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Eryk Dutkiewicz

Associate Dean (International)

Associate Dean (International)

BIO

Professor Eryk Dutkiewicz is the Associate Dean International in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Previsouly, from 2015 to 2024, he was the Head of School of Electrical and Data Engineering at University of Technology Sydney. He began his research career in 1988 at the Research Laboratories of Overseas Telecommunications Corporation in Sydney. In the 1990s, while at OTC, Telstra and at University of Wollongong he conducted Research and Development into wired, wireless and mobile technologies. In 1999, he joined Motorola where he managed wireless research activities at Motorola Labs in Sydney. During that period he participated and contributed to the fast-developing IEEE WiFi standards. From 2004 to 2008 he worked at University of Wollongong as a Professorial Fellow leading a wireless research activity into broadband wireless networks and wireless sensor networks. From 2008 to 2015 he worked at Macquarie University where he was the Director of the Macquarie University WiMed Research Centre developing wireless technologies for medical applications. In November 2015 he joined University of Technology Sydney as the Head of School of Electrical and Data Engineering.

Professor Eryk Dutkiewicz has worked with many industry partners, including Motorola, Freescale Semiconductor, Agere Systems, Zarlink, Mircosemi, Infineon, Intel and Nokia. He has been the Principle Investigator on many industry and government-funded projects over the last 30 years. Some of his recent industry-funded projects include projects funded by Intel Corporation to develop 5G technologies. In the last few years he has led several government-funded projects sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. These include "UTS Rapido Vietnam: Water Systems with Industry 4.0 Technology Implementation to Enable Sustainable Communities in Red River Delta and Phu Yen", "Digital transformation for management of disaster responses, search, and rescue in Vietnam", and "Unleashing Opportunities in Vietnam Innovation Ecosystem for Technology-based SMEs".

His current research interests include 6G communications and Internet of Things systems and networks. He has strong collaboration links within wireless industry and with premier research institutions in Europe and Asia. He was a member of an ASEAN project on "Cybersecurity and Information Security in Industry 4.0". He was the Co-Director of the UTS-Vietnam National University Joint Research Centres in Hanoi and in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He holds a co-joint Professor appointment at Hokkaido University in Japan. He is a co-author of over 400 publications and 19 patent filings.

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS

  • Head of School
    University of Technology Sydney, Electrical and Data Engineering, Sydney, AustraliaNov 2015 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor of Wireless Communications, Director
    Macquarie University, WiMed Research Centre, Sydney, AustraliaNov 2008 - Oct 2015
  • Professor
    University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia2004 - 2008

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Laboratory Manager
    Motorola1999 - 2004
  • Research Engineer
    OTC1988 - 1992

DEGREES

  • PhD, Telecommunications
    University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia1992 - 1995

PROFILE TYPE

  • Academic

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

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