James L. Flanagan
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James L. Flanagan was a pioneering American electrical engineer and speech scientist known for his influential contributions to digital signal processing and speech communication.
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| instanceOf |
American person
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academic → electrical engineer → inventor → speech scientist → |
| academicDegree |
PhD in electrical engineering
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bachelor's degree in electrical engineering → master's degree in electrical engineering → |
| awardReceived |
Gold Medal of the Acoustical Society of America
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IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal → IEEE Medal of Honor → IEEE Signal Processing Society Award → L.M. Ericsson International Prize in Telecommunications → National Medal of Science → |
| birthDate |
1925-08-26
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| birthPlace |
Greenwood, Mississippi, United States
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| deathDate |
2015-08-25
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| doctoralAdvisor |
Leo Beranek
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| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Mississippi State University → |
| employer |
Bell Laboratories
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Rutgers University → |
| familyName |
Flanagan
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| fieldOfWork |
acoustics
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digital signal processing → electrical engineering → speech communication → speech processing → |
| fullName |
James Loton Flanagan
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| gender |
male
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| givenName |
James
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| hasPublicationType |
scientific book
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| knownFor |
digital coding of speech
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speech analysis and synthesis → speech compression → speech recognition research → telecommunications acoustics → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| memberOf |
Acoustical Society of America
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences → Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences → |
| notableAchievement |
advances in human–machine speech communication interfaces
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development of methods for efficient digital transmission of speech → pioneering contributions to digital signal processing for speech → |
| notableWork |
Speech Analysis, Synthesis and Perception
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| positionHeld |
dean of the School of Engineering at Rutgers University
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director of Acoustics Research at Bell Laboratories → vice president for research at Bell Laboratories → vice president for research at Rutgers University → |
Referenced by (2)
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James L. Flanagan
("James Loton Flanagan")
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Edison Medal
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