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Alvaro Valcarce is head of the department on wireless AI/ML at Nokia Bell Labs, France, where he focuses on the application of machine learning to RRM, L2 and above problems for the development of 6G technologies. He was previously a system engineer with Node-H GmbH, where he developed Self Organising Networks (SON) algorithms for LTE small-cells. He received his PhD in 2010 from the University of Bedfordshire and his background is on cellular networks, optimization algorithms, machine learning and computational electromagnetics.

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Employment (3)

Nokia Bell-Labs: Nozay, FR

2019-09-01 to present | Head of Department (Radio Systems Research & AI)
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Node-H Gmbh: Munich, DE

2013-09-01 to 2019-08-31 | SON architect for LTE small-cells
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TriaGnoSys GmbH: Wessling, DE

2010-07-01 to 2013-08-31 | R&D engineer
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Bedfordshire: Luton, Luton, GB

2007-07-01 to 2010-08-01 | PhD
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Universidade de Vigo - Campus Lagoas Marcosende: Vigo, Galicia, ES

2000-09-01 to 2006-11-01 | Telecommunications engineering
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IEEE: New York, NY, US

2007-06-01 to present | Senior
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Works (7)

Learning Random Access Schemes for Massive Machine-Type Communication With MARL

IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/TMLCN.2023.3345273
Contributors: Muhammad Awais Jadoon; Adriano Pastore; Monica Navarro; Alvaro Valcarce
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Bayesian and Multi-Armed Contextual Meta-Optimization for Efficient Wireless Radio Resource Management

IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/TCCN.2023.3287240
Contributors: Yunchuan Zhang; Osvaldo Simeone; Sharu Theresa Jose; Lorenzo Maggi; Alvaro Valcarce
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Fairness-Based Energy-Efficient 3-D Path Planning of a Portable Access Point: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
2022-08-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/ojcoms.2022.3201292
Part of ISSN: 2644-125X
Contributors: Alvaro Valcarce
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The Emergence of Wireless MAC Protocols with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

2021-08-16 | Preprint
ARXIV: arXiv:2108.07144v2
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Bayesian Optimization for Radio Resource Management: Open Loop Power Control

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2021.3078490
Contributors: Lorenzo Maggi; Alvaro Valcarce; Jakob Hoydis
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Toward a 6G AI-Native Air Interface

IEEE Communications Magazine
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/mcom.001.2001187
Part of ISSN: 0163-6804
Part of ISSN: 1558-1896
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Towards Joint Learning of Optimal MAC Signaling and Wireless Channel Access

IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking
2021-05-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/tccn.2021.3080677
Part of ISSN: 2332-7731
Part of ISSN: 2372-2045
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