H. Vincent Poor#
| Membership Number: | 3531 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.princeton.edu/poor |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1990 - present Princeton University, Princeton, NJ USA
- 2006 - present Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
- 2005 - present Michael Henry Strater University Professor
- 1990 - present Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 2003 - 05 George Van Ness Lothrop Professor of Engineering
- 1985 - present Imperial College, London, UK
- 2004 - present Visiting Professor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- 2012 Royal Academy Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- 1993 Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Process Systems Engineering
- 1985 & 2003 Academic Visitor, Electrical & Electronic Engineering (1985); Mathematics (2003)
- 1977 - 90 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
- 1988 - 90 Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology
- 1977 - 90 Assist. (77-81), Assoc. (81-84) then Full (84-90) Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- 1977 - 90 Assist. (77-81), Assoc. (81-84) then Full (84-90) Research Professor, Coordinated Science Laboratory
Fields of Scholarship
- Signal detection & estimation
- Information theory
- Stochastic analysis
- Statistical signal processing
- Digital communications
- Wireless networking
- Smart grid
Honours and Awards
- 2013 Corresponding Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 2012 Doctor of Engineering honoris causa, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
- 2012 Doctorem Technices honoris causa, Aalborg University
- 2012 Fellow, Institution of Engineering & Technology
- 2011 National Academy of Sciences (US)
- 2011 Doctor of Science honoris causa, University of Edinburgh
- 2011 IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award
- 2010 IET Ambrose Fleming Medal
- 2009 International Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
- 2005 Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- 2005 IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr., Education Medal
- 2002 Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
- 2002 NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars
- 2001 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) (US)
- 2001 Fellow, Optical Society of America
- 2001 Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- 1992 ASEE Frederick Emmons Terman Award
- 1992 Fellow, Acoustical Society of America
- 1991 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 1987 Fellow, IEEE
