Marius Pesavento – Professor Dr.-Ing.

Marius Pesavento
Professor Dr.-Ing.
Education
Communication Systems Group
TU Darmstadt Merckstr. 25
+49 (0)179 7099666
+49 (0)6151 16 64839
+49 (0)6151 16 72109
pesavento@nt.tu-darmstadt.de
www.nts.tu-darmstadt.de
1992–1999 Diploma studies; Department of Electrical Engineering, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany,
Degree: Dipl.-Ing
2000–2001 Master studies: Communication Research Lab (CRL), Department of Electrical Engineering
and Information Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Degree:
Ms.-Eng. – With highest honors
2001–2005 Doctorate research: Signal Theory Group, Department of Electrical Engineering and
Information Sciences, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, Degree: Dr.-Ing. – With distinction
Doctorate Advisor: Prof. Johann Böhme
Experience
01/01–04/05 Research Assistant, Signal Processing Group, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
07/05–02/07 Research Engineer for digital signal processing, FAG Industrial Services GmbH (enterprise
of the Schaeffler-Group), Aachen, Germany. [http://www.fis-services.de]
03/07–03/09 Head of Signal Processing Section, mimoOn GmbH, Duisburg, Germany, [http://www.
mimoOn.de]
04/09–07/10 Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Communication Systems Group, Darmstadt University of
Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
since 08/10 Assistant Professor for Robust Signal Processing, Communication Systems Group, Darmstadt
University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
since 08/11 Interim Head of Communications Systems Group, Darmstadt University of Technology,
Darmstadt, Germany
Research Interests
robust signal processing and adaptive beamforming
transceiver design for cognitive radio systems
optimal resource allocation and network organization in cellular multiuser systems
multiuser and multicarrier wireless communication systems
network information theory
co-operative communications in one- and bi-directional relay networks
space-time coding and distributed space-time coding
distributed signal processing and physical layer consensus algorithms in wireless sensor
networks
high-resolution sensor array processing
statistical performance bounds in sensor array processing
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esource allocation in MIMO and multi-antenna communication systems
convex optimization and mixed-integer programming for signal processing and communications
statistical signal processing
multidimensional spectral analysis
signal processing for vibration analysis and condition monitoring
parameter estimation and detection theory
Publications
Book chapter
[B1] M. Haardt, M. Pesavento, F. Römer, and M.N. El Korso, “Subspace Methods and
Exploitation of Special Array Structures,” in Section 15 edited by M. Viberg, “Array
Signal Processing,” of the E-Reference Signal Processing edited by R. Chellappa and S.
Theodoridis, Elsevier, to appear 2013.
Journals
[J1] M. Rübsamen and M. Pesavento,“Maximally robust Capon beamformer,” IEEE Transactions
on Signal Processing, to be published June 2013.
[J2] S. Alabed, and M. Pesavento,“Non-coherent distributed space-time coded techniques for
two-way wireless relay networks,”EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
(JASP), Special issue on advanced distributed wireless communication techniques, to be
published May 2013.
[J3] Y. Cheng and M. Pesavento, “Joint optimization of source power allocation and distributed
relay beamforming in multiuser peer-to-peer relay networks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal
Processing, vol. 60, no. 6, pp 2962 - 2973, June 2012
[J4] P. Parvazi, M. Pesavento, and A.B. Gershman, “Exploiting multiple shift-invariances in
harmonic retrieval: the complete sample cases,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,
vol. 60, no. 4, pp 1556 - 1570, April 2011.
[J5] H. Du, T. Ratnarajah, M. Pesavento, and C. Papadias, “Joint transceiver beamforming
in mimo cognitive radio network via second-order cone programming,” IEEE Transactions
on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 781-792, Feb. 2012.
[J6] N. Bornhorst, M. Pesavento, and A.B. Gershman, “Distributed beamforming for multigroup
multicasting relay networks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no.
1, pp. 221-232, Jan. 2012.
[J7] L. Li, M. Pesavento, and A.B. Gershman, “Downlink opportunistic scheduling with low-rate
channel state feedback: error rate analysis and optimization of the feedback parameters,”
IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 58, pp. 2871-2880, Oct. 2010.
[J8] A.B. Gershman, M. Rübsamen, and M. Pesavento, “One-and two-dimensional directionof-arrival
estimation: an overview of search-free techniques,” EURASIP Journal on Signal
Processing, Special Issue on Statistical Signal and Array Processing, vol. 90, pp. 1338-1349,
May 2010.
