Professor Robert Stewart

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Personal statement

I am currently the MathWorks Professor of Signal Processing at the University of Strathclyde. Since August 2014 I have been Chair and Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, with more than 55 academic staff and almost 300 researchers. My interests in teaching, knowledge exchange and research over the last 20 years has focussed around signal processing and communications. In recent years I have been working on digital communications and software defined radio, with specific interest in radio standards such as LTE, 802.11, and most recently on wireless white space radio utilising TV spectrum frequencies. From 2006-2012 I was the Xilinx Professor of DSP and Digital Logic at Strathclyde, and from since 1997 I have been a visiting Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension School. In 2004 I was a founder of the technology company Steepest Ascent Ltd, based in Glasgow with an office in Los Angeles. The company was acquired by MathWorks in 2013 who now have an engineering development office in Glasgow near to the University.

Expertise

Has expertise in:

Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
Software Defined Radio (SDR)
FPGA Implementations for SDR
White Space Radio and wireless standards
MATLAB./Simulink SDR Design

Prizes and awards

Award for Digital Inclusion: Recipient; 1/6/2019
Awarded University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension Distinguished Professor Award 2010.: Recipient; 1/2009
Xilinx Professor of Signal Processing. Xilinx Inc, a US based company have endowned a professorial chair in Digital Signal Processing, since 2006 and to be extended to end 2013.: Recipient; 6/2006

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Publications

Business model for rural connectivity using multi-tenancy 5G network slicing: Koratagere Anantha Kumar Shruthi, Stewart Robert, Crawford David, Chaudhari Sachin; 2020 IEEE 17th International Conference on Smart Communities: Improving Quality of Life Using ICT, IoT and AI (HONET) IEEE 17th International Conference on Smart Communities (2020); https://doi.org/10.1109/HONET50430.2020.9322837
Rapid prototyping and validation of FS-FBMC dynamic spectrum radio with simulink and ZynqSDR: Barlee Kenny W, Stewart Robert W, Crockett Louise H, MacEwen Neil C; IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society Vol 2, pp. 113-131 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2020.3039928
A PYNQ evaluation platform for FPGA architectures of the Line Hough Transform: Northcote David, Crockett Louise H, Murray Paul, Stewart Robert W; 2020 IEEE 63rd International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS) IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2020, pp. 133-137 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSCAS48704.2020.9184499
Control and visualisation of a software defined radio system on the Xilinx RFSoC platform using the PYNQ framework: Goldsmith Joshua, Ramsay Craig, Northcote David, Barlee Kenneth W, Crockett Louise H, Stewart Robert W; IEEE Access Vol 8, pp. 129012-129031 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3008954
Can wireless technology alone blur the digital divide?: Sambo Yusuf, Imran Muhammad, Crawford David H, Stewart Robert, Speirs Stephen; 2019 (2019)
FPGA accelerated deep learning radio modulation classification using MATLAB system objects & PYNQ: Maclellan Andrew, McLaughlin Lewis, Crockett Louise, Stewart Robert W; 29th International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications (2019)

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Teaching

Digital Communications
Software Defined Radio
FPGAs for DSP and Digital Communications

Professional activities

IEEE 5G Summit: Organiser; 14/5/2018
Faculty Robotics and Automation Users Group Discussion: Participant; 10/10/2017
IEEE Metro Area Workshop, Glasgow: Organiser; 13/10/2015
2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference - Workshops: Organiser; 11/5/2015
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTA) and TSB Project Award: Participant; 9/2010
20th EUSIPCO, European Signal Processing Conference, August 2009, Glasgow, Scotland: Chair; 8/2009

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Projects

5G New Thinking - Shared Spectrum Rural Network: Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Irvine, James (Co-investigator) Michie, Craig (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2022
REWIRE-NW: Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 28-Jan-2022
5G RuralDorset (5G-RuD): Irvine, James (Principal Investigator) Stewart, Robert (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2022
5G RailNext: Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2021
The Scotland 5G Centre: Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator) Crawford, David H (Co-investigator) Irvine, James (Co-investigator) Michie, Craig (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2022
Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | McLaughlin, Lewis: Crockett, Louise Helen (Principal Investigator) Stewart, Robert (Co-investigator) McLaughlin, Lewis (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2022

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Address

Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Royal College Building

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