Andrea Conti is a Professor and founding director of the Wireless Communication and Localization Networks Laboratory ( wcln.unife.it ) at the University of Ferrara, Italy. His research interests involve theory and experimentation of wireless communication and localization systems. His current research topics include network localization and navigation, distributed sensing, adaptive diversity communications, and quantum information science. Dr. Conti has served as editor for IEEE journals and chaired international conferences. He was elected Chair of the IEEE Communications Society’s Radio Communications Technical Committee and is Co-founder of the IEEE Quantum Communications & Information Technology Emerging Technical Subcommittee. He is an elected Fellow of the IEEE and of the IET. He has been selected as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer.