Personnel

• Lecturer: Computer Engineering
• Student : Ph.D
  • Topic: Low Complexity Iterative Joint Equalization and Decoding in Fading Channels
  • Supervisor: Prof. J.C. Olivier

Department of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering
Engineering Building 1, 13-14
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, 0002
South Africa

Tel: +27 (0)12 420 4540
Fax: +27 (0)12 362 5000
E-mail: herman.myburgh@up.ac.za

• B.Eng Computer Engineering (cum laude) (University of Pretoria '07)
  
• B.Eng (Hons) Electronic Engineering (cum laude) (University of Pretoria '08)
  
• M.Eng Electronic Engineering (cum laude) (University of Pretoria '09)
  

• IEEE (Institute of Electrical en Electronic Engineers)
  
  • Communication Society (past)
    
  • Signal Processing Society (present)
    
  • Computational Intelligence Society (present)
    
  • Robotics and Automation Society (past)
    
  • Computer Society (past)
    
  • Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (past)

• 2009 - Chairman, IEEE University of Pretoria Student Branch
  
• 2010 - Counsellor*, IEEE University of Pretoria Student Branch
  
• 2011 - Counsellor*, IEEE University of Pretoria Student Branch
  
• 2012 - Counsellor*, IEEE University of Pretoria Student Branch
  

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• First year guardian lecturer

ERN 310 - Computer Networks (2009)
EDC 320 - Digital Signal Processing (2009, present)
EPE 320 - Software Engineering (2010, present)
EAS 410 - Computer Engineering: Architecture and Systems (2010)
EAI 310 - Artificial Intelligence (present)

ETB 732 - Theory of Bayesian Inference
ETK 732 - Error Correction Coding Theory

Digital Signal Processing
Machine Learning
Detection and Estimation
Error-Correction Coding
Channel Equalisation

H.C. Myburgh, J.C. Olivier, “Near-Optimal Low Complexity MLSE Equalization”, WCNC, Las Vegas, USA, 2008.
H.C. Myburgh, L.P. Linde, “Reduced Complexity Combined Soft-Decision MLSE Equalization and Decoding”, ATNAC, Adelaide, Australia, 2008.
H.C. Myburgh, J.C. Olivier, “Low Complexity Iterative MLSE Equalization in Highly Spread Underwater Acoustic Channels”, OCEANS, Bremen, Germany, 2009.
H.C. Myburgh, J.C. Olivier, “Low Complexity Iterative MLSE Equalization of MQAM Signals in Extremely Long Rayleigh Fading Channels”, EUROCON, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009.
H.C. Myburgh, J.C. Olivier, “A Low Complexity Recurrent Neural Network MLSE Equalizer: Applications and Results”, SATNAC, Mbabane, Swaziland, 2009.
H.C. Myburgh, J.C. Olivier, R. Mathieu, K. Wessels, B. Leblon, G. Asner, J. Buckley, “SAR-to-LiDAR Mapping for Tree Volume Prediction in the Kruger National Park”, IGARRS 2011, Vancouver, Canada, 2011.

H.C. Myburgh, J.C. Olivier, “Low Complexity Equalization in Dispersive Rayleigh Fading Channels”, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Special Issue on Advanced Equalization Techniques for Wireless Communications.
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H.C. Myburgh, J.C. Olivier, A.J. Van Zyl, “Reduced Complexity Turbo Equalization Using a Dynamic Bayesian Network”, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing.

H.C. Myburgh, J.C. Olivier, “A Low Complexity Hopfield Neural Network Turbo Equalizer”, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing.