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ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Volume 2 (2021), Issue 6

Frank H.P. Fitzek is a profes‐ Emilio Calvanese Strinati is
sor and Head of the Deutsche the 6G Program and smart de‐
Telekom Chair of Communica‐ vices and telecommunications
tion Networks at Technische scienti ic and innovation direc‐
Universität Dresden (Germany), tor at the French Atomic Energy
also coordinating the 5G Lab Commission’s Electronics and
Germany. He is the spokesman Information Technologies Labo‐
of the DFG Cluster of Excellence ratory, Grenoble, France. Since
CeTI. He received his diploma February 2021 he is also the
(Dipl.‐Ing.) degree in electrical director of the New‐6G (Nano
engineering from the University Electronic & Wireless for 6G) initiative, dedicated to the
of Technology – Rheinisch‐Westfälische Technische required convergence between microelectronic & tele‐
Hochschule (RWTH), Aachen, Germany, in 1997 and his com, hardware & software, network & equipment for
Ph.D. (Dr.‐Ing.) in electrical engineering from the Tech‐ upcoming 6G technologies.His current research interests
nical University Berlin, Germany in 2002 and became are in the area of beyond 5G future enabling technolo‐
adjunct professor at the University of Ferrara, Italy in the gies such as high frequency communications, mobile edge
same year. In 2003 he joined Aalborg University as an computing and distribute intelligence.
associate professor and later became professor.

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