M. Julia Fernández-Getino García

M. Julia Fernández-Getino García received the M. Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunication engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, in 1996 and 2001, respectively. She is currently with the Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain, as an Associate Professor.
From 1996 to 2001, she held a research position with the Department of Signals, Systems and Radiocommunications, Polytechnic University of Madrid. She visited Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA, in 1998; visited Lund University, Sweden, during two periods in 1999 and 2000; visited Politecnico di Torino, Italy, in 2003 and 2004; and visited Aveiro University, Portugal, in 2009 and 2010. Her research interests include multicarrier transmission, multi-antenna communications and signal processing for wireless systems.

She has participated in more than 40 national and international research projects related to wireless communications. She is co-author of 4 books chapters and she has published more than 60 papers in international journals and conferences.
She serves on the editorial board of Physical Communication since 2017. She has been member of the Technical Program Committee in more than 40 international conferences and she has been part of the organizing committee of 2 conferences. She has served as reviewer for more than 20 international journals and 40 international conferences.

She received the best “Master Thesis” and “Ph.D. Thesis” awards from the Professional Association of Telecommunication Engineers of Spain in 1998 and 2003, respectively; the “Student Paper Award” at the IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) in 1999; the “Certificate of Appreciation” at the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) in 2000; the “Ph.D. Extraordinary Award” from the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 2004; the “Juan de la Cierva National Award” from AENA Foundation in 2004; and the “Excellence Award” from Carlos III University of Madrid in 2012 for her research career.

She has occupied several management positions at Carlos III University of Madrid, as Academic Secretary and Vice-Head of Signal Theory and Communications Department. Since 2013, she is the Dean of the Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunication Technologies Engineering and the Bachelor’s Degree in Communications Systems Engineering.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunication Technologies Engineering
• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications Systems Engineering 
• Bachelor’s Degree in Telematics Engineering
• Master in Multimedia and Communications; Research Master’s Degree

JOURNAL PAPERS

Juan Carlos Estrada-Jiménez, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, “Partial-Data Superimposed Training with Data Precoding for OFDM systems”, IEEE Trans. on Broadcasting, In press, November 2018.

Diego Méndez-Romero, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, “Simpler Multipath Detection for Vehicular OFDM Channel Tracking”, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 67, nr. 11, pp. 10752-10759, November 2018.

Kun Chen-Hu, Juan Carlos Estrada-JIménez, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, Ana García Armada, “Continuous and Burst Pilot Sequences for Channel Estimation in FBMC-OQAM”, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 67, nr. 10, pp. 9711-9720, October 2018.

Karel Toledo, Jorge Torres, Rodrigo de Lamare, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, “A Variational Approach for Designing Infinite Impulse Response Filters with Time-Varying Parameters”, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Vol. 65, nr. 4, pp. 1303-1313, April 2018.

Martha C. Paredes Paredes, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, “Performance of OPS-SAP Technique for PAPR Reduction in IEEE 802.11p scenarios”, Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier), Special Issue on “Performance Modeling and Analysis of Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks”, DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2016.07.010, 7 pags, July 2016.

Martha C. Paredes Paredes, J. Joaquín Escudero-Garzás, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, “PAPR reduction via Constellation Extension in OFDM systems using Generalized Benders Decomposition and Branch and Bound techniques”, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 65, nr. 7, pp. 5133-5145, July 2016.

Víctor P. Gil-Jiménez, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, “Simple Design of Wireless Sensor Networks for Traffic Jams Avoidance”, Journal of Sensors, Article ID: 380794, 7 pags, April 2015.

Carlos Prieto del Amo, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García , “Iterative Joint Estimation Procedure for channel and frequency offset in multi-antenna OFDM systems with insufficient cyclic prefix” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 62, Nr. 8, pp.3653-3662, October 2013.

Julio C. Manco Vasquez, Víctor P. Gil Jiménez, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García , “Robust timing synhronization for multicarrier systems based on RST invariance” IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 17, Nr.6, pp. 1244-1247, June, 2013.

Martha C. Paredes Paredes, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, “Energy Efficient Peak Power Reduction in OFDM with Amplitude Predistortion aided by Orthogonal Pilots” IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 59, Nr. 1, pp. 45-53, February 2013.

Carlos Prieto del Amo, Víctor P. Gil Jiménez, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, “Joint Channel and Frequecy Offset estimation in MIMO-OFDM systems with insufficient Cyclic Prefix”, Physical Communication (Elsevier) Special Issue on “Advances in MIMO-OFDM”, Vol. 4, nr. 4, pp. 254-265, Dec. 2011.

