Curriculum Vitae of
`Robert Michael Tanner
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`Consultant
`Chief Academic Counsel for the
`Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
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`1414 22nd St. NW PH64, Washington, D.C. 20037-1079
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`Email: r.michael.tanner@gmail.com Tel: (202) 525-1201
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`Education
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`B.S.E.E. with Great Distinction, Stanford University, June 1966
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`M.S.E.E., Stanford University, June 1967
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`Ph.D.E.E. with specialization in information theory, Stanford University, Jan. 1971
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`Honors:
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`Tau Beta Pi (President of Stanford Chapter), Phi Beta Kappa
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`F. E. Terman Engineering Award
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`N.S.F. Graduate Fellowship for four years
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`Professional Honors
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`Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
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`Fellow, California Council on Science and Technology
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`Life Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
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`Golden Jubilee Paper Award, 50th Anniversary of Information Theory, for
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`“A Recursive Approach to Low-Complexity Codes”
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`Member of Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi
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`Professional Interests
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`Academic administration and institutional transformation; intellectual property and
`copyright; scholarly communication and the Internet; coding and information theory;
`computer simulation models; and educational uses of information technology.
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`Technical Research Interests
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`Topics involving information and communication theory and the theory of algorithms and
`computational complexity. My main foci have been: a) codes on graphs: highly efficient
`error-correcting codes that are amenable to decoding with ultra-concurrent iterative
`algorithms; and b) the theoretical and algorithmic reconciliation of block and
`convolutional codes. I am recognized as the founder of the subfield “codes on graphs” and
`the originator of the code representations now known as “Tanner graphs.” Related
`interests include: VLSI architectures; pattern recognition; speech recognition; and fault-
`tolerant computing.
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`Chief Academic Counsel (part-time)
`Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
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`Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer
`Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
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`Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of
`Illinois at Chicago (UIC); Professor of Electrical and Computer
`Engineering; of Computer Science; of Mathematics, Statistics,
`& Computer Science; and of Information and Decision Systems
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`Interim Director, University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
`Silicon Valley Center
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`Visiting Professor, California Institute of Technology,
`Electrical Engineering
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`Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
`Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
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`Executive Vice Chancellor, UCSC
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`Academic Vice Chancellor, UCSC
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`Acting Dean of Natural Sciences, UCSC
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`Chair, Computer and Information Sciences, UCSC
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`Professor, Computer Sciences
`(formerly Computer and Information Sciences), UCSC
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`Consultant to various disk and telecommunication
`companies
`(e.g., Optimem, Applied Information Memories,
`Identronix, Stanford Telecommunications,
`Ford Aerospace, Technology for Communications
`International)
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`Visiting Scientist, IBM Research, San Jose
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`Employment History
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`January 2016
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`January 2011
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`July 2002
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`Aug. 1998
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`July 1992
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`July 1989
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`Sept. 1988
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`August 1981
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`July 1984
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`(error-correction and run-length limited coding)
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`Visiting Associate Professor, Stanford University
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`Associate Professor, UCSC
`Computer and Information Sciences
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`Assistant Professor, UCSC
`Computer and Information Sciences
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`April 1981 to
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`July 1978 to
`July 1984
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`July 1971 to
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`Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering,
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`Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee (an HBCU)
`June 1971
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`Major University-Related Positions
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`Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer, Association of Public
`and Land-grant Universities, Washington, DC.
`Formed a Personalized Learning Consortium of over 20 universities to advance the use
`of technology in learning. Led Gates Foundation-funded planning projects to improve
`student learning in college gateway courses and federal student aid. Provide policy
`advice and direction in matters such as U.S. patent policy, accreditation, federal
`student aid, accountability, etc. Coordinated programs for provosts from the major
`U.S. public research universities.
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`Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago,
`2002-2011
`In charge of the campus budget ($1.7B/yr.) and all academic units, which includes
`fifteen colleges and schools (Architecture and the Arts, Business Administration,
`Liberal Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Urban Planning and Public Affairs, Education,
`Social Work, Nursing, Medicine, Dentistry, Applied Health Sciences, Public Health,
`Pharmacy, Graduate, Honors) and the library. Multiple support offices (academic
`computing, planning and budget, faculty human resources, etc.) also report to the
`Provost. UIC has 16,000 undergraduates and 9,000 graduate and professional
`students, is in the top 50 U.S. universities as ranked by federal research expenditures,
`and is the public research university for Chicago.
