Nicola Piovesan
Nicola Piovesan

Nicola Piovesan, PhD

Senior Researcher at Huawei Technologies

Working on generative and agentic AI, large language models, and AI-driven network automation.

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Recent research

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PreprintSubmitted

CTBench: Evaluating Troubleshooting Capabilities of AI Agents in Realistic Telecom Network Operations

Xingyu Yan, Tingting Dai, Antonio De Domenico, Mohamed Sana, Nicola Piovesan, et al.

Preprint
ConferenceAACL-IJCNLP · 2026

HPO: Hysteretic Policy Optimization for Stable and Efficient Training under Sparse-Reward Regime

Mohamed Sana, Nicola Piovesan, Antonio De Domenico, Fadhel Ayed, Haozhe Zhang

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Recent patents

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Procedures for Ensuring Service Requirements in AI Inference

PCT/EP2026/067816 Filed June 16, 2026

N. Piovesan, M. Sana, A. De Domenico

A device and method for evaluating generative artificial intelligence models

PCT/EP2025/063678 Filed May 19, 2025

N. Piovesan, A. De Domenico, M. Sana, F. Ayed

Upcoming talks

AI for Good

Introducing the AI Agents for RAN Challenge: From Diagnosis to Optimization

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Awards & activities

Awards

  • IEEE ICC Best Paper Award

    2025

  • Huawei Quality Star Award

    2023

  • Huawei GTS President Award

    2021

In the news

August 2023

Using AI to make 5G more sustainable

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