Jose A. Ayala-Romero

Jose A. Ayala-Romero

Senior Research Scientist

NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH

Biography

Senior Research Scientist with NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH. Before joining NEC, he was working as a Senior Data Scientist with the CBG AI lab at Huawei Ireland Research Center from Jan 2021 to Sep 2022, and as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin from Nov 2019 to Jan 2021. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Communications from the Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT), Spain, in 2019. During the Ph.D., he was an Intern at Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, in 2017, and NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany, in 2018.

Interests

  • Agentic Systems and Generative AI
  • Non-Terrestrial Networks

Education and Profesional Experience

  • Senior Research Scientist

    NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH

  • Senior Data Scientist

    Huawei Ireland Research Center

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

    Trinity College Dublin

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science and Communications

    Technical University of Cartagena

  • MSc in Telecommunications Engineering

    Technical University of Cartagena

  • BSc in Telecommunications Engineering

    Technical University of Cartagena

Featured Publications

Optimizing Entanglement Distribution Protocols: Maximizing Classical Information in Quantum Networks arXiv.
Ethan Sanchez Hidalgo, Diego Zafra Bono, Guillermo Encinas Lago, J. Xavier Salvat Lozano, Jose A. Ayala-Romero, Xavier Costa-Perez
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SPIFF: Selective Preservation of Image Fidelity for Bandwidth-constrained Heterogeneous Networks IEEE INFOCOM 2026.
Marco Palena, Jose A. Ayala-Romero, Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Carla Fabiana Chiasserini
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AegisRAN: A Fair and Energy-Efficient Computing Resource Allocation Framework for vRANs IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
Ethan Sanchez Hidalgo, Jose A. Ayala-Romero, Josep Xavier Salvat Lozano, A. Garcia-Saavedra, X. Costa-Perez
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Quantum Computing in the RAN with Qu4Fec: Closing Gaps Towards Quantum-based FEC processors ACM SIGMETRICS 2025.
Nikolaos Apostolakis, Marta Sierra-Obea, Marco Gramaglia, Jose A. Ayala-Romero, Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Marco Fiore, Albert Banchs, Xavier Costa-Perez
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FairRIC: Real-time Fair Allocation in O-RAN with Shared Computing IEEE INFOCOM 2025.
Fatih Aslan, Jose A. Ayala-Romero, Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Xavier Costa-Perez, George Iosifidis
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Kairos: Energy-efficient radio unit control for O-RAN via advanced sleep modes IEEE INFOCOM 2025.
Josep Xavier Salvat Lozano, Jose A. Ayala-Romero, Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Xavier Costa-Perez
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Projects

GENOME

GENerative and connected intelligence for 6G Open ManagEment (Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network). Role: Principal Investigator for NEC.
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PROSPERO

Uniform, Integrated and Simplified 6G architecture (Horizon Europe SNS JU). Role: WP2 leader.
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ORIGAMI

Optimized Resource Integration and Global Architecture for Mobile Infrastructure for 6G (Horizon Europe SNS JU, Stream B).
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BeGREEN

Beyond 5G Artificial Intelligence Assisted Energy Efficient Open Radio Access Network (Horizon Europe SNS JU, Stream A).
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Talks

From Policy Learning to Autonomous Algorithm Design: AI for Network Optimization

A 10-hour PhD seminar at UC3M on AI for network optimization: from bandits and constrained reinforcement learning to LLM-driven automated heuristic design.
Sep 21, 2026 — Sep 22, 2026 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Jose A. Ayala-Romero
Slides 1: Bandits Slides 2: Constraints & RL Slides 3: AHD I Slides 4: AHD II

IEEE SPS 1st Winter School on AI for 6G Communications

Invited lecture at the IEEE Signal Processing Society 1st Winter School on AI for 6G Communications.
Feb 3, 2025 — Feb 5, 2025 Canary Islands, Spain
Jose A. Ayala-Romero
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Energy-Efficient Orchestration of virtualized RANs: Experimental Analysis and Bayesian Learning

Invited lecture at the Summer School on Data-driven 5G RANs, organized by IMDEA Networks within the BANYAN project.
May 24, 2023 9:30 AM — 11:00 AM IMDEA Networks Institute
Jose A. Ayala-Romero
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