CRC Welcomes Two New Vice-Presidents

On October 5 CRC welcomed two new vice-presidents: Dr. Alex Vukovic, Vice-President, Terrestrial Wireless Systems Branch; and Dr. Jean Luc Bérubé, Vice-President, Broadband Network Technologies Branch.

Alex Vukovic was most recently Senior Research Scientist with CRC's Broadband Network Technology group. He has over 20 years of experience managing R&D programs and developing broadband communications technology for industry and government. He is known internationally as a leader in promoting collaboration and partnerships in R&D. Prior to CRC, Alex served as Senior Technology Advisor for Optical Network Architectures at Nortel Networks. Alex has a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Jean Luc Bérubé, who joins CRC from Altera Corporation, has over 20 years of experience in the Canadian electronics industry. He was Senior Manager, Field Application Engineering at Altera Corporation, where he was instrumental in product planning and marketing for the wireless and broadband network communications sectors. Prior to Altera, Jean Luc was Senior Field Applications Engineer and Market Development Manager for Motorola Semiconductors. Jean Luc has a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from l'Université de Montréal.

Alex replaces Gerry Chan, while Jean Luc replaces Bob Kuley.

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CRC Researchers Garner Gold Paper Award at IEEE Conference

CRC researchers Geoff Colman and Tricia Willink are Gold Paper Award winners for their paper "Improving Robustness of Precoded MIMO Systems with Imperfect Channel Estimation" presented at the 2009 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, held in Victoria, B.C. in August.

Organizers presented a Gold Paper Award in each of the three subject areas - communications, computers and signal processing. The Colman-Willink paper won in the communications category.

Geoff and Tricia, both research scientists, work in the Radio Communications Technologies section of CRC's Terrestrial Wireless Systems Research branch.

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CRC Awarded

The Communications Research Centre (CRC) shines not only on the research front, but in facilities management too. CRC received the "Companies for Conservation" award for its efficiency investments and innovative promotional programs like the "Amp Champ" conservation comic strip. In the last 15 years, CRC made outstanding progress in reducing energy costs by an estimated $10.5 million. CRC joins some major local establishments that have also been recognized by Hydro Ottawa.