James Kaiser

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James Kaiser
Jim Kaiser visiting Nokia Bell Labs in 2016
BornDec. 10, 1929[1]
Piqua, Ohio
DiedFebruary 13, 2020(2020-02-13) (aged 90)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina[2]
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Cincinnati
MIT
Known forKaiser window
Teager–Kaiser energy operator
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsDigital signal processing
InstitutionsBell Labs
Bellcore
ThesisConstraints and performance indices in the analytical design of linear controls (1959)
Doctoral advisorGeorge C. Newton Jr.

James Frederick Kaiser (Dec. 10, 1929 – Feb. 13, 2020) was an American electrical engineer noted for his contributions in signal processing. He was an IEEE Fellow and received many honors and awards, including the IEEE Centennial Medal, the IEEE W.R.G. Baker Award, the Bell Laboratories Distinguished Technical Staff Award, and the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal.[3][4]

Biography

Kaiser was born in Piqua, Ohio, and earned his electrical engineering degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1952. He then moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his masters and doctorate degrees in 1954 and 1959, respectively.[3]

Following his doctorate, he received a three-year appointment as an assistant professor at MIT but decided to take a leave of absence to work at Bell Labs. Although the arrangement was due to only last for a year, he enjoyed the work so much that he elected to stay.[3] While at Bell Labs, he worked on a variety of projects in signal processing for human speech and hearing, later focusing his attention on filter design for digital signals.[5]

During the Bell System breakup in 1984, Kaiser moved to Bellcore. After he retired from Bellcore, he served as a visiting professor at Duke University and Rutgers University.[6]

Kaiser died at age 90 in February, 2020, after a brief illness.[7]

References

  1. ^ "James F. Kaiser – Biography". ethw.org. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ "James Frederick Kaiser – Chapel Hill, North Carolina". Legacy.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Goldstein, Andrew; Abbate, Janet (11 February 1997). "Oral-History:James Kaiser - Engineering and Technology History Wiki". Center for the History of Electrical Engineering. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  5. ^ McMahon, Russ (17 July 2007). "His UC professors prepared him well and he not only excelled in his specialty, but worked with some of the leading computing pioneers of our time". University of Cincinnati Computing History. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  6. ^ "EE 370, March 13, 1997". Stanford University. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Obituary of James Frederick Kaiser". Retrieved 7 December 2020.