Professor Robert Piechocki
Ph.D.(Bristol), M.Sc.
Current positions
Professor of Wireless Systems
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
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Research interests
Robert J Piechocki is 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 200 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences and holds 13 patents in these areas. Robert is leading wireless connectivity and sensing research 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.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
ELABORATOR
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
ELABORATOR uses a holistic approach for planning, designing, implementing and deploying specific innovations and interventions towards safe, inclusive and sustainable urban mobility. These interventions, consist of smart enforcement tools, space…Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/06/2023 to 30/11/2026
8031 SYNERGIA 53707
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Contemporary IoT platforms typically adopt a cloud-based approach, with some offering optional backend installation at customer premises. This approach implies a requirement to transmit, process and store all data points…Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/11/2020 to 31/10/2022
OPERA - Opportunistic Passive Radar for Non-Cooperative Contextual Sensing
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/01/2019 to 31/12/2022
OPERA - Opportunistic Passive Radar for Non-Cooperative Contextual Sensing
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/01/2019 to 31/03/2023
OPERA - Opportunistic Passive Radar for Non-Cooperative Contextual Sensing
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/10/2018 to 30/09/2021
Thesis supervisions
Low latency group communication over broadcast erasure channels
Supervisors
Multi-hop Wireless Networks with Network Coding Techniques
Supervisors
5G Communication Framework for Smarter Autonomous Vehicles
Supervisors
Towards Cooperative MARL in Industrial Domains
Supervisors
Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications
Supervisors
Security and Resilience of Multi-Bitrate, Low-Power Lossy IoT Networks
Supervisors
Driverless Car and Multiagent Model Predictive Control
Supervisors
Human sensing indoors in RF utilising unlabeled sensor streams
Supervisors
Physical Layer Security for Next Generation Wireless Systems
Supervisors
Machine Learning-based Applications for Open Radio Access Networks in B5G
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
17/01/2025An Energy-Aware RIoT System
An Energy-Aware RIoT System
Fully Quantized Graph Convolutional Networks for Embedded Applications
A Survey of Computationally Efficient Graph Neural Networks for Reconfigurable Systems
Information
Revolutionizing Microwave Circuit Design with Machine Learning
IEEE Communications Magazine
A Novel Intrusion Detection Scheme Using Variational Autoencoders
International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC)
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