Pietro Brach del Prever

PhD Candidate in Computer Engineering

Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115

Office: 640A EXP

Email: brachdelprever.p@northeastern.edu

Biography

Pietro is a PhD Candidate at the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University, where he stayed after a visiting period for his Master Thesis in 2022. He graduated at Politecnico di Torino in Mechatronic Engineering in 2022, and in Mechanical Engineering in 2020. He visited the University of Porto in 2019 and the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa in 2021 as an exchange student. He also graduated from Alta Scuola Politecnica, a joint honor program of Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Milano for the top 1% students of both universities. His interests include Open RAN, 5G & 6G, Intra-body Communication, Space Communication, and UAVs.

Research Topics

Open RAN
5G and 6G Cellular Networks
Network Optimization
Intrabody Communication
Space Communication
UAVs

Publications

P. Brach del Prever, P. Testolina, A. Masihi, S. Petrushkevich, M. Polese, T. Melodia, and J. M. Jornet, "Pointing-Error-Induced Fading in an Open-Loop THz Uplink with Hardware Impairments," Proc. 2nd IEEE Int. Workshop Terahertz Commun., Sens., Security, IEEE Mil. Com. Conference (MILCOM), Los Angeles, USA, October 2025. [pdf] [bibtex]
P. Brach del Prever, S. D'Oro, L. Bonati, M. Polese, M. Tsampazi, H. Lehmann, and T. Melodia, "PACIFISTA: Conflict Evaluation and Management in Open RAN" IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 10590-10605, Oct. 2025. [pdf] [bibtex]
A. Saeizadeh, P. Brach del Prever, D. Schonholtz, R. Guida, E. Demirors, J. M. Jimenez, P. Johari, T. Melodia, "Demo: Multi-Modal Seizure Prediction System," Proc. of IEEE 20th International Conference on Body Sensor Networks (BSN), Chicago, USA, October 2024. [pdf] [bibtex]
L. Bonati, M. Polese, S. D'Oro, P. Brach del Prever, T. Melodia, "5G-CT: Automated Deployment and Over-the-Air Testing of End-to-End Open Radio AccessNetworks," IEEE Communications Magazine, pp. 1-7, April 2024. [pdf] [bibtex]
A.V. Sheshashayee, M. Bordin, P. Brach del Prever, D. Villa, H. Cheng, C. Petrioli, T. Melodia, and S. Basagni. Experimental Evaluation of the Performance of UAV-assisted Data Collection for Wake-up Radio-enabled Wireless Networks. [pdf] [bibtex]
P. Brach del Prever, G. Balducci, A. Ballestra, C. Ghiglione, L. Mascheretti, M. Molinari, G. Nicoletti, V. Carvelli, C. Corbari, S. Invernizzi, and S. Mariani, Automatic and Non-Invasive Monitoring of Vineyards Water Stress Environ. Sci. Proc, 5, 2023. [pdf] [bibtex]
P. Brach del Prever, Cellular Networks Support for Real-Time Control of UAVs M.Sc. dissertation, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]