Members

Egoitz Arruti was born in Gernika (Bizkaia) the 30th of January of 1978. He received his "Ingeniería en Telecomunicaciones" (MSc) degree from the University of the Basque Country in 2002. He has since then belonged to the Signal Theory and Communcations Area of the University of Mondragon.

His current research interests include short-range wireless communications such as ultra-wideband or Zigbee communications. He has been involved in several industry-related projects on tele-monitorization and tele-diagnosis for companies like Matz-Erreka or Orona.He is currently working towards his PhD degree in wireless communications.

Unai Garro was born in Elgeta (Gipuzkoa) the 8th of July of 1976. After receiving his "Automática y Electrónica" BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Mondragon, he spent 4 years researching aerial radar signal processing algorithms at the Institute of Digital Communications of the University of Edinburgh. From 2004 to 2008 hw worked for Dorlet S.A. developing DSP-based applications targetting networks, security and remote access. He joined the Signal Theory and Communications team of the University of Mondragon in 2008, where he is now lecturer and researcher.

Juan Antonio Larreina was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Araba) the 23rd of Juin of 1951. He studied "Ingeniería Técnica de Telecomunicaciones" (BSc) and "Ingeniería Superior de Telecomunicaciones" (MSc) at Universidad Laboral de Alcalá de Henares and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), respectively. He worked at "Standard Eléctrica - ITT" for 11 years at its Engineering and Instalations division. He worked as scientific collaborator at Ikerlan Technological research center for 13 years while he lectured at the University of Mondragon. His main research interests focus on microprocessor-centric applications for communciations and image processing.

Mikel Mendicute was born the 10th of February of 1979 in Eibar. He received his BSc and MSc degrees in Industrial Electronics Engineering and Electronic Engineering from the University of Mondragon in 2000 and 2003 (Kutxa prize), respectively. During his studies, he worked from 1998 to 2003 as research assistant at the Communications Area of Ikerlan Technological research center. From 2003 to 2007 he developed his PhD at the Signal Theory and Communications Area of the University of Mondragon, where he obtained his PhD degree in 2008.

He is since then researcher and lecturer at the Signal Theory and Communications Area of the University of Mondragon, where he works on several industry and administration funded projects related to the design and implementation of signal processing algorithms for communications, as well as the development of embedded systems. He has been guest researcher at the Institute of Digital Communications of the University of Edinburgh (2004) and at the Telecommunications Circuits Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne EPFL (2011). His research areas include multiuser and multiantenna communications, as well as the development of signal processing algorithms for emerging digital video broadcasting (DVB) standards.

Eñaut Muxika was born in Donostia in 1972. He received his BSc in Engineering from the University of Mondragon in 1995. He received a Goier grant from the university allowing him to obtain his MSc degree from the National Electrotechnic Engineering School of Grenoble (France) in 1996 (first class with honors). This disintinction allowed him to receive a pre-doctoral grant from the French Government. He worked at the Electrotechnic laboratory of Grenoble, where he studied the use of neural networks for the non-linear identification of mechanical tools and vibration supression.After receiving his PhD degree, he joined the University of Mondragon, where he is lecturer and researcher nowasdays, focusing on the development of embedded systems.

Javier Oyarzun was born in Irun (Gipuzkoa), the 31rst of January of 1979. He studied Telecommunications Engineering at the University of the Basque Country, receiving his MSc degree in 2004.

Since 2005, he works as researcher and lecturer at the University of Mondragón at the Signal Theory and Communications Area. He manages and works in several research projects related to wireless, power-line and other communication systems, as well as the implementation of algorithms on FPGA and DSP devices.

Iker Sobrón was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz the 7th of May of 1978. He received his Physics BSc degree from the University of the Basque Country, after which he obtained the MSc degree in Electronics Engineering in 2006. After finishing his studied, he received a grant from the University of Mondragon for the development of his PhD, which he successfully finished in 2011. He was visiting researcher at the University of Turku in 2008, where he worked on multiantenna techniques for emerging digital video broadcasting standards. He is currently researcher and lecturer at the Signal Theory and Communications Area of the University of Mondragon, where he works on the analysis and algorithmic design for emerging digital video broadcasting (DVB) standards.

Lorena Martínez was born in Vitoria-gasteiz (Araba) the 28th of August of 1984. She studied Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Deusto, receiving her MSc degree in 2007. After finishing her studies, she received a grant from the University of Mondragón for the development of her PhD thesis, which focuses on the design of efficient channel estimation algorithms and pilot patterns for the emerging digital bideo broadcasting (DVB) standards. She was gues researcher at the Institute for Communications Technology of the University of Braunschwwig (Germanny).

Pello Ochandiano was born the 20th of August of 1983 in Otxandio (Bizkaia). He received his BSc and MSc degrees in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Mondragon, finishing his studies in 2007. He then received a Ikertu grant from the Basque Government, allowing him to develop his PhD on the design of iterative algorithms for inter-carrier interference (ICI) cancelation in emerging digital video broadcasting (DVB) standards. He has been guest researcher at the Deparment of Signals and Systems of Chalmers University (Sweden).

Idoia Jimenez was born in Arrasate-Mondragon (Gipuzkoa) the 16th of January of 1984. He studied Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Mondragon and worked for three years (from 2005 to 2008) at Ikerlan technological research center during her studies. In 2008 she received a grant from the University of Mondragon for the development of her PhD, which focuses on the design of precoding and relaying algorithms for multiuser MIMO channels.