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`Co-Chair of the University of Illinois Energy Task Force, 2006-2009
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`This Task Force of 13 senior leaders and faculty oversaw a comprehensive study of
`energy procurement, generation, distribution, and consumption for the University of
`Illinois, an approximately $120M/yr. enterprise, and made recommendations for
`operational and financing strategies and for reorganization of governance and
`management.
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`Interim Director, Silicon Valley Center, 2000-2002
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` Responsible for overall development of a satellite campus envisioned for the NASA
`Research Park at NASA/Ames, Moffett Field, CA, including: academic planning;
`negotiation with NASA concerning the site, housing, and management and ownership
`of NASA’s Laboratory; physical planning; initial budgeting and organizational
`development; institutional relations; participation in the Collaborative for Higher
`Education with San José State University & Foothill/DeAnza Community Colleges.
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`Chair of the University of California Copyright Task Force (1997-99)
` A fifteen person committee commissioned by the Associate Provost for Academic
`Initiatives to examine the changing legal, technological and academic environment
`pertinent to UC Copyright Policy and prepare a report proposing policy changes.
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`Executive Vice Chancellor, UC Santa Cruz, 1992-1998
` Working closely with the Chancellor, I was the chief operating officer for a campus of
`9,500 undergraduates, 1000 graduate students, and 400+ permanent faculty. I acted
`as Chancellor in the Chancellor's absence. Duties include those of the former
`Academic Vice Chancellor position and encompassed the business and student services
`sectors as well. I oversaw and worked directly with the Associate Chancellor for
`Budget and Planning, the Advancement Office, Vice Chancellor for Business and
`Administrative Services, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, the Assistant Chancellor
`for Human Resources, the Associate Vice Chancellors for Academic Planning and
`Programs and for Research, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Affairs,
`the University Librarian, and the Deans of the Divisions of Humanities, Arts, Natural
`Sciences, Social Sciences, Graduate Studies, and the School of Engineering.
`Responsibilities included: academic planning and new program review; fiscal planning
`and budget ($88M state budget, $35M student fee, $225M total); planning for new
`construction; space allocations; computer and information resource planning and
`policy; business and personnel offices; final decisions for faculty hiring, promotions
`(except tenure), and extraordinary merit increases.
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`Academic Vice Chancellor, 1989-92
` As Academic Vice Chancellor, I administered the academic components of the
`campus. I oversaw and worked with the Deans of the Divisions of Humanities, Arts,
`Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Graduate Studies and Research, Associate Vice
`Chancellors for Academic Planning and Programs and for Undergraduate Education,
`the "Provosts" of each of eight residential colleges, the Dean of Admissions, the
`Registrar, the Dean of University Extension, the Academic Personnel Office, and the
`Academic Senate Office. My responsibilities include: academic planning; planning for
`academic buildings; space management; fiscal planning and budget; fund raising
`activities; academic personnel and Academic Senate offices; authority for faculty
`hiring, promotions (except tenure), and merit increases.
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`Acting Dean of Natural Sciences 1988-89
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` Administered an academic division comprised of eight departments (Astronomy &
`Astrophysics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer & Info. Sciences, Computer
`Engineering, Earth Sciences, Marine Sciences, and Physics), a special Science
`Communication program, four Organized Research Units (Particle Physics, Tectonics,
`Marine Sciences, Non-linear Sciences), with on-campus and off-campus facilities. In
`addition to coordination of the activities of the departments and research directors, my
`responsibilities included: academic planning; planning for new buildings; space
`management; fiscal planning and budget; business and personnel offices;
`recommendations and analyses for faculty hiring, promotions, and merit increases. At
`that time the Natural Sciences had approximately 120 permanent faculty, a state
`budget of $10M, and outside contract and grants of $12M.
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`Chair of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) (1981-88)
` During the period of my service, UCSC added a Computer Engineering program, and
`the combined permanent faculty grew from seven to twenty. The CIS graduate
`program tripled in size, from 15 to 45 students, and the external funding increased
`dramatically.
