Mos Kaveh

Mos Kaveh is the Centennial Professor and, since 1990, the Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. In March 2005, he assumed the duties of the Associate Dean for Research and Planning for the Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota. He was a design engineer at Scala Radio Corp., San Leadndro, CA, 1970, and has consulted for industry, including the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 3M, and Honeywell.

Kaveh's research and teaching activities have been concerned with a variety of issues in signal and image processing and digital communications, including work on the processing of sensor array signals, image reconstruction and tomography and wireless communication systems utilizing multiple antennas. He has served the IEEE Signal Processing Society in a number of editorial and leadership positions, and currently serves that society as a member of its Board of Governors and as VP for Awards and Membership. He also serves as a member of advisory boards or review committees of several electrical and computer engineering departments and research centers.

Dr. Kaveh is a Fellow of IEEE, was the recipient (with A. Barabell) of a 1986 IEEE ASSP Senior (best paper) Award, the 1988 IEEE ASSP Meritorious Service Award, an IEEE Third Millennium Medal, and the 2000 Society Award of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. He is a recipient of a 2002 Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award from Purdue University.