Elvino Silveira Sousa is a Professor of Electrical Engineering Professor and Jeffrey Skoll Chair in Computer Networks and Innovation at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, Ontario. He is a recipient of the

Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal The Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (french: link=no, Médaille du jubilé d'or de la Reine Elizabeth II) or the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2002 to mark the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ...

and in 2012 was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to wireless systems, including

modulation In electronics and telecommunications, modulation is the process of varying one or more properties of a periodic waveform, called the ''carrier signal'', with a separate signal called the ''modulation signal'' that typically contains informatio ...

techniques and

transmitter In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which i ...

diversity. Sousa got his B.A.Sc. in engineering science and the M.A.Sc. in

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from the

in 1980 and 1982, respectively. After obtaining Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

in 1985, Sousa worked at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Toronto.

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* 1950s births Living people Canadian electrical engineers University of Toronto alumni University of Southern California alumni Academic staff of the University of Toronto Fellows of the IEEE Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-engineer-stub