Richard D. Gitlin

Richard D. Gitlin
Richard D. Gitlin
	Computer networks, Telecommunications, Biomedical engineering
Institutions	Bell Labs, University of South Florida
Website	http://iwinlab.eng.usf.edu/Gitlin.htm

Richard D. Gitlin (born April 25, 1943) is an

CDMA,^[2] and smart MIMO antenna technology^[3]

all while at Bell Labs.

Education and career

Gitlin was born in

MSEE in 1965 and a Doctor of Engineering Science in 1969, both from Columbia University. Gitlin's research, under the supervision of Dr. William R. Bennett, was in the area of adaptive signal processing used early machine learning

techniques for signal classification and detection.

After receiving his doctorate, Gitlin joined

echo cancellation, fractionally spaced equalization, and trellis coded modulation

.

At his retirement in 2001, Gitlin was Senior VP for Communications and Networking Research at Bell Labs (then reorganized as

Lucent), leading a multi-national research organization with over 500 professionals. After retiring from Bell Labs, he was visiting professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University, Chief Technology Officer of NEC Labs America, CTO of Hammerhead Systems, a venture funded networking company in Silicon Valley

, and in 2008 he joined USF as a faculty member.

He also served on the Board of Directors of PCTEL (NASDAQ: PCTI).[5]

At the

State of Florida 21st Century Scholar, Distinguished University Professor, and the Agere Systems

Chaired Professor of Electrical Engineering. Currently, he is Distinguished University Professor, Emeritus and a Professor in USF's Institute for Advanced Discovery & Innovation.

At USF his research had two major themes: (1) the intersection of communications with medicine to advance minimally invasive surgery and other cyber-physical health care systems and devices, such as a vectorcardiogram that uses machine learning to provide predictive 24/7 diagnostic quality cardiac care in a compact personal device and (2) creating novel, foundational technologies to ensure ultra-reliability, low latency, and other advanced technological capabilities for the emerging 5G wireless and IoT wireless networks, as well as future 6G wireless networks. He retired from USF in 2019.

Gitlin has co-authored a data communications text,

patents

. He currently lives with his wife, Barbara, in La Jolla, CA.

Dr. Gitlin has made significant research contributions which have been sustained and prolific over several decades and he continues to be a leading thinker, innovator, and a global technology leader.

Honors and awards

AAAS Fellow (2020)^[7]
Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine of Florida (2018)
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame (2017)^[8]
Distinguished University Professor-University of South Florida (2013)^[9]
Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) (2012)^[9]
National Academy of Engineering, for “contributions to communications systems and networking” (2005)^[10]
Thomas Alva Edison
patent award from the R&D Council of New Jersey (2005)
AT&T Bell Labs Fellow, for “contributions to data communications” (1987)
IEEE Fellow for “contributions to data communications techniques” (1986)^[11]

IEEE Communications Society

Steven O. Rice Award (1995)

IEEE Communications Society Frederick Ellersick Award (1994)

Bell System Technical Journal

Award (1982)

Honor Societies: Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Sigma Xi

References

^ Richard D. Gitlin, Sailesh K. Rao, Jean-Jacques Werner, and Nicholas Zervos," Method and apparatus for wideband transmission of digital signals between, for example, a telephone central office and customer premises", US Patent 4,924,492, May 8, 1990. Independently, and unknown to them, similar work was also done at Bellcore by J. Lechleider in the same time frame.
^ Richard D. Gitlin and Chih-Lin I, “Code division multiple access system providing variable data rate access,” US Patent 5,442,625, August 15, 1995.
^ J. H. Winters, J. Salz, and R. D. Gitlin,” The impact of antenna diversity on the capacity of wireless communication systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, February 1994.
^ "Spotlight on our Alumni: Richard Gitlin, Professor, Engineer and Co-Founder of DSL". www.madisonhs.org.
^ "Dr. Richard Gitlin Joins PCTEL's Board Of Directors | PCTEL". investor.pctel.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
^ Data Communications Principles, Gitlin, Hayes, and Weinstein, Plenum Press (1992).
^ "AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
^ "USF's Richard Gitlin elected to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame - University of South Florida". news.usf.edu.
^ ^a ^b "2012/2013 USF College of Engineering Annual Report by USF Engineering - Issuu".
^ "National Academy of Engineering Elects 74 Members and 10 Foreign Associates". www8.nationalacademies.org.
^ "IEEE Fellows 1986 | IEEE Communications Society".

External links

Richard Gitlin’s personal website iWINLAB
National Academy of Engineering Dr. Richard D. Gitlin
National Academy of Inventors - PDF
USF’s Richard Gitlin elected to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
Mr. Wizard’s Fantastic Voyage
WUSF Interview on election to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame, April 2017
Interview at USF
Remarks at Madison Wall of Distinction installation, April 29, 2018

[1] Richard D. Gitlin, Sailesh K. Rao, Jean-Jacques Werner, and Nicholas Zervos," Method and apparatus for wideband transmission of digital signals between, for example, a telephone central office and customer premises", US Patent 4,924,492, May 8, 1990. Independently, and unknown to them, similar work was also done at Bellcore by J. Lechleider in the same time frame.

[2] Richard D. Gitlin and Chih-Lin I, “Code division multiple access system providing variable data rate access,” US Patent 5,442,625, August 15, 1995.

[3] J. H. Winters, J. Salz, and R. D. Gitlin,” The impact of antenna diversity on the capacity of wireless communication systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, February 1994.

[4] "Spotlight on our Alumni: Richard Gitlin, Professor, Engineer and Co-Founder of DSL". www.madisonhs.org.

[5] "Dr. Richard Gitlin Joins PCTEL's Board Of Directors | PCTEL". investor.pctel.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.

[6] Data Communications Principles, Gitlin, Hayes, and Weinstein, Plenum Press (1992).

[7] "AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2020-12-09.

[8] "USF's Richard Gitlin elected to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame - University of South Florida". news.usf.edu.

[auto-9] "2012/2013 USF College of Engineering Annual Report by USF Engineering - Issuu".

[10] "National Academy of Engineering Elects 74 Members and 10 Foreign Associates". www8.nationalacademies.org.

[11] "IEEE Fellows 1986 | IEEE Communications Society".

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