Associate Professor Mehul Motani has been elevated to IEEE Fellow with effect 1 Jan 2018 in recognition of his outstanding record of accomplishments and contributions to information theory, wireless communications and sensor networks.
With more than 423,000 members in over 160 countries, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology.
The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.
Associate Professor Motani has made significant contributions to fundamental problems in network information theory, the design and optimization of novel wireless networking algorithms, and more recently, deep learning for healthcare applications. He has also contributed to the IEEE in numerous capacities, including serving as the Secretary of the IEEE Information Theory Society Board of Governors, and as an Associate Editor for both the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and the IEEE Transactions on Communications. The lasting impact of his research is evident from the over 5600 citations to his publications and their influence on the theory and practice of modern engineering systems.
“I am thrilled and honoured to be elevated to IEEE Fellow. I especially want to thank and recognize my super-talented research students and collaborators, some of whom are the most creative and brilliant people I have met. Their dedication to knowledge and research is unparalleled. I also want to thank my colleagues for the advice and support they have given me throughout the years,” said Associate Professor Motani.
He added, “Last but not least, I would like to thank my family for their tremendous support, my wife for her virtually infinite tolerance and patience, and my kids for their boundless enthusiasm.
Contact:
Associate Professor Mehul Motani
National University of Singapore
Electrical & Computer Engineering
4 Engineering Drive 3
Singapore 117583
Email : elemm@nus.edu.sg
Web: https://www.ece.nus.edu.sg/stfpage/motani/
