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Personal profile
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"I want to understand how light behaves in nonlinear optical fibers. We should not see nonlinearities as a limitation—we should embrace them and use them to transmit more data.”
Research profile
Alex Alvarado is Associate Professor in the Signal Processing Systems group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His research focuses on developing a fundamental theoretical understanding of current and future telecommunication systems and lies on the frontier of communication theory, information theory, signal processing, and optical communications.
Alvarado is a senior member of the IEEE and was an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications (Optical Coded Modulation and Information Theory) from 2016-2018. Since 2018, he serves in the OFC subcommittee Digital and Electronic Subsystems (S4). He is also member of the TU/e Young Academy of Engineering.
Alvarado has co-authored more than 100 papers in leading peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and a book about communication theory aspects of coded modulation (Wiley & Sons 2015). His current research is funded in part by an NWO VIDI grant and an ERC Starting grant.
Academic background
Alex Alvarado holds an Electronics Engineer degree (Ingeniero Civil Electrónico; 2003) and a MSc (2005) from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile. He obtained his Licentiate of Engineering (Teknologie Licentiatexamen) in 2008 and his PhD degree in 2011, both from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. From 2011 to 2014, Alvarado worked at the University of Cambridge, first as a Newton International Fellow and then as Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow. From 2014 to 2016, he worked as Senior Research Associate at the Optical Networks Group, University College London. Alvarado was appointed Assistant Professor in the Signal Processing Systems group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in 2016 and promoted to Associate Professor in 2018.
External positions
Senior Research Associate, University College London
1 Apr 2014 → 14 Oct 2016Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow , University of Cambridge
1 Apr 2012 → 1 Apr 2014Newton International Fellow , University of Cambridge
1 Feb 2011 → 31 Mar 2012Fingerprint
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ICONIC: Increasing the Capacity of Optical Nonlinear Interfering Channels
Alvarado, A., Alvarado, A., Oliari, V., Willems, F. M. J., Sanders, R., Alvarado, A., Barreiro, A., Wu, K., de Jonge, M., Karanov, B. & Karanov, B.
1/08/17 → 31/07/22
Project: Research direct
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Fundamentals of the Nonlinear Optical Channel
Alvarado, A., Liga, G., Barreiro, A., Fehenberger, T., Willems, F. M. J., Sanders, R., Alvarado, A., Barreiro, A., Sheikh, A., Sheikh, A., Goossens, S., de Jonge, M., Gültekin, Y. C., Ramachandran, V. & Jaffal, Y.
1/01/18 → 31/12/22
Project: Research direct
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NLCAP: Multi-dimensional coded modulation for Maximizing NonLinear CAPacity in the Optical Channel
Okonkwo, C. M., Alvarado, A., Croes, S., Willems, F. M. J., Sanders, R., Alvarado, A., Barreiro, A. & Chen, B.
1/06/17 → 31/03/19
Project: Research direct
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SHY-FEC: Shaped Hybrid Forward Error Correction
Alvarado, A., Lee, J., Gültekin, Y. C., de Jonge, M., Sanders, R., Barreiro, A. & de Jonge, M.
1/01/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research direct
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MyWave: Energy efficient signal processing techniques for distributed massive MIMO systems
Willems, F. M. J., Joudeh, H., Ensan, M., Willems, F. M. J., Alvarado, A., Barreiro, A., de Jonge, M., Sanders, R., Joudeh, H., Alvarado, A. & Alvarado, A.
1/10/19 → 30/09/23
Project: Research direct
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Bit-interleaved coded modulation: fundamentals, analysis and design
Szczecinski, L. & Alvarado, A., 16 Feb 2015, Wiley-Blackwell. 295 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic
79 Citations (Scopus) -
Replacing the soft-decision FEC limit paradigm in the design of optical communication systems
Alvarado, A., Agrell, E., Lavery, D., Maher, R. & Bayvel, P., 15 Jan 2016, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 34, 2, p. 707-721 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
50 Citations (Scopus)3 Downloads (Pure) -
Capacity of a nonlinear optical channel with finite memory
Agrell, E., Alvarado, A., Durisi, G. & Karlsson, M., 15 Aug 2014, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 32, 16, p. 2862-2876 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
72 Citations (Scopus)2 Downloads (Pure) -
Four-dimensional coded modulation with bit-wise decoders for future optical communications
Alvarado, A. & Agrell, E., 15 May 2015, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 33, 10, p. 1993-2003 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Asymptotic comparison of ML and MAP detectors for multidimensional constellations
Alvarado, A., Agrell, E. & Brännström, F., 1 Feb 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 64, 2, p. 1231-1240 10 p., 7982634.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Citations (Scopus)148 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Fundamentals of the Nonlinear Optical Channel (FUN-NOTCH)
Alvarado, Alex (Recipient), 2018
Prize: ERC › Starting › Scientific
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Journal of Lightwave Technology Paper Award
Alvarado, Alex (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Increasing the Capacity of Optical Nonlinear Interfering Channels (ICONIC)
Alvarado, Alex (Recipient), 2016
Prize: NWO › Vidi › Scientific
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Exemplary Reviewer Award
Alvarado, Alex (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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IEEE Communication Theory Workshop (CTW) Best Poster Award
Alvarado, Alex (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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2019 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2019) (Event)
Alex Alvarado (Chair)
2019Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee › Scientific
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2018 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, (OFC 2018) (Event)
Alex Alvarado (Chair)
2018Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee › Scientific
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Latin America Optics & Photonics Conference (LAOP 2018) (Event)
Alex Alvarado (Chair)
2018Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee › Scientific
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IEEE Transactions on Communications (Journal)
Alex Alvarado (Editorial board member)
2016 → 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
Courses
Press/Media
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UCL (London) sets new record for fastest optical data transmission over fiber
11/02/16
1 item of Media coverage
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Eindhoven University of Technology: European Research Council Proof of Concept Grant to Correct Errors in Ultra-High Speed Communication
30/07/20
1 item of Media coverage
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Illuminating Numerical Study On Light Propagation In Nonlinear Optical Fibers
19/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
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-Eindhoven University of Technology: Illuminating numerical study on light propagation in nonlinear optical fibers
28/02/20
2 items of Media coverage
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