Jerry D. Gibson

Candidate's Statement

I believe that listening to Communications Society members' interests and concerns is the most important role of a Member-at-Large on the Board of Governors. I will work to maintain the quality and relevance of our publications and conferences, and to make ComSoc technical content available to the widest possible audience. In particular, well-targeted tutorials and workshops should be held in conjunction with our major conferences and made available online to those who cannot attend.

Biography

Jerry D. Gibson received a Ph. D. in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University in 1973 and is currently a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of over 200 papers and books, including Principles of Digital and Analog Communications (1993), and he is Editor-in-Chief of The Communications Handbook (2002). He has been Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications (1981–1985) and Associate Editor for Communications for IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (1988–1991). He served as Technical Program Chair of the first IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference in 1999, and is a member of the WCNC Steering Committee. He was a member of the ComSoc Awards Committee (2001–2003) and the IEEE Hamming Medal Committee (2001–2003). In 1990 he received the Fredrick Emmons Terman Award from the American Society for Engineering Education.