Jose A. Lopez-Salcedo

Faculty professor

email:
jose.salcedo at uab.es
phone:
+34 93 581 3562
fax:
N/A
office:
QC-3101B
Dpt. Telecommunications and Systems Engineering
UAB – School of Engineering
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Bellaterra 08193 - Barcelona (Spain)

Bio

José A. López-Salcedo (S'98, M'07, SM'16) was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1978. He received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, in 2001 and 2007, respectively. From 2001 to 2006 he was a Research Assistant at the Department of Signal Theory and Communications, UPC. He was involved in R+D projects dealing with synchronization techniques for digital receivers, satellite communications and iterative decoding techniques for MIMO wireless systems, both for private industry and public administrations.

In September 2006, he joined the Department of Telecommunication and Systems Engineering at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), as an Assistant Professor, he became Associate Professor in September 2013 and Professor in May 2021. From May 2011 to July 2019, he was the Coordinator of the Telecommunication Engineering studies at UAB.
 
From February to March 2010, February to April 2011, April to June 2012 and June to July 2013, he was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Irvine, USA, also from June 2024 to August 2024 as a Fulbright visiting scholar. From July to September 2011, he was a visiting scholar at the Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. From August 2014 to January 2015, he was a Scientific Support Officer at the European Commission, DG Joint Research Center, Ispra (Italy). 
 
José A. López-Salcedo is currently serving as Chair of the Spain Chapter of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society (AESS), elected member of the IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel (SAM) Technical Committee, member of the IEEE Signal Processing and Computing for Communications (SPCC) Technical Committee, and member of the Editorial Committee of the Korean Institute of Positioning, Navigation and Timing (IPNT).
 

Research interests

His research interests are in the field of statistical signal processing, focusing on estimation theory, detection theory and applications to wireless communications and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).

Additional Information

Ph.D. Dissertation: "Coherent and Non-Coherent Ultra-Wideband Communications", Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Advisor: Prof. Gregori Vázquez. [Manuscript]    [Slides]

Recent publications

  • E. Dominguez, F. J. Mata, F. A. Pinto, M. Meneses, D. Garcia, J. Fidalgo, D. Giustiniano, G. Sanromita, T. Otim, F. Pigato, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, T. Reus, M. Fernandez, D. Egea-Roca, F. Fabra, A. Xhafa, "Unified Navigation and Communication Hybrid Terminal", Proc. ION GNSS+, Sep 12 2025.
  • L. Pallarés-Rodríguez, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, B. de Matos, P. Boto, A. Budianu, "Validation of Beamforming Techniques for Handheld GNSS Receivers in the Presence of Correlated Signals", Proc. ION GNSS+, Sep 10 2025.
  • R. Terris-Gallego, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, I. Fernandez-Hernandez, "Testing Galileo SAS with Encrypted Signal-in-Space", Proc. ION GNSS+, Sep 10 2025.
  • M. Subirà, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "Experimental Comparison of Multiple RIS-Enabled Self-Localization Techniques Using FMCW Radar", Proc. Simposio Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio (URSI), Sep 05 2025.
  • A. Reus, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, "Captura y Procesado de Señales de Iridium Next para Posicionamiento con Señales de Oportunidad", Proc. Simposio Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio (URSI), Sep 03 2025.
  • M. Fernandez, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, "Receptor SDR para Satélites LEO Orbcomm: Procesamiento de Señal y Evaluación de la Geometria en Posicionamiento ", Proc. Simposio Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio (URSI), Sep 03 2025.
  • Y. Sanchez-Costa, D. Egea-Roca, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "LoRaWAN multiple-access interference cancellation for LEO-PNT", Proc. Simposio Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio (URSI), Sep 03 2025.
  • R. Terris-Gallego, F. Fabra, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "Designing Parametric Multiple-Choice Tests with Moodle and LaTeX for Engineering Education", Annual Conference of the European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering, Jun 18 2025.
  • G. Foreman-Campins, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, E. Lohan, "A Comparative Study on Ranging Accuracy of LEO-PNT Systems for Indoor Scenarios ", Proc. International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS), Jun 10 2025.
  • L. Pallarés-Rodríguez, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, "Validation of Beamforming Techniques for Interference Mitigation in GNSS Handheld Receivers with Skydel Simulator ", Proc. International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS), Jun 10 2025.
  • X. Alvarez-Molina, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, "Chirp Interference Mitigation in Snapshot GNSS Receivers Using the Time-Frequency Ridge-Assisted Fractional Fourier Transform ", Proc. International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS), Jun 10 2025.
  • M. Fernandez i Temprado, A. Reus, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, "Experimental Testbed and Measurement Campaign for Multi-Constellation LEO Positioning", Proc. European Navigation Conference (ENC), May 21 2025.
  • D. Egea-Roca, A. Xhafa, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "Performance Assessment of Multi-RIS-Aided Localization in Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks", Proc. European Navigation Conference (ENC), May 21 2025.
  • I. Fernandez-Hernandez, J. Winkel, C. O'Driscoll, T. Willems, S. Cancela, A. Ramirez, R. Terris-Gallego, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, G. Caparra, D. Blonski, B. Motella, A. Galan, J. Simon, "Current Status and Plans of Galileo Signal Authentication Service", European Navigation Conference (ENC), May 21 2025.