Vincent Poor

Professor
Vincent Poor
FRS FREng
Vincent Poor in 2014, portrait via the Royal Society
Born
Harold Vincent Poor[2]

(1951-10-02) 2 October 1951 (age 73)
Education
Known forcontributions to signal detection and estimation and their applications in digital communications and signal processing.
AwardsIEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (2017)

Member, CAS (2017)
John Fritz Medal (2016)
FRS (2014)
Fellow RSE (2013)
Member, NAS (2011)
IET Achievement Medals (2010)
FREng (2009)
Member, NAE (2001)
AAAS Fellow (1991)

IEEE Fellow for contributions to the theory of robust linear filtering applied to signal detection and estimation (1987) [1]
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorJohn B. Thomas
Doctoral students

Harold Vincent Poor is the Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, where he is also the Interim Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.[3][4] He is a specialist in wireless telecommunications, signal processing and information theory.[5] He has received many honorary degrees and election to national academies. He was also President of IEEE Information Theory Society (1990).[6] He is on the board of directors of the IEEE Foundation.[7]

  1. ^ "IEEE Fellows 1987".
  2. ^ H. Vincent Poor was elected in 2001 as a member of National Academy of Engineering in Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering for contributions to signal detection and estimation and their applications in digital communications and signal processing.
  3. ^ "H. Vincent Poor | Electrical Engineering". ee.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  4. ^ "H. Vincent Poor". School of Engineering and Applied Science. 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  5. ^ Bio of Vincent Poor.
  6. ^ President of IEEE Information Theory Society.
  7. ^ "Board of Directors - IEEE Foundation, Inc". 22 June 2022.