Dr Alex Bystrov PhD, MSc

Dr Alex Bystrov

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Technical Facilities Manager

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 2207
Email
a.bystrov@bham.ac.uk
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Address
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Since 2024, Alex Bystrov has been managing the Midlands Millimetre-wave and Terahertz Measurement Facility at the University of Birmingham.

 

Qualifications

  • PhD in Electronics, National Research University of Electronic Technology, Moscow, 2012
  • MEng (Hons) in Electronics, National Research University of Electronic Technology, Moscow, 1986

Biography

Alex Bystrov received his MEng and PhD degrees in Electronics from the National Research University of Electronic Technology, Moscow, Russia, in 1986 and 2012, respectively. From 1986 to 2012, he worked in the electronics industry and information technology companies in Lithuania. Since 2012, he has been a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, participating in numerous research projects focused on the development of radar, sonar, and video sensors for the automotive industry. His area of research also included the application of artificial intelligence for the identification of road surfaces for autonomous driving. Since 2017, Alex has been the Manager of the Terahertz Measurement Facility, and since 2024, he has been managing the Midlands Millimetre-wave Measurement Facility at the University of Birmingham. In 2023-2024, he worked as a Technical Lead in the School of Engineering at the University of Leeds. He is the author or co-author of more than 35 journal and conference papers and holds 16 patents. His research interests include digital signal processing algorithms, terahertz metrology, antenna and microwave device characterization, microwave and ultrasound propagation and scattering, and machine learning methods.

Research

Research interests

  • Development of radar, sonar, and video sensors for the automotive industry
  • the application of artificial intelligence for the identification of road surfaces for autonomous driving

Current projects

  • Terahertz metrology
  • antenna and microwave device characterization
  • microwave and ultrasound propagation and scattering

Other activities

Member of Lithuanian Scientific Society

Publications

Bystrov A., Wang Y., Gardner P. (2022). Analysis of vector network analyzer thermal drift error, MDPI Metrology, 2022(2), pp. 150-160.

Sabery S.M., Bystrov A., Gardner P., Stroescu A., Gashinova M. (2021). Road surface classification based on radar imaging using convolutional neural network, IEEE Sensors, 21(17), September 2021, pp. 18725-18732.

Sabery S.M., Bystrov A., Navarro-Cía M., Gardner P., Gashinova M. (2021) Study of low Terahertz radar signal backscattering for surface identification, MDPI Sensors, 2021, 21(9)

Bystrov A., Daniel L., Hoare E., Norouzian F., Cherniakov M., Gashinova M. (2021). Experimental evaluation of 79 and 300 GHz radar performance in fire environments, MDPI Sensors 2021, 21(2). 

Bystrov A., Hoare E., Tran T.-Y., Clarke N., Gashinova M., Cherniakov M. (2018), Underwater optical imaging for automotive wading, MDPI Sensors, 2018, 18 (12), 4476.

Shishanov S., Bystrov A., Hoare E., Stove A., Tran T.-Y., Clarke N., Gashinova M., Cherniakov M. (2018), Height-finding for automotive THz radars, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Issue 99, August 2018, pp. 1-11.

Bystrov A., Hoare E., Tran T.-Y., Clarke N., Gashinova M., Cherniakov M. (2017), Automotive system for remote surface classification, MDPI Sensors. 2017, 17 (4), 745.

Bystrov A., Gashinova M., Djigan V. (2014), Analysis of non-linear properties of digital radar range finders using statistical linearisation method, IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation, 2014, Vol.8(9): 1127-1134.

Bystrov A., Gashinova M. (2013), Analysis of stroboscopic signal sampling for radar target detectors and range finders, IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation, 2013, Vol.7(4), pp. 451-458.

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