Dr. John S. Baras
Director, Maryland Center for Hybrid Networks (HyNet) (An industry-university-government center of excellence)
Lockheed Martin Chair in Systems Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
and the Institute for Systems Research (Permanent Joint Appointment)
Affiliate Professor of Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Affiliate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Member of the Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computation Program. Room 2247 A.V. Williams Building (115) Institute for Systems Research University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD 20742 Telephone: W: (301) 405-6606, Fax: W: (301) 314-9218 Email: baras@isr.umd.edu
Lockheed Martin Chair in Systems Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
and the Institute for Systems Research (Permanent Joint Appointment)
Affiliate Professor of Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Affiliate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Member of the Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computation Program. Room 2247 A.V. Williams Building (115) Institute for Systems Research University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD 20742 Telephone: W: (301) 405-6606, Fax: W: (301) 314-9218 Email: baras@isr.umd.edu
Recent Honors and Awards
2017 IEEE Simon Ramo Medal ,
For exceptional contributions to the conception and commercialization of internet-over-satellite systems, and for leadership in model-based engineering, systems science, and engineering research. ,
2016
2017 International Federation for Automatic Control (IFAC) Fellow ,
for contributions to the theory and applications of stochastic systems and control and communication networks and for leadership in cross-disciplinary research and education ,
2016
Inducted in the A. James Clark School of Engineeting Innovation Hall of Fame ,
for his outstanding contributions to Internet over satellite technology and hybrid networks, which has enabled broadband Internet services over interoperable satellite and terrestrial networks. ,
2016
National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow ,
http://www.academyofinventors.org/press-releases.asp ,
2015
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow ,
“for distinguished contributions to the fields of systems and control, communication networks, network security, and leadership in establishing outstanding cross disciplinary research and education programs.” ,
2014
The prestigious three year (2014-2017) "Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship" ,
by the Institute for Advanced Study of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany ,
2014
SIAM Fellow ,
for contributions to systems theory, stochastic control and communication networks. ,
2014
Awarded the prestigious 2014 Tage Erlander Guest Professorship ,
by the Swedish Research Council ,
2013
IEEE Life Fellow ,
2013
2013 Jimmy Lin Award for Entrepreneurship ,
for the business model "Secure Mobile Devices", (with Vladimir Ivanov) ,
awarded by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Maryland ,
2013
The Largest Selling Product ,
the other one of the two most significant awards bestowed for Research at the prestigious three year (2014-2017) Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program (MIPS) 25th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Award was given for HughesNet®, the product which resulted from Dr. Baras’ collaboration with Hughes Network Systems. HughesNet® is the largest-selling product ever developed with the help of the MIPS
program. Dr. Baras created the algorithms by which the Internet is delivered over satellite worldwide.
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2012
Award for "Principal Investigator with Greatest Impact" ,
one of the two most significant awards bestowed for Research at the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program (MIPS) 25th Anniversary Gala Celebration ,
2012
Maryland Innovator of the Year Award ,
for the invention “Method and Implementation for Key Generation and Replacement using Markov Models” ,
from the Maryland Daily Record ,
2009
Outstanding Invention of the Year Award ,
for the invention of “Method and Implementation for Key Generation and Replacement using Markov Models”. ,
from the University of Maryland ,
2008
Best Paper Award for C4/ISR ,
for “Power Allocation Tradeoffs in Multicarrier Authentication Systems”. ,
at the 26th Army Science Conference ,
2008
Globecom '08 Best Paper Award for Wireless Networks ,
for the paper “Performance Metric Sensitivity Computation for Optimization and Trade-off Analysis in Wireless Networks” ,
presented at the IEEE Global Communications Conference 2008 held at New Orleans, Louisiana ,
2008
Leonard G. Abraham Prize in Communication Systems ,
presented at the International Conference on Communications (ICC2007), for the paper “On Trust Models and Trust Evaluation Metrics for Ad Hoc Networks”, Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, Security in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, Vol. 24, Number 2, pp. 318-328, February 2006. ,
IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc), ,
2007
Elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engieering Sciences (IVA) ,
IVA is the world’s oldest engineering academy. Its mission is to promote the engineering and economic sciences and the development of industry for the benefit of society. ,
2006