Researcher Awards
The following researchers have received various awards, from career related prizes to the best PhD or MSc Thesis or to the best graduation degree project. They are listed starting by the most recent recipient:
Narseo VALLINA-RODRÍGUEZ
ACM Senior Member / February 2022
Albert BANCHS, Cristina MÁRQUEZ
Premio Ericsson a la Mejor Tesis Doctoral en Innovación para la Conectividad Sostenible del COIT y AEIT por la tesis doctoral dirigida por Albert Banchs / October 2021
Borja GENOVÉS GUZMÁN
Excellence and Entrepeneurship Awards 2021 - UC3M Social Council / June 2021
Vincenzo MANCUSO
IEEE Senior Member / April 2021
Arturo AZCORRA
ACM MSWiM 2020 Reginald Fessenden Award / November 2020
The 23rd International ACM Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM 2020), Virtual event (previously at Alicante, Spain), 16-20 November 2020Joerg WIDMER
IEEE Fellow 2020 / January 2020
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Joerg WIDMER
“Distinguished Member” by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) / October 2019
Ralf STEINMETZ
Membership of the Academia Europaea / October 2019
Antonio FERNÁNDEZ ANTA
National Computer Science Award ARITMEL, Spanish Computer Science Association (SCIE) – BBVA Foundation 2019 / May 2019
Patricia CALLEJO, Antonio PASTOR
First Prize SAS Hackathon 2019 / April 2019
The Research Institute UC3M-Santander of Financial Big Data1st 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.
Patricia Callejo, Antonio Pastor, Ignacio Martín, Harold Fernández
José Antonio RUIPÉREZ
IEEE Education Society Spanish Chapter (CESEI) 2014-2017 Award / December 2018
Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainJosé Antonio RUIPÉREZ
Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award University Carlos III of Madrid – Academic year 2017/2018 | Ph.D. Program in Telematic Engineering / December 2018
Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainAnalyzing the Behavior of Students Regarding Learning Activities, Badges, and Academic Dishonesty in MOOC Environments [PDF ] (May 2017)
Nicola BUI
Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award University Carlos III of Madrid – Academic year 2017/2018 | Ph.D. Program in Telematic Engineering / December 2018
Department of Telematic Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainArturo AZCORRA
Membership of the Academia Europaea / September 2018
José Antonio RUIPÉREZ
eMadrid 2018 Award / July 2018
Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainAnalyzing the Behavior of Students Regarding Learning Activities, Badges, and Academic Dishonesty in MOOC Environments [PDF ] (May 2017)
José Antonio RUIPÉREZ
COIT/AEIT Award to the Best Doctoral Thesis 2018 / June 2018
Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainAnalyzing the Behavior of Students Regarding Learning Activities, Badges, and Academic Dishonesty in MOOC Environments [PDF ] (May 2017)
José Antonio RUIPÉREZ
Excellence Award 2018 – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (10th edition). Modality: Alumni / May 2018
University Carlos III of MadridJosé Antonio RUIPÉREZ
2018 Research Awards – Spanish Computer Science Association (SCIE) – BBVA Foundation / May 2018
"Premios de Investigación Sociedad Científica Informática de España (SCIE) – Fundación BBVA 2018".Joerg WIDMER
Mercator Fellowship - Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany / July 2017
Evgenia CHRISTOFOROU
Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award University Carlos III of Madrid – Academic year 2016/2017 | Ph.D. Program in Mathematical Engineering / May 2017
Department of Mathematics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainAlbert BANCHS
2017 Excellence Award – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (9th edition). Modality: Young Research Staff / May 2017
“Premio de excelencia 2017 – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (9ª edición), modalidad: Joven personal investigador”.Prize awarded by the Social Council of University Carlos III of Madrid.
The prize is sponsored by the said Council and Banco Santander.
Arash ASADI, Pablo SALVADOR, M. Isabel SANCHEZ, Qing WANG
Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award University Carlos III of Madrid – Academic year 2015/2016 | Ph.D. Program in Telematic Engineering / December 2016
Opportunistic Device-To-Device Communication In Cellular Networks: From Theory To Practice [PDF ]
Phd thesis, Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Supervisors:
Vincenzo Mancuso, IMDEA Networks Institute, Madrid, Spain
Efficient voice and video traffic delivery in IEEE 802.11 WLANs: design, implementation and experimental evaluation [PDF ]
Phd thesis, Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Supervisors:
Pablo Serrano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Analysis, Design and Experimental Evaluation of Connectivity Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Environments [PDF ]
Phd thesis, Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Supervisors:
Antonio De la Oliva, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Visible Light and Device-to-Device Communications: System Analysis and Implementation [PDF ]
Phd thesis, Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Supervisors:
Domenico Giustiniano, IMDEA Networks Institute, Madrid, Spain
Honorable Mention at Data Science Awards Spain 2016 / October 2016
Big Data Week, MadridResearch engineer at IMDEA Networks Institute receives an Honorable Mention at the Data Science Awards Spain 2016 in the category of Best Data Scientist in Data Engineering. He is one of over 300 data scientists to have participated in the first Big Data awards in Spain to acknowledge the best initiatives in the area of Big Data by individuals, companies and data journalism.
Adrian LOCH
ACM SIGCOMM 2016 Travel Grant / August 2016
Florianópolis, BrazilAdrian Loch, a Post-Doc Researcher at IMDEA Networks working in the Wireless Networking Group led by Joerg Widmer, receives a Travel Grant to attend a top tier 1 event in the area of data communication: the 2016 edition of the ACM SIGCOMM conference. This is the flagship annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM) on the applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communication.
