Rico Malvar

**Henrique "Rico" S. Malvar** (an haife shi a shekara ta 1957)  fitaccen injiniya ne na Brazil kuma mai binciken sarrafa sigina a babban dakin gwaje-gwaje na Microsoft Research a Redmond, Washington, Amurka.  Ya kasance manajan darektan dakin gwaje-gwaje bayan tashiwar Manajan Darakta Dan Ling na dogon lokaci a cikin 2007, lokacin da ya kula da masu bincike 350. Ya kasance Mashahurin Injiniya a Microsoft sama da shekaru 15. Ya yi ritaya daga Microsoft a watan Janairun 2023, kuma daga baya ya sami taken Microsoft Emeritus Researcher .

Rico kuma Farfesa ne a Sashen Injiniyan Lantarki da Kwamfuta a Jami'ar Washington.

## Tarihi da gudummawa
Malvar ya sami digiri na farko a Jami'ar Brasília da kuma digiri na biyu a Jami'an Tarayya na Rio de Janeiro . Ya sami Ph.D. a cikin injiniyan lantarki da kimiyyar kwamfuta daga Cibiyar Fasaha ta Massachusetts (MIT) a cikin 1986, inda rubutunsa ya kasance a kan "Kyakkyawan kafin da bayan tacewa a cikin tsarin samfurori masu hayaniya,"  kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin farfesa mai ziyara a MIT na shekara mai zuwa. Daga 1979 zuwa 1993, Malvar ya kasance memba ne na malamai a Jami'ar Brasília, inda ya kafa kuma ya jagoranci Digital Signal Processing Research Group   (a Portuguese, Grupo de Processamento Digital de Sinais ko GPDS ).

An san Malvar da ci gaban canjin lapped, Malvar wavelets, da sabbin algorithms don ƙididdigar entropy da sarrafa siginar multimedia da matsawa, kamar sauti da codecs na hoto.

A cikin masana'antu, Malvar ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban Bincike da Fasaha mai Ci gaba a PictureTel daga 1985 zuwa 1987  (wanda Polycom ta samu tun daga lokacin). A cikin Fall 1997, ya shiga Microsoft Research inda ya kafa kuma ya gudanar da ƙungiyar bincike ta Signal Processing, yanzu ƙungiyoyin Sadarwa da Haɗin gwiwa da Kayan Ilimi. Ya kasance darektan dakin gwaje-gwaje na Redmond daga 2004 zuwa 2007 kafin ya tashi ya zama manajan darektan. A shekara ta 2010 ya ɗauki sabon matsayi na Babban Masanin Kimiyya, yana aiki a kan ayyukan dabarun lab. A halin yanzu, a matsayin Masanin Injiniya, yana jagorantar ƙungiyar da ke haɓaka sabbin abubuwan da suka faru na mai amfani da sabbin na'urori da sabbin hanyoyin hulɗa na shigarwa / fitarwa, tare da kulawa ta musamman ga haɗawa da karfafawa ga mutanen da ke da nakasa.

A Microsoft, Malvar ya ba da gudummawa ga ci gaban ƙididdigar sauti da kula da haƙƙin dijital don Windows Media Audio, Windows Media Video, da kuma fasahar matsawa ta hoto, kamar HD Photo / JPEG XR da matsawa na bitmap na RemoteFX, da kuma kayan aiki iri-iri don nazarin sigina da kira.

Ya zuwa watan Fabrairun 2022, ya wallafa fiye da labaran fasaha 180 kuma ya rubuta ko kuma ya hada hannu da rubuce-rubuce sama da 120 da aka bayar.

## Matsayi na edita da kwamiti
Malvar ya yi aiki a matsayin edita ko memba na kwamitin ga mujallu, taro, da kungiyoyi masu zuwa: 

* Mataimakin edita na IEEE Transactions on Signal ProcessingMa'amala ta IEEE akan Gudanar da Sigina
* Kwamitin Edita na Nazarin Harkokin Kasuwanci da KwamfutaBinciken Harkokin Kasuwanci da Kwamfuta
* Kwamitin fasaha na Taron Kasa da Kasa na IEEE kan Acoustics, Magana, da Gudanar da Sigina (ICASSP) 
* Kwamitin fasaha na Taron Tattalin Arziki (DCC) 
* Kwamitin ba da shawara ga Daraktan Gidauniyar Kimiyya ta Kasa don Kwamfuta & Bayanai Kimiyya & Injiniya
* memba na Kwamitin Nomination na Musamman na Kwalejin Injiniya ta Kasa

## Takardun sarauta da kyaututtuka
Malvar tana da manyan lakabi da kyaututtuka masu zuwa. Misali: 

* 1981: Kyautar Matashi Masanin Kimiyya daga Gidauniyar Marconi International Fellowship
* 1992: Kyautar Takarda mafi kyau a cikin Gudanar da Hotuna daga IEEE Signal Processing Society 
* 1997: Fellow na Cibiyar Injiniyoyin Lantarki da Injiniyoyin Injiniya (IEEE) don gudummawa ga ka'idar da aikin sauye-sauye, saurin tacewa mai yawa, da kuma siginar sigina.
* 2002: Kyautar Nasarar Fasaha daga IEEE Signal Processing Society
* 2004: Kyautar Wavelet Pioneer daga SPIESadarwa
* 2006: Babban Injiniya a Microsoft.
* 2012: memba na Kwalejin Injiniya ta Amurka (NAE).
* 2014: Kyautar Landmark ta karni na 20, Sashen IEEE Seattle.
* 2020: Amar G. Bose Industrial Leader Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society.
* 2022: Doctor Honoris Causa daga Jami'ar Brasília .

## Manazarta

## Haɗin waje

* Bill Hinchberger "Riding the Malvar Wave". Kasuwanci da Tattalin Arziki. Brazilmax.com. 9 ga Satumba 2001. An samo shi a ranar 5 ga Disamba 2008."Riding the Malvar Wave". *Kasuwanci da Tattalin Arziki*. Brazilmax.com. 9 ga Satumba 2001. . An samo shi a ranar 5 ga Disamba 2008.
* Anais Fernandes "Karanta tunani wani abu ne da ba shi da nisa. Mujallar Veja, tashar Amarelas.com, Disamba 2017.
* Marcelo Tas "Tattaunawa da Rico Malvar". Shirin Provoca, TV Cultura, Maris 2022.