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Oppenheim, Alan Victor was born on November 11, 1937 in New York City. Son of Sydney and Dorothy (Arenz) Oppenheim.
(For upper-level undergraduate courses in deterministic an...)
For upper-level undergraduate courses in deterministic and stochastic signals and system engineering An Integrative Approach to Signals, Systems and Inference Signals, Systems and Inference is a comprehensive text that builds on introductory courses in time- and frequency-domain analysis of signals and systems, and in probability. Directed primarily to upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students in engineering and applied science branches, this new textbook pioneers a novel course of study. Instead of the usual leap from broad introductory subjects to highly specialized advanced subjects, this engaging and inclusive text creates a study track for a transitional course. Properties and representations of deterministic signals and systems are reviewed and elaborated on, including group delay and the structure and behavior of state-space models. The text also introduces and interprets correlation functions and power spectral densities for describing and processing random signals. Application contexts include pulse amplitude modulation, observer-based feedback control, optimum linear filters for minimum mean-square-error estimation, and matched filtering for signal detection. Model-based approaches to inference are emphasized, in particular for state estimation, signal estimation, and signal detection. The text explores ideas, methods and tools common to numerous fields involving signals, systems and inference: signal processing, control, communication, time-series analysis, financial engineering, biomedicine, and many others. Signals, Systems, and Inference is a long-awaited and flexible text that can be used for a rigorous course in a broad range of engineering and applied science curricula.
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(For upper-level undergraduate courses in deterministic an...)
For upper-level undergraduate courses in deterministic and stochastic signals and system engineering An Integrative Approach to Signals, Systems and Inference Signals, Systems and Inference is a comprehensive text that builds on introductory courses in time- and frequency-domain analysis of signals and systems, and in probability. Directed primarily to upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students in engineering and applied science branches, this new textbook pioneers a novel course of study. Instead of the usual leap from broad introductory subjects to highly specialized advanced subjects, this engaging and inclusive text creates a study track for a transitional course. Properties and representations of deterministic signals and systems are reviewed and elaborated on, including group delay and the structure and behavior of state-space models. The text also introduces and interprets correlation functions and power spectral densities for describing and processing random signals. Application contexts include pulse amplitude modulation, observer-based feedback control, optimum linear filters for minimum mean-square-error estimation, and matched filtering for signal detection. Model-based approaches to inference are emphasized, in particular for state estimation, signal estimation, and signal detection. The text explores ideas, methods and tools common to numerous fields involving signals, systems and inference: signal processing, control, communication, time-series analysis, financial engineering, biomedicine, and many others. Signals, Systems, and Inference is a long-awaited and flexible text that can be used for a rigorous course in a broad range of engineering and applied science curricula.
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(The purpose of this book is to explore several specific a...)
The purpose of this book is to explore several specific areas of research in two distinct but related fields: digital signal processing and modern control and estimation theory. There are enough similarities and differences in the philosophies, goals, and analytical techniques of the two fields to indicate that a concerted effort to understand these better might lead to some useful interaction and collaboration among researchers. The author writes that his examination "will in general not be result-oriented. Instead, I have been most interested in understanding the goals of the research and the methods and approach used. Understanding the goals may help us to see why the techniques used in the two disciplines differ. Inspecting the methods and approaches may allow one to see areas in which concepts in one field may be usefully applied in the other. The book undoubtedly has a control-oriented flavor, since it reflects the author's background and also since the original purpose of this study was to present a control theorist's point of view at the 1976 Arden House Workshop on Digital Signal Processing. However, an effort has been made to explore avenues in both disciplines in order to encourage researchers in the two fields to continue along these lines." Indeed, the book contains numerous suggestions for new research directions and speculations on possible new results, all of them a direct result of the purposeful mixing of the ideas of the two disciplines. For the benefit of researchers who may wish to follow up some of these suggestions and speculations, the author has assembled a comprehensive bibliography, consisting of more than 600 references. In order to achieve his unique perspective of viewing each field in the context of the other, the author examines such topics as stability analysis of feedback control systems and digital filters subject to the effects of finite wordlength arithmetic; linear prediction, parameter identification, and relationships involving Kalman filtering and "fast" algorithms; system synthesis, realization, and implementation; two-dimensional filtering, decentralized control and estimation, and some of their connections with image processing; and aspects of nonlinear system theory, including homomorphic and bilinear systems.
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Electrical engineering educator
Oppenheim, Alan Victor was born on November 11, 1937 in New York City. Son of Sydney and Dorothy (Arenz) Oppenheim.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961; S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964; D (honorary), Tel Aviv U., 1995.
Assistant professor department electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964-1969; associate professor department electrical engineering and computer science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969-1976; professor department electrical engineering and computer science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976-1990; Distinguished professor electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990-1996; Ford professor engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1996; MacVicar faculty fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1997; staff scientist, Lincoln Laboratory, 1967-1969; associate head data systems division, Lincoln Laboratory, 1978-1980. Consultant Lincoln Laboratory, Atlantic Aerospace Inc., Sanders Associations, Inc.
(For upper-level undergraduate courses in deterministic an...)
(For upper-level undergraduate courses in deterministic an...)
(The purpose of this book is to explore several specific a...)
Co-author: Digital Signal Processing, 1975, Signals and Systems, 1983, second edition 1997, 3rd edition 2009, Discrete-Time Signal Processing, 1989, others. Editor: Applications of Digital Signal Processing, 1978, (with others) Advanced Topics in Signal Processing, 1988. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Education medal 1988, Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal 2007). Member National Academy of Engineering, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Phyllis Arnold, June 20, 1964. Children: Justine Ruth, Jason Philip.