Raul Sanchez-Reillo

Raul Sanchez-Reillo

Dr. Raul Sanchez-Reillo obtained his PhD in Telecommunication Engineering at Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) in 2000. He is currently Full Professor at the Electronics Technology Department in University Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M).

Furthermore, Dr. Sanchez-Reillo is the Director of GUTI (University Group for Identification Technology). His works in Smartcards, Information Security and Biometrics started back in 1994. Along these last years he has taken part and coordinated a great amount of projects, both in Spain and at an International Level.

He is also founder of the IDTestingLab, which is a Testing Laboratory for Identification Products and Systems.

His resumee is: (latest update, March'09)

  • R&D Management
    • Director of GUTI (University Group for Identification Technologies). [2000 - ]
    • Founder and Manager of IDTestingLab. [2008 - ]
  • Project Management
    • 8 European Projects (eEpoch, BioSec, BEST Network, EKSISTENZ, ORIGINS, MobilePass, AMBER, PYCSEL), managing the works by UC3M partnership.
    • 12 National/Regional Projects obtained through competitive tendering
    • 37 Project/Contracts for Companies and Institutions (9 of them international)
  • R&D in Projects (aditionally to those managed)
    • 8 National/Regional Projects obtained through competitive tendering
    • 12 Project/Contracts for Companies and Institutions
  • National and International Representations and Memberships
    • Secretariat of the Spanish Standardization Subcommittee AEN / CTN71 / SC17-37 "Identificacion Digital"
    • International Representation at Standardization Bodies:
      • ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 “Biometrics”
        • Secretary of WG2 “Biometric Application Interfaces”
        • Head of the Spanish Delegation
      • ISO/IEC JTC1 SC17 “Cards and security devices for personal identification”
        • Secretary of WG11 “Application of biometrics to cards and personal identification”
        • Head of the Spanish Delegation
      • CEN TC224:
        • Head of the Spanish Delegation at Plenary and at WG18
    • Senior Member IEEE
    • Editorial Board Member of IET Biometrics journal
  • Publications
    • 36 Papers in International Journals
    • "IEEE-AES Harry Rowe Mimno Award for the Best Paper in 2002", by IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, regarding the paper "Iris-Based Biometric Recognition using Dyadic Wavelet Transform"
    • 18 International Book Chapters
    • 11 Papers in Spanish Journals
    • 2 Books edited (in Spanish)
    • 8 Book Chapters (in Spanish)
    • Editor of 12 International Standards
    • Co-editor of 8 International Standards
  • Conferences
    • More than 140 International Conferences
    • More than 50 Spanish Conferences
  • Post-graduate Teaching
    • Smartcards [1997 - ]
    • Biometrics[1999 - ]
    • Director of 5 PhD Thesis finished, and of 8 currently being developed
  • Pre-graduate Teaching
    • Microprocessors (ARM7, PIC, HC11, 8051, 68000, etc.) [1996 - ]
    • Digital Systems (Embedded Systems, Digital Interfaces, etc.) [2002 - ]
    • Microelectronics (Manufacturing, VHDL) [2002 - 2006]
    • Digital Electronics  [1998 - 2003]
    • Analog Electronics [2001 - 2003]
    • Electronic Engineering Fundamentals [2008 - 2009]
    • Director of more than 130 Final Degree Projects [1996 - ]
  • Others
    • 1 Spanish patent in smartcard based PKI systems
    • 15 IPs in the field of Digital Identification
    • Excellent PhD Award by Polytechnic University of Madrid
    • iBanesto.com Award to the best PhD Thesis in Electronic Commerce, by COIT.