Publications

Thesis

- Dr.Sc. dissertation, Efficient algorithms and structures for IIR adaptive filtering (Algoritmos e estruturas eficientes para filtragem adaptativa IIR), COPPE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dec. 1993, 224 pags.

- M.Sc. dissertation, Fast IIR adaptive filters (Filtros adaptativos IIR rápidos), COPPE - UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dec. 1989, 187 pags.

- Electrical Eng. final thesis, Computer-based FFT processor (Procesador de FFT en base a un sistema de microcomputo), Centro de Técnicas Analógico digitates (CeTAD), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, 1983.

Journals (last 5 years)

- J.L. Figueroa, J. E. Cousseau, S. Werner, and T. Laakso, ``Adaptive Control of a Wiener Type System", International Journal of Control, Vol. 80, No. 2, pp. 231–240, Feb. 2007.

- J. Cousseau, J.Figueroa, S. Werner and T.I. Laakso, ``Efficient Nonlinear Wiener Model Identification Using a Complex-Valued Simplicial PWL Filter", IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, Vol. 55, No. 5, pp. 1780-1792, May 2007.

- F. Gregorio, S. Werner, T.I. Laakso and J. Cousseau, ``Receiver cancellation technique for nonlinear power amplifier distortion in SDMA-OFDM systems", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol.56, No. 5, pp. 2499-2516, Sept., 2007.

- J. Cousseau, S. Werner and P. Doñate, ``Factorized all-pass based IIR adaptive notch filter", IEEE Trans. Signal Proc., Vol. 55, No. 11, pp. 5225 – 5236, Nov. 2007.

- F. Gregorio, S. Werner, J. Hämäläinen, R. Wichman and J. Cousseau, ``BEP analysis of OSTBC-OFDM systems with broadband PA and imperfect memory compensation”, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol.11, No.12, pp.940-942, Dec. 2007.

- J.L. Figueroa and J.E. Cousseau, "Dynamical Artificial Neural Networks: Use of Piecewise Linear Functions", Latin American Applied Research, Vol.38, No.2, pp.187-193, Feb. 2008.

- S. Werner, F. Gregorio, J. Cousseau, J. Figueroa, R. Wichman, “Broadband power amplifier nonlinearity cancellation in OFDM systems”, Acta Technica Napocensis, Electronics and Telecommunications (Romenia), Vol.49, No. 4, pp-19-22, Oct. 2008, ISSN: 1221-6542.

- M. Bruno, J. Cousseau, S. Werner, J. Figueroa, R. Wichman, “An efficient CS-CPWL based predistorter”, Radioengineering Journal, Vol.18, No.2, pp-171-177, June, 2009.

- F. Gregorio, J. Cousseau, S. Werner, T. Riihonen and R. Wichman, “Power amplifier linearization technique with IQ imbalance and crosstalk compensation for broadband MIMO OFDM transmitters”, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal (open access), Vol.19, July 2011.

- C. Schmidt, J. Cousseau, J. Figueroa, R. Wichman and S. Werner, “Nonlinearities modeling and post-compensation in continuous-time sigma-delta modulators”, IET Journal on Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, vol.5, No. 15, pp.1796-1804, July 2011.

- F. Gregorio, S. Werner, J. Cousseau, J. Figueroa and R. Wichman, “Receiver mitigation of nonlinearities in OFDM using Wiener -Hammerstein techniques”, Signal Processing (Elsevier), Vol. 91, No. 8, pp. 2042-2056, Aug. 2011.

- J. F. Schmidt, J. E. Cousseau, R. Wichman, S. Werner. “Bit loading using imperfect CSIT for prediction based resource allocation in mobile OFDMA ”. IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technologies. Vol. 60, No. 8, pp 4082-4088, Oct. 2011.

- J. F. Schmidt, J. E. Cousseau, R. Wichman, S. Werner. “Low-Complexity Channel Prediction Using Approximated Recursive DCT”. IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems 1—Regular papers. Vol. 58, No. 10, pp 2525-2530, Oct. 2011.

