Personnel
Raquel Barco
Full Professor
Raquel Barco holds a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Malaga. From 1997 to 2000, she worked at Telefónica in Madrid (Spain) and at the European Space Agency (ESA in Darmstadt (Germany). In 2000, she joined the University of Malaga, where she is currently Full Professor. She took part as researcher in a Nokia Competence Center on Mobile Communications for three years. She has led projects with the main mobile communications operators and vendors for a value >7 million €, she is author of 7 patents and has published more than 100 high impact journals and conferences
Matias Toril
Full Professor
Matías Toril gained his M.S. in Telecommunication Engineering and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Málaga, Spain, in 1995 and 2007, respectively. Since 1997, he has b
een lecturer at the Communications Engineering Department of the same university, where he is currently Full Professor. His research interests include mobile network planning and
optimization, radio resource management and data analytics.
Salvador Luna
Professor
Salvador Luna-Ramírez received the M.S. degree in telecommunication engineering and the Ph.D degree from the University of Málaga, Spain, in 2000 and 2010, respectively.
Since 2000, he has been with the Department of Communications Engineering, University of Málaga, where he is currently an Associate Professor. His research interests include self
-optimization of mobile radio access networks and radio resource management
Mariano Fernández
Professor
Mariano Fernández-Navarro receivedthe M.S. degree in telecommunication engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, in 1988, and the Ph.D. degree from the Unive
rsity of Málaga, in 1999. After three years as a Design Engineer at Fujitsu Spain S.A., he has been a Staff of the Department of Communications Engineering, University of Málaga,
since 1992.His research interests include optimization of radio resource management for mobile networks and location-based services and management.
Marta Solera
Professor
Marta Solera Delgado received her MSc and PhD degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, in 1996 and 2006 re
spectively. She is an Associate Professor in the department of Communication Engineering at the Universidad de Málaga (UMA).
Fernando J. Ruiz Vega
Associate Professor
Fernando Ruiz received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Málaga, Spain, in 1994 and 2012, respectively. After working in
CETECOM testing laboratory with type-approval test systems for communication equipment, he joined the Departamento de Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, Escuela Técnica Superior de I
ngeniería de Telecomunicación, Universidad de Málaga, where, in 2001, he became an Associate Professor. In 1995 he was a Visiting Researcher with the Department of Electrical Eng
ineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. From 2000 to 2002 he took part in the Nokia Mobile Communications Competence Centre, Málaga, Spain. His research
interests include mobile radio propagation channel characterization and WSSUS channels simulation.
Sergio Fortes
Professor
Sergio Fortes received his MSc degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Málaga in 2010. He began his career being part of the German (DLR), French (
CNES) and European (ESA) space agencies and the satellite operator Avanti Communications plc, where he participated in various research, consultancy and coordination activities o
n broadband and aeronautical satellite communications. In 2012 he joined the University of Málaga, where in 2017 he obtained his PhD in Telecommunication Engineering focused on s
elf-organizing networks (SON). He is currently Interim Professor at the same university where his research topics include satellite communications, aeronautical systems and advan
ced applications of machine learning techniques for the management of cellular and IoT networks.
Isabel de la Bandera
Professor
Isabel de-la-Bandera holds an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in telecommunication engineering from the University of Malaga. In 2010, she joined the Communications Engineering Departm
ent, University of Malaga. Since then, she has participated in many projects, national and international, concerning radio resource management in mobile networks. She has collabo
rated with major mobile operators and vendors. She is currently Associate Professor at the same university.
Emil J. Khatib
Associate Professor
My main research interests are Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics applied to 5G, IoT and Industry 4.0 applications. I enjoy seeing my system designs working in reali
ty, so I have actively worked on testbeds in the Mobilenet group (where I worked on AI/ML for network management and worked on the development of an HTTP/REST API as an enabler o
f SON algorithms) and with our collaborators in Aalborg University (where I developed a multi-connectivity testbed using USRPs and a prediction scheme for URLLC in in industrial
scenarios). Currently, I am working on assessing the performance of wireless connections in an assembly line, using the ML toolset provided by our team.
Hao Quiang Luo Chen
P.H.d Candidate
Hao Qiang Luo Chen obtained his degree in Sound and Image Engineering in 2018. Currently, he is pursuing a Master in Telematics and Telecomunication Networks.
Carlos Baena
Postdoc
Carlos Baena received his M.S.c degree in telematic engineering from the University of Málaga, Spain, in 2018, where he is currently pursuing a Ph.D degree. He began his
career doing an investigation internship in the Computer Science Department in the University of Málaga. Since 2018, he has worked as a research assistant with the Department of
Communications Engineering, University of Malaga.
Carolina Gijón Martín
Postdoc
Carolina received her B.Sc. Degree in Telecommunication Systems Engineering and M.Sc. Degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Málaga, Spain, in 20
16 and 2018, respectively. Currently, she is working towards the Ph.D degree. Her research interests include self-organizing networks, machine learning and radio resource managem
ent
Juan Luis Bejarano Luque
Postdoc
Juan Luis received the B.S. degree in telecommunications engineering and the M.S. degree in acoustic engineering from the University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain, in 2015 and
2016, respectively. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in telecommunications engineering at the same university. His research interests include optimization of radio reso
urce management for mobile networks, location-based services and management and data analytics.
Carlos Álvarez Merino
Postdoc
Antonio Tarrías Muñoz
Researcher
Antonio received his M.Sc. degree in Telematic Engineering from the University of Malaga, Spain, in 2019. Since then, he works as a Research Assistant with the Department
of Communications Engineering at the University of Malaga. Currently, he is pursuing a Master in Telematic and Telecommunication Networks.
David Segura
Researcher
Jose Antonio Trujillo
Researcher
Jose Antonio received his M.Sc. degree in Telematic Engineering from the University of Malaga, Spain, in 2019. Since then, he works as a Research Assistant with the Depar
tment of Communications Engineering at the University of Malaga. Currently, he is pursuing a Master in Telematic and Telecommunication Networks.
Javier Villegas
Researcher
Javier Villegas Carrasco obtained his degree in Telecommunication Systems Engineering from the University of Malaga, Spain, in 2020. He works as a Research Assistant wit
h the Department of Communications Engineering at the University of Malaga. Currently, he is pursuing a Double Master’s Degree in Telecommunication Engineering and in Telematic a
nd Telecommunication Networks.
Juan Cantizani Estepa
Researcher
Juan Cantizani Estepa was born in Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain, on November 21, 1997. He received the B.Sc. degree in Electronics, Robotics and Mechatronics engineering and
a M.Sc. degree in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Málaga (UMA) in 2019 and 2020, respectively. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. in Communications Engineering at
UMA. His main research focuses in mobile communication networks and machine learning techniques as well as IoT networks.
Sebastián Peñaherrera Pulla
Researcher
Francisco Muro
Researcher
David Carrasco Martínez
Researcher
Joaquín Manuel Sánchez
Researcher
José Pulido Alegre
Researcher
Pablo Vera Soto
Researcher