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Virginia Pilloni
Chair, ComSoc Young Professionals Committee
2024–2025

Virginia Pilloni [S’11, M’13, SM’22] is an Associate Professor of Communication Engineering at the University of Cagliari in Italy. Virginia is chair of the IEEE ComSoc YP, a member of the IEEE ComSoc Strategic Planning Standing Committee, an MGA representative for the IEEE Online Content Board, and a YP representative for the IEEE ComSoc EMEA region. Her main research interests are the Internet of Things, particularly in context-aware resource-efficient task allocation among connected devices and user-aware efficient scheduling of appliances in Smart Environment scenarios. Virginia participated in several regional, national, and international research projects. She is a member of the ITU-T SG20 on the Internet of Things, digital twins, and smart, sustainable cities and communities. She is an expert evaluator for European H2020, Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), and Latvian Council of Science (LCS) projects. She was a co-founder of the academic spin-off GreenShare Srl. Virginia is an Editor of Elsevier Computer Networks and Frontiers in Communications and Networks. She has served as organization chair and program committee member of several international conferences, including ICC, GLOBECOM, PIMRC, WCNC, and MeditCom.