Dr Thomas Owens

Tom Owens was appointed to Brunel University in 1987 as a lecturer in Electronic Engineering becoming Senior Lecturer Communications the School of Engineering and Design in 2004. Dr Owens has a solid research record with many publications, conference presentations, and grants to his name. His particular interests currently lie in the fields of wireless communications security and access services on digital television. He was the project coordinator of the European Commission IST FP5 STREP Project CONFLUENT, of the IST FP6 Integrated Project INSTINCT, and of the FP6 SSA Project PARTAKE. He is currently Project Manager of the IST PSP Project DTV4All, see www.psp-dtv4all.org . As well as supervising many PhD students, he has extensive experience in a very broad range of administrative and academic roles including undergraduate courses director, postgraduate course director, chairman of MSc examination boards, and elected member of Senate. In 1995/96 he acted as a teaching quality assessor of teaching in Electronic and Electrical Engineering in three Welsh universities for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, and in 2007-9 as an external examiner of PhD students.

Teaching

• EE5516 Wireless Communications Security at Brunel and ATEI Thessaloniki
• The security part of EE2064 Data Networks Services and Security

Publications

Journal Papers

(2009) Shirazi, H., Cosmas, J., Owens, TJ., Song, Y-H. and Centonza, A., A QoS monitoring system in a heterogeneous multi-domain DVB-H platform, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting 55 (1) : 124- 131 Download publication

(2008) Zhang, Y., Zhang, C., Cosmas, J., Loo, KK., Owens, T., Di Bari, R., Lostanien, Y. and Bard, M., Analysis of DVB-H network coverage with the application of transmit diversity, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting 54 (3) : 568- 577 Download publication

(2008) Yang, X. and Owens, TJ., Intersystem soft handover for converged DVB-H and UMTS networks, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 57 (3) : 1887- 1898 Download publication

(2007) Centonza, A., Owens, TJ., Cosmas, J. and Song, YH., Differentiated service delivery in cooperative IP-based broadcast and mobile telecommunications networks, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics 18 (3) : 245- 267 Download publication

(2007) Allamandri, F., Campion, S., Centonza, A., Chernilov, A., Cosmas, JP., Duffy, A., Garrec, D., Guiraudou, M., Krisihnapillai, K., Levesque, T., Mazieres, B., Mies, R., Owens, T., Re, M., Tsekleves, E. and Zheng, L., Service platform for converged interactive broadband broadcast and cellular wireless, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting 53 (1) : 200- 211 Download publication

(2007) Centonza, A., Casagranda, P., Owens, TJ., Cosmas, J. and Song, Y-H., Management of digital video broadcasting services in open delivery platforms, International Journal of Mobile Communications 5 (2) : 186- 214 Download publication

(2007) Okenyi, PO. and Owens, TJ., On the anatomy of human hacking, Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective 16 (6) : 302- 314 Download publication

(2006) Yang, XD., Väre, J. and Owens, TJ., A survey of handover algorithms in DVB-H, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials 8 (4) : 16- 29 Download publication

(2006) Yang, X., Song, Y-H., Owens, TJ., Cosmas, J. and Itagaki, T., Incorporating digital repeaters into the soft handover standard in digital video broadcasting for handhelds, International Journal of Services and Standards 2 (3) : 238- 256 Download publication

(2006) Centonza, A., Taylor, GA., Itagaki, T., Owens, TJ., Cosmas, J. and Song, Y-H., Stochastic user behaviour modelling and network simulation for resource management in cooperation with mobile telecommunications and broadcast networks, International Journal of Mobile Communications 4 (1) : 97- 117 Download publication

(2004) Heidkamp, B., Pohl, A., Schiek, U., Klinkenberg, F., Hynynen, J., Sieber, A., Christ, P., Owens, T., Cosmas, J., Itagaki, T. and Sun, F., Demonstrating the feasibility of standardised application programme interfaces that will allow mobile/portable terminals to receive services combining UMTS and DVB-T, International Journal of Services and Standards 1 (2) : 228- 242 Download publication

