MISSION 6 – PhD programs

The PhD mission is a crucial mission for every PNRR action, the terminology of which within the Union European, not surprisingly, explicitly refers to the Next Generation EU.

The PhD mission guides young graduates to undertake a career based on innovation in the themes considered by the Partnership, in this case in the broad sense of Telecommunications, including all disciplines connected to telecommunications and which are typical of Information Engineering and beyond.

In this sense the “products” of the PhD missions are destined to last for the entire working life of the young people who will be recruited, imagining, in light of the recent data available, that without this type of Partnership very few of them would have chosen or had the possibility of choosing a path oriented towards telecommunications.

The PhD mission is therefore divided into 4 fundamental actions: Recruitment, Cohesion in Research, Shared training, target perspectives.

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This is the characteristic action of the initial phase. The best possible recruitment is the best premise for the selection of the future class of individuals dedicated to innovation in the future of Telecommunications.

To improve the class of doctoral students, it was decided not to immediately announce all the positions foreseen in RESTART. This is also because many positions had been banned in the XXXVIII cycle both in ordinary hiring and in hiring linked to other measures of the PNRR such as those envisaged for the year 2022 by DDMMs 351 and 352.

Since the PhD positions all last three years, the postponement of the PhD recruitment required strong co-financing support from the Universities linked to the 10 months of the XXXIX cycle that exceed the deadline for completing the RESTART.

The recruitment action is currently incomplete and, especially in the South, needs to be carefully verified with the results of the selections scheduled for the XXXIX cycle. This action must take into account the possibility of new registration provided for by DDMM 117 and 118 of 2023 and 629 and 630 of 2024. The joint use of PE and Ministerial Decree 117 is presented in Ministerial Decree 117, but did not appear feasible for the PE. These points are currently being studied in some CRUI round tables in which the PhD Mission responsible for RESTART regularly participates.
This action was launched by framing all PhD students in the structural and focused research projects envisaged by RESTART.
The action proceeds regularly with doctoral students already enrolled.
This action is being implemented. It will have complete development after the selection of the XXXIX cycle when the team of PhD students will be complete. This action is arranged via two interventions on compact Doctoral Schools, that last from 2 to 5 days.
  • The first intervention concerns the support to Doctoral Schools with a long tradition in the field of Telecommunications and related subjects. In the support, actions are planned for the dissemination of information to doctoral students and actions to organize their participation.
  • The second intervention concerns the organization of completely innovative doctoral schools. The titles of RESTART's Structural Projects are adopted as starting titles for the Schools. The organization of the Schools is entrusted to the Spoke that hosts the original Structural Project.
Subsequently, schools will also be organized or supported that deal with the themes of transversal skills, also benefiting from the results that emerged from the analysis of training needs that the Training mission has started.

 

