Thomas W. Parks
Thomas W. Parks (born March 16, 1939, in
electrical engineer and Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. He is best known for his contributions to digital signal processing, especially digital filter design and computation of the fast Fourier transform. His last work before retirement was in the area of demosaicing
.
Academic career
Tom Parks received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell in 1961. He worked for
signal theory, multirate systems, interpolation, and filter design. He co-authored more than 150 books and papers.[3]
Affiliations and awards
- Senior Fulbright fellowship (1973)
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist Award (1973)
- IEEE Signal Processing Society's Technical Achievement Award (1980)
- IEEE(1982)
- Third Millennium Medal of the IEEE (2000)
- IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal (2004), together with James H. McClellan[4][5]
- National Academy of Engineering (2010)[6]
References
- ^ "Thomas Parks, an oral history conducted in 1998 by Frederik Nebeker, IEEE History Center, New Brunswick, NJ, USA". 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Thomas W. Parks Cornell Faculty page".
- ^ "Publications from Google Scholar". Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- IEEE. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- IEEE. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- United States National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved February 27, 2011.