Research Leader of the Wireless Research Centre
Dr Graeme Woodward has been the Research Leader of the Wireless Research Centre, at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, NZ) since 2011. He has been the Research Leader with the Wireless Research Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, since 2011. Previously he held the position of Research Manager of the Telecommunications Research Laboratory, Toshiba Research Europe, contributing to numerous large U.K. and EU projects. His extensive industrial research experience includes pioneering VLSI designs for multi-antenna 3G Packet Access (HSDPA) with Bell Labs Sydney. While holding positions at Agere Systems and LSI Logic, his focus moved to terminal-side algorithms for 3G and 4G (LTE), with an emphasis on low power design. He received the B.Sc., B.E., and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Sydney, Australia, in 1990, 1992, and 1999, respectively. He has authored more than 50 papers and 12 U.S. patents and has served on numerous conference committees and is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).