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

AUTHORS Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi
received his Ph.D., M.Sc., and
Anahid Robert Safavi received B.Sc. degrees in electrical engi‑
her Ph.D. degree in signal pro‑ neering from Sharif University
cessing from Télécom Paris, of Technology (SUT), Tehran,
France in 2003. Since then, Iran, in 2018, 2013 and 2011,
she has worked as a researcher respectively. He is currently
in the telecommunications a post‑doctoral research asso‑
industry with Motorola Mobile
ciate at the Intelligent Systems
device, Motorola Labs and, over
and Networks (ISN) research
the past twelve years, with
group, Imperial College Lon‑
Huawei Technologies. From
don, UK. He also worked as a research associate at
2004 to 2008 with Motorola she was involved in receiver
the University of Central Florida (UCF), and Queens’
design for GSM and IEEE speci ication. More recently, University, Canada, and as a lecturer at Sharif University
from 2008 to 2020, she contributed to the preparation of Technology (SUT), Tehran, Iran. His research interests
and speci ication of 3GPP. Since 2021, she has been include the areas of wireless communications, machine
working on 5G receiver design. She holds more than 20 learning, and sparse/statistical signal processing. He
patents and is author of several IEEE conference and serves as a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Wireless
journal papers. Her research interests include deep Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications,
learning applied to air interface, mMIMO, MIMO, iterative and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.
receivers, channel coding and multiple access.
Deniz Gündüz received his
Alberto G. Perotti received Ph.D. degree in electrical en‑
his Ph.D. degree in telecom‑ gineering from NYU Tandon
munications from Politecnico School of Engineering (formerly
di Torino, Italy, in 2003. He Polytechnic University) in 2007.
is a principal research engi‑ He is currently a professor
neer at Huawei Technologies, of information processing in
where he is involved in wire‑ the Electrical and Electronic
less networks’ physical layer Engineering Department of
research and standardization. Imperial College London, UK,
Prior to joining Huawei, he
and a part‑time faculty member at the University of
held research and teaching
Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Previously he served as
positions at Politecnico di Torino, and has been head
a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University,
of networks and wireless communications research at
as a consulting assistant professor at Stanford University,
CSP‑ICT innovation, Turin, Italy. His research interests
and as a research associate at CTTC in Spain. He has held
cover channel coding and modulation, multiple access, visiting positions at University of Padova (2018‑2020)
and software‑de ined radios. He serves as IEEE Commu‑ and Princeton University (2009‑2012). Prof. Gündüz is a
nications Magazine technical editor and lead editor for Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Information Theory
the Mobile Communications and Networks series.
Society (2020‑22). He is the recipient of the IEEE Com‑
Branislav M. Popović received munications Society ‑ Communication Theory Technical
his Ph.D. degree in electrical en‑ Committee (CTTC) Early Achievement Award in 2017, a
gineering from the School of Starting Grant of the European Research Council (ERC)
Electrical Engineering, Univer‑ in 2016, and several best paper awards. He is an area
sity of Belgrade, Serbia. He is editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications, the
a Huawei Fellow. Prior to join‑ IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, and the IEEE
ing Huawei Technologies, Stock‑ Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC)
holm, Sweden, in 2001, he was Special Series on Machine Learning in Communications
with Marconi, Stockholm, from and Networking. He also serves as an editor of the
2000 to 2001, Ericsson, Stock‑ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. His
holm, from 1994 to 2000, and research interests lie in the areas of communications and
the Institute of Microwave Techniques and Electronics, information theory, machine learning, and privacy.
Belgrade, from 1984 to 1994.

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