ir. I. van der Werf

PhD student
Signal Processing Systems (SPS), Department of Microelectronics

Expertise: audio signal processing; underwater communication

Themes: XG - Next Generation Sensing and Communication

Biography

Starting in August 2022, Ids is a PhD student at SPS with Richard Hendriks, working on a project about underwater communications, more specifically about creating a high bandwidth, doppler tolerant communication link. The project is a collaboration between TNO (a dutch research institute), the NLDA (Dutch defence academy) and the TU Delft.

Ids received the MSc degree from TU Delft in April 2022, on the topic of gridless sound field reconstruction.

EE4530 Applied convex optimization

Applied convex optimization: role of convexity in optimization, convex sets and functions, Canonical convex problems (SDP, LP, QP), second-order methods, first-order methods for large-scale problems.

Communication technology unlocking the ocean – UCOMMS at the edge

Development of underwater communication techniques to improve the communication efficiency.

  1. Optimal pilot design for OTFS in linear time-varying channels
    Ids Van der Werf; Richard Heusdens; Richard C. Hendriks; Geert Leus;
    Signal Processing,
    Volume 239, pp. 110223, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2025.110223
    document

  2. DESHIMA 2.0: A 200-400 GHz Ultra-wideband Integrated Superconducting Spectrometer
    Karatsu, K.; Endo, A.; Moerman, A.; Yates, S. J. C.; Huiting, R.; Pascual Laguna, A.; Dabironezare, S.; Murugesan, V.; Thoen, D. J.; Buijtendorp, B. T.; Cray, S.; Fujita, K.; Hähnle, S.; Hanany, S.; Kawabe, R.; Kohno, K.; Marting, L. H.; Matsumura, T.; Nakatsubo, S.; Olde Scholtenhuis, L. G. G.; Oshima, T.; Rybak, M.; Steenvoorde, F.; Takaku, R.; Takekoshi, T.; Tamura, Y.; Taniguchi, A.; van der Werf, P. P.; Baselmans, J.;
    Astronomy & Astrophysics,
    Jan. 2026. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2601.21603

  3. On Jointly CRB-optimal Arrays and Waveforms for Multi-Target Active Sensing
    Ids Van der Werf; Geert Leus;
    In 2025 59th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers,
    pp. 1724-1728, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/IEEECONF67917.2025.11443763
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  4. Jointly Optimal Array Geometries and Waveforms in Active Sensing: New Insights Into Array Design via the Cramér-Rao Bound
    Ids Van der Werf; Geert Leus; Robin Rajamäki;
    In IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP),
    pp. 1-5, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP49660.2025.10890202
    document

  5. On the equivalence of OSDM and OTFS
    Ids Van der Werf; Henry Dol; Koen Blom; Richard Heusdens; Richard C. Hendriks; Geert Leus;
    Signal Processing,
    Volume 214, pp. 109254, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2023.109254
    document

  6. Transmit and Receive Sensor Selection Using the Multiplicity in the Virtual Array
    Ids Van der Werf; Costas A. Kokke; Richard Heusdens; Richard C. Hendriks; Geert Leus; Mario Coutino;
    In 2024 32nd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO),
    pp. 2272-2276, 2024.
    document

  7. Optimized Pilot Design for OTFS Modulation in Underwater Acoustic Communications
    Ids van der Werf; Konstantinos Pelekanakis; Richard C. Hendriks; Richard Heusdens; Geert Leus;
    In 2024 Seventh Underwater Communications and Networking Conference (UComms),
    pp. 1-5, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/UComms64662.2024.10847980

  8. Sub/millimeter-Wave Dual-Band Line Intensity Mapping Using the Terahertz Integral Field Units with Universal Nanotechnology (TIFUUN) for the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE)
    Kohno, K.; Endo, A.; Tamura, Y.; Taniguchi, A.; Takekoshi, T.; Ikeda, S.; Yoshida, N.; Moriwaki, K.; Karatsu, K.; Baselmans, J. J. A.; Marting, L. H.; Moerman, A.; Buijtendorp, B. T.; Dabironezare, S.; Rybak, M.; Bakx, T. J. L. C.; Olde Scholtenhuis, L. G. G.; Steenvoorde, F.; Huiting, R.; Thoen, D. J.; L. Wang; A. Simionescu; Yates, S. J. C.; A. Monfardini; M. Calvo; P. P. van der Werf; Vollebregt, S. et al;
    In Proceedings SPIE, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XII,
    Aug. 2024. DOI: doi.org/10.1117/12.3021109

