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Martin Bastiaans (S'69-M'69-SM'85-F'10) was the Counselor of the IEEE Student Branch Eindhoven from 1996 till 2007. In 1999 he was appointed a member of the IEEE Region 8 Student Activities Committee, where he co-ordinated the Student Paper Contest till 2009, and in 2007-2008 he held the position of IEEE Region 8 Vice-Chair Student Activities. In the mean time he became a member of the IEEE Benelux Section ExCom, where he held the position of Vice-Chair in 2005-2006 and the position of Chair in 2007-2008. In 2009 he was appointed Vice-Chair of the IEEE MGA Student Activities Committee, and in January 2010 he became the Chair of this Committee. A recipient of the 1999 Outstanding Student Branch Counselor Award, he is also the 2009 recipient of the IEEE MGA Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award "for significant contributions to the IEEE volunteer experience and member engagement throughout the world."
Martin received an M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering (with honors) and a Ph.D. degree in technical sciences from Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, in 1969 and 1983, respectively. In 1969, he became an assistant professor, and since 1985, he has been an associate professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, currently in the Signal Processing Systems Group. Since 2007, he also holds a position as 'Colaborador honorífico del Departamento de Óptica' at the 'Universidad Complutense de Madrid.' His research covers different aspects in the general field of signal and system theory and includes a signal-theoretical approach of all kinds of problems that arise in Fourier optics. He served for eight years as one of the three members of the board of his department, in which function he was responsible for the departmental research.
Martin is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and a Fellow of the IEEE. He is the author or coauthor of more than 180 papers in international scientific journals, books, and proceedings of scientific conferences. He is also a Member of the Order of 'Oranje Nassau' (the name of the Dutch royal family); this is a national public award for outstanding service to the community, given on behalf of the Queen of the Netherlands.
A more extensive biography can be found at Martin's personal web page at the university's web site.