Zoran Utkovski

Head of Smart Wireless Connectivity Group at Fraunhofer HHI

Berlin, Germany

About

Education: - Dr.-Ing. (with distinction) in communications engineering from University of Ulm, Germany, in 2010 - M.Sc. (with distinction) in communications engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden in 2004 - Dipl.-Ing. in electrical engineering from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, R. Macedonia, in 2000 Positions / Research Stays: - Visiting Researcher at New Jersey Institute of Technology - Senior Researcher at the Laboratory for Complex Systems and Networks at the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts - Assistant Professor at University Goce Delcev Stip, R. Macedonia, with teaching and research responsibilities. - From 2005 to 2010, Research and Teaching Assistant at University of Ulm, Germany - Visiting researcher at: Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany; Munich Technical University, Germany; Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; Aalborg University, Denmark. Research Projects: - Principal investigator of the project "Non-coherent Communication in Future Wireless Networks"​, funded by the German Research Society (DFG) - Researcher in the project “Overhead-Throughput-Optimal Signaling Schemes for Next-Generation Wireless Networks”, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy. Research Interests: - Wireless communications - Signal processing - Information and communication theory - Machine Learning - Data Analysis Awards: - Fulbright Fellowship for Visiting Scholars - DAAD Fellowship for visiting Researchers and Academics - Co-author of the Best Poster Award paper at the IEEE Communication Theory Workshop in 2010. Professional service: - Co-chair of the 2013 IEEE European School in Information Theory - Management Committee Member of the EU COST Action IC1004 "Cooperative Communications for Green Smart Environments"​ - Management Committee Member of the EU COST Action IC1101 "Wireless Optical Communications- An Emerging Technology" - Member of IEEE

Experience

  • Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI (Berlin, Germany)
    • Head of Smart Wireless Connectivity Group
      Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

    • Senior Researcher
      Dec 2016 - Present · 9 yrs 8 mos

  • University "Goce Delcev"​ at Stip (9 yrs 2 mos)
    • Associate Professor
      Jan 2016 - Feb 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Research, Teaching

    • Assistant Professor
      Jan 2011 - Dec 2015 · 5 yrs

      Head of the Communications Engineering and Signal Processing Group Teaching responsibilities-undergraduate and graduate courses

  • Visiting Lecturer at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
    Feb 2016 - Oct 2016 · 9 mos

    Research, Teaching

  • Senior Researcher at Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
    Oct 2011 - Oct 2016 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Laboratory for Complex Systems and Networks Laboratory Director: Academician Prof. Ljupco Kocarev Research topics: - Coding for random access in satellite and machine-type communications - Signal processing for large antenna arrays, both in RF and mm-wave bands - Compressive sensing algorithms for data acquisition and signal detection - Relaying networks, cloud radio access networks, cooperative communications - Noncoherent communications, coding for noncoherent transmission/reception - Bio-inspired communications and signal processing techniques

  • Fulbright Scholar at New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Feb 2015 - Jul 2015 · 6 mos

    Cloud radio access networks (CRANs) Mm-wave communications