  9. DESHIMA 2.0 on ASTE: commissioning and science verification of an ultra-wideband integrated superconducting spectrometer
    Endo, A.; Karatsu, K.; Rybak, M.; Bakx, T. J. L. C.; Buijtendorp, B. T.; Cray, S.; Dabironezare, S.; Marting, L.; Moerman, A.; Olde Scholtenhuis, L.; Oshima, T.; Pascual Laguna, A.; Thoen, D. J.; Vollebregt, S.; Wernicke, D.; van der Werf, P. P.; Yates, S. J. C.; Baselmans, J. J. A.; et al.;
    In Proc. SPIE PC13102, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XII, PC131020T,
    Aug. 24 2024. DOI: 10.1117/12.3015295

  10. Receiver Antenna Allocation for Joint Sensing and Communications
    Ids Van der Werf; Geert Leus; Sundeep Prabhakar Chepuri;
    In 2024 IEEE 13rd Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM),
    pp. 1-5, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/SAM60225.2024.10636382
    document

  11. Channel Parameter Estimation Using a Wideband LFM Preamble: Comparison of the Fractional Fourier Transform and Matched Filtering
    I. van der Werf; R. C. Hendriks; R. Heusdens;
    In In 31st European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2023),
    2023.

  12. Transmit Waveform Design Based on the Cramér-Rao Lower Bound
    Ids Van der Werf; Richard C. Hendriks; Richard Heusdens; Geert Leus;
    In IEEE 9th International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing (CAMSAP),
    pp. 166-170, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/CAMSAP58249.2023.10403457
    document

  13. Towards gridless sound field reconstruction
    Ids van der Werf; Pablo Martínez-Nuevo; Martin Møller; Richard C. Hendriks; Jorge Martinez;
    In 30th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2022),
    2022.
    document

  14. DESHIMA 2.0: Rapid redshift surveys and multi-line spectroscopy of dusty galaxies
    Rybak, M.; Bakx, T.; Baselmans, J.; Karatsu, K.; Kohno, K.; Takekoshi, T.; Tamura, Y.; Taniguchi, A.; van der Werf, P.; Endo, A.;
    Journal of Low Temperature Physics,
    2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-022-02730-y

  15. Wideband on-chip terahertz spectrometer based on a superconducting filterbank
    A.Endo; K. Karatsu; Pascual Laguna, A.; B. Mirzaei; R. Huiting; D.J. Thoen; V. Murugesan; S.J.C. Yates; J. Bueno; N. van Marrewijk; S. Bosma; O. Yurduseven; N. Llombart; J. Suzuki; M. Naruse; P.J. de Visser; P.P. van der Werf; T.M. Klapwijk; and J.J.A. Baselmans;
    J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst.,
    Volume 5, Issue 3, pp. 35004-(1-12), 2019. DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.5.3.035004

  16. First light of DESHIMA on ASTE: on-chip filterbank spectrometer for submillimeter wave astronomy
    Akira Endo; Kenichi Karatsu; Yoichi Tamura; Shun Ishii; Tatsuya Takekoshi; Tai Oshima; Akio Taniguchi; Tsuyoshi Ishida; Koyo Suzuki; David Thoen; Robert Huiting; Toshihiko Kobiki; Tom Bakx; Kaui Chin; Kazuyuki Fujita; Vignesh Murugesan; Sjoerd Bosma; Ozan Yurduseven; Tetsutaro Ueda; Masato Naruse; Shunichi Nakatsubo; Akira Kouchi; Jun Maekawa; Stephen Yates; Nuria Llombart; Teun Klapwijk; Ryohei Kawabe; Shin'ichiro Asayama and;
    In SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation,
    Austin, Texas, USA, July 2018.

  17. DESHIMA: 新技術「超伝導オンチップ・フィルターバンク」による初の天体スペクトル検出
    A. Endo; D.J. Thoen; O. Yurduseven; S. Bosma; N. Llombart; T.M. Klapwijk; K. Karatsu; R. Huiting; V. Murugesan; S.J.C. Yates; J.J.A. Baselmans; P.P. van der Werf; T. Ishida; A. Taniguchi; T. Takekoshi; K. Kohno; T. Oshima; S. Ishii; C. Kah Wuy; J. Maekawa; R. Kawabe; T. Kobiki; S. Asayama; K. Suzuki; T. Ueda; Y. Tamura; M. Naruse; K. Fujita; A. Kouchi; S. Nakatsubo; T.J.L.C. Bakx;
    In Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan,
    Chiba, Japan, Chiba University, Mar. 14-17 2018.

