Full Professor
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET)
- Member of Interdepartmental Center PhotoNext - Centro Interdipartimentale PoliTO sulla Fotonica applicata
Profile
Research interests
Biography
Andrea Bianco is Full Professor since 2011 and Department Head since 2015 at the Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni of Politecnico di Torino. His current research interests are in the fields of packet switching systems, SDN and programmable networks, and algorithms and architectures for all-optical networks. He has co-authored more than 200 papers in international journals and conferences. His h-index on scopus is 25 with more than 2600 citations. He was Area Editor for the IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology (2013-2018) and since 2010 for the Elsevier Computer Communications journal. He was member of the HPSR steering committee in 2015. He was Technical Program Co-Chair for: IEEE HPSR 2003 and 2008, DRCN 2005, IT-NEWS 2008, IEEE ICC ONS symposium 2010, Networking 2015 and IEEE GLOBECOM NGN Symposium 2015. He was a member of the TPC of several conferences, including IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC, IEEE HPSR, IFIP ONDM, Networking, HotI, and many others. He was co-editor of two books and of four Special Issues. He led as National coordinator the MIUR projects SFINGI, on virtualization in software router, and BORA_BORA, on scalable software routers. He was involved in the European projects FEDERICA on network virtualization, STRONGEST on optical networks, ECONET on energy saving in networks. Previously, he was in charge, for Politecnico di Torino, of the MURST project RAMON on mobile computing. He also participated in several others National and European projects: the European NoE on Optical Networks e-PHOTON/ONe and BONE,the IST project DAVID on an optical MAN based on interconnected rings, and the European ACTS project on a single layer optical network SONATA, the Italian MIUR projects OSATE, RINGO, IPPO, and WONDER on optical networks, EURO on software routers and MQOS on quality of service issues. He was also involved in several research projects with private industries, including BT, Lucent, TILAB, CISCO and Alcatel.
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Awards and Honors
- Best paper award at IEEE GLOBECOM 2009 conferred by IEEE, Italy (2009)
Editorial boards
- JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY (2013-2018), Director
- COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS (2010-), Director
Conferences
- IEEE Globecom 2015 - Next Generation Networking Symposium, Program chair
- Networking 2015, Program chair
- IEEE ICC 2010 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Program chair
- High Performance Switching and Routing 2008, Program chair
- Design of Reliable Communication Networks, Program chair
Non-commercial collaboration agreements
- Contratto di comodato tra il Politecnico di Torino e la Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (DET CSFT), (2021-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
Non-commercial collaboration agreements
Teaching
PhD Boards
- INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2019/2020 (36. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2018/2019 (35. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2017/2018 (34. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2016/2017 (33. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2015/2016 (32. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2014/2015 (31. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA, ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2013/2014 (30. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2011/2012 (28. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2010/2011 (27. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2009/2010 (26. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2008/2009 (25. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2007/2008 (24. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2006/2007 (23. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2005/2006 (22. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2004/2005 (21. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2003/2004 (20. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI, 2002/2003 (19. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO
Courses of Study Boards
- Collegio di Ingegneria Elettrica. Componente invitato
- Collegio di Ingegneria Elettronica, delle Telecomunicazioni e Fisica (ETF). Componente
- Collegio di Ingegneria Informatica, del Cinema e Meccatronica. Componente
Teachings
Master of Science
- Fundamentals of communications engineering. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Communication and network systems (modulo di Computer network design and control). A.A. 2023/24, COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING. Titolare del corso
- Fundamentals of communications engineering. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ELETTRICA. Collaboratore del corso
- Communication and network systems (modulo di Computer network design and control). A.A. 2022/23, COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING. Titolare del corso
- Fundamentals of communications engineering. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
- Computer network design and management. A.A. 2021/22, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA TELEMATICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Titolare del corso
- Computer network design and management. A.A. 2020/21, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA TELEMATICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Titolare del corso
- Vodafone IoT Academy. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
- Computer network design and management. A.A. 2019/20, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA TELEMATICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Titolare del corso
- Computer network design and management. A.A. 2018/19, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA TELEMATICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Titolare del corso
- Computer network design and management. A.A. 2017/18, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA TELEMATICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Titolare del corso
Bachelor of Science
- Laboratorio di internet. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA. Titolare del corso
- Computer networks. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
Research
Research fields
