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Incoming PhD · Fall 2026
Axel Bondelo
Axel is joining MOSAIC to investigate how artificial intelligence can shape and interpret signal modulation in a hardware-aware physical-channel setting.
- Program
- PhD
- Supervision
- Leonard MacEachern
- Last updated
- 22 July 2026
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Research overview
Axel is confirmed to begin a PhD in Fall 2026. His intended research is AI-mediated signal modulation, likely in an over-the-horizon-radar setting.
The direction joins waveform and channel modelling, signal processing, modulation, intelligent inference, and the physical constraints of the system that must carry and interpret the signal.
Research territory
The doctoral project is expected to connect several MOSAIC questions:
- How a physical channel structures the useful signal space
- How learned models can participate in modulation or adaptation
- Which observables should govern training and validation
- How robustness should be tested as the channel and environment change
- Where intelligence should reside in the eventual hardware and system architecture
Current direction
The final thesis title, detailed application context, methods, platform, and milestones will be established as Axel begins the program. The page will expand alongside that work.