Massimiliano Pierobon

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Massimiliano Pierobon

Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor School of Computing University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
SHOR 104
Lincoln NE 68588-0150
Phone
402-472-5021 On-campus 2-5021
Email
maxp@unl.edu

Dr. Pierobon is the Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor with the School of Computing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Pierobon holds also a courtesy appointment at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is a fellow of the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI). He is the co-Editor in Chief of Nano Communication Networks (Elsevier), and an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. Dr. Pierobon is the PI of multiple NSF and DoD projects and the co-organizer/chair of the NSF Workshop on Biology through Information, Communication & Coding Theory. His research interests are in molecular communication theory, nanonetworks, intra-body networks, information and communication theory applied to synthetic biology, and the Internet of Bio-Nano Things.

Massimiliano Pierobon received the Master of Science (B.S.+M.S.) degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, in 2005. During 2006, Massimiliano Pierobon worked as a researcher in the R & D department of Siemens Carrier Networks, Milan, where he coauthored two filed patents on jitter buffer management. From January 2007 to July 2009 he was a graduate research assistant at the Politecnico di Milano in the fields of signal processing and pattern recognition. In November 2008 Massimiliano Pierobon joined the BWN lab, first as a visiting researcher and, from August 2009, as a Ph.D. student. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, in August 2013, under the guidance of Professor Ian F. Akyildiz.

 

Selected Honors and Awards

  • Susan J. Rosowski Professorship, 2024
  • Fellow of the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI), January 2024 
  • Chair, Communication Society Chapter, IEEE Nebraska Section. January 2024
  • Excellence in Research Award, UNL College of Engineering, November 2023.
  • ACM NanoCom 2020 Outstanding Milestone Award, 7th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication Virtual Conference, September 2020.
  • Proposer/Organizer/Chair, NSF Workshop on Biology through Information, Communication & Coding Theory, Alexandria, VA, January 2020.
  • Excellence in Research Award, UNL College of Engineering, November 2019. 
  • IEEE GLOBECOM 2017 Best Paper Award, Y. Deng, M. Pierobon, and A. Nallanathan “A Microfluidic Feed Forward Loop Pulse Generator for Molecular Communication,” - IEEE Global Communications Conference, December 2017
  • ACM NanoCom Best Paper Award 2017, Z. Sakkaff, J. L. Catlett, M. Cashman, M. Pierobon, N. R. Buan, M. B. Cohen, C. A. Kelley, “End-to-end Molecular Communication Channels in Cell Metabolism: an Information Theoretic Study,” - ACM 4th International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, September 2017. 
  • IEEE INFOCOM Best-in-Session Presentation Award, May 2017.
  • IEEE INFOCOM Best Paper Runner-up Award A. Marcone, M. Pierobon, and M. Magarini "A Parity Check Analog Decoder for Molecular Communication Based on Biological Circuits" - IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, May 2017.
  • Student Choice Outstanding Teaching Award - Graduate Level, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 2017.
  • Steering Committee Member, ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (ACM NANOCOM), September 2018
  • Student Choice Outstanding Teaching Award - Upper Level, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 2016.
  • First Award, NSF-EPSCoR , January 2016.
  • Courtesy appointment at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, effective from September 2014.
  • Fellow of the Research Development Fellows Program (RDFP), UNL Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED), October 2013
  • BWN Lab 2011 Researcher of the Year Award, for his outstanding research achievements throughout the year.
  • Siemens Carrier Network Patent Inventor Award, awarded to employees and consultant who obtained significant research results and listed as authors on approved and published patents, June 2008.