Luc Vandendorpe

Areas of research 

• Statistical signal processing

• Wireless communications systems

• Localization and Sensing

• Communication Systems

Current PhD students

• B. Sambon : "Near-Field wideband Radars: target modelling, performance bounds and sIgnal processing techniques for parameter estimation"
• L. Defraigne : "Constrained Multi-servIce Cell-free networks: parameter estimation and design of robust beampointers"
• M. Reniers : "Terrestrial Radio Access Networks and Satellite Hybrid Positioning" 
• F. Wuillaumez : "Microwave skin cancer detection"

Past PhD students

1. Adaptive operators for image compression, B. Maison, 1998; 

2. Multimodal biometric identity verification, S. Pigeon, 1998; 

3. Carrier phase recovery for multiuser CDMA communications, L. Schumacher, 1999;

4. Filter Bank based multicarrier modulation for xDSL transmission, J. Louveaux, 2000; 

5. Strategies for exploiting residual redundancy in joint source-channel coding, F. Labeau, 2000; 

6. Errors and losses in image transmission: error-correcting and recovering schemes, C. Desset, 2001; 

7. Receiver design for MC-CDMA transmission schemes, D. Ikonomou, 2002; 

8. Receiver design for wideband CDMA communication systems, M. Guenach, 2002; 

9. Channel adapted precoding for interference free uplink burst transmission, F. Horlin, 2002;

10. Decision fusion in identity verification using facial images, J. Czyz, 2003; 

11. Multiuser Communications over Frequency-Selective Wired Channels and Applications to the Powerline Access Network, T. Sartenaer, 2004;

12. Novel Turbo-Equalization Techniques for Coded Digital Transmission, A. Dejonghe, 2004;

13. Space-Time Signaling for Real-World MIMO Channels, B. Clerckx, September 2005; 

14. Turbo equalization and turbo estimation for multiple-input multiple-output wireless systems, X. Wautelet, 2006; 

15. Code aided synchronization for digital burst transmissions, C. Herzet, 2006; 

16. Performance of turbo-equalization with channel estimation”, V. Ramon, 2007;

17. Joint Source-Channel Turbo Techniques and Variable Length Codes, X. Jaspar, 2008;

18. Cyclic Prefixed Block Transmission for Wireless Communications: Performance Analysis and Optimization, B. Devillers, 2008; 

19. Coded Transmission Systems for the Orthogonal Relay Channel, H. Sneessens, 2009; 

20. Constrained Optimized Resource Allocation for Multiuser Multicarrier Wireless Systems, F. Brah, 2010; 

21. DSL: Crosstalk Estimation Techniques, and Impact on DSM, A. Kalakech, 2010; 

22. Unified Analysis of the Communication Receivers Using Bayesian Approach, O. Oguz, 2011; 

23. Resource allocation in OFDM-based wireless communication systems, T. Wang, 2012; 

24. Power optimized estimation in wireless sensor networks, M. H. Chaudhary, 2012; 

25. On physical layer security in cooperative networks, Z. Awan, 2013; 

26. Adaptive techniques for packet-oriented transmissions in future multicarrier wireless systems, R. Andreotti, 2013, (co-supervision with U. Pisa); 

27. Parameter estimation for ultra-wideband based positioning, A. Mallat, 2013; 

28. Experimental channel characterization for vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems, O. Renaudin, 2013;

29. Transceiver design for single-cell and multi-cell downlink multiuser MIMO systems, T. Bogale, 2014; 

30. Resource allocation techniques in relay-aided multicell OFDMA-based wireless communication systems, J. Zhiwen, 2014. 

31. Network coding for the multiple access relay channel, M. El Soussi, 2014;

32. Bounds on the accuracy of ultra-wideband based positioning, Adria Gusi Amigo, 2015;

33. Cooperative strategies for inter-cell interference management in dense cellular networks, R. Torrea Duran, 2017, (co-supervision with KULeuven);

34. Adaptive modulation, coding and power allocation in cognitive radio networks, J. Van Hecke, 2017, (co-supervision with UGent);

35. Energy efficiency optimization and resource allocation in wireless communication systems, Z. Wang, 2017;

36. One bit at a time: the use of quantized compressed sensing in radar signal processing, T. Feuillen, 2021;

37. SWIPT transceiver design for broadband wireless systems, H. Kassab, 2021;

38. Performance analysis of SWIPT networks, I. Aysin, 2022;

39. Joint coverage and EMF Exposure analysis in cellular and cell-free networks: a stochastic geometry perspective, C. Wiame, 2023;

40. Accelerated sparse signal decomposition for single-step estimation in multistatic radars and sensor networks, G. Monnoyer, 2023;

41. Collaborative On-device CNN Inference: Design and Optimization of Communication and Computation, E. Kilcioglu, 2024;

42. Multi-function multi-point wireless networks: Interference analysis and management, G. Thiran, 2024;

43. Integrated sensing and communication: from electromagnetic modelling to interference management in large-scale networks, F. De Saint Moulin, 2024;

44. CRLB-based Optimization of Antenna Arrays for Angle of Arrival Estimation, M. Arash, 2025.

Selection of European Projects

• 2003-2004. ESA project. ”Novel tracking techniques for ESA’s future deep space missions”; 

• 2004-2006. FP6 Network of Excellence ”NEWCOM”. New network for wireless communications; 

• 2005-2006. CELTIC project IDSL ”Filter banks, ARQ, and dynamic spectrum management”; 

• 2006-2008. FP6 FET-STREP COOPCOM ”Cooperative and opportunistic communications”;