[J9] M. Pesavento, C.F. Mecklenbräuker, and J.F. Böhme, “Multi-dimensional rank reduction
estimator for parametric MIMO channel estimation,” EURASIP Journal of Appl. Signal
Processing, special issue on Advances in Smart Antennas, pp. 1354-1363, Aug. 2004.
[J10] M. Pesavento, A.B. Gershman, and K.M. Wong, “Direction finding in partly calibrated
sensor arrays composed of multiple subarrays,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,
vol. 50, pp. 2103-2115, Sept. 2002.
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[J11] A.B. Gershman, P. Stoica, M. Pesavento, and E.G. Larsson, “Stochastic Cramér-Rao
bound for direction estimation in unknown noise fields,” IEE Proc. - Radar, Sonar, and
Navig., vol. 149, pp. 2-8, Feb. 2002.
[J12] M. Pesavento, A.B. Gershman, and Z.-Q. Luo, “Robust array interpolation using secondorder
cone programming,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 9, pp. 8-11, Jan. 2002.
[J13] A.B. Gershman, M. Pesavento, and M.G. Amin, “Estimating parameters of multiple wideband
polynomial-phase sources in sensor arrays,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,
vol. 49, pp. 2924-2934, Dec. 2001.
[J14] M. Pesavento and A.B. Gershman: “Maximum-likelihood direction of arrival estimation in
the presence of unknown nonuniform noise,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol.
49, pp. 1310-1324, July 2001.
[J15] M. Pesavento, A.B. Gershman, and M. Haardt, “Unitary root-MUSIC with a real valued
eigendecomposition: a theoretical and experimental performance study,” IEEE Transactions
on Signal Processing, vol. 48, pp. 1306-1314, May 2000.
Conferences
[C1] Y. Cheng and M. Pesavento, “Predistortion and Precoding Vector Assignment in
Codebook-based Downlink Beamforming,” 14th IEEE International Workshop on Signal
Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC’2013), Darmstadt, Germany,
June 2013.(submitted)
[C2] L. Li and M. Pesavento, “Enhancing Physical Layer Security With Artificial Noise:
Symbol Error Rate Performance ,” 14th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing
Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC’2013), Darmstadt, Germany, June
2013.(submitted)
[C3] N. Bornhorst and M. Pesavento, “Filter-and-Forward Beamforming in Asynchronous
Relay Networks ,” 14th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in
Wireless Communications (SPAWC’2013), Darmstadt, Germany, June 2013.(submitted)
[C4] L. Xu, K.M. Wong, J.-K. Zhang, D. Ciochina and M. Pesavento, “A Riemannian
Distance for Robust Downlink Beamforming,” 14th IEEE International Workshop on
Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC’2013), Darmstadt,
Germany, June 2013.(submitted)
[C5] K.L. Law, X. Wen and M. Pesavento, “General-rank Transmit Beamforming for Multigroup
Multicasting Networks Using OSTBC,” 14th IEEE International Workshop on
Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC’2013), Darmstadt,
Germany, June 2013.(submitted)
[C6] X. Zhang, M.N. El Korso, and M. Pesavento, “Angular Resolution Limit for Deterministic
Correlated Sources,” International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
(ICASSP 2013), Vancouver, Canada, May 2013.(accepted)
[C7] Y. Cheng, and M. Pesavento, “Robust Codebook-Based Downlink Beamforming Using
Mixed Integer Conic Programming,” International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and
Signal Processing (ICASSP 2013), Vancouver, Canada, May 2013.(accepted)
[C8] D. Ciochina, M. Pesavento and K. M. Wong, “Worst Case Robust Beamforming on
the Riemannian Manifold,” International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal
Processing (ICASSP 2013), Vancouver, Canada, May 2013.(accepted)
[C9] A. Schad, B. Khalaj, and M. Pesavento, “Precoding in Relay Networks with Frequency Selective
Channels,” invited paper Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers,
Pacific Grove, CA, USA, Nov., 2012.
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[C10] M.N. El Korso, F. Pascal, and M. Pesavento, “On the resolvability of closely spaced
targets using a MIMO radar,” invited paper Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems
and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, Nov., 2012.
[C11] L. Li, and M. Pesavento, “A game theoretical approach for ofdma based spectrum sharingwith
payoff perturbations”, Proc. 17th International OFDM-Workshop 2012 (InOWo’12),
Essen, Germany, Aug., 2012.
[C12] Y. Cheng, A. Philipp, and M. Pesavento, “Dynamic Rate Adaptation and Multiuser
Downlink Beamforming Using Mixed Integer Conic Programming,” Proc. European signal
processing conference (EUSIPCO’12), Bucharest, Romania, Aug., 2012.
