G. Foschini
Bell Laboratories;Alcatel-Lucent, USA
Gerard J. Foschini received his B.S.E.E. degree
from New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJTT) in 1961, his M.E.E. degree
from New York University (NYU) in 1963,
and his Ph.D. degree in mathematics from
Stevens Institute of Technology in 1967. Mr.
Foschini has been at Bell Laboratories for
41 years. He is a Bell Labs Fellow and he
holds the position of Distinguished Member
of Staff and Distinguished Inventor. He
has conducted data communications research on many kinds of
systems, most recently wireless communications and optical communications
systems. Gerard has done extensive research on point-to-
point systems as well as on networks. He has authored one hundred
papers and holds seven patents. He has won the IEEE Eric E.
Sumner Award, the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award, and the Bell
Labs Presidents Gold Award. He has taught at both Princeton and
Rutgers Universities.
Biography Updated on 11 August 2003
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