Short Bio:

Dr. Cristiano Tapparello received the B.Sc. and the M.Sc. Degree (with honors) in Computer Engineering from University of Padova (Italy) in 2005 and 2008, respectively. He received the Ph.D. in Information Engineering from the same university in 2012. In 2011 he visited the Center for Wireless Communication and Signal Processing Research at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, where he performed research under the supervision of Prof. Osvaldo Simeone. From January 2012 to October 2013, he has been a Postdoctoral Researcher at the SIGNET group, Department of Information Engineering (DEI) at University of Padova. From October 2013 to July 2016, he has been a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Wireless Communications and Networking Group (WCNG) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
He is currently a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Rochester, and the Director of Software Engineering at the UR Health Lab, UR Medicine.

Curriculum Vitae

Work and Education:

  • Dec. 2022 - , Research Associate Professor, Department of ECE, University of Rochester.
  • Aug. 2020 - , Director of Software Engineering, UR Health Lab, UR Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center.
  • Aug. 2019 - Nov. 2022, Research Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, University of Rochester.
  • July 2016 - July 2019, Research Associate, Department of ECE, University of Rochester.
  • Oct. 2013 - June 2016, Postdoctoral Research Associate at WCNG, Department of ECE, University of Rochester.
  • Jan. 2012 - Oct. 2013, Postdoctoral Researcher at SIGNET, DEI, University of Padova.
  • Mar. 2012, Ph.D. degree in Information Engineering, University of Padova.
  • Oct. 2008, M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering, University of Padova.

Research Interests:

My research interests broadly reside in the areas of wireless communication and mobile health, with a particular emphasis on the design of novel techniques to facilitate the diffusion of smart and connected solutions for the acquisition, storage and processing of health data to improve healthcare outcomes. This combines my expertise in modeling and optimization of large scale wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, and in software development for mobile and constrained devices, with my passion for medicine and to solve problems that can directly impact people well-being. Learn More.