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`Chair of the Committee on Educational Policy (1985-87)
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`The committee is one of the four major Academic Senate Committees at UCSC. It
`approves all undergraduate courses and degree requirements for the campus. It
`oversees and suggests legislation pertaining to all aspects of educational policy. It
`reviews and must approve all courses offered by the University.
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`Chair of the Committee on Admissions, Financial Aid, and Relations with Schools for
`three years during the early seventies. In 1982 I worked with Admissions Dean
`Richard Moll to change the admission criteria for the entire U.C. system. Honors and
`advanced placement courses received preferential points toward G.P.A. computations.
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`Refereed Journal Publications
`“Construction of irregular LDPC codes by quasi-cyclic extension,” IEEE Transactions on
`Communications, Vo. 53, No. 4, April 2007, pp. 1479-1483.
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`“A hybrid coding scheme for the Gilbert-Elliott Channel,” IEEE Transactions on
`Communications, Vol. 54, No10, Oct. 2006, pp. 1787-1796.
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`"LDPC block and convolutional codes based on circulant matrices,” with D. Sridhara, A.
`Sridharan, T. E. Fuja, and D. J. Costello, Jr., IEEE Transactions Information Theory,
`Vol. IT-50, No. 12, Dec. 2004, pp. 2966-2984.
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`"Minimum distance bound by graph analysis,” IEEE Transactions Information Theory,
`Special Issue on Codes on Graphs, Feb. 2001, pp. 808-821.
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`"A transform theory for a class of group-invariant codes," IEEE Transactions Information
`Theory, Vol. IT-34, No. 4, July 1988, pp. 752-775.
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`"Explicit concentrators from generalized N-gons," S.I.A.M. Journal on Algebraic and
`Discrete Methods, Vol. 5, No. 3, Sept. 1984, pp. 287-293.
`• Note: This paper presented an eigenvalue-ratio proof technique for the expansion
`properties of a graph, a technique that has been widely used.
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`"Fault-tolerant 256K memory designs," IEEE Transactions Computers, Vol. C-33, April
`1984, pp. 314-322.
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`"A recursive approach to low complexity codes," IEEE Transactions Information Theory,
`Vol. IT-27, No. 5, Sept. 1981, pp. 533-547.
`• Note: This paper was awarded a Golden Jubilee Paper Award in 1998, on the occasion
`of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the field of Information Theory, as
`having widely recognized impact on the field, one of only 15 papers so honored.
`The published citation reads: “This is a visionary paper that was truly ahead of its
`time. The paper establishes, for the first time, the profound connections between
`codes, graphs, and iterative decoding. There are several striking ideas in this paper
`regarding the importance and usefulness of extremal graphs, that remain
`overlooked even today.”
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`"Minimean merging and sorting: An algorithm," S.I.A.M. Journal on Computing, Vol. 7,
`No. 1, Feb. 1978, pp. 18-38.
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`"Some content maximizing properties of the regular simplex," Pacific Journal of Math.
`Vol. 52, No. 2, 1974, pp. 611-616.
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`Book review of Elements of Detection and Signal Design, by C. L. Weber, IEEE
`Transactions Information Theory, Vol. IT-17, May 1971, p. 361.
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`Patents
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`HIGH DATA RATE BCH DECODER, R. M. Tanner, R. Koralek, F. Chethik, S.B.
`Lengel, and D. H. Miller, inventors - U.S. Patent No. 4,958,349, assigned to Ford
`Aerospace & Communications Corp., issued Sept. 1990.
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`METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINING ENCODING AND MODULATION
`- U.S. Patent No. 4,882,733, assigned to Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp.,
`issued Nov. 21, 1989.
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`ERROR-DETECTING AND CORRECTING MEMORIES - U.S. Patent No. 4,547,882
`assigned to the Trustees of Stanford University, issued 1985.
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`ERROR-CORRECTING CODING SYSTEM - U.S. Patent No. 4,295,218 assigned to
`the Regents of the Univ. of Calif., issued Oct. 13, 1981.
`• Note: This patent covers encoding and message-passing decoders for both block and
`convolutional graph-structured codes.
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`“Shannon et les Connexions Essentielles,” Invited Lecture (in French) at the Institut Henri
`Poincaré as part of the Shannon 100 Centenary Series, Paris, March 9, 2017.
