Electrical and Computer Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr Philippa Martin

Position

  • Senior Lecturer
  • Director of Postgraduate Studies
  • Postgraduate Coordinator (PhD)

Qualifications

PhD, BE (Hons I), SMIEEE

Room

Electrical A510

Contact Details

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7265
philippa.martin@canterbury.ac.nz

Postal Address

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140, New Zealand

Background

Jan 2007 - current, Senior Lecturer in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

  • Recipient of 2007 College of Engineering Young Researcher Award, University of Canterbury.

Oct 2005 - Apr 2008, Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

Dec 2004 - Dec 2006 , Lecturer in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Sept 2002 - Nov 2004, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.  This position was primarily funded by the Foundation for Research Science and Technology.

Aug 2001 - Aug 2002, Research Engineer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Feb - Jul 2002, Visiting researcher in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Undergraduate Courses 2012

Graduate Courses 2012

Postgraduate Research

Current Postgraduate Students

  • Dushyantha Basnayaka, PhD
  • Alice Chu, ME
  • Effariza Hanafi, PhD
  • Rui Lin, PhD
  • Minh Tri Pham, ME
  • Zahid Rauf, PhD
  • Khawaja Tauseef Tasneem, PhD

I am currently looking for 1-2 well motivated, creative PhD students to start their studies in 2011-2012.

Recently Completed Thesis Students

  • Gayathri Kongara, PhD Research Title: Space-frequency equalization in broadband single carrier systems, 2010
  • Xiao Ma, ME Research Title: Spectrum sensing based on sequential testing, 2010
  • Michael Krause, PhD Research Title: Signal detection for overloaded receivers, 2009
  • Judy (Li) Zhou, ME Research Title: Low complexity PSP-MLSE receiver for H-CPM with receive diversity, 2009
  • Marjan Baghaie, ME Research Title: Multilevel space-time trellis codes for Rayleigh fading channels, 2009 (with distinction)
  • Yu Gu, ME Research Title: Non-coherent communication using space-time trellis codes, 2008
  • Nicholas Pau, PhD Research Title: Robust high throughput space-time block coded MIMO systems, 2007
  • Fu-Sheng (Sam) Shiao, ME Research Title: On combined channel estimation and turbo equalization, 2007 (with distinction)
  • Rui Lin, ME Research Title: Hybrid ARQ schemes for non-orthogonal space-time block codes, 2007

Research Interests

  • Digital communications systems
  • Algorithm design for communication systems
  • Signal processing for communication systems
  • Coded modulation
  • Error correction coding and decoding
  • Combined equalization and decoding
  • Iterative processing techniques
  • Space time coding and receiver design
  • Distributed and cooperative communications
  • Cognitive radio

Publications

Professional Activities

 

Last updated June 2011