Nevio Benvenuto received the Laurea degree in 1976 from the University of Padova, Italy and his PhD from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1983. From 1983-85, he worked at AT &T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, focusing on signal analysis problems. He spent the next three years alternating between a research post in communications systems at the University of Padova and his post as a visiting professor at Bell Laboratories. From 1987-1990, he held a research post at the University of Ancona, before joining the University of L’Aquila in 1994. Currently, he is Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Padova. 

Roberto Corvaja, Tomaso Erseghe and Nicola Laurenti are Assistant Professors, Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Italy.