Lab Directors
Angela Sara Cacciapuoti is a Professor of Quantum Communications and Networks at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy). Her work has appeared in first tier IEEE journals and she received different awards, including the “2024 IEEE ComSoc Award for Advances in Communication”, the “2022 IEEE ComSoc Best Tutorial Paper Award”, the “2022 WICE Outstanding Achievement Award” for her contributions in the quantum communication and network fields, and “2021 N2Women: Stars in Networking and Communications”. She also received the IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Service Award for EMEA 2023, assigned for the outstanding service to IEEE ComSoc in the EMEA Region. Currently, she is an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer with lecture topics on the Quantum Internet design and Quantum Communications. And she serves also as Member of the TC on SPCOM within the IEEE Signal Processing Society. Moreover, she serves as Area Editor for IEEE Trans. on Communications and as Editor/Associate Editor for the journals: npj Quantum Information, IEEE Trans. on Quantum Engineering and IEEE Communications Surveys \& Tutorials. She served as Area Editor for IEEE Communications Letters(2019 - 2023), and she was the recipient of the 2017 Exemplary Editor Award of the IEEE Communications Letters. In 2023, she also served as Lead Guest Editor for IEEE JSAC special issue ”The Quantum Internet: Principles, Protocols, and Architectures”. From 2020 to 2021, Angela Sara was the Vice-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Women in Communications Engineering. Previously, she has been appointed as Publicity Chair of WICE. From 2017 to 2020, she has been the Treasurer of the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group of the IEEE Italy Section. Her research interests are in Quantum Information Processing, Quantum Communications and Quantum Networks.
Marcello Marcello Caleffi is Professor at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy), where he co-leads the Quantum Internet Research Group. He is also with the National Laboratory of Multimedia Communications, National Inter- University Consortium for Telecommunications. From 2010 to 2011, he was with the Broadband Wireless Networking Laboratory with the Georgia Institute of Technology, as a Visiting Researcher. In 2011, he was also with the NaNoNetworking Center in Catalunya (N3Cat) with the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, as a Visiting Researcher. Since July 2018, he held the Italian National Habilitation as a Full Professor of Telecommunications Engineering. His work appeared in several premier IEEE Transactions and Journals, and he received multiple awards, including the “2024 IEEE Communications Society Award for Advances in Communication and the “2022 IEEE Communications Society Best Tutorial Paper Award”. He currently serves as an Editor/Associate Editor for IEEE Trans. On Wireless Communications, IEEE Trans. on Communications, IEEE Transactions On Quantum Engineering, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society and IEEE Internet Computing. He has served as the chair, the TPC chair, and a TPC member for several premier IEEE conferences. In 2017, he has been appointed as Distinguished Visitor Speaker from the IEEE Computer Society and he has been elected treasurer of the IEEE ComSoc/VT Italy Chapter. In 2019, he has been also appointed as a member of the IEEE New Initiatives Committee from the IEEE Board of Directors and, in 2023, he has been appointed as ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer.
Angela Sara Cacciapuoti is a Professor of Quantum Communications and Networks at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy). Her work has appeared in first tier IEEE journals and she received different awards, including the “2024 IEEE ComSoc Award for Advances in Communication”, the “2022 IEEE ComSoc Best Tutorial Paper Award”, the “2022 WICE Outstanding Achievement Award” for her contributions in the quantum communication and network fields, and “2021 N2Women: Stars in Networking and Communications”. She also received the IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Service Award for EMEA 2023, assigned for the outstanding service to IEEE ComSoc in the EMEA Region. Currently, she is an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer with lecture topics on the Quantum Internet design and Quantum Communications. And she serves also as Member of the TC on SPCOM within the IEEE Signal Processing Society. Moreover, she serves as Area Editor for IEEE Trans. on Communications and as Editor/Associate Editor for the journals: npj Quantum Information, IEEE Trans. on Quantum Engineering and IEEE Communications Surveys \& Tutorials. She served as Area Editor for IEEE Communications Letters(2019 - 2023), and she was the recipient of the 2017 Exemplary Editor Award of the IEEE Communications Letters. In 2023, she also served as Lead Guest Editor for IEEE JSAC special issue ”The Quantum Internet: Principles, Protocols, and Architectures”. From 2020 to 2021, Angela Sara was the Vice-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Women in Communications Engineering. Previously, she has been appointed as Publicity Chair of WICE. From 2017 to 2020, she has been the Treasurer of the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group of the IEEE Italy Section. Her research interests are in Quantum Information Processing, Quantum Communications and Quantum Networks.