DashBoard: DoctorAl ScHools BOARD

UniversityTitleSpokesPartnersCascade Calls PartnersOrganizer / ChairpersonLocationSchool DatesShort DescriptionLinkProjects
Università di PadovaPhD Summer School of Information Engineering - SSIE 2025Spoke 1 UniPDMarco GiordaniBrixen (Italy)July 7-11, 2025The program will feature seminars related to the new frontiers of machine learning in the fields of information engineering and security, and its applications (including cybersecurity and forensics, energy efficiency, signal analysis, and industrial applications).https://ssie.dei.unipd.it
Università di PadovaWinter School on Underwater Network Simulation 2025UniPDMichele Zorzi & Filippo CampagnaroPadovaFebruary 10-14, 2025The school includes a theoretical part where the students will attend classes on the concepts and procedures to perform network simulations and develop software modules, and an experimental part, that will be focused on the implementation of the code, on running simulation experiments, and on analyzing the results.https://www.subseapulse.com/unwis/
Università di PadovaWinter School on Underwater Network Simulation 2024UniPDMichele Zorzi & Filippo CampagnaroPadovaJan. 29-Feb. 2, 2024It focuses on the DESERT Underwater network simulation and experimentation frameworkhttps://desert-underwater.dei.unipd.it/index.php/winter-school/
Università di PadovaPhD Summer School of Information Engineering - SSIE 2024Spoke 1 UniPDMarco GiordaniBrixen (Italy)July 2024SSIE 2024, co-organized by the Department of Information Engineering at the University of Padova and the IEEE Italy Section. SSIE 2024 covers very timely and cutting edge research areas within the broad ICT domain. https://ssie.dei.unipd.it/
Università di PadovaSummer school on Complex networks and telecommunicationsUniPDComo (Italy)July 3-7, 2023The goal of the School is to expose the young researcher (mainly Ph.D. students, but also undergraduate students and Post-Docs) to some of the latest results as well as research trends covering the evolution of networking technologies. The target number of participants is 40. https://lakecomoschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CNTC.pdf
Università di PadovaPhD Summer School of Information Engineering - SSIE 2023Spoke 1 UniPDMarco GiordaniBrixen (Italy)July 10-14, 2023The school takes place from July 10th to July 14th 2023 in Brixen, Italy. It will be a single-track Ph.D. school with a focus on modern machine learning and optimization (theory and algorithms). The program consists of 12 talks given by leading researchers in Telecommunications and one workshop where Ph.D. can present their research projects and results. https://ssie.dei.unipd.it/
Università di BolognaAdvanced Topics in 5G-6G RAN for Industrial IoT Spoke 5UniCT, UniBo, TIMUniFe, AC2Enrico Buracchini, Telecom Italia; Daniela Panno, Roberto Verdone.Catania (Italy)July 7–10, 2025The PhD Summer School focuses on 5G/6G solutions for Industrial IoT (IIoT), with a particular emphasis on radio access networks (RAN). Participants will learn from top academic and industry experts, exploring the challenges and opportunities of advanced communication technologies in industrial environments. https://sites.google.com/view/in-phdsummerschool/homeS9
Università di CataniaAdvanced Topics in 5G-6G RAN for Industrial IoT Spoke 5UniCT, UniBo, TIMUniFe, AC2Enrico Buracchini, Telecom Italia; Daniela Panno, Roberto Verdone.Catania (Italy)July 7–10, 2026The PhD Summer School focuses on 5G/6G solutions for Industrial IoT (IIoT), with a particular emphasis on radio access networks (RAN). Participants will learn from top academic and industry experts, exploring the challenges and opportunities of advanced communication technologies in industrial environments. https://sites.google.com/view/in-phdsummerschool/homeS9
Università di Roma, Tor Vergata
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Politecnico di Bari
Politecnico di Milano
Università di Firenze
Politecnico di Torino
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
TIM
Vodafone
Wind Tre
Ericsson
Prysmian
ITALTEL
LEONARDO
HPE (ex Athonet)
TIESSE