Research groups
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- ZeTON - Zero-Touch end-to-end Optical Networks (ZeTON) , (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - TECNICHE DI VIRTUALIZZAZIONE E DI RIDUZIONE DEL CONSUMO DI ENERGIA IN SOFTWARE ROUTER MULTI-STADIO , (2011-2013) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - FEDERICA-FEDERATED E-INFRASTRUCTURE DEDICATED TO EUROPEAN RESEARCHERS INNOVATING IN COMPUTING NETWORK ARCHITECTURES , (2008-2011) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - VII PQ - CAPACITIES - Research infrastructures - Studio di architetture scalabili ed affidabili in software router , (2006-2008) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - Efficienza energetica e prestazioni dei protocolli dei livelli collegamento e trasporto , (2000-2002) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Network Monitoring for QoE Assessment , (2021-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - CONVENZIONE DIOPARTIMENTALE TRA DET E CINFAI PER LA GESTIONE DI UNA UNITA' DI RICERCA , (2017-2020) - Responsabile contrattuale
Departmental agreements - EVOLUZIONE DEL PIANO DI CONTROLLO NELLE RETI DI NUOVA GENERAZIONE , (2014-2015) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research
Supervised PhD students
- Leonardo Severi. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science Communication and Computer Networks Multimedia Signal Processing Big Data, Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Data Science Communication and Computer Networks Multimedia Signal Processing - Matteo Sacchetto. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)
Communication and Computer Networks Communication and Computer Networks - Alessandro Cornacchia. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (36th cycle, 2020-in progress)
Communication and Computer Networks Communication and Computer Networks
Publications
Publications by type
Most cited publications View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Bianco, Andrea; Luca, Alfaro (1995)
Model checking of probabilistic and nondeterministic systemsFoundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science. In: Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, 1995, pp. 499-513. ISBN: 9783540492634
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Bianco, Andrea; Birke, ROBERT RENE' MARIA; Giraudo, Luca; Palacin, M. (2010)
Openflow switching: data plane performance. In: IEEE ICC, IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2010, Cape Town (SA), 23-27 May 2010. ISBN: 9781424464029
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - AJMONE MARSAN, Marco Giuseppe; Bianco, Andrea; Leonardi, Emilio; Meo, Michela; Neri, ... (1996)
MAC protocols and fairness control in WDM multirings with tunable transmitters and fixed receivers. In: JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, vol. 14, pp. 1230-1244. ISSN 0733-8724
Contributo su Rivista - Alfieri, Arianna; Bianco, Andrea; Brandimarte, Paolo; Chiasserini, Carla Fabiana (2007)
Maximizing system lifetime in wireless sensor networks. In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, vol. 181, pp. 390-402. ISSN 0377-2217
Contributo su Rivista - AJMONE MARSAN, Marco Giuseppe; Bianco, Andrea; Leonardi, Emilio; Morabito, A.; Neri, ... (1999)
All-Optical WDM Multi-Rings with Differentiated QoS. In: IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE, vol. 37, pp. 58-66. ISSN 0163-6804
Contributo su Rivista - AJMONE MARSAN, Marco Giuseppe; Bianco, Andrea; Giaccone, Paolo; Leonardi, Emilio; Neri, ... (2003)
Multicast Traffic in Input-Queued Switches: Optimal Scheduling and Maximum Throughput. In: IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING, vol. 11, pp. 465-477. ISSN 1063-6692
Contributo su Rivista - AJMONE MARSAN, Marco Giuseppe; Bianco, Andrea; Giaccone, Paolo; Leonardi, Emilio; Neri, ... (2002)
Packet-mode scheduling in input-queued cell-based switches. In: IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING, vol. 10, pp. 666-678. ISSN 1063-6692
Contributo su Rivista - AJMONE MARSAN, Marco Giuseppe; Bianco, Andrea; Leonardi, Emilio; Milia, L. (1999)
RPA: A Flexible Scheduling Algorithm for Input Buffered Switches. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 47, pp. 1921-1933. ISSN 0090-6778
Contributo su Rivista - Zhang, Tianzhu; Bianco, Andrea; Giaccone, Paolo (2016)
The Role of Inter-Controller Traffic in SDN Controllers Placement. In: IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (IEEE NFV-SDN), Palo Alto, CA, USA, Nov. 2016, pp. 87-92. ISBN: 978-1-5090-0933-6
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - AJMONE MARSAN, Marco Giuseppe; Bianco, Andrea; Giaccone, Paolo; Leonardi, Emilio; Neri, ... (2001)
Packet Scheduling in Input-Queued Cell-Based Switches. In: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2001), April 2001. ISBN: 0780370163
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Zhang, Tianzhu; Giaccone, Paolo; Bianco, Andrea; De Domenico, Samuele (2017)
The Role of the Inter-Controller Consensus in the Placement of Distributed SDN Controllers. In: COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 113, pp. 1-13. ISSN 0140-3664
Contributo su Rivista - Bianco, Andrea; Franceschinis, M.; Ghisolfi, S.; Hill, A. M.; Leonardi, Emilio; Neri, ... (2002)
Frame-based matching algorithms for input-queued switches. In: HPSR 2002, Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing, 26-29 May 2002
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - AJMONE MARSAN, Marco Giuseppe; Bianco, Andrea; Leonardi, Emilio; Neri, Fabio (1993)
Topologies for Wavelength-Routing All-Optical Networks. In: IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING, vol. 1, pp. 534-546. ISSN 1063-6692
Contributo su Rivista - Muqaddas, ABUBAKAR SIDDIQUE; Bianco, Andrea; Giaccone, Paolo; Maier, Guido (2016)
Inter-controller Traffic in ONOS Clusters for SDN Networks. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), May 2016. ISBN: 978-1-4799-6664-6
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Develder, C.; Stavdas, A.; Bianco, Andrea; Careglio, D.; Losenthagen, H.; FERNANDEZ ... (2004)
Benchmarking and viability assessment of optical packet switching for metro networks. In: JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, vol. 22, pp. 2435-2451. ISSN 0733-8724
Contributo su Rivista
Society and Enterprise
Patents and other intellectual properties
- Recupero in tempo reale degli errori di trasmissione di segnali audio in formato MIDI. national and international Patent
Inventors: Andrea Bianco Cristina Emma Margherita Rottondi