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Professor Lajos Hanzo

Head of Group · Chair in Telecommunications · University of Southampton

Professor Lajos Hanzo

Biography

FREng · FIEEE · FIET · EURASIP Fellow

Professor Lajos Hanzo received his Master's degree in electronics in 1976 and his doctorate in 1983 from the Technical University of Budapest. He was awarded a DSc by the University of Southampton in 2004, and honorary doctorates by the Technical University of Budapest and the University of Edinburgh.

He joined the University of Southampton in 1986 and holds the Chair in Telecommunications in the School of Electronics and Computer Science. He also held a chaired professorship at Tsinghua University in Beijing from 2009 to 2012.

His work spans wireless communications, multimedia systems, near-capacity transceivers, MIMO and cooperative communications, as well as optical and quantum communications. The original group profile reports extensive contributions to research books, journal publications, international conferences and industrial collaboration.

He has served as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and in a range of professional and editorial roles, including Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Press (2009–2012). His honours include the IEEE COMSOC Education Award, EURASIP Papoulis Award and IEEE Eric Sumner Field Award.

Professor Hanzo has led research on wireless multimedia and telepresence technologies, supported by industry and research funding bodies including EPSRC and the European Research Council.

Professional Profile and Resources

University Profile My CV (PDF) My PhD Students (PDF) My Books My Journal Papers (PDF) Quantum Communications Tutorials (PDF)

Keynote Lectures

Feature Articles

  1. Wireless Myths, Realities, and Futures: From 3G/4G to Optical and Quantum WirelessL. Hanzo, H. Haas, S. Imre, D. O’Brien, M. Rupp, L. Gyongyosi · Proceedings of the IEEE, 2012
  2. Near-Capacity Wireless Transceivers and Cooperative Communications in the MIMO Era: Evolution of Standards, Waveform Design, and Future PerspectivesL. Hanzo, M. El-Hajjar, O. Alamri · Proceedings of the IEEE, 2011
  3. A Unified Treatment of Power-Efficient Superposition Coding Aided Communications: Theory and PracticeR. Zhang, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2011
  4. Near-Capacity H.264 Multimedia Communications Using Iterative Joint Source-Channel DecodingN. Nasruminallah, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2012
  5. Self-Concatenated Code Design and Its Application in Power-Efficient Cooperative CommunicationsM. Butt, S. X. Ng, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2011
  6. Dispensing with Channel Estimation: Differentially Modulated Cooperative Wireless CommunicationsL. Wang, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2011
  7. A Universal Space-Time Architecture for Multiple-Antenna Aided SystemsS. Sugiura, S. Chen, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2012
  8. MIMO-Aided Near-Capacity Turbo Transceivers: Taxonomy and Performance versus ComplexityS. Sugiura, S. Chen, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2012
  9. Initial Synchronisation of Wideband and UWB Direct Sequence Systems: Single- and Multiple-Antenna Aided SolutionsS.-H. Won, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2012
  10. Low-Density Parity-Check Codes and Their Rateless RelativesN. Bonello, S. Chen, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2011
  11. A Survey and Tutorial on Low-Complexity Turbo Coding Techniques and a Holistic Hybrid ARQ Design ExampleH. Chen, R. G. Maunder, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2013
  12. Spatial Modulation for Generalized MIMO: Challenges, Opportunities and ImplementationM. Di Renzo, H. Haas, A. Ghrayeb, S. Sugiura, L. Hanzo · Proceedings of the IEEE, 2013
  13. Quantum Search Algorithms, Quantum Wireless, and a Low-Complexity Maximum Likelihood Iterative Quantum Multi-User Detector DesignP. Botsinis, S. X. Ng, L. Hanzo · IEEE Access, 2013
  14. IMS: The New Generation of Internet-Protocol-Based Multimedia ServicesA. S. Esguevillas et al. · Proceedings of the IEEE, 2013
  15. Hybrid Automatic-Repeat-reQuest Systems for Cooperative Wireless CommunicationsH. A. Ngo, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2013
  16. A Survey of Digital Television Broadcast Transmission TechniquesM. El-Hajjar, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2013
  17. EXIT Charts for System Design and AnalysisM. El-Hajjar, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2013
  18. Design Guidelines for Spatial ModulationP. Yang, M. Di Renzo, Y. Xiao, S. Li, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2014
  19. Low-Complexity Soft-Output Quantum-Assisted Multiuser Detection for Direct-Sequence Spreading and Slow Subcarrier-Hopping Aided SDMA-OFDM SystemsP. Botsinis, D. Alanis, S. X. Ng, L. Hanzo · IEEE Access, 2014
  20. Quantum-Assisted Routing Optimization for Self-Organizing NetworksD. Alanis, P. Botsinis, S. X. Ng, L. Hanzo · IEEE Access, 2015
  21. Unified MIMO-Multicarrier Designs: A Space-Time Shift Keying ApproachI. K. Mohammad, S. Sugiura, S. Chen, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2014
  22. A Tutorial and Review on Inter-Layer FEC Coded Layered Video StreamingY. K. Huo, C. Hellge, T. Wiegand, L. Hanzo · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2014
  23. Non-Coherent Quantum Multiple Symbol Differential Detection for Wireless SystemsP. Botsinis, D. Alanis, Z. Babar, S. X. Ng, L. Hanzo · IEEE Access, 2015
  24. Non-Dominated Quantum Iterative Routing Optimization for Wireless Multihop NetworksD. Alanis, P. Botsinis, Z. Babar, S. X. Ng, L. Hanzo · IEEE Access, 2015

Conferences Organised

  • ICASSP 2019 — Brighton
  • IEEE ICC 2013 — Budapest
  • IEEE VTC Spring 2011 — Budapest
  • IEEE WCNC 2009 — Budapest