23 April 2023
Electronics 2022 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award—Winner Announced

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As the Editor-in-Chief of Electronics (ISSN: 2079-9292), it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Electronics 2022 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award—Dr. Gabriele Patrizi, from the Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. This award is for a Ph.D. student or recently qualified Ph.D. who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.
The award has been granted for the following thesis:
“An Innovative Data-Driven Reliability Life Cycle for Complex Systems”
Dr. Gabriele Patrizi will receive CHF 800, a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Electronics in 2023.
On behalf of the evaluation committee—Prof. Dr. Ke Guan, Prof. Dr. Joao Soares, Prof. Dr. Valeri Mladenov, Prof. Dr. Stefanos Kollias, Prof. Dr. Amir H Gandomi, Prof. Dr. George A Tsihrintzis, and Prof. Dr. Martin Reisslein—I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winner on his accomplishment. We would also like to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero
Editor-in-Chief, Electronics