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Professor pulls off two IEEE awards
The achievements of Professor Jaafar Elmirghani of Swansea University in promoting collaboration in telecommunications research have been recognised with two prestigious awards from the IEEE.
The achievements of Professor Jaafar Elmirghani of Swansea University in promoting collaboration in telecommunications research have been recognised with two prestigious awards from the IEEE Professor Elmirghani, Head of the new Institute of Advanced Telecommunications at Swansea University, received the IEEE Communications Society 2005 Harold Sobol Award for exemplary service to meetings and conferences
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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In addition, the IEEE UK and RI Communications Chapter, which is chaired by Professor Elmirghani, was named as the "Superior Regional Chapter" and Professor Elmirghani received the award on behalf of the chapter where the citation read for "excellence in chapter activities and for contributions in furthering the objectives of the society".
Professor Elmirghani recently received the awards at the 48th annual IEEE Global Telecommunications (Globecom'05) Conference in St Louis, USA.
He said: "It is a great honour to receive these awards".
"This is a very exciting time for telecommunications".
"From medicine to education, transport to entertainment, telecommunications touches everyone's lives and I am very proud to be able to make a contribution to research that has the potential to transform the way we live".
"I want to thank the IEEE for all its support over the years".
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