[C13] N. Bornhorst, P. Davarmanesh, M. Pesavento, “An extended interior-point method for
transmit beamforming in multi-group multicasting,” Proc. European signal processing
conference (EUSIPCO’12), Bucharest, Romania, Aug., 2012.
[C14] A. Schad, K.L. Law, M. Pesavento, “A linearization technique for higher-rank beamforming
in single-group multicasting relay networks,” Proc. European signal processing conference
(EUSIPCO’12), Bucharest, Romania, Aug., 2012.
[C15] X. Zhang, M.N. El Korso, and M. Pesavento, “Statistical Resolution Limit for Two Closely
Spaced Stochastic Far Field Sources,” Proc. European signal processing conference
(EUSIPCO’12), Bucharest, Romania, Aug., 2012.
[C16] D. Ciochina and M. Pesavento, “Joint User Selection and Beamforming in Interference
Limited Cognitive Radio Networks,” Proc. European signal processing conference (EU-
SIPCO’12), Bucharest, Romania, Aug., 2012.
[C17] X. Wen, K.L. Law, S. Alabed, and M. Pesavento,“Rank-two beamforming for single-group
multicasting networks using OSTBC,” accepted for publication in IEEE Sensor Array and
Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM’12), Hoboken, USA, June 2012.
[C18] M. Rübsamen and M. Pesavento,“Steering vector non-identifiability in covariance matrix
fitting based beamforming,” accepted for publication IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel
Signal Processing Workshop (SAM’12), Hoboken, USA, June 2012.
[C19] A. Schad and M. Pesavento,“Time Division Multiple Access Methods in Bi-Directional Cooperative
Relay Networks,” accepted for publication IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel
Signal Processing Workshop (SAM’12), Hoboken, USA, June 2012.
[C20] M.N. El Korso and M. Pesavento,“Performance analysis for near field source localization,”
accepted for publication IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop
(SAM’12), Hoboken, USA, June 2012.
[C21] A. Schad and M. Pesavento,“Max-Min Fair Transmit Beamforming for Multi-group
Multicasting,” Proc. International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA’12), Dresden,
Germany, March 2012.
[C22] C. Steffens and M. Pesavento, “A Physical Layer Average Consensus Algorithm for Wireless
Sensor Networks,” Proc. International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA’12),
Dresden, Germany, March 2012.
[C23] S. Alabed and M. Pesavento, “A Simple Distributed Differential Transmit Beamforming
Technique for Two-Way Wireless Relay Networks,” Proc. International ITG Workshop on
Smart Antennas (WSA’12), Dresden, Germany, March 2012.
[C24] J. Zhang, N. Bornhorst, F. Römer, M. Haardt, and M. Pesavento, “Optimal and Suboptimal
Beamforming for Multi-Operator Two-Way Relaying with a MIMO Amplifyand-Forward
Relay,” Proc. International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA’12),
Dresden, Germany, March 2012.
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[C25] Y. Cheng, A. Philipp, S. Drewes, and M. Pesavento, “Joint Network Topology Optimization
and Multicell Beamforming using Mixed Integer Programming,” Proc. International
ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA’12), Dresden, Germany, March 2012.
[C26] K.L. Law, I. Wajid, and M. Pesavento,“Robust downlink beamforming in multi-group
multicasting using trace bounds on the covariance mismatches,” Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP’12), Kyoto, Japan,
March 2012.
[C27] N. Bornhorst and M. Pesavento, “Beamforming for multi-group multicasting with statistical
channel state information using second order cone programming,” Proc. IEEE
International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP’12), Kyoto,
Japan, March 2012.
[C28] Y. Cheng, S. Drewes, A. Philipps, and M. Pesavento, “Joint network optimization and
beamforming for coordinated multi-point transmission using mixed integer programming,”
Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing
(ICASSP’12), Kyoto, Japan, March 2012.
[C29] A. Schad and M. Pesavento, “Multiuser bi-directional communications in cooperative relay
networks,” Proc. International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor
Adaptive Processing (CAMSAP’11), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec. 2011.
[C30] J. Vinogradova, N. Sarmadi, and M. Pesavento, “Subspace-based semiblind channel
estimation method for fast fading orthogonally coded MIMO-OFDM systems,” Proc. International
Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing
(CAMSAP’11), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec. 2011.
[C31] A. Abdelkader, M. Pesavento, and A.B. Gershman, “Orthogonalization techniques for
single group multicasting in cooperative amplify-and-forward networks,” Proc. International
Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing
(CAMSAP’11), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec. 2011.
