John McCanny

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Sir John McCanny
John McCanny and Sally Wheeler 2017 Knighthood and OBE Investitures.jpg
Sir John McCanny (left) and Sally Wheeler at their Knighthood/OBE investitures on 16 June 2017
Born (1952-06-25) 25 June 1952 (age 72)
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University of Manchester,
University of Ulster
Known forDigital Signal Processing
AwardsFRS (2002)
FREng (1995)
CBE (2017)
Faraday Medal (2006)
Scientific career
FieldsDigital Signal Processing
Institutions Queen's University Belfast
Website

Sir John Vincent McCanny (born 25 June 1952) is the emeritus Regius Professor of Electronics and Computer Engineering at Queen's University Belfast, [1] and director of the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology. [2]

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Education

He earned a BSc from the University of Manchester in 1973, a PhD in Physics from the University of Ulster in 1978, and a DSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Queen's University Belfast in 1998.

Career

John was a professor at Queen's University of Belfast. He was also active in industries. He has co-founded two companies - Amphion Semiconductor Ltd. (acquired by Conexant) and Audio Processing Technology Ltd (acquired by Cambridge Silicon Radio). He is on the board of Titan IC Systems Ltd. [3]

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References

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