An international authority on special purpose silicon architectures for digital signal and video processing and cryptography, Prof McCanny has cofounded two high technology companies based on the work of his research teams, Amphion Semiconductor – acquired by Conexant, then NXP, then Entropic – and Audio Processing Technology – acquired in 2011 by CSR.
In addition, Prof McCanny was recently appointed Northern Ireland’s first Regius Professor. The Regius Professorship, granted by Her Majesty The Queen, recognises exceptionally high quality research.
Also receiving recognition in the New Years Honours list is Polina Bayvel, professor of optical communications and networks at University College London. Programme director of the UNLOC project, Prof Bayvel is looking to maximise the potential of optical fibre communications.
