Robert C. Elliott

Robert C. Elliott (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. (cooperative) degree in electrical engineering and the M.Sc. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, in 2000 and 2003, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in communications from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, in 2011. During his B.Sc. studies, he held several cooperative work experience positions. In 1998, he was with Computing Devices Canada (now General Dynamics Mission Systems – Canada), Calgary, AB, Canada, and in 1999, he was with Nortel Networks, Ottawa, ON, Canada. From 2001 to 2016, he was also affiliated with Telecommunications Research Laboratories (TRTech), Edmonton, Canada. In 2005, he was a Visiting Researcher with German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. He has also done collaborative research with Huawei Technologies and TELUS Communications, in part as a Postdoctoral Fellow. He is currently a Research Associate with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta. His research interests include heterogeneous cellular networks, coordinated transmission techniques in broadband multiuser multiple-input multiple-output wireless systems, massive MIMO systems, machine learning, and radio resource management. Dr. Elliott was the recipient of the Governor General's Silver Academic Medal and APEGGA Medal in Electrical Engineering in 2000 for having the highest overall undergraduate academic standing at the University of Alberta. He was also the recipient of numerous scholarships and fellowships during his academic studies.