DashCam: DoctorAl ScHools Cumulative ArrangeMent tool

TitleOrganiserEventLocationSchool DatesReference PersonRESTART support Link to participateTraining hours (H)
Workshop on Sustainable AI in/for Green Networking (SAYGreeN 2026)SAYGreeN CFP, Polytechnic University of TurinPerCom 2026Pisa2026-03-16 – 2026-03-20Daniela Rengahttps://saygreen2026.polito.it/
RESTART Final Plenary Dissemination Event: “Shaping Horizons In Future Telecommunications”Plenary WorkshopRoma2026-01-12 – 2026-01-19RESTART Main Eventhttps://fondazione-restart.it/it/2025/10/02/shaping-horizons-in-future-telecommunications-a-restart-dissemination-event-19-21-gennaio-2026-roma/
Dissemination and Exploitation WorkshopsWorkshopPisa20/11/2025https://fondazione-restart.it/it/2025/09/22/restart-spokes-il-calendario-di-tutti-i-dissemination-and-exploitation-workshops/
TRAIN (Transport Architectures for Intelligent Networks)Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Politecnico di Milano, Università di BolognaCNSMBologna2025-10-27 – 2025-10-31Emilio Paolini, Memedhe Ibrahimi, Gianluca Davolico-sponsored by RESTART and SMARTYhttps://sites.google.com/view/train-cnsm-2025
Disseminarion and exploitation workshopPolytechnic University of TurinWorkshopTorino30/10/2025Carla Chiasserini, Fulvio Risso, Enrico MagliRESTART Main Eventhttps://fondazione-restart.it/it/2025/09/22/restart-spokes-il-calendario-di-tutti-i-dissemination-and-exploitation-workshops/
1st Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for_x000D_
Biomedical Data (AIBio) 2025
FAIR (Future Artificial Intelligence RESEARCH, Univesity Of Naples Federico II, RESTARTWorkshopBologna2025-10-25 – 2025-10-26Cristian Tommasinoco-organized by RESTARThttps://wsaibio.github.io/ecai2025/
3° Tech Camp RESTART su 5G e Open RANUniversità di Palermo/CNITTech CampPalermo2025-10-15 – 2025-10-17Antonio Capone, Giuseppe BianchiMain RESTART Eventhttps://5g-tech-camp.fondazione-restart.it/#registration25
NextComm Federico II, CESMA, DeloitteMentorshipNapoli2025-10-09 – 2025-10-30Daniele RiccioRESTART Main Eventhttps://fondazione-restart.it/2025/09/26/nextcomm-the-restart-acceleration-program-is-now-out/56
Bridging the future through terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks and servicesPolytechnic University of BariWorkshopBari08/10/2025Luigi Alfredo Grieco, RESTART Main Eventhttps://fondazione-restart.it/it/2025/09/22/restart-spokes-il-calendario-di-tutti-i-dissemination-and-exploitation-workshops/4
Rome Future WeekOpen FiberWorkshopRoma19/09/2025Giuseppe Golaco-organized by RESTARThttps://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/rome-future-week-open-fiber-punta-sulla-ricerca-con-re-thinking-innovation/4
Orizzonte 2030: l’Italia tra 5G e 6GCNIT/WiLabSummitBologna 17/09/2025Nicola Blefarico-organized by RESTARThttps://sites.google.com/view/intercem5g/10
RESTART Plenary Dissemination WorkshopUniversity of Naples Federico IIPlenary WorkshopNaples2025-06-30 – 2025-07-02Daniele RiccioMain RESTART Eventhttps://www.fondazione-restart.it/2025/05/15/restart-plenary-dissemination-workshop-napoli-30-june-2-july-2025/18
Workshop ENS – Edge Network SoftwarizationIEEE NetSoftInternational WorkshopBudapest2025-06-23 – 2025-06-27co-sponsored by RESTARThttps://sites.google.com/view/ens2024/home4
Innovation to lead the Future – RESTART Plenary Dissemination WorkshopUniversity of PalermoPlenary WorkshopPalermo2025-01-30 – 2025-01-31Ilenia TinnirelloMain RESTART Eventhttps://www.fondazione-restart.it/2024/11/29/innovation-to-lead-the-future-restart-plenary-dissemination-workshop-palermo-30-31-january-2025/15
3° Workshop Soft SkillsWiLab / RESTARTWorkshopBologna2025-01-20 – 2025-01-21Roberto VerdoneMission 5 – Education & Training (S24E)https://wilab.cnit.it/3o-workshop-restart-sulle-soft-skills/14
Management of Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial network infrastructuresPolytechnic University of BariShort MasterBari2024Giuseppe PiroSpoke 2 – Master's in Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networkshttps://www.poliba.it/sites/default/files/master/bando_short_master_management_network_infrastructures.pdf100
2° Workshop Soft Skills WiLab / RESTARTWorkshopBologna2024-11-19 – 2024-11-20Roberto VerdoneMission 5 – Education & Training (S24E)https://www.fondazione-restart.it/2024/09/24/2nd-restart-workshop-on-soft-skills-for-university-professors-and-researchers-bologna-november-19-20-2024/#:~:text=For%20this%20reason%2C%20the%202nd,20%20Via%20Paolo%20Nanni%20Costa.14
Net4Future – Workshop sulla visione delle TLC italiane nel 2050skopìaWorkshopBologna2024-11-05 – 2024-11-06Ilenia TinnirelloRESTART S14 – Net4Futurehttps://www.fondazione-restart.it/it/2024/11/11/net4future-un-workshop-per-pensare-a-come-sara-il-futuro-delle-telecomunicazioni-in-italia-nel-2050/8
Future Optical Network Architecture and Photonic Technologies for the InternetIEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) 2024International WorkshopRome2024-09-10 – 2024-09-14Piero Castoldi (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna)headlined by RESTARThttps://2024.ieee-ipc.org/2
2° Tech Camp RESTART su 5G e Open RANPolytechnic University of Milan / CNITTech CampMilan2024-09-09 – 2024-09-12Antonio Capone, Giuseppe BianchiMain RESTART Eventhttps://www.deib.polimi.it/ita/eventi/dettagli/3003#:~:text=La%20seconda%20edizione%20del%20RESTART,di%20Milano%20nell'aula%205.02.25
NetAccel-AI 2024 – Data-Plane & Edge Network AccelerationHPSR 2024 / IEEEInternational WorkshopPisa2024-07-22 – 2024-07-24Guido MaierPatronage of RESTART - WatchEDGE Focused Project.https://hpsr2024.ieee-hpsr.org/program25
Plenary Dissemination Workshop “How will the future look like?”University of CataniaPlenary WorkshopCatania2024-07-04 – 2024-07-05Sergio PalazzoMain RESTART Eventhttps://www.fondazione-restart.it/it/2024/06/04/restart-plenary-dissemination-workshop-4-5-luglio-catania/18
