Doctoral degree trials

The doctoral degree trials consist of a trial lecture on a prescribed topic, topic is announced two weeks before the trial lecture, and a public defence of the dissertation (disputation).

Informasjon på norsk

Trial lecture at 10.00 and disputation at 13.00 in Room C5 072 on Campus Grimstad 2011-11-10

PhD candidate: Yuanyuan Ma
PhD programme: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Supervisor: Professor Matthias Pätzold, UiA

Topic of trial lecture: "MIMO Fundamentals: Diversity Gain, Multiplexing Gain and Capacity in Fading Wireless Channels".

Dissertation: "Broadband Wireless Communication Systems: Channel Modeling and System Performance Analysis". The dissertation will be electronically available in i AURA.

Disputation chair: Professor Andreas Prinz

Evaluation committee:

  • Professor Pedro Crespo Bofill, Director del Dpto. de Electrónica y Comunicaciones, Spain
  • Associate Professor Yan Zhang, Head of Research Group Simula Research Laboratory AS / University of Oslo, Norway
  • Professor Jose J. Gonzalez, ICT department, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway (committee administrator)

Co-supervisor has been Professor Frank Reichert, UiA.

The dissertation was submitted 2011-07-11 and was found worthy of being defended 2011-09-27. The faculty approved the coursework component 2009-09-04.

Trial lecture at 10.00 and disputation at 12.30 in room C5 072 on Campus Grimstad 2011-02-22

PhD candidate: Ram Kumar Ravikumar Santhi
PhD programme: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Supervisor: Professor Frank Reichert, UiA

Topic of trial lecture: "Security today and in the future network architecture (VPN approaches today, VPN in the future network architecture approach, Comparison)"

Dissertation: "A Service Based Approach For Future Internet Architectures". The dissertation is available electronically in AURA: http://brage.bibsys.no/hia/handle/URN:NBN:no-bibsys_brage_16526

Disputation chair: Associate Professor Morgan Konnestad (substitute for Head of Department Professor Andreas Prinz), UiA

Evaluation committee:

  • Professor Klaus David, University of Kassel, Germany
  • Professor Knut Øvsthus, Bergen University College, Norway
  • Professor Jose J. Gonzalez, ICT department, UiA (committee administrator)

Co-supervisor has been Professor Vladimir Oleshchuk, UiA.

The dissertation was submitted 2010-10-01 and was found worthy of being defended 2011-01-07. The faculty approved the coursework component 2010-09-01.

The dissertation may be bought from the University's printing office (trykkeriet), e-mail trykkeriet@uia.no or telephone +47 38 14 11 30 (internal no. 1130). Some dissertations will be available for loan at the library and at the disputation.

RK080211pressrelease.pdf Ram Kumar's press release

Trial lecture at 10.00 and disputation at 13.00 in room C5 072 on Campus Grimstad 2011-02-21

PhD candidate: Gulzaib Rafiq
PhD programme: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Supervisor: Professor Matthias Pätzold, UiA

Topic of trial lecture: "Capacity of Wireless Networks: State of the Art and Open Challenges"

Dissertation: "Statistical Analysis of the Capacity of Mobile Radio Channels". The dissertation is available electronically in AURA: http://brage.bibsys.no/hia/handle/URN:NBN:no-bibsys_brage_16528

Disputation chair: Dean Professor Frank Reichert, UiA

Evaluation committee:

  • Professor Dr. Ramón Parra Michel, CINVESTAV IPN, México
  • Professor Dr. Yuming Jiang, Department of Telematics, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
  • Professor Andreas Prinz, ICT department, UiA (committee administrator)

Co-supervisor has been Professor Frank Reichert, UiA.

The dissertation was submitted 2010-10-29 and was found worthy of being defended 2011-01-10. The faculty approved the coursework component 2009-09-04.

The dissertation may be bought from the University's printing office (trykkeriet), e-mail trykkeriet@uia.no or telephone +47 38 14 11 30 (internal no. 1130). Some dissertations will be available for loan at the library and at the disputation.

GR070211pressRelease.pdf Gulzaib Rafiq's press release

Trial lecture at 10 o'clock and disputation at 12.30 in room C5 072 at Campus Grimstad 2011-01-20

PhD candidate: Xianghan Zheng
PhD programme: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Supervisor: Professor Vladimir Oleshchuk, UiA

Topic of trial lecture: "Mobile Cloud Architecture"

Dissertation: "The Design of Efficient and Secure P2PSIP Systems". The dissertation is available electronically in AURA: http://brage.bibsys.no/hia/handle/URN:NBN:no-bibsys_brage_16522

The dissertation may be bought from the University's printing office (trykkeriet), e-mail trykkeriet@uia.no or telephone +47 38 14 11 30 (internal no. 1130). Some dissertations will be available for loan at the library and at the disputation.

Disputation chair: Dean Professor Frank Reichert, UiA

Evaluation committee:

  • Associate Professor Neeli R. Prasad, Aalborg University, Denmark (first opponent)
  • Professor Chunming Rong, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Stavanger, Norway (second opponent)
  • Associate Professor Ole-Christoffer Granmo, ICT department, UiA (committee administrator)

Co-supervisor has been Professor Andreas Prinz, UiA.

The dissertation was submitted 2010-11-10 and was found worthy of being defended 2010-12-21. The faculty approved the coursework component 2010-11-10.

