Extraordinary Senior Lecturer

B.Eng (University of Pretoria)
M.Eng (University of Pretoria, cum laude)
Ph.D (University of Cambridge, England)
Pr.Eng (Engineering Council of South Africa)

• MIEEE

Former director CeTEIS: Centre for Telecommunications Engineering for the Information Society (CeTEIS), currently based at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR)

• Digital Signal Processing (4th year)
• Digital Communication systems (3rd year)
• Rapid Prototyping for Digital Systems (2nd year)
• Electricity and Electronics (1st year)
• ERA284 Computer Architecture
• EIR221 Electrical Engineering / Elektriese Ingenieurswese

• ENB732 Numerical Bayesian Methods
• EIT732 Information Fusion

Statistical Signal Processing, Digital Communications, Estimation and Detection, Model Predictive Control, Numerical Bayesian Methods, Bayesian non-parametric methods, Adaptive Systems, Machine Learning, Trajectory Generation and Following, Mutli-sensor and multi-target tracking and information fusion.

• Mr. Etienne Ackermann: Bayesian parametric and Gaussian process modeling of ionospheric Total Electron Content profiles using dual frequency GPS data.
• Mr. Theo Heyns: Gaussian process modeling and classification for prognosis and diagnosis in mechanical systems.
• Mr. SJ van der Merwe: A portable microwave and ionospheric RF channel sounder.
• Mr. Richard Focke: Multisensor track fusion. (co-supervision with Prof. Mike Inggs at UCT)
• Mr. Mathlomola Xaba: Autonomous vehicle Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) with specific focus on the data association problem.

A list of my publications can be found here.

Radar Applications Group Defence, Peace, Safety and Security
CSIR
Meiring Naude rd
Lynnwood
Pretoria
Telephone no. (+27 12) 841-2590
Email: jdvilliers1@csir.co.za

Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Engineering 1 Building, 14-12
Cnr Lynnwood and University Roads
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
Telephone no: (+27 12) 420-4637
Fax no: (+27 12) 362-5000
Email: pieter.devilliers@up.ac.za