Alan V Oppenheim
Encyclopedia
Electrical engineering
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and Computer Science
Computer science
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. He is also a principal investigator in MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), at the Digital Signal Processing Group. He frequently performs magic tricks in class just for fun.
His research interests are in the general area of signal processing and its applications. He is coauthor of the widely used textbooks Discrete-Time Signal Processing and Signals and Systems. He is also editor of several advanced books on signal processing.
He was born in New York City
New York City
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in 1937.
Academic History
Oppenheim received the S.B.Bachelor of Science
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and S.M.
Master of Science
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degrees simultaneously in 1961 and the Sc.D.
Doctorate
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degree in 1964, all in electrical engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His dissertation Superposition in a Class of Nonlinear Systems was written under the direction of Amar Bose
Amar Bose
Amar Gopal Bose is an Bengali American electrical engineer, sound engineer and billionaire entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of Bose Corporation...
. He is also the recipient of an honorary doctorate
Doctorate
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from Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
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(1995). In 1964, Dr. 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 MIT Lincoln Laboratory and since 1977 with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Affiliations and Awards
Dr. Oppenheim is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the IEEE, a member of Sigma XiSigma Xi
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and ΗΚΝ. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Sackler Fellow.
He has also received a number of awards for outstanding research and teaching, including the IEEE Centennial Medal
IEEE Centennial Medal
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(1984), the IEEE Education Medal (1988), the IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000), the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
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 certificate and a honorarium.The award was established in...
(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, including the Bose Award and the Everett Moore Baker Award.
External links
- Page at MIT. Contains bio and news.
- Alan Oppenheim Playlist Appearance on WMBR's Dinnertime Sampler radio show March 10, 2004