Björn Ottersten

{{Short description|Swedish electrical engineer}}

{{Infobox scientist

|name = Björn Ottersten

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|birth_date = 1961

|birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

|fields = Array Signal Processing, Wireless Communication

|workplaces = University of Luxembourg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

|alma_mater = Stanford University
Linköping University

|doctoral_advisor = Thomas Kailath

|notable_students =

|known_for = Space-division multiple access, MIMO

|awards = 2014 Cedergren Medal, H.T. Cedergren Foundation for outstanding contributions to electrical engineering;

2013 Best Paper Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society Signal Processing Letters;

2011 Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society for contributions in array signal

processing and wireless communication;

2010 Meritorious Service Award, EURASIP;

2009 A first recipient of the European Research Council Advanced Research Grant;

2004 IEEE Fellow for contributions to antenna signal processing and wireless communications;

2001 Co-author of paper awarded IEEE Signal Processing Society Paper Award;

1993 IEEE Signal Processing Society Paper Award

| website = {{URL|http://wwwen.uni.lu/snt/people/bjoern_ottersten}}

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Björn Ottersten (born 1961) is a Swedish educator, researcher,{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nb2015012662/ |title=Ottersten, Björn |publisher=worldcat.org |accessdate=October 22, 2016}}{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OAWYhh0AAAAJ&hl=en |title=Bjorn Ottersten |accessdate=October 22, 2016}} and electrical engineer who is the co-inventor of Space/Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) technology.{{Cite web|url=http://wwwen.uni.lu/snt/people/bjoern_ottersten|title=Website|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} He has made contributions in array signal processing and wireless communications and has received many notable awards in these areas. Currently, he is a Professor of Signal Processing at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),{{Cite news |url=http://phys.org/news/2014-03-avalanche-app.html |title=Trapped by an avalanche, saved by an app |date=March 14, 2014 |publisher=phys.org |accessdate=October 23, 2016}} Stockholm, Sweden, and the founding director of the Interdisciplinary Centre{{Cite news |url=http://www.lesechos.fr/30/01/2014/LesEchos/21616-145-ECH_jean-louis-schiltz-----apres-le-secteur-financier--la-prochaine-etape-consiste-a-s-interesser-aux-monnaies-virtuelles--.htm |title=Jean-Louis Schiltz : Après le secteur financier, la prochaine étape consiste à s'intéresser aux monnaies virtuelles |date=January 30, 2014 |publisher=lesechos.fr |accessdate=October 23, 2016}} for Security, Reliability and Trust, at University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.