on 07-09-2026
Wearable technologies are transforming physiological monitoring, making it possible to continuously assess respiratory, cardiovascular, and biomechanical parameters beyond controlled laboratory environments. Yet, moving from the lab to real-world conditions presents significant challenges, including motion artefacts, environmental variability, unstable sensor–skin interfaces, and fluctuations in data quality across time and individuals.
On 7 September at 13:00, Dr. Carlo Massaroni will present a Seminar at Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), North Tower, 11th Floor, Room 11.26, with the option to participate online via Zoom.
The presentation will explore these challenges through a comprehensive framework covering the entire measurement chain, from sensing materials and wearable architectures to signal processing, multimodal data fusion, and AI-driven assessment of signal quality. Rather than treating artefacts exclusively as a filtering problem, the proposed approach combines sensor and interface design with contextual information, enabling unreliable data to be identified before they compromise physiological estimates.
The seminar will present several case studies, including 3D-printed thermo-hygroscopic sensors, smart garments, and instrumented facemasks, validated across sports, occupational, and everyday-life scenarios. Particular attention will be given to measurement traceability, breath-by-breath and cardiac parameter estimation, signal quality indices for adaptive processing, and haemodynamic analysis using Symmetric Projection Attractor Reconstruction (SPAR) as an alternative to conventional beat-by-beat feature extraction.
The event will provide an opportunity to discuss the current challenges and future perspectives of wearable physiological monitoring, particularly the transition from laboratory-validated technologies to robust solutions capable of operating reliably in real-world settings.
Bio
Dr. Carlo Massaroni received his B.Sc. (2010) and M.Sc. (2012) in Biomedical Engineering, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering (2017) from Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM), where he is currently a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor. He leads research on wearable and unobtrusive sensing technologies for healthcare, sports, and occupational applications. He co-founded HEREMOS Srl and serves as Secretary of the IEEE Sensors Council and IEEE Biometrics Council Italy Chapters. With a PhD in Bioengineering, he has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and holds key roles in national and EU-funded projects. His work has received several international awards and recognitions, including being named among Stanford University's top 2% most-cited scientists.
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The Doherty power amplifier remains one of the leading architectures for achieving high efficiency under power back-off. However, extending its operation to the C-, Ku-, and Ka-bands, as well as to mmWave frequencies, introduces significant practical challenges, including reduced device gain, increased parasitic effects, transmission-line losses, and AM/PM distortion arising from load modulation.
Instituto de Telecomunicações will host Vittorio Camarchia on 15 September at 11:00 for a Distinguished Microwave Lecture.
In this Distinguished Microwave Lecture, Vittorio Camarchia will explore circuit-level and system-aware approaches for achieving robust Doherty operation at high frequencies. The talk will address key aspects of the design process, including impedance-inverter implementation and loss mitigation, output and load compensation networks, bandwidth-extension techniques, driver and bias considerations, and linearity under wideband modulated signals, with particular attention to EVM, ACPR, and NPR performance.
The lecture will also examine MMIC implementations in GaN and GaAs, highlighting the trade-offs associated with different device technologies, as well as packaging challenges and measurement methodologies. Recent results and practical design guidelines will illustrate how efficiency, bandwidth, and linearity can be balanced to meet the increasingly demanding requirements of modern wireless and satellite communication systems.
Bio:
Vittorio Camarchia is Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. His research focuses on high-efficiency RF and microwave power amplifiers and transmitters for 5G/6G and satellite communications, with particular emphasis on load-modulated architectures, including Doherty and Chireix/LMBA amplifiers, broadband linearization, and GaN/GaAs MMIC design.
Camarchia currently serves as Chair of IEEE MTT-S Technical Committee 23 (Wireless Communications) for 2025–2026 and has been appointed an IEEE MTT-S Distinguished Microwave Lecturer for 2026–2028.
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