Luca Mottola
Scholar

Luca Mottola

Google Scholar ID: VkFc88EAAAAJ
Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Battery-less IoTIntermittent ComputingNano SatellitesMobile RoboticsSmart Cities
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
2,702
 
H-index
29
 
i10-index
57
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
186
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • - Best Paper Candidate at the 22nd International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN), 2025.
  • - Best Paper Award at the 29th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA), 2023.
  • - ACM SENSYS 2022 Test of Time Award for the paper “Low-power Wireless Bus” appeared at the same conference in 2012.
  • - ACM SigMobile Research Highlight for the paper “Hummingbird: Energy Efficient GPS Receiver for Small Satellites” appeared at the 26th ACM MOBICOM, 2020.
  • - Best Paper Award and Best Pitch Video Award at the 8th ACM International Workshop on Energy Harvesting and Energy-neutral Sensing Systems (ENSSYS), 2020.
  • - Best Paper Award at the 26th ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MOBICOM), 2020.
  • - Fokus Sweden 100 Most Productive Researchers in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Technology, 2019.
  • - Hot Topics’ Top 50 EMEA Cloud Climbers, by Hot Topics ltd. in collaboration with F5 Networks, 2018.
  • - Best Paper Award at the 4th ACM International Workshop on Visible Light Communication Systems (VLCS – colocated with ACM MOBICOM), 2017.
  • - ACM SigMobile Research Highlight for the paper “Reactive Control of Autonomous Drones” appeared at the 14th ACM MOBISYS, 2016.
  • - Best Paper Award at the 14th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MOBISYS), 2016.
  • - Best Paper Award at the 2nd ACM International Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications (DRONET – colocated with ACM MOBISYS), 2016.
  • - Google Faculty Award for research work about computing on energy-harvesting embedded devices, 2015.
  • - Young Innovator Award given by MIT Technology Review Italia and RIE Forum, 2013.
  • - Postscapes’ Internet of Things Top 100 Thinkers, 2012 and 2011.
  • - ERCIM Cor Baayen Award as a promising young researcher in computer science and applied mathematics, 2011.
  • - Best Paper Award at the 10th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN – part of CPSWEEK), 2011.
  • - Best Paper Award at the 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN – part of CPSWEEK), 2009.
  • - Best Ph.D. Thesis Award granted by the European Cooperating Objects Network of Excellence, 2009.
  • - Best Demo Award at the 5th ACM International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (SENSYS), 2007.
Research Experience
  • - RI.SE Sweden
  • - Uppsala University
  • - NXP Technologies
  • - TU Graz
  • - University of Southern California
  • - University of Illinois at Chicago
  • - USI Lugano
Education
  • Information not provided
Background
  • Full Professor (Professore Ordinario) at Politecnico di Milano, leading the Networked Embedded Software Lab (NESLab). Research focuses on building the foundation of the intelligent Internet of Things. Held or holds adjunct or visiting positions at RI.SE Sweden, Uppsala University, NXP Technologies, TU Graz, University of Southern California, University of Illinois at Chicago, and USI Lugano. Currently, Chair's Delegate for International Relations at the Department of Electronics, Informatics and Bioengineering (DEIB), and coordinator of International Mobility in Computer Engineering.
Miscellany
  • Interests include Embedded AI, machine learning workloads on low-power devices at the edge, nanosatellites, and making urban environments intelligent using artificial intelligence and IoT.