Antonio Pérez Yuste

Antonio Pérez Yuste
Born	June 21, 1968 (1968-06-21) Toledo, Spain
Residence	Madrid, Spain
Citizenship	Spanish
Nationality	Spanish
Fields	History of electrical engineering, History of telecommunication
Institutions	Technical University of Madrid
Alma mater	Technical University of Madrid
Doctoral advisor	Magdalena Salazar Palma
Notable awards	INISEL Award (1991), Technical University of Madrid Medal (2004), Technical University of Madrid Prize to Innovation in Education (2009)

Antonio Pérez Yuste (21 June 1968, Toledo, Spain) is a Professor of Telecommunications Engineering at Technical University of Madrid, Spain (Spanish: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM). He is currently serving as Head of the University President's Cabinet and Director of the Satellite-Tech Master's Program, both at Technical University of Madrid. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Member of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT).

Biography

Prof. Perez Yuste joined the Department of Communications and Audio & Video Engineering at Technical University of Madrid as an Assistant Professor in 1991, where he carried out research on Digital Communication Systems. In 1995, he changed his position to Associate Professor, being involved with Numerical Methods Applied to Electromagnetic Field problems. And, in 2008, he was finally promoted to Professor in the same university.

Since joining to the Technical University of Madrid, he has held some different academic positions: he was Faculty vice Director from 1997 to 2001, Faculty Director from 2001 to 2004, and Head of the University President’s Cabinet from 2004 to the present day.

From 1999 to 2009, he was Director of a Postgraduate Program on Satellite Communications at Technical University of Madrid, and from 2007 to 2010 was also in charge of a Summer Course on Satellite Technology Applications and Services offered in the Technical University of Madrid Summer Campus at the Royal Site of La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain. Currently, he is Director of the Technical University of Madrid Master's Program in Satellite Technology (TU-Madrid Satellite-Tech Master), and Chair of SpaceForum, a Professional Meeting on Space Policy, which is also a part of the aforementioned Technical University of Madrid Summer Campus.

IEEE Milestone Plaque dedicated to the Telekino of Torres Quevedo.

At present, his research interests are related to the History of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, with special emphasis in the History of Telecommunications and the development of the Information Society. A research work carried out on the Spanish Engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo and his Telekino, developed from 2004 to 2006, led to the dedication of an IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing on March 2007, which was the first IEEE Milestone granted in Spain. In 2008, Prof. Pérez Yuste promoted an agreement between the Technical University of Madrid and the IEEE History Center to enhance each other's educational, academic and research activities.

He has taught undergraduate courses on Analog and Digital Communications, Electromagnetism and Wave Propagation and their related laboratories. He has also taught undergraduate courses on Policy and Regulation of Telecommunications in Spain, and a graduate course on the History of Telecommunications. At present, he teaches an undergraduate first-year course on Introduction to Telecommunications and a graduate course on Information and Communication Technologies and Information Society (ICTs&IS), both at Technical University of Madrid.

He gained his B.Eng. in RadioCommunications (1991), M.Eng. in Telecommunications (1996) and Ph.D. (cum laude) in Electrical Engineering (2004), all from the Technical University of Madrid. His Ph.D. thesis was related to the history of the Spanish Telephone Service. He also obtained his B.Sc. in Physics (1992) from the National University for Distance Education (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia), Spain.

He received the ‘INISEL Award’ to the best Bachelor Thesis, in 1991, and was distinguished with the ‘Faculty Collaboration Award’ from the Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica de Telecomunicación,EUITT, in 1996. He also received the ‘Technical University of Madrid Medal’ in 2004 for his outstanding work as a Faculty Director, and the ‘Technical University of Madrid Prize to Innovation in Education’, in 2009, for his best education practices carried out in the past five years.

Prof. Pérez Yuste is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a Member of the Society for the History of Technology, an appointed Member of the IEEE History Committee, and an appointed Member of the SHOT International Outreach Committee.

Selected publications

English

• Francisco Salva's Electric Telegraph, Proceedings of the IEEE, ISSN 0018-9219, vol. 98, n. 11, pp. 1974–1977, November 2010, Citation & Abstract.
• Work in progress - an undergraduate B-learning experience for the teaching of politics of telecommunications and information society, Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), ISBN 978-1-4244-1969-2, Saratoga, NY, USA, 22–25 October 2008, Citation & Abstract.
• Salvá’s electric telegraph based on Volta’s battery, History of Telecommunications Conference (HISTELCON), ISBN 978-1-4244-2530-3, Paris, France, 11–12 September 2008, Citation & Abstract.
• Early Developments of Wireless Remote Control: the Telekino of Torres Quevedo, Proceedings of the IEEE, ISSN 0018-9219, vol. 96, n. 1, pp. 186–189, January 2008, Citation & Abstract.
• Scanning Our Past from Madrid: Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Proceedings of the IEEE, ISSN 0018-9219, vol. 93, n. 7, pp. 1379–1382, July 2005, Citation & Abstract.
• Celebrating 75 years of Madrid-Washington Telephone Service, Proceedings of the IEEE, ISSN 0018-9219, vol. 91, n. 10, pp. 1738–1742, October 2003, Citation & Abstract.
• The Introduction of Automatic Telephone Service in Madrid, Proceedings of the IEEE, ISSN 0018-9219, vol. 91, n. 7, pp. 1141–1144, July 2003, Citation & Abstract.

Spanish

• La Televisión Mecánica, capítulo del libro: Detrás de la Cámara. Historia de la Televisión y de sus Cincuenta Años en España, Coordinadora: Olga Pérez Sanjuan, Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, ISSN 978-84-9350-498-4, pp. 65–82. Madrid, 2008, Text.
• El Telekino de Torres Quevedo, BIT, ISSN 0210-3923, n. 168, pp. 98–100, Abril-Mayo 2008, Text.
• La creación de la Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España en la dictadura de Primo de Rivera, Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea, ISSN 0214-400X, vol. 29, pp. 95–117, 2007, Text.
• Sobre la Etimología de Televisión, BIT, ISSN 0210-3923, n. 164, pp. 101–103, Agosto-Septiembre 2007, Text.
• Zworykin y Farnsworth: Pioneros de la Televisión Electrónica, ANTENA, Depósito Legal: M-16.255-1964, n. 167, pp. 63–66, Marzo 2007, Text.
• Baird y Jenkins: Pioneros de la Televisión Mecánica, ANTENA, Depósito Legal: M-16.255-1964, n. 166, pp. 72–74, Diciembre 2006, Text.
• De la Cierva y la Primera Ley de Telecomunicaciones de España, BIT, ISSN 0210-3923, n. 157, pp. 87–90, Junio-Julio 2006, Text.
• Sobre la Etimología de Telecomunicación, BIT, ISSN 0210-3923, n. 156, pp. 77–79, Abril-Mayo 2006, Text.
• El Servicio de Telefonía Móvil en España, capítulo del libro: De las señales de humo a la Sociedad del Conocimiento. 150 años de telecomunicaciones en España, Coordinadora: Olga Pérez Sanjuan, Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, ISSN 84-934124-7-3, pp. 232–255, Madrid, 2006, Text.

External links

• Prof. Pérez Yuste's professional profile on LinkedIn, Spanish Site
• Prof. Pérez Yuste's list of publications at Dialnet, Spanish Site
• Technical University of Madrid, English Site
• Department of Communication and Audio & Video Engineering of TU-Madrid, Spanish Site
• Satellite-Tech Master Program Home Page, English Site
• IEEE Milestone Program, English Site
• IEEE History Center Home Page, English Site
• Torres Quevedo Webpage, Spanish Site