Background
Parks, Thomas W. was born on March 16, 1939 in Buffalo. Son of William K. and Mildred (Walzer) Parks.
consultant Electrical engineering educator
Parks, Thomas W. was born on March 16, 1939 in Buffalo. Son of William K. and Mildred (Walzer) Parks.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, 1961. Master of Science, Cornell University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1967.
He is best known for his contributions to digital signal processing, especially digital filter design and computation of the fast Fourier transform. His recent work is in the area of demosaicing. Tom Parks received his bachelors in electrical engineering from Cornell in 1961.
He worked for General Electric for two years, then returned to Cornell to earn his masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
Upon graduation in 1967 he joined the electrical engineering faculty at Rice University in Houston, Texas, where he began teaching and working in the nascent field of digital signal processing. In 1972 he and James published an influential paper on digital filter design.
Since 1986 Parks has been at Cornell. He has co-authored more than 150 books and papers.
Senior Fulbright fellowship (1973).
Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (member committee 1978-1980, technical achievement award 1981). Member: National Academy Engineering, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Acoustics Speech and Signal Society (Spira award for excellence in teaching 1992).
Married Martha B., May 4, 1963. Children: Alice J., Thomas M., Susan E.