Bede Liu (; born 1934) is a professor emeritus at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

. He was born in Shanghai, China in 1934. He received his bachelor's degree in

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National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...

. He earned his master's degree and doctorate in 1956 and 1960, respectively, in

, from what is now called

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. Liu has received the

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. He was elected a member of the

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in 2002 for contributions to the analysis and implementation of digital signal processing algorithms. He was also elected a member of

Academia Sinica Academia Sinica (AS, la, 1=Academia Sinica, 3=Chinese Academy; ), headquartered in Nangang, Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. Founded in Nanking, the academy supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ...

in 2006. He has a number of

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to his credits. Liu's doctoral students include 2 members of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, 25 IEEE Fellows, 4 IEEE Millennium medalists.

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1934 births Living people Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Engineers from Shanghai National Taiwan University alumni Princeton University faculty Chinese emigrants to the United States Taiwanese emigrants to the United States Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Members of Academia Sinica {{compu-scientist-stub