks, keynotes and tutorials. He is the main inventor of more than 100 patents.
Ming Yin is a Senior Research and Development Expert at Telekom Innovation Labs. He earned a master’s degree in computer science from the Technical University of Berlin and brings nearly 20 years of experience in software development and the telecommunications industry. Since 2020, Ming has been part of T-Labs’ quantum team, working in close collaboration with leading German universities and industry partners, including QUTAC (Quantum Technology and Application Consortium in Germany), to advance quantum applications for telecommunications. He holds a dozen patents in the fields of mobile payment, security, and quantum applications.