Joerg Widmer (January 2020)

Prize award for his contribution to the field of wireless networks and millimeter-wave communications.

IEEE is the most important international professional organization for the advancement and application of technology in the field of electrical and electronic engineering. Each year, following a rigorous evaluation procedure, the IEEE Fellow Committee recommends a select group of recipients to receive an elevated IEEE status after considering an extensive merit report.

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Prize award for his outstanding scientific contributions to the field of computing.​ The advanced member grade level of Distinguished Member...

Ralf Steinmetz (October 2019)

Founded in 1988, the Academy of Europe is the only pan-European academy encompassing all branches of knowledge. It is composed of eminent scientists and scholars working towards the advancement and propagation of excellence in scholarship and education for the public benefit.

This appointment recognizes Steinmetz’s role as one of the world leaders in the research and development of adaptive seamless multimedia communications.

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Awardee/s:

Joel Reardon, Álvaro Feal, Primal Wijesekera, Amit Elazari Bar On, Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez, Serge Egelman (August 2019)

Joel Reardon, Álvaro Feal, Primal Wijesekera, Amit Elazari Bar On, Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez, Serge Egelman

PDF: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec19-reardon.pdf

Web: https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity19/presentation/reardon

In: 28th USENIX Security Symposium, August 14–16, 2019 • Santa Clara, CA, USA

Antonio Fernández Anta (27 May 2019)

Research Awards jointly granted by the Spanish Computer Science Association (SCIE) and the BBVA Foundation.  Modality: National Computer Science Awards.

Awarded to Antonio Fernández Anta for “his outstanding scientific contributions in a wide range of areas within Computer Engineering, such as adversarial network models, implementation of failure detectors in distributed computing, fundamental results in networks for multiprocessors or optimization of energy consumption in computer systems, all of which have achieved significant international impact."

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Paolo Castagno, Vincenzo Mancuso, Matteo Sereno, Marco Ajmone Marsan (April 2018)

A Simple Model of MTC in Smart Factories [PDF ]

In: The 37th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2018), 15-19 April 2018, Honolulu, HI, USA.

Alejandro Blanco, Héctor Cordobés de la Calle, Joerg Widmer, Dolores Garcia Marti 

The contestants were asked to develop an algorithm for transmitter positioning based on measurements from a MIMO array. The IMDEA Networks team ranked 3rd in the competition.

IEEE Communication Theory Workshop – Selfoss, Iceland, 26-29 May 2019.

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Patricia Callejo, Antonio Pastor, Ignacio Martín, Harold Fernández (April 2019)

1st position granted to the IBiDat (the Research Institute UC3M-Santander of Financial Big Data) team, composed by researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and IMDEA Networks, to the best initiative in artificial intelligence applied to the environmental efficiency of Correos, the Spanish operator of postal and Courier services.

José A. Ruipérez-Valiente (December 2018)

Award granted by the Spanish Chapter of the IEEE Education Society (CESEI) to the Best Doctoral Thesis in 2017 related to research or technological applications in the field of education, focused on the disciplines covered by the IEEE.
Analyzing the Behavior of Students Regarding Learning Activities, Badges, and Academic Dishonesty in MOOC Environments [PDF ] (May 2017)
Phd thesis, Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Supervisors:
Pedro J. Muñoz-Merino, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Nicola Bui (December 2018)

Prediction-Based Techniques for the Optimization of Mobile Networks [PDF ] (May 2017)
Phd thesis, Department of Telematic Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Supervisors:
Joerg Widmer, IMDEA Networks Institute, Madrid, Spain