Adrian LOCH
Best PhD Dissertation Award from TU Darmstadt / May 2016
Darmstadt, GermanyAdrian Loch, a Post-Doc Researcher at IMDEA Networks working in the Wireless Networking Group led by Joerg Widmer, has received the Best Dissertation Award for a doctoral thesis within the Computer Science Department at the Technical University of Darmstadt, in Germany. The award is given in recognition of his outstanding academic achievement in the area of Computer Science.
Joerg WIDMER
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation / April 2016
Bonn, GermanyMás información:
More info.Granted in recognition of Dr. Widmer’s achievements in the field of wireless networking.
The Humboldt Foundation grants about 20 such Awards annually to internationally renowned academics in all academic fields, who work outside of Germany, in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in research to date and their exceptional potential for the future.
Qing WANG
IPSN 2016 Student Travel Grant / April 2016
Vienna, AustriaThe 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN 2016) (CPSWeek).
Luis F. CHIROQUE
PhD Student under the supervision of Dr. Antonio Fernández Anta invited to participate in the Dagstuhl Seminar 15511 on The Graph Isomorphism Problem / December 2015
Schloss Dagstuhl, GermanyVincenzo SCIANCALEPORE
GTTI Award for PhD Theses in the field of Communication Technologies / November 2015
PhD thesis defended on November 26th 2015, in Madrid, Spain. The prize was awarded on June 15th 2016, in Geneva, Italy.Enhancements in spectrum management techniques for heterogeneous 5G future networks [PDF ]
Phd thesis, Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Supervisors:
Albert Banchs, IMDEA Networks Institute, Madrid, Spain / Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
GTTI is the National Telecommunications and Information Theory Group in Italy.
José Antonio RUIPÉREZ
IEEE Educational Spanish Chapter Award / November 2015
Design and Implementation of a Learning Analytics Module for the Khan Academy Platform [PDF ]
Masters thesis, Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Supervisors:
Muñoz-Merino Pedro J., Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
IEEE Educational Spanish Chapter Award to the best final degree project or master thesis related to technological applications in education in the area of IEEE (16 November 2015).
José Antonio RUIPÉREZ
Accenture Award to the best final degree project or master thesis on “Digital new services, applications and business models” / October 2015
Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de MadridDesign and Implementation of a Learning Analytics Module for the Khan Academy Platform [PDF ]
Masters thesis, Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Supervisors:
Muñoz-Merino Pedro J., Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Accenture Award to the best final degree project or master thesis on “Digital new services, applications and business models”, awarded by the Spanish Official College of Telecommunication Engineers (COIT) and the Spanish Association of Telecommunication Engineers (AEIT).
Qing WANG
ACM MobiCom 2015 Student Travel Grant / September 2015
Paris, France, 07-11 September 2015 (ACM MobiCom 2015)Elli ZAVOU
PhD Student under the supervision of Dr. Antonio Fernández Anta selected to participate in 3rd Heidelberg Laurate Forum / August 2015
The 3rd Heildelberg Laurate Forum took place in Heidelberg, Germany, 23–28Qing WANG
ACM SIGCOMM 2015 Student Travel Grant / August 2015
London, United KingdomPaolo CASARI
Best Reviewer of 2015 / August 2015
José Antonio RUIPÉREZ
eMadrid 2015 Award / July 2015
Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de MadridDesign and Implementation of a Learning Analytics Module for the Khan Academy Platform [PDF ]
Supervisors: Pedro J. Muñoz-Merino, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Alain OLIVIER
Student Poster Finalist / May 2015
MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Genova, ItalyLuca COMINARDI
Outstanding Prize to the Best Academic Record in the 2013/14 Edition of the Interuniversitary Master in Telematic Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid / September 2014
Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainDistributed Mobility Management for a Flat Architecture in 5G Mobile Networks: Solutions, Analysis and Experimental Validation [PDF ]
Supervisors: Carlos Jesús Bernardos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Evgenia CHRISTOFOROU
PhD Student under the supervision of Dr. Antonio Fernández Anta selected to participate in 2nd Heidelberg Laurate Forum / September 2014
The 2nd Heildelberg Laurate Forum took place in Heidelberg, GermanyQing WANG
2014 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed (non-government sponsored) Students Abroad / June 2014
Albert BANCHS
2013 Excellence Award – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (5th edition). Modality: Young Research Staff / May 2013
Arash ASADI
Outstanding Masters Thesis Award Universidad Carlos III de Madrid -Academic year 2011/2012 / December 2012
Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainOpportunistic cellular communications with clusters of dual-radio mobiles [PDF ]
Supervisors: Vincenzo Mancuso, IMDEA Networks Institute, Madrid, Spain / Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Paul PATRAS
Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award University Carlos III of Madrid – Academic year 2011/2012 | Ph.D. Program in Telematic Engineering / November 2012
Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainPhd thesis, Control-Theoretic Adaptive Mechanisms for Performance Optimization of IEEE 802.11 WLANs: Design, Implementation and Experimental Evaluation
Supervisors: Albert Banchs, IMDEA Networks Institute, Madrid, Spain / Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Alex BIKFALVI
Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award University Carlos III of Madrid – Academic year 2011/2012 | Ph.D. Program in Telematic Engineering / November 2012
Department of Telematics Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainPhd thesis, Peer-to-Peer Television for the IP Multimedia Subsystem
Supervisors: Jaime García-Reinoso, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Pablo SALVADOR
Nationwide Finalist of the Telematics Association Award in the XXXII Edition of the Awards to the Best Graduation or Master’s Degree Project in Telematics Engineering / June 2012
Universidad Carlos III de MadridImplementation of Advanced Network Mobility Mechanisms over Fonera Routers,Graduation degree project.