Matteo Nerini

Matteo Nerini is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Imperial College London's Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Lab within the Faculty of Engineering. His work focuses on signal processing and machine learning applications for wireless communications, particularly in Beyond Diagonal Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (BD-RIS). He holds a Ph.D. (2024) and M.Sc. (2020) from Imperial College, and dual M.Sc. degrees from the University of Bologna (2020) and NTNU (2020).

• Visiting Researcher at Technical University of Munich (2023)
• Recipient of the Eryl Cadwallader Davies Prize (2025) for best PhD thesis

His research explores advanced wireless systems including BD-RIS prototypes, analog computing with microwave networks, and optimization frameworks for reconfigurable surfaces. He has contributed to over 20 peer-reviewed publications and maintains active GitHub repositories on topics like 5G network slicing and BD-RIS design.

Key technical areas include:

• RIS modeling and optimization
• Wideband OFDM communication systems
• Analog beamforming techniques
• Machine learning for network security

His recent work emphasizes practical implementations of BD-RIS architectures and their impact on 5G/6G networks. Active collaborations involve both academic institutions and industry partners in wireless communication technologies.