Rob Maunder is a founder and CTO who spun AccelerComm out of the University of Southampton and has blended academic rigour with commercial engineering since 2016. A professor of telecommunications with a PhD and over 100 IEEE publications, he specialises in joint source/channel coding and co-design of algorithms and hardware for wireless systems. He holds senior and fellow status in IEEE/IET, reflecting a track record of technical leadership and professional recognition. Rob balances university roles with industry impact, maintaining an active research group while scaling a deep-tech startup bringing advanced coding solutions to market. Based in Southampton and now also a visiting professor abroad, he combines long-term academic mentorship with hands-on productisation of cutting-edge communications tech. Notably, his career path shows continuous progression from placements at DERA and QinetiQ to senior professorship and entrepreneurial leadership, underscoring practical experience across research, industry and commercialization.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Telecommunications, PhD, Telecommunications at University of Southampton
Matlab simulations of the encoder and decoder for the New Radio LDPC code from 3GPP Release 15
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