Ronald W. Schafer (born February 17, 1938) is an electrical engineer notable for his contributions to digital signal processing. After receiving his Ph.D. degree at

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in 1968, he joined the Acoustics Research Department at

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, where he did research on digital signal processing and digital

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. In 1974 he joined the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he became a professor in electrical engineering, until leaving to join Hewlett Packard in March 2005. He has served as associate editor of ''IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing'' and as vice-president and president of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. He is a Life Fellow of the

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and a Fellow of the

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. He is also a member of the

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in 1994 for research, teaching, and leadership in signal processing. He has received the IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award, the 1980

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, the Distinguished Professor Award at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the 1992 IEEE Education Medal and the 2010 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal.

Books

* ''Digital Signal Processing'', A. V. Oppenheim, R. W. Schafer, Prentice Hall, 1975 * ''Digital Processing of Speech Signals'', L. Rabiner, R. W. Schafer, Pearson Education, 1978. * ''Discrete-Time Signal Processing'', A. V. Oppenheim, R. W. Schafer, Prentice Hall, 1989. * ''Computer-Based Exercises for Signal Processing Using MATLAB'', J. H. McClellan, C. S. Burrus, A. V. Oppenheim, T. W. Parks, R. W. Schafer, H. W. Schuessler, Prentice Hall, 1998 * ''DSP First: A Multimedia Approach'' J. H. McClellan, R. W. Schafer, M. A. Yoder, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1998. * ''Signal Processing First'' J. H. McClellan, R. W. Schafer, M. A. Yoder, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2003.

References

External links

Hewlett-Packard press release
on HP Fellow Ronald Schafer
Publications
from

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