Professor Robert W. Heath Jr.
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office Hours for Spring 2008:
By appointment only.
Summary:
I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. I am also a member of the Wireless Networking and Communications Group and the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences.
My research expertise is at the intersection of wireless communication, signal processing, applied math, and communication theory. I have an active research program in all aspects of MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) communication focusing on next generation cellular technologies, limited feedback, multiuser MIMO, multihop MIMO, antenna design, and MIMO ad hoc networks. In addition I am pursing a variety of problems in related areas like vector quantization, joint source-channel coding, and ad hoc networking. I am part of the DARPA ITMANET team developing a Non-Equillibrium Information Theory. If you would like to work with me please click the students link for more detail.
I teach courses at both the undergraduate and the graduate level on topics such as wireless communication, digital signal processing, statistical signal processing, and multi-antenna communication methods.
I am the lead editor in a JSAC special issue: Exploiting Limited Feedback in Tomorrow's Wireless Communication Networks. I am also a member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society Signal Processing for Communications Technical Committee. This year I am organizing the 2008 Communication Theory Symposium in St. Croix, U.S.V.I. Next year I am co-organizing the 2009 Signal Processing for Wireless Communications conference in Perugia, Italy. Previously I was an Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communication and an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology .
I enjoy participating and interacting with industry and government through sponsored research, standards participation, and consulting. Please contact me for more details.
Update: I obtained a general Amateur Radio license. My call sign is KE5NCG.
Update: I am now a licensed Professional Engineer in Texas.
