Real-Time Systems Design and Analysis (Laplante/Real-Time Systems Design) || About the Author

✍ Scribed by Laplante, Phillip A.

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 37 KB
• Edition: 3
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0471228559
• DOI: 10.1002/0471648299.about

✦ Synopsis

He is also the Chief Technology Officer of the Eastern Technology Council, a nonprofit business advocacy group serving the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. Before joining Penn State he was a professor and senior academic administrator at several other colleges and universities.

Prior to his academic career, Dr. Laplante spent nearly eight years as a software engineer and project manager working on avionics (including the Space Shuttle), CAD, and software test systems. He has authored or edited 19 books and more than 130 papers, articles, and editorials. He co-founded the journal Real-Time Imaging, which he edited for five years, and he created and edits the CRC Press book series on Image Processing.

Dr. Laplante received his B.S., M.Eng., and Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science, respectively, from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Colorado. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of numerous professional societies, program committees, and boards. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania, and has provided consulting services to Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. DOD, and NASA on real-time systems, image processing, and software engineering.