Research

The Joint Communication, Control & Sensing group at ISI, ATHENA RC works on integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), channel estimation for mmWave and THz massive MIMO, and the safe control and coordination of UAV swarms, for 6G networks and advanced air mobility. The topic pages below explain each line of work in plain terms and link to the papers. The projects fund it.

Research topics

• Research topic

  Channel Estimation for mmWave and THz Massive MIMO

  Finding the wireless channel with low-cost receivers, moving UAVs, 6G sensing and quantum computing.

  Since 2018 · 16 papers · IEEE SPL, JSTSP, TVT, ICASSP

• For students

  Open Topics for Theses, Internships and PhDs

  Seven topics on UAV networks, ISAC, cooperative localization, safe control and drone detection, each starting from a published paper and working code.

  Diploma and MSc theses · internships · PhD co-supervision

Projects

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  Horizon Europe

  EUSOME: Excellence Hub for Advanced Air Mobility

  Autonomous aerial systems and U-Space services for the South-East Mediterranean, with 16 partners in Cyprus, Greece, Poland and Serbia.

  PI for ATHENA RC · Horizon Europe CSA, GA 101187121 · 2025–2028 · €800k ATHENA share (€6M total)

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  Industry contract

  SPLASH: Joint Sensing, Communication and Control of Aerial Vehicles

  Detect-and-avoid with camera and mmWave radar, control and communication co-design, and FMCW joint sensing and communication for drones in U-Space.

  PI · Hellenic U-Space Institute (HUSI) · 2023–2027 · €45k

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  ATHENA RC Proof of Concept

  FIRA-DAV: Radar-Camera Fusion for Detect and Avoid

  A synchronized mmWave radar and camera dataset for AI-based obstacle detection on UAVs, with Hellenic Drones as industry partner.

  PI · ATHENA RC internal funding · 2023, 6 months · €10k