Members in the Spotlight

IEEE Fellows 2016

The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The total number selected in any one year does not exceed 0.1% of the total voting Institute membership. The 2016 IEEE Fellows from Canada are:

Yiu Tong Chan
Royal Military College
Kingston, ON, Canada
for development of efficient localization and tracking algorithms

Jie Chen
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada
for contributions to low-power and biomedical ultrasound circuits and devices

C. Y. Chung
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
for contributions to power system stability and control

Gabor Fichtinger
Queens University
Kingston, ON, Canada
for contributions to medical robotics and computer-assisted intervention

F. Stuart Foster
Sunnybrook & Women's College
Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada
for contributions to the development and commercialization of ultrasound technology

Dimitrios Hatzinakos
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
for contributions to signal processing techniques for communications, multimedia and biometrics

Blake Lloyd
Iris Power Engineering
Mississauga, ON, Canada
for development of non-intrusive diagnostics for electrical motors and generators

Vincent Wong
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
for contributions to mobility management in wireless networks and demand side management in smart grids

Liang-Liang Xie
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON, Canada
for contributions to fundamental limits of feedback control systems and wireless networks

Newly elevated senior members in Region 7

Following members were elevated in November 2015. Congratulations on the achievement!