Richard D. Gitlin

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Richard D. Gitlin
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Born (1943-04-25) April 25, 1943 (age 81)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Nationality American
Alma mater City College of New York, Columbia University
Awards NAE Member (2005)
IEEE Fellow (2004)
Bell Labs Fellow
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
ASEMFL
Stephen O. Rice Prize
Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award
IEEE Ellersick Award (1994)
Scientific career
Fields Electrical engineering, Wireless communications, 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 electrical engineer, inventor, research executive, and academic whose principal places of employment were Bell Labs and the University of South Florida (USF). He is known for his work on digital subscriber line (DSL), [1] multi-code CDMA, [2] and smart MIMO antenna technology [3] all while at Bell Labs.

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Education and career

Gitlin was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from the noted James Madison High School in 1959. [4] He received a BEE (with honors) in electrical engineering from The City College of New York (CCNY) in 1964, followed by an 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 Bell Laboratories, where he worked for 32 years in research and development of digital communications, broadband networking, and wireless systems. His work there resulted in many innovative products, including: co-invention of DSL (digital subscriber line), invention of multicode CDMA (used in 3G wireless), and pioneering the use of smart antennas (“MIMO”) for wireless systems. Earlier in his career, Gitlin led the team that created the first V.32/V.34 duplex, high-speed modems that used 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 University of South Florida (USF) Gitlin was a 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, [6] published more than 175 papers, including 3 prize-winning papers, and holds 76 US 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

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References

  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.
  9. 1 2 "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.
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