Frank Kschischang

Frank Kschischang
Born (1962-09-15)15 September 1962
Mettmann
Residence Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality German
Fields Electrical Engineering
Institutions University of Toronto
Alma mater 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]

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

  1. ↑ Frank R. Kschischang (2 January 2010). "Biographical data". Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. University of Toronto. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Frank Kschischang". Chairholders. Canada Research Chairs. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Fellows of the Toronto Section". IEEE Toronto Section. IEEE. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "EIC Fellows". The Engineering Institute of Canada. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  6. ↑ The Canada Council for the Arts - Eight Canadian scientists and scholars garner over $1 million in Killam Research Fellowships
  7. ↑ "Frank Kschischang wins Canadian Award in Telecommunications Research". Electrical & Computer Engineering. University of Toronto. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "IEEE Transactions on Information Theory". IEEE. Retrieved 23 March 2015.


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