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`“A Feasibility Study on Disseminating Spatio-temporal Information via Vehicular Ad-hoc
`Networks,” (B. Xu, O., Wolfson, N. Rishe, C Naiman, and R. M. Tanner) Proceedings of
`the Third International Workshop on Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications (V2VCOM),
`Istanbul, Turkey, June 12, 2007.
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`“Mobile Peer-to-Peer Data Dissemination with Resource Constraints," (O. Wolfson, B.
`Xu, and R. M. Tanner) Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Mobile Data
`Management, Mannheim, Germany, May 2007, pp. 16-23.
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`“Hybrid Codes for the Gilbert-Elliott Channel with Quasi-Cyclic Constructions,” (J. Chen
`and R. M. Tanner) Presented at the international symposium on Communication Theory
`and Applications, Ambleside, England, July 2005.
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`“Improved Min-sum Decoding Algorithms for Irregular LDPC Codes,’’ (J. Chen, R. M.
`Tanner, C. R. Jones, and Y. Li) Presented at the IEEE International Symposium on
`Information Theory, Adelaide, Australia, 2005.
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`“VLSI implementation of quasi-cyclic LDPC codes,” (K. Yoshida, J. Brockman, D. J.
`Costello, Jr., T. E. Fuja, and R. M. Tanner) Proceedings of the 2004 International
`Symposium on Information Theory and Applications, Parma, Italy, Oct. 2004, pp. 551-
`556.
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`“A construction for low density parity check convolutional codes based on quasi-cyclic
`block codes,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory,
`Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2002, (A. Sridharan, D. J. Costello, Jr., D. Sridhara, T. E.
`Fuja, and R. M. Tanner), p.481.
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`“On graph constructions for LDPC codes by quasi-cyclic extension,” in Information,
`Coding and Mathematics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002, pp. 209-220.
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`“The Tetrahedral Golay Code,” in Codes, Graphs, and Systems, Kluwer Academic
`Publishers, 2002, pp. 415-424.
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`“A Class of Group-Structured LDPC Codes,” Proceedings of the Sixth International
`Symposium on Communications Theory and Applications, Ambleside, England, July 2001
`(with T. E. Fuja and D. Sridhara), pp.365-370.
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`“Low density parity check codes from permutation matrices,” Proceedings of the
`Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore, MD, March 2001 (with T.
`E. Fuja and D. Sridhara), pp. 142.
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`“Construction of Codes Based on Finite Generalized Quadrangles for Iterative Decoding,”
`Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Washington,
`D.C, June 2001, (Pascal O. Vontobel and R. M. Tanner), p.223.
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`“Spectral Graphs for Quasi-Cyclic LDPC Codes,” Proceedings of the IEEE International
`Symposium on Information Theory, Washington, D.C, June 2001, p.226.
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`“Minimum Distance Bounds by Graph Analysis,” presented at the Workshop on
`Asymptotic and Computational Aspect of Coding Theory, Institute for Advanced Study,
`Princeton, N.J., March 2001 (Johan Halstad, Ron Raz, organizers).
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`“Toward an Algebraic Theory for Turbo Codes,” Proceedings of the Second International
`Symposium on Turbo Codes, ENST-Bretagne, Brest, France, September, 2000.
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`Tanner, R. M. “A [155,64,20] Sparse Graph (LDPC) Code,” presented at the IEEE
`International Symposium on Information Theory (Recent Results Session), Sorrento, June,
`2000.
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`“On Quasi-Cyclic Repeat-Accumulate Codes,” Invited paper at the 37th Allerton
`Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Univ. of Illinois, September,
`1999.
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`“Error-Correcting Codes and Graph-based Algorithms: Origins, Successes, and the
`Current Quests,” Invited address at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications,
`Workshop on Codes on Graphs, Univ. of Minnesota, August 1999.
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`“U.S. Universities and the Changing Meaning of Intellectual Property,” presentation at the
`4th Public German-American Academic Council Symposium, “The Changing Character,
`Use and Protection of Intellectual Property,” National Academy of Science, Washington,
`D.C., Dec. 4, 1999.
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`“Codes with sparse graphs: Transform analysis and constructions,” presented at the IEEE
`International Symposium on Information Theory, MIT, August 1998.
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`"Reconciling block and convolutional codes," presented at A. A. E. C. C. - 7, Toulouse,
`France, July 1989.
