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, Head of the Department of Engineering Mathematics, said: 鈥淚t is a great accolade to be elected a Fellow of the IEEE. I am delighted for Mario as he is a worthy recipient. The award reflects not only the engineering excellence for the Department but also for the and the University.鈥�
Mario di Bernardo joined the University as a temporary lecturer in 1997. He was promoted to a reader in 2003 and a professor in 2007. He also holds, from 2005, an associate chair at the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. He is currently Vice President of the IEEE Society on Circuits and Systems. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 scientific publications and has received funding from a number of sources, including the EPSRC, the EU and industry. In 2007, he was bestowed the title of 鈥淐avaliere鈥� of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for scientific merits by the President of Italy.
An IEEE Fellow is conferred upon a person with an outstanding record of achievement in any of the IEEE fields of interest. 321 individuals have been elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2011.
Dedicated to the advancement of technology, the IEEE publishes 30 per cent of the world鈥檚 literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed more than 900 active industry standards. The association also sponsors or co-sponsors nearly 400 international technical conferences each year.