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In This Issue. . .• The SCAVENGE project has

started!• A Sneak Peek Into a Hectic

2016• An easy way to stay in

touch• Introducing our talents

Our partners

The SCAVENGE project has started!

We are reaching out with our first newsletter :-) This year has been reallyexciting and it looks like the following ones will be thrilling too!!! Long storyshort, we had our first training school in November 2016, in Barcelona, Spain.During the school our PhD students have met for the first time, they receiveduseful tutorials, a promo video has been shot and is now available through orYou Tube channel. Almost all Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) are aboard, afew more kinks and the crew will be complete. We are now in the process oforganizing our second training school in London (March 2017).

A Sneak Peek Into a Hectic 2016

2016 has been really hectic. We started creating

• a logo (see the top of this newsletter),• a nice and functional Website (http://www.scavenge.eu),• a digital identity for the project (slides, multimedia, etc.),• a You Tube channel,• a Twitter channel.

Most importantly, we have been very busy with the hiring process, almost allthe ESRs are with us (13 out of 14), the last two are being hired as we writehere. Unfortunately, we had some VISA problems which took longer thanexpected, but we are finally getting there. We had our first training school inNovember 2016, hosted by CTTC in Barcelona. The school has been exciting,featuring lots of high quality tutorials on optimization techniques, both convexand stochastic, wireless communication systems and trends. Plus, our studentshad a chance of introducing themselves and getting together for the first time.Quite a few interactions are already happening and we are sure these will leadto nice technical results, as well as mutual enrichment.

We are currently heading toward the second training event,which will be held in London, in March 2017. Stay tuned!

An easy way to stay in touch

The fastest and perhaps most enter-taining way to stay in touch withus is through our You Tube channel.Just go to You Tube and search forSCAVENGE ETN. Our channel will beconstantly updated with multimediacontent including:

• Promo videos,• Video lessons & tutorials,• News from our students,• Our technical achievements,• Talks to public events, etc.

Right now you can find the videosfrom our first training event inBarcelona and our promos. Soon, wewill publish more videos, where ourstudents individually introduce them-selves, stating their drive, expecta-tions and describing their project.

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Contact Information:SCAVENGE ITNhttp://www.scavenge.euEmail: paolo.dini@cttc.es

Introducing our talents

Ibrahim Fawaz (ESR(01)

Ibrahim Fawaz is a PhD student inTelecommunications systems at CEAin Paris. He received a telecommuni-cations engineering diploma from theLebanese University (2011-2016) anda master degree in digital telecommu-nications systems from Telecom Paris-tech and Pierre and Marie Curie Uni-versity (2015-2016) in the context ofa double degree program. The topic ofhis PhD is to study Offloading strate-gies for mobile devices with energyharvesting capabilities. His researchwill investigate optimal data transmis-sion policies for resources schedulingand computation offloading under en-ergy harvesting constraints.

Filipe Conceição (ESR02)

Filipe Conceição was born in Lisbon,Portugal. He obtained his MSc in Elec-trical and Computer Science Engineer-ing from New University of Lisbon2011 with a focus in telecommunica-tions. He has several years workingin the telecom industry. In parallel,he spent considerable time being anassistant teacher at New University ofLisbon. Located in Paris, he currentlyresearches in CEA and Telecom Sud-Paris for the coming 5G mobile net-work, under the SCAVENGE project,with focus on security aspects.

Hoang Duy Trinh (ESR03)

Hoang Duy Trinh received the B.Sc.degree in Information Engineeringand the M.Sc. degree in Telecommu-nication Engineering from Universityof Padova, in 2013 and 2015, respec-tively. He is currently pursuing thePh.D. with the Polytechnic Universityof Catalunya. In September 2016 hejoined the Centre Tecnològic de Tele-comunicacions de Catalunya as a re-searcher for the SCAVENGE project,under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Ac-tions programme. His research inter-ests are in the areas of 5G, mobile bigdata and energy harvesting networks.

Dagnachew Temesgene (ESR04)

I received BSc. in Electrical and Com-puter engineering in 2012 from BahirDar University, Ethiopia. In 2014, Ienrolled in the Erasmus Mundus JointMaster Program in Pervasive Comput-ing and Communications for Sustain-able Development (PERCCOM). PER-CCOM is a joint program among Uni-versities in France, Finland and Swe-den and I have graduated with a JointMaster’s degree in August 2016. Start-ing from November 2016, I am work-ing as an Early Stage Researcher inthe SCAVENGE project at CTTC com-munication networks division.

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OutlineOur vision

• Energy sustainability is keyto future mobile networksdue to their foreseen capac-ity upsurge.

• SCAVENGE introduces theconcept of Sustainable 5GMobile Network.

• Environmental energy canbe used to power the mo-bile system elements likebase stations, mobile termi-nals, sensors and machines.

Our mission

• SCAVENGE’s objective isto create a training net-work for early-stage re-searchers (ESRs) who willcontribute to the designand implementation of eco-friendly and sustainablenext-generation 5G nets.

• SCAVENGE encompassestheory along with the op-timisation and proof-of-concept implementation ofbase stations and mobile el-ements as well as their inte-gration with the smart elec-trical grid.

Our team

• The attitude of SCAV-ENGE’s industrial partnerstowards the strong invest-ment in R&D and theirstrategic vision are fullyaligned with the mission ofthis project.

