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'''Bruce Hajek''' is the Center for Advanced Study Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and Hoeft Chair in Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hajek.ece.illinois.edu/ | title = Bruce Hajek | accessdate = 4 Aug 2016}}</ref> His research spans communication networks, auction theory, stochastic analysis, [[combinatorial optimization]], [[machine learning]], [[information theory]], as well as [[bioinformatics]].
'''Bruce Hajek''' is the Center for Advanced Study Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and Hoeft Chair in Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hajek.ece.illinois.edu/ | title = Bruce Hajek | accessdate = 4 Aug 2016}}</ref> His research spans communication networks, auction theory, stochastic analysis, [[combinatorial optimization]], [[machine learning]], [[information theory]], as well as [[bioinformatics]].


He graduated with B.S. in mathematics and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruce Hajek (UIUC)|website=U.C. Berkeley (eecs.berkeley.edu)|date=2018|url=http://bliss.eecs.berkeley.edu/Seminar/sp18/hajek.html}}</ref> He received in 1979 from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] his Ph.D. in electrical engineering with dissertation ''Stochastic Integration, Markov Property and Measure Transformation of Random Fields''.
He was elected into the [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 1999,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/MemberDirectory/30248.aspx|title=Dr. Bruce Hajek|website=NAE Website|access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref> and he is the 2003 winner of the [[IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award]].

Hajek was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1992–1993. He was elected into the [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 1999,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/MemberDirectory/30248.aspx|title=Dr. Bruce Hajek|website=NAE Website|access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref> and he is the 2003 winner of the [[IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award]].


He is the author of the book ''Random Processes for Engineers'' (Cambridge University Press, 2015, {{ISBN|9781107100121}}).
He is the author of the book ''Random Processes for Engineers'' (Cambridge University Press, 2015, {{ISBN|9781107100121}}).
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Prof. Hajek's research interests include communication networks, auction theory, stochastic analysis, combinatorial optimization, machine learning, information theory, and bioinformatics.. He served as Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, and as President of the IEEE Information Theory Society.

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Bruce Hajek
Awards2015 ACM SIGMETRICS Achievement Award 1982 Donald P. Eckman Award
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical and Computer Engineering
InstitutionsMIT and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Doctoral advisorEugene Wong
Websitehttp://hajek.ece.illinois.edu/

Bruce Hajek is the Center for Advanced Study Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and Hoeft Chair in Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[1] His research spans communication networks, auction theory, stochastic analysis, combinatorial optimization, machine learning, information theory, as well as bioinformatics.

He graduated with B.S. in mathematics and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[2] He received in 1979 from the University of California, Berkeley his Ph.D. in electrical engineering with dissertation Stochastic Integration, Markov Property and Measure Transformation of Random Fields.

Hajek was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1992–1993. He was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 1999,[3] and he is the 2003 winner of the IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award.

He is the author of the book Random Processes for Engineers (Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 9781107100121).

References

  1. ^ "Bruce Hajek". Retrieved 4 Aug 2016.
  2. ^ "Bruce Hajek (UIUC)". U.C. Berkeley (eecs.berkeley.edu). 2018.
  3. ^ "Dr. Bruce Hajek". NAE Website. Retrieved 2018-03-11.


Prof. Hajek's research interests include communication networks, auction theory, stochastic analysis, combinatorial optimization, machine learning, information theory, and bioinformatics.. He served as Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, and as President of the IEEE Information Theory Society.