Brief Overview
Research Objectives: Education of engineering students, innovation and fundamental research on signal processing and wireless communication systems
History Professor at PUC-Rio since July 2013
Current Team 2 postdocs
7 PhD students
3 MSc students

Postdocs Supervised 17 postdoctoral researchers
PhD students Supervised 22 completed Ph.D. theses carried out within the team.
MSc students Supervised 50+ completed Master’s thesis
Funding Acquired and managed research projects in excess of €10M granted by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), Thales UK, Roke Manor, Toshiba UK, ESII Consortium, Royal Society, Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (CNPq), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal (CAPES), Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Internet Committee of Brazil (CGI), Ericsson Brazil.
Academic Background
Degree field/department date awarded university
Professor Electrical Engineering 2013 PUC-Rio/University of York
Habilitation Electronic Engineering 2008 University of York
PhD Electrical Engineering 2004 PUC-Rio
MSc Electrical Engineering 2001 PUC-Rio
BSc Electronic Engineering 1998 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Professional Experience Record
Position dates description
Professor since 2013 PUC-Rio
Professor since 2013 University of York
Reader 2012-2013 University of York
Senior Lecturer 2011-2012 University of York
Lecturer 2005-2011 University of York
Postdoc 2005 PUC-Rio and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
PhD student 2001-2004 PUC-Rio
MSc student 1999-2001 PUC-Rio
Engineer 1998-1999 Siemens Brazil

Professional Activities
Organization of International Conferences
2020 IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, General Chair
2018 IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems, Lisbon, Portugal, General Co-Chair
2016 IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, General Chair
2015 ITG/IEEE Workshop on Smart Antennas, Ilmenau, Germany, Technical Chair
2013 IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems, Ilmenau, Germany, Technical Chair
2011 IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems, Aachen, Germany, General Co-Chair
2010 IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems, York, UK, General Chair

Scientific Community Involvement
2016 Editor for Multiple-Antenna and Cooperative Systems of the IEEE Transactions on Communications
2016 Editor of the IEEE Wireless Commmunications Letters
2016 Senior Associate Editor of the IEEE Signal Processing Letters
2014-2020 Member of the IEEE Signal Processing Theory and Methods Technical Committee, IEEE Signal Processing Society
2013-2016 Associate Editor of the IEEE Signal Processing Letters
2010 Member of Steering Committee of the International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems
2009 Associate Editor of Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Honors and Awards
2011 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Best Paper Award
2010 IEEE Senior Member
2009 IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems Best Paper Award

Patents
[1] System and Method for Adaptive Reduced-Rank Parameter Estimation using an Adaptive Decimation and Interpolation Scheme – USPTO Application No. 11/427.471.
[2] System and Method for Equalization based on Probabilistic Association of Data and Subtraction of Detected Symbols – UK patent application with the University of York.
Publications: 450+ publications in refereed journals & conferences, 10.000+ (Google Scholar) citations, h-index 58.
Selected publications:
[1] R. C. de Lamare and R. Sampaio-Neto, “Adaptive Reduced-Rank Processing Based on Joint and Iterative Interpolation, Decimation and Filtering”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, July, 2009.
[2] R. C. de Lamare and R. Sampaio-Neto, Minimum Mean Squared Error Iterative Successive Parallel Arbitrated Decision Feedback Detectors for DS-CDMA Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, May, 2008.
[3] R. C. de Lamare, “Adaptive Iterative Multi-Branch Decision Feedback Detectors for MIMO Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, October 2013.
[4] W. Zhang, C. Pan, M. Chen, R. C. de Lamare and J. Dai, “Large-Scale Antenna Systems with UL/DL Hardware Mismatch: Achievable Rates Analysis and Calibration”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2015.
[5] Y. Cai, R. C. de Lamare, B. Champagne, B. Qin and M. Zhao, “Adaptive Reduced-Rank Receive Processing Based on Minimum Symbol-Error-Rate Criterion for Large-Scale Multiple-Antenna Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2015.
[6] A. G. D. Uchoa, C. T. Healy and R. C. de Lamare, “Iterative Detection and Decoding Algorithms for MIMO Systems in Block-Fading Channels using LDPC Codes”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2016.
[7] T. Peng and R. C. de Lamare, “Adaptive Buffer-Aided Distributed Space-Time Coding for Cooperative Wireless Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2016.
[8] C. T. Healy and R. C. de Lamare, “Design of LDPC Codes Based on Multipath EMD Strategies for Progressive Edge Growth,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2016.
[9] W. Zhang, R. C. de Lamare, C. Pan, M. Chen, W. Yang and X. Bao, “Widely-Linear Precoding for Large-Scale MIMO with IQI: Algorithms and Performance Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2017.
[10] H. Guo, Z. Yang, Y. Zou, T. Tsiftsis, M. R. Bhatangar and R. C. De Lamare, “Secure Beamforming for Cooperative Wireless-Powered Networks with Partial CSI,” in IEEE Internet of Things Journal.