Vincent Poor

Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Ph.D. - Princeton University


Professor Poor has recommended books in the following areas:

Signal Processing

Information Theory

Harold Vincent Poor, FRS FREng is the former Dean of Engineering and a professor at Princeton University, USA. He is a specialist in wireless telecommunications, signal processing and information theory. He has received many honorary degrees and election to national academies. He was also President of IEEE Information Theory Society (1990). He is on the Board of Directors of the IEEE Foundation.

Professor Poor received a BSEE degree from Auburn University in 1972, and a MSEE from there in 1974. In 1977, he received his PhD from Princeton University. From 1977 - 1990, he was a faculty member of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. From 1990, he joined Princeton University as a professor.

His research interests lie in the areas of stochastic analysis, statistical signal processing and information theory, and their applications in a number of fields including wireless networks, social networks, and smart grid. This research work has attracted over 10,000 citations. He has published a book on Signal Detection and Estimation which is considered the definitive reference in the subject. He was reported to have made a particular impact in the field of wireless communications.

Here are some of his major awards:

  • D.Eng., honoris causa, University of Waterloo (to be awarded 2019)

  • IEEE Jack Neubauer Memorial Award (2018)

  • IEEE Heinrich Hertz Prize Paper Award (2018)

  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences (elected 2017)

  • D.Sc., honoris causa, Syracuse University (2017)

  • IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (2017)

  • Honorary Member, National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea (elected 2017)

  • Foreign Member, National Academy of Engineering of Korea (elected 2017)

  • Fellow, International Union of Radio Science (URSI) (elected 2017)

  • Best Paper Award Award, Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea (1st prize) (2017)

  • Miller Visiting Research Professor, University of California, Berkeley (Spring 2017)

  • John Fritz Medal (2016)Honorary Professor, Tsinghua University (elected 2016)

  • Honorary Professor, Peking University (elected 2016)

  • Best Paper Award, German Information Technology Society (ITG-Preis) (2016)

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (elected 2015)

  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (elected 2015)

  • Outstanding Mentorship Award, IEEE Women in Communications Engineering (2015)

  • EURASIP Athanasios Papoulis Award (2015)

  • D.Sc. honoris causa, Aalto University (2014)

  • Foreign Member, Royal Society (elected 2014)URSI Booker Gold Medal (2014)

  • Member, State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame (inducted 2014)

  • Best Paper Awards, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications & Networking (2014, 2009, 2006)

  • Corresponding Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh (elected 2013)

  • Foreign Member, Academia Europaea (elected 2013)

  • Best Paper Award, EMO Bilmisel Dergi (2013)

  • D.Eng. honoris causa, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2012)

  • D.Tech. honoris causa, Aalborg University (2012)

  • Fellow, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) (elected 2012)

  • Royal Academy Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Imperial College London (Fall 2012)

  • Member, National Academy of Sciences (elected 2011)

  • Society Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society (2011)

  • IEEE Information Theory Paper Award (2011)

  • D.Sc. honoris causa, University of Edinburgh (2011)

  • IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award (2011)

  • IET Ambrose Fleming Medal for Achievement in Communications (2010)

  • International Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering (U.K.) (elected 2009)

  • Edwin Howard Armstrong Achievement Award, IEEE Communications Society (2009)

  • Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award, IEEE Information Theory Society (2008)

  • Eminent Member, Eta Kappa Nu (elected 2008)

  • IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications (2007)

  • Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society (2007)

  • IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr., Education Medal (2005)

  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences (elected 2005)

  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, Tau Beta Pi (2005)

  • William E. Sayle Award for Achievement in Education, IEEE Education Society (2005)

  • IEEE EAB Major Educational Innovation Award (2004)

  • Distinguished Teacher Award, Princeton School of Engineering & Applied Science (2003)

  • Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) (elected 2003)

  • Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2002)

  • NSF Director’s Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars (2002)

  • Member, National Academy of Engineering (U.S.) (elected 2001)

  • Fellow, Optical Society of America (elected 2001)

  • Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (elected 2001)

  • IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award (2001)

  • Joint Paper Award, IEEE Communications and Information Theory Societies (2000)

  • IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000)

  • Distinguished Member Award, IEEE Control Systems Society (1994)

  • ASEE Frederick Emmons Terman Award (1992)

  • Fellow, Acoustical Society of America (elected 1992)

  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (elected 1991)

  • Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (elected 1987)