Dr Robert Piechocki

Summary

Robert J Piechocki is a Reader (Associate Professor) in the School of Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Engineering Maths. His research interests span all areas of connected intelligent systems. His domain expertise is Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV), and wireless sensing for eHealth.  

He has published over 150 papers in peer reviewed international journals and conferences and holds 13 patents in these areas. Robert is leading wireless connectivity and sensing reserach activities for the IRC SPHERE project (winner of 2016 World Technology Award). Robert is also a PI for several current high-profile projects in networks, connectivity and sensing funded by industry, Innovate UK and EPSRC such as:  VENTURER, FLOURISH, NG-CDI, OPERA.

Biography

Dr Robert Piechocki is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol. He received an MSc degree from the Technical University of Wroclaw Poland in 1997, and a PhD from the University of Bristol in 2002.

He has authored and co-authored over 60 international journal and conference papers and holds 12 patents.

Keywords

• connected intelligent systems

Memberships

Organisations

Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Other sites

• Eeng

Research Groups

• Communication Systems and Networks - Core
• Smart Internet Lab
• Digital Health Engineering - Core

Links

• Smart Internet Lab
• Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
• Communication Systems & Networks research group

Recent publications

• Krachunov, S, Beach, C, Casson, AJ, Pope, J, Fafoutis, X, Piechocki, R & Craddock, I, 2100, ‘Energy Efficient Heart Rate Sensing using a Painted Electrode ECG Wearable’. in: 2017 Global Internet of Things Summit (GIoTS 2017): Proceedings of a meeting held 6-9 June 2017, Geneva, Switzerland. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 297-302
• Tsimbalo, E, Tassi, A & Piechocki, RJ, 2018, ‘Reliability of Multicast under Random Linear Network Coding’. IEEE Transactions on Communications.
• Elsts, A, Fafoutis, X, Pope, J, Oikonomou, G, Piechocki, R & Craddock, I, 2018, ‘Scheduling High-Rate Unpredictable Traffic in IEEE 802.15.4 TSCH Networks’. in: 2017 13th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2017). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 3-10
• Pope, J, McConville, R, Kozlowski, M, Fafoutis, X, Santos-Rodriguez, R, Piechocki, R & Craddock, I, 2018, ‘SPHERE in a Box: Practical and Scalable EurValve Activity Monitoring Smart Home Kit’. in: 2017 IEEE 42nd Conference on Local Computer Networks Workshops (LCN Workshops 2017): Proceedings of a meeting held 9 October 2017, Singapore. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 128-135
• Li, W, Tan, B & Piechocki, R, 2018, ‘Passive Radar for Opportunistic Monitoring in e-Health Applications’. IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine.
• Fafoutis, X, Elsts, A, Piechocki, R & Craddock, I, 2018, ‘Experiences and lessons learned from making IoT sensing platforms for large-scale deployments’. IEEE Access, vol 6., pp. 3140-3148
• Pope, J, Vafeas, A, Elsts, A, Oikonomou, G, Piechocki, R & Craddock, I, 2018, ‘An Accelerometer Lossless Compression Algorithm and Energy Analysis for IoT Devices’. in: 2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Workshops (WCNCW). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Fafoutis, X, Vafeas, A, Janko, B, Sherratt, S, Pope, J, Elsts, A, Mellios, E, Hilton, G, Oikonomou, G, Piechocki, R & Craddock, I, 2017, ‘Designing Wearable Sensing Platforms for Healthcare in a Residential Environment’. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Pervasive Health and Technology, vol 17.
• Tassi, A, Egan, M, Piechocki, RJ & Nix, A, 2017, ‘Modeling and Design of Millimeter-Wave Networks for Highway Vehicular Communication’. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
• Tassi, A, Egan, M, Piechocki, RJ & Nix, A, 2017, ‘Wireless vehicular networks in emergencies: A single frequency network approach’. in: Proceedings - 2017 International Conference on Recent Advances in Signal Processing, Telecommunications and Computing, SigTelCom 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 27-32

View complete publications list in the University of Bristol publications system

Courses

Dr Piechocki currently teaches 4 courses: