Rate My Professor Riku Jäntti

Riku Jäntti is a Full Professor of Communications Engineering at Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering and Head of the Department of Communications and Networking. He earned his M.Sc. degree with distinction in Engineering and Technology from Helsinki University of Technology on September 15, 1997, Licentiate degree on December 13, 1999, and D.Sc. degree with distinction on June 15, 2001, all from the same institution. Prior to his current position, which he joined in August 2006, he served as Professor pro tem at the Department of Computer Science, University of Vaasa. Additionally, he is a co-founder of Klick Technologies Oy since 2015.

Professor Jäntti's research specializations encompass low-power wireless systems, machine-type communications, cloud-based radio access networks, spectrum and co-existence management, quantum communications, RF inference, radio resource management, cognitive radio, wireless communications, communications engineering, and 5G technologies. He has received numerous accolades, including Senior Member of IEEE, IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturer (Class 2016), Best Demonstration Award at the 4th International Conference on 6G Networking (2025), Best Paper Award at Globecom (2017), IEEE TCGCC Best Conference Paper Award at ICC (2019), Best Paper Awards at COCORA (2011), IPSN (2014), and the 8th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (2004), Supervisor/Manager of the Year at Helsinki University of Technology (2009), and Most Downloaded Paper of IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification (2024). His key publications include '6G Transceiver and Radio Design' (2026, Wiley-IEEE Press), 'Ambient IoT: Backscatter-Based Connectivity Topologies and Outage Behavior' (2026, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking), 'Demo: Energy Neutral Backscatter Device Utilizing High Performance Commercial Components' (2026, 6GNet), 'Drone Localization Using Dual RIS-Equipped Drones Under Jamming' (2026, IEEE VTC-Fall), and 'Fingerprinting Localization based on Super Resolution CSI Features' (2026, IEEE Access). He serves on editorial boards and scientific program committees for conferences. With over 10,000 citations on Google Scholar, his work significantly influences wireless communications research.