René Cumplido

René Cumplido holds a B.S. degree in computer science. He received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering (telecommunications) from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico, in 1997. In 2001, he received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering (digital design) from Loughborough University, UK. In 2002, Dr. Cumplido joined the FPGA Research Group of the Computer Science Department at the National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics in Puebla, Mexico. He is involved in both academic and R&D activities. Ha has taught postgraduate courses on computer architectures, digital design, parallel processing, reconfigurable computing, digital signal processing, and digital communications. He has directed and codirected several M.S. and Ph.D. theses. His research interests are reconfigurable computing for DSP and digital communications, FPGA technologies, custom architectures for scientific computing, radar signal processing, and software radio. He is the author and coauthor of more than 30 scientific papers published in international conferences and journals. He is a cofounder and part of the steering committee of the International Conference on Reconfigurable Computing and FPGAs, ReConFig, and is active in a number of technical committees of international conferences. He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing (IJRC).

Biography Updated on 20 August 2008