Prof. Leonardo Lizzi of University of Cote d’Azur

Last years have seen the spreading of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) idea, for which any kind of object should be equipped with wireless connectivity to communicate and share information over the internet. This paradigm will be disruptive by changing the way people interact with their environment, such as at home, at work, in transportation, etc. This implies that standard telecommunication aspects must be revised to match the IoT challenges. This led for example to the development of ultra-sensitive modulation schemes thanks to lower bandwidth requirements or the definition of new protocols capable of dealing with the tremendous number of connected objects and enabling compatibility between heterogeneous devices.

In this framework, this talk will focus on the antenna design problem, which must be also completely rethought. Differently from classical approaches, the design of IoT antennas can neglect the bandwidth requirements and focus on other aspects, such as strong miniaturization. On the other hand, depending on the application at hand, aspects as antenna efficiency or environmental sensitivity become particularly important and must be carefully considered. During the talk, several examples of antennas integrated into IoT devices and developed for different industrial and research projects will be presented and discussed.

Biography:

Leonardo Lizzi is currently an Associate Professor at the University Côte d’Azur (UCA), France. He received the master’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering and the Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Technology from the University of Trento, Italy, in 2007 and 2011, respectively. During his Ph.D. he has been visiting researcher at the Pennsylvania State University, USA, and the University of Nagasaki, Japan. From 2011 to 2014 he was Post-Doctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Electronics, Antennas and Telecommunications (LEAT) of the UCA. At the moment, his research focuses on reconfigurable, miniature, multi-standards antennas for Internet-of-Things applications, wearable devices and 5G terminals. He is the coordinator of the European School of Antennas (ESoA) Ph.D. course on “Antennas and Rectennas for IoT Applications”. He is co-author of more than 140 papers in international journals and conferences.

Address:University of Cote d’Azur, , France