• Industrial networks
• IEEE 802.15.4, Time Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH), Wireless Sensor Networks
• IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi)
• Machine learning applied to industrial communication
• Seamless Redundancy
• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
• Scheduling algorithms
• Clock synchronization protocols

• Speech recognition
• Machine Learning and Classification Algorithms

• Best Paper Award, IEEE 16th International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2020), Porto.
  Paper: [P43] G. Cena, S. Scanzio, L. Seno, A. Valenzano, C. Zunino, “Energy-efficient Link Capacity Overprovisioning in Time Slotted Channel Hopping Networks,” 16th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2020), Porto, Portugal, 2020, pp. 1-8. doi: 10.1109/WFCS47810.2020.9114449
• Best Paper Award, IEEE 15th International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2019), Sundsvall.
  Paper: [P38] G. Cena, S. Scanzio, L. Seno and A. Valenzano, “Optimal retransmission allocation for EDF-based networked real-time applications,” 15th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2019), Sundsvall, Sweden, 2019, pp. 1-8. doi: 10.1109/WFCS.2019.8758018
• 2017 Best Paper Award for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, as the best journal paper published in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics in 2016.
  Paper: [J10] G. Cena, S. Scanzio and A. Valenzano, “Seamless Link-Level Redundancy to Improve Reliability of Industrial Wi-Fi Networks,” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 608-620, April 2016. doi: 10.1109/TII.2016.2641468
• Best Paper Award, IEEE 13th International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2017), Trondheim.
  Paper: [P33] G. Cena, S. Scanzio and A. Valenzano, “A software-defined MAC architecture for Wi-Fi operating in user space on conventional PCs,” IEEE 13th International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2017), Trondheim, 2017, pp. 1-10. doi: 10.1109/WFCS.2017.7991945
• Best Paper Award, IEEE 8th International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2010), Nancy.
  Paper: [P14] G. Cena, I. Cibrario Bertolotti, S. Scanzio, A. Valenzano and C. Zunino, “On the accuracy of the distributed clock mechanism in EtherCAT,” IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems Proceedings (WFCS 2010), Nancy, 2010, pp. 43-52. doi: 10.1109/WFCS.2010.5548638

• Associate Editor of the Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier), of the IEEE Access, and of the Electronics (MDPI) journals (present).
• General co-chair at the “21st IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (IEEE WFCS 2025)”. Rostock, Germany. 11-13 June 2025). Call for paper: wfcs_2025_cfp.pdf (current role).
• TPC co-chair at the “20th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (IEEE WFCS 2024)”. Toulouse, France. 17-19 April 2024. Call for paper: wfcs_2024_cfp.pdf.
• Lead Editor of Special Section: S. Scanzio, H. P. Bernhard, D. Cavalcanti, G. Cena, L. Shu, I. Val, and L. Wisniewski, “Advances on High Performance Wireless Networks for Automation and IIoT” in IEEE Access, 2023.
  Editorial: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3340472
• Publication co-chair at the “IEEE 21 st International Conference on Industrial Informatics (IEEE INDIN 2023)”. Lemgo, Germany. 17-20 July 2023. Call for paper: indin_2023_cfp.pdf.
• TPC co-chair at the “19th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (IEEE WFCS 2023)”. Pavia, Italy. 26-28 April 2023. Call for paper: wfcs_2023_cfp.pdf.
• Special Session co-organizer: G. Cena, M. Friesen, M. Gidlund, A. Neumann, S. Scanzio, L. Wisniewski, “Advanced Methods for the Management of Factory Networks” in 27th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2022), Stuttgart, Germany. 6-9 September 2022.
• Special Sessions co-chair at the “18th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2022)”. Pavia, Italy. 27-29 April 2022.
• Special Issue co-organizer: M. Palattella, S. Scanzio, “Ad-Hoc, Mobile, and Wireless Networks” in Wiley Internet Technology Letters, 2021.
  Editorial: 10.1002/itl2.308
• TPC co-chair at the “18th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc-Now 2019)”. Luxembourg, Luxembourg. 1-3 October 2019.
• Special Section co-organizer: P. Gaj, S. Scanzio and L. Wisniewski, “Heterogeneous Industrial Networks of the Current and Next Generation Factories” in IEEE Transactions on Informatics.
  Editorial: 10.1109/TII.2020.2976796
• WiP co-chair at the “14th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2018)”. Imperia, Italy. 13-15 June 2018.
• Participation to the working group for the realization of the standard IEEE P61158 "Standard for Industrial Hard Real-Time Communication".

