Professor Harald Haas FREng FRSE FIEEE FIET
Degrees
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Edinburgh
- Dipl.-Ing. Technische Hochschule Nuernberg (Germany)
Honours
- FREng, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- FRSE, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- FIEEE, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
- FIET, Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology
Awards & Prizes
- Shortlisted for the European Inventor Award 2023鈥 in the category 鈥楻esearch鈥
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2022)
- James Evans Avant Garde Award of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (2019)
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2017)
- Enginuity Connected Places Innovation Award (2021)
- Tam Dalyell Prize (2013)
Research Interests
We are exploring the integration of communication theory, physics, and artificial intelligence to develop next-generation wireless systems. Our focus is on creating secure, high-speed, and net-zero communication networks, with a particular emphasis on using LiFi (Light Fidelity) as a foundation for future communication technologies. We are integrating novel sensing technologies and are investigating how AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning can be applied to optimise the performance of wireless networks and support the evolution of smart cities and IoT (internet-of-things) /autonomous systems.
Biography
Harald Haas is the Van Eck Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of pureLiFi Ltd in Edinburgh. He completed his PhD in electrical engineering at the University of Edinburgh in 2001.
Harald previously worked with Siemens in Munich / Germany (leading research projects on 4th generation cellular communications), International University of Bremen (now Constructor University) / Germany (Associate Professor), the University of Edinburgh University (Full Professor) and the University of Strathclyde (Distinguished Professor) before joining the University of Cambridge in April 2024.