1° Workshop Soft Skills WiLab / RESTARTWorkshopBologna2024-06-25 – 2024-06-26Roberto VerdoneMission 5 – Education & Training (S24E)https://www.fondazione-restart.it/2024/02/27/1st-restart-workshop-on-soft-skills-for-university-professors-and-researchers-the-art-of-public-speaking/14
3rd Workshop ENS – Edge Network SoftwarizationIEEE NetSoft 2024WorkshopSt. Louis, USA2024-06-24 – 2024-06-28Adele Del Bello, Lorenzo Santilli, Roberto Sabellaco-sponsored by RESTARThttps://sites.google.com/view/ens2024/home4
Net4Future – Workshop per una società sostenibileOpen Fiber + academic partnersWorkshopRome (Open Fiber HQ)2024-06-18 – 2024-06-19Francesca Parasecolo; Francesco Carpentieri; Sabino Titomanlio; Fabrizio Gradassi; Sara MazzarellaOpen fiberhttps://www.fondazione-restart.it/it/2024/06/20/il-workshop-di-net4future-il-futuro-delle-telecomunicazioni-per-una-societa-sostenibile-e-inclusiva/18
1° Tech Camp RESTART su 5G e Open RANSapienza,_x000D_
University of Rome_x000D_
Italy
Tech CampRoma2023-09-13 – 2023-09-15Giuseppe BianchiMain RESTART Eventhttps://5g-tech-camp.fondazione-restart.it/past-editions/2023.html25
The Third International Workshop on the Integration between Distributed Machine Learning and the Internet of Things (AIoT)International WorkshopHouston, TX, USA30/10/2025Fabio BusaccaMain RESTART Eventhttps://www.aiot-workshop.xyz/3rd-edition-20258
Trasferire innovazione nelle TLC: il vantaggio delle PMI per la crescita del PaeseRESTART Event – in collaboration with ANFoV and Il Quadrato della RadioWorkshopHilton Turin Centre10/10/2025Roberto SabellaRESTART Main Event https://www.fondazione-restart.it/it/2025/07/22/trasferire-innovazione-nelle-tlc-il-vantaggio-delle-pmi-per-la-crescita-del-paese-10-ottobre-2025-hotel-hilton-torino/8
2° Industrial Dissemination Workshop on Programmable Networks (IDWPN 2025)Sapienza University, COMMON NET, ADROIT-6GWorkshop Roma25/09/2025Carla Fabiana Chiasserini, Gabriele Elia, Marco Polverini e Stefano SalsanoRESTART Main Event https://fondazione-restart.it/it/2025/10/03/a-roma-il-2-workshop-del-progetto-super-sulle-reti-programmabili-confronto-su-ai-e-automazione/8
RESTART Startup showcase Programma di Mentorship dello Spoke 4Polytechnic University of TurinMentorshipTurin2025-09-14 – 2025-09-16Carla ChiasseriniMain RESTART Event in collaboration with Plug and Play Tech Centerhttps://fondazione-restart.it/it/2025/09/17/startup-showcase-dello-spoke-4-di-restart-24-progetti-per-la-transizione-digitale-nelle-telecomunicazioni/18
Workshop 'The path towards 6G'IEEEInternational WorkshopMontreal, Canada12/06/2025co-sponsored by RESTARThttps://towards6g.disi.unitn.it/8
The Italian National Initiative on 6G: the achievements in the RESTART program6G SNSWebnairOnline22/05/2025Antonio Caponeheadlined by RESTARThttps://smart-networks.europa.eu/event/the-italian-national-initiative-on-6g-the-achievements-in-the-restart-program/2
Programma di Mentorship e ImprenditorialitàPolytechnic University of TurinMentorshipTurin08/04/2025Carla ChiasseriniMain RESTART Event in collaboration with Plug and Play Tech Centerhttps://www.fondazione-restart.it/it/2025/02/04/restart-spoke-4-call-for-ideas-2/4
Industrial Dissemination Workshop (AI & Reti)SUPER – PoliTo, TIM, Tor VergataWorkshopRome07/04/2025Carla Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino), Gabriele Elia (TIM) e Stefano Salsano (Università di Roma Tor Vergata)Main RESTART Event with TIMhttps://www.fondazione-restart.it/it/2025/04/02/super-organizza-un-industrial-dissemination-workshop-on-ai-and-programmable-networks-7-aprile-2025-roma/4
Industrial dissemination workshop on AI and Programmable NetworksSUPER, COMMONET WorkshopRoma07/04/2025Carla Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino), Gabriele Elia (TIM) e Stefano Salsano (Università di Roma Tor Vergata)Main RESTART Eventhttps://www.fondazione-restart.it/it/2025/04/02/super-organizza-un-industrial-dissemination-workshop-on-ai-and-programmable-networks-7-aprile-2025-roma/4
The Second International Workshop on the Integration between Distributed Machine Learning and the Internet of Things (AIoT)International WorkshopAthens, Greece14/10/2024Antonio CaponeMain RESTART Eventhttps://www.aiot-workshop.xyz/2nd-edition-20248
Tech Camp on Future VisionsPolytechnic University of MilanTech CampMilan02/10/2024Ilenia Tinnirello.Project S14 – Net4Futurehttps://www.fondazione-restart.it/2024/10/07/a-tech-camp-to-predict-what-the-future-scenarios-of-telecommunications-will-look-like/8
Workshop di Disseminazione SUPERSUPER, University of BolognaWorkshopBologna10/09/2024Roberto VerdoneMain RESTART Eventhttps://www.fondazione-restart.it/it/2024/09/24/super-un-nuovo-workshop-di-disseminazione-presso-luniversita-di-bologna/4
Open Network Intelligence_x000D_
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(ONI-CAV) Workshop
University of Catania, PoliMi, PoliToWorkshopCatania03/07/2024Francesco Linsalata, Marco Rapelli, Laura GalluccioMain RESTART Eventhttps://oni-cav.fondazione-restart.it/10
PNRR Live – Workshop RESTARTWorkshop onlineOnline06/05/2024Adele Del Bello, Lorenzo Santilli, Roberto Sabella“PNRR Live” Series – Research Exchangehttps://www.borsadellaricerca.it/calendario/06-05-2024/pnrr-live-con-restart/1
Intelligent IoT and Networks for 6GWiLab – Huawei JIC – RESTARTWorkshopRome (Centro Congressi Cavour)15/04/2024Roberto VerdoneOpen Collaborative Eventhttps://wilab.cnit.it/joint-wilab-huawei-jic-and-restart-workshop/5
The Frist International Workshop on the Integration between Distributed Machine Learning and the Internet of Things (AIoT)Univeristà di CataniaInternational WorkshopCatania23/10/2023Giacomo MorabitoMain RESTART Eventhttps://www.aiot-workshop.xyz/1st-edition-20238

