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Derek Abbott | |
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Born | |
Citizenship | British Australian |
Alma mater | Loughborough University University of Adelaide |
Known for | Parrondo's paradox Stochastics T-rays |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physicist and Electronic Engineer |
Institutions | University of Adelaide Austek Microsystems GEC Hirst Research Centre |
Doctoral advisor | Kamran Eshraghian Bruce R. Davis |
Doctoral students | Mark D. McDonnell Adrian P. Flitney |
Other notable students | Azhar Iqbal |
Derek Abbott (3 May 1960, in South Kensington, London, UK) is a physicist and electronic engineer.
In the 1969-1971 period, he was a boarder at Copthorne Preparatory School, Sussex, UK.[1]
During 1971-1978 he attended the Holland Park School London[1].
In late 1977, he began work at GEC Hirst Research Centre, Wembley, UK,[2] performing research in the area of CCD and microchip design for imaging systems. Whilst working, he graduated in 1982 with a BSc in Physics from Loughborough University,[3]. In 1986, he began work as a microchip designer at Austek Microsystems in Adelaide, Australia. In 1987, he joined the University of Adelaide completing his PhD thesis in Electrical & Electronic Engineering in 1995, entitled GaAs MESFET Photodetectors for Imaging Arrays, under Kamran Eshraghian and Bruce R. Davis.[4]
Further reading
- Who's Who in South Australia, Ed. Suzannah Pearce, Publ: Crown Content Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, 2007, p. 1, ISBN 978-1-74095-142-5
References
- ^ a b http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/people/profiles/academic.html#abbott
- ^ IEEE Trans. Instrum. & Meas., Vol. 51, No. 2, p. 309, 2002
- ^ What's happening in the IEEE, March 2005 Our newest Fellow: Dr Derek Abbott FIEEE
- ^ http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=101078