Alan Victor Oppenheim''Alan Victor Oppenheim'' was elected in 1987
as a member of

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in Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering for innovative research, writing of pioneering textbooks, and inspired teaching in the field of

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. (born 1937 in

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) is a professor of engineering at

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's Department of

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and

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. He is also a principal investigator in

's Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), at the
Digital Signal Processing Group
'. His research interests are in the general area of signal processing and its applications. He is co-author of the widely used textbooks ''Discrete-Time Signal Processing'' and ''Signals and Systems''. He is also the editor of several advanced books on signal processing.

Academic history

Oppenheim received his

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and

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degrees simultaneously in 1961 and his

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degree in 1964, all in

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, from the

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. His dissertation ''Superposition in a Class of Nonlinear Systems'' was written under the direction of

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. He is also the recipient of an

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from

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(1995). In 1964, Oppenheim joined the faculty at MIT, where he is currently Ford Professor of Engineering and a MacVicar Faculty Fellow. Since 1967 he has been affiliated with

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and since 1977 with the

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Affiliations and awards

Oppenheim was elected a member of the

for innovative research, writing of pioneering textbooks, and inspired teaching in the field of digital signal processing. He is a fellow of the IEEE, a member of

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and ΗΚΝ. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a

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. He has also received a number of awards for outstanding research and teaching, including the

IEEE Centennial Medal The IEEE Centennial Medal was a medal minted and awarded in 1984 ''to persons deserving of special recognition for extraordinary achievement'' to celebrate the Centennial of the founding of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (I ...

(1984), the

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(1988), the IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000), the

IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal The IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal is presented "for outstanding achievements in signal processing" theory, technology or commerce. The recipients of this award will receive a gold medal, together with a replica in bronze, a certificat ...

(2007), the Society Award, the Technical Achievement Award and the Senior Award of the IEEE Society on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing. He has also received a number of awards at MIT for excellence in teaching.

Publications

Oppenheim is author or co-author of many books, including: * *

References

External links

Page at MIT
Contains bio and news.

Appearance on WMBR's

' radio show March 10, 2004 *
Digital Signal Processing lecture
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