[C32] S. Alabed, M. Pesavento, and A.B. Gershman, “Distributed differential space-time
coding techniques for two-way wireless relay networks,” Proc. International Workshop on
Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing (CAMSAP’11), San Juan,
Puerto Rico, Dec. 2011.
[C33] L. Li and M. Pesavento,“Link reliability of underlay cognitive radio: Symbol error rate
analysis and optimal power allocation,” Proc. 4th International Workshop on Cognitive
Radio and Advanced Spectrum Management (CogART 2011), Barcelona, Spain, October
2011.
[C34] F. Römer, N. Sarmadi, B. Song, M. Haardt, M. Pesavento, and A.B. Gershman, “Tensorbased
semi-blind channel estimation for MIMO OSTBC-coded systems,” accepted for
publication in Proc. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific
Grove, CA, USA, Nov., 2011.
[C35] L. Li, P.I. Derwin, and M. Pesavento, “Symbol error rate analysis in multiuser underlay
cognitive radio systems,” Proc. IEEE Workshop on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio
Communications (PIMRC’11), pp. 309-312, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 2011.
[C36] N. Sarmadi and M. Pesavento, “Closed-form blind MIMO channel estimation for OSTBCs:
Re-solving ambiguities in rotatable codes,” Proc. European signal processing conference
(EUSIPCO’11), pp. 644-648, Barcelona, Spain, Aug., 2011.
[C37] N. Bornhorst and M. Pesavento, “An iterative convex approximation approach for
transmit beamforming in multi-group multicasting,” Proc. IEEE International Workshop
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on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC’11), pp. 411-415,
San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2011.
[C38] P. Parvazi and M. Pesavento, “A new direction-of-arrival estimation and calibration
method for arrays composed of multiple identical subarrays,” Proc. IEEE International
Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC’11), San
Francisco, CA, USA, June 2011.
[C39] N. Sarmadi and M. Pesavento, “Closed-form blind channel estimation for orthogonally
coded MIMO-OFDM systems: A simple strategy to resolve non-scalar ambiguities,”
Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications
(SPAWC’11), pp. 301-305, San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2011.
[C40] P. Parvazi, M. Pesavento, and A.B. Gershman, “Exploiting multiple shift-invariances in
harmonic retrieval: the incomplete data case,” Proc. IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal
Processing (SSP’11), pp . 729-732, Nice, France, June 2011.
[C41] L. Li and M. Pesavento: “The sum capacity of underlay cognitive broadcast channel,”
Proc. ICST Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks (CROWN-
COM’11), Yokohama, Japan, May 2011.
[C42] I. Wajid, H. Nikolaeva, and M. Pesavento: “Iterative robust downlink beamforming in
cognitive radio networks,” Proc. ICST Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless
Networks (CROWNCOM’11), Yokohama, Japan, May 2011.
[C43] N. Bornhorst, M. Pesavento, and A.B. Gershman, “Distributed beamforming for multiuser
peer-to-peer and multi-group multicasting relay networks,” Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP’11), Prague, Czech
Republic, May 2011.
[C44] P. Parvazi, M. Pesavento, and A.B. Gershman, “Direction-of-Arrival estimation and array
calibration for partly-calibrated arrays,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics,
Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP’11), Prague, Czech Republic, May 2011.
[C45] L. Li, F.A. Khan, M. Pesavento and T. Ratnarajah, “Power allocation and beamforming in
overlay cognitive radio systems,” Proc. Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC2011-Spring
Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 2011.
[C46] N. Sarmadi, M. Pesavento, and A.B. Gershman, “Closed-form blind channel estimation for
orthogonally coded mimo-ofdm systems, an algorithm and uniqueness study,” Proc. ITG
Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA’11), Aachen, Germany, Feb. 2011.
[C47] I. Wajid, M. Pesavento, Y.C. Eldar, and A.B. Gershman, “Robust downlink beamforming
for cognitive radio networks,” Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference
(GLOBECOM 2010), Miami, FL., Dec. 2010.
[C48] M. Pesavento, D. Ciochina, and A.B. Gershman, “Iterative dual downlink beamforming
for cognitive radio networks,” Proc. 5th International Conference on Cognitive Radio
Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications (CROWNCOM’10), Cannes, France,
June 2010.
[C49] L. Li, M. Pesavento, and A.B. Gershman, “On ergodic sum capacity of underlay cognitive
broadcast channels,” Proc. 21st Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal,
Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC’10), Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 2010.
[C50] M. Pesavento, “Exploiting multiple shift invariances in harmonic retrieval,” Proc. IEEE
International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP’09), pp.