• The ESRs will have aunique opportunity to-wards professional growthin light of dedicatedcross-partner trainingactivities and throughthe interaction with theinternational PartnerOrganisations, which alsoinclude relevant stake-holders in the envisionedmarket.

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Nicola Piovesan (ESR05)

My name is Nicola Piovesan, I re-ceived the B.Sc. degree in informationengineering and the M.Sc. in telecom-munication engineering from the Uni-versity of Padova, Italy, in 2013 and2016, respectively. Currently, I ampursuing a PhD at the Technical Uni-versity of Catalonia (UPC). In Septem-ber 2016, I have joined CTTC as anESR in the framework of the H2020MSCA SCAVENGE project. My currentresearch interests include energy har-vesting in wireless communications,energy transfer systems and resourceallocation in wireless communicationsystems.

Angel Fernandez Gambin (ESR06)

I am Angel Fernandez Gambin, Iwas born in Spain in 1992. I re-ceived my Bachelor and Master de-grees in Telecommunications engi-neering from the Technical Univer-sity of Cartagena (Spain) in 2014 and2016, respectively. Currently, I am anEarly Stage Researcher with the Eu-ropean SCAVENGE project, and I amcarrying out a Ph.D. at the Universityof Padova (Italy). My project is aboutstudying the interactions between fu-ture cellular networks and the smartelectrical grid, in the presence of re-newable energy sources.

Elvina Gindullina (ESR07)

I am Elvina Gindullina. I was born inRussia in 1991. I received my mas-ter’s degree in applied mathematicsand computer science from Ufa StateAviation Technical University in 2015,and I have also worked as a program-mer there for a while. Currently, I ampursuing a PhD degree at the Univer-sity of Padua (Italy) in the departmentof Information Engineering, where Ifocus on development of battery man-agement system for energy harvestingdevices.

Mehmet Emre Ozfatura (ESR08)

I was born in Izmir, Turkey, in 1990.I received my B.Sc. in Electronics En-gineering with Math minor and M.Sc.in Electronics Engineering from Sa-banci University (Turkey), in 2012and 2015, respectively. I am currentlypursuing a Ph.D. degree at the Impe-rial College of London, where I amis working as a member of the Intel-ligent Systems and Networks (ISN)group. My research interests are cen-tered around video streaming appli-cations and co-operative mobile net-works. In SCAVENGE, I am doing re-search on energy efficient mobile net-works.

Nitish Mital (ESR09)

I am Nitish Mital from India. I wasawarded my Bachelors and Mastersdegree from Indian Institute of Tech-nology Bombay in 2015, in ElectricalEngineering and Communications &Signal Processing, respectively. Mybackground is wireless communica-tion, signal processing and informa-tion theory. I also co-founded astartup in India working on IoT so-lutions for Smart Cities in 2015. I am

currently part of the SCAVENGE ITN,and I am pursuing a PhD at ImperialCollege of London.

Vianney Anis (ESR10)

Coming from an engineering back-ground, in implementation on embed-ded system of Digital Signal and Im-age Processing system, I am currentlyworking as a PhD student at the Uni-versity of Strathclyde, on the designand implementation of base-stationusing heterogeneous networks to im-prove the quality of experience as wellas reducing the power consumptionby using clever user assignment andlow-power base-station design.

Thembelihle Dlamini (ESR11)

I am Thembelihle Dlamini (Lilhe forshort). I received my Bachelor of En-gineering (Electronics) at the Univer-sity of Swaziland, in 2011. In 2014, Icompleted my Master’s degree in Elec-trical Engineering and Computer Sci-ence (EECS) at National Chiao TungUniversity, Taiwan. I am currentlypursuing a PhD at the University ofPadova, Italy and I am at the sametime a researcher at Athonet, underthe EU SCAVENGE project. My re-search interests are in Wireless com-munication system design, Core Net-work management procedures for 5Gnetworks, especially focusing on NFVand SDN.

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Marco Zambianco (ESR12)

I was bornin Montebel-luna, Italy. Ireceived theB.Sc. degreein Informa-tion Engi-neering andthe M.Sc.in Telecom-municationEngineer-ing from the

University of Padova, Italy, in 2014and 2016, respectively. I am cur-rently pursuing a PhD degree at Im-perial College London under theEuropean SCAVENGE project and I

am also working at Toshiba Telecom-munications Research Laboratorylocated in Bristol as an early-stageresearcher. My research topics arecentered around the study and the de-sign of energy harvesting techniquesfor future mobile networks.

Ioana Sociu (ESR13)

I was born on September 28, 1991 inReghin (Romania), a city in Transyl-vania that is well known for manu-facturing musical instruments, espe-cially violins. Between 2006 and 2010I attended high school classes at GrupScolar “Petru Maior” in Reghin. In2014, I graduated with honors fromthe Military Technical Academy ofBucharest, achieving a bachelor inelectronics engineering and I contin-ued my master’s studies at the “Po-litehnica” University of Bucharest andCentraleSupelec (Paris), earning twomaster degrees in Mobile Communi-cations and Advanced Wireless Com-munications, respectively.

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SCAVENGE ID (http://www.scavenge.eu/)Funded by the EU in the framework of the H2020 Marie Skłodowska Curie Action - Innovative Training Networks.

1. Call: H2020-MSCA-ITN-20152. Acronym: SCAVENGE (project No. 675891)3. Duration: 48 months4. Start date: 2016-02-015. Project Coordinator: Paolo Dini - CTTC6. Project Officer: Nina Poumpalova - REA

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