Vitaly Petrov
Scholar

Vitaly Petrov

Google Scholar ID: YC2dBccAAAAJ
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Beyond 5G and 6GTerahertz communicationsmillimeter wave networksV2X / UAV communications
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
3,862
 
H-index
36
 
i10-index
58
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
16
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • - Listed among 16 Future Research Leaders (FFL-9) by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) in 2025
  • - Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • - Served as a Guest Editor of the IEEE Journals of Selected Areas in Communications (IEEE JSAC)
  • - Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award at IEEE VTC-Fall 2015, the Best Student Poster Award at IEEE WCNC 2017, the Best Student Journal Paper Award from IEEE Finland in 2019, and the Best Paper Award Runner-Up at IEEE CCNC 2025
Research Experience
  • - Assistant Professor with the Division of Communication Systems, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024-present
  • - Principal Research Scientist with Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, 2022-2024
  • - Senior Standardization Specialist and a 3GPP RAN1 delegate with Nokia Bell Labs and later Nokia Standards, 2020-2022
Education
  • - Ph.D. in Communications Engineering from Tampere University, Finland, 2020
  • - M.Sc. in IT and Information Systems Security from SUAI University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2011
  • - M.Sc. in Communications Engineering from Tampere University of Technology, Finland, 2014
Background
  • Research interests include near-field terahertz (THz) band communications and networking, mobile and satellite wireless systems for 6G and beyond.
Miscellany
  • Personal interests and other information not provided