- N. Galvez, J. Cousseau, J. Pasciaroni and O. Agamennoni, “Efficient non homogeneous CFAR processing”, Latin American Applied Research, Vol.1, No. 1, pp.1-9, Jan. 2012.

- M.Y. Cheong, M. Bruno, S. Werner, J. Figueroa, J. Cousseau, and R. Wichman, “Adaptive piecewise linear-Hammerstein model predistorters for nonlinear power amplifiers with memory”, IEEE Trans. Circ. Systems I, vol.59. No. 7, pp. 1519-1532, July, 2012.

- N. Galvez, J. Cousseau, J.Pasciaroni and O. Agamennoni, “Improved neural network based CFAR detection for non homogeneous background and multiple target situations”, Latin American Applied research, accepted for publication, Jan. 2012 (to appear in Vol.42, No.4, Oct. 2012).

- G. González, F. Gregorio, J. Cousseau, S. Werner and R. Wichman, “Data-aided CFO estimator based on the averaged cyclic autocorrelation”, Signal Processing (Elsevier), Vol. 93, Issue 1, Jan. 2013, Pages 217–229

- G. Gonzalez, F. Gregorio and J. Cousseau, “CFO Compensation for OFDMA Systems Using Circular Banded Matrices”, accepted for publication in Latin American Applied Research, Oct. 2012.

- C. Schmidt, J. Cousseau, J. Figueroa, R. Wichman and S. Werner, “Post-compensation of a CT First-order Sigma-delta ADC Using PWL Dynamic Systems”, accepted for publication in Latin American Applied Research, Oct. 2012.

- F. Gregorio, J. Cousseau, S. Werner, T. Riihonen and R. Wichman, EVM analysis for OFDM direct conversion transmitters, accepted for publication in IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology, Dec. 2012.

- C. Schmidt, S. Biagiola, J. Cousseau, J. Figueroa, “Volterra-type models for nonlinear systems identification”, submitted to Applied Mathematical Modeling (Elsevier), on review, Aug. 2012.

- C.Schmidt, O. Lipfschitz, J. Cousseau, J. Figueroa, P. Julian, “Methodology and measurement setup for analog-to-digital converter post-compensation”, accepted for publication in IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement, Feb. 2013.

- A.L. Pola, J.E. Cousseau, O.E. Agazzi and M.R. Hueda, "A Low Complexity Decision Feedforward Equalizer Architecture for High-Speed Receivers for Higly Dispersive Channels," accepted for publication in Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hindawi ed., Feb. 2013.

- G. González, F. Gregorio, J. Cousseau, S. Werner and R. Wichman, “Uplink CFO compensation for FBMC multiple access and OFDMA in a high mobility scenario”, submitted to Physical Communication (Elsevier), on review. Feb. 2013.

Conferences (last 5 years)

International

- F. Gregorio, S. Werner, J. Cousseau and R. Wichman, "Split predistortion approach for reduced complexity terminal in OFDM systems", IEEE 65th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2007), Dublin, Ireland, April 2007.

- F. Gregorio, S. Werner, J. Cousseau and R. Wichman, “Broadband power amplifier distortion cancellation with model estimation in the receiver”, IEEE Signal Proc. Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Helsinki, Finland, June, 2007.

- J. F. Schmidt, J. E. Cousseau, R. Wichman, F. Gregorio. “Fast-fading channel estimation using DCT and simplified Kalman filter”. IEEE Signal Proc. Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Helsinki, Finland, June 17-20, 2007.

- T.Riihonen, S.Werner, J. Cousseau and R. Wichman, “Design of Co-phasing Allpass Filters for Full-Duplex OFDM Relays“, Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, ISSN: 1058-6393, Oct. 2008.

- C. Schmidt, J. E. Cousseau, J. L. Figueroa, R. Wichman, S. Werner, “Characterization and compensation of nonlinearities in a continuous-time first-order sigma-delta ADC”, IEEE International Microwave Workshop (IMWS 2010), Aveiro, Portugal Feb. 22-23, 2010.

