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I am an Associate Professor with IMT-Atlantique in France at the Department of Mathematical and Electrical Engineering and an Architecture-Algorithm-Interaction (2AI) team member. I was a Research and Development Engineer with IMT-Atlantique in France, working on efficient wireless sensor networks for precision agriculture and machine learning with intelligent reflecting surfaces. In France, I won the MSCA-BIENVENUE Fellowship grant, with which I worked on low-complexity and efficient wireless communication IoT networks for Precision Agriculture from 2024 to 2025. I won the 2023/2024 MSCA-PF research grant to work on symbiotic radio for ultra-dense networks for two years, from 2025 to 2026, but it was not initiated or completed due to acquiring a permanent position at IMT Atlantique, Brest. My research interests are in (i) combining digital communication and embedded systems applications to solve societal problems, (ii) wireless information and power transfer communication systems (WIPT), (iii) Symbiotic Cognitive Internet-of-things networks (IoTN), terrestrial and non-terrestrial communication, and (iv) Machine learning based and model based novel technologies in next-generation wireless communication systems. I also do applied research on wireless communication theories, technologies, and techniques in eradicating societal problems in farming, healthcare, environmental and climate concerns, and industry.
Derek Kwaku Pobi Asiedu received a PhD and M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering at Hanbat National University (HBNU), South Korea, in 2019 and 2017, respectively. My B.Sc was in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Ghana, Ghana 2011. From September 2019 to December 2020, I was a Postdoctoral fellow with the Wireless Intelligent Systems Laboratory (WiSL) at HBNU. In 2021, I became a research assistant professor at the Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech), South Korea, after winning the SeoulTech Postdoctoral Fellowship. I joined IMT-Atlantique as a postdoctoral and MSCA fellow, working on an MSCA-Cofund grant and later an MSCA-PF grant. I acquired a tenure track position in IMT-Atlantique as an associate professor in 2024.
WORK EXPERIENCE
WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor (tenure track), February 2025 - Present
Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT)-Atlantique, Department of Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, Brest, France
Architecture and Algorithm Interaction (2AI) research team member.
Activities:
Research into machine learning and embedded systems application in solving societal problems
Research into machine learning and model-based novel technologies for next-generation wireless communication networks.
Research grant application for both applied and theoretical application in/of wireless communication technologies and techniques
Supervise graduate student research
Tutorial supervision and teaching
Research and Development Engineer (R2) , February 2023 - present
Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT)-Atlantique, Department of Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, Brest, France
Activities:
Research into machine learning application in wireless communication (IRS-assistive technology)
Research into symbiotic radio, mMIMO,
Research grant application for both applied and theoretical application in/of wireless communication technologies and techniques
Supervise graduate student research
Tutorial supervision and teaching
Research Assistant Professor, May 2021 - January 2023
Seoul University of Science and Technology, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, South Korea.
Activities:
Research into symbiotic radio framework and backscatter communication.
Supervised research of graduate students
Seminar on 5G communication and application in virtual reality.
Research Scientist, November 2021 - August 2022.
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the Institute for Scientific and Technological Information, Ghana.
Activities:
Research into application of wireless communication technologies in smart farming
Wrote research grants on smart farming
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, September 2019 - December 2020.
Wireless Intelligent System Laboratory, Hanbat National University, South Korea.
Activities:
Supervised and managed the WiSL laboratory as laboratory manager.
Researched into wireless information and power transfer in internet-of-Things networks
Graduate Research Assistant, August 2014 - August 2019.
Wireless Intelligent System Laboratory, Hanbat National University, South Korea.
Activities:
Researched into wireless information and power transfer in internet-of-Things networks
Supervised and managed the WiSL laboratory as laboratory manager.
Teaching Assistant, August 2011 - July 2012.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, Ghana.
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
PhD in Electronics Engineering, March 2017 - August 2019
Hanbat National University, South Korea;
Supervisor: Prof. Kyoung-Jae Lee
Thesis: Wireless Information and Power Transfer for Multi-Relay and Multi-User Internet-of-Things Network
M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering, March 2015 - February 2017.
Hanbat National University, South Korea;
Supervisor: Prof. Kyoung-Jae Lee
Thesis: Multiple Relay Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer
B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, August 2017 - May 2011.
University of Ghana, Ghana;
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
MEMBERSHIPS:
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Member; 2017 - present
IEEE Communication Society Member; 2018 - present
IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Member; 2018 - present
IEEE Sensor Council Member; 2017 -present
REVIEWER:
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication; 2023 - present
Sensors; 2022 - present
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems; 2021 - present
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologies Journal Reviewer; 2020 - present
IEEE Internet-of-Things Journal Reviewer; 2020 - present
IEEE Sensors Journal Reviewer; 2020 - present
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Paper Reviewer; 2019
IEEE Global Communication Conference Paper Reviewer; 2018 -present
IEEE Access Journal Reviewer; 2016 - present
IEEE Communication Letters Journal Reviewer; 2015 - present
Current Student Supervision: 3 PhD students
Past Student Supervision: 3 PhD students and 3 Masters Students
HONORS AND AWARDS
HONORS AND AWARDS
MSCA-PF 2023, [Relinquished because of acquiring a permanent position in France]
[Acquired February 2024, Hosted by Mid-Sweden and Secondment at IMT-Atlantique]
MSCA-BIENVENUE Fellowship Program 2023, December 2023 - January 2025.
[Acquired August 2023, MSCA co-funded project with French Government Research fund and IMT-Atlantique]
IEEE APWCS VTS Seoul Chapter Awards in 2022, 2023
SeoulTech Postdoc Fellowship Program 2021, May 2021 - January 2023.
Seoul National University of Science and Technology, South Korea.
Graduate Student Scholarship, March 2015 - December 2018.
Hanbat National University, South Korea.
Global Information and Technology project funding recipient, August 2014 - August 2016.
Hanbat National University, South Korea.
Carnegie Mellon Scholarship, August 2013 - August 2014.
University of Ghana, Ghana.
Dean's Honor list - level 300, 2010.
University of Ghana, Ghana;
CONTACT INFORMATION
CONTACT INFORMATION
Emails: kwakupobi@gmail.com,
derek.asiedu@imt-atlantique.fr
Office Address Details :
Department of Mathematical and Electrical Engineering,
Lab-STICC research group, Room K01-225A,
IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire, Campus de Brest,
Technoploe Brest-Iroise,
CS 83818, 29238 Brest Cedex 03, France
Office Phone Number:
+33-7-53-54-34-56 (France)
+233-30-255-8433 (Ghana)
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