• 2007-2010. FP7 Network of Excellence on Wireless Communications “NEWCOM++”;

• 2007-2010. FP7 STREP project WIMAGIC “Worldwide Interoperability Microwave broadband Access system for next Generation wireless Communications”; 

• 2007-2010. FP7 STREP project PHYDYAS “Physical layer for Dynamic spectrum access and cognitive radio”; 

• 2009-2011. MEDEA project MIMOCOM “Innovative multiantenna techniques in wireless communications”; 

• 2012-2015. FP7 Network of Excellence on Wireless Communications “NEWCOM#”;

• 2016-2017. ESA project LOST “Localisation of Objects in Space through RF Tags”

Walloon region - DGTRE funding:

• 1998-2001. ”Design of receivers for the UTRA system”;

• 2001-2007. (Phasing out-CETIC). ”RETICOM: Flexible implementation of modem with DSPs”

• 2004-2006. MEDEA MARQUIS project: ”Multi-antenna transceivers for QoS, ubiquitous and improved wireless systems”; 

• 2004-2006. MEDEA WITNESS project. ”Wireless technologies for small area networks with embedded security and safety”; 

• 2006-2011. NANOTIC-COSMOS project ”Cooperation communications for secured mobile objects”; 

• 2007-2010. WIST 2 project WALIBI (Wireless Acquisition and LInk for Body Information); 

• 2010-2014. Plan Marshall Radiant “Radar de traffic »;

• 2018-2021. Plan Marshall Radiant+  « Radar de traffic »;

• 2017-2020. Innoviris  Copine-loT “Convergence of Power and Information Networks for Internet of Things Applications”;

• 2018-2021. WIN2WAL LUMINET « Lampadaires intelligents pour la localisation, le suivi et la classification d’usagers ».

Federal funding:

• 2002-2006. PAI V MOTION ”Turbo techniques in digital reception”;

• 2018-2021. IAP Phase VII BESTCOM; “Best Communications”; network coordinator;

• 2018-2021. EOS MUSE-WINET MUlti-SErvice WIreless NETwork; network coordinator.

FWB-UCLouvain:

• 1993-1995. FDS. ”Multicarrier transmission techniques”;

• 1995-2000. Concerted action. ”Joint source channel coding”;

• 2001-2003. FSR. ”Turbo techniques for MIMO systems”;

• 2007-2009. FSR. ”Secure Cooperative Communications”;

• 2008-2013: Concerted action. ”Secure Cooperative Wireless Communications”; 

• 2013-2014. FRFC. ODESSA “Optimized design of energy efficient spectrum and signal coordination algorithms”;

• 2016-2022. Concerted action. “SWIPT: Simultaneous Information and Power Transfer”.

• 2023: IEEE AP-S Piergiorgio L.E. Uslenghi Prize Paper Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, for “Metasurface Antennas for FMCW Radar”, Modeste Bodehou, Gilles Monnoyer, Maxime Drouguet, Khaldoun Al Khalifeh, Luc Vandendorpe, and Christophe Craeye;

• 2019: Best Paper Award (honorary mention) for "An Ultra-wideband Battery-less Positioning System for Space Applications," D. Dardari et al., 2019 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications (RFID-TA), Pisa, Italy, 2019, pp. 104-109;

• 2011: Best journal paper award from the European Network of Excellence NEWCOM++. for”Code-Aided Maximum-Likelihood Ambiguity Resolution Through Free-Energy Minimization”; Herzet, C.; Woradit, K.; Wymeersch, H.; Vandendorpe, L., Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on. Volume: 58, Issue: 12. Publication Year: 2010, pp. 6238 – 6250;

• 2006: Best journal paper award from the European Network of Excellence NEWCOM for ”A Theoretical Framework for Soft Information Based Synchronization in Iterative (Turbo) Receivers”, Nele Noels, Vincenzo Lottici, Antoine Dejonghe, Heidi Steendam, Marc Moeneclaey, Marco Luise, L. Vandendorpe, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking special issue about Advanced Signal Processing for Communications, 2005:2, 117–129; 

• 2006: Elevated to Fellow of the IEEE for “Contributions to digital communications”;

• Best paper award (with H. Sneessens) at the Sixth IEE International Conference on 3G and beyond; London, UK, November 2005; 

• Winner of the FAC (Face Authentication Contest 2004) delivered during the International Conference on Biometric Authentication, Hong Kong, 2004; 

• Siemens 2002 biennal Award from the Belgian NSF (Information and Communi- cations technologies) (to J. Louveaux, F. Deryck, L. Vandendorpe); 

• URSI Young Scientist Award, 1993; 

• Research Fellowship of the Delft Technical University, 1992; 

• Alcatel Bell Telephone biennal Award awarded by the Belgian NSF, 1990 (Image processing) (to B. Macq and L. Vandendorpe).

• 2015: General chair of the International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, Brussels, August 2015;

• 2011-2015: Chair of the Scientific Commission TELECOM of Supelec, Paris; 

• 1999-2002: Associate Editor of the IEEE Trans. on Com., area of equalization and synchronization;

• 1999-2005; 2009-2011: Elected member of IEEE SPCOM Technical Committee;

• 2006-2008: Elected member of the IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Technical Committee;

• 2003-2005: Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications;

• 2004-2007: Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing;

• 2006: TPC co –chair for IEEE ICASSP 2006 in Toulouse;

• 2008-2016: Editor-in-Chief of the Eurasip Journal on Wireless Comm. and Networking (Springer);