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Octavia A.Dobre
Octavia A. Dobre is a Professor and Research Chair at Memorial University (Canada), which she joined in 2005. Octavia received the Dipl. Ing. and Ph.D. degrees from the the Polytechnic University of Bucharest (formerly Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest), Romania, in 1991 and 2000, respectively. In 2000 she was the recipient of a Royal Society scholarship at Westminster University, UK, and in 2001 she held a Fulbright fellowship at Stevens Institute of Technology, USA.
Research Statement
My current research pertains to 5G enabling technologies, such as NOMA and full duplex, IoT, blind signal identification (signal detection, separation, joint parameter estimation, and modulation and code classification), spatial modulation, physical layer security, resource allocation, cooperative communications, network coding, 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, and Statoil.
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List of Awards
2020: IEEE Fellow, “For contributions to the theory and practice of signal intelligence and emerging wireless technologies” 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 2017: Best Paper Award, IEEE WCMC, 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
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 area of 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.