Biography | Gonzalo Vazquez-Vilar

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Biography

In this section you can find a short biography of mine. A detailed CV can be also downloaded here.

Gonzalo Vazquez Vilar studied Telecommunications Engineering, with major in Information and Communications Technology, at the University of Vigo (Spain) obtaining the Spanish Gobernment Prize for excelent 1999-2004 graduates.

This degree has been complemented with an exchange program in 2005 at the University of Applied Sciences of Saarbruecken (Germany), with major in Electronics Technology. In 2006 he joined Siemens AG (Germany) involved in a project of design and construction of a photovoltaic power plant. In this period he adquired professional skills in both technichal and business aspects.

The formation in Wireless comunications has been broaded with a Master of Science Degree at Stanford University (US) in the academic year 2007-2008, awarded with the scholarship "Pedro Barrie de la Maza". In 2010 he spent three months in the Signal Processing and Communications Lab at the University of Cambridge (UK), working in the field of finite length coding. In 2011 he received his PhD degree with honors from the University of Vigo in the topic of Cognitive Radio networks.

Currently he is a Research Associate in the Dep. of Information & Communication Technologies at the University Pompeu Fabra (Spain).

Affiliations (present and past)

	University Pompeu Fabra Information Theory and Coding Group, Dept. of Information & Communication Technologies. Tànger building (Comunication-Poblenou campus) C\ Tànger, 122-140. 08018 Barcelona, Spain http://www.itc.upf.edu
	University of Vigo Signal Processing in Communications Group, Signal Processing and Communications Dpt. Telecommunications Engineering School, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain http://www.gts.tsc.uvigo.es/gpsc
	University of Cambridge Signal Processing and Communications Lab, Department of Engineering. Trumpington Street, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom http://www-sigproc.eng.cam.ac.uk
	Gradiant Research Center Telecommunications Engineering School, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo. Spain http://www.gradiant.es
	Stanford University Smart Antennas Research Group, Information Systems Lab Packard 215 Stanford, CA 94305, USA http://sarg.group.stanford.edu
	Siemens AG Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S) Martin-Luther-Str. 25 66111 Saarbruecken. Germany http://www.siemens.de
	Hochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (University of Applied Sciences of Saarland) Goebenstrasse 40 66117 Saarbruecken. Germany http://www.htw-saarland.de

Memberships

	IEEE Student Member 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor New York, NY 10016-5997 USA http://www.ieee.org
	Stanford Alumni Association Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center 326 Galvez Street Stanford, CA 94305-6105, USA http://www.stanfordalumni.org
	Fundacion Pedro Barrie de la Maza Asociacion de becarios, Canton Grande, 9 15003 A Coruna. Spain http://www.becariosbarrie.org
	Club Peña Trevinca. Montañeiros de Galicia C/ Brasil, 46 Etlo. 36204 Vigo, Spain http://www.trevinca.es