Regius Professor of Electronics and Computer Engineering (Belfast)

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The Regius Professor of Electronics and Computer Engineering is a Regius Professorship for Electronics and Computer Science at Queen's University Belfast founded in 2016 by Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her 90th  birthday .

History of the professorship

In 2015, during his speech on the state budget , Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced plans to establish additional Regius professorships on the occasion of the Queen's 90th birthday (April 26, 2016). Unlike in earlier times, however, the appointments made in the recent past are no longer accompanied by funding. This plan was implemented on June 6, 2016. Together with this professorship, eleven further professorships were donated. A professorship was awarded to Queen's University in Belfast , where, in addition to his own research and development activities, John McCanny had also co-founded a competence cluster of electronics companies and played a key role in the founding of the British Center for Cybersecurity .

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John Vincent McCanny B.Sc .; Ph.D .; D.Sc .; CBE; FRS; FREng .; IEEE Fellow; FIAE; MRIA; FIET; F.Inst.P .; FIEI 2016 McCanny has pioneering contributions to the development of chips for signal processing done. He realized his vision of a network of research and industry, the Northern Ireland Science Park , which was realized as Catalyst Inc. 160 companies were founded here, including the research flagship Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology . He also led the founding of the Center for Secure Information Technology , the UK's cybersecurity center.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Garner: Budget 2015: Universities will be allowed to raise fees beyond £ 9,000, says George Osborne . In: The Independent , July 8, 2015; accessed on August 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Regius Professorships awarded to leading universities to mark Queen's 90th birthday . Cabinet Office press release, June 6, 2016.
  3. ^ A b c CV of John McCanny on the Royal Society website; Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  4. ^ A b Curriculum Vita Professor John Vincent McCanny on the website of Queens University, Belfast; accessed on May 22, 2017.