Andrea Goldsmith (engineer)

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Andrea Goldsmith
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NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
Known forWireless communications
Awards
Scientific career
Fields Electrical engineering
Institutions
Thesis Design and Performance of High-Speed Communication Systems over Time-Varying Radio Channels  (1994)
Doctoral advisor Pravin Varaiya
Doctoral students Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Website engineering.stanford.edu/people/andrea-goldsmith
Andrea Goldsmith (right) at the panel discussion after the August 2, 2019, screening of The Bit Player at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California The Bit Player at Computer History Museum.jpg
Andrea Goldsmith (right) at the panel discussion after the August 2, 2019, screening of The Bit Player at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California

Andrea Goldsmith FREng [1] is an American electrical engineer and the Dean of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University. [2] [3] [4] She is also the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton. She was previously the Stephen Harris Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, [5] as well as a faculty affiliate at the Stanford Neurosciences Institute. [6] Her interests are in the design, analysis and fundamental performance limits of wireless systems and networks, and in the application of communication theory and signal processing to neuroscience. [7] She also co-founded and served as chief technology officer of Plume WiFi and Quantenna Communications. Since 2021, she has been a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). [8]

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Early life and education

Goldsmith was raised in the San Fernando Valley, California. [9] Her father Werner Goldsmith was a professor of mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley, and her mother Adrienne Goldsmith was an animator for cartoon shows including The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show . [10] [11] Goldsmith earned her bachelor's degree in engineering math from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1986, and her MS and PhD in electrical engineering from UC Berkeley in 1991 and 1994, respectively. [9] [11] In the years between obtaining her bachelor's and PhD, she spent four years as a systems engineer at a Silicon Valley defense communications startup. [9]

Work and academic career

Goldsmith started her academic career at the California Institute of Technology and was there for four years. She joined Stanford in 1999, becoming an associate professor in 2002 and a full professor in 2007. [9] At Stanford, she has served as chair of the faculty senate, and on the school's task force on women and leadership. [6] In 2006, she took a leave of absence from Stanford and co-founded Quantenna Communications, a company that produces silicon chipsets designed for high-speed, wireless high-definition video home networking. She served as chief technology officer of the startup until returning to Stanford in 2008. [9] She was also a founder and CTO of Plume WiFi, which was founded in 2014 and develops WiFi technology. [6] She joined Princeton in 2020 as Dean of Engineering and Applied Science at a pivotal time, where it is expected to grow its engineering faculty by 50%, build a new neighborhood with new buildings for all engineering departments and interdisciplinary institutes, and foster significantly more innovation, entrepreneurship, and partnerships with industry.

As an inventor and consultant, she has secured 29 patents. [12] She has authored and co-authored several books, including Wireless Communication, MIMO Wireless Communications and Principles of Cognitive Radio. [6] She has launched and led several multi-university research projects, including DARPA's ITMANET program, [13] and she is a principal investigator in the National Science Foundation Center on the Science of Information. [14]

In the IEEE, Goldsmith served on the board of governors for both the Information Theory and Communications societies. She has also been a distinguished lecturer for both societies, served as president of the IEEE Information Theory Society in 2009, founded and chaired the Student Committee of the IEEE Information Theory society, and chaired the Emerging Technology Committee of the IEEE Communications Society. She chairs the IEEE Committee on Diversity and Inclusion. [15] [16]

She won the 2017 Women in Communications Engineering Mentorship Award from the IEEE Communications Society for her efforts in encouraging women in the fields of technology and engineering. [16] In 2017, she was elected to the Academy of Arts and Sciences, [7] and also to the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to adaptive and multiantenna wireless communications. [6] Goldsmith won the 2020 Marconi Prize, generally recognized as the top prize in communications.

Awards

Publications

Books and book chapters

Personal life

Goldsmith lives in Menlo Park, California, with her husband, scientist Arturo Salz, and their children. [9] [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Andrea Goldsmith, entrepreneur and leader in wireless communications, appointed Princeton University dean of engineering".
  3. ↑ "U. Appoints new Dean of Engineering School".
  4. ↑ "Andrea Goldsmith Named New Dean of Engineering". 4 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Andrea Goldsmith". stanford.edu. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sarah Wishingrad, "Three Stanford professors elected to National Academy of Engineering," The Stanford Daily , March 6, 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 Kate Chesley, "American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects 11 Stanford faculty members," Stanford News, April 12, 2017.
  8. ↑ "President Biden Announces Members of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology". whitehouse.gov. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kathleen J. Sullivan, "Wireless communications expert takes the helm of the Faculty Senate," Stanford News, October 22, 2009.
  10. ↑ Jim Herron Zamora, "Werner Goldsmith – expert on head injuries," San Francisco Chronicle , September 3, 2003.
  11. 1 2 3 Abra Cohen, "Talking with a wizard in the field of wireless," J Weekly , March 7, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Andrea Goldsmith Emeritus". Stanford University. 12 April 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  13. ↑ ITMANET, Cognition & Control in Complex Systems, 2011.
  14. ↑ Andrea Goldsmith, Center for Science of Information, September 8, 2015.
  15. ↑ Andrea Goldsmith, IEEE Information Theory Society. Accessed May 2, 2018.
  16. 1 2 3 Vicky Stein, "Andrea Goldsmith wins award for mentoring women in engineering," Stanford News, October 30, 2017.
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