CV highlights - Georgios B. Giannakis, DTC Director ECE, McKnight Presidential Chair (last update on 09/08/2021) I. Leadership and administrative roles 1) Digital Technology Center (DTC) Director: College-wide, cross-disciplinary research center, University of Minnesota (2008-2021) a) Managed 12 administrative staff; space; seed funds; and endowed chairs; b) Spearheaded externally sponsored projects; facilitated resource allocation; and coordinated summer internships, industry partnerships, fellowships, and seminar series; c) Doubled DTC researchers (100 graduate students; 20+ postdoctoral fellows; 30+ research visitors; and 50 affiliated faculty) d) Increased by a factor of five publications, patents, proposals, and funding ($30M/10yrs) e) Broadened research spectrum to include Data Science, Network Science, Renewables, Grid, Environmental, and Health Informatics; f) Expanded cross-departmental/college partnerships to include the College of Liberal Arts; School of Public Affairs; Business School; Chemical Engineering, and Neuroscience; g) Enhanced community outreach (Robotics Tech Camp; Lab tours for middle and high school students; and Summer school on bioinformatics) 2) Major posts in professional society: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Societies (SPS and ComSoc) a) IEEE Fellow and IEEE Proceedings Committee Member b) Board of Governors member; and Editor-in-Chief (SPS) c) Chair of Steering and Technical Committees (SPS and ComSoc) d) General Conference Chair, including the IEEE Data Science Workshop, 2019 3) Multi-university projects and proposals a) Army Research Laboratory, Collaborative Technology Alliance; Technical Area Lead b) Medium- and large-size proposals to the National Science Foundation, NIH, DoD 4) Board of Regents elected member (University of Patras, Greece, 2014-2017) 5) Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency, Ministry of Education, Greece 6) Research group: 12 Ph.D. students; 4 post-doctoral researchers; and 4 visitors (20 members over the last 25 years; currently downsized by 70%); now 3 PhDs + 3 postdocs. II. Funding 1) Raised as PI or Co-PI more than 18M in 27 years (very high for SPS researchers); 2) Diverse funding sources: NSF, NIH, DoE, DoD (AFOSR, ARO, ONR), and Industry; 3) Spearheaded the research center he directed to raise 35M over the last 10 years. III. Teaching and mentoring 1) IEEE ComSoc Education Award (2019); School-level Teaching Awards; taught 15 (under) graduate classes; and wrote two research monographs taught widely; (avg. evals. 5/6); 2) Served as a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE, and delivered more than 100 plenary or keynote speeches and 50 tutorial talks attended by hundreds of graduate students; 3) Mentored and awarded 55 PhDs in the last 32 years (1.8 per year) with documented diversity in gender and race: 32/52 faculty members; 20/52 under-represented (3 African- American, 4 Hispanic, 12 Female); 12/52 IEEE Fellows; plus 35MSc and 15BSc Theses. 4) Mentored 25 postdocs (14/25 are now faculty members; 11 are now IEEE Fellows). IV. Research, Impact, and Visibility 1) Academia Europaea (Informatics Section) Member (2020); 2) European Assoc. for Signal Proc. (EURASIP) `Athanasios Papoulis’ Society Award (2020); 3) European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) Fellow (2020); 4) IEEE `Norbert Wiener’ Signal Processing Society Award (2019); 5) National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow (2019); 6) IEEE Technical Field ‘Fourier’ Award; (first recipient in 2015); 7) Technical achievement awards from the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) in 2000; and from the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) Society in 2005; 8) Ten (10) best journal paper awards; 8 from IEEE-SPS and Communication Soc. (ComSoc); highest number of paper awards in SPS; plus 8 best conference paper awards; 9) Highest h-index (150) within SPS and ComSoc; and top 17 across Engineering and Computer Science worldwide. Google Scholar citations: more than 82,000; 10) More than 1,270 publications (482 journal+790 conf.); 26 book chaps.; 34 patents issued; 11) School-level research awards; ADC Chair and McKnight Presidential Chair, UMN; 12) Honorary Doctorate Degrees from U. of Patras and U. of Peloponnese, Greece (2018); 13) Professorships: Zhejiang U. (Distinguished); Fudan U. (Fellow); BIT (Advising), China. Full CV downloadable from URL: http://www.dtc.umn.edu/s/resources/gg_cv.pdf Biosketch available in Wikipedia URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgios_B._Giannakis CURRICULUM VITAE Georgios B. Giannakis Home address 2561 Abbey Hill Dr. Minnetonka, MN 55305 Tel.: (952) 546-0161 Cell: (612) 220-6151 Work address Dept. of ECE and Digital Tech. Center University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455 