XZ050111pressRelease.pdf Zianghan Zheng's press release

Trial lecture at 10.00 and disputation at 12.00 in C2 042 on Campus Grimstad 2010-10-26

PhD candidate: Batool Talha
PhD programme: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Supervisor: Professor Matthias Pätzold, UiA

Topic of trial lecture: "An Overview of Relay Techniques and Cooperative Communication"

Dissertation: "Mobile-to-Mobile Cooperative Communication Systems: Channel Modeling and System Performance Analysis". The dissertation is available electronically in AURA: http://brage.bibsys.no/hia/handle/URN:NBN:no-bibsys_brage_16520

The dissertation may be bought from the University's printing office (trykkeriet), e-mail trykkeriet@uia.no or telephone +47 38 14 11 30 (internal no. 1130). Some dissertations will be available for loan at the library and at the disputation.

Disputation chair: Professor Andreas Prinz, UiA

Evaluation committee:

  • Professor Claes Beckman, Center for RF Measurement Technology, University of Gävle, Sweden (first opponent)
  • Dr. Mischa Dohler, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain (second opponent)
  • Associate Professor Frank Li, Institutt for IKT, Fakultet for teknologi og realfag, UiA (komitéadministrator)

Co-supervisor has been Professor Vladimir Oleshchuk, UiA.

The dissertation was submitted 2010-05-12 and was found worthy of being defended 2010-09-17. The faculty approved the coursework component 2009-09-04.

BT201010pressRelease.pdf Batool Talha's press release

Trial lecture at 10.30 and disputation at 12.30 in Aud F in Grooseveien 09.03.10

PhD candidate: Dmitry Umansky
PhD programme: Mobile Communication Systems: Network, Security, and Formal Methods

Supervisor: Professor Matthias Pätzold, UiA

Topic of trial lecture: "Energy limited communications"

Dissertation: "Measurement-Based Channel Simulation Models for Mobile Communication Systems". The dissertation is available electronically in AURA: http://brage.bibsys.no/hia/handle/URN:NBN:no-bibsys_brage_16519

The dissertation may be bought from the University's printing office (trykkeriet), e-mail trykkeriet@uia.no or telephone +47 38 14 11 30 (internal no. 1130). Some dissertations will be available for loan at the library and at the disputation.

Disputation chair: Professor Vladimir Oleshchuk, UiA

Evaluation committee:

  • Associate Professor Serguei Primak, The University of Western Ontario in Canada (first opponent)
  • Professor Bernard Fleury, Aalborg University (second opponent)
  • Professor Andreas Prinz, ICT Department, Faculty of Engineering and Science, UiA (committee administrator)

Co-supervisor has been Professor Frank Reichert, UiA.

The dissertation was submitted 22.11.09 and was found worthy of being defended 01.02.10. The faculty approved the coursework component 04.09.09.

DU120210pressemelding.pdf Dmitry Umanskys pressemelding

(in Norwegian only)

Trial lecture at 10.30 and disputation at 12.30 in Aud F in Grooseveien 25.01.10

PhD candidate: Andreas Häber
PhD programme: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Supervisor: Professor Frank Reichert, UiA

AH080110pressemelding.pdf Andreas Häber's press release.pdf

(in Norwegian only)

Topic of trial lecture: "Context- and Community-aware Access to Residential Data"

Dissertation: "Remote Service Discovery and Control for Ubiquitous Service Environments in Next-Generation Networks". The dissertation is available electronically in AURA: http://brage.bibsys.no/hia/handle/URN:NBN:no-bibsys_brage_11396

The dissertation may be bought from the University's printing office (trykkeriet), e-mail trykkeriet@uia.no or telephone +47 38 14 11 30 (internal no. 1130). Some dissertations will be available for loan at the library and at the disputation.

Disputation chair: Professor Jose J. Gonzalez, UiA.

Evaluation committee:

  • Professor Josef Noll, UiO/UNIK (first opponent)
  • Dr. Petros Belimpasakis, Nokia Research Center, Finland (second opponent)
  • Associate Professor Frank Li, ICT Department, Faculty for Engineering and Science, UiA (committee administrator)

Co-supervisors have been Professor Andreas Prinz, UiA and Dr. Andreas Fasbender, Ericsson.

The dissertation was submitted 27.10.09 and was found worthy of being defended 21.12.09. The Faculty approved the coursework component 04.09.09.

Trial lecture and disputation 24.09.09 at 9-13.15 in 325 Grooseveien

PhD candidate: Carlos Adrián Gutiérrez Díaz de León

PhD programme: Mobil Communication Systems: Network, Security and Formal Methods

Supervisor: Professor Matthias Pätzold, UiA

Topic of trial lecture: "The role of the mobile WiMAX standard for the air interface of broadband wireless communication systems"

Dissertation: "Channel Simulation Models for Mobile Broadband Communication Systems". The dissertation is available electronically in AURA: http://brage.bibsys.no/hia/handle/URN:NBN:no-bibsys_brage_9356

The dissertation can be bought from the University's printing office (trykkeriet), e-mail trykkeriet@uia.no or telephone +47 38 14 11 30 (internal no. 1130). Some dissertations will be available for loan at the library and at the disputation.

Disputation chair: Head of the Department Professor Andreas Prinz, UiA.

Evaluation committee:

  • Professor Dongwoo Kim, Hanyang University, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Korea
  • Associate Professor Néji Youssef, Ecole Supérieure des Communications de Tunis, SUP'COM, Tunisia
  • Professor Jose J. Gonzalez (committee administrator), University of Agder, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Grimstad, Norway

Co-supervisor has been Professor Frank Reichert.

More information (in Norwegian): http://www.uia.no/no/portaler/aktuelt/nyhetsarkivet/foerste_disputas_paa_ikt_-_som_videokonferanse

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Published by PhD coordinator <phd-ictSPAMFILTER@uia.no> 04/11/2011
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