 Prof. Panagiotis Mathiopoulos, European Space Agency
Personal profile: P. Takis Mathiopoulos was the Director of University of Athens and the Director of Research of the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing (ISARS) at the National Observatory of Athens (NOA). He is a Greek Representative to high-level committees in the European Commission, the European Space Agency, a member of the Technical Program Committees (TPC) for numerous IEEE and other international conferences and TPC Vice Chair of several IEEE conferences. He also held long-term honorary academic appointments as Guest Professor at South West Jiao Tong University (SWJTU) in Chengdu, China, and Guest (Global) Professor at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Mathiopoulos has been or currently serves on the editorial board of several archival journals, including the IET Communications as an Area Editor, the IEEE Transactions on Communications, the Remote Sensing Journal, and as Specialty Chief Editor for the Arial and Space Network Journal of Frontiers. P. Takis is also the co-recipient of two best conference paper awards and has received by the IEEE Communication Society the Satellite and Space Communication Technical Committee “2017 Distinguished Service Award” for outstanding contributions in the field of Satellite and Space Communications. In these areas, he has coauthored 140 journal papers published mainly in various IEEE journals, 1 book (edited), 5 book chapters, and more than 140 conference papers.
Presentation title: Performance analysis and improvement techniques for underwater optical wireless communication
Abstract: In recent years the field of underwater optical wireless communication (UOWC) has gained significant research interest due to its higher speed and moderate distance capabilities compared to acoustic and radio frequency (RF) technologies. In this presentation we will consider such UOWC systems by presenting analytical performance studies and investigate various performance improvement techniques. Firstly, by considering M-ary pulse position modulation techniques and diversity receivers, we will present an analytical study which evaluates the performance of UOWC systems operating in the presence of inter-symbol-interference (ISI) and log-normal oceanic turbulence. Next, we will investigate the impact of optical amplification and coding and explain how they can significantly improve the performance of such UOWC systems. Finally, some ideas for several open research topics which are promising for further investigation will be discussed. |