James H. McClellan
Encyclopedia
James H. McClellan is the Byers Professor of Signal Processing at the Georgia Institute of Technology
. He is widely known for his creation of the McClellan transform and for his co-authorship of the Parks-McClellan filter design algorithm
.
from Louisiana State University
in 1969. He went on to receive an M.S. (1972) and a Ph.D. (1973) from Rice University
.
. He later became a professor at MIT's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department
before leaving to join Schlumberger
. Since 1987, he has been at the Georgia Institute of Technology
. Prof. McClellan is a Fellow of the IEEE. He received the Acoustics
, Speech, and Signal Processing
Technical Achievement Award in 1987, the Signal Processing Society Award]] in 1996, and the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
in 2004 (together with Thomas W. Parks
).
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
. He is widely known for his creation of the McClellan transform and for his co-authorship of the Parks-McClellan filter design algorithm
Parks-McClellan filter design algorithm
The Parks-McClellan algorithm, published by James McClellan and Thomas Parks in 1972, is an iterative algorithm for finding the optimal Chebyshev finite impulse response filter. The Parks-McClellan algorithm is utilized to design and implement efficient and optimal FIR filters...
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Education
James H. McClellan received his B.S. in Electrical EngineeringElectrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
from Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
in 1969. He went on to receive an M.S. (1972) and a Ph.D. (1973) from Rice University
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
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Career
In 1973, he joined the research staff of MIT's Lincoln LaboratoryLincoln Laboratory
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, located in Lexington, Massachusetts, is a United States Department of Defense research and development center chartered to apply advanced technology to problems of national security. Research and development activities focus on long-term technology development as well as...
. He later became a professor at MIT's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department
MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department
The Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at MIT offers academic programs leading to the S.B., S.M., M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees. Its faculty conducts research in Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, Operations Research and many other...
before leaving to join Schlumberger
Schlumberger
Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...
. Since 1987, he has been at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
. Prof. McClellan is a Fellow of the IEEE. He received the Acoustics
Acoustics
Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of all mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician while someone working in the field of acoustics...
, Speech, and Signal Processing
Signal processing
Signal processing is an area of systems engineering, electrical engineering and applied mathematics that deals with operations on or analysis of signals, in either discrete or continuous time...
Technical Achievement Award in 1987, the Signal Processing Society Award]] in 1996, and the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
The IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal is presented "for outstanding achievements in signal processing" theory, technology or commerce. The recipients of this award will receive a gold medal, together with a replica in bronze, a certificate and a honorarium.The award was established in...
in 2004 (together with Thomas W. Parks
Thomas W. Parks
Thomas W. Parks is an American 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...
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Books
- Number Theory in Digital Signal Processing, J. H. McClellan and C. M. Rader, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1979, ISBN 0-84-937177-5.
- Computer-Based Exercises for Signal Processing Using MATLAB, J. H. McClellan, C. S. Burrus, A. V. OppenheimAlan V OppenheimAlan Victor Oppenheim is a Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is also a principal investigator in MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics , at the . He frequently performs magic tricks in class just for fun.His research interests...
, T. W. Parks, R.W. SchaferRonald W SchaferRonald W. Schafer is an electrical engineer notable for his contributions to digital signal processing....
, H. W. Schuessler, Prentice Hall, 1998, ISBN 0-13-789009-5. - Signal Processing First: A Multimedia Approach, J. H. McClellan, R.W. SchaferRonald W SchaferRonald W. Schafer is an electrical engineer notable for his contributions to digital signal processing....
, M.A. Yoder, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1998, ISBN 0-13-090999-8.
External links
- Department page at the Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyThe Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
. - Faculty profile at the Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyThe Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
. - Technical explanation of the Parks-McClellan FIR filter design algorithm.
- Publications from Google ScholarGoogle ScholarGoogle Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America's largest...
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