TeCIP Institute at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
Acronym: TeCIP-SSSA E-mail:
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Address: TeCIP Institute, Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
The Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, and Photonics Institute (TeCIP) of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa was created in 2001 as a Centre of Excellence funded by the Italian University, Scientific and Technological Research Ministry.
The core research domains in the TeCIP Institute are:
- Telecommunication networks, systems and components implemented with partial or full use of photonic technologies and relevant software control techniques
- Cyber-physical systems, real-time computing, artificial intelligence and cyber-security
- Photonic Integrated Circuits for datacom, sensors and networks and biophotonics.
The research staff consists of nearly 100 people who conduct a large variety of research activities with an interdisciplinary approach that spans from fundamental research to high-TRL technology and innovation transfer, including field trials and product developments. The Institute research is supported by an annual average budget of a few million euros that includes a combination of National and European competitive research programs, as well as industrial contracts.
Extensive training initiatives in English include Masters of Science degrees, professional Masters, and PhD programs. In addition to several formal agreements for scientific collaborations with European universities and companies, the TeCIP Institute has also formal partnerships with many institutions outside Europe (e.g., University of Glasgow, University of Southern California, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Dharwad, University of Illinois, University College in London). The collaboration among the co-located National Lab of Photonic Networks and Technologies of the National Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT), the National Interuniversity Consortium
for Informatics (CINI), and the Italian R&D Centre of Ericsson AB forms a worldwide recognized Centre of Excellence in ICT.
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, established in 1987 as special-statute public university, stands out in the Italian academic context as a young and small university, that has been steadily growing in recent years and is now the largest special-statute university in Italy.
- Telecommunications,
- Cyber-physical systems,
- Photonics,
- IoT,
- Embedded Systems,
- Wireless Networks,
- ICT,
- Railways signalling,
- Railways Communications,
- ERTMS,
- Railways Control Networks.
Key persons. approx 4 Key persons form your research institute with a short summary or link to online curriculum.
- Piero Castoldi, Prof., TeCIP Institute Director. Main Research Areas: Telecommunication Networks and Systems, Networks
Softwarization, Photonic Integrated Networks
– Skills: novel telecommunication networks architectures for railway applications, AI for network control and management, reliability railway signaling networks - Gabriele Cecchetti, Assistant Professor
Main Research Areas: Railways Information Systems, ICT for railways
Skills: Cloud Computing, Wireless Networks, Distributed Systems - Anna Lina Ruscelli, Assistant Professor
Main Research Areas: ERTMS, Digitalizations in railway domain, ICT platforms for new
generation TMS.
Skills: ERTMS systems, wireless networks, IoT.
Recent activities:
- Europe’s Rail PhDs EU-Rail project, partner
- Shift2Rail OPTIMA (cOmmunication Platform for TraffIc ManAgement demonstrator) project, Technical leadership
- Third party consultancy for Trenitalia, RFI Publications
- G. Cecchetti, A. L. Ruscelli, C. Ulianov, P. Hyde, A. Magnien, L. Oneto, and J. Bertolin. A communication platform demonstrator for new generation railway traffic management systems:
testing and validation. Transportation Engineering, Volume 15, 2024, 100222, ISSN 2666-691X,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.treng.2023.100222. - J. Liu, C. Ulianov, P. Hyde, A. L. Ruscelli, and G. Cecchetti. Novel approach for validation of innovative modules for railway traffic management systems in a virtual environment.
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid
Transit, 236(2):139–148, 2022 - A. L. Ruscelli and G. Cecchetti. Service orchestration and network function virtualization for information systems maintenance service in railway systems. In Transport Research Arena,
2024 - G. Cecchetti, A. L. Ruscelli, C. Ulianov, P. Hyde, J. Liu, A. Magnien, M. Tavac, M. Duracik, L. Oneto, and J. Bertolin. Toward new generation railway Traffic Management Systems: the contribution of the OPTIMA project. In Proceedings of Transport Research Arena TRA 2022,
Transportation Research Procedia, volume 72, pages 3166–3173, December 2023 - G. Cecchetti, C. Ulianov, A. L. Ruscelli, J. Padilla, F. Manzoni, E. Moreno, A. Magnien, R. Canepa, S. Petralli, and J. Bertolin. Communication platform for testing of novel technologies for railway traffic management systems. In Proceedings of 13th World Congress on Railway
Research (WCRR), June 2022 - A. Magnien, G. Cecchetti, A. L. Ruscelli, P. Hyde, J. Liu, and S. Wegele Formalization and processing of data requirements for the development of next generation railway traffic management systems. In Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Reliability, Safety and Security of Railway Systems (RSSRail), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume
13294, June 2022 - A. L. Ruscelli, S. Fichera, F. Paolucci, A. Giorgetti, P. Castoldi, and F. Cugini. Introducing
network softwarization in next-generation railway control systems. In 6th IEEE International
Conference on Models and technologies for intelligent transportation systems (MT-ITS),
Cracow, Poland, Jun 2019
A. L. Ruscelli, G. Cecchetti, and P. Castoldi. Energy harvesting for on-board railway systems. In
5th IEEE International Conference on Models and technologies for intelligent transportation
systems (MT-ITS), Naples, Italy, Jun 2017
A. L. Ruscelli, G. Cecchetti, A. Sgambelluri, F. Cugini, A. Giorgetti, F. Paolucci, S. Fichera, and
P. Castoldi. Wireless communications in railway systems. In 5th International Conference on
Mobile Services, Resources, and Users (MOBILITY), Venice, Italy, June 2017
A. L. Ruscelli, G. Cecchetti, and P. Castoldi. Cloud networks for ERTMS railways systems. In
5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networks (CloudNet), Pisa, Italy, October 2016
A. L. Ruscelli, G. Cecchetti, and P. Castoldi. Energy harvesting for trackside railways
communications. In Proceedings of World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR), Milan,
Italy, May 2016
G. Cecchetti, A. L. Ruscelli, A. Sgambelluri, F. Cugini, and P. Castoldi. Wireless spread
spectrum for trackside railways communications systems. In Proceedings of World Congress
on Railway Research (WCRR), Milan, Italy, May 2016
G. Cecchetti, A. L. Ruscelli, F. Cugini, and P. Castoldi. An implementation of EURORADIO
protocol for ERTMS systems. In Proceedings of XXXIV International Conference on Railway
Engineering and Management (ICREM), Copenaghen, Denmark, June 2013
A. Giorgetti, F. Cugini, F. Paolucci, L. Valcarenghi, A. Pistone and P. Castoldi, "Performance
Analysis of Media Redundancy Protocol (MRP)," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 218-227, Feb. 2013, doi: 10.1109/TII.2012.2186584.