ICTP RESEARCH SECTION

Science, Technology and Innovation

Encompasses areas of research such as fast and reliable connectivity and support in the development of advanced instrumentation

DISCOVER MORE
sti background portrait
sti background landscape

Research Areas

view all
Advanced Scientific Instrumentation

Experimental particle physics and multidisciplinary experimental research relies on scientific instrumentation with consistently increasing data collection…

Black circuit board
Ionospheric Physics, Ionospheric Modelling, Space Weather

The Earth's ionosphere is defined as that part of the upper atmosphere where sufficient free electrons exist to affect the propagation of radio waves. The ionosphere extends from about 60 km up to…

Ionosphere
Digital Fabrication and Science Dissemination

Our activities are a concrete example of helping to bridge the knowledge divide in terms of inclusion by applying cost-effective, open source digital technologies for the dissemination, support…

Electronic materials
Wireless ICT and Internet of Things

Our research is about reliable, affordable and sustainable wireless solutions to help foster science in Developing Countries. We leverage unlicensed frequencies to provide broadband solutions such…

wireless internet

Permanent Scientists

view all members

Marco Zennaro

Coordinator, Research Scientist
Marco Zennaro profile picture
+39 040 2240 4406
mzennaro@ictp.it
EFB-216
+39 040 2240 4406
EFB-216
mzennaro@ictp.it

Andres Cicuttin

Technical Assistant
Andres Cicuttin profile picture
+39 040 2240 4914
cicuttin@ictp.it
MLAB-203
+39 040 2240 4914
MLAB-203
cicuttin@ictp.it

Maria Liz Crespo

Associate Research Scientist
Maria Liz Crespo profile picture
+39 040 2240 4930
mcrespo@ictp.it
MLAB-203
+39 040 2240 4930
MLAB-203
mcrespo@ictp.it

Carlo Fonda

Researcher
Carlo Fonda profile picture
+39 040 2240 5317
cfonda@ictp.it
EFB-Lower level, SciFabLab
+39 040 2240 5317
EFB-Lower level, SciFabLab
cfonda@ictp.it

Yenca Olivia Migoya Orue

Researcher
Yenca Olivia Migoya Orue profile picture
+39 040 2240 4338
yenca@ictp.it
EFB-217
+39 040 2240 4338
EFB-217
yenca@ictp.it

Bruno Nava

Associate Research Scientist
Bruno Nava profile picture
+39 040 2240 4340
bnava@ictp.it
EFB-219
+39 040 2240 4340
EFB-219
bnava@ictp.it

Upcoming Activities

view all
16
Jun
2025
20
Jun
2025
Science, Technology and Innovation
1st Mesoamerican Workshop on Reconfigurable X-ray and Scientific Instrumentation for Cultural Heritage | (smr 4078)
Physical
21
Apr
2025
workshop
22
Sep
2025
26
Sep
2025
Science, Technology and Innovation
Workshop on Empowering Connectivity: Bridging Space and Earth with DTN | (smr 4102)
Physical
01
Jul
2025
workshop
29
Sep
2025
10
Oct
2025
Science, Technology and Innovation
The International Reference Ionosphere and NeQuick – Improving the Representation of the Real-Time Ionosphere | (smr 4105)
Physical
30
May
2025
scientific activity
27
Oct
2025
07
Nov
2025
Science, Technology and Innovation
Joint ICTP-IAEA School on Detector Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Scientific Instrumentation and Reconfigurable Computing | (smr 4110)
Physical
27
Jul
2025
school

News

view all
quantum conference banner
Celebrating Quantum Science  
ICTP week of events launches Monday 26 May, featuring Nobel laureates and public events  
High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
Mathematics
Earth System Physics
Quantitative Life Sciences
Science, Technology and Innovation
Euler-Lagrange Lecture Hall Opening Ceremony, banner
Honoring Euler and Lagrange
New lecture room named after famous mathematicians will be inaugurated on 23 April
High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
Mathematics
Earth System Physics
Quantitative Life Sciences
Science, Technology and Innovation
Palazzo Carciotti at night
New AI Initiative in Trieste
ICTP participates in new centre for applied and basic research on Data Science and advanced…
High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
Mathematics
Earth System Physics
Quantitative Life Sciences
Science, Technology and Innovation
Other
Eric Rosas, Gustavo Grinblat, Omnia Hamdy, Atish Dabholkar
The Future of Photonics
An interview with the two winners of the 2025 ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo Award
Science, Technology and Innovation
Seminar poster AI in Publishing
AI in Scientific Publishing
Seminar on Monday 10 March to explore navigating the future of scholarly communication
High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
Mathematics
Earth System Physics
Quantitative Life Sciences
Science, Technology and Innovation
ICO-ICTP Prize winners poster
2025 ICO/ICTP Award Winners Announced
Ceremony on Tuesday 4 March will celebrate awardees from Egypt and Argentina
Science, Technology and Innovation

