Prof Tariq Durrani, OBE, FRSE, FREng

Career: res fell Univ of Southampton 1970-76; Univ of Strathclyde: lectr 1976-79, sr lectr 1979-82, prof of signal processing 1982-, chm Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engrg 1986-90, dep princ (IT) 1990-91, dep princ 2000-06, sr advsr 2006-; IEEE: pres Signal Processing Soc 1994-96, chm Periodicals Cncl 1996-97, former chm Professional Gps on Signal Processing and Image Processing, vice-chair Technical Activities Region 8, pres Engrg Mgmnt Soc 2006-07, vice-pres (educnl activities) 2010-11; RSE: memb Cncl 2003-06, vice-convenor Int Ctee 2006-, vice-pres (int) 2008-12; chm: Centre for Parallel Signal Processing, Scottish Electronics Technol Gp; dir Inst of System Level Integration 2000-; vice-chair UNESCO UK Nat Cmmn Science Ctee 2010; memb: Scottish Science Advsy Ctee 2002-04, Scottish Funding Cncl 2006-; IEEE Millennium Medal 2000, IEEE Signal Processing Soc Meritorious Service Award 2000, GG2 Leadership and Diversity Award as Asian Man of the Year 1999; dir: Scottish Inst for Enterprise 2001-04, Glasgow C of C 2002-, Leadership Foundation for Higher Educn 2004-09; FIEE 1983, FIEEE 1989, FRSE 1994, FREng 1996

Books and Publications: Laser Systems in Flow Measurements (with C Greated, 1977), Geophysical Signal Processing (with E A Robinson, 1986), Signal Processing (co-ed with J L Lacoume and R Stora, 1987), Mathematics and Signal Processing (ed, 1987), Transputer Applications 3 (ed, 1991)