Rod Tucker is a Laureate Professor at The University of Melbourne. He is Director of the Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES) and Director of the Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks (CUBIN) in The University of Melbourne’s Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Professor Tucker has been named in Engineers Australia’s list of the 100 Most Influential Engineers for 2010. Sponsored by Engineers Australia, the list aims to acknowledge engineers who have a positive influence on society.
He has held positions at the University of Queensland, the University of California, Berkeley, Cornell University, Plessey Research, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Hewlett Packard Laboratories and Agilent Technologies.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and a Fellow of the IEEE. He received the BEng and PhD degrees from the University of Melbourne, in 1969 and 1975, respectively. In 1997 he was awarded the Australia Prize for his contributions to telecommunications.
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Connected OFCity: Technology Innovations for a Smart City Project
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Projects
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Project Types
25
Research Contracts
15
Research Grant
Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Medal of the Order of Australia
Engineers Australia list of the 100 Most Influential Engineers for 2010
Aaron Kressel Award
ISI Highly-Cited Researcher
ARC Federation Fellowship 2002-2007
Australian Prize - for outstanding contributions in Telecommunications
M.A. Sargent Medal - for outstanding contributions to Electrical Engineering
Distinguished Lecturer Award
Harkness Fellowship
Fisk Prize
Fellow of the Optical Society of America
FAA - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
FTSE - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
FIEAUST - Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Australia
FIEEE - Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Credentials
Positions
Honorary
Electrical And Electronic Engineering
Vice-President, Publications
IEEE Photonics Society
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Engineering
University of Melbourne