MetaWireless is the first EU training-through-research program that is focused on the emerging interdisciplinary field of RIS-based wireless networks, which encompasses electromagnetics, physics, wireless communications, networks, learning, and software programmability. No academic/research course on RISs for wireless networks (at the undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral level) exists in any EU university. The Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) of MetaWireless will be the only doctoral students able to conduct research by using the only available (in the world) and fully-functional RIS-based wireless communication platforms, which are made available by SEU and THU.
The following table summarizes the main data of the ESRs.
| Fellow | Project Title | Host Institution | Ph.D. Enrolment | Ph.D. University Advisor | Deliverables |
| AAL-1 | Multi-function reconfigurable meta-surface structures for wireless networks | AAL | AAL | Dr. Sergei Tretyakov | D1.1, D1.5, D1.9/10 |
| AAL-2 | Equivalent circuital models for meta-surface structures | AAL | AAL | Dr. Sergei Tretyakov | D1.2, D1.6, D1.9/10 |
| CNIT-1 | Radio resource allocation in RIS-based wireless networks | CNIT | UNICLAM | Dr. Stefano Buzzi | D1.2, D1.6, D1.9/10 |
| CNIT-2 | Localization and sensing through meta-surface structures | CNIT | UNICLAM | Dr. Stefano Buzzi | D1.3, D1.7, D1.9/10 |
| CNRS-1 | Electromagnetic modeling of signal propagation in RIS-empowered wireless networks | CNRS | UPS | Dr. Marco Di Renzo | D1.2, D1.6, D1.9/10 |
| CNRS-2 | Modeling and optimization of large-scale RIS-based wireless networks | CNRS | UPS | Dr. Marco Di Renzo | D1.3, D1.7, D1.9/10 |
| DEM-1 | Large bandwidth and multi-band RIS designs for high frequencies bands | DEM | UNIPI | Dr. Angeliki Alexiou | D1.1, D1.5, D1.9/10 |
| GRW-1 | Integrated communication and sensing meta-surfaces for wireless networks | GRW | PSL | Dr. Mathias Fink | D1.1, D1.5, D1.9/10 |
| KTH-1 | Algorithms for channel estimation & low-feedback overhead in RIS-based wireless networks | KTH | KTH | Dr. Gabor Fodor | D1.3, D1.7, D1.9/10 |
| NEC-1 | Scalable software-configurable large-scale intelligent radio environments | NEC | UNICLAM | Dr. Stefano Buzzi | D1.3, D1.7, D1.9/10 |
| NOK-1 | Ray-tracing module for RIS-based wireless networks | NOK | AAL | Dr. Tretyakov | D1.4, D1.8, D1.9/10 |
| TID-1 | Real-time engine for orchestrating the control plane in RIS-based wireless networks | TID | UPF | Dr. Angel Lozano | D1.4, D1.8, D1.9/10 |
| TUW-1 | Open-access system-level simulator for RIS-based wireless networks | TUW | TUW | Dr. Markus Rupp | D1.4, D1.8, D1.9/10 |
| UPF-1 | Information-theoretic performance limits of RIS-based wireless networks | UPF | UPF | Dr. Angel Lozano | D1.2, D1.6, D1.9/10 |
| WUP-1 | Meta-surfaces for low-complexity transmitter design in RIS-based wireless networks | WUP | UNISI | Dr. Stefano Maci | D1.1, D1.5, D1.9/10 |
After the selection, names, short biographies and contact of Research Fellows will be published.