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Andrea Carena

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Full Professor (L. 240)
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center Photonext - PoliTo Interdepartamental Center on Applied Photonics

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Keywords

Fiber optic networks
Optical amplifier
Optical communications
Optical fiber communications
Photonics

Biography

Andrea Carena graduated cum laude in Electronic Engineering in 1995 and earned his Ph.D. in Electronic and Communication Engineering in 1999, both from Politecnico di Torino. He is currently a Full Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications. From September 1998 to September 1999, he was a Visiting Researcher in the Optical Communication and Photonic Network Group led by Prof. Blumenthal, first at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, and later at the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, where he worked on topics related to optical packet-switched networks. In August 2022 he was Visiting Researcher at the Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering of the Technical University of Denmark. His research interests are in the field of physical layer design of optical communication systems: coherently detected systems, digital signal processing techniques for advanced modulation formats, digital nonlinearity mitigation, Nyquist-WDM for Terabit Super-channel implementation, modelling of non-linear fiber propagation, algorithm for computer simulation of fiber propagation, optimization of Raman amplification and study of intra-data center high-speed link based on VCSEL and MMF fibers. Andrea Carena has authored over 300 publications and is a Senior Member of the IEEE and OPTICA.

Scientific branch

IINF-03/A - Telecommunications
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Skills

ERC sectors

PE7_6 - Communication technology, high-frequency technology
PE7_8 - Networks (communication networks, sensor networks, networks of robots, etc.)
PE7_7 - Signal processing
PE7_3 - Simulation engineering and modelling

SDG

Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Awards and Honors

  • Fondo di finanziamento per le attività base di ricerca (FFABR) conferred by AGENZIA NAZIONALE DI VALUTAZIONE DEL SISTEMA UNIVERSITARIO E DELLA RICERCA, Italy (2017)

Editorial boards

  • IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY (2019-2025), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series

Conferences

  • European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) (22/9/2024-26/9/2024), Program committee
  • European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) (1/10/2023-5/10/2023), Program committee
  • European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) (18/9/2022-22/9/2022), Program committee
  • 15th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2022) (31/7/2022-1/8/2022), Program committee
  • European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) (13/9/2021-16/9/2021), Program committee
  • European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) (6/12/2020-10/12/2020), Program committee
  • Signal Processing in Photonic Communications (SPPCom) part of OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (24/7/2017-27/7/2017), Chairman of the organizing committee
  • Optical Fiber Conference (19/3/2017-23/3/2017), Program committee
  • Optical Fiber Conference (20/3/2016-24/3/2016), Program committee
  • Signal Processing in Photonic Communications (SPPCom) part of OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (1/1/2016-20/7/2016), Program chair
  • Signal Processing in Photonic Communications (SPPCom) part of OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (27/6/2015-1/7/2015), Program committee
  • Optical Fiber Conference (22/3/2015-26/3/2015), Program committee
  • Signal Processing in Photonic Communications (SPPCom) part of OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (13/7/2014-17/7/2014), Program committee
  • Signal Processing in Photonic Communications (SPPCom) part of OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (13/7/2013-17/7/2013), Program committee
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Teaching

Collegi of the PhD programmes

  • INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2025/2026 (41. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2022/2023 (38. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2021/2022 (37. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
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Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

PhD

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Master of Science

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Bachelor of Science

  • Signals and systems. A.A. 2025/26, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
  • Digital transmission. A.A. 2025/26, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
  • Signals and systems. A.A. 2024/25, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
  • Digital transmission. A.A. 2024/25, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
  • Signals and systems. A.A. 2023/24, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
  • Digital transmission. A.A. 2023/24, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
  • Signals and systems. A.A. 2022/23, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
  • Digital transmission. A.A. 2022/23, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
  • Digital communication laboratory. A.A. 2021/22, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Titolare del corso
  • Digital communication laboratory. A.A. 2020/21, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Titolare del corso
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Research

Research fields

Research groups

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Projects funded by commercial contracts

Supervised PhD students

  • Nestor Nicolas Henriquez Sepulveda. Programme in Intelligenza Artificiale (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
    Research subject: Design of Advanced Silicon Photonics Components for Datacom
    Generative models and Generative Adversarial Networks
    Generative models and Generative Adversarial Networks
    Generative models and Generative Adversarial Networks
  • Teng Ma. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
  • Andrea Marchisio. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
    Thesis: Device-Level Modeling of Photonic Integrated Circuits for Neuromorphic Computing
    Modeling, simulation and CAD
    Optical and Wireless Digital Transmissions Systems
    Photonic devices and solar cells
    Modeling, simulation and CAD
    Optical and Wireless Digital Transmissions Systems
    Photonic devices and solar cells
    Modeling, simulation and CAD
    Optical and Wireless Digital Transmissions Systems
    Photonic devices and solar cells
  • Lorenzo Tunesi. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (37th cycle, 2021-2025)
    Thesis: Integrated Silicon Photonics Switches for Transparent Optical Networks
    Optical and Wireless Digital Transmissions Systems
    Photonic devices and solar cells
    Optical and Wireless Digital Transmissions Systems
    Photonic devices and solar cells
    Optical and Wireless Digital Transmissions Systems
    Photonic devices and solar cells
  • Muhammad Umar Masood. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (36th cycle, 2020-2024)
    Thesis: Scaling Optical Transport using Multi-band Photonic Integrated Switching Systems
    Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science
    Communication and Computer Networks
    Optical and Wireless Digital Transmissions Systems
    Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science
    Communication and Computer Networks
    Optical and Wireless Digital Transmissions Systems
    Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science
    Communication and Computer Networks
    Optical and Wireless Digital Transmissions Systems

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