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John R. Barry is a Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley (1992) and previously worked at Bell Communications Research, IBM, Hughes Aircraft, and General Dynamics. His research spans communication theory, wireless systems, optical communications, and magnetic recording, with a focus on modulation, coding, synchronization, and equalization.
- Education:
- B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo (1986)
- M.S., University of California at Berkeley (1987)
- Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (1992)
His recent journal and conference publications address multi-cell MIMO, polar codes for recording, two-dimensional magnetic recording, and joint radar-communication systems. Articles span IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on Communications, and Globecom conferences, covering topics like timing recovery at low SNR, iterative equalization, and space-time coding.
Scientific Awards:
- David J. Griep Memorial Prize (1992)
- Eliahu Jury Award (1993)
- NSF Research Initiation Award (1993)
- IBM Faculty Development Award (1993)
- Senior Member, IEEE
He has advised 15 Ph.D. students and 2 M.S. students, including Hyuncheol Park, Chen-Chu Yeh, and Elnaz Sadeghian, all pursuing careers in academia and industry. His lab has received grants for iterative timing recovery, multi-input multi-output (MIMO) systems, and optical wireless communication.
Professor Barry's research group has contributed to patents in timing recovery and MIMO detection, with applications in wireless and optical systems. He served as Guest Editor for the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and Technical Program Chair for IEEE Globecom 2013.
