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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