William "Bill" Yslas Vélez is an American mathematician, a current Emeritus Professor at the

University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory. T ...

, and an Elected Fellow of the

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. From 1992–96, Vélez served as the president of

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science The 'Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)'' is a society that aims to further the success of Chicano/Hispanic and Native American students in obtaining advanced degrees, careers, leadership positi ...

(SACNAS). At the University of Arizona he graduated with B.Sc. in 1968, M.Sc. in 1972, and Ph.D. in 1975. His doctoral thesis was written under the supervision of H. B. Mann. Vélez became a Fellow of the

American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...

in January 2013. In 2017, he was selected as a fellow of the

Association for Women in Mathematics The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to promote equal opportunity for and the equal treatment o ...

in the inaugural class. In 2014, Vélez won the

M. Gweneth Humphreys Award The M. Gweneth Humphreys Award or Humphreys Award is a mathematics award established by the Association for Women in Mathematics in recognition of mathematics educators who have exhibited outstanding mentorship. The award is named for Mabel Gweneth ...

of the

for his mentorship of mathematics students and particularly of women in mathematics.

Notable publications

Patents

*Method and apparatus for suppressing interference from bandspread communication signals, (1996). *Method and apparatus for suppressing linear amplitude interference from bandspread communication signals, (1996). *Simplified interference suppressor, (2000). *Adaptive processor integrator for interference suppression, (2001).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vélez, William Yslas Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science American mathematicians University of Arizona faculty Fellows of the American Mathematical Society Fellows of the Association for Women in Mathematics