Summary
François Quitin is an associate professor and RF communications researcher based in Brussels with eight years of formal experience leading experimental and embedded-system projects that bridge advanced theory and working prototypes. He designs and implements wireless architectures, compensates analog front-ends with DSP, programs software-defined radios and FPGAs, and characterizes radio channels across a wide range of standards. His work spans academic leadership—PI/co-PI on multiple funded projects, chair of the IEEE Benelux Signal Processing chapter, and coordinator of an industry-funded academic chair—and hands-on prototyping from UAV-based wireless networks to distributed MIMO testbeds. A recipient of a teaching innovation award for remote labs, he also coordinates engineering programs and integrates sustainability into curricula, showing a rare blend of pedagogy and technical delivery. Not obvious from titles alone, he has repeatedly translated synchronization- and localization-focused theoretical ideas into VHDL/Verilog FPGA implementations and fielded real-world measurement platforms. Fluent in turning signals-of-opportunity research into working systems, he is valued by industry and students for making cutting-edge RF concepts practical.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications at Concordia University
HHC
Master in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Master in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications at Université libre de Bruxelles
Master in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Master in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications at Brussels School of Engineering
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, RF communications, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, RF communications at Université libre de Bruxelles - Université catholique de Louvain
French, Dutch, English