John McCanny

Professor
Sir John McCanny
CBE FRS FREng MRIA
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 materUniversity of Manchester,
University of Ulster
Known forDigital Signal Processing
AwardsFRS (2002)
FREng (1995)
CBE (2017)
Faraday Medal (2006)
Scientific career
FieldsDigital Signal Processing
InstitutionsQueen's University Belfast
Website[1]

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]

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]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ^ a b "Boyle Medal Laureates". Royal Dublin Society. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Prof. John McCanny". Queen's University Belfast. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011.
  3. ^ "John McCanny: Executive Profile & Biography". Businessweek. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Prof John McCanny, CBE, FRS, FREng Authorised Biography". Debrett's People of Today<.
  6. ^ "Fellows of the Royal Society" (PDF). Royal Society. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Royal Irish Academy | News Archive | Cunningham Medal Awarded to Professor John V. McCanny, MRIA". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  8. ^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N2.


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