2101-2104, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2009.
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[C51] M. Pesavento, S. Shahbazpanahi, J.F. Böhme, and A.B. Gershman, “Exploiting multiple
shift invariances in multidimensional harmonic retrieval of damped exponentials,” Proc. IE-
EE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP’05),
vol. 4, pp. 1017-1020, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.
[C52] M. Pesavento and J.F. Böhme, “Rooting versus joint diagonalization in 2-D harmonic
retrieval,” In Proc. Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM’04),
Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, July 2004.
[C53] M. Bühren, M. Pesavento, and J.F. Böhme, “Virtual array design for array interpolation
using differential geometry,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech
and Signal Processing, (ICASSP’04), vol. 2, pp. 229-232, Montreal, Canada, May 2004.
[C54] K.N. Mokios, N.D. Sidiropoulos, M. Pesavento, and C.F. Mecklenbräuker, “On 3-D
harmonic retrieval for wireless channel sounding,” Proc. IEEE International Conference
on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP’04), vol. 2, pp. 89-92, Montreal,
Canada, May 2004.
[C55] M. Pesavento, K. Gulati, and J.F. Böhme, “Estimating parameters of two dimensional
damped exponential mixtures,” Proc. IEEE Internationa Symposium on Signal Processing
and Information Technology (ISSPIT’03), Darmstadt, Germany, pp. 455-458, Dec 2003.
[C56] M. Pesavento, C.F. Mecklenbräuker, and J.F. Böhme, “New results in almost sure identifiability
of 2d-harmonic retrieval,” Proc. Statistical Signal Processing Workshop(SSP’03),
St. Louis, MI, Sept. 2003.
[C57] M. Pesavento, C.F. Mecklenbräuker, and J.F. Böhme, “Md-harmonic retrieval, Exploiting
algebraic structure in parameter estimation and association,” Proc. Statistical Signal
Processing Workshop (SSP’03), St. Louis, MI, Sep. 2003.
[C58] M. Bühren, M. Pesavento, and J.F. Böhme, “A new approach to array interpolation by
generation of artificial shift invariances: interpolated ESPRIT,” Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP’03), vol. 5, pp. 205-208,
Hong Kong, China, Apr. 2003.
[C59] M. Pesavento, C.F. Mecklenbräuker, and J.F. Böhme, “Multi-dimensional harmonic
estimation using K-D RARE in application to MIMO channel estimation,” Proc. IEEE
International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP’03), vol.
4, pp. 644-647, Hong Kong, China, Apr. 2003.
[C60] M. Pesavento, C.F. Mecklenbräuker, and J.F. Böhme, “Tree-structured multidimensional
RARE for MIMO channel estimation,” COST-273 , Meeting No. 6, COST-273 TD(03)020,
Barcelona, Spain, Jan. 2003.
[C61] M. Pesavento, C.F. Mecklenbräuker, and J.F. Böhme, “Double-directional channel estimation
using MD RARE,” Proc. 36th Asilomar Conf. Signals, Syst., and Comp., vol. 1,
pp. 594-598, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2002.
[C62] M. Pesavento and J.F. Böhme, “Eigenstructure-based azimuth and elevation estimation in
sparse uniform rectangular arrays,” Proc. Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing
Workshop (SAM’02), pp. 327-331, Washington DC, VA, Aug. 2002.
[C63] M. Pesavento and J.F. Böhme, “Direction-of-arrival estimation in uniform circular arrays
composed of directional elements,” Proc. Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing
Workshop (SAM’02), pp. 503-507, Washington DC, VA, Aug. 2002.
[C64] M. Pesavento, A.B. Gershman, and K.M. Wong, “On uniqueness of direction of arrival
estimates using rank reduction estimator (RARE),” Proc. IEEE International Conference
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on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP’02), pp. 3021-3024, Orlando, FL,
May 2002.
[C65] M. Pesavento, A.B. Gershman, K.M. Wong, and J.F. Böhme, “Direction finding in
partly calibrated arrays composed of nonidentical subarrays, a computationally efficient
algorithm for the rank reduction (RARE) estimator,” Proc. Statistical Signal Processing
Workshop (SSP’01),pp. 536-539, Singapore, Aug. 2001.
[C66] M. Pesavento, A.B. Gershman, and Z.-Q. Luo, “A robust technique for array interpolation
using second-order cone programming,” Proc. Statistical Signal Processing Workshop
(SSP’01), pp. 217-220, Singapore, Aug. 2001.
