Brief Biography
Ivan Fair received his BSc and MSc
degrees from the University of Alberta in 1985 and 1989
respectively, and his PhD degree from the University of Victoria
in 1995. He was employed with Bell Northern Research Ltd.
from 1985 to 1987, and with MPR TelTech Ltd. from 1989 to 1991,
working on various aspects of communication system design and
implementation. In 1995 he joined the Technical University
of Nova Scotia, which amalgamated with Dalhousie University in
1997. He returned to the University of Alberta in 1998.
From 2002 - 2005 he was an Associate
Editor for IEEE Communications Letters, and from 2005 -
2016 he was a member of the Board of Examiners of APEGA.
From 2001 - 2004 he was the Associate Chair for Undergraduate
Studies and Acting Director of Computer Engineering in the ECE
Department, and from 2014 - 2015 he was the Associate Chair for
Graduate Studies. He was appointed Interim Chair of the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in September
2015, and currently serves as Department Chair.