Charles Sidney Burrus (October 9, 1934 in Abilene, Texas - April 3, 2021) was an American electrical engineer and the Maxfield and Oshman Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universities ...

in Houston, Texas. He is widely known for his contributions to digital signal processing, especially

FFT A fast Fourier transform (FFT) is an algorithm that computes the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of a sequence, or its inverse (IDFT). Fourier analysis converts a signal from its original domain (often time or space) to a representation in the ...

algorithms, IIR filter design, and

wavelets A wavelet is a wave-like oscillation with an amplitude that begins at zero, increases or decreases, and then returns to zero one or more times. Wavelets are termed a "brief oscillation". A taxonomy of wavelets has been established, based on the num ...

Academic career

Burrus received his bachelor's and master's degree from

, after which he served two years in the Navy, teaching electrical engineering at the Naval Nuclear Power School. He returned to school and received his Ph.D. from Stanford University. In 1965 he joined the faculty at Rice, where he began teaching and research in digital signal processing. He served as chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department from 1984 to 1992, was director of the Computer and Information Technology Institute from 1992 to 1998, and was appointed dean of Engineering in 1998. He became part of the Connexions Project in 1999, where he served as Senior Strategist. Burrus wrote five textbooks and published more than 200 papers.

Affiliations and awards

* Life Fellow,

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operat ...

* IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal (2009) * Rice teaching awards in 1969, 1974–76, 1980, 1989 * Senior

Fulbright Fellowship The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...

1979 * Third Millennium Medal of the IEEE 2000

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burrus, C. Sidney 1934 births 2021 deaths American electrical engineers Fellow Members of the IEEE Rice University alumni Rice University faculty Stanford University alumni People from Abilene, Texas Engineers from Texas