FACULTY
The Information and Communication Technologies Group (GTIC) was established in 1994 within the Signals, Systems and Radiocommunications Department at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), with the mission of contributing to the development, understanding, and dissemination of Information and Communication Technologies and their social, economic, and political impact.
In 2008, the group expanded to incorporate additional faculty members whose research spans diverse areas related to fixed, mobile, and broadcast radiocommunications, with a special emphasis on mobile communications and radiowave propagation. Today, GTIC integrates expertise in wireless networks, data analytics, and ICT policy to address emerging challenges in next-generation communication systems.
José Manuel Riera Salís
Full Professor
Professor at UPM, specializing in Telecommunications Engineering and 5G technologies. Currently leads the GTIC research group and the Huawei-UPM "5G" Chair, with extensive experience in research and teaching in radio communications and advanced network systems.
Jorge Pérez Martínez
Emeritus Professor
Full Professor at UPM, specialized in Internet governance, telecom policy, and the digital economy.
José María Hernando Rábanos
Emeritus Professor
Emeritus Professor at UPM, specializing in Mobile Communications and Radio Systems. Former Chair of the Department of Signals, Systems, and Radiocommunications, with extensive research and teaching experience.
Luis Castejón Martín
Associate Professor
Associate Professor at UPM in the area of Signals, Systems, and Radiocommunications, focused on access technologies and digital innovation in telecommunications.
Pedro García del Pino
Associate Professor
Associate Profesor in radio communications. Researcher in radio propagation.
Luis Mendo Tomás
Associate Professor
Associate Professor at GTIC, UPM, working on analysis and optimization of mobile networks, simulation methods, and statistical estimation.
Zoraida Frías Barroso
Associate Professor
Associate Professor in Telecommunications, specializing in the data economy, digital platforms, and ICT market regulation.
Santiago Andrés Azcoitia
Assistant Professor
Researcher in the field of data economics. Former ICT regulatory & strategy consultant.
Juan Luis Redondo Maillo
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor with research interests in communication systems and next-generation access technologies.
Fernando Herrera González
Adjunct Professor
Fernando Herrera-González currently works at UPM. Fernando does research in Microeconomics, Welfare Economics and Law and Economics, usually in the area of new technologies.
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
José Félix Hernández Gil
Research Associate
Research Associate collaborating on projects in mobile network data analysis and advanced communication systems.
Domingo Pimienta del Valle
Postdoc
Postdoctoral researcher focusing on wireless communications, radio networks, and collaborative signal processing.
Jorge García Cabeza
PhD Student
Industrial PhD student applying data science to crowdsourced mobile network data for performance optimization and anomaly detection.
Jorge Pellejero
PhD Student
PhD candidate applying data science and machine learning to optimize 5G Radio Access Networks in collaboration with Telefónica.
FORMER MEMBERS
Eva del Hoyo Barbolla
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
Eva was an Assistant Professor at GTIC. Senior advisor with extensive experience in international cooperation, development finance, and ICT policy, including leadership roles in sustainable development and digital transformation.
Miguel Pérez Guerrero
Retired
He was an Adjunct Professor for more than 25 years at ETSIT-UPM and worked at Telefónica, at the department of network planning.
Félix García Muñiz
Retired
Félix was a laboratory technician at GTIC. Telecommunication Engineer at UPM, specializing in Digital Radio Links and Radio Systems. With extensive industry experience at companies like Telettra España, Alcatel España, and THALES.
Ana Olmos Sanz
co-funder at caredemia
Ana was an Assistant Professor at GTIC. Entrepreneur and telecom engineer with extensive experience in Internet governance, digital innovation, and technology-based business development, particularly in the fields of entrepreneurship and natural cosmetics.
PhD ALUMNI
Antolin Moral Caballero
Senior data scientist google
Antolín is now Senior Data Scientist at Google in Zurich.
Arturo Vergara Pardillo
Inter-american Development Bank
Arturo is now Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Washington DC
Catalina Ovando Chico
Executive Director of Development at Promtel (SICT)
Former General Director of Telecommunications and Broadcasting. Former Full Professor at UPAEP (Puebla, Mexico), specialized in communication systems.
Gustavo Siles Soria
Director of the Radiocommunications Laboratory at UPB
Former Research Associate, now Professor at Universidad Privada de Bolivia (UPB, Cochabamba, Bolivia), focused on wireless and mobile communication systems.
Juan Moreno García-Loygorri
Metro de Madrid S.A.
Juan is an expert in railway communications. Rolling stock engineer in Metro de Madrid and Adjunct Professor of UPM.
Kifah Al-ansari
Professor at Seneca Polytechnic
Kifah is currently a professor at the School of Information Technology Administration and Security - SITAS, Seneca Polytechnic, Toronto, Canada.