Víctor P. Gil Jiménez, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, Ana García Armada, Rafael P. Torres Jiménez, Juan José García Fernández, Matilde P. Sánchez Fernández, Marta Domingo Gracia, Oscar Fernández Fernández, “A MIMO-OFDM Testbed, Channel Measurements and System Considerations for Outdoor-Indoor WiMAX”, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (Hindawi), Article ID 871291, 13 pags. 2010.

Víctor P. Gil Jiménez, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, Matilde P. Sánchez-Fernández, Ana García-Armada, “Efficient Implementation of Complementary Golay Sequences for PAR Reduction and Forward Error Correction in OFDM-based WLAN systems”, AEÜ – International Journal of Electronics and Communications (Elsevier), Vol. 62, pp. 683-694, 2008.

C. Ribeiro, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, V. P. Gil Jiménez, A. Gameiro, A. García Armada, “Uplink Channel estimation for multi-user OFDM-based systems”, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 47, pp. 125-136, 2008.

V. P. Gil Jiménez, T. Eriksson, A. García Armada, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, T. Ottoson, A. Svensson, “Methods for Compression of Feedback in Adaptive Multi-Carrier 4G Schemes”, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 47, pp. 101-112, 2008.

R. Santiago Mozos, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, “Efficient Complex Sphere Decoding for MC-CDMA Systems”, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 5, nr. 11, pp. 2992-2996, Nov. 2006.

M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, J.L. Rojo-Álvarez, F. Alonso-Atienza, M. Martínez-Ramón, “Support Vector Machines for Robust Channel Estimation in OFDM”, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 13, nr. 7, pp. 397-400, July 2006.

M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, O. Edfors, J.M. Páez-Borrallo, “Peak Power Reduction for OFDM Systems with Orthogonal Pilot Sequences”, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 5, pp. 47-51, January 2006.

Víctor P. Gil Jiménez, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, Francisco J. González-Serrano, Ana García-Armada, “Design and Implementation of Synchronization and AGC for OFDM-based WLAN Receivers”, IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 50, pp. 1016-1025, Nov. 2004.

M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, J.M. Páez-Borrallo, “Tracking of Time Misalignments for OFDM Systems in Multipath Fading Channels”, IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 48, pp. 982-989, Nov. 2002.

M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, O. Edfors, J.M. Páez-Borrallo, “Frequency Offset Correction for Coherent OFDM in Wireless Systems” IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 47, pp. 187-193, Feb. 2001.

M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, S. Zazo, J.M. Páez-Borrallo, “Pilot Patterns for Channel Estimation in OFDM” IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 36, pp. 1049-1050, 8-June 2000.

H.-L. Lou, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, V. Weerackody, “FEC Scheme for a TDM-OFDM based Satellite Broadcasting System”, IEEE Trans. on Broadcasting, Vol.46, pp. 60-67, March 2000.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Juan José García Fernández, Lars Torsten Berger, Ana García Armada, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, Víctor P. Gil-Jiménez, Troels B. Sorensen, “Chapter 6. Wireless Communications in Smart Grids” in Smart Grid Applications, Communications and Security, Editors: Lars T. Berger and Krzysztof Iniewski, pp. 145-190, Ed. Wiley, USA, May 2012. ISBN: 978-1-1180-0439-5.

M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, Carlos Prieto del Amo, Víctor P. Gil-Jiménez, “Chapter 4. Channel estimation” in Advances on Processing for Multiple Carrier Schemes: OFDM & OFDMA, Editors: Faouzi Bader and Nizar Zorba, pp.143-212, Ed. NOVA Science Publisher, Inc., USA, June 2012, ISBN: 978-1-61470-834-6.

M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, José Luis Rojo-Álvarez, Víctor P. Gil-Jiménez, Felipe Alonso-Atienza, Ana García Armada, “Chapter 7. A Complex Support Vector Machine Approach to OFDM Coherent Demodulation” in Kernel Methods in Bioengineering, Signal and Image Processing, Editors: Gustavo Camps-Valls, José Luis Rojo-Álvarez and Manel Martínez Ramón, pp. 179-202, Ed. Idea Group Inc., USA, December 2006, ISBN: 1-59904-042-5

Ana García Armada, J. Ramón de Torre, Víctor P. Gil-Jiménez, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, “Evaluation of different spreading sequences for MC-CDMA in WLAN environments” in Multi-Carrier Spread-Spectrum for Future Generation Wireless System, Editors: Khaled Fazel and Stefan Kaiser, pp. 167-174, Ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2004, ISBN: 1-4020-1837-1.