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Octavia A.Dobre
Octavia A. Dobre is a full professor at Memorial University, Canada. Previously, she was with New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA, and Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. Dr. Dobre was a visiting professor with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, and Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France. She was a Royal Society Scholar and a Fulbright Scholar. Dr. Dobre is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the IEEE. She is an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Research Statement
My current research pertains to various wireless technologies such as NOMA and full duplex, machine learning for communications, blind signal identification (signal detection, separation, joint parameter estimation, and modulation and code classification), physical layer security, resource allocation, as well as optical and underwater communications.
Research Support
My research has been supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Research and Development Corporation (RDC), Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS), Communications Research and Development Canada (CRC), Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), D-TA Systems, ThinkRF, Allen Vanguard, EION Wireless, Agile Sensor Technologies, Altera Corporation, Equinor, and others.
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List of Awards
2025: Best Paper Award, IEEE ICC, Montreal, Canada 2025: Elected Member, Academia Europaea 2024: Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate 2024: Fellow, Royal Society of Canada 2024: IEEE ComSoc Heinrich Hertz Award for Best Communications Letter 2024: R. A. Fessenden Silver Medal, IEEE Canada, for “contributions to telecommunications and industry leadership” 2024: Women’s Distinguished Career Award, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, For “outstanding contributions to wireless communication technologies and situation-aware communication” 2024: Best Paper Award, IEEE Globecom, Cape Town, South Africa 2024: Best Paper Award, IEEE SITE, Athens, Greece 2020-2024: Top 2% Scientist in the World, Stanford University 2021-2024: Exemplary Editor Award, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials 2023: Outstanding Achievement Award, IEEE ComSoc WICE Standing Committee 2023: Stars in Networking and Communications, IEEE N2Women 2023: Best Paper Award, IWCMC, Marrakech, Morocco 2022: IEEE Communications Society Joseph LoCicero Award for Exemplary Service to Publications 2022: Recognition Award, IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks, IEEE ComSoc, “For outstanding contributions to cognitive radio communications and networking” 2022: Fellow, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association 2021: Elected Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts 2021: Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering 2020: Outstanding Mentorship Award, IEEE ComSoc WICE Standing Committee 2020: IEEE Fellow, “For contributions to the theory and practice of signal intelligence and emerging wireless technologies” 2020: Best Paper Award, IEEE PIMRC, London, UK 2019: Best Paper Award, IEEE Globecom, Waikoloa, HI, USA 2019: Best Paper Award, IEEE ICC, Shanghai, China 2019: Best Paper Award, IEEE WCNC, Marrakech, Morocco 2019: Inspiring Member of the Year Award, Honorable mention, IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) 2019-2020: Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE ComSoc 2018: Outstanding Service Award, IEEE ComSoc WICE Standing Committee 2018: Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada, “in recognition of her excellence in engineering and service to the profession and society” 2017: Best Paper Award, IWCMC, Valencia, Spain 2015: President's Award for Outstanding Research, MUN 2015: Outstanding Service Award, IEEE ComSoc SPCE Technical Committee 2014: Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision, Faculty of Engineering, MUN 2013: Dean's Outstanding Research Award, Faculty of Engineering, MUN 2013: Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 2013: Visiting Professor, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France 2008: Best Paper GOLD Award (Co-author), IEEE NECEC, Canada 2001-2002: Fulbright Fellowship, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA 2000: Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, Westminster University, UK 1993: Tempus European Scholarship, University of Leuven, Belgium
Invited Talk of Prof. Nan Yang June 2024
Quang Le Defense April 2024
CRC Tier-1 2024
Invited talk of Prof. Keshav Singh 2024
Invited Talk Prof. Rui Dinis 2024
Globecom 2023
With former students in Ottawa 2023
WiCom Montreal 2023
ICC 2023
Xiang Lin Defense December 2019
Ming Zeng Defense December 2019
Visit Dr. Sami Muhaidat 2019
Visit Dr. Ureten 2019
IEEE Globecom 2018 Ali Esswie and Ming Zeng
IEEE LatinCom 2018 Plenary Speaker
IEEE I2MTC 2018
EIC Fellow 2018
IEEE Globecom 2017
IWCMC 2017
Optical Group 2017
Optical Group 2017
Optical Group 2017
Seminar MUN 2017
IEEE Globecom 2016
IEEE Globecom 2016
IEEE Globecom 2016
IEEE Globecom 2016
IEEE VTC 2016
Prof. Gagnon @MUN
AdCom IEEE IMS 2016
Optical Group 2015
D. Chang 2015
S. Kumar and X. Lin2015
Y. Eldemerdash 2015
PhD OpponentSweden 2015
E. Beeder 2014
Princeton U.WICE 2014
AWCL, W. Jerjawi2014
IEEE ICC 2012
IEEE IMS 2012
Group Photo 2011
NECEC 2010
T. RasheedNECEC 2010
Q. ZhangIEEE Globecom 2008
A. PunchihewaIEEE Asilomar 2008
Open positions
Prof. Dobre currently has open positions for postdocs and Ph.D. students in the areas of optical and wireless communications. If you are genuinely interested in doing research, work hard and achieve good results, email your CV and transcripts, along with any publications you have co-authored to odobre@mun.ca.