Matilde Sánchez-Fernández

Matilde Sánchez Fernández received the M.Sc. degree in Telecommunications Engineering and the Ph.D. degree from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, in 1996 and 2001, respectively. In 2000, she joined the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where she has been Full Professor since 2022. Previously, she was a Telecommunication Engineer with Telefónica.

She has performed several research stays at the Information and Telecommunication Technology Center, The University of Kansas, Lawrence (1998), Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill, NJ (2003 – 2006, 2015), Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (2007), Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (2011) and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2022).

Her current research interests are signal processing for wireless communications, multiple-input multiple-output techniques, channel modeling in wireless communications and game theory and machine learning techniques applied to communications. In these fields, she has (co)authored more than 50 contributions to international journals and conferences, holds 4 patents and has participated in 30 research projects being the coordinator of 5 of them. She has received the 2014 Bell Labs Prize, an international competition to solicit game-changing and impactful ideas that have the potential to change the way we live, work, and communicate with each other.

In the Signal Theory & Communications Department she has been Academic Secretary and Academic Vice-Head of the Department. In Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, she has been Deputy ViceRector of International Relations, ViceRector for International Relations and Cooperation and ViceRector for Internationalization and European University.

Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunication Technologies

Master in Multimedia and Communications; Research Master’s Degree

Master in Telecomunications Engineering; Academic/Professional Master’s Degree

Master in Mobile Technologies and Services; Academic/Professional Master’s Degree

JOURNAL PAPERS

Stefano Tomasin, Raphael Hasler, Antonia M. Tulino, Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, “Estimation of Interference Correlation in mmWave Cellular Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2024.

Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, Vahid Jamali, Jaime Llorca,  Antonia Tulino, “Gridless Multidimensional Angle of Arrival Estimation for Arbitrary 3D Antenna Arrays”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 07/2021.

Adrián Vega Delgado,  Matilde Sánchez-Fernández,  Luca Venturino, Antonia Tulino, “Super-resolution in automotive pulse radars”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 04/2021.

Juan José Murillo-Fuentes, Irene Santos, Jose Carlos Aradillas, Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, “A Low-Complexity Double EP-based Detector for Iterative Detection and Decoding in MIMO”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 03/ 2021.

Estefanía Crespo-Bardera, Aaron Garrido Martín, Alfonso Fernández Durán, Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, “Design and Analysis of Conformal Antenna for Future Public Safety Communications”, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 2020.

Estefanía Crespo-Bardera, Mauricio Rodríguez, Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, Eva Rajo-Iglesias, Rodolfo Feick, Reinaldo Valenzuela, “Empirical Rates Characterization of Wearable Multi-Antenna Terminals for First-Responders”, IEEE Access, 07/ 2019.

Estefanía Crespo-Bardera, Adrián Vega-Delgado, Aaron Garrido Martín, Alfonso Fernández-Durán, Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, “Textile multi-antenna Technology and Relaying Architectures for Emergency networks”, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2019.

Adrián Vega Delgado, Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, Jaime Llorca, Antonia Tulino, “Feasible Transmission Strategies for Downlink MIMO in Sparse Millimeter Wave Channels”, IEEE Communications Magazine, 07/ 2018.

Javier Céspedes, Pablo M. Olmos, Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, Fernando Perez-Cruz, “Probabilistic MIMO Symbol Detection with Expectation Consistency Approximate Inference”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 04/2018.

Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, Antonia Tulino, Eva Rajo-Iglesias, Jaime Llorca, Ana García Armada, “Blended Antenna Wearables for an Unconstrained Mobile Experience”, IEEE Communications Magazine, 03/2017.

Guillermo Robles, Jose Manuel Fresno, Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, Juan Manuel Martínez-Tarifa, “Antenna Array Layout for the Localization of Partial Discharges in Open-Air Substations”, Sensors, 04/2016.

Santiago Zazo, Sergio Valcarcel Macua, Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, Javier Zazo “Dynamic Potential Games with Constraints: Fundamentals and Applications in Communications”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 64, no. 14, pp. 3806 – 3821, 2016.

Mª Luz de Pablo González, Matilde Sánchez Fernández, Eva Rajo Iglesias. “Combination of the three types of diversity to design high capacity compact MIMO terminals”. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 07/2014.

Javier Céspedes Martín, Pablo Martínez Olmos, Matilde Sánchez Fernández, Fernando Pérez Cruz. “Expectation Propagation Detection for High-order High-dimensional MIMO Systems”. IEEE Transactions on Communication, 08/2014.

