David Sarnoff Research Center appoints Norman D. Winarsky division vice president.PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 1995--Appointment of Norman D. Winarsky as division vice president, Information Systems Laboratories, has been announced by Dr. Curtis R. Carlson, executive vice president, Interactive Systems Division, at the David Sarnoff Noun 1. David Sarnoff - United States businessman who pioneered in radio and television broadcasting (1891-1971) Sarnoff Research Center, a subsidiary of SRI International. In the newly created position of division vice president, Dr. Winarsky will have responsibility for image information research, advanced image processing, computational science, and visual information systems. The National Information Display Laboratory (NIDL NIDL National Information Display Laboratory NIDL Network Interface Definition Language NIDL New International Division of Labour NIDL Northeastern Illinois Documents Librarians ) Operations will also report to him. A native of Newark, N.J., he received B.S., M.S and Ph.D. degrees, all in Mathematics from the University of Chicago, where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow. He also did postdoctoral research at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. From 1974 to 1976 he was a Visiting Professor at the State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. at Albany. Dr. Winarsky joined RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. Laboratories at the David Sarnoff Research Center in 1976 as a Member of the Technical Staff, performing research in applied mathematics, electron optics, and computer science. In 1983, he was appointed Head, Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing Research. In 1991, he was appointed Director, Information Sciences Laboratory, the position he held until his present appointment. He has presented or published hundreds of technical presentations in the areas of numerical analysis, electron optics, visualization, image processing, and computer vision research. Dr. Winarsky has received two RCA Laboratories Outstanding Achievement awards for his research. In 1984 he was a recipient of the David Sarnoff Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement, RCA's highest technical honor, for "outstanding achievement in applied mathematics and physical analysis, leading to advanced computer software for simulating electron trajectories in picture tubes." He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa: see fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa Leading academic honour society in the U.S., which draws its membership from college and university students. The oldest Greek-letter society in the U.S. , Sigma Xi, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. , the American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, which it does with various publications and conferences as well as annual monetary awards to mathematicians. , and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) was founded by a small group of mathematicians from academia and industry who met in Philadelphia in 1951 to start an organization . He is also a member of the Board of Directors of SENSAR Inc., and the Board of Advisors of the Arts Council of Princeton. Dr. Winarsky and his wife, the former Lisbeth Thygesen of Herning, Denmark, have three children, Hanne, David, and Peter, and live in Princeton. CONTACT: David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton Cynthia S. Gray 609/734-3038 or Fax: 609/734-2870 |
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