[C67] M. Pesavento, A.B. Gershman, and K.M. Wong, “Direction of arrival estimation in partly
calibrated time-varying sensor arrays,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics,
Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP’01), pp. 3005-3008, Salt Lake City, UT, May
2001.
[C68] M. Pesavento, A.B. Gershman, and K.M. Wong, “The stochastic CRB for array processing
in unknown noise fields,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and
Signal Processing, (ICASSP’01), pp. 2898-2992, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2001.
[C69] A.B. Gershman, M. G.Amin, and M. Pesavento, “High-resolution sensor array processing
in the presence of multiple wideband chirp signals,” Proc. 34th Asilomar Conf. Signals,
Syst., and Comp., Pacific Grove, CA, invited paper, vol. 1, pp. 41-45, Pacific Grove, CA,
Oct. 2000.
[C70] M. Pesavento and A.B. Gershman, “Array processing in the presence of unknown nonuniform
sensor noise: a maximum likelihood direction finding algorithm and Cramér-Rao
bounds,” In Proc. Statistical Signal Processing Workshop (SSP’00), pp. 78-82, Pocono
Manor, PA, Aug. 2000.
[C71] A.B. Gershman, M. Pesavento, and M. G. Amin, “Estimating the parameters of multiple
wideband chirp signals in sensor arrays,” In Proc. Statistical Signal Processing Workshop
(SSP’00), pp. 467-471, Pocono Manor, PA, Aug. 2000.
[C72] M. Pesavento, A.B. Gershman, and M. Haardt, “Sensor array processing using a unitary
root-MUSIC direction finding algorithm,” Proc. Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. (IS-
AP’00), invited paper, pp. 677-680, Fukuoka, Japan, Aug. 2000.
[C73] M. Pesavento, A.B. Gershman, and M. Haardt, “A theoretical and experimental performance
study of a root-MUSIC algorithm based on a real-valued eigendecomposition,”
Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICAS-
SP’00), vol. 5, pp. 3049-3052, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2000.
Invited Talks
M. Pesavento, Invited talk at the Telecommunications Forum of the Telecommunications
Research Center Vienna (ftw), Title: Distributed beamforming in cooperative sensor
networks, October 28., 2011, Vienna, Austria.
M. Pesavento, Invited talk at the Telecommunications Forum of the Telecommunications
Research Center Vienna (ftw), Title: Mixed-integer non-linear programming in wireless
communication, November 16., 2012, Vienna, Austria.
M. Pesavento and Willem Mulder, Femtocell Winter School, Title: LTE-A PHY Layer
Overview and Femto Design Challenges, 6-10 February 2012, Barcelona, Spain.
M. Pesavento, Invited talk at the Telecommunications Forum of the Telecommunications
Research Center Vienna (ftw), Title: Distributed beamforming in cooperative sensor
networks, October 28., 2011, Vienna, Austria.
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Elected TC
member
Associate
Editor
Associate
Editor
Lead Guest
Editor
M. Pesavento, Invited talk at the research group of Andrea Goldsmith, Title: Cognitive
Downlink Beamforming in Femtocells, March 2011, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA,
USA.
M. Pesavento, LTE Tutorial at Plenary of the Small Cell Forum ( formally FemtoForum)
[http://www.smallcellforum.org/], Part 1: LTE basics and Part 2: Advanced topics
in LTE, June 15.-18., 2010, Readings, UK.
M. Pesavento, Invited Talk at the Working Group Optimization of Prof. Dr. Stefan Ulbrich,
Title: Convex Optimization in Communications and Signal Proecessing, April 26., 2010,
TU Darmstadt
M. Pesavento, LTE Tutorial at the Second COST2100 Training School entitled MIMO:
from theory to implementation, Tutorial title: LTE Implementation, ENSTA-ParisTech,
March 9.-11., 2009, Paris, France, [http://uei.ensta.fr/cost2100_TS/home.htm].
Academic activities
of the Sensor Array and Multichannel (SAM) Technical Committee of the IEEE Signal
Processing Society for the term 2012-2014.
Editorial board member of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (TSP),
[http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/technical-committees/list/
sam-tc/management-and-membership/]
Editorial board member of the EURASIP SIGNAL PROCESSING Journal [http://www.
elsevier.com/locate/sigpro]
Special Issue on Advances in Sensor Array Processing in Memory of Alex B.
