Massimiliano LENARDI,   PhD     R&D Manager    Autonomy and Circularity Laboratory (ACL)    European R&D Center (ERD)    and Senior Research Engineer    HITACHI Europe     955 route des Lucioles, "Ecolucioles B2"     06560 Valbonne  Sophia-Antipolis     FRANCE            Massimiliano.Lenardi a t hitachi-eu.com                       or       Massimiliano a t lenardi.eu     Tel:      +33.(0)4.89.87.41.00     Fax:      +33.(0)4.89.87.41.99

1. M. Lenardi and Dirk T.M. Slock, "A RAKE Receiver with Intracell Interference Cancellation for a DS-CDMA Synchronous Downlink with Orthogonal Codes", in Proc. IEEE VTC 2000 Spring, Tokyo - Japan, 15-18 May 2000.
2. M. Lenardi, Abdelkader Medles and Dirk T.M. Slock, "Downlink Intercell Interference Cancellation in WCDMA by Exploiting Excess Codes", IEEE SAM 2000 Workshop, Cambridge, Massachusetts - USA, 16-17 March 2000.
3. M. Lenardi and D.T.M. Slock, "SINR Maximizing Equalizer Receiver for DS-CDMA", in Proc. EUSIPCO 2000, Tampere - Finland, 5-8 September  2000.
4. M. Lenardi, A. Medles and D.T.M. Slock, "A SINR Maximizing RAKE Receiver for DS-CDMA Downlinks", in Proc. ASILOMAR 2000, Pacific Grove, California - USA, 29 Oct.- 01 Nov. 2000.
5. M. Lenardi, A. Medles and D.T.M. Slock, "Comparison of Downlink Transmit Diversity Schemes for RAKE and SINR Maximizing Receivers", in Proc. IEEE ICC 2001, Helsinki - Finland, 11-15 June 2001.
6. M. Lenardi, A. Medles and D.T.M. Slock, "Intercell Interference Cancellation at a WCDMA Mobile Terminal by Exploiting Excess Codes", in Proc. IEEE VTC 2001 Spring, Rhodes - Greece, 6-9 May 2001.
7. M. Lenardi and D.T.M. Slock, "A SINR Maximizing 2D RAKE Receiver for Multi-Sensor WCDMA Mobile Terminals", in Proc. IEEE VTC 2001 Spring, Rhodes - Greece, 6-9 May 2001.
8. M. Lenardi and D.T.M. Slock, "Channel Estimation for a Discrete-Time RAKE Receiver in a WCDMA Downlink: Algorithms and Repercussions on SINR", in Proc. IEEE VTC 2001 Fall, Atlantic City, NJ - USA, 7-11 Oct. 2001.
9. M. Lenardi and D.T.M. Slock, "A RAKE Structured SINR Maximizing Mobile Receiver for the WCDMA Downlink", in Proc. ASILOMAR 2001, Pacific Grove, California - USA, 4-7 Nov. 2001.
10. M. Lenardi and D.T.M. Slock, "Estimation of Time-Varying Wireless Channels and Application to the UMTS W-CDMA FDD Downlink", in Proc. EUROPEAN WIRELESS 2002, Firenze - Italy, 26-28 Feb. 2002.
11. H. Menouar, M. Lenardi, F. Filali, "On MAC and Routing Protocols Cooperation for Inter-Vehicle Communications", ITST 2005, 5thInternational Conference on ITS Telecommunications,, 27-29 June 2005 – Brest, France.
12. H. Menouar, M. Lenardi, F. Filali, "A Movement Prediction based Routing Protocol for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications", V2VCOM-2005, July 2005, UCSD – La Jolla, CA, USA.
13. H. Menouar, M. Lenardi, F. Filali, "An Intelligent Movement-based Routing for VANETs", ITS World Congress 2006, October 2006, London, United Kingdom.
14. T. Osafune, L. Lin, M. Lenardi, "Multi-Hop Vehicular Broadcast (MHVB)", ITST 2006, Chengdu, China, June 2006.
15. L. Lin, T. Osafune, M. Lenardi, "Floating car data system enforcement through vehicle to vehicle communications", ITST 2006, 6thInternational Conference on ITS Telecommunications, Chengdu, China, June 2006.
