AVISTA project welcomes
Directorate D: Communication Networks, Security & Software. Applications
Joao Schwarz da Silva joined the European Commission in 1991 where he has been Head of Unit for Mobile and Satellite Communications for many years as well as Head of Unit for Networked Audio-Visual Systems, Home Platforms. Currently he is the Director for Communication Networks, Security and Software Applications in the Directorate General “Information Society”.
He was instrumental in the development of Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems, UMTS, is a recipient of the UMTS Forum Chairman's award, granted for the best individual contribution towards UMTS and was involved in the development of reconfigurable radio and 4th Generation system concepts. At the ITU, which he joined in 1982, he served as Head of division responsible for the development of the HF Broadcasting Planning System. Between 1971 and 1982 he worked for the Ministry of Communications, Canada. Joao Schwarz da Silva received a PhD on the Performance Analysis of Mobile Packet Radio Systems from Carleton University, Ottawa.