Gershman, EURASIP SIGNAL PROCESSING Journal, to appear in March 2013,
[http://www.journals.elsevier.com/signal-processing/call-for-papers/
special-issue-on-advances-in-sensor-array-processing/]
Guest Editor of the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Special Issue: Advances
in Two-Dimensional Angle-of-Arrival Processing for Localization and Communications
[http://www.springerlink.com/content/5775072xw144343j/]
Financial
Chair
Technical
Area Chair
Special
Session
Organizer
Special
Session
Organizer
Special
Session
Organizer
14th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances for Wireless Communication
(IEEE SPAWC’2013), June 16-19, 2013, Darmstadt, [http://www.cocoon.
tu-darmstadt.de/spawc/welcomespawc2013.de.jsp].
of Array Processing and Statistical Signal Processing at the Asilomar Conference on Signals,
Systems and Computers, [http://www.asilomarssc.org/], Nov. 2012, Pacific Grove,
CA, USA.
14th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances for Wireless Communication
(IEEE SPAWC’2013), Title: “Cooperative sensor networks: hardware implementations,
demonstrators, and measurements,” [http://www.cocoon.tu-darmstadt.de/spawc/
conference_schedule_1/special_sessions/specialsessions.de.jsp], Jun. 2013,
Darmstadt, Germany.
at the European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Title: “Two and multiway relay
networks (Marius Pesavento, Wing-Kin (Ken Ma)),” [http://www.eusipco2013.org/
program.html], Sep. 2013, Marrakech, Marocco.
at the European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Title: “Mixed-integer programming
in signal processing and wireless communications,” [http://eusipco2012.org/
program_special_sessions.php], Aug. 2012, Bucharest, Romania.
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Local Liaison
Officer
of the EURASIP for Germany 2011-2012 [http://www.eurasip.org]
Membership IEEE Signal Processing Society, VDE/ITG, European Association for Signal Processing
(EURASIP)
Doctorates graduated
P. Parvazi “Sensor Array Processing in Difficult and Non-Idealistic Conditions,” external co-referee:
Prof. Mecklenbräuker, TU Vienna, Jan. 2012.
L. Li “Transmit and Multiuser Diversity Techniques in Wireless Communications,” external
co-referee: Prof. Papadias, Athens Information Technology, May 2012.
S. Alabed “Computationally Efficient Spatial and Cooperative Diversity Techniques for Wireless
Communications,” external co-referee: Prof. Khalaj, Sharif University, May 2012.
N. Sarmadi “Advanced Blind Signal Processing for MIMO Communications,” external co-referee:
Prof. Shahbazpanahi, University of Ontario, May 2012.
A. Abdelkader “Multicast and Relay Beamforming in Wireless Multi-User Networks,” co-referee: Prof. Zoubir,
TU Darmstadt, thesis submitted.
I. Wajid “Robust Algorithms for Downlink Beamforming in Conventional and Cognitive Radio
Networks with Erroneous Channel State Information,” thesis submission June 2012.
Doctorates ongoing supervision
N. Bornhorst Research topics: relay and multigroup multicasting networks, inner convex approximation
methods, since 09/2009.
Y. Cheng Research topic: Mixed-integer nonlinear programming for cellular communications, since
12/2010.
D. Ciochina Research topic: Multiantenna processing for cognitive radio networks and femtocells, since
03/2009.
O. Ramos Research topic: Optimum resource allocation and spatial processing in LTE and LTE-A
systems, since 08/2012.
A. Schad Research topics: One- and bi-directional relay networks, multigroup multicasting networks,
since 01/2009.
C. Steffens Research topic: Distributed computation and physical layer consensus algorithms in wireless
sensor networks, since 11/2010.
X. Wen Research topic: Multigroup multicasting using joint beamforming and space-time coding,
since 10/2008.
Y. Yang co-supervision with Prof. Palomar (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology),
Research topic: Convex optimization for wireless communications and financial engineering,
visiting Ph.D. student since 02/2013.
Post Doctorates
S. Alabed Research topics: Coherent and non-coherent distributed space-time coding and beamforming
techniques for multiantenna and relay networks, since 06/2012.
K.L. Law Research topics, Relay networks, robust beamforming techniques, joint space-time coding
and beamforming, since 04/2009.
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L. Li Network information theory, physical layer security, performance bounds in cognitive radio
networks, since 06/2012.
M.N. El
Korso
Former Post Doctorates
Performance bounds in sensor array processing, since 10/2011.
Bachelor, Master and Diploma Students
since 05/2009 Supervision of more than 5 Bachelor and 27 Diploma/Master theses
Benjamin
Bejar Haro
External Co-Referee for Doctorate Defenses
Topic: Distributed target localization in wireless sensor networks, PhD. advisor: Prof.