16. R. Bredy, T. Osafune, M. Lenardi, "RSVconf: Node Autoconfiguration for MANETs", ITST 2006, Chengdu, China, June 2006.
17. M. Mariyasagayam, M. Lenardi, "Broadcast Algorithms for Active Safety Applications over Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks",WIT 2007, 4th International Workshop on Intelligent Transportation, Hamburg, Germany, March 2007.
18. M. Mariyasagayam, T. Osafune, M. Lenardi, "Enhanced Multi-Hop Vehicular Broadcast (MHVB) for Active Safety Applications", ITST 2007, 7thInternational Conference on ITS Telecommunications, Sophia Antipolis, France, June 2007.
19. H. Menouar, M. Lenardi, F. Filali, "Movement Prediction-based Concept for Topology-based Unicast Routing Protocol in VANETs", ITST2007, 7th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications, Sophia Antipolis, France, June 2007.
20. H. Menouar, M. Lenardi, F. Filali, "Movement Prediction-based Routing (MOPR) Concept for Position-based Routing in Vehicular Networks", WiVeC 2007, 1st IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Vehicular Communications.
21. D. Auroux, L. Lin, H. Menouar, M.N. Mariyasagayam, M. Lenardi, "Integrated Networking Simulation Environment for Vehicular Networks", Poster at IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2008), June 4-6, 2008.
22. M. Gerlach, O. Mylyy, M. Mariyasagayam, M. Lenardi, "Securing Multihop Vehicular Message Broadcast using Trust Sensors", Med-Hoc-Net 2008, the 7th IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop, June 23-27 2008, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
23. M.N. Mariyasagayam, M. Lenardi, "Multi-Hop Dissemination System to Ensure Active Vehicular Safety", ISVCS 2008, 1st International Symposium on Vehicular Computing Systems, 22-24. July 2008, Dublin, Ireland.
24. M. N. Mariyasagayam, H. Menouar, M. Lenardi, "GeoNet: A Project  Enabling Active Safety and IPv6 Vehicular Applications", the International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety (ICVES), September, 22-24, 2008, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
25. H. Menouar, M. Lenardi, "Relative driving direction detection for safety and non safety applications in vehicular communication networks", ITST2009, 9th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications, Lille, France, September 2009.
26. "iTETRIS - A Large Scale Integrated Simulation Platform for V2X Communications: Application to Real-Time Traffic Management", ITST2009, 9th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications, Lille, France, September 2009.
27. PRE-DRIVE C2X: "Targeted Prototypization for C2X Cooperative Systems Field Operational Tests", ITST2009, 9th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications, Lille, France, September 2009.
28. M. N. Mariyasagayam, H. Menouar, M. Lenardi, "An Adaptive Forwarding Mechanism for Data Dissemination in Vehicular Networks", IEEE Vehicular Networks Conference (VNC 2009), Tokyo, Japan, October 2009.
29. G. Segarra, A. Mokaddem, J. Ibanez-Guzman (Renault) et M. Lenardi (Hitachi Europe), "Resultats et projets d'experimentation des systemes cooperatifs routiers en France", PRAC 2010.

