Dr. Researcher Name

Nicola Piovesan, PhD

Senior Researcher

Nicola Piovesan is a Senior Researcher at Huawei Technologies, in Paris, France. His research activity focuses on large-scale network modeling, data-driven network optimization, green networking, and the integration of artificial intelligence in the telecom domain.

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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Hermes: A Large Language Model Framework on the Journey to Autonomous Networks

Preprint

Submitted

Authors: Fadhel Ayed, Ali Maatouk, Nicola Piovesan, Antonio De Domenico, Merouane Debbah, Zhi-Quan Luo

Waste Factor and Waste Figure: A Unified Theory for Modeling and Analyzing Wasted Power in Radio Access Networks for Improved Sustainability

Journal

IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society

Authors: Theodore S. Rappaport, Mingjun Ying, Nicola Piovesan, Antonio De Domenico, Dipankar Shakya

Selected Talks

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Upcoming Talks & Events

AI and Machine Learning in communication networks

AI for Good Summit

July 9, 2025 Geneva, Switzerland
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The Role of AI and LLMs in Future Wireless Networks

Cuenca Summer School

July 1, 2025 Cuenca, Spain

Recent Patents

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Telecomunications System for Controlling Network Resource Allocation to User Subjective Requirements and Method Therefor

Filed

PCT/CN2023/082254 • Filed: Mar 17, 2023

Inventors: N. Piovesan, F. Ayed, D. López-Pérez, A. De Domenico, W. Xing, H. Bao

Sustainable Communication System

Filed

PCT/EP2022/084497 • Filed: Dec 06, 2022

Inventors: D. López-Pérez, A. De Domenico, N. Piovesan, D. Tsishkou, and H. Bao

Other Activities

Awards

Huawei Quality Star Award

2023

Huawei GTS President Award

2021

Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship

2016

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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