Frank Kschischang
Frank Kschischang | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 September 1962 |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical Engineering |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
| Thesis | Shaping and Coding Gain Criteria in Signal Constellation Design (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | S. Pasupathy. |
Frank Kschischang (born 15 September 1962 in Mettmann, West Germany (now Germany)) is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto,[1] and holds a Canada Research Chair in communication algorithms.[2] He is a co-inventor of the factor graph, a kind of graphical model used in Bayesian inference.[3][third-party source needed]
Prof. Kschischang is a Fellow of the IEEE, "for contributions to trellis structures, graphical models and iterative decoding techniques for error-correcting codes."[4] He is also a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada.[5] He is a recipient of the 2010 Killam Research Fellowship,[6] and received the 2012 Canadian Award for Telecommunications Research.[7] Prof. Kschischang is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.[8]
References
- ^ Frank R. Kschischang (2 January 2010). "Biographical data". Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. University of Toronto. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "Frank Kschischang". Chairholders. Canada Research Chairs. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ Kschischang, Frank R.; Frey, Brendan J.; Loeliger, Hans-Andrea (2001), "Factor Graphs and the Sum-Product Algorithm", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 47 (2): 498–519, doi:10.1109/18.910572.
- ^ "Fellows of the Toronto Section". IEEE Toronto Section. IEEE. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "EIC Fellows". The Engineering Institute of Canada. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ The Canada Council for the Arts - Eight Canadian scientists and scholars garner over $1 million in Killam Research Fellowships
- ^ "Frank Kschischang wins Canadian Award in Telecommunications Research". Electrical & Computer Engineering. University of Toronto. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "IEEE Transactions on Information Theory". IEEE. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
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