1. H. Menouar, M. Lenardi, F. Filali, "A Survey and Qualitative Analysis of MAC Protocols for Vehicular Ad-Hoc NETworks (VANETs)", IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, special issue on “Inter-vehicular communications.

1. H. Menouar, M. Lenardi, F. Filali, "An extensive Survey and Taxonomy of MAC Protocols for Vehicular Communications", included in "Adaptation in Wireless Communications" of CRC Press (Dec 2007).
2. M. Gerlach, O. Mylyy, N. Mariyasagayam, M. Lenardi, "Securing Multihop Vehicular Message Broadcast using Trust Sensors", 2008, in IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Volume 265, "Advances in Ad Hoc Networking", editors: P. Cuenca, C. Guerrero, R. Puigjaner, B. Sen'a, (Boston: Springer), pp. 109-120.

1. "Method and Apparatus Synchronizing Clocks of Network Nodes"
2. "Method and Apparatus for Community-based Communication"
3. "Method and Apparatus for Estimating a Travel Time of a Travel Route"
4. "Method and Apparatus for Determining whether a Moving Entity is moving in a Predetermined Direction"
5. "Method and Apparatus for Determining a Distribution of Neighbour Nodes around a First Node in a Communication Network"
6. "Method and Apparatus for Disseminating Data in a Communication Network"

Research Interests:

• (Wireless) Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs)
• Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs)
• Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
• Telematics
• Autonomous Vehicles (AV) and Autonomous Driving (AD)
• Electric Vehicles (EV)
• Topology-based and geographical routing protocols
• AI and Machine Learning
• Industrie4.0
• Circular Economy and Circular Manufacturing

Standardization and Research Projects:

• ETSI Technical Committee on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), http://www.etsi.org
• Car-to-Car Communication Consortium (C2C-CC), http://www.car-2-car.org 
• EU FP7: "Geoaddressing and Georouting for Vehicular Communications", GeoNet, http://www.geonet-project.eu 
• EU FP7: "PREparation for DRIVing implementation and Evaluation of C-2-X communication technology", PRE-DRIVE C2X, http://www.PRE-DRIVE-C2X.eu 
• EU FP7: "An Integrated Wireless and Traffic Platform for Real-Time Road Traffic Management Solutions", iTETRIS, http://www.ict-iTETRIS.eu 
• EU FP7: "Cooperative Vehicle Localization for Efficient Urban Mobility", COVEL, http://www.covel-project.eu/ 
• EU FP7: "DRIVing implementation and Evaluation of C-2-X communication technology", DRIVE C2X, http://www.DRIVE-C2X.eu
• EU FP7: "efficient Cooperative infrastructure for Fully Electric Vehicles", eCo-FEV
• EU FP7: "cooperative autonomous vehicles", AutoNet2030
• Horizon 2020: "aDverse wEather eNvironmental Sensing systEm", DENSE
• Horizon Europe: "rEliable in-Vehicle pErception and decisioN making in complex environmenTal conditionS", EVENTS

• FR FUI 10: ""Systemes COoperatifs Routiers et Experimentaions en France", SCORE@F (French Experimental Road COoperative System), http://www.SCOREF.fr 
• SIECLE - Labelized by the SCS Competitivity Cluster, see (french) http://www.pole-scs.org 

• RNRT: AUBE

Professional Activities:

IEEE Member since 20 years

Standardization

• C2C-CC: Hitachi Europe is Associate Member of the Car-2-Car Communication Consortium and Dr. Lenardi is appointed as the Technical Contact for the Hitachi Group within the C2C-CC.
• ETSI: Hitachi Europe is also Full Member of ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standardization Institution. Dr. Lenardi is active in the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) ETSI Technical Committee, and he represents Hitachi Europe in ETSI.

Reviewer/contributor to 

• "Car2Car Communication Consortium Manifesto", C2C-CC webpage
• "Embedded WiSeNts Research Roadmap", Embedded WiSeNts webpage

Member of Technical Program and/or Steering Committees of:

• Med-Hoc-Net 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, the IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop
• ITST 2007, 2008, 2010, the International Conference on ITS Telecommunications
• V2VCOM 2008, the 4th IEEE Workshop on Vehicle to Vehicle Communications
• UNA'08, 1st International Workshop on Urban Networks and Applications
• WiMob 2008, 2009, IEEE InternationalConference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications
• WiVec 2008, 2010, 2011, the IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Vehicular Communications
• AutoNet 2008, the 3rd IEEE Workshop on Automotive Networking and Applications
• WEEDEV 2009, the 2nd edition of Experimental Evaluation and Deployment Experiences on Vehicular networks
• VTC 2009-Spring, the 69th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
• BWA WS 2009, 5th IEEE BWA WS co-located with Globecom 2009 
• VNC 2009, 2010, the Vehicular Networks Conference. IEEE VNC is a new conference established with the merger of IEEE V2VCOM and IEEE AutoNet Workshops under IEEE ITS Society and IEEE ComSoc.
• INDIN 2010
• ICC 2011, Workshop on “Advanced Communications Technologies and Applications for Intelligent Transportation Systems”, Kyoto, June 9, 2011.
• PIMRC 2011, 22nd IEEE Symposium on Personal, Indoor, Mobile and Radio Communications
• IV'11, IV'12, IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium
• IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine (special issue on On The Road Communication)
• IEEE Network (special Issue on Advances in Vehicular Communications Networks)
• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
• IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Vehicles (Associate Editor)

Session Chairman

• Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) session at Med-Hoc-Net 2006
• Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) session at ITST 2007
• Radio Technologies for VANETs session at ITST 2007

