Liu Elected Fellow of AAAS

Professor K.J. Ray Liu, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Research in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Liu is one of a select group of new fellows recognized as leaders whose contributions toward the advancement of science and technology are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.

The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science and serving society around the world. AAAS was founded in 1848, and serves some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, and 10 million individuals.

AAAS cites Dr. Liu for “distinguished contributions to signal processing for wireless communications, multimedia, information forensics and security.” AAAS will honor Prof. Liu and the other new fellows during the AAAS Fellows Forum at its annual meeting on Feb. 14, 2008 in Chicago.

Dr. Liu is also a Fellow of the IEEE and recently received the Clark School's Outstanding Faculty Research Award.

Published December 15, 2008