0. Main
Research Areas at
ETSIT-UPM

1. Main Research Areas Signal Processing and Communications
Radiofrequency Technologies
Telematics
Biomedical Engineering
Electronic and Photonic Technologies
Solar Energy and other sustainable energies
Horizontal Technologies

2. Main Research Areas Signal Processing & Communications
Analysis - Synthesis - Audio - Speech - Image – Video
Sorting / Indexing / Filtering
Machine vision - Remote sensing - Pattern recognition
Visual communications
User interfaces
Adaptive processing
Biometrics
Coding
Optimization – Simulation

3. Main Research Areas Signal Processing & Communications (cont.)
Smart grids
Intelligent transport
Mobile communications
Aerospace navigation
Ambient intelligence
Satellite communications and navigation systems,
etc.

4. Main Research Areas Radiofrequency Technologies
Design and characterization
Circuits
Antennas
Radar
RF subsystems
Electronic warfare
Filtering
Radiation – Propagation
Components

5. Main Research Areas Telematics
Network engineering
Software engineering
Computer architecture
Computer networks - Network security
Cloud computing
Real-time systems - Distributed platforms
Remote teaching
Data mining
Next Generation Internet, Internet of Things, Web 2.0, etc.

6. Main Research Areas Biomedical Engineering
mHealth
Active and healthy aging
Biomedical engineering for diabetes care
Life supporting technologies
Medical imaging
Image guided surgery
Medical data analytics
etc.

7. Main Research Areas Electronic and Photonic Technologies
Systems design
Optoelectronics
Semiconductor materials
Nanoelectronics
Embedded systems
Graphene
THz Photonics
Plasmonics
Anamorphic Optics, etc

8. Main Research Areas Solar Energy and other sustainable energies
Concentrator Photovoltaics
Novel materials and solar cell concepts
Off-grid PV and rural electrificación
Photovoltaic modules and power plants
Silicon technology
III-V Multijunction solar cells
Distributed generation and smart grids
Energy storage
Electric vehicle

9. Main Research Areas Horizontal Technologies
Applied Physics – Electromagnetism
Mathematics for ICTs
Computation and numerical simulation
Big Data
Complex networks
Artificial Intelligence - Deep Learning
Cryptography
Optimization
Dynamics and control - Nonlinear systems & chaos

10. Main Research Areas Horizontal Technologies (cont.)
New digital business models
Business analytics
e-commerce
New technology ventures
Digital transformation
Information systems
Digital marketing

11. Research and PhD programs
Seven PhD programs train future researchers in the above areas:
PhD in Communication Systems and Technologies
PhD in Telematics Systems Engineering
PhD in Biomedical Engineering
PhD in Electronic Systems Engineering
PhD in Devices and Materials for ICTs
PhD in Photovoltaic Solar Energy
PhD in Mathematics, Statistics & Operations Research