(2002) Owens, TJ., Discussion on 'Robust pole assignment in descriptor linear systems via state feedback' by G.-R. Duan, N.K. Nichols and G.-P. Liu, European Journal of Control 8 (2) : 150- 151

(2001) Owens, TJ. and Askarpour, S., Integrated approach to dynamical order assignment in linear descriptor systems, IEE Proceedings on Control Theory and Applications 148 (4) : 329- 332

(2000) Owens, TJ. and Askarpour, S., Integrated approach to eigenstructure assignment in descriptor systems by PD and P state feedback, IEE Proceedings on Control Theory and Applications 147 (4) : 407- 415

(2000) Owens, TJ. and Askarpour, S., Integrated approach to observer eigenstructure assignment, IEE Proceedings on Control Theory and Applications 147 (5) : 556- 560

(1999) Askarpour, S. and Owens, TJ., Eigenstructure assignment by output feedback: the case of common open- and closed-loop characteristic vectors, IEE Proceedings on Control Theory and Applications 146 (1) : 37- 40

(1999) Askarpour, S. and Owens, TJ., Integrated approach to eigenstructure assignment by state feedback, IEE Proceedings on Control Theory and Applications 146 (2) : 113- 118

(1998) Askarpour, S. and Owens, TJ., Integrated approach to eigenstructure assignment by output feedback: the case of multiple eigenvalues, IEE Proceedings on Control Theory and Applications 145 (3) : 265- 268

(1997) Askarpour, S. and Owens, TJ., Integrated approach to eigenstructure assignment by output feedback control, IEE Proceedings on Control Theory and Applications 144 (5) : 435- 438

(1996) Gonzalez-Altamirano, GR. and Owens, TJ., Computer aided system modelling using interactive computer graphics, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control 18 (2) : 111- 116

(1995) Zaytoun, MM. and Owens, TJ., State feedback robust to rounding errors, Electronics Letters 31 (13) : 1108- 1109

(1995) Owens, TJ., Unified approach to admissibility, Electronics Letters 31 (12) : 1019- 1020

(1990) Owens, TJ., Parametric approach to the admissibility of reference-driven square systems, International Journal of Systems Science 21 (11) : 2361- 2377

(1990) Owens, TJ., Parametric output feedback control with left eigenstructure insensitivity, International Journal of Systems Science 21 (8) : 1603- 1630

(1989) Owens, TJ. and O'Reilly, J., Parametric state-feedback control for arbitrary eigenvalue assignment with minimum sensitivity, IEE Proceedings D: Control Theory and Applications 136 (6) : 307- 313

(1988) Owens, TJ., Parametric output feedback control with response insensitivity, International Journal of Control 48 (3) : 1213- 1239

Conference Papers

(2005) Yang, XD., Song, YH., Owens, TJ., Cosmas, J. and Itagaki, T., An investigation and a proposal for handover decision-making in DVB-H, 14th IST Mobile and Wireless Download publication

(2004) Yang, XD., Song, YH., Owens, TJ., Cosmas, J. and Itagaki, T., Performance analysis of the OFDM scheme in DVB-T, 6th IEEE Circuits and Systems Symposium on Emerging Technologies: Frontiers of Mobile and Wireless Communication 2004

(2001) Owens, TJ., Tachakra, S., Banitsas, KA. and Istepanian, RSH., Securing a medical wireless LAN system, 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Download publication

(2001) Banitsas, KA., Istepanian, RSH., Tachakra, S. and Owens, TJ., Modelling issues of wireless LANs for accident and emergency departments, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

(1997) Askarpour, S. and Owens, TJ., Identifying the Jordan canonical form and associated non-singular transformation, 7th International Colloquium on Differential Equations

(2004) Yang, XD., Song, YH., Owens, TJ., Cosmas, J. and Itagaki, T., Performance analysis of time slicing in DVB-H, Joint 1st Workshop on Mobile Future/Symposium on Trends in Communications (Sympotic 04) Download publication