Tel.: (612) 625-4287; and (612) 626-7781 Fax: (612) 625-2202; and (612) 625-4583 E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://spincom.umn.edu Updated: September 8, 2021 Curriculum Vitae – Georgios B. Giannakis 2 PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE Leadership, teaching, and research ã Research areas of expertise Signal processing, communications and networking, estimation, detection, time-series analysis, and machine learning. Past areas have included: (poly)spectra, wavelets, cyclostationary, and non-Gaussian signal analysis with applications to equalization, sensor arrays and image processing. ã Current research topics Data Science, and Network Science with applications to IoT, brain, and power networks. EDUCATION 1984 - 1986: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1984 - 1986: M.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1982 - 1983: M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1976 - 1981: 5-year Diploma in Electrical & Electronic Engr., Ntl. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2016 - Pres.: McKnight Presidential Chair, University of Minnesota (UMN) 2008 - Pres.: Director, Digital Technology Center, UMN 2001 - Pres.: ADC Chair in Wireless Telecomm., Dept. of Electrical & Comp. Engr. (ECE), UMN 1999 - 2001: Professor, Dept. of ECE, UMN 1998 - 1999: Director, Communications, Controls, & Signal Proc. Lab, EE, Univ. of Virginia (UVA) 1997 - 1999: Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engr., University of Virginia 1992 - 1996: Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engr., University of Virginia 1987 - 1991: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engr., University of Virginia 1986 - 1987: Instructor & Research Associate, EE-Systems Dept., Univ. of Southern Cal. (USC) 1982 - 1986: Research Assistant, EE-Systems Department, University of Southern California 1982 - 1985: Teaching Assistant / Grader, EE-Systems Dept., University of Southern California 1981 - 1982: Instructor for a private educational center, Athens, Greece. Curriculum Vitae – Georgios B. Giannakis 3 LEADERSHIP ã Digital Technology Center (DTC) Director, U. of Minnesota, 2008-2021 College-wide, cross-disciplinary, multi-departmental research center with mission to foster breakthrough, inter-disciplinary research and partnerships addressing the evolving challenges of our Digital Future. Managed personnel (12 admin. staff), resources (seed funds, fellowships, endowed chairs), and space; . Spearheaded externally sponsored projects, and facilitated industry-university partnerships; . Effected training through graduate student fellowships, internships, and diverse seminar series; . Doubled DTC researchers (100 graduate students; 20+ postdoctoral fellows; 30+ research visitors; and 50 affiliated faculty) . Increased by a factor of five publications, patents, proposals, and funding (up to $4M per year) . Broadened research spectrum to include Data Science, Network Science, Renewables, Grid, Environ- mental, and Health Informatics; . Expanded cross-departmental and cross-college partnerships to include the College of Liberal Arts; School of Public Affairs; Business School; Chemical Engineering, and Neuroscience; . Enhanced community outreach (Robotics Tech Camp; Lab tours for middle and high school students; and Summer school on bioinformatics) ã Major posts in professional society: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Societies (SPS and ComSoc) . IEEE Fellow and IEEE Proceedings Committee Member . Board of Governors member; Editor-in-Chief; Nominations and Appointments Committee (SPS) . Chair of Steering and Technical Committees (SPS and ComSoc) . General Conference Chair, including the IEEE Data Science Workshop, Minneapolis, MN, June 2019 ã Multi-university projects and proposals . Army Research Laboratory, Collaborative Technology Alliance; Technical Area Lead (2000-2009) . Medium- and large-size proposals to the Ntl. Science Foundation (NSF), Ntl. Inst. of Health (NIH), and Dept. of Defense (DoD) ã Other major leadership roles . Board of Regents elected member, University of Patras, Greece, (2013-2017) . Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency, Ministry of Education, Greece (2012-Present) . Research group leader (SPiNCoM): 12 Ph.D. students; 4 postdocs; 4 visitors (about 20 members per year over the last 25 years); currently down by 75%; 3 PhD students and 3 postdocs) Curriculum Vitae – Georgios B. Giannakis 4 HONORS and AWARDS I Academia Europaea (Informatics Section) Member, (2020). I European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) ‘Athanasios Papoulis’ Society Award, (2020) “For outstanding teaching, research, educational tools, and mentorship of graduate students in Signal Processing,