Research

Current research topics

• Low-resolution and 1-bit massive MIMO

• XL-MIMO and holographic MIMO

• Cell-free massive MIMO

Current Doctoral Researchers

• 07/2026–present: Ms. Arya Arun Nair (co-supervisor: Dr. L. Lehtomäki)

• 08/2023–present: Mr. Nima Mozaffari Khosravi

• 06/2023–present: Mr. Amila Ravinath (principal supervisor: Prof. A. Tölli)

• 05/2023–present: Mr. Danial Bahrami Kahyashnejad (co-supervisor: Prof. A. Tölli)

• 03/2023–present: Ms. Maral Safari Naij

• 03/2023–present: Mr. Ashutosh Prajapati (co-supervisor: Dr. P. Dharmawansa)

• 03/2022–present: Mr. Amin Radbord (co-supervisor: Prof. A. Tölli)

Graduated Doctoral Researchers

• 05/2019–12/2024: Dr. Bikshapathi Gouda (principal supervisor: Prof. A. Tölli)
• Now with Skylo (Finland)
• Thesis title: "Resource optimization in distributed massive MIMO under signaling and hardware limitations" [Open access link]

• 02/2018–05/2021: Dr. Placido Mursia (principal supervisor: Prof. D. Gesbert; co-supervisor: Prof. L. Cottatellucci)
• EURECOM (France) — Now with NEC Laboratories (Germany)
• Thesis title: "Multi-antenna methods for scalable beyond-5G access networks" [Open access link]

Postdoctoral and Senior Researchers

• 10/2024–present: Dr. Prathapasinghe Dharmawansa Kaluwa Devage (Senior Researcher)

• 09/2024–09/2026: Dr. Vidya Bhasker Shukla (Postdoctoral Researcher)

• 01/2024–present: Dr. Arttu Arjas (Postdoctoral Researcher)

• 08/2023–present: Dr. Minhua Ding (Senior Researcher)

• 03/2023–04/2025: Dr. Gustavo Rodrigues de Lima Tejerina (Postdoctoral Researcher)

Visiting Researchers

• 07/2026–12/2026: Prof. Soumya P. Dash (from IIT Bhubaneswar, India)

Research funding

• Research Council of Finland–NSF joint call: Artificial intelligence and/or wireless communication technologies — "Energy Efficient THz Communications Across Massive Dimensions". Funding period: 01/01/2023–31/12/2025. Source: Research Council of Finland.

• Research Council of Finland Research Fellow — "High-Frequency Revolution for Sustainable 6G Systems (HIGH-6G)". Funding period: 01/09/2022–31/08/2027. Source: Research of Finland.

• MSCA-IF — "Device-Centric Low-Complexity High-Frequency Networks (DELIGHT)". Funding period: 01/07/2020–30/06/2022. Source: European Commission (Horizon 2020).

Collaborators (present and past)

(In alphabetical order)

• Prof. George C. Alexandropoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)
• Dr. Jesús Arnau, Ofcom (UK)
• Dr. Ejder Baştuğ, Nokia Bell Labs (France)
• Prof. Emil Björnson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
• Prof. Laura Cottatellucci, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
• Prof. Soumya P. Dash, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar (India)
• Prof. Merouane Debbah, Technology Innovation Institute (UAE)
• Dr. Prathapasinghe Dharmawansa, University of Oulu (Finland)
• Prof. Giuseppe Durisi, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
• Prof. Javier R. Fonollosa, Polytechnic University of Catalonia—BarcelonaTech (Spain)
• Prof. David Gesbert, EURECOM (France)
• Prof. Eduard A. Jorswieck, Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany)
• Prof. Markku Juntti, University of Oulu (Finland)
• Prof. Mari Kobayashi, Apple (Germany)
• Prof. Marios Kountouris, EURECOM (France)
• Prof. Onel L. A. López, University of Oulu (Finland)
• Dr. Nurul H. Mahmood, University of Oulu (Finland)
• Dr. Marco Maso, Nokia Bell Labs (France)
• Dr. Placido Mursia, NEC Laboratories (Germany)
• Prof. Duy H. N. Nguyen, San Diego State University (USA)
• Prof. Nhan Thanh Nguyen, University of Oulu (Finland)
• Dr. Luis G. Ordóñez, Huawei Technologies (France)
• Prof. Daniel P. Palomar, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Honk Kong)
• Prof. Nandana Rajatheva, University of Oulu (Finland)
• Prof. Gesualdo Scutari, Purdue University (USA)
• Prof. A. Lee Swindlehurst, University of California, Irvine (USA)
• Prof. Antti Tölli, University of Oulu (Finland)
• Prof. Kenta Umebayashi, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Japan)