Thesis – IoTLab

BSc and MSc students are welcome for developing their thesis with us!
We offer activities related to fundamental research as well as within industrial and funded projects.
Students can work independently or close to our research team, according to the type of thesis.
Examples of successful thesis are reported below.

2024
Title: Localization for industrial application based on BLE and WiFi technologies Author: Francesco Bellù Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisors: Pietro Morri, Mattia Cerutti
Title: C-ITS for HSR Management: From Message Design to RSU Deployment on Urban Highways Author: Alberto Sollini Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisors: Raffaele Viterbo, Giovanni Megna (Movyon)
Title: Enhancing Road Safety: Detection of Anomalies in Driving Behaviors with CAM Messages Author: Mattia Brunato Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisors: Lorenzo Italiano, Diego Franceschini (Movyon)
Title: Federated learning for healthcare applications with heterogeneous data and networks Author: Marta Avanzini Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisors: Mattia Brambilla, Luca Barbieri
Title: An open source IoT platform for the Smart Home interoperability and the standardization of cloud interfaces using the Matter protocol ontology Author: Luca Pizzocolo Supervisor: Mattia Brambilla Co-supervisors: Mattia Cerutti, Sanders Batista
Title: Autonomous vehicle positioning with LiDAR-only sensing: an example on the Indy autonomous challenge dataset Author: Francesco Pigato Supervisor: Mattia Brambilla Co-supervisor: Luca Barbieri

2023
Title: A link level simulation of the IEEE 802.11bf standard for Wi-Fi 7 sensing Author: Chiara Draghini Supervisor: Mattia Brambilla Co-supervisor: Bernardo Camajori Tedeschini
Title: Federated learning algorithms in heterogeneous environments with application to healthcare networks Author: Usevalad Milasheuski Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisors: Luca Barbieri, Bernardo Camajori Tedeschini, Stefano Savazzi
Title: 5G positioning: a feasibility study with real data Author: Esat Ince Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisors: Mattia Brambilla, Bernardo Camajori Tedeschini
Title: Multilateration/angulation for aircraft tracking during arrival and landing phases Author: Dogukan Narbay Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisors: Mattia Brambilla, Marco Piavanini
Title: Design of a vehicular positioning system in GNSS unavailable smart roads Author: Javier Gallo Torres (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisors: Mattia Cerutti, Raffaele Viterbo

2022
Title: Smart road infrastructure with high precision vehicle localisation Author: Giuseppe De Leo, Alessandro Turati Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisor: Mattia Brambilla, Marco Piavanini
Title: An open-source, multiprotocol Internet of vehicles platform for the analysis of traffic flows in urban scenarios Author: Lorenzo Paparone Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisor: Mattia Cerutti
Title: Hybrid vehicular localization algorithms using 5G technology and IMU sensors Author: Marco Vellucci Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisor: Marco Piavanini
Title: Smart Tag: active marker for localization of connected automated vehicles Author: Davide Possenti Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisor: Luca Barbieri
Title: Development of an IoT suite for monitoring and control of smart territories Author: Mihnea Cristian Marin (Politehnica University of Bucharest) Supervisor: Laurentiu Boicescu Co-supervisors: Mattia Brambilla, Mattia Cerutti
Title: A 5G internet of vehicles system for vulnerable road user protection Author: Raffaele Viterbo Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisor: Mattia Cerutti
Title: High-accuracy positioning with 5G new radio technology in urban environments Author: Lorenzo Italiano Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisors: Mattia Brambilla, Bernardo Camajori Tedeschini
Title: Hybrid GNSS-5G vehicular localization with interactive multiple model filtering in urban environments Author: Riccardo Bonetti Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisors: Mattia Brambilla, Marco Piavanini
Title: Energy and cost efficiency of fronthaul/backhaul data transport in 4G-5G networks Author: William Colombo Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisors: Mattia Brambilla, Mattia Cerutti
Title: Smart Tag: active marker for localization of connected automated vehicles Author: Davide Possenti Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisor: Luca Barbieri

2021
Title: Collaborative system for vulnerable road users protection Author: Federico Campolo Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisor: Mattia Cerutti
Title: Ultra-wide band localization system for sport applications Author: Marco Piavanini Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisor: Luca Barbieri

2020
Title: Cooperative V2X-based vehicle localization in urban traffic scenarios Author: Federica Collura Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisor: Mattia Brambilla

2019
Title: A multiprotocol-based interoperability framework for smart home Internet of Things devices Authors: Daniele Riva – Giorgio Tavecchia Supervisor: Antonio Capone Co-supervisors: Razvan Pitic, Daniele Uboldi
Title: High-accuracy real-time indoor localization systems for smart factory applications Author: Luca Barbieri Supervisor: Monica Nicoli Co-supervisors: Mattia Brambilla, Razvan Pitic
Title: Data transferring and analysis with Arduino and LoRa network Authors: Navya Garla Venkatesh Prasad – Bhanu Prakash Reddy Nagarla Supervisor: Matteo Cesana Co-supervisor: Razvan Pitic
Title: Location awareness in logistics and supply chain management Author: Ming Lyu Supervisor: Giovanni Miragliotta Co-supervisor: Razvan Pitic

2018
Title: Low-rank channel estimation for mm-wave massive MIMO systems Author: Mattia Cerutti Supervisor: Monica Nicoli
Title: Realization and performance evaluation of a hybrid UWB/WiFi indoor localization system Author: Marco Ieni Supervisor: Matteo Cesana Co-supervisor: Razvan Pitic

2016
Title: An overview of middleware platforms for the Internet of Things Author: Alex Gómez Hernández Supervisor: Antonio Capone Co-supervisor: Razvan Pitic