Dr. Researcher Name

Nicola Piovesan, PhD

Senior Researcher at HUAWEI

Nicola Piovesan is a Senior Researcher at Huawei Technologies, in Paris, France. His research activity focuses on generative AI in next-generation telecom networks, large-scale network modeling, and green networking.

He earned his PhD degree in Network Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, in 2020, and he received the BSc degree in Information Engineering and the MSc in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy, in 2013 and 2016, respectively.

From 2016 to 2019, he was an Assistant Researcher at the Mobile Networks Department of the Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC). In 2016, he has been awarded with a European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship to work as early-stage researcher in the EU H2020 MSCA SCAVENGE (Sustainable Cellular Networks Harvesting Ambient Energy) project.

In 2019, he was at Nokia Bell Labs as a visiting researcher in the Small Cells Research Department.

Dr. Piovesan has contributed to multiple industrial and academic projects, published over 40 research articles, and is co-inventor of more than 10 patents. His work has been recognized with the Huawei GTS President Award (2021) and the Huawei Quality Star Award (2024), acknowledging his successful translation of research into real-world product development. He is actively involved in collaborative initiatives on AI and energy efficiency in next-generation networks.

Recent Publications

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Capacity and Energy Trade-Offs in FR3 6G Networks Using Real Deployment Data

Preprint

Authors: David López-Pérez, Nicola Piovesan, Matteo Bernabè

Preprint

TeleTables: A Benchmark for Large Language Models in Telecom Table Interpretation

Preprint

Authors: Anas Ezzakri, Nicola Piovesan, Mohamed Sana, Antonio De Domenico, Fadhel Ayed, Haozhe Zhang

Selected Talks

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Recent Patents

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A device and method for evaluating generative artificial intelligence models

PCT/EP2025/063678 • Filed: May 19, 2025

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

Devices and methods for energy saving and energy source scheduling in cellular networks

PCT/CN2025/076717 • Filed: Feb 10, 2025

Inventors: N. Piovesan, A. De Domenico, L. Madier, X. Li

Other Activities

Awards

IEEE ICC Best Paper Award

2025

Huawei Quality Star Award

2023

Huawei GTS President Award

2021

News

Using AI to make 5G more sustainable

August 2023

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Service

Workshop Co-Chair

IEEE GLOBECOM, 2024

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Workshop Co-Chair

IEEE ICC, 2024

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