Frank R. Kschischang (born 15 September 1962 in Mettmann, West 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]
Frank R. Kschischang | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 September 1962 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| 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. |
Prof. Kschischang is a Fellow of the IEEE, "for contributions to trellis structures, graphical models and iterative decoding techniques for error-correcting codes."[4][5] He is also a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada,[6] and is a recipient of the 2010 Killam Research Fellowship.[7] He received the 2023 IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal,[8] the 2012 Canadian Award for Telecommunications Research,[9] and the 2016 Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award.[10] From 2014 to 2016, Prof. Kschischang served as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.[11]
References
edit- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "IEEE Fellows 2006 | IEEE Communications Society".
- ^ "EIC Fellows". The Engineering Institute of Canada. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. 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 Awarded 2023 IEEE Hamming Medal". IEEE Information Theory Society. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Frank Kschischang wins Canadian Award in Telecommunications Research". Electrical & Computer Engineering. University of Toronto. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award". IEEE Information Theory Society. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "IEEE Transactions on Information Theory". IEEE. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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