³Ô¹Ïtv

Professor Robert Stewart

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Contact

Personal statement

Bob Stewart is a Professor at the ³Ô¹Ïtv in the Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng, where he leads the 20-strong StrathSDR engineering team working on software defined radio (SDR) and next generation radio access networks using shared spectrum with dynamic spectrum access (DSA).   In recent years, Bob has led a number of DCMS 5G Testbed and Trials projects including 5GRuralFirst and 5G NewThinking, both with a focus on rural connectivity, and also 5GRailNext designing networks for operation in Glasgow’s underground rail subway.  

In 2019, working alongside partners Scottish Futures Trust and University of Glasgow, he was part of the founding partners team working with Scottish Government to create the Scotland 5G Centre.   In 2004, Bob was a co-founder of the start-up digital communications company Steepest Ascent Ltd, which was later acquired by MathWorks in 2013.  He is currently Director of Neutral Wireless Ltd designing new RAN and radio solutions for 5G private networks.

From 2014 to 2017 Bob was the term Head of Department of EEE at ³Ô¹Ïtv, and the Director of the Institute for Sensors, Signals and Communications. From 2006-2012 he was the Xilinx Professor of DSP and Digital Logic at ³Ô¹Ïtv, and from 1997 to 2017 he was a visiting Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension School where he taught industry courses on DSP, SDR and FPGA implementations.  Other appointments include a Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and a first and rewarding job at Wolfson Microelectronics back in the 1980s in the early days of the DSP revolution.

Over a 30 year Bob has published 4 books and more than 200 papers and presented and attended many international conferences.

Back to staff profile

Prize And Awards

Recipient
1/6/2019
Recipient
1/2009
Recipient
6/2006

Back to staff profile

Publications

, , , , , Omodara Rafiu, Trinh Jamie
Proceedings of the 2026 NAB BEIT Conference NAB Broadcast Engineering and IT Conference (2026)
, , , Bowyer Ian, Rice Garrey
2025 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) 30th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) (2026)
, , ,
2025 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) 30th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) (2026)
, ,
Franklin Open Vol 13 (2025)
, Eley SR, , , ,
IBC 2025 (2025)
, ,
2024 IEEE Future Networks World Forum, FNWF 2024 2024 IEEE Future Networks World Forum, FNWF 2024, pp. 20-25 (2025)

Back to staff profile

Teaching

  • Digital Communications
  • Software Defined Radio
  • FPGAs for DSP and Digital Communications
Back to staff profile

Professional Activities

Speaker
11/12/2025
Speaker
9/12/2025
Participant
8/12/2025
Speaker
22/1/2025
Speaker
13/12/2024
Speaker
9/12/2024

Projects

Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator) Crawford, David H (Co-investigator)
05-Jan-2025 - 04-Jan-2026
Crockett, Louise (Principal Investigator) Stewart, Robert (Co-investigator) Harris, Finlay (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2025
Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2028
Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator) Crockett, Louise (Co-investigator) Gillan, Euan (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
Stewart, Robert (Principal Investigator) Crockett, Louise (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2026

Back to staff profile

Contact

Professor Robert Stewart
Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email: r.stewart@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2396