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`"Convolutional codes from quasi-cyclic codes: A link between the theories of block and
`convolutional codes," Tech. Rpt. UCSC-CRL-87-21, Univ. of Calif., Santa Cruz, Nov.
`1987. Presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Kobe,
`Japan, June 1988, and at the joint Japanese-Armenian Coding Conference sponsored by
`Osaka University, June 1988.
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`"Graph-based codes and algorithms and associated algebraic temptations," presented at A.
`A. E. C. C. - 5, Menorca, Spain, June 1987.
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`"Algebraic construction of large euclidean distance combined coding/modulation systems,"
`presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Ann Arbor,
`Michigan, 1986. Tech. Rpt. UCSC-CRL-87-7, June 1987.
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`"Construction of codes with sparse parity-check matrices," presented at A. A. E. C. C. - 3,
`Grenoble, France, July 1985.
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`"A transform theory for a class of group-invariant codes," presented at the IEEE
`International Symposium on Information Theory, Brighton, England, June 1985.
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`"A transform theory for a class of quasi-cyclic codes," presented at the IEEE International
`Symposium on Information Theory, St. Jovite, Canada, 1983.
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`"Convolutional codes from cyclic block codes," presented at the IEEE International
`Symposium on Information Theory, Les Arcs, France, 1982.
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`"A linear programming minimum distance bound for linear codes,” presented at the IEEE
`International Symposium on Information Theory, Santa Monica, Calif., Jan. 1981.
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`Higher Education – Book Chapters, Selected Presentations and Reports
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`“When Does Large Become Too Large? A View of Higher Education Partnerships and
`the Implications of Institutional Size,” in Consolidating Colleges and Merging
`Universities, edited by James Martin and James E. Samels & Associates, Johns Hopkins
`University Press, Baltimore, 2017, pp. 37-51.
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`“The Scope of Academic Leadership at the Top: CAOs, Presidents, and Trustees,” in
`Provost’s Handbook, edited by James Martin and James E. Samels & Associates, Johns
`Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2015, pp. 34-51.
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`“Where in the digital world is the library?” Luncheon keynote address at the Association
`of Research Libraries Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Oct. 2011
`“New Models for a Public Mission,” presenter and moderator at a closing plenary session
`at the APLU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 2011.
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`“Google Book Search Publishers/Authors Settlement: Overview, Update, and
`Implications,” Tanner, R. M., (with Shulenburger, D.) for the session on “Scholarly
`Communication in the Digital Era” at APLU Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C, Nov.
`2008.
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`“UIC Innovation Center Overview,” Tanner, R. M., presentation at APLU, Council on
`Academic Affairs, Portsmouth, N.H., July 2008.
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`“Scholarly Communication and Publishing,” Tanner, R. M., panel organizer (with Ellen
`Wartella, UCR), and presenter (“Google Book Search Publishers/Authors Settlement:
`Overview and Issues”) at NASULGC Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2008.
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`“Fostering Interdisciplinary Scholarship,” Tanner, R. M., panel presentation (with Ellen
`Wartella, UCR, and Bruce Mallory, UNH) at National Association of State Universities
`and Land Grant Colleges, Council on Academic Affairs, Monterey, CA, July 2008.
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`“Scholarly Communication, the Digital Revolution, and Copyrights,” Tanner, R. M.,
`invited presentation, Purdue Scholarly Communication Conference, May 2008.
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` “The Changing Nature of Scholarship in the Digital Age,” Tanner, R. M., panel organizer
`and moderator at NASULGC Annual Meeting, New York, Nov. 2007.
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` “Copyrights and the Paradox of Scholarly Publishing,” Tanner, R. M., electronically
`distributed by the CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation) at
`http://www.cic.net/docs/default-source/reports/tannercopyrightarticle.pdf, Sept. 2007
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`“Universities and the Ecology of Scholarly Publication,” Tanner, R. M., Nakata Lecture,
`UIC, April 2005.
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`“Universities and the Ecology of Scholarly Publication,” Tanner, R. M., invited
`presentation, CIC Summit on Scholarly Communication, Chicago, Oct. 2004.
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`“Final Report and Recommendations of the University-wide Task Force on Copyright.”
`Tanner, R. M. (Chair and coordinating author), Univ. of California, Fall 1999.
