Staff Profile
Career Summary
Biography
Juan-Carlos Agüero was born in Osorno, Chile. He obtained the professional title of Ingeniero civil electrónico and a Master of engineering from the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Chile) in 2000, and a PhD from The University of Newcastle (Australia) in 2006. He gained industrial experience from 1997 to 1998 in the copper mining industry at El Teniente, Codelco (Chile). He is currently working as a Research Academic at The University of Newcastle (Australia). His research interests include System Identification, Control and Statistical Signal Processing.
Personal Webpage: http://www.sysid-cps.org/jca/ (Recent Reports and Manuscripts Available)
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Newcastle, 06/03/2006
- Master of Engineering (Electronic), Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria - Chile, 31/03/2000
- Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic), Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria - Chile, 23/08/1995
- Degree in Engineering (Electronic), Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria - Chile, 03/04/2000
Research
Research keywords
- Control Engineering
- Signal Processing
- System Identification
- Systems and Control Theory
Research expertise
My research interests include System Identification, Control, and Statistical Signal Processing. Some of the papers I have written are in the following subareas: Errors in Variables, Experiment Design, Closed loop identification, Identification of state space models, System identification for control, Identification using frequency domain data.
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 090600 | Electrical And Electronic Engineering | 80 |
| 010499 | Statistics Not Elsewhere Classified | 15 |
| 091399 | Mechanical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | 5 |
Awards
Distinction.
| 2006 | CDC conference IEEE (United States) Best paper of the session "System Identification for Control" in CDC 2006. |
|---|
Collaboration
Dr. Aguero has joint publications with over 25 researchers from 10 universities around the world.
Short academic visits:
USM, Chile (2008,2009,2010,2011,2012),
Delft, The Netherlands (2009),
KTH, Sweden (2009),
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China (2011).
Administrative
Administrative expertise
I am the deputy leader of Signal Processing in the PRC - Centre for Complex and Dynamic Systems and Control.
Teaching
Teaching keywords
- Control Theory
- System Identification
Teaching expertise
I have been a tutor in Physics and Electronics (Chile) and in Control Theory (Newcastle,
Australia).
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 10 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $1,598,440 |
For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
2013 (1 grants)
2013 International Visitor - Katselis$9,040
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero, Professor Graham Goodwin, Doctor Boris Godoy, Dr Dimitrios Katselis | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| DVCR International Visitor Support | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $9,040 | 2013 | 2013 |
| GNo:G1301112 | ||
2012 (2 grants)
Scheduling and Quality of Service in LTE Telecommunications$360,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Graham Goodwin, Professor Rick Middleton, Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero, Associate Professor Kaushik Mahata, Dr Robert Karlsson, Mr Jawad Manssour, Dr Torbjorn Wigren | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $360,000 | 2012 | 2015 |
| GNo:G1101043 | ||
Scheduling and Quality of Service in LTE Telecommunications$153,000
Funding Body: Ericsson AB
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Graham Goodwin, Professor Rick Middleton, Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero, Associate Professor Kaushik Mahata, Dr Robert Karlsson, Mr Jawad Manssour, Dr Torbjorn Wigren | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $153,000 | 2012 | 2015 |
| GNo:G1200170 | ||
2010 (1 grants)
Robust Dynamical System Identification$220,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor James Welsh, Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $220,000 | 2010 | 2012 |
| GNo:G0190092 | ||
2009 (3 grants)
Power Control and Scheduling for Cellular Communications$480,000
Funding Body: Ericsson AB
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Graham Goodwin, Doctor Katrina Lau, Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero, Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Doctor Maria Seron, Dr Linda Brus, Dr Torbjorn Wigren, Dr Stephen Craig | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $480,000 | 2009 | 2013 |
| GNo:G0189678 | ||
Power Control and Scheduling for Cellular Communications$370,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Graham Goodwin, Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero, Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Doctor Maria Seron, Dr Linda Brus, Dr Torbjorn Wigren, Dr Stephen Craig | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $370,000 | 2009 | 2011 |
| GNo:G0189161 | ||
15th Symposium on System Identification, Saint Malo, France, 6-8 July 2009$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,500 | 2009 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0190278 | ||
2008 (1 grants)
Conference on Decision and Control CDC, Cancun, Mexico, 8/12/2008 - 11/12/2008$1,700
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,700 | 2008 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0189656 | ||
2007 (1 grants)
European Control Conference 2007, Kos, Greece, 2/7/2007 - 7/7/2007$1,700
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,700 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187893 | ||
2006 (1 grants)
45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, USA, 13/12/2006 - 15/12/2006$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,500 | 2006 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0187052 | ||
Research Supervision
| Number of current supervisions | 2 |
|---|---|
| Total current UoN PhD EFTSL | 0.2 |
For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Proposed Completion | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2014 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | Bias-Variance Tradeoffs in Time-Frequency Estimation |
| 2010 | 2014 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | Feedforward Model Predictive Control and Sampled-Data Models |
Past Supervision
| Year | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | EM-Based Channel Estimation for Multicarrier Communication Systems |
Dr (Juan Carlos) Aguero
| Work Phone | (02) 4921 6351 |
|---|---|
| Fax | (02) 4960 1712 |
| Juan.Aguero@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Position | Research Academic School of Elect Engineering and Computer Science Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment |
| Focus Area | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Office | EF16, Engineering F, Callaghan University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia |
| URL: | www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/juan-aguero |
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