Ronald W. Schafer (born February 17, 1938) is an American

electrical engineer Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

notable for his contributions to

digital signal processing Digital signal processing (DSP) is the use of digital processing, such as by computers or more specialized digital signal processors, to perform a wide variety of signal processing operations. The digital signals processed in this manner are a ...

. After receiving his Ph.D. degree at

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

in 1968, he joined the

Acoustics Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician ...

Research Department at

Bell Laboratories Nokia Bell Labs, commonly referred to as ''Bell Labs'', is an American industrial research and development company owned by Finnish technology company Nokia. With headquarters located in Murray Hill, New Jersey, the company operates several lab ...

, where he did research on

and digital

speech coding Speech coding is an application of data compression to digital audio signals containing speech. Speech coding uses speech-specific parameter estimation using audio signal processing techniques to model the speech signal, combined with generic da ...

. In 1974 he joined the

Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, GT, and simply Tech or the Institute) is a public university, public research university and Institute of technology (United States), institute of technology in Atlanta, ...

, where he became a professor in electrical engineering, until leaving to join

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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

Acoustical Society of America The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is an international scientific society founded in 1929 dedicated to generating, disseminating and promoting the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications. The Society is primarily a voluntary org ...

. He is also a member of the

National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American Nonprofit organization, nonprofit, NGO, non-governmental organization. It is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), along with the National Academ ...

in 1994 for research, teaching, and leadership in signal processing. He has received the IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award, the 1980 IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award, the Distinguished Professor Award at the

, the 1992

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and the 2010

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 certifica ...

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, Pearson, 2010. * ''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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schafer, Ronald W 1938 births Living people American electrical engineers Fellows of the IEEE MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences alumni Georgia Tech faculty Scientists at Bell Labs Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Fellows of the Acoustical Society of America Speech processing researchers People from Tecumseh, Nebraska