Carles Fernandez-prades
Chief Scientific Officer at CTTC
Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area Spain
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Top SchoolCarles Fernandez-prades is a senior researcher and division head with 14+ years leading advanced communications and statistical inference research at CTTC and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from UPC. He specializes in signal processing, Bayesian estimation, software-defined radio and RF front-end design, with applied impact on GNSS and wireless systems, and holds IEEE Senior Member status. As a hands-on contributor to the popular GNSS-SDR open-source receiver, he enhanced Galileo E6 processing and PVT integration—bridging academic theory and practical receiver implementations. He has a strong track record managing multidisciplinary teams and European research projects while translating cutting-edge algorithms into deployable systems. Based in the Barcelona metro area, he combines deep technical expertise with operational leadership and a penchant for tackling hard problems in positioning and synchronization.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Electrical Engineering, PhD, Electrical Engineering at UPC - ETSETB TelecomBCN
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Github contributions (5)
gnss-sdr/gnss-sdr
Apr 2018 - May 2022
GNSS-SDR, an open-source software-defined GNSS receiver
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 releases, 31 reviews, 12 commits in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Carles primarily focused on enhancing the Galileo E6 signal processing capabilities within the GNSS-SDR receiver. Their contributions involved adding functionality to print IGM messages, integrate E6 observables into the PVT solver, and include E6B observables in RINEX files. They also improved loops, refined handling of E6 observables, and added support for using XML assistance for PVT computation.
rtlsdrsoftware-defined-radiodefinedgnss-receiverglonass
carlesfernandez/docker-pybombs-gnsssdr
Jan 2017 - Jan 2023
A Docker image for GNSS-SDR built with PyBOMBS
Contributions:1 release, 144 commits, 1 PR in 6 years 1 month
docker-imagepybombsgnss-sdr
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