Han Vinck

Affiliation:

Institut fur Experimentelle Mathematik
Universitat Duisburg- Essen
Ellernstr. 29
45326 Essen
Germany
Tel: +49-201-1837650
Fax: +49-201-1837663

Home Page:

http://www.exp-math.uni-essen.de/~vinck/

Biography:

A.J. Han Vinck is a full professor in Digital Communications at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, since 1990.

He studied electrical engineering at the University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1980.

In 2003 he was an adjoint professor at the Sun Yat-Sen University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

In 1986 he was a visiting scientist at the German space Agency in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.

His interest is in Information and Communication theory, Coding and Network aspects in digital communications.

 

From 1991-1993, 1998-2000, 2006-2008, he was the director of the Institute for Experimental Mathematics in Essen.

Professor Vinck was the director (1997-1999) of the Post-Graduate School on Networking, "CINEMA".

From 2000-2004 he was  the chairman for the  communication division of the Institute for Critical Infrastructures, CRIS.

 

 IEEE activities:

• Professor Vinck served on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Society from1997 until 2006.
• In 2003 he was elected    president of the IEEE Information theory Society.
• He served as Member-at-Large 2001-2002 in the Meetings and Services Committee for the IEEE.
• In 1999 he was the Program Chairman for the IEEE IT workshop in Kruger Park, South Africa(175 participants).
• In 1997 he acted as Co-chairman for the 1997 IEEE Information Theory symposium in Ulm, Germany (704 participants).
• Professor Vinck was founding Chairman (1995-1998) of the IEEE German Information Theory chapter.
• In 1990 he organized the IEEE Information Theory workshop in Veldhoven, the Netherlands(125 participants).
• IEEE elected him in 2006 as a fellow for his “Contributions to  Coding Techniques”.
• He is a distinguished lecturer for the Information theory as well as for the Communications society of the IEEE

Professor Vinck is the initiator of the Japan-Benelux workshops on Information theory ( now Asia-Europe) and the International winter-meeting on Coding, Cryptography and Information theory.

He started (Essen, 1997) and still supports the organization of the series of conferences on Power Line Communications and its Applications. In 2006 he received the IEEE  ISPLC2006  Achievement award in Orlando (FL, USA,  ) for his contributions to Powerline Communciations.

He is co-founder and president of the Shannon and the Gauß foundations. These foundations stimulate research and help young scientists in the field of Information theory and Digital Communications.

From 1999-2000  he was elected chairman of the Benelux Information and Communication Theory Society.

Participation & Positions:

External Nominations Committee (2012)
Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award Selection Committee (Member, 01/01/09 until 04/23/09)
Membership and Chapters Committee (Member, 01/01/09 until 12/31/10)
Conference Committee (Member, 2007)
Board of Governors (Senior Past President, 2005)
Constitution and Bylaws Subcommittee (Chair, 2005)
Nominations and Appointments Committee (Chair, 2005)
Board of Governors (Junior Past President, 2004)
Claude E. Shannon Award Selection Committee (Ex-officio and Chair, 2004)
Board of Governors (President, 2003)
Board of Governors (First Vice President, 2002)
Board of Governors (Second Vice President, 2001)
Board of Governors (01/01/97 until 12/31/99)