Marcello Marcello Caleffi is Professor at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy), where he co-leads the Quantum Internet Research Group. He is also with the National Laboratory of Multimedia Communications, National Inter- University Consortium for Telecommunications. From 2010 to 2011, he was with the Broadband Wireless Networking Laboratory with the Georgia Institute of Technology, as a Visiting Researcher. In 2011, he was also with the NaNoNetworking Center in Catalunya (N3Cat) with the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, as a Visiting Researcher. Since July 2018, he held the Italian National Habilitation as a Full Professor of Telecommunications Engineering. His work appeared in several premier IEEE Transactions and Journals, and he received multiple awards, including the “2024 IEEE Communications Society Award for Advances in Communication and the “2022 IEEE Communications Society Best Tutorial Paper Award”. He currently serves as an Editor/Associate Editor for IEEE Trans. On Wireless Communications, IEEE Trans. on Communications, IEEE Transactions On Quantum Engineering, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society and IEEE Internet Computing. He has served as the chair, the TPC chair, and a TPC member for several premier IEEE conferences. In 2017, he has been appointed as Distinguished Visitor Speaker from the IEEE Computer Society and he has been elected treasurer of the IEEE ComSoc/VT Italy Chapter. In 2019, he has been also appointed as a member of the IEEE New Initiatives Committee from the IEEE Board of Directors and, in 2023, he has been appointed as ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer.
Angela Sara Cacciapuoti is a Professor of Quantum Communications and Networks at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy). Her work has appeared in first tier IEEE journals and she received different awards, including the “2024 IEEE ComSoc Award for Advances in Communication”, the “2022 IEEE ComSoc Best Tutorial Paper Award”, the “2022 WICE Outstanding Achievement Award” for her contributions in the quantum communication and network fields, and “2021 N2Women: Stars in Networking and Communications”. She also received the IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Service Award for EMEA 2023, assigned for the outstanding service to IEEE ComSoc in the EMEA Region. Currently, she is an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer with lecture topics on the Quantum Internet design and Quantum Communications. And she serves also as Member of the TC on SPCOM within the IEEE Signal Processing Society. Moreover, she serves as Area Editor for IEEE Trans. on Communications and as Editor/Associate Editor for the journals: npj Quantum Information, IEEE Trans. on Quantum Engineering and IEEE Communications Surveys \& Tutorials. She served as Area Editor for IEEE Communications Letters(2019 - 2023), and she was the recipient of the 2017 Exemplary Editor Award of the IEEE Communications Letters. In 2023, she also served as Lead Guest Editor for IEEE JSAC special issue ”The Quantum Internet: Principles, Protocols, and Architectures”. From 2020 to 2021, Angela Sara was the Vice-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Women in Communications Engineering. Previously, she has been appointed as Publicity Chair of WICE. From 2017 to 2020, she has been the Treasurer of the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group of the IEEE Italy Section. Her research interests are in Quantum Information Processing, Quantum Communications and Quantum Networks.
Marcello Marcello Caleffi is Professor at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy), where he co-leads the Quantum Internet Research Group. He is also with the National Laboratory of Multimedia Communications, National Inter- University Consortium for Telecommunications. From 2010 to 2011, he was with the Broadband Wireless Networking Laboratory with the Georgia Institute of Technology, as a Visiting Researcher. In 2011, he was also with the NaNoNetworking Center in Catalunya (N3Cat) with the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, as a Visiting Researcher. Since July 2018, he held the Italian National Habilitation as a Full Professor of Telecommunications Engineering. His work appeared in several premier IEEE Transactions and Journals, and he received multiple awards, including the “2024 IEEE Communications Society Award for Advances in Communication and the “2022 IEEE Communications Society Best Tutorial Paper Award”. He currently serves as an Editor/Associate Editor for IEEE Trans. On Wireless Communications, IEEE Trans. on Communications, IEEE Transactions On Quantum Engineering, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society and IEEE Internet Computing. He has served as the chair, the TPC chair, and a TPC member for several premier IEEE conferences. In 2017, he has been appointed as Distinguished Visitor Speaker from the IEEE Computer Society and he has been elected treasurer of the IEEE ComSoc/VT Italy Chapter. In 2019, he has been also appointed as a member of the IEEE New Initiatives Committee from the IEEE Board of Directors and, in 2023, he has been appointed as ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer.
Quantum Internet Protocol stack
Distributed Quantum Computing
Quantum Paths
Quantum Internet Testbed
Invited Paper
