Prof John McWhirter, FRS, FREng

Foretitle(s): Prof
Surname: McWHIRTER
Style: Prof John McWhirter, FRS, FREng
Recreations: swimming for exercise, building and flying radio controlled model gliders, walking, cycling for pleasure

Career: Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) Malvern: higher scientific offr 1973-77, sr scientific offr 1977-80, princ scientific offr 1980-86, sr princ scientific offr 1986-96, sr fell Signal Processing Gp 1996-2001; with Qinetiq Ltd 2001-07; visiting prof: Electrical Engrg Dept Queen's Univ Belfast 1986-, Sch of Engrg Univ of Wales Cardiff 1997-; distinguished research prof Univ of Cardiff 2007-; chm and proceedings ed IMA Int Conf on Mathematics in Signal Processing 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2008; pres IMA 2002-03 (vice-pres 1998-99), fndr memb Signal Processing Sub Gp IEE 1987-92, Euro Program chm Int Conf on Systolic Arrays 1989, memb IT Panel UK Technol Foresight Programme 1994, Euro Program chm Int Symposium on Computer Arithmetic IEEE 1995, memb EPSRC Peer Review Coll for IT (Communications) 1995-; author of over 200 research papers, inventor and co-inventor 30 UK, European, US and Canadian patents; Hon DSc: Queen's Univ Belfast 2000, Univ of Edinburgh 2002; CMath, FIMA 1988, FIEE 1994, FREng 1996, FRS 1999 (memb Cncl 2011-12), FInstP 1999; Awards Northern Ireland Info Technol Award Br Computer Soc (jtly with J V McCanny) 1987, J J Thomson Premium IEE (jtly) 1990, J J Thomson Medal IEE (for research on systolic arrays) 1994