Bio

Gonzalo Seco-Granados (IEEE Fellow) received the PhD degree in electrical engineering from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain, in 2000, and the MBA degree from the IESE Business School, Spain, in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he was technical staff of the European Space Agency, The Netherlands, where he was involved in the design of the Galileo system and receivers. In 2015, 2019 and 2022, he was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Irvine, USA. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, where he was Vice Dean of the Engineering School, from 2011 to 2019. He has contributed to the seminal works on “5G positioning”. In the area of GNSS, he made pioneering contributions to the use of antenna arrays, and he has developed techniques to increase the robustness against of interference, multipath and spoofing attacks, and to improve energy efficiency of GNSS receivers. He is co-founder of Loctio, a start-up providing low-energy positioning solutions for IoT. He received an ICREA Academia award in 2013 and 2019, and won an IEEE Signal Processing Society’ Best Paper Award in 2021. He serves as a member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society Sensor Array and Multichannel Technical Committee (SAM TC), and of the EURASIP Signal Processing for Multisensor Systems Technical Committee, since 2018 and 2022, respectively. Since 2019, he is the President of the Spanish Chapter of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society.

Research interests

His current research interests are estimation, performance bounds, optimization and signal design aspects for satellite-based positioning (GNSS and LEO-PNT), 5G/6G positioning, and integrated sensing and communications systems (ISAC).

Curriculum Vitae [pdf]

Additional Information

Ph.D. Dissertation: "Antenna Arrays for Multipath and Interference Mitigation in GNSS Receiver", Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Advisor: Prof. Juan A. Fernández-Rubio. [Manuscript]    [Slides]

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• T. Spanos, F. Fabra, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, N. Kanistras, I. Lapin, V. Paliouras, "USRP-Based Single Anchor Positioning: AoA with 5G Uplink Signals, and UWB Ranging", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), Dec 11 2024.
• L. Pallarés-Rodríguez, D. Gomez-Casco, N. Bni-Lam, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, P. Crosta, "A Blind Beamforming Approach for Multipath Mitigation in GNSS", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), Dec 11 2024.
• F. Fabra, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "Adaptation of a GNSS open-source receiver for analysis of LEO-PNT scenarios", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), Dec 11 2024.
• O. Peña, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, "Coherent Tracking of Globalstar Signals Using Partially-Known Spreading Codes", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), Dec 11 2024.
• R. Terris-Gallego, A. Galan-Figueras, I. Fernandez-Hernandez, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "Low-cost SDR Platforms for Multi-Frequency GNSS Synchronous Acquisition", Proc. ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC), Dec 11 2024, [link].
• Yibo Wu, M. F. Keskin, U. Gustavsson, G. Seco-Granados, E. G. Larsson, H. Wymeersch, "Location and Map-Assisted Wideband Phase and Time Calibration Between Distributed Antennas", IEEE GLOBECOM - Positioning and Sensing Over Wireless Networks Workshop, Dec 08 2024.
• S. Saleh, M. F. Keskin, B. Priyanto, M. Beale, P. Zheng, T. Y. Al-Naffouri , G. Seco-Granados, "6G RIS-aided Single-LEO Localization with Slow and Fast Doppler Effects", IEEE GLOBECOM - Positioning and Sensing Over Wireless Networks Workshop, Dec 08 2024.
• Yongxiang Zhu, Li You, Qingfu Kong, G. Seco-Granados, Xiqi Gao, "Robust Precoding for Massive MIMO LEO Satellite Localization Systems", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, , Oct 01 2024.
• I. Fernandez-Hernandez, J. Winkel, C. ODriscoll, G. Caparra, R. Terris-Gallego, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "Galileo Signal Authentication Service (SAS)", ION GNSS+, Sep 17 2024, [link].
• R.A. Ahmad, R. Carprart, L. Castel, S. Naws, F. Fabra, G. Seco-Granados, "Proof of Concept of User Segments Technologies for Complementary Low Earth Orbit System", ION GNSS+, Sep 16 2024.
• F. Fabra, D. Egea-Roca, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "Analysis on signals for LEO-PNT beyond GNSS", Proc. European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Aug 30 2024.
• T. Reus, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "Simulation Tool for the Analysis of LEO Satellite Doppler Positioning", Proc. Seminario Anual de Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación (SAAEI), Jul 04 2024.
• I. Ascaso, G. Seco-Granados, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, "Monitorizacion de Senales de Satelites LEO mediante un Receptor Definido por Software (SDR)", Proc. Seminario Anual de Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación (SAAEI), Jul 03 2024.
• Qi Liu, Chengfa Gao, Rui Shang, Wang Gao, J. A. Lopez-Salcedo, G. Seco-Granados, "Hybrid GNSS+5G Position and Rotation Estimation Algorithm based on TOA and Unit Vector of Arrival in Urban Environment", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, (accepted for publication), Jul 01 2024.