 

This is the action that will mainly characterize the final phase of the program. In this phase, a clear path must emerge for each PhD student that directs him to a research or innovation perspective especially in the direction of firms, including the possibility of being part of start-ups or spinoffs. This action will have to be conducted with particular attention to the south.
The clear perspective of placement in the company is a fundamental element for the success of the M4C2 mission and requires a particular commitment of the firm component in RESTART.
Recruitment
The enrolment of PhD students linked to the XL cycle is in the process of starting. However, it is highly likely that some PhD students interested in RESTART may opt for other funding actions (academic grants, DDMM 629 630) for their PhD cycle. The final data will be evaluated in November with the completion of the recruitment of doctoral students.

Cohesion in research
This action was launched by placing all PhD students in the structural and targeted research projects envisaged by RESTART. The action proceeds regularly with the PhD students already enrolled.

Shared training
This action is being implemented. It will have a complete development after the selection of the XL cycle, when the team of PhD students will be complete. A new action based on the direct involvement of enterprises in RESTART has been proposed. It has been included in a new framework of actions that will be called LIFE (Learning Improved by Firms Experience). The action is made up of events. Each event will be based on a theme proposed by one of RESTART's companies. It will last about 2 hours and will be organized in collaboration with companies.
  1. 1 hour - A lecture
  2. 15 minutes - Presentation of a company
  3. 15 minutes - short presentations (5 minutes each) of PhDs in RESTART
  4. 30 minutes - Round table on the topic

Destination perspectives
This is the main action that will characterise the final phase of the programme.