Morteza Alijani

Morteza Alijani received his first M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering (Communication and Systems) in 2014, and his second M.Sc. degree in Mechatronics Engineering (Robotics & Electronics) from the University of Trento, Italy, in 2022. He conducted his master's internship at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, from January to August 2021. From December 2021 onward, he worked as a research assistant at Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF), where he completed his master's thesis titled "Cooperative positioning algorithms for autonomous vehicles based on GNSS observables sharing." In September 2022, he joined the imec-WAVES research group at the Department of Information Technology (INTEC) of Ghent University, Belgium, to pursue his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. His primary research interests encompass visible light positioning (VLP), visible light sensing and communication (VLS/C), and IoT indoor and outdoor localization applications.

• Publications

A1 - Articles in journals, ISI Web of Science:

[J3] M. Alijani, C. De Cock, W. Joseph, D. Plets, “Device-Free Visible Light Sensing: A Survey,” IEEE communications Surveys & Tutorials, accepted 2025. (Impact Factor: 34.4, Q1)

[J2] M. Alijani,  W. Joseph,  E. D. Poorter, M. Deruyck and D. Plets, “ChickSense: Towards Poultry Welfare with Machine Learning-Assisted Visible Light Sensing,” IEEE Sensors Journal, accepted 2024. (Impact Factor: 4.93, Q1)

[J1] S. Bastiaens, M. Alijani,  W. Joseph, D. Plets, “Visible Light Positioning as a Next-Generation Indoor Positioning Technology: A Tutorial,”  IEEE Communication Survey and Tutorials, accepted 2024. (Impact Factor: 35.6, Q1)

C1/P1 - Conference Proceedings:

[C9] M. Alijani,  A. Steccanella,  W. Joseph, D. Plets, D. Fontanelli , ``Lagrange Interpolation in Satellite Positioning for Inter-Vehicle Distance Estimation: A Case Study, `` The thirteenth edition of the International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN2023), 25-28 Sep 2023, Nuremberg, Germany, accepted 2023. 

[C8] S. Bastiaens, M. Alijani,  W. Joseph, D. Plets, ``An Experimental Analysis of Visible Light Positioning in NLoS Environments, `` The thirteenth edition of the International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN2023), 25-28 Sep 2023, Nuremberg, Germany, accepted 2023. 

[C7] M. Alijani,  A. Steccanella,  W. Joseph, D. Plets, D. Fontanelli , ``Monte-Carlo Simulation of Cooperative Localization Techniques for Inter-Vehicle Distance Estimation, The thirteenth edition of the International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN2023), 25-28 Sep 2023, Nuremberg, Germany, accepted 2023. 

[C6] M. Alijani,  A. Steccanella, D. Fontanelli , `` Cooperative Positioning Algorithms for Estimating Inter-Vehicle Distance Using Multi-GNSS,`` 2023 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 13 July 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, accepted 2023. 

[C5] A. Osman, M. Alijani, ``Energy-Efficient Techniques for UAVs in Communication-based Applications,`` 2021 26th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC), 15 November 2021, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, accepted 2021.

[C4] M. Alijani, A. Osman, ``Minimum-Time Path Planning for Autonomous Landing of UAV on Aerial Drone Carrier,`` 2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 15-18 June 2021, Athens, Greece, accepted 2021.

[C3] M. Alijani, A. Osman, ``Performance Improvement of Energy Detection in Cognitive Radio Under Noise Uncertainty,`` 2020 14th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT) , 17-18 November 2020, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, accepted 2020.

[C2] M. Alijani, A. Osman, ``Autonomous Landing of UAV on Moving Platform: A Mathematical Approach,``2020 International Conference on Control, Automation and Diagnosis (ICCAD), 07-09 October 2020, Paris, France, accepted 2020.

[C1] M. Alijani, A. Osman, ``Calculate the Optimum Threshold for Double Energy Detection Technique in Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs),`` 10th International conference on Research in Engineering, Science and Technology , February 21–23, Rome, Italy, accepted 2020.