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David Gesbert

David Gesbert

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
France
2026
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Computer Science
France
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
71
Citations
29879
World Ranking
1736
National Ranking
21

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
71
Citations
29711
World Ranking
833
National Ranking
4

David Gesbert publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Gesbert sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 437 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

David Gesbert D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Gesbert sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in France Leader Award
  • 2011 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to multi-antenna and multi-user communication theory and their applications

Overview

David Gesbert is affiliated with EURECOM in France and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and computer science with a strong focus on electrical and electronic engineering, aerospace engineering, computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, and signal processing.

Gesbert's work spans several specific research topics, including:

  • UAV Applications and Optimization
  • Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
  • Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling

Their recent publications cover multiple aspects of wireless communication, UAV path planning, and machine learning applied to signal processing:

  • "Multi-UAV Path Planning for Wireless Data Harvesting With Deep Reinforcement Learning" (2021), IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
  • "A Tutorial on Environment-Aware Communications via Channel Knowledge Map for 6G" (2024), IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
  • "RISMA: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Enabling Beamforming for IoT Massive Access" (2020), IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • "Addressing the Curse of Mobility in Massive MIMO With Prony-Based Angular-Delay Domain Channel Predictions" (2020), IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • "LIDAR and Position-Aided mmWave Beam Selection With Non-Local CNNs and Curriculum Training" (2022), IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Gesbert frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Omid Esrafilian
  • Matteo Zecchin
  • Zdeněk Bečvář
  • Marios Kountouris
  • Zhaoming Lu

Their research has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference

David Gesbert was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction in 2011 for contributions to multi-antenna and multi-user communication theory and their applications.

Best Publications

  • From theory to practice: an overview of MIMO space-time coded wireless systems

    D. Gesbert;M. Shafi;Da-shan Shiu;P.J. Smith

  • Multi-Cell MIMO Cooperative Networks: A New Look at Interference

    D Gesbert;S Hanly;H Huang;S Shamai Shitz

  • An overview of limited feedback in wireless communication systems

    D.J. Love;R.W. Heath;V.K.N. Lau;D. Gesbert

  • Shifting the MIMO Paradigm

    D. Gesbert;M. Kountouris;R.W. Heath;Chan-Byoung Chae

  • A Coordinated Approach to Channel Estimation in Large-Scale Multiple-Antenna Systems

    Haifan Yin;D. Gesbert;M. Filippou;Yingzhuang Liu

  • On the capacity of OFDM-based spatial multiplexing systems

    H. Bolcskei;D. Gesbert;A.J. Paulraj

  • Outdoor MIMO wireless channels: models and performance prediction

    D. Gesbert;H. Bolcskei;D.A. Gore;A.J. Paulraj

  • Adaptive modulation and MIMO coding for broadband wireless data networks

    S. Catreux;V. Erceg;D. Gesbert;R.W. Heath

  • How much feedback is multi-user diversity really worth?

    D. Gesbert;M.-S. Alouini

  • Complex-Valued Matrix Differentiation: Techniques and Key Results

    A. Hjorungnes;D. Gesbert

  • A Dynamic Clustering Approach in Wireless Networks with Multi-Cell Cooperative Processing

    A. Papadogiannis;D. Gesbert;E. Hardouin

  • MIMO wireless channels: capacity and performance prediction

    D. Gesbert;H. Bolcskei;D. Gore;A. Paulraj

  • Performance of multiantenna signaling techniques in the presence of polarization diversity

    R.U. Nabar;H. Bolcskei;V. Erceg;D. Gesbert

  • Cooperative Multicell Precoding: Rate Region Characterization and Distributed Strategies With Instantaneous and Statistical CSI

    E Björnson;R Zakhour;D Gesbert;B Ottersten

  • Binary Power Control for Sum Rate Maximization over Multiple Interfering Links

    A. Gjendemsj;D. Gesbert;G.E. Oien;S.G. Kiani

  • Adaptation, Coordination, and Distributed Resource Allocation in Interference-Limited Wireless Networks

    D. Gesbert;S.G. Kiani;A. Gjendemsj;G.E. ien

  • Mode selection for data transmission in wireless communication channels based on statistical parameters

    David J. Gesbert;Severine E. Catreux;Robert Wendall Heath;Peroor K. Sebastian

  • Space-Time Wireless Systems: From Array Processing to MIMO Communications

    H. Bölcskei;D. Gesbert;C. B. Papadias;A.-J. van der Veen

  • Degrees of Freedom of Time Correlated MISO Broadcast Channel With Delayed CSIT

    Sheng Yang;M. Kobayashi;D. Gesbert;Xinping Yi

  • A Rate Splitting Strategy for Massive MIMO With Imperfect CSIT

    Mingbo Dai;Bruno Clerckx;David Gesbert;Giuseppe Caire

  • On the degrees of freedom of time correlated MISO broadcast channel with delayed CSIT

    Mari Kobayashi;Sheng Yang;David Gesbert;Xinping Yi

Frequent Co-Authors

Arogyaswami Paulraj
Arogyaswami Paulraj Stanford University
Constantinos B. Papadias
Constantinos B. Papadias American College of Greece
Mari Kobayashi
Mari Kobayashi Technical University of Munich
Robert W. Heath
Robert W. Heath University of California, San Diego
Deniz Gunduz
Deniz Gunduz Imperial College London
Are Hjorungnes
Are Hjorungnes University of Oslo
Pierre Duhamel
Pierre Duhamel CentraleSupélec

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