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`“The Educational Exemptions and Distance Learning,” testimony at the U.S. Copyright
`Office Hearing on Distance Learning by R. M. Tanner, Los Angeles, Feb. 1999.
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`“U.S. Universities and the Changing Meaning of Intellectual Property,” R. M. Tanner,
`presentation at the German-American Academic Council, NAS, Washington D.C.,
`Dec.1998.
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`Courses Taught
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`Graduate - Information Theory, Coding Theory, Signal Processing.
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`Undergraduate - Mathematical Systems Theory, Applied Probability, Discrete Mathematics,
`Optimization, Decision Analysis, Computational Models, Computers and Programming, Systems
`and Simulation, Data Structures, Analysis of Algorithms, Information and Communication
`Theory, Coding Theory, Signal Processing, Human Information Processing and Philosophy,
`Perspectives on American Society (co-taught with economists and anthropologists).
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`Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2015)
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`Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology
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`Life Fellow of I.E.E.E.
`Member of Information Theory, Communications, and Computers Societies
`Founding Chairman, Monterey Bay Subsection, 1984-85.
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`Treasurer, 1985-1986.
`President, Santa Clara Chapter of the Information Theory Group, 1981-82.
`Reviewer for Transactions on Information Theory, Computers,
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`Communications, and for the I.E.E.E. Proceedings
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`Reviewer for A.C.M., N.S.F. and for various other publications and conferences
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`N.S.F. panel member, Interdisciplinary Graduate Education and Research Training
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`Member of Tau Beta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi
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`Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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`Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Annales des Télécommunications (Annals of
`Telecommunication) journal, Paris, now Springer. 2001-present.
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`Member of the Executive Committee of the Council on Academic Affairs (CAA),
` National Assoc. State Univ. & Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC, now APLU), 2008-2011.
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`Chair, Committee on Libraries and Information Technology, CAA, APLU, 2008-2011.
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`Member of the PubMed Central National Advisory Committee of the
` National Institutes of Health (NIH), Feb. 2009 – June 2012.
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`Member of the Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.
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`Public Service Activities
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`Member of the Board of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (Stanley
`Ikenberry and Georges Kuh, Directors) 2011-2016
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`Member of the Board of Directors, United Way, Santa Cruz Co. 1993-98
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`Member of the Board of Trustees, York School, Monterey, CA 1994-2002
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`Contracts and Grants
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`Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, “Planning: Institutional Consortium for Adopting
`Personalized Learning,” Oct. 2012 – Jun. 2013, $268,920.
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`Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, “Federal Financial Aid Project Work (Reimagining
`Aid Design and Delivery,” Aug. 2012 – Feb. 2013, $109,390.
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`Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, “Planning: Course development and scaling,” Feb.
`2011 – June 2012, $398,364.
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`N.S.F. (with D. J. Costello et al., Notre Dame University) ITR Collaborative Research
`"Toward Practical Graph-Based Coding Schemes for Reliable Wireless Communications,"
`2002 to 2007, $425,00 for UIC.
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`N.S.F. - "Algebraic Quasi-Cyclic Error-Correcting Codes and Related Convolutional
`Codes," 1984 to 1987, $60,000.
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`Apple Education Affairs, 1985 - $55,000 equipment grant to UCSC and a local high
`school to bring a software environment that my students and I created to a Macintosh
`laboratory at the high school and integrate computer simulations into the curriculum. The
`software system, called SIMLAB, enabled relatively unsophisticated computer users to
`create interactive simulations of discrete-time real valued systems modeling phenomena
`from a variety of domains.
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`I.B.M. Departmental Development Grant - Granted for excellence in coding research in
`1984, funded for three years at $25,000 per year.
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`Optimem (Subsidiary of Xerox) - to study properties of an error-correcting code for
`optical disks, 1982, $15,000.
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`Personal Information
`Born Spanish Fork, Utah, March 22, 1946. U.S. citizen.
`Married to Eileen M. Tanner, two adult children, four grandchildren.
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`Home Address: 1414 22nd Street, NW, PH64
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`Washington, D.C.
` Personal Interests: Languages (French- fluent, Spanish), music (classical guitar, voice,
`piano), sports (tennis, hiking, skiing), art, theater, and opera
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`References
`Available upon request
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