Prof. Charalampos Tsimenidis , PhD, MSc, Dipl.-Ing., MIET, SMIEEE
Professor United Kingdom
Prof. Charalampos C. Tsimenidis is a Professor of Digital Innovation at Nottingham Trent University. He is Head of the Digital Innovation Group at IMEC and Director of the Smart Wireless Innovation Facility (SWIFt).
Biography
Prof. Charalampos C. Tsimenidis is a Professor of Digital Innovation at Nottingham Trent University, where he heads the Digital Innovation Group at IMEC and serves as Director of the Smart Wireless Innovation Facility (SWIFt). He is also Deputy Lead of the Engineering submission for REF2029.
He joined NTU after 25 years at Newcastle University, where he was Professor of Digital Communications and Head of the Intelligent Sensing and Communications Group (2017-2022). He served as Degree Programme Director of the MSc in Communications and Signal Processing at Newcastle from 2003 to 2017.
His research derives innovative methods for the advancement of knowledge in communications, sensors, and signal processing systems, covering areas including mobile wireless communications (4G/5G/6G), multi-carrier modulation schemes, massive MIMO, channel coding, green communications and energy harvesting, underwater acoustics, wireless sensor networks, encryption and security, positioning and GNSS, IoT, and bio-inspired communications.
He has accumulated over 4,000 citations and is a member of the IET and a Senior Member of the IEEE.
Research Statement
My research focuses on developing innovative methods for communications, sensors, and signal processing systems. I work on mobile wireless communications (5G/6G), massive MIMO, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, energy harvesting, underwater acoustics, and IoT applications.
Education
PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
MSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Academic Positions
Professor of Digital Innovation
Nottingham Trent University | Department of Engineering
Head of Digital Innovation Group at IMEC, Director of SWIFt, Deputy Lead REF2029 Engineering submission
Professor of Digital Communications
Newcastle University | School of Engineering
Head of Intelligent Sensing and Communications Group (2017-2022), MSc Programme Director Communications and Signal Processing (2003-2017)
Publications 14
View AllEfficient Machine Learning-Enhanced Channel Estimation for OFDM Systems
Jebur, B. A., Alkassar, S. H., Abdullah, M. A. M., & Tsimenidis, C. C.
IEEE Access. Vol. 9
MRC Detection for LDPC-OFDM, Massive MIMO, NR-5G-based Systems Utilizing Accurate PDF
Chumchewkul, D. & Tsimenidis, C.
ICC 2022. pp. 775-780
Probability of Bit Error of MRC Detection in OFDM-MMIMO Systems Utilizing Gaussian Mixture Model
Chumchewkul, D. & Tsimenidis, C.
APCC 2022. pp. 220-225
Closed-Form Bit Error Probability of ZF Detection for OFDM-M-MIMO Systems Using Effective Noise PDF
Chumchewkul, D. & Tsimenidis, C. C.
IEEE Access. Vol. 10. pp. 104384-104397
Performance Analysis of Block/Zero-Comb Pilot and Nonzero-Comb Pilot Over MIMO-PLC Systems
Zhang, S. & Tsimenidis, C. C.
IEEE Access. Vol. 10. pp. 51380-51393
Outage Probability Analysis of MRC Detection in OFDM-MMIMO System Utilizing Incomplete Gamma Function
Chumchewkul, D., Tsimenidis, C., & Mumtaz, S.
ICC Workshops 2023. pp. 1800-1805
Joint Optimization for RIS-Aided Hybrid FSO SAGINs with Deep Reinforcement Learning
Guo, K., Wu, M., Li, X., Mumtaz, S., & Tsimenidis, C.
GLOBECOM 2023. pp. 431-436
A long-range aerial acoustic communication scheme
Shi, L., Wang, X., Yu, L., Wang, W., Wang, Z., Iqbal, M., Tsimenidis, C. C., & Mumtaz, S.
Physical Communication. Vol. 60
Quantum Enabled Temporal Power Smoothing in User Equipment-Radio Unit Allocation for Wireless Systems
Nair, A. M., Mumtaz, S., Tsimenidis, C. C., Doctor, F., Karyotis, C., & Iqbal, R.
PIMRC 2025. pp. 1-7
Memristor-Based Meta-Learning for Fast mmWave Beam Prediction in Non-Stationary Environments
Cao, Y., Lu, W., Ohtsuki, T., Maghsudi, S., Jiang, X., & Tsimenidis, C. C.
ICC 2025. pp. 1262-1267
Precoding Algorithms for IRS Assisted MIMO Networks
Wijesinghe, S., Tsimenidis, C. C., & Mumtaz, S.
CITS 2025. pp. 1-6
Optimization of Resource Allocation for V2X Security Communication Based on Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Ji, B., Dong, B., Li, D., Wang, Y., Yang, L., Tsimenidis, C., & Menon, V. G.
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Vol. 74(2). pp. 1849-1861
Discrete-Phase Max-SINR Beam Steering for IRS-Enabled Wireless Communications
Ahmed, M. A., Jebur, B. A., Sabaawi, A. M. A., Mumtaz, S., & Tsimenidis, C. C.
IEEE Access. Vol. 13. pp. 175791-175805
RIS Cooperative Multi-Relay Assisted Vehicular MIMO Networks
Ji, B., Wang, S., Liu, Y., Li, H., Zheng, G., Tsimenidis, C., & Mumtaz, S.
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology