Faculty

Andrew Carl Singer

Donald Biggar Willett Scholar (2002, 2005-2008)

Professor
110 Coordinated Science Lab, MC-228
1308 W. Main St.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 244-9263

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, M.I.T., in 1996

Research Interests:

Statistical Signal Processing, Communications, Machine Learning, Data Compression, Sonar/Lidar/Optical Signal Processing, Portfolio optimization.

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Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Teaching

Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by their Students, UIUC, Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Fall 2001
Promotion to Graduate Instructor, MIT, 1994.
Harold L. Hazen Memorial Teaching Award, MIT, 1991.

Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Research

Best Paper of the Year Award for the IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits in 2006, for the paper entitled “An MLSE Receiver for Electronic Dispersion Compensation of OC-192 Fiber Links”
Invited keynote address, Texas Instruments Developers Conference, 2007
Willett Faculty Scholar Award, 2006-2009
Willett Faculty Scholar Award for faculty members who are in the early stage of their career and are “excelling in their contributions to the University,” 2002-2005
National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award, 2001
Xerox Award for Faculty Research in the College of Engineering, 2001
Office of Naval Research (ONR) Special Research Award in Ocean Acoustics, 2000
Sanders, A Lockheed Martin Company, Special Recognition Award, 1996
Hughes Aircraft Master's Fellow, 1989

Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Public Service