Prof. Francisco Falcone

 Universidad Púbica de Navarra, Spain

Brief Introduction

Francisco Falcone (Senior Member, IEEE) received the degree in telecommunication engineering and the Ph.D. degree in communication engineering from the Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Spain, in 1999 and 2005, respectively. From February 1999 to April 2000, he was the Microwave Commissioning Engineer at Siemens-Italtel, deploying microwave access systems. From May 2000 to December 2008, he was a Radio Access Engineer at Telefónica Móviles, performing radio network planning and optimization tasks in mobile network deployment. From January 2009 to May 2009, as a co-founding member, he has been the Director of Tafco Metawireless, a spin-off company from UPNA. In parallel, he is an Assistant Lecturer with the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, UPNA, from February 2003 to May 2009. In June 2009, he becomes an Associate Professor with the EE Department, being the Department Head, from January 2012 to July 2018. From January 2018 to May 2018, he was a Visiting Professor with the Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Kuwait. He is also affiliated with the Institute for Smart Cities (ISC), UPNA, which hosts around 140 researchers. He is currently acting as the Head of the ICT Section. He has over 500 contributions in indexed international journals, book chapters, and conference contributions. His research interests include computational electromagnetics applied to the analysis of complex electromagnetic scenarios, with a focus on the analysis, design, and implementation of heterogeneous wireless networks to enable context-aware environments. He has been awarded the CST 2003 and CST 2005 Best Paper Award, the Ph.D. Award from the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación (COIT), in 2006, the Doctoral Award UPNA, in 2010, the 1st Juan Gomez Peñalver Research Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain, in 2010, the XII Talgo Innovation Award 2012, the IEEE 2014 Best Paper Award, in 2014, the ECSA-3 Best Paper Award, in 2016, and the ECSA-4 Best Paper Award, in 2017.