Researcher
Claudia Carballo González received a B.Sc. degree in Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) and an M.Sc. in Telecommunications and Telematics from the Havana University of Technology, Cuba, in 2015 and 2020, respectively. She earned her PhD (Summa Cum Laude) in Electronic and Computing Engineering from the University of Cagliari, Italy, in 2025. Claudia has five years of industry experience at ETECSA, Cuba’s national telecommunications operator, where she served as a Specialist in the Strategic Planning Department and later as the Main Specialist in the Transmission Planning Department. During this period, she participated in several advanced technical training programs, including a high-level program at Huawei University in Hangzhou, China (11/2016 –01/2017). She also has academic experience, having served as a Part-Time Instructor (Lecturer) at the Havana University of Technology, and later as a teaching assistant during her PhD, delivering laboratory sessions to master’s students at the University of Cagliari.
During her doctoral studies, she received several distinctions, including the Second Place Award in the “6G and NTN: Challenges and Solutions” competition organised by the INGR Satellite Working Group. She also participated in international doctoral schools, including the Jacob T. Schwartz International School (Italy, 2022) and the Workshop on Advanced Digital Technologies at the i2CAT Foundation (Spain, 2024). She presented her research at major international conferences, including IEEE BMSB (China, 2023) and the 15th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference-Doctoral Symposium (Italy, 2024), and published articles in high-impact journals such as IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. As part of her doctoral training, she carried out a six-month research stay (September 2022–March 2023) at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) within the Signal Processing and Radiocommunications Research Lab (TSR).
She is currently a Researcher in the Software Networks Group at the i2CAT Foundation in Catalonia, Spain. Her work focuses on advanced research and innovation in network softwarisation, edge/cloud computing, 5G and Beyond networks, quality of service, and the application of artificial intelligence to next-generation communication systems. Claudia has contributed to multiple Spanish and European R&D projects and proposals, with her most notable role being Co-Technical Manager of the SUNRISE-6G project, where she has supported technical coordination, system design, and research leadership. She also serves as a reviewer for leading scientific journals, including IEEE Networking Letters and the IEEE Internet of Things Journal. In addition, she actively participates in two ETSI standardisation Software Development Groups: Open Operator Platform (OOP) and OpenCAPIF (OCF). Currently, she is part of the Technical Steering Committee of OCF.
González, C. C., Pupo, E. F., Floris, A., Porcu, S., Murroni, M., & Atzori, L. (2026). OTT-MNO collaboration for a Network-layer ML-based QoE Prediction for Video Streaming over 5G O-RAN. Computer Networks, 112152.
