ProfessorPeter Kennedy

He was a founding Director of Ireland's Microelectronics Industry Design Association in 2001 and was Scientific Director of the Microelectronic Circuits Centre Ireland from 2010 through 2014. He has  over 450 publications in the area of nonlinear circuits and has taught courses on nonlinear dynamics and delta-sigma modulation in China, England, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Spain, Switzerland, and the USA.

His research interests are in the simulation, analysis and design of nonlinear dynamical systems for applications in communications and signal processing.
    
Dr. Kennedy was the recipient of the 1991 Best Paper Award from the International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications and the Best Paper Award at the European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design 1999. He served as Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS from 1993 to 1995 and from 1999 to 2004. He was awarded the IEEE Third Millennium Medal, the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Golden Jubilee Medal in 2000, and the inaugural Parson's Medal for Engineering Sciences by the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) in 2001. He was elected to membership of the RIA in 2004, served as RIA Policy and International Relations Secretary from 2012 through 2016, and as President from 2017 to 2020. He was Vice-President for Region 8 of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) from 2005 to 2007, a CASS Distinguished Lecturer in 2012--2013 and again 2022--2023, and  Chair of the CASS Distinguished Lecturer Program from 2017 to 2020. He served on the IEEE Fellows Committee, the IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award Committee and the IEEE Technical Field Awards Committee, and is currently Vice Chair of the IEEE Awards Board and a Director of the IEEE Foundartion.