Author: G.Cocco

I received my M.S. degree (Cum Laude) in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, and my Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. My Ph.D. studies were co-funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Catalan Telecommunications Technological Center (CTTC) of Barcelona. During my Ph.D. studies I spent more than a year at ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands, working on the application of network coding in satellite communication networks. After my Ph.D. studies I spent nearly four years at the Institute for Communications and Navigation of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), near Munich, Germany, working as Senior Researcher and Project Manager. There I have been managing and working as researcher on projects funded by ESA, the European Union, and the German state. Between 2017 and 2019 I was with the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (robotics) and with the LTS4 Signal Processing Laboratory of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow funded by the European Commission. While at EPFL I worked on UAV communications, focusing on delay-constrained video compression and streaming. Since 2019, after being awarded the Beatriu de Pinos grant by the Catalan Government, I am with the Information Theory and Coding group of Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona, Spain. Here I am focusing on the fundamental limits of reliable communications, video streaming and UAV communications. I published a number of international peer reviewed journals and conference papers, one book, one book chapter and I hold three patents. I mentored several among Ph.D., M.S. and B.A. students, I served twice as member of Ph.D. evaluation committees and I have been session chair at several IEEE-funded international conferences. I have been teaching assistant for EPFL "Aerial Robotics" master course (UAV communications, regulations for UAVs) and for the "Basics of Mobile Robotics" master course. My research interests lie in the fields of satellite communications, UAV communications, video streaming, information theory, interference management, IoT, and robotics

New paper accepted in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

I am glad to announce that our paper “A Refinement of Expurgation” (joint work with the University of Cambridge – U.K. and Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Spain) has been accepted for publication in the journal IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. The paper is about reliable communication over noisy channels. Here is a brief description: In […]

Journal paper accepted in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory

I am glad to announce that our paper “Remote Monitoring of Two-State Markov Sources via Random Access Channels: An Information Freshness vs. State Estimation Entropy Perspective” (joint work with the German Aerospace Center – DLR) has been accepted for publication in the journal IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory.

Paper presented at IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers

Our paper “Remote Monitoring of Markov Sources over Random Access Channels: False Alarm and Detection Probability” (work in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center – DLR- Germany) has been presented at IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers in Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds Pacific Grove, California, U.S.A.

Journal paper accepted in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

I am glad to announce that our paper “Concentration Properties of Random Codes” (work in collaboration with the University of Cambridge -Cambridge U.K.- and The Pompeu Fabra University -Barcelona, Spain-) has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. I will publish a short description of the main contribution of the paper here […]

New paper accepted at IEEE Information Theory Workshop 2023

Our paper “State Estimation Entropy for Two-State Markov Sources in Slotted ALOHA Random Access Channels” has been accepted at the IEEE Information Theory Workshop 2023. The work stemmed from a collaboration with the German Aerospace Center, Institute for Communications and Navigation This work was supported by the Ramón y Cajal program (grant RYC2021-033908-I) funded by […]

Paper accepted in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Our paper “Typical Error Exponents: A Dual Domain Derivation” has been just published on the journal IEEE Transactions on Information Theory What is it about? Here is a sketch: The reliable transmission of information is possible thanks to “channel codes”. For this reason, they are widely used in digital applications like mobile communications, server farms, […]

New paper accepted at the IEEE Information Theory Workshop 2022

I am happy to announce that our paper “Convergence in Distribution of the Error Exponent of Random Codes at Zero Rate” has been accepted at the Information Theory Workshop (ITW) 2022 to be held in Mumbai (India) in November. The paper is a joint work with Lan V. Truong, Josep Font-Segura and Albert Guillén i […]

New paper accepted at IEEE ISIT 2022

Our new paper “Typical Random Coding Exponent for Finite-State Channels” has been presented at the 2022 IEEE International Symposium of Information Theory that was held at the Aalto University in Finland in June.The paper is a joint work with Albert Guillén i Fàbregas and Joep Font Segura. This work was funded by: Beatriu de Pinós […]

New paper presented at IEEE ISIT 2021

Channel codes enable reliable transmission of information. For this reason, they are widely used in applications like mobile communication networks, server farms, fiber-optic communication, DVD, Blue Rays, deep space communication and many more. Now, how easy is it to find a “good” channel code? It was known that, under some conditions, if you pick at […]