- F. Gregorio, J. Cousseau, S. Werner, R. Wichman and T. Riihonen, “Sequential compensation of RF impairments in OFDM systems”, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2010), Sidney, Australia, April 18-21, 2010.

- L.G. Baltar, S. Dierks, F. Gregorio, J. Cousseau and J. Nossek, “OFDM Receivers with Iterative Nonlinear Distortion Cancellation”, 11th IEEE Int. Workshop Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Marrakesh, June, 2010.

- M. Y. Cheong, S. Werner, J. Cousseau, and R. Wichman, "Spectral characteristics of a piecewise linear function in modeling power amplifier type nonlinearities", 21th IEEE Int. Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2010.

- J. F. Schmidt, J. E. Cousseau, R. Wichman, S. Werner. “Prediction-based resource allocation in OFDMA”. Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Baltimore, USA, March 23-25, 2011.

- F. Gregorio, J. Cousseau, S. Werner, R. Wichman and T. Riihonen, “Compensation of IQ imbalance and transmitter nonlinearities in broadband MIMO-OFDM”, IEEE Int. Symp. On Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2011), Rio de Janeiro, May, 2011.

- G. Gonzalez, F. Gregorio and J. Cousseau, “Low complexity block-based unbiased frequency estimation”, IEEE Int. Symp. On Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2011), Rio de Janeiro, May, 2011.

- A. Pola, D. Crivelli, J. Cousseau, O. Agazzi, and M.Hueda, “A new low complexity iterative equalization architecture for high-speed receivers on highly dispersive channels: Decision Feedforward Equalizer (DFFE)”, IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2011), Rio de Janeiro, May, 2011.

- G. J. González, F. H. Gregorio, J. E. Cousseau, R. Wichman and S. Werner, “Cyclostationary autocorrelation based CFO estimators”, European Signal Proc. Conf. (EUSIPCO 2011), Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 29 – Sept. 2, 2011.

- J.L. Pasciaroni, J. Cousseau and N.L. Gálvez, “Autofocusing Slow-moving Objects Sensed by an Airborne SAR”, 5th Int. Conf. on Integrated Modeling and Analysis in Applied Control and Automation, Sept. 12-14, Rome, Italy, 2011.

- A. Pola, J. Cousseau, O. Agazzi, and M.Hueda, “Efficient decision feedforward equalizer with parallelizable architecture”, accepted to be presented in IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2013), Beijing, China, May, 2013.

Regional

- Jorge F. Schmidt, Juan E. Cousseau, Risto Wichman, "Channel prediction for link aptation in fast fading environments". XII Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control, Univ. Nac. de la Patagonia Austral, Rio Gallegos, 16 al 18 de Octubre 2007.

- M.J. Bruno, J.E. Cousseau, P.D. Doñate, “A comparative Study on Best Suited Transistor Technologies for High Linearity RF Power Amplifiers in WiMAX Base Station Applications", XII Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control, Univ. Nac. de la Patagonia Austral, Rio Gallegos, Octubre 2007.

- J. Pons, J.E. Cousseau, S. Werner, “DIFAR processing in underwater DSSS communication systems", XII Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control, Univ. Nac. de la Patagonia Austral, Rio Gallegos, Octubre 2007.

- R. Diez, J. Cousseau, “Diversidad: Herramienta de estudio y evaluación”, III Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control Estudiantil, Univ. Nac. de la Patagonia Austral, Rio Gallegos, Octubre 2007.

- M. Bruno, L. Cittá, J.Cousseau, “A 6 Watt Linear RF Power Amplifier for WiMAX Base Station”, 3rd. Conf. Micro – nanoelectronics, technology and applications, pp.134-139, Buenos Aires, Sept. 2008.

- G. González, J. Cousseau, F. Gregorio, S. Werner and R. Wichman, “Single-Carrier Cyclic-Extension Block DFE in Time Varying Channels”, 4th. Conf. Micro – nanoelectronics, technology and applications, San Carlos de Bariloche, Sept. 2009.