Santiago Zazo, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Fall 2012
Qi Wang Topic: Frequency and time synchronization in LTE networks, PhD. advisor: Prof. Markus
Rupp, TU Vienna, Fall 2012
Heiko
Sequenz
Topic: Emission Modeling and Model-Based Optimization of the Engine Control, PhD.
advisor: Prof. h.c. Rolf Isermann, TU Darmstadt
Teaching
SS 2013 Information Theory II, Master 4 CP (Lecture 2h + Tutorial 1h)
SS 2013 Advanced Algorithms for Smart Antenna Systems, Master 8 CP (Seminar 4h)
WS 2012/13 Information Theory I, Bachelor 5 CP (Lecture 3h + Tutorial 1h), Student Evaluation Mark:
1.83, (1 - excellent, 5 - poor)
WS 2012/13 MIMO Communications and Space-Time-Coding, Master 4 CP (Lecture 2h + Tutorial 1h)
SS 2012 Information Theory II, Master 4 CP (Lecture 2h + Tutorial 1h)
SS 2012 Advanced Algorithms for Smart Antenna Systems, Master 8 CP (Seminar 4h)
WS 2011/12 Information Theory I, Bachelor 5 CP (Lecture 3h + Tutorial 1h), Student Evaluation Mark:
2.13, Ø = 2.19, (1 - excellent, 5 - poor)
WS 2011/12 MIMO Communications and Space-Time-Coding, Master 4 CP (Lecture 2h + Tutorial
1h), Student Evaluation Mark: 1.87, Ø = 1.81, (1 - excellent, 5 - poor)
SS 2011 Information Theory II, Master 4 CP (Lecture 2h + Tutorial 1h, Student Evaluation Mark:
1.92, Ø = 1.75, (1 - excellent, 5 - poor)
SS 2011 Advanced Algorithms for Smart Antenna Systems, Master 8 CP (Seminar 4h)
WS 2010/11 Information Theory I, Bachelor 5 CP (Lecture 3h + Tutorial 1h)
WS 2010/11 MIMO Communications and Space-Time-Coding 4CP (graduate course)
SS 2010 Information Theory II, Master 4 CP (Lecture 2h + Tutorial 1h)
SS 2010 Advanced Algorithms for Smart Antenna Systems, Master 8 CP (Seminar 4h)
WS 2009/10 Information Theory I, Bachelor 5 CP (Lecture 3h + Tutorial 1h)
SS 2009 Information Theory II, Master 4 CP (Lecture 2h + Tutorial 1h)
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mimoOn
GmbH
Industrial Experience
The mimoOn GmbH was found in 2006 as a start-up company with core business in
software IP for the cellular 3gpp communication standard UMTS/Long Term Evolution
(LTE) on software-defined-radio (SDR) architectures (multi-DSP platforms). [http://
www.mimoOn.de].
Responsibilities During my time at mimoOn, I actively helped the company develop from initially 6 employees
when I joined in 03/07 to more than 40 software developers and engineers in 03/09. As head
of the Signal Processing Section, I was responsible for the development of the physical layer
and MAC layer algorithms for MIMO-OFDM systems (LTE) optimized for implementation
on parallel hardware architectures and vector processors, suitable for real-time operation on
multi-core/multi-DSP platforms. During the period of 06/07-03/2008, I lead the software
development (physical-layer, baseband) of the world-wide first demonstrator of a LTE
mobile terminal in software defined radio (SB3011 and SB3500 DSP architectures from
Sandbridge). I acted as a consultant for the design of LTE specific platform- and chiparchitectures
for several smaller DSP manufacturers. I regularly participated in the 3gpp
standardization (Release 8, LTE), and I was responsible for the acquisition of publicly
funded research and cooperation projects with successful proposals in ZIM BMWI and
High-Tech NRW. I gave company and product presentations on expositions and at company
visits, and gave internal and external trainings on LTE- and LTE-Advanced.
FIS/Schaeffler-
Group
The FAG Industrial Services is an enterprise of the Schaeffler-Group. [http://www.
fis-services.de] that is active in the field of maintenance and condition monitoring of
industrial machineries with strong focus of rotating parts and roller bearings.
Responsibilities As a Research Engineer for digital signal processing at FIS in the period 07/05-02/07,
I developed an automatic fault detection and condition monitoring system for rotating
machines, designed new methods for robust vibration analysis, and derived new models
for the mathematical description of recorded vibration signals. I further developed a data
acquisition system for ultra-sound sensors, planned and executed measurement campaigns
on testbeds and in industrial plants, gave internal trainings in digital signal processing
(DSP), spectral analysis, estimation theory and Matlab programming, and supervised
several internships, Diploma and Master theses.
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