University of Toronto
Professor Frank R. Kschischang
Canada Research Chair in Communication Algorithms
The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of TorontoOffice: BA4132 (map)
10 King's College RoadTel: +1-416-978-0461
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G4Fax: +1-416-978-4425
CanadaEmail: frank@comm.utoronto.ca
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Current Teaching (AY 2009/10)

  • ECE 1502F, Information Theory
  • ECE 417S, Digital Communication

Courses Taught Previously

  • ECE 1501, Error-Control Codes
  • ECE 316, Communication Systems

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Last update: January 2, 2010

Brief Biography

  • B.A.Sc. (hon.) in Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia, 1985.
  • M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, 1988.
  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, 1991.
  • Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, 1991-1996.
  • Associate Professor, University of Toronto, 1996-2000.
  • Professor, University of Toronto, 2000-.
  • More Biographical Data, Professional Service.

Research Interests

Professor Kschischang's research interests are in the area of digital communications, particularly in the area of communication algorithms as used, for example, to decode information transmitted over a noisy channel with an error-correcting code. Applications for this work occur in modem design for wireless communication, free-space optical communication, fibre-optic communication, powerline communication, digital subscriber lines, etc., as well as in information distribution over the Internet. Keywords: factor graphs, graphical models, the sum-product algorithm, low-density parity-check codes, turbo codes, network coding, trellis-coded modulation, trellis structure of codes, constellation shaping, multidimensional sphere packing.

Awards

Nov. 1992:   EE Class of 9T3 Professor of the Year
May 1999:Ontario Premier's Research Excellence Award, "in recognition of research into new communications algorithms that will improve telecommunications"
Jan. 2001:Canada Research Chair (Tier I); renewed Jan. 2008.
Nov. 2001:CE Professor of the Year
Nov. 2003:ECE Professor of the Year
Jan. 2006:Fellow, IEEE, "for contributions to trellis structures, graphical models and iterative decoding techniques for error-correcting codes"
Jan. 2006:Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada, "for significant contributions to engineering in Canada"
May 2006:Faculty Teaching Award, "in recognition of superb accomplishment in teaching"
May 2008:ECE Student Club Departmental Teaching Award, "for excellence in undergraduate teaching"
May 2009:ECE Student Club Departmental Teaching Award
Mar. 2010:Killam Research Fellowship: Awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts to recognize distinguished Canadian scholars; provides two years of release time from teaching and administrative duties to pursue independent research.
May 2010:University of Toronto Faculty Award of Excellence, "recognizing excellence in teaching, research, and professional endeavours" (awarded annually to one faculty member at the University of Toronto)
Jun. 2010:IEEE Communications Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award, "for the paper co-authored with Ralf Kötter entitled 'Coding for Errors and Erasures in Random Network Coding', published in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 54, no. 8, pp. 3579-3591, August 2008.