CV | Andre F. Zanella

Work Experience

Telefónica

Barcelona, Spain

Research Scientist

Nov 2024 - Present

I work on creating data and ML tools towards network systems optimization and sustainability, from state-of-the-art research towards internal tech transfers and patents, including building the full life cycle of of models. My projects involve RAN energy optimization and federated personalized ML systems

IMDEA Networks

Madrid, Spain

Research Assistant

Mar 2021 - Sep 2024

Worked collecting and processing large-scale mobile networks measurements to study network and social dynamics. As a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow, I collaborated closely with industry partners, publishing in top-tier IEEE/ACM venues.

Internships

Cisco ThousandEyes

Remote, Spain

PhD Intern

May 2024 - Aug 2024

Developed new heuristics to characterize QoE metrics from encrypted packets of video conferencing applications for a commercial product. My work resulted in one publication and a patent under submission.

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, UK

Visiting Researcher

Dec 2022 - Dec 2023

Performed research in characterizing and modeling indoor telco systems. Worked with undergrad students as a Digital Electronics lab assistant.

Orange Innovation

Paris, France

Visiting Researcher

May 2022 - Oct 2022

Developed new PySpark tools for 5G NSA measurements based on different data feeds from the network, currently in use by the research team. Performed behavioral modeling of flow-level traffic dynamics and synthetic data generation.

Education

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)

Madrid, Spain

PhD in Telematics Engineering

2021-2024

Thesis: Characterizing Large-Scale Mobile Traffic Measurements for Urban, Social and Networks Sciences

Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Curitiba, Brazil

MSc in Electrical Engineering

2019-2020

Thesis: Behavioral Modeling of Radio Frequency Power Amplifiers Using the Group Method of Data Handling

Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Curitiba, Brazil

BSc in Electrical Engineering

2013-2018

Thesis: Signal Decomposition Applied to Digital Predistortion of Dual-Band Power Amplifiers Based on Polynomial Functions.