Digital communication systems and networking, from theory to funded applied research
My research activity is in the general field of digital communication systems, with particular attention to wireless environments — from traditional point-to-point links to advanced multi-user and ad-hoc networking scenarios. Current contributions are organized around three active threads, building on an earlier career centered on distributed detection and transmission over non-ideal channels.
① Trustworthy & secure networking② Advanced applications for communication networks (IoT)③ Audio signal processing④ Transmission & signal processing for sensor networks⑤ Transmission systems on non-ideal channels
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FITNESS
For actIve disTribution NEtworkS in Smart gridS
Ongoing
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) project on active distribution networks for smart grids. Prof. Martalò acts as coordinator of one of the network's Ph.D. candidates.
Period2024 – 2027
FundingEuropean Commission (MSCA-DN)
Principal InvestigatorProf. E. Ghiani (University of Cagliari)
POSition Information with Digital twin Offloading in trustworthy Next-generation Internet Applications
PI: Martalò
Third cascade call of the European project NGI Sargasso, on position information and digital-twin offloading for trustworthy next-generation Internet applications.
Artificial Intelligence System Against Fare Evasion in Public Transport
PI: Martalò
Regional project funded by Sardinia Region on AI-based detection of fare evasion in public transport systems.
Period2023 – 2025
FundingRegione Sardegna
Safepath
Monitoring and advanced security for optimized supply chain management
2024 – 2025
Funded by the Centro di Competenza START 4.0, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NextGenerationEU).
Principal InvestigatorProf. V. Pilloni (University of Cagliari)
VOLTA
Virtualization and Orchestration of Liquid multi-Tenant network Architectures
2024 – 2025
Cascade call of RESTART (Spoke 6) — research and innovation on future telecommunications systems and networks, funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NextGenerationEU).
PRIN (Progetti di Ricerca di Interesse Nazionale) project funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR).
Principal InvestigatorProf. E. Ghiani (University of Cagliari)
SERICS – COVERT
SEcurity and RIghts In the CyberSpace — in searCh Of eVidence of stEalth cybeR Threats
2023 – 2025
Spoke n. 3 of project PE00000014 (SERICS), funded by the Ministero dell'Università e Ricerca under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NextGenerationEU).
Principal InvestigatorProf. G. Giacinto (University of Cagliari)
Earlier projects, 2006 – 2021, University of Parma
Between 2006 and 2021, Prof. Martalò contributed to a further eighteen research and industrial projects at the University of Parma — among them three H2020-ECSEL initiatives (NextPerception, ADACORSA, InSecTT) and collaborations with Huawei, ASK Industries and Elettric80. The complete list, with funding bodies and roles, is available in the full CV (PDF).
