Cognitive Radio and TV White Spaces Technology 2012

Speaker biography

David Crawford, Centre for White Space Communications, an industry-focused R&D centre set up by the University of Strathclyde

David Crawford runs the Centre for White Space Communications, an industry-focused R&D centre set up by the University of Strathclyde in March 2011. The centre works with industry partners to investigate techniques and applications for the efficient utilisation of white space radio spectrum. He is also the Project Manager for a collaborative R&D project on the Isle of Bute in Scotland, which is investigating the use of white space spectrum for the provision of broadband connectivity in rural communities. The project involves six collaborating partners and is part-funded by the UK’s Technology Strategy Board.

Dr Crawford is a Chartered Engineer with more than fifteen years’ senior engineering and management experience in the consumer electronics industry. He has a PhD in Electronic Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, and an MBA from the University of Strathclyde Business School.