Rob Maunder

Prof. Rob Maunder is a Professor of Electronics & Computer Science at the University of Southampton. He holds a BEng (First Class Honours) in Electronic Engineering (2003) and a PhD in Telecommunications (2007). His research focuses on joint source/channel coding, wireless communication algorithms, and hardware implementations. He leads projects funded by EPSRC and the Royal Society, including work on 5G non-terrestrial networks and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces.

Rob is the founder and CTO of AccelerComm Ltd, commercializing his research via soft-IP solutions. He has held roles from Lecturer (2007) to Professor (2017), and is a Chartered Engineer (IET), IEEE Senior Member, and IET Fellow. His work spans MIMO systems, iterative receivers, and deep learning applications in communications.

Key honors include Fellowships from the IET (2017) and Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). He supervises PhD students, such as Arumjeni Mitayani, and collaborates with industry partners like Thales. Current research emphasizes energy-efficient wireless networks, next-gen modulation techniques, and hardware-software co-design.