Panelist at

• "Vehicle Communications in 2017: Needs, Applications, Business Models (and a Research Agenda until Then)" at WONS 2007
• "The Fully Networked Car", session on Cooperative Systems, ITU Workshop 2007
• "Car2Car Communication Consortium Forum 2007"
• "Mobile Communications and Intelligent Transportation Systems", at EuWiT 2008, European Wireless Technology Conference, representing the Car2Car Communication Consortium.
• EASYWAY project and PRE-DRIVE C2X project joint workshops
• "Car2Car Communication Consortium Forum 2009"
• ITS World Congress 2011
• IS AUTO Europe, Cologne, 2016

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Short Biography:

Massimiliano (Max) got his MasterDegree in Electronic Engineering in 1997 in Italy (University ofTrieste), his Doctoral School Degree in Communication Systems in 1998 in Switzerland (EPFL) and his PhD in Mobile Communications in 2002 in France (Eurecom Institute - EPFL)..

Max, an Innovation Leader and Digital Transformer, manages the "AUTONOMY and CIRCULARITY Laboratory" (ACL) of HITACHI’s Corporate R&D in Europe, with around 20 Researchers in 2 main sites : Sophia Antipolis, France, and Munich, Germany.
My Lab was previously called “Automotive and Industry Lab”, from 2015 till April 2022.

In the Transport domain, we innovate with advanced ICT and smart perception and control components for Connected, Cooperative, Autonomous and Electric Vehicles.
The Automotive, the Rail and the Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) domains benefit from our innovations.

In the Industry and Circular Economy domains, we innovate production and manufacturing processes, supply and value chains, products’ life cycles and machinery with advanced ICT and Industrie4.0 concepts.

We also cooperate with DFKI on Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to Human Activity Recognition, particularly for Workers safety.

Before 2015, I managed 2 other R&D sites of HITACHI in Europe, within the "EU Big Data Laboratory": in Manchester, UK, and in Copenhagen, DK, where we applied Big Data/Analytics for eHealth and Hospitals management.

I also contribute as Senior Researcher to HITACHI, and as bridge towards European potential partners and customers of the HITACHI Group Business Divisions.

I represent HITACHI in several European or French public projects’ Steering Committees, where I also contribute to, together with my Teams.

I was Coordinator of the EU FP7 project “eCo-FEV”, and my Team contributed to the project results.
My Team successfully contributed to the Autonet2030, DRIVE C2X and DENSE European projects, and to the HumanDrive UK project. We are an active Partner of the ServCity UK project.
We will be active partner of the EVENTS project in Horizon Europe from Sept 2022 on.

HITACHI is Full Member of CCAM, with me appointed as the official Contact for the HITACHI Group. We have been ETSI Member for 15 years.

I contributed to several publications, and am/was Reviewer within some Conferences’ Technical Committees. I coordinated some Sessions at different Conferences, and was invited as Panelist several times.

Main interest: Industrial R&D Laboratory management, particularly in the field of ICT for the Transport and Smart Manufacturing sectors.

http://innovate.hitachi.eu

Pre-Hitachi:

Max was born in Gorizia (Italy) on December 31st, 1970 and I lived in Gradisca d'Isonzo withhis parents until almost 1989. After graduating from the "LiceoScientifico Duca degli Abruzzi" high school in Gorizia he got hisMaster Degree in Electrical Engineering (specialization in Telecommunications) in June 1997 from the "Università degli Studi di Trieste", Italy.

From November 1996 to April 1997, Max developed a Laurea Thesis ("Analisys of a digital image inthe multidimensional space of its features: application to the segmentation of a video sequence") at the Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS) of the EPFL, Switzerland, in collaboration with the Image Processing Laboratory (IPL) of the University of Trieste for the Esprit-Noblesse European project.

From September 1995 to June 1996 he was an Erasmus (now Socrates) student at " University of Manchester", Great Britain.

From October 1997 to July1998 Max was a graduate student of the Doctoral School inCommunication Systems at the Communication Systems Department of the EPFL (LCM).A project on Distributed Antennas in Wireless/Cellular Systems has been developed, "Distributed Antennas for Cellular Wireless Systems".

From August 1998 toDecember 1998 he collaborated with NE&T-Webtechna, an InternetService Provider in Trieste (Italy) as Network Configurator and Designer.

From January 1999 to May 2002 Massimiliano was a PhD Student at Mobile Communications Department of Institute EURECOM (Sophia Antipolis, France), working under Prof. Dirk T.M. Slock on "Mobile reception for 3th generation mobile systems", in the context of UMTS/W-CDMA standard development.

Last update: August 2022