  18. Astronomical First Light of DESHIMA: On-chip Filterbank Spectrometer for Submillimeter Astronomy
    A. Endo; D.J. Thoen; K. Karatsu; S. Bosma; O. Yurduseven; N. Llombart; M. Naruse; N. Tomita; J. Suzuki; A. Taniguchi; K. Kohno; S. Ishii; J. Maekawa; R. Kawabe; T. Oshima; K. Chin; Y. Tamura; T. Takekoshi; K. Fujita; A. Kouchi; S. Nakatsubo; T.M. Klapwijk; P.P. van der Werf; S.J.C. Yates; A.M. Baryshev; V. Murugesan; R. Huiting; J.J.A. Baselmans;
    In A workshop to discuss science/technical aspects of the Atacama Large-Aperture Submm/mm Telescope (AtLAST),
    ESO-HQ, Garching, München, Germany, Jan. 17-19 2018.
    document

  19. Development of ’DESHIMA’ on ASTE: towards a field test of a submillimeter wave superconducting on-chip filterbank spectrometer based on kinetic inductance detectors
    A. Endo; D. Thoen; K. Karatsu; N. van Marrewijk; S. Bosma; O. Yurduseven; N. Llombart; M. Naruse; N. Tomita; J. Suzuki; A. Taniguchi; K. Kohno; S. Ishii; J. Maekawa; R. Kawabe; T. Oshima; K. Chin; Y. Tamu;
    In 17th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD),
    Kurumu, Japan, July 2017.

  20. Superconducting coplanar waveguide filters for submillimeter wave on-chip filterbank spectrometers
    A. Endo; S.J.C. Yates; J. Bueno; D.J. Thoen; V. Murugesan; A.M. Baryshev; T.M. Klapwijk; P.P. van der Werf; J.J.A. Baselmans;
    Low Temp. Phys.,
    Volume 184, Issue 1-2, pp. 412-147, March 2016. 10.1007/s10909-016-1579-8.
    document

  21. Development of DESHIMA: Superconducting on-chip spectrometer for submillimetre wave cosmology
    A. Endo; S.J.C. Yates; J. Bueno; D.J. Thoen; V. Murugesan; S. Ishii; A.B. Baryshev; T.M. Klapwijk; P.P. van der Werf; J.J.A. Baselmans;
    In The Second International Symposium on Frontiers in THz Technology,
    Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, Aug-Sep 2015.

  22. Superconducting Coplanar Waveguide Filters for Submillimeter Wave On-chip Filterbank Spectrometers
    A. Endo; S.J.C. Yates; J. Bueno; D.J. Thoen; V. Murugesan; A.M. Baryshev; T.M. Klapwijk; P.P. van der Werf; J.J.A. Baselmans;
    In The International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD),
    Grenoble, France, July 2015.

  23. ON-CHIP FILTER BANK SPECTROSCOPY AT 600-700 GHZ USING NBTIN SUPERCONDUCTING RESONATORS
    Endo,A; Sfiligoj,C; Yates,SJC; Baselmans,JJA; Thoen,DJ; Javadzadeh,SMH; van der werf,PP; Baryshev,AM; Klapwijk,TM;
    Applied Physics Letters,
    Volume 103, Issue 3, pp. 1--4, 2013.

  24. Development of DESHIMA: a redshift machine based on a superconducting on-chip filterbank
    Endo,A; Baselmans,JJA; van der werf,PP; Knoors,B; Javadzadeh,SMH; Yates,SJC; Thoen,DJ; Ferrari,L; Baryshev,AM; Lankwarden,YJY; de Visser,PJ; Janssen,RMJ; Klapwijk,TM;
    In Holland,W.S.; Zmuidzinas,J. (Ed.), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI,
    s.l., SPIE Press, pp. 1--15, 2012.

  25. Novel amorphous silicon solar cell using a manufacturing procedure with a temporary superstrate
    R.E.I. Schropp; C.H.M. van der Werf; M. Zeman; et al;
    In Mat. Res. Soc. Proc.: Amorphous and Heterogeneous Silicon Thin Films-Fundamentals to Devices 1999,
    San Francisco, CA, pp. 713- 718, 1999. ISBN 1-55899-465-5.

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