Publications

view all
Journal article
2025
Operational Transconductance Amplifier-Based Low-Pass Filters in Biomedical Signal Processing: A Review of Design Considerations and Performance
Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers (2025)
Sachchida Nand Singh | Geetika Srivastava | Syed Shamroz Arshad | SachchidaNand Shukla | Nakib Hayat Chowdhury | Fahmida Haque | Maria Liz Crespo | Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz
Journal article
2025
Global Ionospheric F Region Parameters From GNSS‐POD Limb Measurements: Evaluations and Comparisons With Two Empirical Models ‐ IRI‐2020 and NeQuick‐2
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (2025)
Nimalan Swarnalingam | Dong L. Wu | Dieter Bilitza | Daniel J. Emmons | Cornelius Csar Jude H. Salinas | Artem Smirnov | Yenca Migoya‐Orue
Journal article
2025
A method for accurate and precise pulse arrival time estimation: A case study on high-energy particle detectors
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (2025)
Maynor Giovanni Ballina | Maria Liz Crespo | Sergio Carrato | Romina Soledad Molina | Werner Florian Samayoa | Giovanni Ramponi | Andres Cicuttin
Journal article
2025
TinyML for Fault Diagnosis of Photovoltaic Modules Using Edge Impulse Platform and IR Thermography Images
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (2025)
A. Mellit | N. Blasuttigh | S. Pastore | M. Zennaro | A. Massi Pavan
Journal article
2025
Solar activity and ionospheric variation: A comprehensive study using hurst exponent and probability density functions analysis
Advances in Space Research (2025)
Mahdi Momeni | Yenca Migoya-Orué
Journal article
2025
Interplay of polarization sensitivity and bandwidth in wide-field-of-view meta-optics
Optical Materials Express (2025)
Isma Javed | Yousaf Murtaza Rind | Azhar Javed Satti | Muhammad Ashar Naveed | Miltcho Danailov | Humberto Cabrera | Muhammad Zubair | Muhammad Qasim Mehmood
Journal article
2025
Led-based thermal lens spectrometry with a double-pass probe beam optimized configuration: A complete feasibility study
Measurement (2025)
Behnaz Abbasgholi-NA | Abdul Rahman | Francesco D’Amico | Humberto Cabrera
Journal article
2025
COMSPLIT: A Communication-Aware Split Learning Design for Heterogeneous IoT Platforms
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2025)
Vukan Ninkovic | Dejan Vukobratovic | Dragisa Miskovic | Marco Zennaro
Journal article
2025
Digital holographic characterization of multilayered structures by thermal scanning
Applied Optics (2025)
Subhash Utadiya | Vismay Trivedi | Vidhi Singh | Gyanendra Sheoran | Humberto Cabrera | Atul Srivastava | Bahram Javidi | Arun Anand
Book chapter
2025
Adaptive Edge-Based AIoT Architecture for Efficient Retraining and Sustainable Monitoring of Ephemeral Streams
Benjamín Arratia | José M. Cecilia | Pietro Manzoni | Daniel Hernández | Marco Zennaro
Journal article
2025
Dual‐Band Metasurface‐Based Structured Light Generations for Futuristic Communication Applications
Small Science (2025)
Muhammad Danial Shafqat | Yujin Park | Nasir Mahmood | Joohoon Kim | Dohyun Kang | Rehan Hafiz | Dongliang Gao | Humberto Cabrera | Muhammad Zubair | Muhammad Qasim Mehmood | Lei Gao | Junsuk Rho
Journal article
2025
Acquisition of Phase-Contrast X-Ray Images With Commercial Off-the-Shelf CMOS Image Sensors
IEEE Sensors Journal (2025)
Martín Pérez | Jose Lipovetzky | Luciano Marpegan | Miguel Sofo Haro | Juan Jerónimo Blostein | Mariano Gómez Berisso | María Liz Crespo | Andres Cicuttin

Sorry no results

Next deadlines

8
Event
  • Science, Technology and Innovation
The International Reference Ionosphere and NeQuick – Improving the…
scientific activity
29
Sep
2025
10
Oct
2025
30
May
2025
Event
  • Science, Technology and Innovation
International Beacon Satellite Symposium 2025 | (smr 4068)
scientific activity
10
Nov
2025
14
Nov
2025
15
Jun
2025
Event
  • Science, Technology and Innovation
Workshop on the Use of GNSS Data for Ionospheric Monitoring and Modelling | (…
workshop
03
Nov
2025
07
Nov
2025
15
Jun
2025
Opportunity
  • High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Earth System Physics
  • Quantitative Life Sciences
  • Science, Technology and Innovation
ICTP Simons Associates
Associates Programme
01
Jul
2025
Opportunity
  • High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Earth System Physics
  • Quantitative Life Sciences
  • Science, Technology and Innovation
ICTP Simons Sabbaticals
Associates Programme
01
Jul
2025
Event
  • Science, Technology and Innovation
Workshop on Empowering Connectivity: Bridging Space and Earth with DTN | (smr…
workshop
22
Sep
2025
26
Sep
2025
01
Jul
2025
Event
  • Science, Technology and Innovation
Joint ICTP-IAEA School on Detector Signal Processing and Machine Learning for…
school
27
Oct
2025
07
Nov
2025
27
Jul
2025
Opportunity
  • High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
  • Earth System Physics
  • Quantitative Life Sciences
  • Science, Technology and Innovation
Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL)
Laboratory Opportunity
31
Dec
2025
sti