UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA, SPAIN
The Coordinator and European Partner
(The Late) Prof. Javier Poncela
(The Late) Dr. Javier Poncela received the M.Sc. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, in 1994 and the Ph.D., a degree from the University of Málaga, Spain. He also holds an MBA degree. Dr Poncela worked in Alcatel Spacio before joining the University of Málaga in 1995, where he was Associate Professor. He did his PhD on methodologies for efficient development of complex communications systems. He has actively collaborated with multinational companies (Nokia, Cetecom GmbH, AT4wireless, Ingenia) on formal modelling and system testing in Bluetooth, 3G and satellite systems. Currently, his interests were in underwater communication networks, analysis of end-to-end performance, and models for the evaluation of QoE. He participated in more than 10 research projects, co-authoring more than 50 publications, 23 of them in JCR journals. He was co-editor of special issues in journal Wireless Personal Communications. Dr Poncela was the coordinator of Master on Telematics and Communication Networks for six years and since 2012 serves as Deputy Dean for International Relations in ETSIT. He also coordinated international Mobility Programs Erasmus+ KA107 between University of Malaga and Universities in Pakistan and France. He was a co-founder of the Applied Communications Engineering for underwater (ACEuw) R&D group.
Enrique Nava
Enrique Nava received the Ingeniero de Telecomunicación degree (B.S. and M.S.) and the Ph.D. degree in engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain, in 1988 and 1992, respectively. He has been an Assistant Professor (1990–1994) and Associate Professor (1994–present) at the Universidad de Málaga, Spain. He is the head of a multidisciplinary research group on medical image processing techniques. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (2000), RWTH Aachen, Germany (2011 and 2014), UNSW@ADFA Canberra, Australia (2012), and LAPI-UPB Romania (several short stays) and he has participated as researcher in one Marine Science campaign onboard the Miguel Oliver Oceanographic Ship (2015). His research interests include applied signal and image processing, and numerical methods, usually, in close collaboration with researchers from others fields, as radiology, human physiology, analytical chemistry, mechanical engineering, acoustics, entomology, and marine science.
Pablo Otero
P. Otero (IEEE S’84–M’93) received the M.Sc. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, in 1983, and the Ph.D. degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1998. From 1983 to 1993, he was with the Spanish companies Standard Eléctrica, E. N. Bazán, and Telefónica, where he was involved with communications and radar systems engineering. In 1993, he joined the University of Seville, Spain, where he was a Lecturer for two years. In 1996, he joined the Laboratory of Electromagnetism and Acoustics, EPFL, where he was a Research Associate supported by a Spanish Government grant. In 1998, he joined the University of Málaga, Spain, where he is currently Associate Professor. In 1999, Dr. Otero received the best Ph.D. Thesis award from the Spanish National Telecommunications Engineering Association (COIT/AEIT). His research interests include communications and wireless systems in oceanic engineering. He is co-founder of the Applied Communications Engineering for underwater (ACEuw) R&D group.
M. Carmen Clemente
M. Carmen Clemente Medina received the M. Sc. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, in 1993, and the Ph. D. degree from the University of Malaga, Spain, in 2013. From 1994 to 1997, she was in the Institute of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technological University of the Mixteca, Mexico, as Research Assistant. In 1998, she joined the University of Malaga, where she is currently an Associate Professor in the Communication Engineering Department. In this University she has taught 10 different courses and also she has supervised over 30 Bachelors’ and Masters’ Thesis. She has participated in 6 Educational Innovation Projects, 5 Research Projects and 2 Industry Projects. Her research interests include signal analysis and processing, digital image analysis, acoustic engineering, underwater communications systems and sonar signal processing.
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