John Deller

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John R. Deller Jr.
Alma mater Ohio State University (B.S.)
University of Michigan (M.S., Ph.D.)
Known for Speech processing
Digital signal processing
Awards IEEE Life Member and Fellow
IEEE Millennium Medal
Scientific career
Fields Electrical engineering
Signal processing
Institutions Michigan State University (Professor Emeritus)
Thesis Acoustic Analysis Of Laryngeal Dysfunction Using The Systems Identification Properties Of The Digital Inverse Filter  (1979)
Doctoral advisor David Anderson

John R. "Jack" Deller Jr. is an American electrical engineer, IEEE Life Member and Fellow, [1] and Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University. [2] He is known for his research in statistical signal processing with applications to speech processing, bioinformatics, and medical diagnostics, and for his influential textbooks on digital speech signal processing. [3]

Contents

Deller served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Signal Processing Magazine for six years and received the IEEE Signal Processing Society's Meritorious Service Award in 1997 for holding this appointment. [4] At Michigan State University, he directed the Statistical Signal Processing Laboratory and was an affiliate faculty member in MSU's BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action. [2]

Education

Deller received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering summa cum laude from Ohio State University in 1974. [2] He then attended the University of Michigan, where he earned a Master of Science in bioengineering (1975), a Master of Science in electrical and computer engineering (1976), and a Doctor of Philosophy in biomedical engineering (1979). [2]

Career

Deller was a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University, where he directed the Statistical Signal Processing Laboratory and served as an affiliate faculty member in the BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action. [2] His research interests include statistical signal processing with applications to bioinformatics, medical diagnostics, speech processing, and communications technologies. [2]

He served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Signal Processing Magazine for six years, for which he received the IEEE Signal Processing Society's Meritorious Service Award in 1997. [4] He has also served as an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing. [5]

Research and publications

Deller's research focuses on statistical signal processing with applications to bioinformatics, medical diagnostics, speech processing, and communications technologies. [2] He has authored or co-authored two textbooks, contributed chapters to several research books, and is completing a third three-volume text on deterministic and stochastic signal processing. [2]

His tutorial paper "Tom, Dick, and Mary Discover the DFT" was awarded the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Best Paper Award in 1997. [2] [6] The paper presents an innovative pedagogical approach to explaining the discrete Fourier transform through a narrative of three undergraduate students discovering the mathematical relationships between continuous and discrete Fourier analysis. [7] However, there were several mathematical errors in the paper. [8]

Books

Discrete-Time Processing of Speech Signals provides a comprehensive treatment of digital speech signal processing, covering speech production physiology and modeling, signal analysis techniques, coding, enhancement, quality assessment, and recognition. [4] Digital Signal Processing and the Microcontroller takes a practical, accessible approach to DSP implementation on embedded systems, aimed at readers without extensive mathematical background. [10]

Honors and awards

Media coverage

In 1999, The New York Times featured Deller's work in an article about the development of online speech and sound archives for research purposes. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "IEEE Fellow Directory: John R. Deller". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "John R. Deller, Jr". Frontiers. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  3. ↑ "John Deller". InformIT. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Discrete-Time Processing of Speech Signals". Wiley-IEEE Press. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  5. ↑ "John Deller Biography". Michigan State University. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Signal Processing Magazine Best Paper Award" (PDF). IEEE Signal Processing Society. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Deller, J. R. (1994). "Tom, Dick, and Mary discover the DFT". IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. 11 (2): 36–50. doi:10.1109/79.273893.
  8. ↑ Spaans, Ruben. "Presentation of article "Tom, Dick and Mary discover the DFT" by J.R. Deller, Jr" (PDF). TDT24 presentation, 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Digital Signal Processing and the Microcontroller". Red Cedar Electronics. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Digital Signal Processing and the Microcontroller". dspGuru. March 15, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  11. ↑ "News Watch; On a New On-Line Archive, the Quarry Will Be Sounds". The New York Times . July 15, 1999. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
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