Dr. Henry Pfister

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Biography

Henry D. Pfister received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2003 from the University of California, San Diego. He is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, also holding a secondary appointment in Mathematics. Prior to his current position, he served as an associate professor at Texas A&M University from 2006 to 2014 and completed post-doctoral work at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne between 2005 and 2006. He was also a senior engineer at Qualcomm Corporate R&D in San Diego from 2003 to 2004. His research interests span information theory, error-correcting codes, quantum computing, and machine learning. Pfister has received several awards including the NSF Career Award in 2008 and the Texas A&M ECE Department Outstanding Professor Award in 2010. He has served on the IEEE Information Theory Society Board of Governors from 2019 to 2022, was an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory from 2013 to 2016, and was a Distinguished Lecturer in 2015 to 2016.

Research Interests

Awards

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Distinguished Lecturer

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NSF CAREER Award

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Outstanding Professor Award

Courses

STA 563: Information Theory EGR 393: Research Projects Engineering ECE 899: Special Readings Electrical Engineering ECE 891: Internship ECE 590: Advanced Topics Electrical Computer Engineering ECE 587: Information Theory ECE 586D: Vector Space Methods Applications ECE 581: Random Signals Noise

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)