funded research has more than doubled in the past four years, and Ryerson now ranks in the top half of non-medical universities in Canada for research... Under Tas' leadership the research trajectory at Ryerson has been one of extraordinary growth and success." In December 2011, Venetsanopoulos was appointed, "Distinguished Advisor to the Vice President Research and Innovation" and continued his full-time academic duties as a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Ryerson University until his death. Professional service and awards Professor Venetsanopoulos served as chairperson on numerous boards, councils and technical conference committees of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He served as the Chair of the Toronto Section from 1977 to 1979 and the IEEE Central Canada Council from 1980 to 1982. He was President of the Canadian Society for Electrical Engineering and Vice President of the Engineering Institute of Canada from 1983 to 1986. He was a Guest Editor or Associate Editor for several IEEE journals and the Editor of the Canadian Electrical Engineering Journal (1981–1983). He was a member of the Communications, Circuits and Systems, Computer, and Signal Processing Societies of IEEE, as well as a member of Sigma Xi, the Association for Computer Machinery, the American Society for Engineering Education, the Technical Chamber of Greece, and the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (APEO) and Greece. In 1994, Professor Venetsanopoulos was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the National University of Technology in Athens, Greece. In 1996, he was awarded the "Excellence in Innovation" Award from the Information Technology Research Centre of Ontario and the Royal Bank of Canada for his work in image processing. Venetsanopoulos was also awarded the "Millennium Medal of IEEE", and the "MacNaughton Medal". In March 2006, he was a joint recipient of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks Outstanding Paper Award. He was a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the IEEE, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering. In 2008, A.N. Venetsanopoulos along with Rastislav Lukac, Bogdan Smolka and Konstantinos N. Plataniotis were awarded the "Most Cited Paper Award" by the Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation for their work in artificial neural networks. In 2010, Dr. Venetsanopoulos was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. References External links Venetsanopoulos CV (October, 2012) Digital Image and Signal Processing Lab, Ryerson University Multimedia Lab, University of Toronto University of Toronto faculty 1941 births 2014 deaths National