R. A. Carrasco BSc(Hons), PhD, CEng, FIEE

Rolando Carrasco was awarded a BSc Honours Degree from the University of Santiago, Chile in 1969. In 1980 he received a PhD from The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, for work on approaches to implementing digital filters using several processors. He was awarded The IEE Heaviside Premium in 1982 for his work in multiprocessors systems. He is a fellow of the IEE (FIEE) and is a Chartered Engineer (CEng). He is now Professor of Mobile Communications Systems in The School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering and his principal research interests are digital signal processing algorithms for data communications systems, network communications systems, mobile communication, channel coding and MIMO systems.

Teaching Interests:

Digital Modulation, Traffic and Information Theory, Networks Communication Systems, Channel Coding, MIMO Systems and Mobile Communications

Personal Details Research Activity (2001-2005) Publications EPSRC Research Projects

Events:

The Second International Symposium on Broadband Communications (ISBC’06), 10th-14th September, 2006, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Russia. Member of the organising committee

The IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2006, Montreal, Canada, Autumn 25 – 28 September 2006. Member of the technical programme committee

The Fifth International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2006) held at the University of Patras, Greece between 19th - 21st July 2006. Member of the steering committee.

The Eighth International Symposium on DSP and Communication Systems, DSPCS'2005 & 4^th Workshop on the Internet, Telecommunications and Signal Processing, WITSP'2005, Noosa Heads (Sunshine Coast, Australia), 19^th- 21^st December 2005.

The Third IASTED International Conference on Communications and Computer Networks. (CCN 2005).Marina del Rey, CA, USA. October 24-26, 2005. Member of the organising committee.

The Fifth IASTED International Multi-Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications (WOC 2005). Banff, Canada. 19th - 21st July 2005. Member of the organising committee.

The Eighth International Symposium on Communication Theory & Applications. Ambleside, Lake District, UK. 17th - 22nd July 2005. Member of the organising committee and guest speaker.

The First International Symposium on Broadband Communications (ISBC '04) was held at the Village Hotel and Leisure Club, Leeds, between 12^th - 15^th December 2004.

The Fourth International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2004) was held at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne between 20-22 July 2004.

The School of Computing and Information Technology at the University of Wolverhampton, in conjunction with the British Computer Society, held a seminar on New Directions in Systems Development. The seminar on Mobile Computing Networking took place on Wednesday 19th May 2004.

Staffordshire University hosted the Third International Symposium of Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2002) in July 2002. Local Chairman: R. A. Carrasco. This symposium is jointly sponsored by the IEE, IEEE Communication Society and the British Computer Society.