- C. Schmidt, J. Cousseau, J.L. Figueroa, S. Werner and R. Wichman, “ADC Post-Compensation Using a Hammerstein Model”, 4th. Conf. Micro – nanoelectronics, technology and applications, San Carlos de Bariloche, Sept. 2009.

- G. González, J. Cousseau, F. Gregorio, R. Wichman and S. Werner, “An study of OFDM signal detection using cyclostationarity”, XIII Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control, Univ. Nac. de Rosario, Santa Fé, Septiembre 2009.

- C. Schmidt, J. Cousseau, J.L. Figueroa, “Analog to digital converter characterization”, XIII Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control, Univ. Nac. de Rosario, Santa Fé, Septiembre 2009.

- J.L. Pasciaroni, J. Cousseau, N. Gálvez, “Detección y representación de móviles con un radar de apertura sintética aerotransportado”, XIII Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control, Univ. Nac. de Rosario, Santa Fé, Septiembre 2009.

- C. Schmidt J.E. Cousseau O. Agamennoni J.L. Figueroa, “ADC compensation based on Neural Networks”, XIII Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control, Univ. Nac. de Rosario, Santa Fé, Septiembre 2009.

- M. Bruno, J.Cousseau, A. Shahed and M. Valkama, “On high linearity - high efficiency RF amplifier design”, 5th Conf. Micro – nanoelectronics, technology and applications, pp.134-139, Montevideo, Oct. 2010.

- D. Colón, F. Gregorio, and J. Cousseau, “Evaluation of an OFDM Cooperative System with multiple relays”, XIV Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control, Fac. de Ingeniería, Univ. Nac. de Entre Rios, Oro Verde, Nov., 2011.

- G. Barraza, M. Bruno and J.Cousseau, “Second and Third Order Distortion Compensation in Bipolar Gilbert Mixer”, XIV Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control, Fac. de Ingeniería, Univ. Nac. de Entre Rios, Oro Verde, Nov., 2011.

- M. Puzio, G. González, F. Gregorio and J. Cousseau, “Carrier frequency offset estimation for OFDM-based cooperative communications”, XIV Reunión de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control, Fac. de Ingeniería, Univ. Nac. de Entre Rios, Oro Verde, Nov., 2011.

- M. Bruno, J.Cousseau, A. Shahed and M. Valkama, “A novel predistorter for a highly nonlinear broadband power amplifier”, 7th Conf. Micro – nanoelectronics, technology and applications, Cordoba, Aug, 2012.

Research and development

Applied research (current)

- "Signal processing techniques for power efficient and low cost communication systems", support by Ministery of Science and Technology, Argentina for research cooperation between LaPSyC, DIEC - UNS and Faculty of Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2012/2013).

- "Aspects of last generation broadband wireless tranceivers design", support by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Técnica (National research Council on Science and Tecniques) CONICET (2012/2014).

- "Advanced signal processing techniques for RF imperfection reduction in last generation Communications systems", support by Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (National Agency of Science and Technology), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Universidad Nacional del Sur. 2010/2012.

Transference and consultancy (last years)

- Integrated design of transistors and RF amplification modules with application to launching vehicles and satellites: feasibility study. Agreement with the Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE National Aerospace Agency) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Consultancy activities, 2011-2012.

- Design of Standard MIL 188-110B modem for data transmission over HF and VHF. Programa de Investigación y Desarrollo para la Defensa – PIDDEF 2011-2013, Secretary of scientific research and technological developments. Ministry of Defense, Argentina. Resp.: J. Cousseau, M. Bruno. 2011-2013.

- Self-extractor video radar platform. Programa de Investigación y Desarrollo para la Defensa – PIDDEF 2011-2013, Secretary of scientific research and technological developments. Ministry of Defense, Argentina. Resp.: J. Cousseau, N. Gálvez. 2012-2014.

Full curriculum vitae (in spanish)