He obtained a doctoral – laurea - degree in electronic engineering on 1973 at University La Sapienza in Rome.

[1] The activity of Alfonso Farina spans a wide range of arguments in the area of radars and sensors.

His pioneering work on track while scan, now widely used in all radars, was recounted in a classical set of two books[2] [3] that due to their widespread relevance have gone published also with Russian and Chinese translations.

From 2004 to 2014, he led the team of engineers in conceiving, designing and implementing successive generations of improved PCL radar systems, extensively tested over several years.

[11] In the recent decade, he has contributed to exploit his competence on signal processing in favor of cyber security of integrated systems.

Recently, he gave an interview for the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, with Fulvio Gini hosting, recounting of his professional achievements and more.

Recently, he has been an associate editor of IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine for a special issue on quantum radar, published in two parts, together with Marco Frasca and Bhashyam Balaji.

He is part of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Standing Committee Chairs as responsible of “Member Service: HISTORY”.

He won the following awards: For pioneering contributions to the analysis, design, development, and experimentation of digital-based adaptive radar systems.