• IEEE ETFA 2024: session “WIP10 - Trends in AI for CPS in Automation”
• IEEE ETFA 2024: session “WIP2 - Industrial Communication Technologies and Systems”
• IEEE ETFA 2024: session “TT10 - AI for Knowledge Management in Automation”
• IEEE WFCS 2024: session “Wi-Fi in Industrial Communication”
• IEEE ETFA 2022: session “Wireless systems in industrial applications”
• IEEE ETFA 2022: session “Advanced Methods for the Management of Factory Networks”
• IEEE ETFA 2022: session “Innovative applications of Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) technologies and standards”
• IEEE WFCS 2022: session “Wireless Networks for Industrial Applications I”
• IEEE ETFA 2021: session “TT2c: OPC UA and data models”
• IEEE WFCS 2021: session “Wireless Sensor Networks”
• AdHoc-Now 2019: session “Technical Session 6: Optimisation Schemes for Increasing Sensors Lifetime”
• IEEE ETFA 2019: session “Track 2.2: Communication Middleware”
• IEEE ETFA 2018: session “Track 2.3: Wireless Communications”
• IEEE ETFA 2018: session “Work-in-Progress - WiP 1”
• IEEE WFCS 2018: session “Work-in-Progress Session 2”
• IEEE WFCS 2017: session “Session 5 – Industrial Communication”
• IEEE IECON 2016: session “TTI - CSIFA 2 Communications Systems for Industrial and Factory Automation”
• IEEE ETFA 2016: session “T2.1 Automation and industrial Internet of Things”
• IEEE ETFA 2015: session “T2.2: Industrial Ethernet”
• IEEE ETFA 2012: session “WIP 3.2”

• IEEE ETFA (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• IEEE MELECON (2020, 2024)
• IEEE I2MTC (2020, 2024)
• WONS 2024 (https://2024.wons-conference.org/)
• IFSA ARCI' (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• IEEE WFCS 2021
• Springer AdHoc-Now (2019, 2020)
• IEEE ICIT 2017

• Exam commission for the doctoral thesis of Salvatore Sarni with the title “Speaker Verification and Language Recognition”, supervisor Prof. Sandro Cumani, Politecnico di Torino.
• Exam commission for the doctoral thesis of Markeljan Fishta with the title “Acoustic Wave-Based Wireless Data Communication in Urban Water Supply Networks”, supervisor Prof. Franco Fiori, Politecnico di Torino, July 2023.
• External examiner for the doctoral thesis of Zaloa Fernández Ganzabal with the title “Analysis of the Impact of Wireless Mobile Devices in Critical Industrial Applications”, supervisors Dr. Mikel Mendicute and Dr. Iñaki Val, Mondragon Unibertsitatea, May 2019.

Regularly (or occasionally) review papers for:

• Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks
• Elsevier Computers & Electrical Engineering
• Elsevier Computer Communications
• Elsevier Computer Networks
• Elsevier Digital Communications and Networks
• Elsevier Heliyon
• Elsevier Internet of Things
• Elsevier ISA Transactions
• Hindawi Mobile Information Systems
• Hindawi Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
• IEEE Access
• IEEE Communications Letters
• IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine
• IEEE IT Professional
• IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
• IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
• MDPI Information