Guillermo Robles, Matilde Sánchez Fernández, Eva Rajo Iglesias, Mónica Rojas Moreno, Ricardo Albarracín, Juan Manuel Martínez Tarifa. “Antennas parametrization for the detection of partial discharges”. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, 05/2013.

Ana García Armada, Matilde Sánchez Fernández, Roberto Corvaja. “Constrained Power Allocation Schemes for Coordinated Base Station Transmission using Block Diagonalization”. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 08/2011.

Óscar Quevedo Teruel, Matilde Sánchez Fernández, Mª Luz de Pablo González, Eva Rajo Iglesias.”Alternating Radiation Patterns to overcome angle of arrival uncertainty”. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 02/2010.

Víctor Gil Jiménez, Mª Julia Fernández-Getino García, Ana García Armada, Rafael Torres Jiménez, Juan José García Fernández, Matilde Sánchez Fernández, Marta Domingo García, Óscar Fernández Fernández. “A MIMO-OFDM Testbed, Measurements and System Considerations for Outdoor-Indoor WiMAx”. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking. 2010, 01/2010

Marcelino Lázaro, Matilde Sánchez Fernández,Antonio Artés Rodríguez. ”Optimal Sensor Selection in Binary Heterogeneous Sensor Networks”. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 04/2009.

Víctor Gil Jiménez, Mª Julia Fernández-Getino García, Matilde Sánchez Fernández, Ana García Armada. “Efficient Implementation of Complementary Golay Sequences for PAR Reduction and Forward Error Correction in OFDM-based WLAN systems”. International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 10/2008.

Matilde Sánchez Fernández, Eva Rajo Iglesias, Óscar Quevedo Teruel, Mª Luz de Pablo González. “Spectral Efficiency in MIMO Systems using space and pattern diversity under compactness constraints”. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 05/2008.

Eva Rajo Iglesias, Óscar Quevedo Teruel, Matilde Sánchez Fernández. “Compact Multimode Patch Antennas for MIMO Applications”. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 04/2008.

Matilde Sánchez Fernández, Miguel Aguilera Forero, Ana García Armada. “Performance Analysis and Parameter Optimization of DLL and MEDLL in Fading Multipath Environments for Next Generation Navigation Receivers”. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 11/2007.

Ana García Armada, Beatriz Bardón Rodríguez, Víctor Gil Jiménez, Matilde Sánchez Fernández. “Modelling, performance analysis and design of WPAN systems”. Wireless Personal Communications Journal, 08/2007.

Matilde Sánchez Fernández, Santiago Zazo, Reinaldo Valenzuela. “Performance comparison between beamforming and spatial multiplexing for the downlink in wireless cellular systems”. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 07/2007.

Matilde Sánchez Fernández, Santiago Zazo, Reinaldo Valenzuela. “Simplifying the beamforming optimality region for practical MIMO scenarios”. IEEE Communications Letters, 11/2006.

Matilde Sánchez Fernández, Mario de Prado Cumplido, Jerónimo Arenas García, Fernando Pérez Cruz. “SVM Multiregression for Non Linear Channel Estimation in Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Systems”. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 08/2004.

BOOKS

Javan Erfanian; Hung Nguyen; Eva Rajo Iglesias; Matilde Sánchez Fernández; Mojca Volk. “Chapter 4: Radio engineering and antennas. A Guide to the Wireless Engineering Body of Knowledge (WEBOK)”. pp. 173 – 218. Reino Unido, Wiley, 2012.

Matilde Sánchez Fernández; Ramón Martínez; Miguel Calvo. “Capítulo 12: Simulación. Sistemas de Comunicaciones Móviles de Tercera Generación IMT-2000 (UMTS)”. pp. 525 – 584. España Fundación Airtel Vodafone, 2002. ISBN 84-932521-0-7

Matilde Sánchez Fernández; Antonio Caamaño Fernández; Javier Ramos López; Ana García Armada. “Chapter 2. Air Interface and Radio Protocol. Broadband Wireless Mobile – 3G and Beyond”. pp. 11 – 137. EnglandWiley, 2002. ISBN 0-471-48661-2

Matilde Sánchez Fernández; Ismael Calleja Baldominos; Ramón Martínez; Leandro de Haro y Ariet; Miguel Calvo Ramón. “Chapter 20: Simulated Performance of an OFDM Communication System: Noise Density Function for Quasi-Analytical Bit Error Rate Estimation”. Modelling & Simulation Environment for Satellite & Terrestrial Communication Networks, Proceedings of the European COST Telecommunication Symposium. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. ISBN 0-7923-7547-5