I am a Research Scientist at the Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems (INSI) at Northeastern University. I designed the E3 interface and the architecture of dApps, the real-time controllers for the Open RAN (O-RAN) architecture. dApps bring sub-millisecond, AI-driven decision-making to the edge of the cellular network, and E3 is the interface that connects them to disaggregated RAN nodes. I built the open-source dApp framework and the libe3 library, and I partnered on their adoption into OpenAirInterface, OCUDU, and the NVIDIA Aerial framework. I am also a collaborator of the OpenAirInterface (OAI) project. Today my work extends this line toward agentic AI: LLM-driven frameworks, RAG pipelines, and MCP interfaces that let agents reason about and control the RAN, plus AI-powered sensing dApps that turn the RAN into a distributed spectrum sensor. I have presented this demo at many venues, including MWC 2026. I am also a member of the AI-RAN Alliance, where I contribute actively in building the 6th generation of the cellular networks and I lead the research Work Item 6 in WG 1 (AI-for-RAN).

I completed a dual PhD in Computer Engineering (Northeastern University) and Internet and Communication Technologies (Sapienza University of Rome) in 2025, graduating with honors, advised by Tommaso Melodia and Francesca Cuomo. My thesis, on enabling intelligent nextG cellular networks through the Open RAN architecture, includes the dApp architecture and ns-O-RAN, a framework that connects a real-world near-real-time RIC to ns-3 to generate large-scale realistic datasets for deep reinforcement learning xApps. The dApp concept and the E3 interface are currently gaining momentum among industry players such as NVIDIA, DeepSig, and Nokia, while ns-O-RAN is now part of the O-RAN Software Community and has been adopted by companies such as Mavenir and Orange.

My work has been recognized with the Best Paper Award at IEEE Globecom 2024, the Best Demo Award Runner-Up at IEEE CCNC 2025, and induction into Northeastern’s Laurel and Scroll 100 Honor Society. I serve on program committees (INFOCOM, VTC, WCNC), am on the organizing committee of the OAI Foundation Hands-on Workshop, and served as Technical Chair of the RESTART Tech Camp on 5G and Open RAN. I am passionate about turning open, programmable networks into intelligent ones, and I would love to hear about projects at the intersection of AI and next-generation wireless.

Selected honors:

• Inducted into Northeastern University’s Laurel and Scroll 100 Honor Society (2025)
• Best Paper Award, IEEE Globecom 2024 (TwiNet)
• Best Demo Award Runner-Up, IEEE CCNC 2025 (Energy Saving in Open RAN)

You can find a detailed list about my publications at my Google Scholar profile.

Please also refer to my LinkedIn profile for the recent activities.