Björn Ottersten

Björn Ottersten (born 1961) is a Swedish educator, researcher,[1][2] and electrical engineer who is the co-inventor of Space/Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) technology.[3] He has made contributions in array signal processing and wireless communications and has received many notable awards in these areas. Currently, he is a Professor of Signal Processing at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),[4] Stockholm, Sweden, and the founding director of the Interdisciplinary Centre[5] for Security, Reliability and Trust, at University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and EURASIP.[6]

Björn Ottersten
Born1961
Stockholm, Sweden
Alma materStanford University
Linköping University
Known forSpace-division multiple access, MIMO
Awards2014 Cedergren Medal, H.T. Cedergren Foundation for outstanding contributions to electrical engineering;

2013 Best Paper Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society Signal Processing Letters;
2011 Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society for contributions in array signal processing and wireless communication;
2010 Meritorious Service Award, EURASIP;
2009 A first recipient of the European Research Council Advanced Research Grant;
2004 IEEE Fellow for contributions to antenna signal processing and wireless communications;
2001 Co-author of paper awarded IEEE Signal Processing Society Paper Award;

1993 IEEE Signal Processing Society Paper Award
Scientific career
FieldsArray Signal Processing, Wireless Communication
InstitutionsUniversity of Luxembourg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorThomas Kailath
Websitewwwen.uni.lu/snt/people/bjoern_ottersten

From 2012, he has been an advisor to the European Commission, serving as the European Digital Champion of Luxembourg.[7] He also serves as a Board Member of the Swedish Research Council, as well as the Editor-in-Chief of the EURASIP Signal Processing journal.[8]

Biography

He received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering and applied physics from Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, in 1986. In 1989, he received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA. His advisor at Stanford was Thomas Kailath.[9]

References
  1. "Ottersten, Björn". worldcat.org. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  2. "Bjorn Ottersten". Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  3. "Website".
  4. "Trapped by an avalanche, saved by an app". phys.org. March 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  5. "Jean-Louis Schiltz : Après le secteur financier, la prochaine étape consiste à s'intéresser aux monnaies virtuelles". lesechos.fr. January 30, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  6. "EURASIP".
  7. "The Digital Champion of Luxembourg".
  8. "Signal Processing Journal".
  9. "Thomas Kailath". web.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
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