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Jack S. Kilby Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part (along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild) in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 195 ...

Signal Processing Signal processing is an electrical engineering subfield that focuses on analyzing, modifying and synthesizing '' signals'', such as sound, images, and scientific measurements. Signal processing techniques are used to optimize transmissions, ...

Medal is presented "for outstanding achievements in

signal processing Signal processing is an electrical engineering subfield that focuses on analyzing, modifying and synthesizing '' signals'', such as sound, images, and scientific measurements. Signal processing techniques are used to optimize transmissions, ...

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. The recipients of this award will receive a gold medal, together with a

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in bronze, a certificate and an

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. The award was established in 1995 by the

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(IEEE) and is sponsored by Texas Instruments Inc. It is named after

, whose innovation – like the co-invention of the integrated circuit – was fundamental for the

signal processor Signal processing is an electrical engineering subfield that focuses on analyzing, modifying and synthesizing ''signals'', such as sound, images, and scientific measurements. Signal processing techniques are used to optimize transmissions, d ...

and related

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development. The award may be presented to an individual or a group up to three in number. Nomination deadline: 1 July Notification: Recipients are typically approved during the November IEEE Board of Directors meeting. Recipients and their nominators will be notified following the meeting. Then the nominators of unsuccessful candidates will be notified of the status of their nomination. Presentation: At the annual IEEE Honors Ceremony

Recipients

The following people have received the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal: * 2021: Emmanuel Candès, Justin Romberg and

Terence Tao Terence Chi-Shen Tao (; born 17 July 1975) is an Australian-American mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he holds the James and Carol Collins chair. His research includes ...

* 2020: Ramalingam Chellappa * 2019:

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* 2018:

Bede Liu Bede Liu (; born 1934) is a professor emeritus at Princeton University. He was born in Shanghai, China in 1934. He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at National Taiwan University. He earned his master's degree and doctorate ...

* 2017:

Martin Vetterli Martin Vetterli is the current president of École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, succeeding Patrick Aebischer. He's a professor of engineering and was formerly the president of the National Research Council of the ...

* 2016: Louis Scharf * 2015: Harry L. Van Trees * 2014: Thomas P. Barnwell, III * 2013: Bishnu S. Atal * 2012: G. Clifford Carter * 2011:

Ingrid Daubechies Baroness Ingrid Daubechies ( ; ; born 17 August 1954) is a Belgian physicist and mathematician. She is best known for her work with wavelets in image compression. Daubechies is recognized for her study of the mathematical methods that enhance i ...

* 2010: Ronald W. Schafer * 2009:

Charles Sidney Burrus 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 in Houston, Texas. He is wide ...

* 2008: Robert M. Gray * 2007: Alan V. Oppenheim * 2006:

Thomas Kailath Thomas Kailath (born June 7, 1935) is an electrical engineer, information theorist, control engineer, entrepreneur and the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, at Stanford University. Professor Kailath has authored several books ...

* 2005:

Fumitada Itakura is a Japanese scientist. He did pioneering work in statistical signal processing, and its application to speech analysis, synthesis and coding, including the development of the linear predictive coding (LPC) and line spectral pairs (LSP) meth ...

* 2004: Thomas W. Parks and James H. McClellan * 2003: Hans W. Schuessler * 2002: James W. Cooley * 2001: Thomas S. Huang and

Arun N. Netravali Arun N. Netravali (born 26 May 1945 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian-American computer engineer credited with contributions in digital technology including HDTV. He conducted research in digital compression, signal processing and other fields. N ...

* 2000: James F. Kaiser * 1999: Lawrence R. Rabiner * 1998: Thomas G. Stockham * 1997: Bernard Gold and Charles M. Rader

References

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